
“You're ready for the ninth Kinje First Apple Competition?!" shouted a witch who was guiding the closing ceremony of the festival. Floating in the air he danced agilely on his magic broom, in front of the skyscraper tree that became the center of Junon.
The cheer full of reflexes made me close my ears. My still small body was swayed among the waves of spirit of the participants who were on average twice as old as me. I ended up bumping into a long black haired girl. Seeing the orange eyes that were like sinking eyes, I immediately recognized him.
“P-P-daughter Noc-“ said Lumina who I immediately smother. I put my index finger on my lips and smiled. The girl nodded in understanding, but the moment I took my hand off, she immediately shook my shoulder.
“You're not a ghost, are you?!” lumina yelled which made me sneak my forehead. Gosh... Shouldn't Lumina be the smartest student in the academy? Why is he acting stupid and attracting the attention of many people.
“Iya, yes, I am a ghost,” I said following the conversation so that people around us, consider this just a conversation of two friends. Phew.. good thing not many people know my face before ‘killed’.
“B-How can Princess here?”
My eyes also saw a tattoo encircling Lumina's neck. Like a black rose in full thorny bloom encircling the graceful letter N, so did the bad destiny that trapped Lumina. This girl has been cursed to become the babu of the Noctis Family, making Lumina and her descendants powerless against their bloody desires.
Mutter and Eclair saved this girl's life at a great price.
“Bisale. By the way, call me.uhh, just Clair. I was a bit uncomfortable called Princess, later considered a real ghost again,” my chuckle that was holding my chin to watch the girl from toe to head.
In contrast to her shabby clothes when we first met, Lumina was now dressing up like a noble girl. Her detailed black dress is specially stitched by a famous designer, her earrings are made of beautiful ruby gems. No longer thin and sad, now Lumina looks like a beautiful Olivia flower in the field.
No one would believe that two years ago, this girl almost died of infection and starvation.
“It looks like Eclair is treating you very well huh,” I said smiling with relief.
Sweeps the girl nodded, “Put-Ehem, Clair himself how? After that night...What really happened to you? Does free living like a bird in the sky bring happiness to you?”
“A strange question directed at the monster that almost killed you,” I replied in surprise, then stroked my chin and thought, “Happiness. I don't understand what that feeling is. But, seeing you look healthy and good like this, I honestly feel good. It seems like these terrible hands don't always bring bad luck to those he touches.”.
“You are not a bad person, Putr-Ehem! Clair.”
I just snorted cynically and watched the fireworks festively bloom in the sky. The dance attraction in the night sky became a sweetener, accompanied by a flickering magic full of color depicts the excitement of the night. And after the grand opening, a light magic appeared showing the count of the time the race began.
I saw Lumina immediately take out two tubes from her magic book. Nimblely the girl assembles the tube and wears it on her back. The fire from the lower end of the rocket pushed the girl flying for a moment. With confidence, Lumina put on google and gave me a thumbs up.
Surprised me, “Eagerly very.”
“Enjoyed? I'm terrified! If I don't get the First Apple for Princess Eclair, it could be. Lumina was put on the Queen's pedestal, for not being able to protect the Princess from the Land's Crocodile Prince!”.
“Ara, I don't understand what you're saying.”
Suddenly I realized that most of the people who participated in the race were adam in their twenties. On their side was his partner who gave encouragement to his knight. I kissed my forehead and asked,
“U-Uhh, isn't the First Apple a magic artifact that can grant the request of those who eat it?”
In the spirit of Lumina holding my hand, “Iiih, Clair, you are so scared. That's a belief three centuries ago knew! Now, it is the highest honor for a woman to get that apple from a Knight. They say, if you declare love with that apple, then your love is one hundred percent!”
Immediately I closed my mouth and held back a laugh, “Who spread that stupid rumor?”
“Iiih, this is not a joke. All magic artifacts have mysterious powers that cannot be underestimated! There have been many couples put together by the Apple, there are photos on display all,” said Lumina pointed to a large board that I thought was a place to show off intimacy.
“Ara, I don't want to spend my time chasing crap,” you're the one who left Lumina.
Suddenly Lumina said, “Kata Papa, if sold on the black market, First Apple costs up to ten thousand gold pieces, Clair.”
“OK, I'm coming,” I said who then stretched my body. I took off my shoes to grow the bones that encircled my feet. I smiled confidently too,
“Between me and your strange tool, who will win, Lumi?” my challenge.
Lumina bent her eyebrows and smiled, “Of course, Tsubasa Mk. My IV won't lose!”
“The loser had to treat the sushi” winner I said, who jumped high, along with the shotgun blast that started the race.
My adrenaline was pouring down, my legs clinging to hundreds of losers running towards the giant tree. The light of light was seen on top of its highest branch, with my eyes, I could see the golden apple teasing me with its luster. Uuhh.
But it seemed, the struggle towards the top of the giant tree was not an easy matter. Because of that tree, it may be up to five times the clock tower of Ishtarin Palace!
“Not a problem for Daemons like me,” my lips that climbed my first limb and saw the shocked losers, seeing me already far ahead of them.
But a dark figure jumped from shadow to shadow, and in one slash he cut the branch I was resting on. Losing my balance, my eyes caught the ocean blue eyes of the perpetrator who sabotaged my path of victory. With a smug smile, he gave me a thumbs-down, before jumping in the shadows again, climbing the tree at a fantastic speed.
Sebal and do not want to lose, I also slaughtered the pulse of my arm and formed a circular ladder upward from my blood. While running at high speed, I shouted,
“Damn it, don't steal ten thousand pieces of my gold!”
Suddenly a slash appeared from behind the shadow. I barely dodged the slash and immediately drew out my sword, fending off the other slashes that appeared in succession from the blond man. Agilely, he jumped from another shadow and overwhelmed me to ward off his attacks.
Ugh, how much does he want to prove his love to my way like this?
Then I knocked on my ring and took the ampoule full of light. I threw the ampoule in the sky and slashed it. I closed my eyes and ears, when a bright light appeared from within, negating the shadows around me. The man stopped at one of the stairs of my blood, holding his painful ear.
“Hahaha, how does it feel? This is one of my best-selling merchandise. Judgelights! Everyone who was exposed to the light directly could not hear or see in ten minutes,” I said, who then kicked the man down and returned the thumbs up under him.
“D-Basic cheating!” yell that man.
“Bodo dragon! Goodbye, knight nyebelin!” I shouted, who laughed with satisfaction.
The laughter soon dissipated when I saw Lumina now darting towards me quickly. But it was not the confident face he showed me, but it was deathly pale in panic. Soon I understood, the discovery machine on his back was out of control!
“Lumina! Take that thing off your back! Cepetan!” I shouted as I ran after Lumina who was flying uncontrollably in the sky.
The girl shook her head, “N-N-Later I can fall!” his yell.
“Crust me!!” my screams which then smeared blood on both of my legs, drawing a diagram of the supporting magic on him.
Lumina finally released both tubes and free-falled. I immediately jumped, and the speed of my jump smashed my blood ladder. I reached for my hand, trying to catch Lumina's hand. Fortunately, I was able to catch him and carry him in my arms.
Immediately I pulled out my sword, then wrapped the blood rope around the handle and attached it to the trunk of a giant tree. I held onto the rope as firmly as possible, and prevented me and Lumina from falling. At the same time the organizers approached us with their magic brooms and saved us both.
DUARR!!!
A huge explosion appeared above me. It looks like the two tubes hit the largest branch of the tree and burned it. Unable to hold its weight, the branch fell. Quickly the branch will hit the spectator bench that is right below it.
“A-Jeez, how is this?!” shouted a woman to her friend, “The body can weigh tons. If he falls from a height .. Ugghh—! What happened to the people below?”
“S-Serious?” I said I couldn't believe it. One other problem bears fruit, duh, why am I not really hockey today anyway?
“Duh, we don't have a destructive witch strong enough to burn that branch again!” said another panicked officer.
Immediately I handed Lumina to the committee, then removed my black robe. White bones covered my body. My third and fourth eyes were opened, along with bones covering my face like a dragon.
“Haah, take Lumina to a safe place. I will clean up this mess,” I said that twirling my body rested on my sword, then fired myself like a bullet into the fallen branch.
“Sanguis Pandaemonium!” my yelling.
I spilled my blood and circled the branch like a very strong steel rope. Then I shot my blood into another big branch, but it didn't seem like enough. “Haaarrghh!” my cry that poured out almost all my blood until it reached the branch and tied itself to it.
I managed to hold the giant branch, but the whole muscle of my arm was almost broken. At high speed, my body was trying to repair itself but, still, the branch was too heavy. Slowly, I poured out my blood lengthening the steel thread on the other branch and slowly lowered the fallen branch safely. My spine hurt a lot, because they quickly had to produce blood for me. Laughing wryly at me, we see..is my body first to be destroyed or am I able to save the crowd below?
Guided by the committee, I managed to put the branch safely. I took my hand off the steel rope from my blood, only to bend my knee to lose balance. Damn, how many quarts of blood did I spend to secure this branch?
The crowd swarmed over the branch, but their eyes fell on me who was prostrating on the giant branch. Far from being grateful, they looked at me in horror. My demon-like form seemed to scare them.
I wondered. Why did I spend my life saving them?
“True too.. A monster like me shouldn't be-“ I said then vomited. My head felt very light and my eyes were so blurry it felt. Unknowingly I lost my strength and fell off that big branch.
"Bas stupid," said a voice so familiar to me.
At that moment, someone caught me. His face looked so angry and worried. With teary eyes, she held a happy smile on her lips.
“... Why can't you go home the usual way anyway, my naughty sister?” said Eclair in plain folk clothes and a blonde wig, saving me before falling over.