Red Hair (2)

*Flashback*

Minerva POV

People in the audience were scramming away now that they see that there was a wizard in the building, I can then see a small burst of yellow light at the sole exit/entrance of the facility and an explosion of yellow light that followed after, there was then a hole in that wall as people ran out.

Then the man who screamed out earlier seared a hole into the cage and signal for us to run out of there and also pointed at the hole in the wall he created earlier. The wizard with a light affinity then took out several regular talismans and charged them up with his mana. I can then see the paper harden, which means he's a professional, but he doesn't sound that old...strange.

"I can sense a wand on you." he commented and turned to me in his scary green colored demon mask "Run out now, I've called some help who should be on their way here if you meet those 3 wizards on the way, jut cast a random spell at them and run, don't stay, wait for help and direct them here."

He then threw the talisman in front of him and the paper then disappeared with many swords of light appearing right in front of him, they then flew at the angel and embedded themselves right into the angel's armor, the angel then charge into our direction as we try to run out, as I turned, there were fireballs heading my way, as I try to take out my wand, a giant shield of light appeared right in front of us and blocked the attacks.

"Run! Don't look back!" the person in the demon mask yelled

*****

I managed to run out with everyone and hid behind a dumpster about a block down, they took our phones, so I can't call for help, and so I just waited until I hear sirens, I got out and then waved for help, and the rest was history.

My parents came to pick me up about 40 minutes later, it took a while for the police to let me call for my parents, but it's not like I'm going to complain, at least I'm safe, my parents wanted to get me home right away but I needed to question for a bit before they let me go, but my dad then took out his ID of him being a registered instructor of the 4 magic academies, so they allowed me to go early as long as they can visit our home tomorrow evening to properly question me.

*****

After being questioned, my dad asked them about the scene of the crime and about the wizard with the demon mask on, but the only sorcerers they found were the 3 bodyguards of the organizer who were knocked out inside the cage, and the organizer was found without his right foot and unconsciousness in the escape route of the facility.

No signs of the wizard with the demon mask, but they did find large crushed bits of green bits near the unconscious organizer which they assumed might be assembled into the demon mask.

"The demon-masked wizard isn't heard of, but it seems that this wizard isn't an officially licensed wizard." the police told my dad "Otherwise, he would have reported to us, but so far, no words."

"Yeah, a vigilante sorcerer, a troublesome lot." my father agreed

My father, Conrad Everett, he's 49 years old, 177cm tall, and has dark red hair, and blue-colored eyes. He's a graduate of Tiger Academy but is currently teaching at Phoenix Academy.

"He could be a part of the MSS, make sure to investigate this town thoroughly, their teachings are dangerous." my father told the police who took his advice

MSS or not, that wizard saved my life. I have some more information like how he sounded quite young, but I'll just repay the favor by not revealing that vital information, the angel can't be found, but that's because they burst into light particles after being killed, regardless...3 wizards...he was not normal, and the MSS is the best conclusion anyone can come up with for now.

*****

After that incident, my parents basically forbid me from going out without one of them and it will continue till this case come to a close, it was revealed that there were a few more of the same events going to happen around town, and by no means was it safe for anyone to travel alone.

Police are more alert, there are more shifts, and my father was contacted to help with their work as long as he remained in town, we're only staying with my grandparents while we're here and now we're staying longer than expected because my father agreed to help.

For today, my family took me to this nearby strip mall just to help me relax a bit, the day went as normal as it gets until...

"Yeah, thanks Dad, alright, see you in 20 minutes," a familiar voice said as I then turned to see this person around my age talking on the phone.

My eyes couldn't stay off him, the voice was the same, and the height was the same as well, I was surprised, the person's hair was pure white in color and on his face was a blindfold, he hangs up the phone and then walked into the nearby bookstore.

As we went into the clothing store, I asked my parents to head to the bookstore alone, they were hesitant, but it was a super short distance away, and with cameras everywhere, I'm more than safe.

I head to the bookstore and see that it was pretty quiet, the cashier was nodding off and the only customer was the white-haired person, who was at the far back and I only found him after walking around, the bookstore was quite big on the inside.

"Uh, how can I help you?" he asked

"Sorry?"

"You were staring quite a bit."

"Y-You can see me?"

"Yes." he replied

The voice...matches perfectly, I'm sure that it's not a coincidence, this is the exact same person I saw a few days ago.

"You."

"Uh, me?" he replied weakly

"You're the wizard with the mask."