Chapter 23: What Is Magic?

She carried me to her room and opened the doors with a mere glare.

'Why...Why the fuck did Reina get fired?! Is her tounge no good?! Or is it because I'm her slave now, and she realized I have to do whatever she asks?!' I started biting my nails as we walked into her room.

There was a huge, black bed with red railing in the back middle of the room. It had a black bed curtain laced around it with red spots all over it. To the right of her room, she had a huge dresser that stretched to each corner.

To her left, she had a huge book case. 'I wonder if I could use my skill to see into the memories of books and gain the experience inside of it..' That thought came out of no where, but now I was invested. 'Yeah...Maybe I could learn things like the languages of the world. I may even be able to get even more power..'

"Commoner. Where do you want to start first?" She threw me onto the bed and jumped on top of me. "I feel...I feel like our positions should be switched here." Something about this seemed odd.

"God, I hate the way you speak to me."

She said something that made my ear move slightly.

"I've never met a commoner like you. Tell me, why are you like this? Why don't you fear us?" She asked me a question with a serious look, surprising me.

"Because.." I put my hand out and a small purple flame appeared.

"I'm evil."

That's not it actually. I did fear these people, but I could never really back down for some reason. I guess that means I don't know the answer myself.

"Your evil huh?" She slightly laughed.

"I don't believe it. I see how much you care for your family, and even my brother. Your not evil at all." She was getting on my case, causing me to sigh. "Then I don't know. I grew up in the woods away from people, so maybe seeing a person telling me to shut up when I'm eager to know about them makes me relentless."

She then started stripping down. "Your being promoted to a sex slave." She completely ignored me. "Youe being promoted because you finnaly gave me a straightforward answer. Maybe for your next promotion, you'll be something that makes us bond together forever."

She was spouting bullshit. "Your drunk aren't you?" She stared for a moment, then smiled. "Yes. But that doesn't mean that I don't want my cleaning." She stripped completely and her huge breast jiggled around.

"Smh. Hypocrite." I said in a daze. Understanding what I meant, she said "Your my sex slave now. You'll see way more than this in the future." She leaned down and her bare breast touched my chest. I looked away from the scene however as I had a single thought in mind.

'This is cheating.'

No, not cheating in, 'This isn't fair', Cheating as in, 'I'm cheating on Ryoko.'

Noticing this, Caroline frowned. "Your thinking about that maid aren't you?" I nodded rapidly. "Forget her.." She leaned in towards my ears. Her hoop earrings were slighting hitting my cheek.

"I'm much better than she is."

She then leaned back up, sitting on my crotch in the process. "I'll do things that no man has ever seen before." Will you now? "If no mans ever seen it before then how do you know the technique is good?" I asked and she smiled.

"Who's position did you take over again?"

Hearing this, my face cocked back a bit. "Oh, I didn't know that you were gay. My apologies." I nodded with my eyes closed. "Gay huh? I don't like women though. Their body just interest me."

Sounds like your gay to me.

"We did that stuff for fun. She loves another man though, so she never took it seriously." My boy Arthur finna clap some cheeks. Good for him. "Now that that conversations over, start liking me anywhere you'd like."

She was fully naked. She had her panties and bra to the side with her actual clothes on the floor. "No, I refuse. Now get off me. My mother is out of town and she told me that I have to be home every night to protect my sister."

I then tried moving, but was stopped as she placed her fingers, that had red nail polish, onto my chest. "Forget about them commoner. People in your position would be jumping at the chance to do whatever they want to me."

"But.." I scratched the back of my head.

"I don't really like you, so your offer means nothing." I laughed a bit.

"You lie. You judge. You abuse, both physically and mentally. Your weird. Your voice is deep like a mans. Your personality is down right trash."

I pushed her to the side and got out the bed.

"I really don't like you." I gave another small laugh.

"So please. Please leave me alone for the rest of my life. It'll really do us both a favor." I was tired of it. All jokes aside...I was tired. Tired of putting up with her. Tired myself. Tired of everything. I just want to be alone in this moment.

I left the room with natural face. Not happy. Not sad. Just...Plain.

In the room that Hartuo left, a woman sitting up staring at the ceiling of her bed. Her hair covered her face, making her seem like a lifeless body.

"Is he...Right?"

A very small tear came down her face and dropped onto the bed.

"Is what he said...True?"

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"Aiko. I'm going to bed."

I was home now. I managed to get back home just in time for dinner and I was now heading up stairs to 'Sleep.'

"Okay. Have a good night." Aiko seemed calmer than usual. She seemed more mature as her hair was getting long like Mothers. 'Its hasn't even been a day yet..' Or maybe I'll just seeing the true Aiko.

Not the same tomboyish girl that I played with every single day of every single hour.

I then went into my room and locked the door. I stripped down to only my pants and layed down on my bed.

▪︎Are you ready?▪︎

He spoke out to me and I nodded. I then pulled his sword out and placed it on my chest. The handle near my crotch and the blade nearing my neck. The skeleton, which was black, was perfectly in the center of my stomach.

▪︎Let's start then▪︎

I nodded at him as I closed my eyes. I then started slowing my breath. My heart beat became slower and slower as well.

▪︎Perfect...▪︎

His demonic and cold voice sounded out.

My eyes then opened and I noticed that I was no longer on the bed.

▪︎Welcome to my shadow palace..▪︎

I heard his voice sound out in my head.

Right now, I was standing about 300 feet away from this black castle. It was very huge in size and the demonic power it gave off was enough to kill anyone if they had weak wills.

"What am I doing here?" He told me that he would bring me here, but never mentioned why.

▪︎Because here, in this conscious, you learn faster. The rate at which you think slows down, so you can analyze each and every small detail of any and everything▪︎

I see.

▪︎Your going to go around the world killing evil, making those people good, and take their

evil in, making it yours, correct?▪︎

He asked me and I nodded.

▪︎Well first, you'll have to understand you powers better. You'll have to have better control over yourself too▪︎

I nodded and started walking.

▪︎We'll be going back to the basics..▪︎

As he said that, the scene warped to a black room. "This again?" I sighed as I started walking to the table. I then hoped up on the rusty table and layed down. Chains appeared over my arms, neck and legs.

▪︎What is magic?▪︎

He asked me a simple question.

"Magic.." I began to explain.

"Magic is the ability to exploit supernatural forces to varying degrees, with only their skill, personal power-level, imagination/knowledge, and/or morality to define the borders. Given the flexibility of magic, its users have essentially limitless possibilities for what they can accomplish."

This is the basic definition of magic that I read online back in my old world.

▪︎Intresting. I've never heard of someone describing magic like that..▪︎

He started cackling.

▪︎Now...▪︎

The shackles got tighter.

▪︎Tell me your thoughts on the word, Evil▪︎

I slightly nodded.

"When I think about the word, Evil, I think about bad things. Stealing, insulting, assault, things like that basically."

"Every living thing has good or bad. Evil however is all just a point of view. You may rob someone, and be called evil, or bad, but in reality, your doing it because your family is starving."

▪︎I see...▪︎

The shackles became looser.

▪︎What is a good person in your eye?▪︎

I heard his question and waited a bit before answering.

"I define a 'good person' as somebody who knows their limits. They know their strengths, but they can also be wary of their weaknesses. Basically, they understand that there is no good without bad. Good and Evil are essentially the same, but over time, we slowly began treating them as opposite entities, and not as the same one."

It all comes back down to, there cannot be light without darkness, and there cannot be darkness without light.

▪︎Noble! I've never heard such words before in my life! You truly are interesting!▪︎

The Black Emperor was very happy!

▪︎Kid! I'm glad your my host!▪︎

He gave out a laugh which shook the whole building. "Yeah, yeah.." I became a bit embarrassed from his words.

▪︎I now see how you truly think. I'm proud to say that your ready to move on▪︎

Purple liquid from the ceiling then fell onto my face and I was now in a plain, green feild with absolutely nothing as far as the eye could see.

▪︎A couple days ago, you encounter dark arts users did you not?▪︎

Days? Its only been a few hours.

"I did. Why is that important?" I had a feeling of why.

▪︎Because, I'm going to teach you it▪︎

A small boy then appeared in front of me. He had black hair and purple eyes. His face seemed girlish though, as he had long eye lashes and wore a cute smile. "Is this how you look?" The small boy then started floating.

"Yes! Don't make fun of me!" He pouted cutely with his arms crossed.

"I-I wont.." I forced out a laugh and he said,

"So? Do you want to hear of some of the skills you'll learn? You already have them in you. You'll just need a slight push to activate each one."

A chance to see the power of the strongest dragon? Hell yeah!

"Judging by your expression, I shall show you." He weaved around his stubby finger and a panel showed up. "What? You can...Do this?" Does that means he knows...

"I know everything about you. Like how your not from this world. How you lived in a placed called, Earth." I was going to make a surprised face until I realized that of course he would know. He lives inside my head for christ sake.

I shook my head off my thoughts and looked over at the panel.

[Blood Magic.]

[Poison Magic.]

[Chaos Magic.]

[Curse Magic.]

[Demon summoning.]

[Death Magic.]

[....]

The list continued and continued with my eyes barely being able to contain themselves. 'T-This is too much!' I never would have thought that a day would come where I thought that I had too much power in my hands.

"Nii-Chan. I can see see that you won't always be on this planet. This much will help you in your exploration across the multiverse."

'W-What did he just call me?'

A small blush appeared on Harutos face. "Sorry. You kind of remind me of an older brother type..." He rubbed the back of his short, black hair with red lines himself.

"Y-You are the Black Emperor right? The one said to be evil himself right?" He placed a finger on his small chin.

"Yeah, that's me.." He smiled at me, causing me to stumble. "Your too cute man...." I couldn't take the dragon seriously. "Can't you make yourself older?" He instantly shook his head no.

"I don't wanna!" He folded his arms and looked away. 'What...The fuck happened to that cold aura of his? I actually can't take him seriously anymore..'

"Alright! Time for a new power. Your rising in that quite fast arent you?" His words made me snap out if it. "This new power will be called, 'Elemental Dragon'." He then jumped into the sky and transformed into his dragon form.

▪︎Form your darkness into something that gives you wings. Embrace those wings and become one with your power!▪︎

He roared out while flying away. 'Wait! Aren't you my elemental dragon!?' He is right? Right?!

I sighed out a bit and sat down on the empty field. 'Okay..' I put my hands together like I was praying and I started enveloping myself in a purple aura.

'Pick at the very darkness that makes you.'

I then went into deep thought which was comprised of absolute darkness. "Hello?" I asked out in the darkness that even I couldn't see through. "Wow! Your here already?! That was fast!" I heard the small child talk to me.

"So you are my dragon huh?" It would feel awkward to ride another dragon if it's not him. Or Ryoko actually. "Of course! Now tame me and manifest me!" He cheered out with a deep red cheeks that never left his face.

"Okay.. Uh.." I walked up to him and bent down. "Nice...Boy?.." I patted his head and he slowly pouted. "No!" That was all he said to me. "Okay then. Uh..." I picked him up from the armpits. He made a weird no when I did.

"What are you accomplishing?" He said with a straight face.

"I dont even know.." I sighed out a bit.

I then sat him back down and heard another small noise, making me feel something chime in my soul. "What...was that?" He instantly covered his mouth. "Wait! Your not ticklish are you?.." I moved my hands at him and started tickling his small body.

He burst out into tears, making me slightly smile. 'Its like having an actual brother..' The chime got louder and louder with his laughter increasing too. "There!" His body flashed purple and I was back on the field no.

[Elemental Dragon Acquired: Dark Emepror.]

Such a huge title.

I then jumped up into the sky and a huge dragon appeared below me.

▪︎Excellet! No person has been able to find my hidden weakness!▪︎

He roared out and we started flying around in the infinite plain. "Its beautiful..." There was nothing there, but the wind slightly blowing against me, the silent sound of nothingness...

It made me feel at peace.

▪︎Your a fast learner▪︎

He spoke out.

"When you want power, you'll go the extra mile for it.." In that moment of thinking, I had another thought.

"Can I make an elemental dragon for my Weapon Creation Magic?" That would be a broken dragon, No? "Yes! You can make an elemental dragon from any magic! You did say it was versatile right?.."

I jumped off his back and landed on the ground. I sat down and crossed my legs, closing my eyes too. "Oh boy..." I heard a small voice next to me. "Good luck.." I went into thought and started emitting a blue and black aura around myself.

'Pick at the very creation of magic that can make weapons. '

I then appeared in a white room. I I all around the empty white room and sighed.

"Did I die again?" It looked exactly like the place where I went to when I died.

Across the room, you could see a man. He had void black hair with golden eyes. He rivaled Haruto in every aspect.

"Hm? Is that...A person?" I looked across the room and saw a black dot. "Couldn't be. I'm trying to tame a dragon for christ sakes.." I laughed at myself then stopped.

"Its..Getting closer.." I could make out black hair.

"Closer.." I could see its figure and eye color. 'Me?!' It got closer and jumped at me. It had a sword in his right hand as it came down on me. 'I'm fighting myself huh?' I jumped out of the way. In the spot where I was previously at, a person had a black sword gouged in the ground.

"Are you my dragon?" I asked, knowing the answer.

Silence then filled the air as I didn't talk back to me. 'Damn it. I...Cant even use magic?!' I tried making my own sword, but that failed. 'Thats fine though..'

It pulled the sword from the ground and it turned into a gun. 'I have an elemental dragon!' In that moment, a black dragon appeared from the side and grabbed my clone with its mouth. It then flew away with the clone no longer straggling. Seeing this, I finally layed down.

'Takes too much stamina...' It does not take magic to summon Darky, but it does take a lot of stamina and mental energy. As I was explaining that, the scene changed back to the field.

[Elemental Dragon acquired: Weapon Armor.]

Weapon armor?

Just then, two dragons frew over my head. One was Darky, while the other was blue and black in color. It was smaller than Darky, but it was still huge nonetheless. Also, it had all types of weapons over its body.

A flying weapon inventory.

▪︎Good job on your quick thinking!▪︎

The two dragons then landed in front of me.

▪︎You quickly found out that you couldn't use magic and summoned me, something that doesn't require magic, to take care of the situation!▪︎

I nodded at him and he appeared as a child once more. I then slowly walked up to the other dragon. "Pretty nice dragon. if only it had purple veins instead blue..." He sighed out slightly. "Its fine like this.." I placed my hand on its rough snout and it closed its eye.

[Link, Dark Emperor and Weapon Armor?]

A screen appeared next to me. 'Link?' I stared at the screen for a while, then decided to press yes. As soon as I did, a huge light went off and I looked up. "Woah..." I was amazed by what I was seeing.

▪︎H-Hey! What is this?!▪︎

Darky was now in a suit of armor. He had a huge sword between his legs with a gun as his tail. He had scythe wings and his horns were made from axes. His nails were knife like, with his skin being plated in shuriken.

"Cool..." So they fused together huh?

▪︎T-This feels...▪︎ He paused for a moment before a huge smile appeared on his dragon face.

▪︎Amazing!▪︎

He then started flying around. A huge mountain then spawned in the distance and he flew past it. In the next moment, the moment split horizontally from the middle. 'So sharp..' He was using everything in his disposal which looked cool.

"Amazing!" A kid in black samaria armour appeared In front of me. He had one sword on each of his hips with gun holsters under it. He had a massive scythe on his back that was too big for him. Knives by his ankles with shuriken in a pouch on his waist. He finally had two axes that extended from under his arm sleeve when commanded.

"You look...So cute!" I picked up the small samurai and spun him around. He cheered out as well, surprising me slightly. "Is this your culture?! I've read your memories and seen this in it, so I though it would be perfect to wear with all these weapons!"

I nodded at him. "My dad side of culture, but yeah! It looks cute on you." I rubbed his hair a bit while moving around him. "We both got stronger huh?" Though I doubt this would really have any change in his abilities.

"Yes, we did! I want to wear this forever!" He then skipped away with a smile plastered in his face. 'Adorable..' I smiled as he played around in his suit of armor.

'Today...was a interesting day...' I layed on the ground and slowly closed my eyes, completely forgetting that if I sleep, he would awaken once more.

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