We're picking of from where we left over last time.
upstairs
Volonte: what were you trying to do boy?
Arthur: i mean no harm
Volonte kicked Arthur in the stomach last time , a fight may be about to start.
Volonte: no harm?. Then how come i can smell your bad intend ?
Arthur: what?
Volonte: also,what's with your hand?
Arthur began to slowly lose it , he became more desperate and jumped at Volonte again
Mortem: STAND STILL! his voice became violent
Volonte:no way! shw was dodging Mortem each time
Mortem:damn it, are you even as sick as they say?! he was getting pissed about the situation
Volonte: the rumors are true,but that doesn't mean i can't push myself a bit. she put her hand on the floor and a wooden spear appeared in her hand.
Mortem:transmutation...the power to destroy and rebuild...
Volonte: i don't know who or what exactly are you,but you are not leaving Alcheo alive.
Mortem:so be it!
(battle text; short one)
Mortem jumped at Volonte again ,this time he used his air mode
Volonte used her wooden spear to try and impale Mortem.
Mortem barely dodged, he was losing more and more control.
Volonte charged at Mortem and knocked him out through the window ,she jumped out after him
Mortem covered itself in water to heal himself
Volonte:this magic...element?
Mortem:just you wait...
Mortem clenched his fist, suddenly a purplish aura surrounded his hand
Mortem: Sin of Gluttony: Shakti(hindi; Strength)
Mortem punched the ground beneath him and picked up a large boulder from underneath the ground
Volonte: -what is he?- she was clearly shocked by his abilities
Mortem threw the boulder at Volonte
Volonte streched her hand and as it made contact with the boulder , the boulder turned into gravel
Mortem: you're fast with those hands of yours...
Volonte: I'm a principal,not being able to do something like that would be a disgrace.
Mortem and Volonte continued to fight.
At the Alcheo Academy
Announcement:ATTENTION ALL STUDENTS, ALL A AND S RANK REPORT TO MISS VOLONTE HOUSE AT ONCE, WE GOT REPORTS FROM THE VILLAGE SAYING THAT SHE IS BEING ATTACKED BY A ROGUE MAGIC USER!
The whole academy began panicking, multiple students headed to the village
At the village
Volonte and Mortem where still fighting
Mortem: fun...fun... he was at the edge of the cliff , one step away from losing all control
Volonte:-something is not right- she noticed his behavior
Mortem: COME HERE! he lost almost all of his control at that point
inside Volonte's house
Shiro:that Mortem did it good, i wish i could help him,but
Curt was laying unconscious
Shiro: he is pretty big so i don't wanna have him jump at Mortem as well
Shiro:oh well, i guess I'll look around the house. she began looking through the house.
outside
Mortem:stay still! he was desperately trying to grab her
Volonte: why would I?. From what i can tell you might be an assassin!
Mortem:wrong, I'm ...no tool...
Volonte:- something is really wrong, his talking is getting weird and his body seems to be transforming, a humonculus?(artificial being created through alchemy, forbidden practice)-
Volonte:who created you?!
Mortem: you don't have to know! he started to transform, he fell to the ground as his body was slowly turning
Volonte: this is my-- Suddenly Volonte collapsed to the ground and started vomiting out blood
Volonte:not...now...
Mortem: my...CHANCE! he jumped at Volonte, this time he was successful.
A purplish light appeared like last time, Volonte passed out but Mortem prepared itself for this so he only got a bit dizzy.
Mortem: good he began to slowly transform back
Mortem: SHIRO, WE'RE GOING! he shouted
Shiro jumped out of the window that Mortem broke.
Shiro:is it time?
Mortem:yes.
Suddenly, multiple students from Alcheo surrounded the area and began closing in on Mortem and Shiro, Curt woke up as well and saw Volonte laying on the ground with blood on her mouth.
Curt: VOLONTE! He rushed to her, Mortem and Shiro ran away.
Curt took Volonte to her room, there were multiple machines and multiple types of drugs in there, with the help of some students he hooked Volonte to them.
In a alley in the village
Mortem:seems we lost them
Shiro:yeah, but...
Mortem: don't worry, I'm stable now.
Shiro:not that, i looked through their stuff and...
Shiro: i found some things that strike me as weird
Mortem:such as?
Shiro: well, i found an old pregnancy test , it said positive as well...
Mortem:weird, but it couldn't be Volonte's, she's so sick i doubt she can pull through.
Mortem:also,who keeps those, you usually keep them until you get the grand news or big relief.
Shiro:that's what I've been wandering , i also found her room.
Shiro:the machines in there basically replace her kidneys ,liver and I'm not gonna say anything about the rest.
Mortem: she did vomit out blood during our little fight, might have been from that.
Shiro: lastly, i found multiple drugs, including anti-depression ones.
Mortem: what?
Shiro: Mortem, we're missing something ..
Mortem: but what is the question, Shiro.
Shiro: let's think about it after we escaped
The 2 began to make their way to another gate
Arthur: the security is tight.
Sky: i agree, what did you do?
Arthur: I'll tell you later.
Sky:fine, where are we going now? she was worried
Arthur: we can't go back to the Eiffel Tower, that place is the closest to the academy, so we are gonna use another gate.
Sky: and where is this gate?
Arthur:it should be close
as they walk they hear 2 man talking about Volonte
Man 1: This ain't good i tell you, that women needs to name a new principal!
Man 2: she's stubborn, no way we can convince her easily.
Man 1: i know.
Man 2: what ?
Man 1: you know, the thing that took her organs...forbidden transmutation with the intend to create life...her baby...-
Man 2: Stop right there!. You know we are forbidden to talk about it!
Man 1: come on, if people found out then she'll HAVE to name a new principal, a proper one to that..
Man 2: its true that i don't consider her as good as Michael was,but i won't betray, as teachers at Alcheo we shouldn't even have this conversation.
Man 1:pf, fine,have it your way.
Sky:did you hear th-...Mortem...
Mortem had a shocked look in his eyes and was clearly ashamed of what he did to Volonte.
Arthur/Mortem: Sky, i know what happened to her now, everything makes sense.
Sky: what are you talking about?
Arthur:let's keep going
the 2 arrived at the gate, it looked like a wooden door from the 18th century
on the other side, Louvre ,the place where the art works of the masters rest
Sky: OMS!!!!!
Arthur:Sky,not now...
Sky:what do you mean?!. This is the most famous art museum in Paris , Louvre!!
Arthur:SKY! he had a serios look in his eyes
Sky: it's about Volonte...what did you found out?
Arthur:those 2 said some stuff that...poor women...
Sky: Shiro told me what she found in there.
Arthur:then i don't have to explain, Volonte was once pregnant,that explains the positive pregnancy test , but...
Sky:the baby was...
Arthur:born death...she must've tried to revive him using transmutation later ,but
Sky: ?
Arthur: Sky, transmutation is bound by many rules, many are to protect us...
Sky:from what?
Arthur: from ourselves, my guess is, something went wrong and...
Sky: wait, you mean that she lost her organs BECAUSE of the transmutation?!
Arthur:that's one way to put it.
Sky:this stuff is dangerous.
Arthur:not really,just don't use it on living creatures and you'll be fine,but that doesn't mean if their death there ain't no risk.
Sky:she tried to revive her baby and in the process...
Arthur:poor women...in the end ...she's just a mother that lost its child.
Sky:that's so sad,it explains the anti-depression meds
Arthur:Sky, I'll return...
Sky:what?!
Arthur: I'll return ,after i figure out a way to give her life back.
Sky: why?
Arthur: because when i think about it,she is no different from the women used to make us... he clenched his fist, his voice showed pity for Volonte
Sky:i guess your right, what are you gonna do?
Arthur looked at his hand.
Arthur:they say transmutation is the most unstable when being used on living beings, thus resulting in a backfire.
Sky:where are you getting with that?
Arthur: call Halbert and tell him to prepare some fish,but with no organs.
Sky: 1. ewww. 2. why?
Arthur:i have a theory i wanna try.
Sky: ok, but what are you gonna do exactly?
Arthur:if it works, ima throw Volonte's meds and tech outta the window.
Sky:WHAT?!
Arthur:let's go, you'll see what i mean later.
Sky: hmmm,ok.
the 2 headed to the portal from which they came
at the estate
Silvia:welcome back
Lilith: i see you're still in one piece bro
Halbert: glad you made it, its sad to hear Michael died though.
Sky:its not easy when a principal dies,but its even worse when a friend does.
Arthur: the new principal is a women named Crystal Volonte.
Halbert:never heard of her before.
Arthur: here, I'll tell you what happened in Paris. as so he did, not excluding the part they found later on about Volonte's sickness.
Silvia:oh my.
Lilith: that's a very awful thing to happen to a women.
Halbert: still, i don't know why you asked Sky to call in order to ready 2 fish with no organs
Arthur: they say that transmutation doesn't use much mana.
Halbert:that's true,but i do not know much about it.
Lilith:i did sone research. Here.she handed Arthur some book, big ones to that.
Arthur:what are those?
Lilith: just the basic knowledge a first year at Alcheo would have.
Arthur: ...
Silvia: i don't think he needs those; he mastered sin and element magic and he is already very stro-
Arthur opened one of the books and started reading it
Silvia: Mortem...
(just a reminder: Arthur and Mortem are one and the same ;no split personality like Sky and Shiro)
Arthur:ima go to my room and read those
Halbert: very well, I'll prepare dinner
Sky: I'll help you
Silvia:me too
Lilith:I'll be in the bathroom, gotta wash myself.
everyone went to different parts of the house.
inside Arthur's room
Arthur:- these books are so thick they could stop a bullet, but it ain't gonna stop me easily-
Book:Transmutation,many think that it is not magic , but a totally different thing,but it is magic.
Transmutation doesn't manifest mana under the shape of fire or ice like other magical types , this magic actually bends the mana inside an object.
while almost everything that exist contains mana there are also ways to use it,but there are limits,those would be weight , size and the amount of mana the caster has.
when using this magic, the caster leaks their mana inside the object or material they wish to transmute and visualize its new shape , their mana bends the object/material and destroys it while rebuilding it in a totally new shape
ex: a street indicator made of iron could be used for a spear or dagger,maybe even a sword.
Arthur:I'm already lost...
inside the kitchen
Halbert: so ,Sky.
Sky:yes?
Halbert: I know Mortem is your brother,but do you know who his ...
Sky: his?
Silvia:?
Halbert: mother, might be?
Sky: that is something you should ask Shiro
Silvia:-now that i think about it myself, Mortem is basically someone's son, so somewhere out there , there's a women who doesn't know about her own son-
Back inside Arthur's room
he had a wooden cube in front of him
Arthur:if i read it right, i only have to do this. he placed his hand on the cube and something started to happen.
The looked like it turned to dust and then it put itself togheter ,but as a wooden worse.
Arthur: seems like i did, my mana was barely used as well, this is gonna come in handy when running on fumes
End of the chapter