I am simply one heck of a Magi

Chapter 8: The Black Magi

"Kayleah! Where are you?!" Jafar shouted at the top of his lungs looking for the pink princess. She had not been seen for quite some time that it was pretty worrying. Especially with Alibaba, Aladdin, Morgiana and Hakuryuu gone. What if she left with them in secret?!

"What is it Jafar-nii?" The pink princess came out from a behind a wall.

If Kayleah was also here... Who is the one in Zagan?! And which one is the real one?

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KAYLEAH'S POV

"Yamraiha-nee, you are watching them right?" I opened her room door and entered. She was indeed watching them using clairvoyance magic and Sin-nii and Jafar was there as well.

"How's the dungeon capturing going?" Sin-nii asked.

"Smoothly," Yamraiha replied. "There was a point when they were split into two groups, but they've reunited now and are continuing as a team."

"I see. I was a little concerned, but it seems like Alibaba and Hakuryuu were able to become friends," Jafar said.

"I hope that's the case," Sin-nii stated. "Can't you be more specific?"

"Unfortunately not. If any of them were to die, their corresponding water figure would also disappear. Until then, all I can say is that they're alive," she replied, but then she sensed something and the magic broke. She jerked up in annoyance.

"I sense it too... The barrier is..." I muttered. "We have to hurry!"

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We went to the balcony and saw a hole in the barrier and the person floating down was... Judal! I gritted my teeth in anger.

"This is a first class emergency. Sound the alarm," Jafar commanded. "Deploy the imperial guards to the crystal plaza."

I was tempted to join off and punch him out and fix the barrier, but I was held down by Jafar's weapon. He predicted my movements. How annoying. Judal floated down to the crystal plaza and was surrounded by guards. We quickly went down to meet him.

"What's the matter? Such scary faces," Judal asked.

"You..." Jafar muttered and glared at him, holding up his weapon. "Household Vessel. Bararaq Sei!" Then he shot them at Judal. Judal simply put up a borg around him and hit a whirlwind at him.

"Out of the way, small fry," Judal said. "I want Sinbad and Kayleah."

"What did you say?" Jafar asked.

"Stop Jafar," Sinbad said. "Why are you here Judal?"

"You look terrible, Sinbad," Judal commented. "What's that on your face." Then he smiled and waved to me. "Yo Kayleah. Nice to see you again. When will you be my woman?"

"How about never," I replied with a fake smile.

"I'm sure you didn't come here to talk about my face or wanting Kayleah to be yours," Sinbad said.

"You're always so cold," Judal commented. "Hey Sinbad. What do you think of him?"

"Who's him?" Sinbad asked.

"Aladdin. Isn't it weird that another Magi exists in this world? It was already weird that you exists Kayleah. Now we have a fifth one. There have never been more than three Magi at once. You know this," Judal replied. "It's written in history. It's always been three Magi who chose the king, built the country and created the world. Our era was like that. First there's me. Then, there's that hag in Rem and there's that guy who travels around the world creating dungeons before wandering to who knows where. That should be all of us. If another Magi has appeared, it means one of us died or rather two died. But I haven't heard of the other two dying! So why is he here? This is the first time in history there's ever been a fourth or a fifth magi and it's Kayleah and him, Aladdin,  and he has some mysterious power that even I don't know about. He used it last time. Ever since then, the bigwigs at the Organization have done nothing but lust after it. I was thinking maybe you're in the same boat.

Could it be Solomon's Wisdom. You gave it to him Ugo?

"Well, it was never against the rules to have more than three so I don't see a problem with it," I said.

"What are you talking about," Sinbad asked.

"Don't play dumb," Judal replied. "What are you planning? What do you have in store for that kid?"

"It's none of your business," Sin-nii replied.

"So cold... I'm so lonely. I wanted to team up with you and Kayleah," Judal said.

"You're part of the Organization," Sinbad rejected him. "Have you forgotten what you did to us in Partevia?"

I jerked back as I remembered it. All of it... I endured it and gritted my teeth, clenched my fist. I want to kill him.

"Don't be like that, Sinbad. You know... I'm..." He gave this softer expression and started to cry. "I'm a victim of Al Thamen too! That Magi kid showed me my past. I was chosen by the rukh. I was born in a small village in the east, but the Organization made quick work of my parents and I not understanding anything, have been used as their Magi ever since. Ever since I was a baby! But still, it's my fault? I wanted to live a normal life too! But no! Am I the bad one? Tell me, Sinbad! Kayleah!" He fell to his knees and cried. I walked towards him and extended my hand to him.

"Don't cry Judal. You don't actually care for those stuff do you?" I asked. I may seem cold, but after everything. After living for such a long time... Am I to blame?

Judal chuckled and got up. "Kayleah is so smart. That's what I love about you." It happened in an instant, he leaned in on me and kissed me. I jerked back and covered my mouth. Then proceeding to doing a flying kick across his face. Lucky for me, Judal is not physically fit, his abs are fake, probably done with magic.

How dare he?!

He got up and continued. "Nice kick Kayleah... Don't get me wrong. What I just told you was the truth but I don't really care about it. I'll just keep doing whatever I want."

"Did you come all the way from Kou just to mock me?" Sinbad asked. "I really appreciate that, but if you're done. How about you enjoy our entertainment for a change?"

"Oh yeah, silly me, I forgot to tell you why I'm here. My bosses over at the Organization want your head on a silver platter," Judal said. "And it's your fault Sinbad. It's cause you're trying to get those kids involoved. That's why they're all angry and they're not going to sneak around this time. They're going to come knocking on your door. In other words, a war. And that's not all. I bet you thought those kids would be safe if you sent them into Zagan."

"What?" Sinbad asked.

"But unfortunately for you..." Judal said.

"Don't tell me... The Organization has also sent people into Zagan?!" Sinbad asked.

"Weren't you listening? They're taking this very seriously," Judal replied.

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We managed to get pretty far into Zagan's dungeon. Sure there were couple of dangers along the way, but we are doing fine.

"You are helping each other too much, and that troubles me, You are too strong so if you fight together, I find it difficult to see through your combined strength. That;s why for the next test... You'll be divided into 2 groups and ight by yourself. Well, Kayleah excluded. She is too much to even be in this dungeon. It annoys me," Zagan said.

"What did you say Zagan? Have you forgotten that I was the one who created this dungeon?" I asked.

"You created this dungeon?" Aladdin asked.

"Yup, on accident a few years ago. I was experimenting on some magic and did it," I replied.

"Shut up already," Zagan said and grabbed me, pushing them into the doors without me. "Let's go Kayleah and have a little chat, shall we?"

"Let me go! I shouted.

"There are intruders besides them. One of them is someone we know pretty well," Zagan said.

"You don't mean... Ithnan?" I asked.

"Yeah. To be precise it's his clone," Zagan replied.

"I see. Why are you telling me this?" I asked. "You aren't the real Zagan."

"Why wouldn't I help the first princess of Alma Torran?" He asked.