Junta & Wizarding World
#40 New Ways
As usual, the heat of the sun does not make the city streets quiet, the higher the sun, the more crowded the city streets and somehow Junta and Kou are used to walking on the crowded and hot streets, right now, Junta was walking along with Kou towards somewhere. Kou says that he wants to take Junta somewhere, but Junta does not know where his sister went to take him because after Junta woke Kou, they immediately left.
“Kou, isn't it time you told me where we're going?”
Kou who was walking beside Junta looked towards the sky for a while before finally answering.
“We're going to Akademi”
“Academy? School?”
“Yap, Magic” Academy
“Uh... Why do we go there? Do you want to be that school student?”
“I heard one of the teachers there is researching something related to opening a portal to another world”
“So, now I understand”
“Maybe I'll find some clues to help us get out of this world”
“If the other world referred to in the study is our world, earth, then this will make it easier for us to return to the world we came from”
“Although actually I myself do not expect something very coincidental to happen, but if what Big Brother said earlier happened, then we will really be helped”
Junta and Kou continue their journey in silence to focus on not bumping into the people on the streets of the city, to be honest the Junta does not know if there is an academy in the world, moreover, the magic academy, but in retrospect normally, it was only natural for a country or kingdom to provide a place for its people to study.
After walking past many people and many turns, Junta and Kou arrived at a fairly large building, the building looked big and luxurious, and it was a beautiful building, the tall and elegant fences surrounding the building made the magic academy as if it were a place for the upper classes, after walking towards the closed entrance gate, to make it look like a place for the upper class, Junta and Kou are approached by a guard who comes out of nowhere.
“What do you need to come here?”
“We would like to meet one of the teachers at this academy, that someone named Barley”
“Professor Barley? Are you guys friends?”
“We came to see his research”
After that, the gatekeeper started to open the door for Junta and Kou, he gave directions to Junta and Kou before finally Junta and Kou left the guard.
After going inside, Junta was slightly stunned by the greatness and grandeur of that academy, for the academy's classmates, this school was really nuanced just for the upper class, he said, the floor is covered by a blue carpet with yellow edges, not to mention the large magnificent lights hanging on the ceiling coupled with colorful glass windows made the Junta head hurt because of thinking about how much it costs to enter this school.
Junta and Kou walked in that magnificent hallway according to the direction of the gatekeeper, some turns Junta and Kou had already passed and strangely, this building looked deserted, as long as the Junta and Kou walked there was not a single other person in sight, could it be that it was still a learning hour now? After not long walking, Junta and Kou arrived at a room with a door that looked made of gold.
Kou knocked on the door 2 times, then went inside after hearing the voice that allowed them to enter, inside the room, there was a very old man, who was very old, he had long white hair to the equivalent of his knees, his white beard was also no less long to the point of almost touching the floor, even though his skin indicated he was very old, too, but he was still able to stand firmly as if he still had great strength at his old age, his blue eyes looking at Junta and Kou alternately before finally saying.
“You are not a student of this school and I also do not remember your faces, what do you need to see me?”
“Before that let us introduce ourselves, I'm Kou, and this is my brother Junta”
The old grandfather walked up to Junta and Kou then said.
“Kou and Junta, sorry but I can't remember your names, if you are my students first then please understand this old geezer”
“No Professor Barley, we never met”
“Then what made you come here to see me?”
“I heard Professor is researching something related to the other world”
“Ahhh my research, from where do you know I researched such a thing?”
“Let's say I found out from my friend”
“So ya”
The old grandfather walked towards the chair not far from Junta and Kou, he sat there and placed his hand on the table that was in front of him.
“All the books and papers here are my research, so please forgive me if this room is a mess”
“Ah, it does not bother us” at all
“Why don't you guys sit here first while chatting for a while?”
The old grandfather turned his hand forward as if he was allowing guests to sit in the chair in front of his desk, because Kou accepted the offer, as well as the Junta, as well, they sat next to each other facing Professor Barley.
“I didn't think anyone would look for me just for this research.. If you may know why you look interested in the other world?”
Kou looked at his older brother first before answering the question, not knowing how to deal with this old man, so Junta handed everything over to Kou, after making a gesture that Junta handed over all of this to Kou, Kou began to open his mouth to speak.
“One of our close relatives who is in our home country is very interested in things that smell of other world, so we thought to help him find information about this”
“Once, do you trust your friend?”
“Of course we trust him”
“I don't think anyone has the same thoughts as me, if time permits, I'd really like to meet your friend it”
“I'm sure he'll be very happy to meet someone who has the same thoughts as him”
The old grandfather stood up and walked towards one of the bookshelves leaning against the wall of the room, the room was indeed looking very messy, books and papers were scattered everywhere, and also on every wall of this room there are shelves full of medium-sized books that make anyone think this room looks like a small library.
After arriving at the bookshelf he was heading to, the Grandfather stopped and looked at the bookshelf, after a moment of silence the Grandfather then said.
“Do you guys know the story about the kingdom of Zokavia?”
“We are travelers from a faraway country, so there is not much we know about the story of this kingdom”
“The Kingdom of Zokavia is the largest and only kingdom in this land that stood in the past, unfortunately the kingdom was destroyed because the leader of the kingdom suddenly disappeared somewhere”
After saying that, the old grandfather picked up a book then walked back to his seat, after sitting down he continued the conversation.
“While there are many versions of the story that tell different stories, I assumed that the king of Zokavia might go to another world”
The grandfather gave the thick book he was holding to Kou before finally continuing.
“That's why I researched about the other world”
“So, you are researching about another world because you want to find out the answer of the story of the kingdom of Zokavia?”
Junta who was silent since entering the room began to participate in the conversation, this was done by Junta because he saw Kou was focusing on reading the thick book.
“You can think of it that way, if only the king or queen of Zokavia had not disappeared, perhaps the kingdom would have existed until now, and division will not occur and of course the kingdoms that now will not be born, so war is a thing that absolutely cannot be imagined by anyone”
“Then, what would you do if it turned out that the other world did exist? Will you go to that world and find the king of Zokavia?”
“While I can prove definitively that the existence of another world does exist, though there I believe other worlds are not only 1, but also 1, and searching for the king of Zokavia among the many worlds sounds troublesome, plus I don't know how big the world I'm going to come to later”
“So, have you given up on this research Professor Barley?”
“You can think of it that way, but you can't either, I feel like the research I'm doing will work and pay off someday, I think, it's just that I'm not sure if time will allow me to go look for the lost king of Zokavia, I've fought to this day, even I forced myself to learn new magic, I don't want to die first”
The old man chuckled after saying that.
“Oh, new magic, I didn't expect you to still be able to learn new magic in your old age”
“Honestly, I was very troubled, both in continuing this research, as well as learning new magic, I felt my body start to feel tired, even my soul also felt tired, even though this body was starting to age, I felt like my body was starting to feel tired, I have absolutely no intention of stopping, I will continue this research until the end, after all I have painstakingly learned detection magic, after all, if I stop here then that means all the time I sacrifice will be wasted”
“Magic detection?”
“Magic that can track the whereabouts of a person using something related to him, such as possession objects”
“Magic as such.. Does it really exist?”
“The world of magic is vast, you will never know what magic you will encounter in the future, I myself although a teacher had also just discovered this magic when I was researching in another city, this is an ancient magic so it is only natural that you guys do not know”
Kou closed the book he was carrying quickly and said to the old man.
“Can you teach that magic to me Professor Barley?”
“Teaching?”
The old grandfather looked at Kou carefully before he finally said.
“It's not that I don't want to tell you about this magic problem, but I feel that you're too young Kou, ancient magic is ancient magic that has been lost in this age and most ancient magic is very difficult to learn, I don't want someone as young as you to go crazy just trying to learn this magic”
“Not why! I can learn that magic! Please teach me that magic!”
Kou slightly bowed his body indicating he was very pleading to the old man, Junta who was sitting next to him also bowed his body to help Kou, kou's current actions could be understood because if Kou managed to master that magic, then perhaps the existence of the caster of the curse water could be traced using the black water itself, he said, that black water must have contained the Mana from his caster, it should also be counted if indeed what was needed was something related to the person you wanted to track down.
“So yes, it seems you guys have your own reasons”
The old grandfather stood up while saying that, then he went to one of the bookshelves that was behind him to pick up another book.
“This is a book that will teach you how to use that detection magic, this book I've translated from ancient language to our current language, it should be easier to learn”
The old man gave Kou a thick plain brown book and said.
“I'm sorry, actually I want to talk to you guys longer, but time already requires me to go to one of the classes to teach, you can return all those books when you have finished studying them”
“Ah, we are sorry if it bothers you or takes your precious time too much, then we will also go”
“No problem don't think about it, I'm not at all bothered with this kind of thing, oh this reminds me”
The old man was looking for something on his desk full of books and papers.
“Can you give this to one of my students? He's in the field next to this building, he has purple hair and I guarantee you won't meet anyone else but him there”
“Oh of course, you can count on us”
The old grandfather handed a neatly rolled piece of paper to the Junta before they finally all walked out of the room together.
The building was still as quiet as when Junta and Kou first entered it, it was a little troublesome to find the exit to go to the field beside the building, but in the end Junta and Kou managed to find it.
After exiting the building, Junta noticed there was some kind of stone-covered path covered by some sort of plant above along the path, making the path shady and refreshing, he said, that path leads the Junta to the next building, if the Junta follows that path, then all he needs to do is walk straight and then turn left, after that the Junta will see the entrance to the other building, but because that is not the purpose of the Junta, so he does not turn but a straight forward road, because in front of them, he will not turn, there was a field wide enough, the Junta did not really see what the field was because his gaze focused on a purple-haired person who was sitting under a tree.
There was no one else around, so Junta was sure that he was the one, after walking closer, Junta felt familiar with the face of the purple haired woman.
“Excuse me.?”
“Wa-Wah!”
“Ah, sorry if I surprised you”
“You.. The one this morning”
As the Junta had expected, the long purple-haired lady was someone she had helped earlier this morning, she no longer wore a green robe, either, instead of wearing a black robe with a logo-like image on his left chest, it might be this school uniform.
“I'm really very grateful for your help this morning”
“Ah no, it's okay, by the way I have something for you”
The junta gave the neatly rolled up paper to the purple woman in front of him.
“This is from Professor Barley”
The woman put on a face like one who did not expect this to happen before finally opening the paper and starting to read it.
“Did you guys ever meet before?”
“Ah, yes that is, I helped her out this morning when you were still sleeping”
“Oh forgive me! I forgot to introduce myself, my name is Alicia”
“Alicia yes, I am Kou, and this is my brother Junta, so what are you doing here alone? Isn't everyone in class right now?”
“Oh it..”
Alicia looked at a bucket full of tears with her purple eyes and then said.
“School learned of the incident this morning, so the school punished me”
“So.. You're being punished for cleaning?”
The purple woman named Alicia pointed her hand at the bucket of water not far from her, not long after she pointed her hand, a ball of water formed from that bucket of water and slowly moved upward according to the rhythm of Alicia's hand movements, but unfortunately the ball could not last long in the air and eventually suddenly broke.
“Oh”
“That's my punishment, I was ordered to make a water ball using the water in this bucket, then lift the ball, and hold it in the air about 30 seconds”
Alicia let out a long sigh after saying that.
“So yeah, judging from your experiment earlier, the water ball you lifted only lasted about 3 seconds, it looks like you still need a long time to master this”
Kou said that while looking thoughtful.
“The problem is concentration, this punishment is intended to train your concentration in order to control Mana well”
After Junta said that, he pointed his hand towards that bucket of water then a water ball formed quickly, the water ball was moving upwards according to the rhythm of Junta's hand and after being felt high enough, Junta said.
“On the other hand, not only water ball, but you can also shape it like this”
After saying that, Junta moved his fingers and the water ball turned into another form, which was like a stuffed rabbit.
“L-Excellent”
After changing its shape to a stuffed rabbit, Junta returns the rabbit to its original form, and the floating water ball is slowly returned to the bucket.
“L-Excellent! I didn't know that the water ball could be shaped like you did!”
“Now you know, but forming that water ball into another form requires a higher concentration than just lifting it out of the bucket, he said, so for a while you just need to focus on making a water ball and then hold it in the air for 30 seconds like your teacher told”
After looking at the bucket with an expression of astonishment, Alicia tried to do it once more, a water ball formed and moved upwards according to the rhythm of her right hand just like before, after 5 seconds of floating in the air, the water ball suddenly broke.
“It looks like you still need to practice Alicia” a lot
“Kou is right, keep practicing and someday I'm sure you can do this easily”
“Alright, my brother and I will leave now, our business here is done”
“Oh well, do I need to deliver it to the gate?”
“No, no need, we can go by ourselves, thanks for the offer Alicia”
After Kou said that, Kou and Junta went towards the crowded city streets, leaving Alicia alone there with her water bucket.
