Chapter 17

"MAGNUS !!!" I don't know why I shouted that, eh, Magnus isn't here- "What's up Goddess?" I immediately woke up and turned to the speaker, it was… MAGNUS! OH MY GOD- "A Monster demon? Why is it here? " Magnus managed to crush the fire ball that was thrown at us, which means he arrived in a perfect timing. Erina and I almost died. I heard him tsk and Erina lifted us, my eyes got bigger because he could handle Erina and me. He immediately teleported us to a far spot where far away from the monster they say. Erina was kind of weak because of the burn on her arm. "Lord Ma-" I didn't finish what I was going to say because he approached me and whispered something. I blushed in no time… "Wait a minute, Goddess. I'll kill that first ah? Stay here and be safe. " he disappeared from my eyes immediately and the next thing I knew he was back in the field where the monster was. "Princess Erina, are you okay?" he nodded while still panting. He pointed at my neck. "H-he came out of your necklace right?" Erina asked, my head tilted. I don't know because I didn't see, so I closed my eyes. This necklace. That's what he gave me, the opal necklace. "I-I don't know, I haven't noticed I'm sorry." "It appears that when you called him he immediately appeared. May I see your necklace? " he held it as if amazed. "Why?" I asked because he was so amazed like a child. "O-Oh it's just that, it's not an ordinary necklace. Opal necklace is a teleportation necklace, where the giver can immediately teleport easily when they are called or asked for help. " He replied. "It also serves as a tracker necklace, so you can quickly find the one who gave it to you especially if the person is not a wizard who can teleport easily." He added. So… pag this necklace can help Magnus teleport easily? Wait, where is he from? I sighed and patted Erina's shoulder. "Rest first." She nodded and laid her at my feet, she looks sick. Is it also connected to clones emerging within campus? I'm not sure, I also don't know who that creature is chasing. I don't think I have an opponent, but is Erina the one being chased? I suspect Erina… but she also got hit and maybe she is also the target. So it wasn't her who made the summon because we were together. I'm certain that Erina is not the protagonist here, she helped me too. who is behind it then? I looked again at the field where there were already teachers appearing. Even though they were so far away, I could see Magnus just staring at the monster who was busy disappearing inside the field. I just noticed now but Magnus's white hair is thinner, well it's been almost a month since the last time I saw him. While I was busy staring I was surprised when he suddenly turned his gaze in the direction of Erina and me, his eyes were serious… "Goddess, are you ok?" I almost screamed because he teleported here again. he messed up his hair more and he was gritting his teeth. Like he's angry of something, even his eyes seem to kill someone or something. Is he mad of something? "I'm fine, nothing." Suddenly the one on my ankle hurt, only now I noticed that I also looked like I was burned by the fire ball that was thrown earlier. Maybe it wasn't just Erina who was hit, I was too busy to notice the pain. He was as big as Erina's arm but mine was bleeding massively. I immediately looked at Magnus who released even more scary aura like he always does. I was swallowed up in fear. "I'm really ok, Princess Erina was hurt the most- AH." he made me right away, is he planning on taking me far away here? "Princess Erina- "Someone's going to get her later, Princess you wouldn't mind right?" Magnus replied coldly to what I said and looked at Erina. Erina seemed scared of Magnus so he immediately nodded, "You're leaving her here ?! Lord Magnus, he was hurt just like me- "Sleep." he put his hand on my forehead and I suddenly feel sleepy. Before I go to sleep forever… I could see his green eyes shining, it was so scary that it also gave me the chills. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ' I lost consciousness and woke up immediately. I looked around, a hospital room? In a fantasy novel? Why so modern? I saw Mel next to me, "Pr-Princess Mel?" She immediately hugged me again, "Oh my god I was so worried! You've been sleeping for a whole day so I thought your wound was serious. " W-WHOLE DAY !? One day!? It's not because of my wound, I'm sure Magnus did something for me so I could sleep for that long. It's also like maybe I'm not blabbering on about what he's doing, haysss. "P-Princess… where is Princess Erina? Is he okay? " "Well yes, King takes care of him. it seems they are feeling better because of what happened. " Mel replied. I would have asked again about the Magnus case… he preceded me. "If you're asking where Lord Magnus is, he's in the corridor. Good for him to be back and save you. " The door opened and we saw gareth enter… Huh? Why is he here? Did they get along with Mel too? "Do you feel- "No, he's here for the incident. We need to investigate what happened so he's here to talk to you about the incident. " Mel replied immediately, obviously still angry with Gareth. I saw Gareth looking at me asking for help but I only sighed. Well I'm sorry but I can't help right now with their relationship. "I will go downstairs first to buy fruit. Lady Hera, don't get out of bed ok? " He got up and left, Gareth wanted to go with her so he looked at me… "Hays, follow me and I'm sorry. Don't drag me into your mess. " I'm sorry, even if it's my fault. He immediately rushed and followed Mel. Now that he's gone, I can go out and talk to Magnus about what happened in the incident. My ankle looks ok so I walked outside and looked around. I heard a voice on the turn so I go don. "I told you to protect her." hmm? Magnus? Who's he talking to? I stopped and continued to listen, who was he talking to? he's been gone for a few weeks and now… he's back with a close person? "Goddammit, obviously that person is aiming on' her 'now. He seems to have noticed too much, I told you to lay low. " Magnus shouted angrily. Who? Person? Her? What is happening? Did something happen in the novel that I didn't know about? Does Magnus know what happened? About the demon summons? "You know what that person can do." it added. "Looks like that person is getting bored." Why can't I hear him talking? who is he talking to it seems that what he is saying makes sense. "The magic energy came from that person obviously but it was so weak that it took me a long time to detect." –Gareth. WHO IS SHE SAYING ?! I get that Magnus can detect magic since he is a wizard but the magic came from earlier? "That guy… I didn't expect that magic to come from him." guy? Man? Who? "But I guess he's just the a- "Hey Lady Herabella, help me oh." I almost punched him who spoke… it was Gareth, I almost punched him. I quickly pulled him away from the corridor where Magnus was talking. Goddammittt I'll be booked because of this man oh! "Shhhhhhh why are you here !? Just wait- I'm still listening to something. " I whispered angrily to Gareth, I feel like Magnus didn't hear or notice so it's ok. But I can't hear what they're talking about now, because Gareth's too much noise and obstruction here! "What are you doing here?" "I'm eavesdropping! Now go and chase Princess Mel wherever she is now. " I replied annoyed, I wish I could hear more information today. Looks like Magnus already knows what's going on even though he's absent for a few weeks, I wonder if it's also connected to Mel's clone incident. "Eavesdropping? That's illegal- "Alis na sabi eh. Let's talk later ok? " he sighed and left immediately. I went back to my seat but I think he was no longer there. AAAAGHHH- here goes my chance on knowing who is the mastermind of everything. What is that, I'm really unlucky! I should ask him directly? But I still feel angry with Magnus because he left without saying goodbye "Herabella, have you seen Princess Mel?" I turned my attention to the speaker, of course it was Rios. He should have just been the one I eavesdropped on earlier, no one can see him since he's a guardian. "Why are you looking at me like that?" napanguso naman ako, sayang talaga. HAYSSS where is it from? If he had just come out I might have known who did it. "HAYSSS, Princess Mel is downstairs buying fruit. Don't look, she's safe because Gareth's been stalking her. " I ordered Rios to protect Mel kasi. So he was often not by my side, so I was on my own. Well except for what happened yesterday, that was a dangerous being I can't defeat that. "Are you ok now? I'm sorry I wasn't with you when that happened. " My eyebrows are raised, when will it concern me? "Why? Are you worried? Ngeeee that's new! Miraculously, you became my concern. " I teased him so he stared at me. "Well die then, it's up to you witch. I won't save you even if you call my name. " he said frowning so he disappeared away. I laughed at Rios' behavior because he's been kind these weeks, what could have happened? Why the sudden change? I just sighed and searched Erina's room to greet her, my foot is ok so I started walking… I would have liked to go back to my room but I doubt Magnus is in there, I'll just look for him too… since I don't know where Erina's room is… I already asked one of the nurses. "Oh Princess Erina? Well, you just have a room next to each other. " I was frustrated by the nurse's answer, potangena made me walk a few more steps so you'll just know that you're just next to each other in the room? Well it's also my fault for not checking… "What happened was really surprising. The school management does not know how such a creature got into this. " The nurse said worriedly to me. "The school is protected by a barrier so everyone really wondered why that demon didn't die immediately." The nurse does have a point, the school barrier is strong. it can weaken any monster covered in it. Unless the summoner is too powerful to summon such a thing, so maybe the barrier won't work. The only ones who can summon are those who have a lot of magic and mana, which means it's possible that the wizard did it. Or some people with strong magic. So is the summoner the man Magnus is referring to? But who really is? I walked my way to Erina's room. I knocked a few times in case no one answered so I just entered without permission… I saw King and Erina sleeping next to each other. It is not 'next to each other' that the body is next to each other. Just next to the beds ok? The two seem to be resting… well I guess King is watching Erina. I just stared at them for a few seconds and then left later. I don't know but Erina's room feels so light, maybe because the window's open? I don't know, it's just ... so refreshing and windy. I went back to my room and I was surprised when suddenly someone pulled me towards my bed, I could not move because of his strength. "Lord Magnus !?" I shout, obviously he's the only person who can grip this tight. I'm not in pain but I'm probably used to him holding me like this. We both fell down in my hospital bed and I'm on top of him, you know we slept side by side so this position is… err… not that bad. "Missed you, Goddess." Smiling, he said to me, I looked at him. He let go of my wrist so I don't hit him hard. "Is that supposed to be my' welcome back 'greeting?" he asked me with a laugh so I became even stronger. "Missed me?" I was unable to answer for a few Seconds. I calmed down and lay down on his chest… "Yeah I missed you too, Lord Magnus." That's all I said, maybe he'll leave me again because I'm not honest. But I really did missed him. To be continued...