There will be more, but this will do for now.
Um ok?
Cool, now the reason why and stuff will happen to you is. Well, because of your bad luck…and …something I did.
"What!" I'm so shocked that I shouted uncontrollably.
Sapphire sighs
What I'm about to say is more a universal/celestial thing, so whatever you do, do not say this out loud. Mortals should not know about it. Do you understand?
…yes?
So, you know your main quest, killing the demon king/lord?
Ye.
Well, that quest wasn't made by that mannequin Deity. It was made by the will of the world.
What the fuck is that?
Well, to put it in simple terms and to make it so you don't have too much information on it, just in case, it is the planet's self-defence system. What I did was give you a better connection. This allowed you to get to the right place and make the system I made safe for use without damaging you further.
And why does that mean I'm in more danger?!
Um, it made you a chosen, also known as a true hero, and a bunch of other names.
You are pretty much an extension of the will of the world's defences, and to make sure you're strong enough to, well, defend it, it will throw things at you as tests.
My face contorts into as many different emotions as I can possibly express.
Why! Why did you do that Sapphire?!
I just said why.
That's not what I mean.
Then what do you mean Scott? I did it to make sure you got here safely.
You didn't tell me about this. I don't want to fight things constantly or have my life at risk every day!
Well, it was going to happen either way, because of the quest, said demon king will eventually know, you got an early warning because of the quest, it will send things after you, so you're going to need to train anyway.
Oh my saviour, you make it so I'm targeted more. Thank you so much.
That's not- whatever, I can't be asked to argue about something like this. What I did was make it actually care so the will of the world will do its best to help.Even if you're a werewolf, which it doesn't like, for reasons I'm not explaining, see ya when you calm down.
{Sapphire has gone back and is unable to hear or see your surroundings.}
Don't just dip because you don't want to explain anything, ahh whatever she can't hear me anymore.
Without realising, I've been pacing around the so-called fight pit while I was arguing with Sapphire, and now I'm lost.
I wandered around lost for about 30 minutes before finally getting out of the annoyed mental state Sapphire put me in. I remembered. I have a map on my phone.
I wait around near my spirit beast class until 5 minutes before, then enter.
The classroom is mostly empty space, with 2 tables near the front and some sort of standing desk for the teacher.
It's just a standard classroom.
I take the closest desk to the window, mainly so I can hear the birds and such. Mmm, I wonder why I'm suddenly so fond of listening to nature?
Before I can continue this thought, another person enters the class.
"Scott! I knew I'd see you again, it's Elias."
"Mmm, oh Ye, from the alleyway, nice to see you're doing well, how's it going?"
"It's going…ok still struggling to understand Pale's magic, I'm slowly getting there. The rock has almost run out of power, though."
"Rock?"
"Er, t, the rock I was almost robbed of, it has like time essence or something trapped inside, using that while trying to learn time magic helps greatly, so I found out."
"That sounds helpful."
"Oh ye it is. How's stuff with you and your fox?"
…
"Could be better, just had an argument about some stuff. I don't want to get into it at the moment."
"Oh, well, I hope you sort it out."
"Thanks."
The door opens up.
The person walking through has messy medium-length brown hair, brown eyes, a decent-looking face, and wears scraggly-looking teacher attire.
"Hello, all of 2 students, I hope you learn a lot from me. Also, this is almost a record-high student count. I'm so excited." he really doesn't sound excited.
He puts down 2 fingers and walks to the teacher podium thing.
"So, spirit user and spirit beast user, can you tell me what the most important thing is when having a spirit or spirit beast companion?"
"Oh, this is a question for you both, so both of you need to answer."
Both Scott and Elias, "having a good relationship with them."
"Mmm, that works, you lot at least know the absolute minimum."
"So the second thing I'm going to ask, can you summon your companion? Again, a question for you both."
"No."
"Yes."
"Oh, why can't you summon your spirit beast?"
"I don't know how to, she never told me how."
"Well, you need mana and to know its summon circle, do you have either?"
"… no."
"You should get on that."
"Why do I need mana?"
"Because spirit beasts and spirits don't have a physical body in our world, they use mana as a substitute to make one. Of course, the amount of mana you have determines what they can do and how they appear."
"Oh."
Should I ask this? Oh well, if I'm not, Sapphire will probably appear or something.
Actually, I'll ask near the end.
…
Naa, I'll ask it now.
"I have a question."
"What is it, Spirit beast user?"
"What if my spirit beast had a physical body, but lost it?"
"What!"
"Is that not normal?"
"No! Not at all, it's almost always a downgrade for something strong enough to do that, to actually do it."
"… Ah, really?"
"Yes! Do you know why it did that?"
"Uh, it's sorta blurry, but I think she did it to help me."
"Are you sure?"
"I think so."
"Ok, so you saw her actual body, right? Does she still have it?"
Does she have her body? Mmm
"Um, I-"
{Yes, I do - Sapphire}
"How did you hear the question? I thought you couldn't hear."
{You said that out loud. Also, I heard your thoughts. - Sapphire}
"You good, Scott?" Elias asked with concern.
"Uh Ye, when me and Sapphire had the argument, she made it so she couldn't hear or see my surroundings, but… oh, word play, great."
"Oh?"
"Yeah, I need to pay more attention. It seems I get the feeling she might try to use that against me as a prank."
"Mmm, if only I could find out more about it, if you could summon it, I could see what its magic is like." The teacher seems to be mumbling.
"The teacher stares at me in silence for a couple of seconds.
"Wait, that pendant, where did you get it?"
"Sapphire, I think she made it for me, it helped get rid of miasma poisoning or something."
"Hand it here, please. If I can scan it, I might be able to help you get her magic circle or at least some of the symbols for it."
{DON'T. - Sapphire.}
"I can't, sorry."
"Ok, actually wait here, I'll just bring it here instead."
"Either chat amongst yourselves or study this book."
The teacher put down a book, then rushed out the door.
"Well, that was. Something. It makes sense, I guess it's not often people get to scan a spirit beast's magic, apparently, it can tell you quite a bit about it."
"It can!"
{It can! - Sapphire.}
Right, Sapphire, the system pop-ups are getting annoying, can you just come
Back.
{Sapphire has requested to see and hear your surroundings.}
{y/n}
I click no.
{Oh, come on, that's my level of petty. - Sapphire.}
Well, why should I?
{I'll give you some repeatable quests? - Sapphire}
…Fine.
{new repeatable mission acquired, learn stuff in class."}
{reward, 5 coins.}
{new repeatable mission acquired, exercise, follow this one or make your own.}
{press to expand exercise plan}
{reward, refresh fatigue from this plan only.}
Ok, I guess this works, for now.
{Sapphire has requested-}
I press yes.
Finally, soooo, meet anyone special while I was gone?
No.
"Hello, Sapphire."
"You can see her, Elias?"
"You can't?"
Oh, has your sight not developed yet?
What?
You're a werewolf, werewolves are spiritually inclined. Oh, I might not have mentioned that… my bad.
Ye, you fOrGoT.
Great sarcasm, a great language to have.
"So apparently I will see her at some point, I just haven't had her long enough or something."
"Ah, ok, can I ask, was what you said about the pendant true?"
"Yes?"
"Does it have more effects?"
"Does it, Sapphire?"
I guess, umm, it helps in summer as I made it out of my ice magic, so it will keep you cool… oh right, and it stops my emotions from affecting you, that's sort of important with your werewolf stuff."
"Huh."
Yeee, I'd recommend learning like self-control… or doing that mantra thing for Teen Wolf, might help.
"Scott?"
"Oh, it can help keep me cool in summer apparently."
"Nice."
"Oh Scott, it is ok if-"
The door slams open as the teacher comes back in with some sort of box thing in his hand.
"So spirit beast user, if you can't take that off for whatever reason, put it inside this box, it will scan it, and we all can learn something about your spirit beast."
Ask him to summon his spirit first.
"Why would I do that, Sapphire?"
… I want to see it.
"I don't believe you, Sapphire."
"What's happening, Scott?"
"Oh, I think Sapphire's trying to delay it."
"That's weird."
"You're right spirit user, what does it want hidden. Mmm, what did it want? Maybe we can convince it?"
"It wanted to see your spirit?"
"If I show my spirit, will it let me scan its magic?"
Finnne, if you want to, don't judge me for what you see, though.
"Before I say her answer, why do you want to scan her magic so much?"
"Well, it's been done very rarely. Also, it provides you with more information, allowing you to understand it better, so you can get close to it, and we can learn its summoning symbols, allowing you to make it stronger for battle."
There is definitely more to what he is saying, wish I knew what though.
I'm getting that feeling too. Are you still willing to?
We will never know otherwise, and if it does something I don't like, I'll make it very obvious… I'll scream or some shit.
Uhhh, what? I feel like you'll do more than that.
You got me, tee hee.
What the fuck, Sapphire, don't do that again.
Yes, I wanted that reaction, ok let's do it, Yolo.
How old are you?
Well, that's a rude thing to ask, I can't believe you. Sapphire said sarcastically.
"She said yes, as long as you summon your spirit, you can scan the pendant."
"Yes!" This is most likely the most excited this man has gotten in a long while.
"Ok, I'm about to summon my spirit, just so you know there are multiple ways to do this."
A torrent of air thrashed towards the teacher's hand, if there were any paper, it would have been thrown around the room.
The air around his hand shifts into a light green colour.
The greener it appears, the higher the mana content within it.
It quickly forms into a silhouette of a canine.
Heheheheheh
A playful giggle fills the room as a giant wolf stands before us. It's made up of a light green mana, and its fur is always blowing in non-existent wind.
It stands there majestically.
Before jumping around the room in a chaotic mess.
Giggling the entire time.
"You summoned me, are these two here to play?"
Before the teacher could answer, it suddenly did a 180 and focused solely on me.
Before leaping directly at me.
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Hello everyone, sorry for not uploading when I was meant to :/ I distracted myself by watching the TV show Grimm. I'll do my best to release another chapter this week to hopefully make it so I'm on the proper chapter amounts.
Hope this chapter was good and that you enjoyed it.
I hope you all have a great day/ night and I'll see you all in the next chapter o(^_^)o