"So that was the mask you were saying?" Spartos wondered.
"Ah, yes. It only started to fit me when I was seventeen but I started to wear it by the time I was fourteen."
"I see."
"Well, that aside. You've grown a lot." Fai commented as he compared his height with Spartos's.
"You think so?"
"Yep, that and you're looking much stronger than the last time I met you."
The two siblings chatted heartily, catching up all the lost years they haven't talked to each other. Outside the room, Sharrkan and Pisti only heard a few snips of the conversations.
"Who knew Spartos had another brother?"
"But that masked guy looked different. His hair is black."
"Fai was adopted nineteen years ago." A voice spoke to them. This surprised them as they didn't think they were there.
"Hey, don't scare us!"
"And I just got here." They shrugged.
"Ah! You're that girl accompanying Spartos's brother! Uh…" Pisti trailed her sentence.
"It's Ion."
"Anyway Ion, what do you mean?"
"From what Fai told me, Sir Darius's brother who was on a special mission was nearby to Fai's birth place which was caught in a fire. He was the only one to make it out alive. Sir Darius's brother decided to take him in and give him a new name."
"A new name? Why?" Sharrkan couldn't help but ask.
"Fai thought of his name as an attachment to his family. When he asked for Fai's name, he said that he didn't need it because his real family is gone anyways."
"Oh…"
Ion went towards the door. Knocking lightly before entering;
"Oh, Ion! What's up?"
"I just got a call from Zaire, he flipped."
The cheery and heartwarming mood in the room went down.
"I'll take care of that."
"And he said he'll get her along for payback once they got to Sindria."
"…You got to be kidding me."
"Oh? I assure you I'm not. You can ask Zaire yourself if you want."
Spartos, along with Sharrkan and Pisti who listened in can only wonder who the person was to make Fai give off an "I'm going to die" vibe in his expression.
But Spartos is the one to ask first. "Brother, is there something you haven't told me?"
Ion is about to reply. "Well Fai here-"
"It's nothing Spartos." Fai smiled while closing off Ion's mouth. To prevent her from saying anything;
Spartos looked rather wary at what his brother is trying to hide, but nevertheless dropped the question.
"So… is this friend of yours rather angry?"
"Well… We're supposed to meet at an inn over at Sindria. But I didn't like to decline Sinbad's offer to stay as a guest since I want to talk to you so it's understandable that they're mad."
"I see…"
Seeing that, Fai proceeded to lightly flick Spartos's forehead. (A gesture he made in habit whenever Spartos is in doubt. ) "Well, that aside; Do you mind showing me around little brother?"
"Ah! Of course;" Spartos obliged. Fai let go of his hand holding Ion from speaking and left.
"I thought I was going to suffocate…" Ion let out a sigh of relief as Fai and Spartos left.
"And from the looks of it, that brother of Spartos is hiding something rather fishy." Sharrkan entered and commented.
"So what's the deal?" Pisti asked. Curious as well along with Sharrkan.
"Before that, do you mind showing me off to the castle's library?"
"Why?"
"I just wanted to read some of the books there."
"So Ion, not wanting to pry but… are you actually from Reim?" Pisti asked as she guided the young girl towards the castle's library along with Sharrkan.
"Not really, why?"
"Your name sounds like something that people of the Reim Empire would have."
"People told me that a lot. But I really liked it though."
"And that dress, is that a Kou dress? The dress seems like it's from Kou." Sharrkan asked next. Looking at the girl's light blue and white colored dress.
The dress was sleeveless and what is left of the sleeves are the arm warmers attached to her elbows. That and the seemingly long skirt of the dress are turned short up to her knees. The upper half of the dress is also a bit detached from the skirt which makes it a stand alone.
"This? Fai and I have a friend who's a wandering street performer. She bought me that dress as a souvenir from her successful performance in Kou when we visited with her. But I didn't like the model of it so she brought it over to a tailor who styled it to suit me." Ion explained.
"A street performer?"
"I'm sure you've heard of her, Amber."
"Ah! The street performer who is known as the "Songstress of the desert"!" Pisti remembered.
"Yep."
"You're friends with that famous Amber? Lucky." Sharrkan sulked.
"It's not that bad. She's actually pretty friendly." Ion said in an effort to comfort the Heliohapt.
"By the way Pisti, are we there?" She wondered.
"Almost!" Pisti informed. And stopped. "Here we are!"
"Thanks." She thanked the Artemyran princess.
"No problem." Pisti smiled and waved. "Thanks for telling the deal by the way!" Pisti thanked her back.
"Yeah. It's no problem."
After both Pisti and Sharrkan are out of sight, she proceeded to enter the library, browsing for some of the books available.
To her chagrin, a lot of the books are historical books. It took her a while to find the book she need; which was only five books.
She was about to sit over at a chair to read when someone called. "Hello there."
She turned to see that it was Yamuraiha, Sindria's court magician.
"Hello Miss Yamuraiha." She greeted.
"Are you interested in books?" The older lady asked in wonder seeing that she had several books with her.
"Not interested but I take it as a little hobby for a past time." She shrugged looking at the book she held before she started to talk again.
"Books are my own escape from reality. They also gave me an idea of what the world is like and fiction gave me an insight of what people of the world can be. They actually taught me a lot."
"I see. That's an entertaining hobby."
"Historical books drain my mental state more than educational and fictive ones though." She casually added with a tired expression. But she backed up quickly "But I do read any kind of book. As long as it's nothing suggestive;"
"My, that's rare."
"What do you mean?"
"Not all girls would go for books, much less, a teenager."
"Well, books had been a sort of waiting activity for me for a long time so it just sort of grew on me."
"Oh."
There was a momentary silence before Ion asked. "By the way Miss Yamuraiha, is there something you wanted to talk to me?"
"Ah yes… that bell you used just now…"
"You mean the Dimensional bell? It's something that I made by having the crystal attached near the bell. I simply communicated with the Rukh nearby and the Time and Space Rukh infused in the crystal."
"So it's clairvoyance magic?"
"Yes. But infusing the Rukh in to the crystals is hard when I first tried to make it. The bell was just something to add up the look that it's magic. It's something that can be used to communicate with my friends too. They had at least one with them."
"I see. I'm relieved."
"Why?"
"I thought it was something that an evil organization had made."
"It's something that only my kin could create so I suppose it's not strange that people would suspect it. You're doing the right thing Miss Yamuraiha."
Ion gave the lady a smile. A small smile before she sat and went through the books she picked. Picking one of the fictive books she had chose and read it.
Yamuraiha wondered what Ion meant by "kin" before she erased the thought away.
She approached the young girl and took a look at the books the young girl had chosen. Three fictive books, (Including the one that she was currently reading) and two books about medicine; She was curious as the two books are about herbs and ways to heal ailments without seeing the doctor.
"Why do you pick these books?" Yamuraiha wondered. Ion looked at the corner of her eyes as she saw the book Yamuraiha had picked up and replied. "A friend of mine had a sickly body and wanted to learn of medicine. I'm reading them so I could at least get to tell that friend something for things that could help them out."
"Sick?"
"They had Pneumonia."
"Oh."
Ion could see a slight hint of pity through Yamuraiha's eyes before she said. "They got better now though. Don't worry."
"Ah…" Yamuraiha's eyes showed relief hearing that.
"They were thinking of becoming a doctor someday." She added.
"I see."
"I'm a bit curious though Miss Yamuraiha, is there something else that you planned to do in the library?"
And so Yamuraiha remembered. "Ah! I had to find the scrolls needed for Aladdin's magic lessons!"
With that, the magician went off and started to search the library.
Ion could only wonder who Aladdin is but shrugged the thought off and continued to read.
"So roaches and leech can be used for medicine…? Amber's not going to take that well…" She murmured.
The sun is about to set by the time she had read the last book she picked halfway. When she was done reading, she stretched her arms and back while still sitting in the chair.
"I already read all the books I picked… what to do?" She lightly tapped her fingers onto the table while having her head resting at her shoulder to mimic a sleeping posture in a table.
'Should I re-read the other three? But I haven't got to eat since I've been in the library… I think I should-'
"Princess Kougyoku!" She heard the door opened and a man shout.
She sighed and continued to do the previous action she did. Ignoring the man but to her chagrin, it didn't work.
"Excuse me miss, have you seen a noble like girl with red hair?" She heard the man asked.
"I'm sorry I didn't see her."
"I see. I apologize for troubling you." She can feel the disappointment from his tone. She was quickly relieved as the man left without bothering her further.
"…I should go and get something to eat." She got up from the chair and gathered the books to return them.
She could practically feel her stomach slowly growling. It's a habit that she can't shake off whenever she read something but she had grown to be able to read very fast over the years which saved her time from being stuck reading for a whole day.
("Are you a book eater or something?" Zaire commented once when she had read many books in one sitting. In a matter of a few days ;)
When she returned to books to the librarian, she was about to leave when she was called.
"W- Wait!"
She stopped and turned her body towards them. To her surprise, it was the said person that the man earlier was looking for.
"Is there something that you need?" She asked.
"I- I'd like to say… thank you. For earlier I mean."
"No need to thank me. I never really noticed that you're here. Its habit I can't pull off whenever I read so no offense."
"No offense taken. You seem to be in a daze when you read."
"Good point."
"Well… not meaning to pry but, aren't you a girl? Why do you use that for self reference?"
"I just liked the sound of it." Ion shrugged. She then asked. "By the way, when have you been here?"
"It was after Miss Yamuraiha left…"
Ion blanched. Did she saw her with Pisti and Sharrkan earlier? Does she want to thank her for the events earlier? Or does she just want to talk with her?
"If you don't mind, would you like to come with me to town? I want to get a little something to eat."
"You're surprisingly a big eater for a princess…" Ion nervously laughed as she ate the dozen of fruit smothered bread they had bought for their appetite and Sindria touring experience.
"Isn't it fine? I wanted to let loose for once in a while too you know!" Kougyoku retorted as she took the bread. But paused for a bit, what if she accidentally gave the girl a wrong impression?
"I think you're right. I would have done the same if I were you." Ion said and took another bite of her bread. Staring at the sky as the sun sets. Kougyoku is relieved that she wasn't offended by her words.
"How old are you actually?" Kougyoku asked.
"Fifteen years old. Why?"
"Ah, you're younger than me…"
"What about you?"
"Eighteen. That makes you a little sister!" Kougyoku beamed at the thought.
"Well, I happen to be the youngest in my group of friends…" Ion mused.
"Really?"
"Yeah. Fai's the oldest; the other three are at least in their twenties. The second youngest is a year older than I am."
"Fai?"
"Ah, I suppose you didn't get to know much after all the fiasco earlier. Fai's a brother to Spartos, though staying as a guest isn't a part of our plans."
"Why not? You could at least see them anytime you came by, right?"
"Yeah but some of our friends didn't take that too well." Ion bit another part of the bread as they talked.
"It must be nice to have friends…" She heard Kougyoku mutter.
"What…?"
"Ah! Never mind, forget what I just said!" Kougyoku flushed in response. There was an awkward silence that followed.
Kougyoku took an initiative to clear her throat and asked. "By the way, Ion?"
"Yes?"
"Are you actually from Reim?"
This caused the younger girl to chuckle. "Funny how someone asked me the same thing earlier." She replied. "No. Actually, it's Fai who gave me that name."
"Huh?"
"I got amnesia when I was six. When I was brought to Reim for recuperating, Fai didn't think that I had amnesia and forgot about my name so he decided to check on Reim's name encyclopedia for a name."
"Wait, what about your parents?"
Ion was silent for a moment before she answered. "…I'm an orphan."
"Ah, I'm sorry I asked." Kougyoku looked down towards the bread she still held in her hands.
"No worries princess. I actually get that a lot."
"Kougyoku."
Ion stopped eating and turned towards the girl. "Eh?"
"Please, just call me Kougyoku."
"Are you sure?"
"Yes. I'll call you Ion-chan if you don't mind."
"Ion…-chan?"
"You mind?"
"No… it's just… I really didn't like to be called with titles. It felt iffy."
"So… just Ion then?"
"It's alright, call me whatever you want… Kougyoku."
When they returned to the castle, Kougyoku was scolded by her aide's for wandering around. It took an explanation (And a little lie) from Ion to stop them from being hysterical.
Ion, on the other hand, was scolded by Fai for going on the library alone since he knew what Ion would be like if she was reading something. (She backed herself up that it was to help the other friend they had)
Before they left respectively, both Ion and Kougyoku gave a brief look to each other before smiling and leave.
'I suppose I could get along with her sometime in the future…'
'My first friend…'
"You- you're friends with the Songstress of the desert, Amber!?" Kougyoku gawked.
Ion can only give a pointed look towards her. Kougyoku was asking about her dress and when she mentioned Amber, that's the reaction she had. Sure Amber is popular but does befriending her make it a big deal? Kougyoku noticed the look she gave and immediately apologized.
"Sorry but it's just-"
"Kougyoku, it's okay. I get that a lot." Ion stopped her from talking. "If you'd like, Amber told me she'll be visiting Sindria soon so I can ask her for a dress similar to mine."
"A- Are you sure? Thank you!"
Ion gave a nod before she looked to the side to talk to the blue haired prince of Kou. "By the way, uh, Hakuryuu-san?"
"Yes, Ion-Dono?"
She flinched when he called her that. "Uh… do you mind if you can just call me Ion?"
"I apologize; it's a force of habit."
"It's alright. Are we there yet?"
"Yes. I think…" Hakuryuu walked around for a bit before they stumble upon the garden where Aladdin, Alibaba, and Morgiana (Or so she was told by Sinbad) are practicing.
"Sorry to interrupt your training." Hakuryuu called out to the three. They immediately stopped and turned to see them.
"I'm just here to company Hakuryuu." Kougyoku told them as they asked for why she was there. Aladdin then noticed Ion with them. "Ah! Aren't you-"
"I'm Ion. Before that, Hakuryuu-san has something to say."
"Eh? Hakuryuu did?"
"Yes. I received an order from King Sinbad and was searching for you."
"From Sinbad!?" Alibaba wondered.
"Yes… "Stay together with them, act together with them, and learn from them!" Please treat me well from today onwards."
"Eh?" Alibaba looked rather surprised while Aladdin can only wonder what he meant.
Ion then told her opinion. "I think Sir Sinbad meant that he'll be joining you in training for him to learn from now on."
"Ohh~"
"Glad to have you with us! Nice to meet you!" Alibaba showed his hand and Hakuryuu accepted.
Ion, however, sensed a tension going on between Kougyoku and Aladdin. 'I think I shouldn't ask…' She mentally sighed. Whatever the cause, it might have been able to be resolved in the course of time, right? (Well it's not the case for Aladdin.)
"There you are Ion!" She didn't need to turn to the one calling her because it's obvious since she remembered how he sounds like, it's Fai.
"What's up?" She asked, turning to face him.
"Here"
Fai had thrown something familiar towards her and looked in surprise.
"You really sure you want to?" She raised a brow at the sword at her hand.
"Yeah, I don't want to get rusty either." A cheeky grin formed at his lips.
"Bring it on."
"Ion, you use swords?" Kougyoku asked.
"Sort of." Ion shrugged. "I advise everyone to stay off far away."
Kougyoku and the others can only wonder before they obliged.
"Well then…" Fai readied himself in a stance. Putting the sword he had and pressed the eight starred insignia at the hilt.
"Spirit of darkness and deceit, in the name of my magoi and my will for a great power, I order you and your members."
Aladdin sees the rukh gathered up around the blade. "Could he be?"
"Come forth! Asmoday!"
Light burst out as the sword turned dark and covered with purple aura. The shape of the sword soon changed to a long sword with red edges surrounding the dark blade.
"Hm~ so you're going with a simple Djinn equip?" Ion mused.
"Never reveal trump cards unless necessary, do we?"
"Of course;" She sighed and readied herself. "Harharrl" She chanted.
Aladdin, Alibaba, Morgiana, Hakuryuu and Kougyoku are familiar with the chant. It's magic. They were expecting fire to come by but what happened next is unexpected.
Instead of doing a projectile attack like they thought, the fire had appeared at the edges of the sword's blade instead.
"Th- that's like what I did with Amon!"
"Is she a dungeon capturer?"
"No… Ion-san's sword didn't have the insignia a metal vessel should have."
"Then… what is that?"
"I never thought you would be spell fencing." Fai chided.
"Be grateful that I'm going easy on this like you. Stronger spells are too draining." Ion smirked at the older boy.
"You're on." Fai sent back a smirk to her.
And so the two swung their blades to attack; it was rather silent since they had been deflecting their attacks at each clash of their blades.
After some while, Ion moved back and chanted. "Asfal" The fire soon changed into a small tornado whirling violently at the edges of the blade.
"Changing your magic, eh? Well this should be fun." Fai resumed his onslaught of attacks as Ion defended herself before she found an opening to catch him off guard.
And he did get caught off guard, with a few cuts on his left side. "Oh, you've gone and done it now." Fai smirked. And Ion knows that from that smirk, he is going to
"Didn't you say not to show your trump cards?" Ion smirked back.
"Good point." Fai sighed and put the Djinn equip off. Ion likewise had put the magic off before going to check on his side and chanted. "Yoah Reg."
The cuts soon healed.
"Thanks."
"No problem."
Aladdin was the first to come by to both of them when both had stopped. "Ion-san; what are you?" He asked.
"Hmm… I'm just a traveler born as a magician."
"But… I don't see magicians applying spells on their weapons like you did Ion-san."
Ion gave the blue haired boy a small smile before answering. "I'm a spell fencer."
"So the dimensional bells are tools only the spell fencers can create?"
"Yes. No doubt about it. That girl Ion… she's a spell fencer."
"But aren't the spell fencers supposed to have been gone a year after Musta'shim kingdom has fallen?"
"Yes, and we've heard nothing about the spell fencers since then…"
"Now that we found one, should we ask of what had become of the spell fencers?"
"Pardon me. According to Brother Fai…"
"Us spell fencers don't rely on staffs or wands. We used actual weapons like a sword or a knife. But we prefer swords and a katana than any other weapon due to its length." Ion explained.
"So it's different from magic?" Kougyoku wondered.
"Yes. We can still cast magic like normal magicians but without the aid of a staff or wand. Though we can't use healing magic on a sword, it's risky."
"But just before you started, you said something about being drained before you started the practice. What does it mean?" It's Alibaba's turn to ask.
"Unlike magicians though, holding on a spell on to the weapon for too long drains the magoi inside us as time goes; we had to frequently change the spells we applied to our weapons to shorten the drainage. Powerful spells, if kept too long would drain the magoi faster." The girl replied.
"Oh…"
"Ion-san what element are you used to?"
"Well… I'm more into the wind…"
"I see…" Aladdin was quiet for a while before an idea popped up. "Say Ion-san, why don't you train with us next time? Fai-san too;"
Ion and Fai looked at each other before looking back to Aladdin. "Are you sure?" Fai asked.
"Yes! That's a good idea! I'm training to master my Djinn equip, I'm sure you can help me out Fai-san!" Alibaba agreed to Aladdin's suggestion. Hakuryuu nodded.
"Alibaba-dono had a sound idea. Fai-dono, I heard from Spartos-dono that you are much better in weaponry than him, it'll be a good experience for me to learn weaponry under you."
"Eh? Spartos did?" Fai wondered.
"Yes. It seems he looked up to you as a role model."
"That's kinda embarrassing…" Fai rubbed the back of his neck in embarrassment.
"As much as I don't really like to get too far, I'd like to see what Ion-chan can do." Kougyoku joined in the conversation.
"Kougyoku?"
"I may not look like it, but I like sparring!"
"Eh…" Ion sweat dropped at the determinate fire in her eyes. It shows how serious she is about fighting.
"I don't see anything wrong with that." Morgiana is the last to tell her thoughts.
Fai and Ion looked at the five before they gave a nod as a sign that they had agreed.
"Really? Thank you!" Aladdin beamed and let out a wide smile.
"Please treat us well. Fai-dono; Ion-dono;" Hakuryuu bowed.
'He did it again…' Ion mentally sighed at the honorific Hakuryuu called her. 'Oh well.' She backed herself up optimistically.
"Say, how about we get some food at town? It'll be an experience."
"That's a great idea Fai-san!" Aladdin's eyes are wide with happiness at the mention of food. The others didn't have an objection so they decided to head on to town. Morgiana and Ion being the last to follow them;
"By the way Ion-san…"
"Just call me Ion Morgiana. What is it?"
"I'm a bit curious. Are there any other spell fencers?"
"…Well… I'm the only one left."
"They all died from an unknown force attacking their village. Or so Brother Fai had told me;"
"So Ion's the only one of the spell fencers left..."
"So it seems."
"What should we do now with this, my king?"
Silence was the only reply that Sinbad had given.
Date XX, Month XX, Year XX (Two months later)
"If you say red, I'd say apples."
"If you say apples, I'd say tree."
"If you say tree, I'd say soil."
"If you say-"
"Um, what are you doing?" Kougyoku looked at both Fai and Ion in wonder.
They are currently taking a break from their practice.
When Fai and Ion joined along, Yamuraiha and Sharrkan soon started a fight in seeing which of both their students she would pick since Yamuraiha somehow made a link that Ion's a spell fencer; Ion would sometimes help Aladdin with his magic or spar with Kougyoku.
Fai on the other hand taught Hakuryuu sword wielding in his free time with Spartos. Spartos is all too happy to see his brother and spar with him to let him see how strong he had become so they'd often do so after Hakuryuu is done. He also helped out Alibaba with his Djinn equip.
With Yamuraiha, Sharrkan and Spartos currently out, both of them didn't have much to do.
"We're playing the word connection game." Fai answered.
"What's that?"
"Well, we say one thing and think of a word you think would connect to it."
"Eh…"
"Think of it like this Kougyoku, what is the first thing you thought of when people say fish?" Ion questioned.
"The sea;"
"That's not so hard, isn't it?"
"Hey, what are you doing?" Aladdin approached them. Alibaba and Hakuryuu soon followed them.
"Where's Morgiana?" Ion wondered.
"Mor-san is training with Masrur-san today so she isn't with us." Aladdin answered.
"Oh…"
"Speaking of which, what are you doing?"
"Well, instead of explaining…" Fai then started. "Let's start with the word turban."
"Huh?"
"If you say turban, I'd say flying." Ion looked at Aladdin who is confused.
"What's the first thing you thought off when you hear a word? The others will continue in the same fashion. It's your turn Aladdin."
"Eh… well… I'd say magic."
"If it's magic, eh… Yamuraiha-san?"
"If it's Yamuraiha-dono… Sharrkan-dono?"
"If it's Sharrkan then it's fencing freak." Yamuraiha interrupted them. Causing them to jump in surprise -Minus Aladdin-
"Yamu-san!"
"Hello Aladdin. King Sinbad has called you."
"Uncle Sinbad did?"
"Yes. Alibaba, Hakuryuu, Fai and Ion too."
Fai and Ion looked at each other before they asked. "Us?"
"Yes."
"You want us to capture the dungeon Zagan?" Ion wondered.
"Yes."
"If that's it then I'll pass." Fai casually objected and backed away.
"Fai-san?"
"One metal vessel is enough for me. I'm not interested in getting more than one." Fai reasoned. His gaze went towards Ion and continued. "Ion here is enough to help them out. And I'm confident with her abilities."
"We had our friends to talk to and we wouldn't like to have them freaked out." Ion added.
Sinbad hummed in understanding before he looked at both Fai and Ion.
"Alright then, if that's what you want."
At the guest room they're staying with two separate beds. Ion had her elbows rested at the window sill. Looking at the night atmosphere and scenery of Sindria;
"Tomorrow, huh;" Fai mused.
"Yeah; I suppose it's not bad in finding out what a dungeon is like on my own for once." She recounted that the many times she had been in a dungeon was with Fai or one of their friends. Never on her own;
"True."
There was a moment of silence before Ion said. "I can't trust sir Sinbad."
"Hm?"
"Well, he is nice and he meant well. But I can't really trust him. And the fact that he now knows that I'm a spell fencer, he might be planning to let me be here to teach some of the magicians spell fencing."
"That's a bit far-fetched, don't you think?"
"I know. But I can't help but think that way."
Fai chuckled and patted her back. "Don't worry, I think the same too."
"We're all on the same page then."
They looked forward.
Tomorrow's the day they'll temporarily part.
Spell fencer: A group of magicians who used actual weapons. Unlike the magicians, they fuse the many elements of the Rukh into the weapon they had in hand and utilize them for elemental physical damage. However, keeping the magic up in the weapon for too long will drain the magicians' magoi as the time goes which required the magician to frequently change their spells to prevent their magoi from being drained. Using powerful spells drains the magicians off their magoi faster than normal if they used it for a long time. The Spell fencers are rumored to have gone missing and unheard nine years ago, the only known spell fencer right now is Ion.
(They're actually inspired from the Spell fencer job class of the game, Bravely Default. It won't be as OP as in the game because as magicians in Magi, learning other kinds of elemental Rukh takes a long training. And the nerfing from the actual game is intentional because said class is much more powerful when used by players, which I had no intention to go along with to create balanced characters. That, and in-universe, Ion is no Magi.)
Songstress of the desert: Amber's title for her career. Believed to be born from Qishan by many peers; She is also well known in Kou. Her performance is enthralling that she had gained admirers of children and young adults alike, and her believed origin had caused her to receive this title.
Asmoday: The Djinn of the 32th dungeon. Djinn of darkness and deceit; He mainly takes control of gravity magic. He currently housed himself in Fai's sword.
Random trivia for the chapter:
1: Fai's height is 181 cm. He's a bit taller than Spartos.
2: Um yeah, I'm not sure if some of the diseases like Pneumonia did exist in Magi but I'd like to think that it might.
3: Ion actually calls herself with "Boku" if you imagine her conversation with people in Japanese. Usually used in males and tomboyish girls, but Ion herself is no tomboy.
4: The word connection game had been inspired from the Assassination Classroom promo video. From what I see, it's akin to the Japanese Shiritori game with the catch that you had to continue the game with the word first said and continue it with what you first thought of that word.
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