Traveling Star, Wandering Chaos

Everything's Fine

I held out my hand as a sharp gust of wind flung from it, slicing the target in two. "Yay, I did the thing!" I cheered, jumping for joy as I had officially mastered my third spell! So, it's been a few days since the... incident and so far, everything's been great. Nothing bad has happened, and everything is going according to plan. Besides,  with Minh being paranoid as usual, I spent my time wisely. Over the past week, I'd been practicing my magic skills, and currently, I just mastered my third spell, so now I could cast it without thinking! Yay me! Anyway, I haven't been able to talk with Althea a lot recently, probably because she's busy with being a princess and stuff; I just hope she isn't overworking herself; that wouldn't be good. Also, Minh has been awfully clingy since last week. I mean I get he's worried about me getting jumped or something, but honestly, it gets kinda annoying sometimes. I flipped to the next page of my book, looking over my next spell, "This one is a fire spell; I should be careful," I mumbled as I read the details. Holding the book in one hand and holding out my other hand, I recited the words in the text, "ςιγν𝔄λ-σ𝔓𝔄ρ𝔎." Small sparks appeared from my hand, flickering in and out, then coming together to form an amber-colored flame that shot up into the sky exploding like a firework. Pretty. It's like the fireworks back home but without the noise. Soon after I cast the spell, I heard someone running towards me. It was Eugene; I hadn't seen him in a while.
   
"Hi, Eugene, how are you?" I called out, closing my book and waving to him as he stopped in front of me.

"I'm doing well, thank you for asking; I rushed over because I saw a flare signal being set off here. Is everything alright?" So he was worried. How nice!

"I'm doing fine, just practicing a new spell," I explained,  holding my book up to show him. He took the book, examining it for some reason, and then he looked at me, "I wasn't aware you were inept in celestial arts."

"This isn't celestial arts, this is Graphien."

"Graphien? I don't recall there being such a thing," he said. Oh, right, Graphien isn't well known. I took back the book, opening it to a random spell.

I held out my hand and recited the spell, "λℑγℌτ." A small ball of glittering light formed in the palm of my hand, sparkling in the sunlight. I showed it off to Eugene as he stared at it. Or at least, I think he was staring at it. It's hard to tell when he always wears a helmet. I closed my palm, shattering the light between my fingers, and let tiny speckles of stardust float up into the air and disappear. I smiled proudly at my handy work, "It's pretty cool, right?"

"Indeed it is," he paused for a moment, then said, "Ahem, your ability will be a great asset to us in the future."

"Right... I'll do my best..." Has Althea not told him yet? I looked at him. Let's hope Althea tells him soon; if she doesn't, the plan with probably go to shit. "Also," Eugene went on, " I would like to advise you not to show off your abilities to others. You never know who could be watching."

"Oh, right, I'll keep that in mind," I said, watching Eugene walk away. As he did, he took off his helmet, turning back to me. He had sun-kissed skin with black hair tied in a bun, his golden eyes staring at me. Holy shit that's what he looks like? Also, what are you staring at me for? His stare turned into a smile, winking at me before putting his helmet back on and leaving. He knows! So she did tell him, I'm glad. Looks like the plan is going smoothly after all. I looked at the Graphien book, I should give this back to Minh later. That's enough training for today. I made my way inside, book in hand.

    And, I got lost again. Who's idea was it to make this castle so damn big?! I've been running in circles for hours! I continued wandering around the god-forsaken halls of this stupid castle until I came across a door that I hadn't seen before. Sometimes I wonder if this place just creates new rooms just to mess with me. I opened the door revealing a study. It kinda looked like a mini version of Althea's office. Cute. I let myself in, looking around the small space. No one was there, so it was probably fine to wander around a bit. The room with one single desk in the middle had only one window, and the walls were filled with books. I took a seat at the desk, leaning back in the chair.
   
Now that I thought about it, I realized I hadn't seen Minh all day. Normally he'd follow me around to 'make sure I wasn't doing anything stupid'. But, that day I hadn't seen him since morning. On the one hand, being followed everywhere I went was pretty annoying, but on the other hand, it was kinda nice. It reminded me of when we were small; When we were kids, Minh would always follow me around, play games with me, and we'd do everything together. But nowadays, all he did was boss me around, nagging like my mom, and spending almost his entire life alone indoors, doing -  I don't know -, studying? Damn it, god, give my brother back to me and take that demon while you're at it! I sighed, laying my head on the desk. As I continued to sulk, I heard footsteps outside. Wow, the soundproofing in this place is terrible. I get up and tiptoed to the closed door, putting my ear against it. "How long are you going to wait? It's been more than half a month since they were summoned here. Do you think we have the luxury to bid our time?!"