Volume - 1 // Chapter - 3
2250 Words
"Let's go outside, I'll show you my magic and awakening powers."
An energetic, confident Cassandra wanted to demonstrate her powers to Ill-bedded Levi Furiman who acquiring it just recently.
With a pounding heart of excitement, Levi graciously agreed to it.
Even though his body still couldn't lay any single movement due to the wounds that badly hurt and eventually getting healed very slowly after a week or two of recovery. He still manages to walk with her outside the church.
"Are you sure about this? you'd seem hurt whenever you walk... Let's call this a day, I can actually wait anyway! "
A soft, touching voice made by Cassandra started to worry after she noticed her friend getting a hard time walking along by himself.
She can't even manage to assist him walking, knowing that every single part of his body is full of open wounds. Both scratches to mild lacerations, she knows it will be a burden to assist him in his current condition.
"I'm fine, as long as I want to know everything about this world..."
The harsh, burning eyes of Levi desperately wanted to learn everything about the existence of her magic and awakening powers she possesses.
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The two young people went outside the church after Cassandra granted the request made by Levi.
The two are seemingly ecstatic as the winds on that day are having in their favor. They enjoyed the clear, blue skies seeing from the heavens.
But then, the main purpose for them wanting to go outside was to show the awakening and magic powers that Cassandra acquired a few months ago.
"Let's begin..."
"Yeah..." Levi started to fire up watching Cassandra on the bottom of the tree.
She decided to show up her magic powers before the Awakening powers that Levi requesting to.
(Heavy breathing)
Cassandra taking her deep breath multiple times to generate the magic flow on her body very deeply.
!!??
A sudden burst of magic aura surging throughout Cassandra's body.
Levi on the other hand, felt astonished as he saw the flow of magic powers surging to Cassandra right in front of his eyes.
In his whole month of living after the Balancer of Race summoned him into this world, Levi Furiman had started having mixed emotions that he himself couldn't figure out what he feels as he saw new things far different than he once used to live.
However, Cassandra hasn't done to amazed Levi yet as she begins to cast a magic spell after a minute of bursting her magic aura, resulting in the leaves and grass they're standing in had blowing randomly.
*Elemental Magic!*
"Wind gust"
/A blast of wind bursting forth in a specific direction./
Levi felt amazed and surprised at Cassandra as she demonstrates her magic powers right in front of him.
He even started to get chills on his body after the spell Cassandra made.
"How was it? Levi-kun?... Is my spell that kind of strong to you?"
An elegant, gorgeous Cassandra wanting a comment made by Levi.
Unfortunately, the chills and pressure on his body suddenly disappeared, and at ease as the natural winds are started to cover up the entire surroundings and dispelling the winds made by Cassandra.
Levi on the other hand, couldn't tell any sort of disappointment in his new life trying not to hurt Cassandra's feelings.
He knows on his mind that her spell was quite amusing, but not as strong as to testing it against the enemies. Also, the fact that her spell was easily diminished by a natural gust, he knows that her spell was not suitable enough to hurt any other.
He left nothing but to appreciate her in the end, in exchange for not her being upset for some reason.
"That was great, Cassandra-san... your spell was ... So strong!..."
Fortunately, Cassandra gladly appreciates it.
But then, the feelings after someone finally acknowledge her hard work still couldn't fill out her empty heart as she didn't satisfy whatever she made since the day she receives her special awakening power.
"What's wrong?... You'd seem sad... Is there something wrong I said that made you upset?" Levi immediately noticed her uneasy feeling.
"Huh?... nothing Levi-kun!... I just think that I want to get stronger, far stronger than you saw on me today... Hahahahaha! How ambitious I am.."
With a false joy of her expression, she left nothing but to laugh sarcastically at Levi.
Knowing that Levi on the other hand already noticed and worried about her life about the consequences of acquiring the power that made her life on the line.
He even started to change their topic to make her feel at ease trying to forget anything that made her depressed at the moment.
Sadly, he didn't know how to deal with a topic with his opposite gender. The way that he brings even to a world where he is reincarnated.
Making it an awkward moment between the two of them in a matter of minutes.
'Okay... now what? I'd done redirecting her emotions to make her happy... but what cost? come on... think you dammit brain, think harder! ...'
Unfortunately, Levi Furiman sucks at dealing with topics with women.
Also, the reason why women at the same age as him or more couldn't get along with in his past world.
'That's it! ... I'm done... I'm sucked at dealing with women... Sayonara Cassandra... I hope you recognize me in the afterlife' --- His mind started to stimulate after he failed on giving a topic to her.
Out of the blue, Cassandra who the ones depressed a moment ago. Suddenly realize the second promise she made to Levi before they leave inside the church.
"...Oh!.. I forgot to show you my Awakening powers, Levi-kun... would you want to see it? ..." A loud, energetic voice trying to cheer up Levi to watch it.
Levi on the other hand, now the ones who felt depressed had no other choice to made but to accept the offer made by Cassandra.
"Huh?... Okay... Sure..."
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At that moment, Cassandra seemed fired up once again as she wanted to demonstrated her Awakening powers to Levi Furiman this time.
(Heavy breathing)
She began to breathe deeply, deeper than the first one. Even much longer than she made earlier.
The deeper she breathes, the stronger the magic pressure aura she made.
The longer she breathes, the duration of the magic aura she emits is longer.
!!??
!! Boom !!
A sudden burst of magic aura, far stronger than the first one she made.
Levi who'd seemed perplexed and astonished at the same time, couldn't hold his feelings as he saw and felt an immeasurable amount of aura that even he couldn't figure out where it started.
As the matter of fact, he saw Cassandra's magic flow changing its color drastically from plain white to brownish-white color, emitting violently throughout their surroundings.
Not only that, he saw her left eye completely changed into something that made him felt uneasy and terrified at the moment. As he saw a triangle-shaped brown-colored iris, filled with a dark-colored background on her lens, resembling a power of the Provident people recognized by the Balancer of Race to become one of the Strongest Races. That made her facial appearance changed completely over time.
Due to her physical appearance, Cassandra notices a frightened, terrified Levi Furiman started to hide on a tree where they rested, thinking she might attack him at any moment.
Like any other childish play, she tried to startle him by slowly getting near without hesitating.
"Hahahaha! ... Did I scared you Levi-kun? I'm sorry... come on, look at me! this is what the double Awakening eyes that you want to see all these days... don't be afraid to me, I'm not hurting you... come on you wimp, show yourself, don't hide on that tree and face me like a man! "
"I don't know what you had done through all your life, but remember. You are the ones forcing me to do this! I just want to show some gratitude to you. If you don't want to get out, I will make you get out! hehehehehe..."
With an arrogant voice made by Cassandra Smith, all sorts of insulting words she made are everywhere in the poor Levi Furiman's ears.
Levi Furiman, whose sitting terrifyingly at the back of the tree, had nothing else to do but to feel petrified of Cassandra's appearance.
He suddenly went out of his mind as the nightmares he went through against the Balancer of Race's abyssal contract had to return to his senses, which made him acted like crazy. After he saw the Awakening eyes of Cassandra Smith, so similar to the ones he saw in his nightmares.
To begin with, The 'Supreme' Awakening eye of the Jewish-Enochian Race has activated coming from out of nowhere. However, it releases only on his right eye while his left remains normal.
Not only that, his right eyesight was changing constantly and all he can see through it was all blue surroundings like he has a color blindness disease and a lot of system notification, similar to computer emails constantly popping out into his right eye.
He started scratches his head, thinking it would be gone into his mind.
He tried to bite his nails until it bleeds thoroughly.
He even tried to bleed himself by scratching his wounds that nearly healed up completely, but then it opened up again.
{Kill, Kill, all those monsters and evil creatures you saw... Kill!}
"Aaahhhaaahh"
"Please stop!!" A horrific voice, crying out loud, begging to stop the menace made by Levi as he wanted to stop his sufferings from the hands of the Balancer of Race.
Sadly, the more horrific memories he sticks into his mind, the more pain he felt both mentally and physically.
Not until he ended up losing to scratched on his body, and started to cry out silently on the bottom of the tree.
Cassandra on the other hand, who saw everything he made, suddenly cried out as she couldn't believe what exactly happened to Levi in a matter of seconds.
A soft, gentle squeak of voice made by Levi wanting a favor on her that made it granted immediately.
"Help....Me..."
Two words, so many emotions. The first two lines he said to Cassandra can easily be answered. whether she'd like to help it, or rather not.
But in the case of Levi Furiman, all of his thoughts made their captive into her soul that declining his help was not an option.
Because of that, she put the unconscious Levi Furiman back into the church clinic, trying her best to seal up his wounds by using her magic and Awakening powers, with a broken heart of her will.
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A few hours after Levi's collapsing, Pastor Ozril finally arrived at the church with having an uneasy feeling in his mind.
He instantly went to the washroom to clean himself up, also to calm his head from the warnings that constantly running into his mind.
'Calm down... Ozril, remember ... It was just speculations... there's nothing big deal about it... besides, the investigation made by the town Adventurers are now ongoing... we will safe for the moment... or rather not...'
'If those investigations they held were true, and the Kid was started to involved... things will be getting absurd... I must protect him if that would happen...'
Slight discomfort and discontent, the ones that thinking on Pastor Ozril to the investigation they held in that dungeon.
Suddenly, as he kept busying himself in the middle of his cleaning. He noticed that everyone around the church is started getting restless and frightened as everyone constantly went to the clinic back and forth.
He saw a lot of blood dropping on the floor, bandages and cloth covering with blood are wasting everywhere in the clinic.
Out of his curiosity, He went straight to the place where the ruckus started, empty-minded and unwary.
"Misa? What is Happening?"
Misa couldn't answer Pastor Ozril properly due to the uneasiness feeling she had while cleaning up Levi's open wounds.
"Levi-chan... is collapsing ... again, so much blood he lost this afternoon... We need a town doctor to treat his wounds as soon as possible! ..."
Misa started to cry whenever she saw blood.
"Cassandra was inside the clinic, using all her magic healing spell to closed up Levi-chan's wounds... go see them ..." Misa Added.
She immediately went to the Main town to call for medical attention to Levi's condition.
*Knock* *Knock*
/Door opens./
As soon as he opens the door, his eyes went blacked out and his heart broke out once again as he saw Levi Furiman lying in bed, half-dead and nearly dying.
The tears on Ozril's eyes went flowing unnoticed and slowly reaching out onto Levi's warm pale hand, carefully using his own magic healing spell and trying to seal up his wounds in his own turn.
He also noticed the anxious and flustered Cassandra Smith sitting on the corner, crying out like an infant the whole time.
"Cassandra, What's going on? ... did I tell you to watch Levi-kid while I'm away? ... what happened?" A soft, mellow voice trying not to startle her.
"I don't even know what's going on... Pastor Ozril.."
Even from Cassandra's own perspective, she didn't know what exactly happened and what kind of life he did before to the mysterious and elusive Levi Furiman.
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***To be Continued***
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