Battle War; Magic, Sword and Dragon

7th Meetings

"Fate of Love tells the story of a girl who meets an unknown man. They meet again and again until they finally become lovers, right? But can it be called destiny?"

"of course. If not destiny, then what?"

"Of course it's a coincidence that's been arranged by the manga creator. Do you think something like that ever happened in the real world? After all, if the meeting several times can make someone a pair of lovers, in this world there will be many couples with the beginning of a silliness. "

".................."

" That's why I said the story was cheap. The only one who can distinguish reality from imagination is a fool. Do you understand now, miss?"

"..............."

The young man was right. Fated Lover is just a story made by humans. The events in the real world are never the same as the stories in manga.

Laila understood, but there were things that made Laila unhappy. It was not because he indirectly said he was stupid, but Laila felt that the young man was saying all that to deny something.

"Then what about our meeting that has happened several times? Isn't that also called destiny?"

"Our meeting is just a coincidence." replied the young man flatly.

"The coincidence that occurs 5 times in a row also what can be called coincidence?"

"................."

The young man was now silent.

He realized that their meeting was arguably strange and unreasonable. They don't even know each other's names, but they always meet. Isn't that called........

"Why are you silent? You must have realized what I said just now, right? Destiny is in this world. Why do you deny that there is a destiny? Everyone must believe in destiny, which is why even though the ordeal approaches, we can endure and accept it all."

"........................"

The young man kept silent. Laila knew this was an opportunity to pass everything on to the young man.

In this world, destiny exists. A person who does not believe in destiny is one who avoids reality.

I don't know what the reason is, but this makes Laila annoyed and angry.

The young man sighed and leaned his body on the edge of the pond. He closed his eyes, then after a while, the young man looked back at Laila.

"alright. I get your point. You definitely won't give up, so now I have something to ask you!"

"?"

"You said our meeting was fate, but what if I said our meeting was only a cause for effect."

"What do you mean?"

"Because I passed in front of you, you stopped me. Since I slept in your school garden, you came to me. Since I slept on the training ground, I accidentally almost got hit by your sword. Because I was reading, you came because you were looking for a book, and because I came to the restaurant, you came because there were no empty seats. Is it still called destiny?"

".............................."

Now what does Laila have to answer?

He knew what the young man said made sense. But why did the young man continue to deny the existence of destiny? Could it be

"Hey... Could it be that you don't believe in .. destiny?"

That's the only reason why rejecting Laila's words calls their meeting a fate.

That was also the reason why the young man called Fated Lover a cheap story. From the beginning, he did not recognize destiny in this world.

"You understand now. Yep. I never believed in destiny. Now what do you want to say? Are you still telling me to believe in that shit you call destiny?"

The young man smiled as he felt that he had won an argument with Laila. It is about the principle of life, not about the opinion of a book story.

But for some reason, Laila felt unable to let the young man say fate never existed. It was the same as thinking their meeting and their date was just nonsense.

Laila stood in the pond, then pointed at the young man with her finger.

"In that case, I will make you believe in destiny."

Hearing Laila's words, the young man smiled faintly and crossed his arms.

"Hooo.oo Interesting. I wonder how you made me believe in destiny."

After thinking for a while, Laila knew the most suitable way to prove destiny existed in this world.

"That's easy. We've met 5 times by chance, but I'm sure you'll call that a cause-and-effect. So if we meet 7 times by chance, then you have to admit that fate really exists, how? Not bad, right?"

"Hmmm. But, what if I or you accidentally meet or deliberately avoid? We're not gonna meet, are we?"

"If you dodge or accidentally meet, it means that you are afraid to meet and believe in destiny. But if I met intentionally or deliberately avoided, then I would admit that there is no destiny in this world just like you. Easy right?"

"But what do I get after believing in destiny between you and me?"

"Eh?"

Laila didn't think that far.

Then when he was thinking hard, he remembered the reason why they were arguing, the Fated Lover manga. Isn't that exactly the same as the two of them at the moment?

"Then, if you and I met by chance 7 times, then, I'm going--------------------------------------------------, how?"

"Are you sure?"

"But you can't cheat. Because if you cheat, it's the same that you believe in fate and do you think I don't know if you cheat? Fu fu's...."

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Laila woke up from her sleep.

He slowly opened his eyes and got out of bed.

For some reason tonight he had a dream about the events that had happened 7 months ago in the capital, precisely when he was still in school at Shiryuu Magic School..

After waking up, he realized that he was waking up earlier than usual. The sky is still dark and the lights are still bright.

But Laila was no longer sleepy.

He stood up and walked to the table he used to write Alice's story in his dreams.

He sat down and opened the bottom drawer. He then took out a small box made of wood and opened it.

The contents of the box were a mask that had been cut into two pieces. Yep. The mask belonged to the young man he met in the capital 7 months ago.

He took the mask and recalled the sixth and final meeting of the young man.

"Kuro, could it be you .......Shiro?"

Laila's left hand touched her middle chest. There were no scars or scratches on his body, but until now he still remembered the moment a sword pierced his body.

And how it feels when it dies.

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After the decision is made, there is one more problem that they have not solved.

"Well, I'm not cheating. But what's your name? But please don't mention your real name."

"Huh... why?"

"If we know each other's real names, isn't our conversation just a waste?"

Laila understood what the young man meant, but not her real name?

At that time Laila only thought of one name that had been in her head since childhood.

"That's what it looks like, then you can call me Alice!"

"............."

For some reason, the young man fell silent after hearing the name.

"What's wrong? Is my fake name strange?"

"No. It's not what. People here call me Shiro. Hello to Alice."

"Greetings to Shiro. Ha ha ha, this is funny because we just met after five times. It's a fake name."

"Yes. That's the best way to find out what's called a no-um. It seems my friend has come."

Laila then turned her head towards the same spot as she entered the pond.

He saw a large busted adult woman wearing a green bikini walking towards them. His hair is short brown and

(He's so sexy.).

That was Laila's first impression when she saw the woman named Tomo. He also felt a mysterious and dangerous aura from the woman.

Tomo then went into the hot pool and joined the two of them. It seems that soaking while chatting is Shiro's custom.

He's a pervert, isn't he?

Laila then went back to soak.

"Hey Shiro, who is this beautiful girl?"

"Include him Alice. He'll come talk about what you're looking for."

"Hmmm...."

Tomo glanced at Laila with a suspicious look. Or did he already know Laila's true identity?

Tomo smiled slightly as he nodded a few times.

"Don't worry, he's trustworthy. Maa.. if she leaks this secret, we can just finish her off."

"Gehh?!"

Laila was shocked and almost jumped upon hearing she was about to be killed. Laila knew Shiro was strong and could kill himself if she wanted to, but when she saw Shiro's thin smile, Laila realized she was being played with him again.

(I'll give you back!)

".....Alright. I have no other choice. The thing I want to say is about Anticristal which is now easy to find on the black market. As we thought, it turns out that there is a certain group that sells Anticristal at a low price."

"That's what it looks like."

Shiro nodded in understanding, but Laila did not understand what they were talking about, then she raised her hand and spoke.

"Anoo, can you tell me from the beginning. Frankly, I don't understand at all the relationship between Anticristal and Gio Sevarez."

"Yes...."

Shiro sighed while Tomo raised his eyebrows.

"Shiro, don't tell me Alice doesn't know anything about what we're talking about?"

"Yupps. That's why I'll start explaining it quickly. Alice, listen good!"

Laila nodded.

"Gio Sevarez isn't easy to find not because he's good at hiding, but he's become something that witches like you can't think of. She's become a non-magician like me."

Laila's eyes widened upon hearing Shiro's explanation.

"Eh? Can it be? Could it have something to do with Anticristal?"

Laila was getting curious.

"I'm quite surprised you found out about Anticristal, but you're not wrong. Gio used the Anticristal to remove the pressure of his magic which was quite large and easily recognizable because he was an SS-ranked magician, this made it difficult for the Knight to look for him. Not only that, he also wears a mask like me, but a skin mask that makes him someone else. Youunderstand?"

Laila nodded. Laila understood and understood the reason why Gio had never been found. Gio became someone else.

"But a few hours ago the Knight had already found Gio, but he managed to escape and hide. Then I was told to find his hiding place. Now Gio must have been caught, so we can calm down and soak in the bath, right?" continued Shiro.

"alright. I understand so far. I also understand you're a pervert. "

"Uggg."

Laila's attack pierced Shiro's deepest heart .

"But we're not interested in Gio, but where does Gio get the Anticristal."

Tomo came in to connect their conversation. And this makes sense to Laila.

Anticrystals are rare and expensive anti-magic objects. How did Gio get it?

"As Tomo said, Anticristals are now easy to buy on the black market and are sold cheaply by certain groups. Do you know that group?"

"It's still doing research. They're pretty hard to track down." replied Tomo

Shiro was silent for a moment as if saying 'it doesn't matter'. Then he asked.

"Then do you know the price of one Anticrystal seed?"

"I knew. I was even surprised because Anticristal is 10 times cheaper than usual."

"10 times cheaper, you mean just 10 million Yolds?"

Laila didn't miss the information, so she talked to all the information she knew.

"Yes. Normally the price of Anticristal was over 100 million Yold, this was due to the rarity of the Anticristal and the power of the Anticristal that was able to be used to kill Master rank magicians, but this time the price of the Anticristal was only around 10 million Yold. I'm sure the group must have sold Anticristal for a quick buck. Shiro, you know what that means, right?"

"Sooner or later, something interesting will happen. I'm me.., but we can't let them."

Laila felt that Tomo and Shiro were talking dangerous things, but what?

"Alice. Our conversation is quite up here. I'm asking for everything you've heard never to tell anyone. Youunderstand?"

"...Un."

Laila nodded. Their conversation was already beyond the confines of people like Laila to know. He knew because Shiro was kind enough to share the information.

"Tomo, I'm counting on you to find out the group that sold the Anticristal."

"Suppose it's done."

Shiro smiled happily as he was satisfied to hear Tomo's reply.

"All right, now we just stay soaking and relaxing. Tomo, please as always."

"Okay, I get it."

"?"

Tomo then put his left hand into his chest gap and took the phone.

Laila's eyes instantly widened as Tomo's chest could be used that way.

(Is my chest also usable like that?)

Laila glanced at her B-cup sized chest, then realized that

(Impossible with the size of my small chest.)

"Aha ha."

Laila smiled wryly and glanced towards Tomo who was contacting someone.

When she was done, Tomo put her phone back into her big chest.

After a while, a girl came along carrying some juice drinks and a bottle of liquor.

"Ugg.. aren't we underage?"

The age limit for drinking alcohol is 17 years. Laila and Shiro are not old enough, but why is Tomo providing liquor?

The waiter put the drink on the edge of the pool and left.

"Don't be stupid. The liquor was only for Tomo, me and you had enough juice. He he's..."

"You., why are you always playing me?"

"Because you look sweet when you're angry. Me me.."

"Ugh"

Laila's face was instantly red. She's shy.

That's when Tomo suddenly grabbed a cell phone from his chest and checked the incoming message.

"Shiro, it seems that we got a pretty troublesome problem."

"?"

"Gio got away and the location of him is now unknown."

""uh?""

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4 Days had passed since Gio managed to escape the encirclement of the Knights. This was quite surprising since the Knights besieging Gio numbered over 20 Knights, but he still managed to escape.

Gio strong. That's what Laila is thinking about right now.

He is now in a restaurant with Sella, Mitra and Aleca chatting over dinner.

The four of them were wearing their best clothes and not school uniforms as it was a holiday.

As usual the four of them were discussing the sometimes unimportant and unreasonable conversation of the girls.

"Hey look, I found some interesting news regarding the masked man!"

Aleca shows a news story on her phone screen to Laila, Mitra, and Sella.

The news contained a masked young man who managed to hit the target game darts in the game center. This is quite interesting news considering the difficulty level of the game.

"Oh, I know that too." Said the partner after seeing the news. "The news also mentions the young man getting a gift for his girlfriend. Haa.. Our chances are no longer there."

"Un .Un..."

The three of them nodded simultaneously. While Laila sighed in her heart and was grateful because her friends did not know that at that time she and Shiro were dating.

At the same time he recalled the incident after hearing the news that Gio had escaped.

"Shiro, what should we do? Waiting for more news or..."

"........"

Shiro fell silent and put his hand to his chin. He glanced at Laila for a moment.

"There's no other choice. Alice, I'm sorry, but I'm asking you to come home and remember, don't tell anyone. Tomo and I seem to have to take care of this as soon as possible. Do you understand?"

Shiro looked serious. This was only the first time Laila had seen Shiro like that.

This is a bad sign.

In the empire there was a special force that took care of matters from behind the shadow, the Shadow Knight. It seemed that Shiro and Tomo were members of that army.

Laila even understands that Tomo-pun's name is actually just a fake name like Shiro.

It seems that Laila was involved in something extraordinary and dangerous at the same time, so she had no choice but to obey Shiro.

"..Wh-All right..."

"Then, Tomo let's go. You know what to do next, right?"

"Well, how else. They're a bunch of useless people."

Tomo and Shiro stood up and came out of the pool, they intended to leave, but before leaving Shiro turned to look at Laila and said.

"Alice, one thing you should know, destiny is never between the two of us. Remember this word I said!"

"...."

Laila was only dumbfounded after hearing that. He now could do nothing but watch Shiro and Tomo leave.

After the two of them left, Laila decided to go home immediately. He changed his clothes and found a missed call 10 times from his mother.

It made Laila panic and feel guilty for making her mother anxious.

Afterwards, Laila came home after contacting Hyura to pick her up at the hot spring.

When he got home, two people were waiting for Laila with both hands on her waist.

At first Laila thought her grandmother and mother were angry, but instead they asked her about her first date with Shiro.

One thing Laila did not expect was that Laila's mother and grandmother were also at Lotus Mall and saw Laila dating.

That's when Laila thought destiny was terrible.

"Yes...."

Laila sighed as she recalled the interrogation her mother and grandmother had done.

"Laila, is there a problem?" ask Partners.

"It's nothing, I just remember something that sucks."

Laila then drank the juice she ordered.

"Hey.you know, this news also mentions that the boy's girlfriend is very beautiful. Although the identity of the masked young man and his girlfriend is unknown, his girlfriend is blond and ruby-eyed. Hmmmm...."

""""?!""""

Aleca, Mitra and Sella realize that girls with such traits are close to them. The girl also met the masked young man most often.

Then automatically the three of them glanced towards Laila with suspicious looks.

""""Ji~~~~""""

"I went to the toilet for a while."

It was the only way to avoid the three of them.

Laila stood up and went to the restaurant's female toilet.

In the toilet she saw the woman who was tidying up her makeup and left. Now he's alone in that toilet.

Laila's goal of going to the toilet was to dodge, so she just looked at the reflection in the mirror and tidied her hair a few times.

That's when he heard a loud explosion. He even felt the floor shake strongly.

"It's a..."

Laila's guess is right. After a while, Laila heard a warning to immediately go towards the shelter.

This was natural considering the battle between witches had a considerable impact.

Destroyed houses and buildings were normal in battles between witches, but thanks to the help of magic, damaged buildings could be quickly repaired.

(The explosion was quite loud, it means the location of the battle is not far from here.)

Laila tried to calm down and analyze the situation.

(The three of them must be in a shelter by now. I don't think I need to worry.)

And now it's Laila's turn to go to the sanctuary that's usually located underground, but before in a move-in

Boooom.

The wall in front of Laila suddenly shattered like it was hit by something, no, rather it was thrown by something.

Dust flew and made Laila unable to see objects that turned out to be a human.

"K... Damnit. The old man used a sneaky trick."

Laila heard a familiar voice from the man. That person stuck a magilium sword onto the floor to help him stand up.

Then the person turned his head towards Laila when he realized the whereabouts of others.

"..................."

"................."

Laila and the man fell silent.

That's when the dust disappears and makes the person clear.

The white masked black haired youth who wore black sleeveless shirts and black trousers. And two two-sided swords made of Magilium were in both hands, but both swords were subjected to many marks of sword slashes and holes.

The young man also had various incision wounds in various places, but it was only a small and not too severe wound.

"Yeah... Alice, what are you doing here?"

Shiro asked and came out from the rubble of the building.

"I should have asked why you were here. Did you know here is a girls' toilet? And why are you carrying a sword?"

Shiro then approached towards Laila.

"so apparently. Too bad I can't peek at you."

"Try saying it again!"

Laila instantly created a fireball and prepared to aim at Shiro.

"I was just kidding. I've seen you in a bikini anyway, that's enough for me."

"............."

Laila's face flushed red and at the same time she made the fireball bigger.

"All right I'm sorry. But you better get to the shelter quickly. It's dangerous here.!"

"Huh?"

"It's not that you should go to the shelter, either. But why are you hurt that much?"

"Basic fool. I'm the one who fights, why go to the shelter?"

"Eh? What did you say? A fight? Who's fighting with?"

"Tent- !! Alice down!!"

Shiro pushed Laila to the floor.

Then the walls of the toilet were once again destroyed by a huge fireball.

Dust and debris flew in all directions just above Laila. He also felt the heat from the fireball.

"Alice, are you okay?"

"Yes that's it. But what was that?"

They got up and saw the wall had completely destroyed. They could see the ruined city in various places and burn.

And they also saw an old man walking towards them with both hands carrying a magic arm in the form of a double sword..

Laila knew the old man. That is Gio Sevarez.

"Shiro, don't tell me you fought against him?"

"Youp. And it seems we should run away first."

"What do you mean?"

That was when Gio crossed his sword in front. Then a magic spell pattern appeared on the sword.

After that Gio quickly swung his sword down. Then came the X-shaped sword of fire that headed towards Shiro and Laila at high speed.

Not just one, Gio then created more than 6 fire swords.

"Alice!"

Shiro quickly held the two swords with one hand then pulled Alice's hand with the other and went out of the toilet into the restaurant.

They ran towards the entrance of the other side of the restaurant. They could hear the sound of small explosions and the light of fire burning down the restaurant.

They stopped in the middle of the road and saw Gio walking towards them.

"This is really bad. Alice, I need you to get as far away from here as possible!"

Shiro took off Alice's hand and held the other sword. Then he put up a sign horse ready to fight.

"Don't be stupid! How could I possibly drug you against Gio alone. But where are the Knights?"

"They have orders not to interfere with this fight. Do you understand? So now hurry up and go! This is not the time to play!"

"............"

But isn't Shiro just a human being? He shouldn't have won against Gio. The wound and the magilium sword almost broke was proof that Shiro would not be able to win.

It is common knowledge that Magilium sword is not strong enough to be used against magic arm, but Magilium will be able to balance if flowed mana.

Shiro must not be that stupid, right?

"Dam. Just this time I saw a fool like you. Scarflare!"

Two smoldering red swords appeared in Laila's hands.

"Don't be stupid. He's no match for you!"

"Who's stupid, you or me? How could you possibly win against him? But I don't understand why he seems so eager to kill you? What are you doing?"

This was what had disturbed Laila's mind since. Why didn't Gio escape and become obsessed with killing Shiro?

"Well, I just slashed her back and she got angry!"

"Huh?"

He should be angry. That was the first thing that came to Laila's mind.

"Well if you want to help me fight, you're fine, but look at my fight, if I'm in an emergency, you can help. Do you understand?!"

"Well, I don't think it's a problem, but are you sure you can win?"

Shiro smiled.

"Stupid. Did you forget you ever lost to me?"

Laila remembered it had happened. And I don't know why that pisses me off.

At the same time, Gio was already in front of them at a distance of 10 meters and stopped moving.

It was then that 4 magic circles appeared to the left and right of Gio. And from the magic circle that appeared 4 other Gio.

"bitch. This time you're gonna die!"

Gio bellowed furiously and pointed one of his swords at Shiro.

"Shiro.. could it be?"

"Yes. That is the power of Soul, Twin Body. He was able to create his clone with the same power as the real one. This was the reason he was so strong despite being alone."

"........ How can you win against him?"

"That's easy. I simply slashed it with my sword!"

Shiro suddenly ran towards 5 Gio who also ran towards Shiro.

The five Gio took turns advancing and attacked Shiro. The swords of Shiro and 5 Gio clashed and splashed a reddish glow. They slashed at each other and dodged the slashes of their enemies.

What is remarkable about this fight is Shiro's ability to avoid and fight balanced against 5 Gio.

"It's incredible..."

Laila broke out in cold sweat when she saw Shiro clashing swords again and again to splash a reddish glow.

Shiro managed to dodge at a distance as thin as paper, but because the other sword Gio was already eyeing, then Shiro could not dodge, but he only got a small cut. Dozens of small incisions.

(He's amazing, but if it goes on like this.).

Shiro can continue to fight, but his magilium sword is not. How long can Shiro's sword survive?

"Eh?"

Suddenly 2 Gio did not attack Shiro and slightly moved away.

2 The gio fused his 2 swords together and raised them up with both hands.

Then a magic circle appeared on the sword and flames instantly made sacrifices.

""Sacred magic art, Twin Flame Blaze""

The sword of fire extended up to 20 meters upwards. The 2 Gio then swung it towards the 3 Gio who was fighting against Shiro.

But when in mid-air, those 2 flames became 1 larger sword.

"Great!"

Laila quickly ran away because she was in the path of attack, but Shiro did not.

Shiro was still fighting with 3 Gio and was hit by a sacred magic art attack.

Booooooooooom..

The sword of fire struck Shiro and the other 3 Gio. The explosion occurred and the fire burned the streets as far as 100 meters. Even the 3 buildings that were in the lane were also exposed to formless and burned.

"Yahiroooooo!!"

Laila managed to dodge and survived. He shouted to Shiro who was most likely dead.

But-but

""Gu ah...""

The remaining 2 Gio suddenly groaned in pain. It was because their bodies were pierced by two Magilium swords from behind.

Blood flowed profusely as the two swords were pulled out from their bodies.

Eventually their bodies collapsed and disappeared into particles of light.

After those 2 Gio disappeared, all that was left was Shiro who was panting and full of wounds behind them.

".................."

Shiro only fell silent when he saw Gio's body disappear. Shiro knew it wasn't over.

"Shiro..."

Laila smiled happily to see Shiro survive and win. Laila quickly gets up intending to run towards Shiro, but-

"?!... Gu ahh.."

Laila's mouth was bleeding. He felt a tremendous pain in the middle of his chest.

He then glanced at his chest and saw the sword piercing through his body.

"Ughhh."

Laila glanced back and saw Gio smiling like a demon.

"THE ALICEEE!!"

Laila could hear Shiro screaming and running towards her.

Scarflare disappears into particles. Laila's right hand wanted to grab Shiro, but it was then that Gio pulled his sword from Laila's body.

"..aaa ahh.."

Blood splattered and filled Gio's sword, but it seemed that Gio was dissatisfied with just stabbing Laila.

Gio was now preparing to slash Laila's body with a sword in his right hand.

But just before the sword cut off Laila's body, Shiro arrived already in front of Gio and resisted Gio's attack with the sword.

"Tsk..."

"He he's..."

Gio smiled like a demon and added to his strength.

Kraak.... Kraak...

Shiro's sword began to crack. It was a sign that Shiro's sword was no longer able to hold on. Shiro's sword could break at any time.

"........."

While holding on, Shiro glanced at Laila who was already helpless on the ground. Blood is flowing. Laila could die at any moment. Shiro realized he didn't have much time. He has to save Laila.

It's not too late now.

Gio noticed Shiro off guard, so he started attacking again.

"?!"

Shiro was shocked as Gio's left hand swung the sword diagonally.

Realizing that, Shiro intends to hold back with his other sword, but-

Shiro's sword broke and it made Gio's sword hit Shiro's body. No. gabe. Shiro fades his body and manages to dodge with a thin sheet of paper, but Gio's attack hits Shiro's face.

"Ohhh..."

Taking the opportunity when Gio was off guard, Shiro shouted and kicked Gio right in the stomach until he was pushed a few meters and hit the wall.

Unconcerned by her bleeding cheeks, Shiro lifts Laila's body elsewhere away from Gio. Exactly to a building.

There he put Laila's body and threw out his broken sword. Now he only had one sword left, yet it had also reached its limit.

But now he had something more important than thinking about the sword.

"Alice, hangin!"

Shiro lowered his head and took something out of his pants pocket. It was a small bottle filled with water.

Shiro quickly unscrewed the bottle cap and poured it into Laila's wound. Along with the small smoke, Laila's wounds slowly closed and the blood had already stopped flowing.

But Laila's face was still pale. The wound won closed, but Laila lost a lot of blood.

"...Shi.ro..."

After a while, Laila slowly opened her eyes. His vision was blurred and he could not see clearly, but now he was no longer in pain.

"Thank God. I'm not late. I shouldn't have involved you in the first place. Sorry Alice."

That's when Shiro's mask came off and fell on Laila's chest. The mask was cut in half as it was cut off by Gio's sword.

That's when the face that had been behind the white mask was seen.

"Shi..ro? Is that your real face?"

"........."

"Darling, I can't see it clearly."

Laila's wounds had healed, but she had already lost a lot of blood.

His head was dizzy and he could not move. His sight was also blurred. That's why he couldn't see Shiro's face.

"That's it. You better get some rest. I will finish off Gio immediately, so go to sleep so you can recover quickly!"

Shiro then stood up, but he stopped when his hand was held by Laila.

"I understand, but I. ask not to say hello.. I'm the one who wants to get involved in this. It was me who apologized, Shiro..."

Hearing that, Shiro fell silent, but before long he smiled.

"Yes, you always bother me, so now shut up and don't move. I'll definitely beat him..."

"............, .."

Shiro stood up and took his sword. Then he turned his head towards Gio who was already preparing with his double sword.

Shiro moved closer to Gio.

"So you didn't try to escape this time, Grandpa?"

"Huhh. You should respect the older one, boy. I didn't expect them to send a boy like you to stop me Ha ha ha ha... "

Gio laughed satisfied.

"............"

Meanwhile, Laila could only see and hear from where she lay. Right now his gaze was blurred, so he could not see clearly, but he knew Shiro and Gio had already started preparing to fight by risking their lives.

"Yeah... Grandpa knew they were a bunch of useless people, no, I think Grandpa was too strong for them."

"..........."

"You can double your body and they all have the same power as your real body. You have a power that can be said to be cheating. Wellh. but that's the power called [Soul]."

Gio only smiled slightly when he heard that from Shiro.

"That's it. I don't have much time to serve you. I'm gonna kill you and kill the girl, so I'm sorry, kid..Double Shadows"

20 Magic circles appeared on the ground. Then from the magic circle appeared the Gio. Now Gio numbered 21 and besieged Shiro from various directions.

"Interesting, is this your true strength?"

"Yes, but are you sure you can defeat me with a sword like that?"

".........."

Shiro fell silent and glanced at the magilium sword that had already reached its limit.

"No. I guess our fight is just to buy time until help arrives?"

"That's a good guess, but you're wrong, Grandpa"

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Gio's smile instantly disappeared upon hearing that. Gio's face seemed to say "Are you serious, boy?".

"Nobody's coming because if they come I'll kill them right away. Does Grandpa understand now why they sent me to stop you?"

"Don't tell me you're the real one"

"Yes that's it. Unfortunately now I only have a cheap sword, but a cheap sword is enough to kill you."

Shiro pointed his sword at one of Gio.

Currently Shiro did not know which Gio was the real one, but that was not a problem for him.

"intriguing. Interesting. .. You're the most interesting person I've ever met a boy. All right, I'm not gonna run. I will fight really, too."

"Huh.don't talk much and let's get started. Have you been slow because you're old, Grandpa."

"Hua ha ha ha ha..."

Not only Gio, Shiro also smiled with satisfaction.

They're both murderers, so they understand each other that's why they won't hold back and take everything they have. This is the last fight.

21 Gio advanced and surrounded simultaneously. Meanwhile, Shiro mounted a horse and pulled his sword back.

Seeing that, Laila thought that Shiro would definitely die, but she could not see the end of the fight because she was unconscious.

When he regained consciousness, the first thing he saw was the roof of the hospital.

"Where am I?"

"Laila, are you conscious?"

"Laipa... Thank goodness we were worried half dead to know."

"Unn ..Unn."

Aleca, Mitra and Sella sat by Laila's bedside.

They look worried and sad. Even Laila could see their marks crying.

"I'm sorry. It makes you worry."

Laila then got up and sat down.

"That's it. That's natural. We're friends, right?"

"Un ..unn.."

"Thank God you're just short of blood, but I was surprised when you had a stab wound right in your chest."

At that moment, Laila recalled the moment she was pierced by Gio's sword. Fortunately, Shiro saved her.

"Shiro?!"

"""...........?"""

"Shiro... What happened to her? Is he safe? Where is he now? Then what about Gio ap-"

Plaaq...

Laila was slapped by Aleca to the point of flushing.

"Are you calm now?"

".....Yeah, but I'm gonna slap you!"

"Ughs..Alright. But later after you're healed."

"Laila, is Shiro that masked young man? If it's too bad we don't know what happened to him."

Mitra explained.

"We only found you lying covered in blood, yahhh, precisely the Knights who found you. You were found unconscious and a mask was on your chest. That'sthat's all. "

Aleca went along to explain what happened to him. It was at this time that Sella gave a white mask that was cut into two parts.

"What about Gio? Did he get away again?"

When asking Gio, the three of them looked at each other. They make the impression they don't want to talk about it.

"Laila, Gio was found dead cut into pieces, even his head cut off."

"Eh?"

"Not only that, two magilium swords were found that were destroyed and allegedly as a weapon that killed Gio. To be honest, I can't believe that that young man is capable of killing Gio like that. Wellhh... But he's still cool, isn't he?"

"Yes. Of course."

"Un Unn"

Hearing that, Laila smiled bitterly.

But he realizes that Shiro most likely survived and won. This is an unbelievable thing considering Shiro is not a witch and only uses the Magilium sword.

That was when the wind blew from the open window. The wind blew away the white rose petals that adorned Laila's room.

The petals landed right on top of the Shiro mask.

"......."

That's when Laila suddenly smiled by herself.

"If fate is true, will we meet again?"

"Eh?"

"Hmmm... What do you mean?"

"Unnn?"

"No. I'm just talking to myself."

Aleca, Mitra and Sella realize that Laila is hiding something from them.

But that was no problem for Laila.

5 months passed. Laila has never met Shiro or anyone who bears any resemblance to Shiro.

After graduating from Shiryuu Magic Shool, Laila went to the city of Areshia which became the location of Kuryuu Academy.

Kuryuu Academy is a traditional school in the Laila family. Her father, mother, Grandpa, Grandma, and Brother all attended Kuryuu Academy.

Although she felt sad when she parted ways with Mitra, Aleca and Sella, but she had already decided to move to Kuryuu Academy. He did not want the tradition to disappear.

During the student acceptance exam, Laila was ranked S as a witch. He was happy because his efforts were not in vain to train for 7 months.

Then because too many became her fans, she ran away overwhelmed.

He ran down the hallway with all his might. Although there was a rule forbidden to run in the hallway, but at that time Laila did not care and continued to run.

And when he turned the corner, he hit someone until he fell to the floor.

The man had black hair and black eyes. In his right hand was a black-gloved sword that contained two bells.

Kuro extended his hand to Laila who was still falling.

"Ahh thank you."

Laila received Kuro's helping hand and stood up. That's when the two of them looked at each other for the first time.

"............"

"............."

They both remained silent for a moment.

That's when Laila felt something familiar when she met a young man named Kuro.

(Diane?)

"?!"

But that was when he heard the sound of dozens of footsteps approaching.

It makes Laila reflexively run, but while running she looks back and sees a smile appear on the lips of a man named Kuro.

It was a smile that Laila had not seen for a long time.

"Kuro, why are you smiling?"

"No," Kuro said as he turned around. He walked again and passed by dozens of disciples chasing after Laila.

"Grandmother, do you believe in destiny?"

"What do you mean?"

"Ahh.no. Forget it."

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