Chapter 2

"Hey Kiyome-chan. You're still a big ball of sunshine on my day..." Takeshi said while giving a teasing face. The mentioned person then gave an embarrassed blush at him.

"Hey, don't call me that while we're in school! You are to address me as Abe-san, or even Kiyome-san if you want to get more familiar! But that sort of name shall not be used within this school!" Kiyome told him heatedly.

Introducing Kiyome Abe, a third year student of Kuoh Academy. She is a young woman who had long brown hair in multiple drill-like curls, as well as possessing above average breasts. She is also known as the captain of the school's tennis club, earning her a reputation at Kuoh Academy.

They were also childhood friends who practically grew up with each other.

Such familiarity lead to him calling her Kiyome-chan, much to her chagrin while at school. Despite the fact that she kept telling him to call her a different name, he just shrugged it off and kept calling her as such. As a result of this, the students of Kuoh Academy have been talking among each other, talking about whether or not Takeshi and Kiyome are in a relationship. Thus, this caused rumors to fly around the school, and they couldn't do anything about it once it spreads.

"So anyways..." Takeshi said, moving on from the subject. "I've heard something about the tennis club going into hiatus for a while?" Takeshi asked, causing Kiyome to sigh at this.

"Yes. The tennis club has to wait a bit before the tennis field is renovated. Until then, we're temporarily out of activity." Kiyome said while sighing.

"Huh, bummer..."

"What about you? You've been staying up pretty late working on whoever knows what. Seriously, what is it that calls for your undivided attention?" Kiyome asked, as he doesn't clearly know what he does when he's alone in his home.

Well, considering that fact that he's a magician, he cannot expose the art of magic to the general public. Apparently, people of this particular time cannot handle the facts of magic, and only accept their "reality". If it were to be exposed, it would surely cause world uproar and chaos everywhere. Despite the fact that he and Kiyome are childhood friends, he cannot show her the arts of magic in order to keep her safe.

"Ah, it's just a personal hobby of mine like I told you. It's a bit embarrassing..." Takeshi said while chuckling. It was part of the truth, considering that it was a bit embarrassing for him. He doesn't have that much progress in developing his magic skills, considering the fact that most spells either end up in failure and explosions. However, he does know a few spells in his arsenal, and is trying his best to develop it.

Kiyome just looked at him with a raised eyebrow, before she sighed.

"*Sigh*...Well, I can't really pry on personal matters. But still, seeing you in a tired state will come back and bite you rather hard." Kiyome pointed out, causing Takeshi to just wave it off.

"Ah don't worry about it. I get plenty of sleep...sometime during Friday nights and weekends." Takeshi said, adding in the last part.

"You're impossible..." Kiyome said to him with a tired tone.

"You know we're friends because of that..." Takeshi said while giving a small grin.

All Kiyome did was just huff at him.

(Home)

After school, Takeshi decided to return home and continue on with his magic practice. As he entered the home, he took off the shoes at the entrance, and turned to the empty house before him.

"I'm home..." Takeshi quietly said to himself, before he walked further inside.

Takeshi lives alone within the household, as he doesn't have any known family relatives. He was originally an orphan who stayed at the orphanage, until a man came to his room and asked if he wanted to be adopted. Naturally, any orphaned child would say yes and accept the offer. When Takeshi was adopted by the man, he was very surprised to learn the fact that his adoptive father is a Magician. Being the curious child that he is, he asked his adoptive father to teach him the ways of magic.

Of course, his father accepted and decided to teach him the ways of magic. But as the teachings went underway, there was something wrong with Takeshi: he couldn't perform that much spells. In more detail, Takeshi has a hard time of manifesting his spells forth, but there are certain spells that he could perform. His adoptive father explained to him that most humans don't have the talent or ability to perform magic. He was told that all humans contain a small amount of magic energy within them, but most humans cannot harness it.

Another fact is that most humans don't even know about magic, so that's another factor in the world of magic. And when said person knows and uses magic, they're considered Magicians. He remember his father told him that most Magicians today come from a long family history of possessing magic, while the other part is being born with magic potential alone. Though, that's highly small. Takeshi accepted the fact, considering he was an orphan. However, he could still perform spells

First, the only spells he could perform set to fall under the category of the Enchanter. Enchanter magic is basically a type of magic meant to enhance the target before you, or it could hinder the enemy in certain ways. This type of magic is actually useful if used in the right way, as they can turn the tides of a battle. Unfortunately, the offensive and defensive forms of this type of magic is relatively low, as it is only comparable to a low-mid rank mage. As such, this magic is only practical when you're with allies. If you're alone, the magic is surely weak. Thus leading this type of magic to be rarely used.

But Takeshi didn't complain, seeing how it can show that he can do magic. But that didn't stop him from trying to practice with different types of magic, so he worked hard to perform them, but had multiple failures in doing so. But he didn't give up, as there is trial and error in these cases.