Chapter 3 – The wizard and the young girl's wish
It was 11.00 when the wizard and the young girl met again.
"Oi, you're late."
"Sorry, had some business to take care of."
Rin was not convinced, "Well next time don't lie about the time."
"Ehh, but I didn't lie."
"But you came at 11 not 10."
"Fine, fine, I won't lie."
Len scratched his head in defeat, suddenly, a smile spread across his face. He faded away from the mirror and came back with a dusty old spell book.
"I stayed up all night learning spells, particularly those of a wish granting sort."
Rin remembered his first words upon his arrival.
"So you can actually grant my wishes now?"
"That was the whole point of meeting you here today."
Len smiled, his book opened to the middle page, its dusty red cover shimmered and its spine creaked.
"Well, make a wish."
Rin thought long and hard, she walked around the room once, twice and at the third she had an idea. Len chuckled at her expression.
"Is it okay if I make a really big wish?"
"Anything for Princess Rin."
"For the last time I'm not a princess."
Rin sat down and thought harder. Her black dress spread out on the floor, covering her knees.
"Are you positive?"
"Anything, just make a wish."
Rin eventually gave in to Len's pestering cries.
"I wish the one hundred year war came to a peaceful end."
Len's heart stopped. That wish came with a huge risk, even so, he waved his uncertainty away and smiled once again at what he called a princess.
"As you wish."
Len's figure once again vanished from the mirror, but this time he did not come back. After 10 days the war came to an end but still the wizard did not come back. Rin searched the room for other mirrors and more glimpses of Len. Her fear of losing her friend almost brought back her illness. When was the wizard returning?
Two weeks after the war ended, the wizard finally came back. The black coat torn and his book in clutters but still he had on his face the smile that resembled the young girl's.
"I'm back."
