In this world, magic is a normality. It's a natural commodity, almost as natural as 's a part of life, it's a part of death. Some excel at magic; some are average and others are against using it completely. Despite being able to use it, there are those who are against it. Opposing forces, magic at the hands of everyone and someone who doesn't wish to use magic at all. What will be in store for them?
A Supernatural Fantasy MM Fic about magic and all the possibilities it can hold.
Seven and Zen smirk in MC's direction.
Crossing his arms, he leans towards MC
"So, which one will you pick?" he asks her, eyebrows raised
"…"
MC stares back at the board, scanning over the quests she notices a variety of quests that range from the number of stars. MC fixes the bag on her back.
"I don't quite know which one could be a good fit for me". a wrinkle forming as she thought
After staring for about another minute, MC finds one that seems like it could be something that will help her join the guild.
"How about this one?" she points to a quest on the board
It was a two star quest to check on some dragon babies that just hatched. "Not to engage". All that needed to be done was to check on surrounding villages and make sure that nothing has happened to them.
With the mother and the babies so close to habitable villages it could become a mess if the dragons were to rampage. Not to mention any idiotic humans who's curiosity got the better of them.
Checking the status and availability, Seven nods.
"If that is the one that you want then let's get going" he nods
Ripping the quest off the board the members head on out, bidding Jaehee and Yoosung farewell.
Zen struggling with the added weight of MC's luggage drops it onto the road.
"Before we head out, let's drop your luggage off." he says, exhaling quickly as he wipes sweat off his forehead
"Ah! I was so excited to join the guild I ended up bringing my luggage with me." MC says
Seven looked around, assuming one of the many buildings could be her residence.
"Do you have a lodging?"
MC nods "Yes, I was able to find it cheap. It's around a burial ground so as much as it saddens me to say it's a perfect place for my magic."
Saddened by her words, MC shakes her head ridding herself of any unnecessary thoughts and shows Zen and Seven the way to her place.
"Although temporary for the time being it goes through the woods and up a small hill. The trees are fairly tall but they aren't all jumbled together so lots of sun peaks through the leaves and it is just a small walk from the main road. You can even see the main road from the house."
With just a 10-minute walk up the hill, they were in front of a small cottage like house. Adorned with red bricks and vines, a small chimney a top the house with lanterns hanging from the trees and the house.
"Well I don't know if it is a suitable living arrangement for a lady.." Zen says trailing off
MC assured them "I'll be just fine."
"Hey look! If you look back from where we came, you'll notice that street lamps come up the road all the way from the main road, so I know where I'm going, I won't get lost and it doesn't get dark out here. There is plenty of light, it's away from any civilians, just in case my power…"
"...gets out of hand…"
"...and, I'm not too far from the main road so I can get things I need, I'm also not far from the guild. Plus, this is only a temporary place until something more suitable comes along, but if I like this place enough I might just stay."
They noticed her brief pause earlier, but as she continued talking they continued listening.
Seven put down her luggage by the couch dusting off his shirt.
"Okay, well then, let's put your stuff away and let's get going. If there are dragons involved then I'm sure he'll be around somewhere."
"He?"
Seven laughed intertwining his fingers behind his head "Ahaha, a friend of mine...you'll see."
Putting away her things, they took a look around the lodging, everything was basically on the ground level. The living room area, the kitchen, a room and a hallway leading to a backyard, the bathroom and another room were upstairs as well as a sitting area that led to a patio.
Zen checked her kitchen and bathroom, making sure the water and electricity worked well.
"Now that I get a closer look, this is a nice place you've got here."
"Yeah, the landlord was pretty nice, she said I reminded her of someone very close to her after I helped her on the road. There are some pretty nasty people here…"
They couldn't really deny that fact. Something must have happened with the lady and some ruffians on the street.
"…"
Seven turned towards the door dragging Zen with him "Well, good thing you helped her, we should get going. We'll have to travel a bit to a neighboring village, but it isn't far."
"Ok!"
After walking for about an hour, small conversations between the three would come about, they seemed to get along well and they learned a lot about each other during the hour. Zen has an older brother, he specializes in healing magic, as well as his parents. Seven used to be an elmentalist before he changed to the Sorcerer class.
"Hey, I was wondering, if you don't use magic at all, how exactly do you get by?" Zen asks, staring at MC for an answer
"Hm, well it's not easy. At all. I have to get by with physical strength alone. I also have to train my mental and emotional state as well. I'm good at hand to hand combat and fighting with weapons. My weapon range is an all-rounder as it was necessary to figure out which weapon could aid me best in combat. Not using magic is definitely a handicap in this day and age but I have my reasons." MC explains
"Although I am not confident in how this quest will end up, still...it's in my blood. I was lucky enough to be able to learn and use magic. If there comes a time, where I need to use my magic...when that time comes…"
"…"
They could see how hard this was for her. They didn't want to force her to use her magic, especially if this is how she felt about it. Emotions and the like are essential in being able to control your magic well.
Seven pats her back reassuring her
"It's fine… these are hatchlings. They should be about as big as your house at most.."
"Wha!? M-My house!?" MC exclaims
Laughing, Seven clutches his stomach, dropping to the ground with tears in his eyes.
Zen rolls his eyes "He's joking.."
"I would be careful with him, he's a prankster with a pretty mysterious background.." Zen says side eyeing his obnoxious friend
"Ahahaha, m-my background has n-nothing to do with me liking to prank p-people ahaha"
Seven tries to explain himself through his laughs but fails miserably.
"Well, that really lifted my spirits, in a few minutes we should arrive there." Seven said wiping tears from his eyes.
Man, teasing people really makes him happy huh..
MC looked at her surroundings noticing a small wall and a flag "What is this village anyways?"
"They call it the Dragon Village. Although it has been lucky enough to be blessed with the guidance and protection of many dragons over thousands of years, there have been some times where dragons have rampaged throughout the village."
"…"
"We're here!"
"I'll go talk to the village head, Seven head over to where the hatchlings are, you should be able to find it without the village head." Zen says, fixing his sword on his back
"Ok, let's go MC."
Going their separate ways, Zen heads off into the village, while MC and Seven head into the forest just outside the village fences.
!
With a big explosion, the ground rumbles, many birds scatter and fly away, trying to escape whatever made the sound in the first place.
Trying to keep their balance, Seven and MC quicken their pace, moving closer to the sound, the rumbles get louder and louder..
Seven squints his eyes, his mouth turning up into a smirk when he sees someone he recognizes playing around with a dragon in the distance
"Heh"
"So, I have a friend who resides here…"
"…"
"Huh?"
MC is confused, she's still panicked at the loud sounds she hears, the roars sends vibrations throughout her body but she's confused by Seven's nonchalance about it all.
As they talk, they move closer and closer and can see a huge red dragon, and smaller ones around it trying to fly but failing.
"You see…"
He pauses, smiling widely.
"…"
"My friend is a Dragon Knight.."
"…"
The roars send another wave of vibrations throughout MC's body and she stares at the dragon and the boy playing together.
"You have got to be kidding me!" MC exclaims
Her retort is interrupted by a burst of wind
"Wha!"
Smoke and dust blocks their view, rubble flies by them, they both take cover behind some trees waiting until the dust clears.
Coughing and covering her mouth, MC peaks from behind a tree to see a man with a ponytail flying around a dragon with little dragons running around them.
Seven peaks around the tree as well, watching as the big dragon jumps around his friend as he continues to fly.
"My friend is a Dragon Knight. They're also called Dragon Hunters by the public even though my friend tends to make friends with them most of the time. Dragon Knights can mimic the flight abilities and high jumping abilities of dragons and utilize fire magic. They can also tame dragons and they fight with spears or lances. My friend is able to use lighting magic as well, steer clear of that though." Seven explains, laughing awkwardly
Seven takes in a whole breath of air "VANDERWOOD!" he screams loudly
"…"
Silence permits the air, the baby dragons let out small cries, the huge dragon stops jumping around, looking around for the voice as well
"Hah!?"
The man takes a look around, squinting his eyes, the dragon wings on his back disappearing into thin air as he falls to the ground.
"I know that annoying voice anywhere."
"…"
Seven and MC slowly step out from behind the trees, and Vanderwood jumps up into the air, landing right in front of them.
Seven looks behind him, staring at the dragons playing with each other, "What are you doing?"
"Ah this, I heard my dragon had babies so I came to give it a look see." he says pointing behind him
Seven raises a brow "Your dragon?"
Vanderwood crosses his arms, nodding "Mmhmm, her name is Kenna"
Kenna?
Seven continues to peak behind Vanderwood "If you had this under control then who sent out the quest?"
"Oh , that was me, I need to get these guys away from the village and into the cave down there." Vanderwood pointed towards the cave that was down the hill past the village.
"These little Embers only seem to listen to Kenna and me, so when I'm not here they terrorize the village. I need to get them to safety, purge the dragon poachers and return here so that I can take care of the hatchlings since there are only three of them. At least until their able to survive on their own."
Vanderwood glances towards the dragons "Since they just hatched they're only about as big as small boulders, so it'll be easy to transfer them"
"Ah, can we take care of that then? You can supervise, but our new member needs to pass her admissions test, she picked your quest so you, Zen and I can supervise it. She doesn't use magic at all so it should be safe for the baby dragons as well.
He glances at MC, scanning her taking notice of her staff. "Hmm, your name?"
"Ah, you can call me MC, it's nice to meet you."
MC sticks her hand out, shaking the man's hand in front of her.
"Yeah same, call me Vanderwood."
Seven smiles poking Vanderwood's cheek "He's in the same sector as I am."
MC looks back and forth between the two "...The Obsidian Sector?"
Vanderwood slaps Seven's hand away from his face "What in the!"
"You told her!?"
Seven puts his hands in front of his face, laughing awkwardly "Well…"
Veins appear on Vanderwood's forehead, his hands balled up into fists.
"She's not a part of your guild yet! You don't even know if she's going to pass this quest test of yours and you told her you were a part of the Obsidian Sector…!"
"…"
"Not only that, but you just shared information about me to a stranger.."
"…"
Seven breaks out into a cold sweat trying to calm down his dragon knight friend "Uh.. I mean-"
"Hey you! Back up a little.."
"…"
MC listened to his words, running over to a nearby tree and peeking out from behind it.
"Flight!"
Purple webbed wings sprouted from Vanderwood's back, he took flight with his arms crossed, glaring down at Seven and giving him a sinister looking smirk
Seven hated that look. He was in for a world of pain "Wait..Vanderwood...what are you doing?"
"You little shit, does my life mean nothing to you!?"
"Wait! wait! Just hold on a second, I can explain…"
"I don't wanna hear it!"
The man snapped his fingers, clicking his tongue at the little dragons, they all zoned in on Seven, his feet frozen in place, a cold sweat picking up on his face, Seven began to back away slowly, his eyes darting all around him to see where he could run
Seven laughs awkwardly, trying to think of a way out of the situation "Vandy~ Don't do this…"
MC could hear something snap
"I told you not to call me that didn't I…"
MC noticing the atmosphere and the attitude change in the baby dragons climbed up a tree, getting away from the ground, she said a little prayer for Seven in remembrance…
MC crossed her heart "Rest in peace Sorcerer Seven.."
"...MC don't just sit there, you can help me!"
"…"
[I]I don't really want any part of that.
Vanderwood smiles, behind that innocent smile was a smirk, a smirk that looked like it would enjoy Seven's pain.
"Get him!"
Seven starts running away from the dragons, screaming at the top of his lungs for someone to save him.
Letting out small cries, the baby dragons run after Seven, breathing out small puffs of flames as he jumps away from them trying to put distance between them. The babies can't fully fly yet so they hover above the ground and run at him the best that they can.
Spotting Zen and the village head Seven runs towards them. The village head and the children laugh at his antics while Zen moves out the way just in time for Seven to fall face first into the ground.
The baby dragons all jump on him, nibbling at his body and nudging him with their noses.
"Please, Vanderwood! I'm sorry~~"
Coming down from flying, Vanderwood, MC, Zen and the village head leave Seven to be food for the baby dragons. His screams ignored by the group and laughed at by the village onlookers.
"So the village head has no problem with Kenna, her and Mr. Vanderwood are great protection but he isn't sure about her babies. He can't jeopardize the village safety for the dragons so he also agreed with the request for the quest checkup. He also agreed that Kenna and her babies could inhabit that cave at the bottom of the hill. It used to be used for magical training but has since been abandoned. With the residual magical particles down there they should be fine from dragon poachers for a while."
Vanderwood nods "That's good then, I'll be leaving this one in charge of getting them down there for the time being. Kenna should be ready to go, getting the little ones in there will be a bit difficult, so it should challenge her well."
Noticing MC, the village head bows
"Hello, I'm Gyobi the village head."
"Ah hello, I'll be in your care." she bows back
Zen smiles bowing "Village head Gyobi, thanks for leading me, we'll take it from here."
He smiles back, giving Zen a small pat on the back "Hahaha, yes, well good luck!"
The Village head walks past the dragon babies still jumping on Seven, he's not moving but his legs are twitching. Laughing, The village head leads the children back into the village to prepare for dinner.
Vanderwood whistles, getting the attention of the little ones and leading them back into the open field. "Good luck!"
"This field is where they were hatched so they're quite attached to it, they're also extremely territorial, so I would suggest getting them to trust you first."
"Since you don't use magic, I hope that this fares well for you."
Seven limps back towards the group wiping off the dirt from his face and examining the bite marks from the dragons "Ahaha, we're here to help you, so let's go."
MC's nervousness is getting to her, she's never even seen a dragon this close before, now she has to handle three of them. No matter how big or small they are they're still dragons.
"Alright! Let's do this!"
Well, this is moving along well. Let me know what you think.
So far, we have quests, Vanderwood, dragons and lots of fun. Let's spend some time with the baby embers shall we?
