Re: Love & Magic

Zevien was sleeping on a bed with his hands and legs cuffed inside the laboratory.

The laboratory looked somewhat sci-fi, with various tools and objects all over the place.

Touma was floating around the laboratory to and fro with various things in his hand; they were mostly colorful crystals and serum tubes.

“How long, Touma-sir? It’s been an hour since I was bound to this bed,” Zevien said with a wry smile. He was getting slightly nervous as the time passed because why not?

He was going to be experimented on soon.

“I am making one more solution. Kid, this is all top secret, and I have to handle it with care, or the government will kill me,” Touma spoke with a laugh.

“Your laughter and your words don’t match,” Zevien rolled his eyes before he remembered some words from that 12-year-old-looking mysterious being.

“Touma-sir, do you know of Astral land?”

Touma suddenly stopped and looked in the glass chamber where Zevien was sleeping on the bed, astonished, “how do you know about that place? Your background is not high-profile, and you have lived a relatively simple life. I doubt anyone told about it to since it’s simply unnecessary for someone of your strength to know about it.”

“I can’t tell you how I know about it, but I only know its name and nothing more,” Zevien replied calmly, “but since you know the name and this lab….”

“I see, well. Since you asked me that, then I’ll answer you. Yes, the materials I have and some of the more things in this lab are from Astral Land,” Touma continued his work while talking as he put some crystals on a machine and then used his mana to do something with it. After infusing mana for a minute, the machine spun with crystals embedded in its slots.

Afterward, Touma arrived in the glass chamber and stood beside Zevien with a smile. His hand held a sparkling and mystical blue orb, “I will put this orb on your chest. It will manifest your magic eidos body outside, but this orb will turn it temporary into physical form from its ethereal form.”

Zevien was surprised, he had known about things that could manifest magic eidos body outside, but he had never heard of someone turning it into a physical form, even if temporary.

“This orb is also from Astral Land,” Touma spoke as he put the orb on Zevien’s chest, “the upper echelon people in our Gaia continent know about Astral Land, and they travel there often as well. Our nation also has a connection with an empire in Astral Land.”

“Is it okay for you to tell me about this information?” Zevien asked with doubt before his face suddenly changed, “this thing is absorbing my mana forcefully.”

“Don’t worry. Let it be,” Touma said, “gotta empty all mana from your magic eidos body to turn it into a physical form so that I can do my experiment on it.”

“If it succeeds, you will become very important to us, but if it fails, even I don’t know what will happen,” Touma said.

“Not even the faintest idea of what will happen if it fails?” Zevien asked with doubt.

“No, because the possibilities are many, and the worst case is death,” Touma said after scratching his throat, “I will use precious resources on you that our country only got three sets of it from Astral Land. I had to use one for testing purposes, so you came at the right timing.”

“I see…” Zevien’s heart started beating a bit faster after hearing that, but he had to take this risk for his future.

With his current situation, where he could not use his mana properly to use external magic spells, he would lose Vernisia. After all, his king’s destiny was no more as it got transferred to Vernisia. Her background became robust, and after six years, she will most likely be taken back to Astral Land.

Even if Vernisia loved him back, he would only be a burden to her.

“Listen, Zevien. The most important thing is your will, your determination,” Touma spoke with utmost seriousness, “cling to your life no matter the situation, understand?”

“It will also be painful, but you must endure that. Think about something you love the most and remain stubborn, never to lose it! If you die, it’s over. So, cling to your life at all costs!”

Zevien’s eyes showed fiery determination and stubbornness, ‘die? No fucking way! I will live through this! Vernisia, I will come back tomorrow, and we will visit the orphanage as per our promise.’

After a few minutes, the laboratory started trembling a bit for a second as Zevien felt intense pressure permeating the glass chamber. He glanced at the door and saw Touma coming in with two serum tubes that looked mystical.

One tube was shiny black with white sparks in them. The other tube was deep blue with colorful sparks in them. Touma had covered both tubes with his mana, and his hands were trembling slightly.

“One is going into your physical body. Open your mouth.”

Zevien opened his mouth as Touma poured the tube with black and white sparks liquid into his mouth.

As the liquid went inside his mouth, he didn’t even get a chance to swallow it nor puke it out as the moment it touched his flesh; it disappeared into his body.

Zevien’s whole body turned black as his thought process turned nil; his eyes showed a hazy look as if he was lost in some dream.

His body constantly trembled for five seconds as it turned entirely black, and even its structure changed.

Touma touched Zevien’s hand, and his finger just went through his hand. His eyes glimmered intensely seeing this, “wonderful….”

He then controlled the other tube and poured it into the open mouth of the magic eidos body.

After he poured it inside, the magic eidos body flickered with intense blue and white sparks with a slight multicolored hue.

After two seconds, it started sucking mana madly from the atmosphere and also sent strange undetectable pulses everywhere.

“Zevien…stay strong,” Touma muttered as he left the glass chamber and observed him from the outside. He also recorded the whole process with multiple cameras placed outside the chamber.

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