Chapter 10 – The Memories of a God.
"What do you mean?" Sieg joined forces to ask.
"When I was about to die I split my soul in two." Berserker said. "One part was sealed in a gem, and then put in your body, the other reincarnated in that dragon."
"Split your soul? What kind of person would do that?" The redhead was stunned.
"A long time ago, while I was still alive, I fought Brimir and his familiars, and as you can imagine, I was defeated." The man with wings answered with a little more aggressiveness. "Before that damned magician could steal my powers, I split my soul in two separate parts and tried to send them away, but that idiot managed to catch one and put it in a container known as the Jewel of the Founder."
"That's the part within me..." Sieg quite understood that part. "Why do you say that I completed you?"
"When you killed the black dragon you took the second part of my soul, and I must say that ruined my plan." Berserker sighed. "I wanted to steal the body of my host as soon my soul was completed, but this seal doesn't let me do anything but take control of your body for a few minutes!" the entity said, said grabbing the chain on his neck.
"Lady Vivian reinforced the seal that Alexander did..." Sieg provoked. "Why didn't you ever talk to me like this before? Do you realize how many times I was screwed because of you?"
"The part of my soul that was within you only contained hate, my conscience was with the dragon."
"That's why we could feel each other's presence..." the redhead already had enough pain in his chest. "What kind of person were you? And why did Brimir fight you?"
"I can't remember why I fought him; my memories are still a little confused." Berserker said. "I remember flying against Brimir while I used various weapons of elven soldiers who had died, I remember a gigantic hatred, I remember almost killing him, but I can't remember a reason..."
"Answer me who you are!" Shouted Sieg. "You controlled me and made me suffer for several years! Tell me who you are!"
"My name is Alastor." The winged being answered with narrowed eyes. "Ask any mage and you'll know exactly who I am..." Berserker began to fade. The projection time was running out.
"Wait right there!" Siegfried began to regain his strength. "I still have many things to ask!"
"Save it for later boy. I won't leave your body even if I want to." Alastor said serenely. "But when we have our next conversation, I want you to answer me one thing. Are you really willing to protect the world that hurt you? Or you're just a hypocrite kid who tries to copy your master?"
"I said you to wait!" The redhead advanced against the figure that was fading to hold it, but only managed to hold smoke. "Damn Berserker!"
"Sieg calm down." Arondight tried to comfort Sieg. "He may be complete, but I know you will continue keeping him under control."
"You don't understand Aron..." Sieg sighed. "Brimir was the most powerful wizard who ever lived, and he said he almost killed him! If only half of the soul of this guy was able to control me and use me to hurt others, I can't even imagine what he can do now!
"Remember what you said to Mademoiselle Vallière!" Arondight countered somewhat harsh. "You are not alone! I know it's hard to live with the fear of hurting others, but what was it you said that we should do with our fears? We should kick them and face everything head on!"
"Aron, but..." Sieg was interrupted.
"When you used me for the first time against that Golem, I felt like I was being wielded by Sir Lancelot again!" Arondight continued the scolding. "Don't let me down boy! I have high expectations for you! And if my words are not enough to encourage you, remember what Mademoiselle Vallière told you before we left the village to face that dragon!"
"What Claire said?" Sieg had a snap. "That she loves me?"
"Exactly..." Aron calmed down. "I have a feeling about you Sieg, that you will do something great someday... I just hope to be present to see the intensity of the light you will radiate..."
"We'd better go soon or Claire will suspect something..." the swordsman recovered from the shock. "I'll ask if she knows something about Alastor..."
"I think this is the best thing to do." Arondight agreed. "The more information we have about him, more chance of defeating him we have."
Sieg took a deep breath and kept walking, pretending that nothing had happened. The redhead entered the room Suguru had prepared for them and found Claire lying in the bed, reading a book that he had seen a few times when he was at the Academy of Magic. Sieg was calmed by the sight of that delicate girl who was waiting for him.
"You took some time out there." Claire said to realize the redhead. "Something happened?"
"No, I was just helping an old lady collecting the clothes on the clothesline." Sieg replied with a long sigh.
"Fell free to tell me the truth anytime…." the girl returned to read the book in her hands.
"Claire, sorry to ask this of nothing, but have you by chance heard the name Alastor?" The swordsman asked without delay.
"Alastor? I've heard that name a few times in the History of Magic lessons. Give me just a minute." Claire moved quickly a few pages of her book and suddenly stopped. "Here! Alastor, the Ancient God of War, had the ability to control any weapon and changed the course of countless battles in the world. He was the God who defeated the Ancient Dragon when the monster was awakened the first time. Brimir fought him for unknown reasons and barely won. He was defeated by the Founder with the help of Gandalfr after defeating three other Void Familiars. His personality is a mystery, but we know that Alastor was the most feared God at that time, for his ferocity in combat and enormous destructive power."
"A God?" Sieg gave a long sigh. "What a problem..."
"Well, Ancient Gods were nothing more than a race of powerful humanoid creatures. It's true that they were more powerful than most mages could even dream of, but they were mortals, just like any other living creature. The proof of that is, Alastor was killed by Brimir, then there is no reason for you to worry about him!" Claire smiled.
"I think you're right. Thank you Claire." The redhead said.
"Stop thanking me for everything!" The girl blushed. "Take off this armor and come to bed."
The redhead's armor burst into a black fog, and then he threw himself on the bed. "The armor is made with the aura of the Berserker. I can do it and undo it when I want. It is very practical!"
"Really?" Claire showed little interest. "Don't try anything perverted understand?"
Sieg began to snore.
"You're already sleeping?" The girl observed the fainted redhead. "The fight must have left you quite tired didn't it?"
Claire rubbed Sieg's face, pulling a strand of hair that covered one of his eyes. "You become more beautiful with your hair like that..."
"Why don't you say that to him?" Arondight made Claire's heart miss a beat.
"Aron! Don't scare me like that!"
"He would be very happy." The sword said. "Well, I'm pretty tired, so I will sleep. Good night, Mademoiselle Vallière."
"Good night..." Claire got into bed and turned to the side. "Crazy sword, its weirder than Derf…"
Claire slept in a short time, unconsciously holding the right hand of Siegfried.
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Alastor roamed through the vast world of swords, where the sun shone after several years. The ground covered in ashes before now had a carpet of grass for its entire length, and the swords stuck on it shone with the sunlight. The God of War stood quiet for a moment, admiring that eternal sunset that colored of orange the inner world of his host.
"It is undoubtedly a very wide world..." Alastor turned to walk slowly. "But this is the first time I see a Monde Intérieur with such a large number of swords... Are they infinite?"
Alastor continued his aimlessly walk, watching with curiosity the swords in his path. None of them was equal to the other, differed in size, shape, style, everything…
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Siegfried had his quiet sleep interrupted suddenly. Without realizing how that could have happened, Sieg found himself in a desolate place, with three figures fighting fiercely. The redhead immediately recognized one of them, Alastor. The three other people dropped to the ground with mortal wounds.
"Alastor" a blond man who looked like a magician shouted. "I had no choice! The Colossus would have destroyed everything!"
"You had a choice!" Alastor eyes were immersed in hatred. "And you chose to sacrifice her!"
"Sasha, I can't talk to him..." the wizard sighed. "We will have to fight ..."
"As if I didn't already know that..." the woman pulled out a sword to face Alastor. "I will avenge all three of the Void familiar you killed, Alastor!"
Sieg's eyes widened when he realized that that sword was Derflinger.
"Derflinger? This means that girl is Gandalfr... So this man is..." the redhead couldn't finish his conclusion.
"Brimir!" Alastor roared. "Do you really think that an elf with a sword will defeat me?"
Alastor dodged a strike from Sasha and took flight with his powerful black wings, knocking down the familiar with the strength of the winds.
Once he arrived at a reasonable height, Alastor screamed with all his fury, and various weapons that were around the world responded to his call. Swords, spears, arrows, clubs and all other types came out to meet the God of War, and remained at his side, facing Brimir and Sasha.
"Brimir..." Alastor growled. "I trusted you Brimir, and you took from me the only thing that I loved..."
"Alastor! Listen to reason!" Brimir pleaded. "You know I had no choice!"
"Shut up!" Alastor stretched both arms out to the sides, and the weapons around him retreated slightly. "Idiotic human who thought he had the power that could defy a God... Die!" The God of War arms moved forward, throwing his arsenal against his two opponents.
Sieg was impressed and terrified at the same time. Sasha managed to prevent the weapons of hitting vital points of Brimir, but even with all the efforts of the elf, both she and her master were hit over and over. Another wave of attacks like that and it was over.
"After I kill you, bastard, I will personally kill every human that inhabits this planet..." Alastor drew his weapons to his side once again.
"Brimir, you'll have to kill him..." Sasha said as she rose with difficulty.
"I can't do that Sasha... He is my friend..." Brimir refused until the last moment.
"This time I won't take it easy..." Alastor spread its dark aura through the he controlled, letting them with a huge destructive potential.
"You heard him." The elf snapped. "He is overwhelmed by hatred..."
"Sasha..." Brimir took deep breath and wiped the tears from his face. "Get me time so I can use 'Explosion'."
"Die!" Alastor, overcome with rage, threw all the weapons at once. While Sasha was doing everything possible to protect her master.
"Beoru Sun Hiru Yarunsakusan Osu Sun Run Uru Lagu Beoru Yuru Suberu Hagaru Beoru Yin!" Brimir ended the spell at the same time that Alastor finished preparing a final sword.
"EXPLOSION!" Brimir shouted, pointing his wand at Alastor.
What Sieg saw happened in less than three seconds. The sword thrown by Alastor crossed the right shoulder of Brimir, and soon after a titanic explosion wiped the Ancient God of the sky.
Sieg woke and got up quickly, catching Arondight by instinct and staring at the empty room where he was. The redhead sighed, relieved to see that all was well. Arondight thought the reaction of the redhead was really strange.
"Are you okay Sieg?" Aron said.
"I saw the fight between Alastor and Brimir..." Sieg smiled with the corner of his mouth. "Now I know that he can be defeated, but..."
"I don't like this face... his" Aron sighed. "What are you thinking?"
"He seemed to have a very strong reason to be fighting, I want to understand this reason..." Sieg said clenching his right fist. "Alastor kept saying that Brimir had killed someone or something, removed the only thing he loved... I think he wasn't such a bad person, but something made him lose control, that's what I want to understand."
"You're more mature Sieg. It makes me very happy."
"That's because today I'm getting older." Sieg smiled. "Now I have nineteen years old!"
"Happy Birthday" Arondight was glad. "It also explains that package on the bedroom door.
"Package?" Sieg got out of bed and grabbed the green wrapping. "To my beloved grandson. Suguru never forgets my birthday.
"C'mon! Open it!" The sword was thrilled.
"I will, take it easy." Sieg soon undid the package and pulled out the clothes that Suguru had done. "How nice! My clothes are well worn!"
"Go on and try it!" Shouted Arondight
"Calm down!" Sieg countered. "It seems as if it's your birthday... I will sleep a little more…"
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Claire woke up with a few rays of sunshine that came through the bedroom window. She looked to the side and saw her familiar lying beside her, sleeping in deep slumber. She got out of bed and saw a box on the floor. The pink didn't knew about Sieg's birthday, and she hadn't given him anything.
"Why didn't anyone warn me that today is his birthday?" Claire was angry.
"Mademoiselle didn't ask." Aron said.
"I gotta do something." She said ignoring the talk of the sword. "What about a celebrating party?" She said after thinking a bit. "That's it!"
Claire left the room and went to talk to Suguru, who was already awake too. She left her familiar still asleep and totally ignored his sword. Siegfried awoke shortly after, missing the pink. He left the room after dressing up with his new clothes and went after the girl, she could have changed an apple into a lemon, but she still had a lot to learn. The redhead didn't found her anywhere until he heard her voice from Suguru's room.
"Then it will be perfect! Thanks Suguru-sama!"
"My dear, Siegfried needs a break and this party is perfect!"
"Party? What party?" Sieg entered the room after hearing the two talking. "Oh... Sorry to enter like this…" Sieg was interrupted by the lady in front of him.
"We're talking about your birthday party. And Claire will help me to prepare everything so she won't train today, you can come along to help." Said Suguru calm as ever.
"But she has to..." The redhead couldn't continue...
"No buts! And you will come with us to carry the packages! And without complaining!"
Sieg couldn't say anything, the two caught him by each arm and led him along with them for purchases. It would be a great party, a party for Sieg and also a farewell to the Hundred Swords.
They started telling people about the party and soon after going to shopping. Suguru and Claire were looking at a lot of things, even those that wasn't about the party. The two were getting close, which frightened the poor man of Siegfried, who was already carrying some bags. As they passed in stores of Herzen Schwartz, Claire and Suguru played with the redhead, putting things in his head, making him wear different costumes, making him like the "trip" even less.
"Claire that's weird." The redhead complained about the pair ribbons which the girl had placed on his head. "But you on the other hand ... are very cute!" The girl blushed.
"Sieg! I... "The redness had taken over her face.
"Kids, I'm going home now, you buy the rest of the stuff." Suguru left them alone, but before going she needed to ask something. "By the way, when will the wedding ceremony be?"
"Suguru you old snake!" Sieg said. Both he and his mistress were red and quite ashamed of the indiscreet question. The lady left the two laughing at their faces.
"Well, it wouldn't be a bad idea to marry you soon, we could even make more Siegfrieds, that would be very..." Sieg spoke his mind and couldn't finish doing it.
"Stupid dog!" Claire used her 'Levitation' on the redhead, rising him and stopping the magic, which made him fall head first.
After recovering from the fall, the redhead stood up stroking his head. His mistress was walking as if nothing had happened, and Sieg noticed shortly after that she seemed to search for something, but was afraid to ask. He didn't want to get over with aching body parts. When they finished shopping, however, Claire was still looking at the stores. Sieg realized at that time that she wanted to give him something.
"Looking for something to give to me?" He approached her from behind and asked, already knowing the answer, but he wouldn't miss the chance to see her all flustered.
"D-Don't be so convinced! Go tell Suguru-san we're done here! People need to finish arranging things for the party!" Claire stammered.
"Okay. But buy something I will like." Sieg said and got away.
"That idiot..."
Claire continued her search, until she ran into a tent where she saw something she knew Sieg would like, and she didn't think twice about buying it.
The people in that village were really helpful and united, Claire was delighted in how people worked together. And to more charm, they were always with a smile on their faces. The harmony that was there was different from Tristain. They were different, but she liked to be there, especially being with the person she loved.
By evening everything was ready. People went to their homes in order to get ready, and Siegfried and his mistress too. The night was very good, at least that was what the pink haired girl hoped. She left the house with Sieg and the party had already begun in the plaza.
"Only you could make all these people come to celebrate in a moment like that."
"Don't complain!"
"I'm not complaining..."
People were already in the mood. Suguru was sitting in a chair watching everyone dance, eating and having fun. The party was more like a festival than a birthday party, but who cared? Sieg brought his mistress to all the tents that she wanted to go.
"When will this boredom end? And when will the fight begin?" Alastor was present in the mind of the redhead.
"Sieg, I bought something for you..." Claire interrupted the entity without even knowing.
"Claire, you didn't need to buy anything..." Sieg smiled slightly.
"Shut up and accept this!" Claire blushed. "It took me a long time to find it!"
"Thank you." Sieg took the package of the hand of his mistress. "It's big. What is it?"
"Open it, I think you'll like."
Siegfried was intrigued by the size of the package. A sword would easily fit inside, but Claire wouldn't give a sword to the redhead if he had Arondight. Sieg began to open the package carefully, not to do too much dirt. He opened the box where the object was and pulled out a sheath handmade by the artisans in the village. This came to handy, since the original sheath of Arondight was in a garbage state...
"Thanks Claire!" Sieg soon took Aron out of his back and put it in the new sheath. "And this one can be attached at the waist!"
"The seller said its faster to draw a sword on the waist than on the back." Claire was pleased by the reaction of the familiar. "Do you really like it?"
"Yes! I..." Sieg was interrupted by several loud bells.
"The Gargoyles are back!" Jack's voice came from the village gates. "Civilians should return to their homes immediately! Soldiers prepare to fight! "
"Not even on my birthday these bastards leave us alone..." the redhead sighed.
"I'll help!" Claire took the wand from her pocket.
"Actually, this will be a great chance for you to train the Reality Breaker."
"Are you crazy?" Claire was outraged. "I'm still training with fruits!"
"You always do difficult things when the situation gets complicated." Sieg put his hand on the girl's head. "Give me support and everything will be fine."
"Siegfried, if you stay like that the Gargoyles will steal our cows and other things too..." Setsuna said wearily.
"Relax girl!" Sieg took a few steps toward a rather tall and robust man, holding a huge sledgehammer with ease. "Rolland, give me a hand?"
"Like last time commander?" The man asked with a surprisingly gentle tone.
"That's right, just don't make me fall on the other side of the gates."
"Yes sir!" Rolland concentrated his strength in his arms while Sieg climbed on top of the hammer.
"What will you do!?" Claire was scared.
"Prepared commander?"
"You can throw!"
"Redhead flying!" Setsuna shouted with a Machiavellian smile.
"There it goes!" Rolland swung the sledgehammer with an absurd brutality, throwing Sieg through the air to reach the gargoyles that flew over Herzen Schwartz.
Siegfried grabbed the first gargoyle and impaled it with Arondight. As the beast fell, the redhead jumped up and grabbed another gargoyle, also killing it, and repeating the process over and over again. Sieg was slowly lowering his altitude while, killing the creatures. He grabbed another of the beasts and used his weight to land violently on the floor, on top of the creature, which was just finalized by the lance of Setsuna.
"Well, it was about eight." Sieg said while sheathing his sword. "I should have cut my hair before; it's much easier to fight without it slowing me down."
"Siegfried, Setsuna, you shouldn't fight now, spare your forces to fight with the Hundred Swords." Rolland said. "Let us, ordinary soldiers, take care of these pests."
"Relax Rolland, you have three children to raise, I don't want you to get hurt." Sieg said. "Shooting down some gargoyles will be a good exercise."
"Sieg, what should I do?" Claire showed up ready to fight.
"Stand next to Jack on top of the gates and use your ice stakes to knock some monsters ok?"
"Right!"
"Come with me, I will take you to your post." Setsuna took the girl's hand and led her through the main road
"Great... That's my cue..."
Sieg felt his throat close and his temperature rise. His vision began to darken and distort. The floor seemed to have vanished, and the feeling of floating on nothing started to let the redhead desperate. The tips of his fingers went numb, and soon after Sieg couldn't feel any part of his body. His conscience was slowly disappearing, and the familiar couldn't even fight against the domination of Alastor.
"It's a shame that after so many years of waiting, my first fight is against useless gargoyles..." Alastor sighed with Sieg's body under his control.
"Commander Zweihander, are you all right?" Rolland was concerned about the sudden change of the redhead.
"Call me by the name of that stupid kid again and I'll cut your throat." Alastor smoothly lifted his right hand and the weapons that were in the village went up to heaven in an instant. "Where will I shoot? In the gargoyles or in the village?"
Alastor channeled his aura trough his right arm and spread it in the weapons that floated over the houses. Some gargoyles began to roar as they fought against the soldiers.
"You make too much noise… This is really annoying..." Alastor put his hand in the direction of the gargoyles with a sadistic face. "Die..."
The weapons fell mercilessly against the creatures that flied in the sky in search of food, passing through them and hitting the houses of the village.
Some of the soldiers saw Siegfried red eyes, and at that time they discovered what was happening. The strange thing was how the Berserker took control of the boy's body. Sieg always resisted as much as he could, but this time he showed no signs of struggle, and the stranger thing was; the entity wasn't wild as usual, he was calm, exuding an intension to kill even more potent than the other times.
"I only have a few more minutes of control over this body, so I will be brief." Alastor said aloud. "Tell the descendants of Brimir that even if the man named Alexander Magnum is defeated, I will destroy every human being that inhabits this world. Crawl as you can, disgusting worms, because soon I will crush you... "
Alastor received a powerful blow from a sledgehammer on his neck. The God of War just stared back as if nothing had happened.
"How could you..." Rolland was stunned.
"Foolish human..." Alastor's voice began to fade and his vision was confused. "What is this crap? I should have much more time than that!"
"Sieg ..." Claire saw the shining runes on the shoulder of the familiar. "You won't control Sieg without fighting before..."
"So this is my Monde Intérieur... A world of swords... I won't lie, it suits me very well." Sieg's voice echoed in the mind of Alastor. "How about we talk here?"
"Damn..."
"Lady Vivian told me that you could take control of my body for a few moments. It was a risk I had take to use your powers, but it was worth it." Sieg countered with his characteristic tone of irreverence.
"How dare you speak to me like that? I am a God! " Alastor lost his patience.
"Shut up and return to your place!" The redhead said. "Stuck between these countless swords!"
Sieg took a deep breath and began to recite the words Lady Vivian had told him to recite if Berserker dominated his body.
"I am the soul of my sword.
My body is the steel, my spirit is the fire.
My origin is the Void.
I fought countless battles,
Never knowing defeat
Victory was all I conquered.
These hands now claim,
With the sound of the fiery forges of heaven
They relentlessly call…
Infinite Soul Blades!"
A pentagram made of red fire appeared around Sieg's body, and flash made the God of War lose his senses of time and space. When Alastor opened his eyes, he found himself in his own body, in the world of swords.
"Yo!" Siegfried raised his left hand, drawing the attention of the winged being.
"Insolent worm ... I will kill you!" Alastor raised his two hands, but the swords didn't move. "What's happening?"
"These are my swords." Sieg raised his right hand, and this time, the swords obeyed the command. "I don't know how they got here, nor where they come from, but they're in my world and in my world, you can't control anything."
Sieg lowered his hand with a sharp movement, and the endless swords fell against Alastor, who used all his speed to escape. The God of War took flight before the swords touched the ground, Sieg raised his hand and the weapons followed Alastor. The winged being was hit by one of the swords on the left wing while trying to dodge all at once, and fell to the ground. Looking up, he was overcome by rage and created a sword using his dark aura, advancing against Siegfried, who pulled one of the several swords around him.
The two landed in a fierce exchange of blows, unable to hit each other. Alastor couldn't understand how a mere human being could equal him in a fight, and started to get even angrier.
"You don't understand anything!" Alastor yelled to get away from the redhead. "I will make the descendants of Brimir pay for what he did to me!"
"The one Who doesn't understand anything is you!" Sieg countered. "The woman I love is a descendant of Brimir, and I won't let you touch her!"
"Woman you love?" Alastor growled. "When you know the suffering that feeling brings I'll listen to the crap you have to tell me! Now fight!"
"You still don't understand Alastor... " Sieg stuck the sword he was holding on the ground and picked up a large scimitar. "Outside, in the real world, you can even be a God, but here you're just an enemy like any other, awaiting your punishment by those swords."
Alastor advanced against Siegfried without thinking, and redhead used the giant sword to break the weapon of the God of War, shortly after opening one hand to grab a katana that came flying to its master, and cutting Alastor through the abdomen. The winged being fell on the ground.
"Now stay there thinking of a way to beat me in this world..." Sieg said while his body slowly disappeared. "Because here, I'm the King."
In the real world, Sieg's eyes returned to their normal brown, the redhead sighed with a bit of guilt. "I hope no one has been caught by the attack Alastor..."
"Thank God nobody was hurt..." said Suguru with a pale face. "Siegfried, when did you start to overwhelm the Berserker without help from others?"
"I went through a very hard training during the month that I 'disappeared'. My spirit is stronger than ever!" The redhead smiled.
"Siegfried you idiot!" Claire kicked the face of the familiar. "That's why you asked me who was Alastor! Because he is the entity within you!"
"Calm down Claire..."
"I won't calm down!" The girl became even more angry. "You have the God of War inside your body and you didn't tell me anything!?"
"Relax... I managed to put him back in my Monde Intérieur didn't I?" Sieg held the hand of his mistress in the air, before she could strike him. "Alastor was defeated, he isn't omnipotent, and I can overpower him however many times I need. You said that Ancient Gods were more powerful than most mages could even dream of, but they were mortals, just like any other living creature. They could be defeated."
"More important than that, how did you create that red pentagram?" Setsuna suspected. "You've never been able to use magic."
"I don't know!" Sieg was startled by the look of the companion. "I just recited a poem that Lady Vivian taught me and Alastor and I went to my Monde Intérieur."
"You went where!?" Claire felt her heart stop for a moment. "You used Thaumaturgy!?"
"Tauma what?" The redhead was even more scared.
"Thaumaturgy Siegfried, Thaumaturgy..." Suguru said with a worried tone. "A kind of magic forbidden for centuries, capable of transporting people within a certain limit to a parallel dimension, the inner world of the magician who is using this spell."
"It takes a huge source of magical energy and years of training to use this spell, and you mastered it in a month!? Even being a commoner without a Magic Circuit!?" Claire was about to explode. "Do you realize the risks that Thaumaturgy can bring!?"
"She is absolutely right." The old village leader agreed. "Magic Circuits are what allow the flow of magic in the mages, you, as a commoner, don't have one, and force the flow of the absurd amount of magic required to use Thaumaturgy may cause your death."
"You two are exaggerating... Lady Vivian taught me to use the Infinite Soul Blades on a small range, big enough to carry just my body." Sieg sighed. "And even if what you said is true, my Infinite Soul Blade is the only weapon I have to put Alastor in his place, and I will continue using this Thaumaturgy whenever necessary."
"I'll go to Tristain with you." Suguru said after hearing Siegfried. "I have some questions for that Vivian..."
"That's right!" Claire agreed. "Who does she think she is to teach something so dangerous for my love?"
"My love?" Setsuna smiled malignantly. "You two are already at that level Siegfried?"
Sieg just sighed as the others laughed. Nothing he could say would change the decision of Suguru, then the redhead simply waited the spirits to calm down and went to bed with his mistress, still embarrassed because of what she had said.