I woke up once again to the bright sunshine of this world, and stretched as I groggily got up from my bed. "Alchemis... are you up?" I asked my spirit as I sat up, only to feel a warm creature sitting on my stomach. As I squinted to get a better look, a pretty face with a smirk bumped into my face, and laughed as she introduced herself.
"Good Morning! How are you today, Y/N?"
"Uh... who are you?"
"You can't tell just because I turned into my corporeal form? Such a shame..." The female fairy said as she brandished her wings and did a little imitation of Jiwald, and the pieces suddenly clicked.
"Cahya?" I said the name of my yang spirit, and the fairy bounced up and down as she nodded in excitement before rubbing herself on me again. Why does she always do that? Is it because she constantly needs warmth due to being a yang spirit?
"Wait, does this mean Alchemis is also going to show up as-"
"No, unfortunately." My partner floated into sight, still in the shape of a turquoise orb. "Unlike Cahya, I'm not a Great Spirit yet, so sadly, I do not possess a corporeal form, yet.
"Oh yeah, since Puck currently occupies that spot... wait... I thought there were only four great spirits!" I said as I looked at my fairy buddy, who smiled again and explained.
"Well, my friend and I decided to push our limits a bit, and after a few hundred years, we ascended." Cahya explained, and I'm pretty willing to bet that her 'friend' is the Great Spirit of Yin.
"How am I supposed to explain you to Subaru?"
"Well, the 'loli' girl who has braids would understand, so just make your appearance when they're in a conversation."
"That's not going to be that easy, you know." I sighed as I headed out, and greeted Subaru before we entertained the kids a bit, and he left to do some business. Only then did I realize that Rem was missing.
Timeskippu*
Back to Cahya's statement. It really was that easy.
I found Subaru and Beatrice under a bridge, talking about Subaru's curse. I went near them and began to listen, and it seemed quite serious.
"I really can't save you on this." Beatrice told Subaru. "The curse is to complex even for me. Sorry, but I can't undo it."
"Is there really no other way?" Subaru asked, and Beatrice sighed. "Defeating the entire mabeast group might save you, if you don't run out of time first."
"Yup, and I'm here to assure that doesn't happen." I stepped out, Cahya and Alchemis on either side of me. "It's time we go to end this."
"Y/N! Bro!" Subaru came up and gave me a bro hug, before realizing Cahya's existence. "Wait... who is this cute girl?"
"I'm Cahya, Y/N contracted spirit and the current Great Spirit of Yang! Nice to meet you!" Cahya introduced herself happily before Subaru turned to me.
"Hey, do spirits and humans-"
"Subaru, come on, we can talk about that later. Besides, where's Rem?"
""You're right... where's Rem?"
Subaru went up and grabbed Beatrice's shoulder, shaking with fear. "Beako... Beatrice... where's Rem?"
"What would you do in her situation, I suppose?" Beatrrice replied, unfazed by Subaru's urgent manner.
"I cannot ignore what you just said, Beatrice-sama." Ram's voice sounded from above as she continued. "Rem didn't go into the forest along, did she?"
Ram panicked and jumped off the ledge and was about to run into the forest by herself, but Subaru stopped her. "Ram, you have to calm down right now!"
"Do I look like I could calm down right now? My sister is in there-"
"Subaru's right, Ram." I said as I erected a small wall of beryllium in front of her, and blocked her path. "If you charged in there by yourself just now, wouldn't you be making the same choices as Rem did, which will make someone worry, right?"
"I... that's..." Ram stopped and began to think, and Subaru pressed on.
"How would you even know where Rem is if you just headed straight into the forest?" Subaru asked, and this time Ram made her answer clear immediately.
"I'll use my clairvoyance. It allows me to see things on the same wavelength as other bugs or animals. Besides, I know a bit of wind magic as well." Ram said, and Beatrice turned to Subaru as she checked my friend's determination.
"You do know that going in there to save that girl means certain death, don't you?" Beatrice told Subaru, but he had a different response in mind.
"That's not quite right, Beatrice. Let me correct you. Life is important! You only get one chance to live! When you guys went through so much to save mine, I realized that. I am going to struggle, no matter how pathetically I am in order to make a comeback. So let's go! Let's see the continuation of this story!"
And... despite the speech, his stamina has not improved at all.
Ram seemed to share my thoughts on that since she pestered Subaru about it. "Besides, didn't you receive something from someone in the village?" She pointed to the sword.
"Ya, and say said it was the sharpest sword in the entire village, you know..."
Without further ado, Ram activated her clairvoyance and began searching for Rem in the distance. Within moments, she suddenly was alerted. "We're being watched."
"Cahya, can you sense them?"
"Yes, Y/N! Should I fire?"
"Go ahead!"
"El Jiwald!"
The beams of light shot out of my fairy spirit as they penetrated the mabeasts, making them fall onto the floor and Subaru jumped back with a yelp. "Oh! Is this what you meant, Ram?"
"Well, yes, but... Y/N, how did you see them?"
"Well, my spirit, Alchemis is a fire spirit, so I can see the temperature of things around us." That was made up, but I felt like it could be possible to invent a spell like that after training a bit.
"I've got an idea." Subaru suddenly said. "I can Return by-"
A moment of silence suddenly came as time stopped for just a brief second, and Ram suddenly looked at the forest in fear. "Subaru, Y/N, there are many beasts coming towards us by the minute!"
"Rem is hunting down the beasts, right? And since the beasts are attracted to the witch's miasma that I emit, it'll naturally lead Rem right to us! I call this Operation: Natsuki Subaru is the bait!"
"Well, only if we can survive this!" I said as I readied my Yang and Fire Magic, and our battle with the Wolgarms began. I burned them with Goa and hydrogen gas, while Cahya was shooting El Jiwald in all directions to avoid us from getting overwhelmed. Alchemis helps as well by shooting barrages of Ul Goa at the enemy, and this successfully stops them just as Ram almost runs out of mana and collapses.
"I thought you said you can fight!" Subaru starts picking up Ram and running away, while I ran quickly in their direction, following them while making walls of flames or lithium just to slow them down. As one last resort as we reach the cliff, I pulled out my bottle of water and splashed it in the air behind me before shooting two more balls of lithium hydride behind me. Just as I anticipated, the elements react and the combustion follows, yeeting us off the cliff as I made a beryllium ledge to prevent us from falling any further. At this precise moment, the help of my authority was bestowed upon me once again as I heard the message that might've just saved my life completely.
Lithium mastery level reached stage 1, Beryllium mastery level reached stage 1.
New elements: Boron and Carbon unlocked.
New compounds unlocked, new molecules unlocked...
Diamond formation unlocked.
"This is perfect!" I said as I created a dome of diamond right above us, increasing the mastery of carbon just as I received it. This prevented and Wolgarms from jumping down at my beryllium ledge, and I made stairs for us as we walked down the cliff, exhausted before I suddenly find myself facing another horde of overgrown dogs.
"Oh, why..." I said as I told my spirits to get ready, but it seems that both Alchemis and Cahya need some rest, so I decided to use my own mana reserves for this.
As I was about to cast Jiwald, a morningstar along with a blue haired maid dropped from the sky, and Subaru's eyes lit up at the sight of Rem.
"Hey, Rem! We finally found you..." Subaru began, but Rem did not listen to him as she was in her oni form, and was losing control of herself. In anger, she swung her morningstar at us, only to be blocked by my quickly generated shield of diamond.
"Ram, do you know any way that we can stop Rem from rampaging like that?" I asked her, and she gave a faint reply.
"I think one hit to her horn would suffice. I think." Ram said with uncertainty, but clearly Subaru has decided to bet his chances on this.
"Well then, let's execute my plan!" Subaru said after we listened in on his little scheme, and I rushed towards the boss garm, determined to buy time for Subaru while he threw Ram at Rem, which forced Rem to stop as I encased the puppy in a diamond prison, forcing it to get stuck, but apparently its spells can go through even one of the toughest materials in the world.
Subaru was launched into the air before he began to fall again, and he raised his sword in confidence, before slamming it down on the horn of the oni, ending the rampaging while I successfully eliminated the Wolgarms. The only problem was the Wolgarms' boss has gotten away, but I suppose I could enjoy the temporary peace.
Timeskippu*
Rem woke up on our way to return to the village, and she was quite amazed that we saved her.
Long story short, she thought that doing it alone would be better since no one would get hurt, but we kinda just ended up lecturing her that it is always better to rely on your friends and associates if you want to truly accomplish something.
"Ram, which way is towards the mansion?" Subaru asked and Ram answered almost immediately.
"We would have to go towards the right." Ram said, and Subaru and I exchanged glances as we nodded.
"Then you two go run towards the left, while Y/N and I can buy you some time." Subaru said, and Ram nodded as we split off, while Rem seemed to have a lot of concerns.
"But, they will-" Rem said, not being able to bear the sight of losing her hero, Subaru, but Ram cut her off.
"Don't let those two's decisions go in vain, Rem. So that's why we're running." Ram said as they dashed off into the distance, and Subaru and I leapt towards the puppy, who now grew in size as it towered over the over mabeasts.
"Shamak!" Subaru yelled as I jumped out of the range of the spell, while laying waste to the surrounding mabeasts to clear a path for Subaru. I heard the blade connect, and Subaru jumped out of the smoke as he gave me a thumb's up as a sign that he has done it.
However, the boss garm did not falter, and raised his paw in defiance to pin Subaru down before I used Beryllium Mirror again, and the force of its attack was reflected back into its body, while I suddenly realized something: My mana and stamina has both been exhausted.
"Ul GOA!" A voice came from above, and a volley of fireballs came raining down on the horde, ones much more powerful than my own. Roswaal then descended from the sky and laughed a little before he explained how he found us.
"Well, that's nice... Rem and Ram are safe, right?" Subaru asked, and Roswaal explained that he transported them back before he came over here. Subaru then fell unconscious, and Roswaal smiled as he turned his gaze towards me.
It's so ominous that I can feel his eyes boring into my soul.
"You..." he began, then examined the beryllium mirror that I made, and smiled.
"...can see the future, can't you?"
Name: Y/N L/N
Authority(ies):
Authority of ? (Commonly known as Authority of Elements):
-Vacuum Trigger: An innate ability stored within the tesseract-shaped ? Witch Factor, allowing the user to spring themselves from unconsciousness when the mana fluctuations around them changes drastically, as a built-in self-defence mechanism of the body.
Elemental Masteries:
Hydrogen Mastery: Stage 1, 1000/2000 complete. (Spells: Hydrogen Gas Formation, Hydrogen Gas Wall, Hydrogen Gas Mist)
Helium Mastery: Stage 1, 940/2000 complete. (Spells: Helium Gas Formation, Helium Hydride Acid Creation)
Lithium Mastery: Stage 1, 95/2000 complete. (Spells: Lithium Hydride Solid Formation, Lithium Pellet Bullets)
Beryllium Mastery: Stage 1, 125/2000 complete. (Spells: Beryllium Solid Creation, Beryllium Mirror)
Boron Mastery: Stage 0, 15/1000 complete. (Spells: Boron Metalloid Creation, Boric Acid Creation)
Carbon Mastery: Stage 0, 345/1000 complete. (Spells: Carbon Creation, Coal Creation, Diamond Creation and Manufacturing)
Spirits: Alchemis- fire spirit (turquoise), Cahya- yang spirit (white)
Magic Spells:
Goa- shoots a small ball of fire from the tip of the user's index finger when imbued with mana.
El Goa- manifests three fireballs around the user, and shoots them towards the opponent at high speeds
Ul Goa- The user fires a large amount of powerful fire bullets. A powerful flame scatters when the bullets land.
Jiwald- fires heat rays from the user's fingers.