New Girl?!
Finral stood, staring up at the walls of books, uncertain as to where to start looking. He couldn't find any sections on forbidden magic, which made sense to him because... well... it's forbidden... What library would keep books about it on display for citizens to read. He could see someone really high up in the government having access to them, someone like the Wizard King, but not a bunch of random citizens who could potentially put that knowledge to unlawful use.
I have absolutely know idea where to start. There are way too many books here and if there are any on reincarnation it's no where obvious.
You don't have to do this. I should have known this was going to be next to impossible... Nobody in their right mind would keep books on forbidden magic out for everyone to read... We've probably been to almost every public library in the kingdom by now.
Not quite... we've been to almost everyone that my magic can get us close to. But there is still a lot more we could check out...
It's fine... We should probably be focusing more on finding anyone else that might have been reincarnated... and hopefully find Patry.
What if it's not your cousin though? What if it's someone else?
I'm current it's Patry. He's the only one that was alive long enough to see Licht cast a forbidden spell. So he's really the only one that Devil can indirectly manipulate.
I have an idea. How about we look though this library and the last few libraries I can get us to... then after that, if I ever have the opportunity to go somewhere I can't get us to with my magic then we'll take the time to check out their library.
That's really not necessary, Finral. You put enough time, mana, and energy into this research for me.
I'm doing this because I want to. It's the only thing I can do to feel useful, if only a little.
I really wish...
"Do you need help, young man?" A librarian asked, unknowingly interrupting Fatry. "You've been staring at that shelf for awhile now. Is there something specific you're looking for?"
Finral looked up to her then had an idea.
"Actually, I do, thank you," he said before whispering, "I'm here by request of the Wizard King... It's kind of a top secret mission so please no questions about what I'm going to ask you..."
Finral!?
I know. I'm really sorry.
"I understand," she said, her tone turning more serious. "Please come with me so we can speak more privately."
Finral let out a sigh of relief when she turned away, I can't believe that actually worked.
I can't believe you tricked this poor lady.
I'm sorry. Maybe if we can figure this all out and stop the Devil from winning then I'll comeback and tell her the truth.
Promise?
If I don't, I'll quit being a Magic Knight.
The librarian led Finral to an office in the back of the library and closed the door behind them.
"What is it I can do for you?"
"I was asked to do some research for the Wizard King. The details on what it's for is top secret. However, I am aloud to tell you what it's on if I have trouble finding books about it."
"Okay. What is it you are looking for?"
"Books that have any amount of information on reincarnation magic."
"Reincarnation magic?! That is forbidden magic that nobody know's if it actually exists. Why..."
"I'm truly sorry, Mrs. But I can't answer any of your questions."
"Right. My apologies. I do believe we have a few book that speak of reincarnation but it's mostly fictional."
"That will be fine! Fiction tends to be basted on some truth. Any once of information will be of great help in my mission."
"Very well. Please, let me help you by getting the books for you."
"That would be great. Thank you!"
Finral checked out the books and went back to the hideout. Yami and Gordon hadn't returned from their mission yet so he sat at the table and spread out the books. He skimmed through each of them and wrote every small bit of details on reincarnation he could find down in a notebook.
"Is any of this helpful, Fatry?" Finral asked after two hours of reading.
Not really, I'm afraid, he sighed. So far there's nothing that we don't already know. What was that noise?
"Crap! Yami's back!" Finral said quickly haphazardly throwing the books through a portal to his room and jumping in. He poked his head back out to see Yami and Gordon walking into the hideout followed by a young girl with pink hair.
"Hay, Finral," Yami said waving.
Finral ignored him and went back to the other side of the portal, closed it, opened a different portal, pulled out a bouquet of flowers, closed that portal, and opened another in front of the girl.
"Hello, beautiful!" He said sticking half his body out the portal and holding the flowers out towards her. "I'm Finral Vaude! What's your name?"
Really, Finral... You know what... never mind... At this point you're flirting doesn't surprise me.
"Oh! Umm, V-Vanessa."
"Finral, stop flirting with the new girl. If you don't I swear I'll kill you."
"Whaaaaaa~t?! Wait... new girl? She's joining our squad?!" He said then turned back to Vanessa, "you're joining our squad?!"
"Umm, yes. As of today."
"That's great! We finally have a cute girl to hang out with!"
"I said shut up kid or I'm locking you in the basement with the Magic Beasts."
"I can get out of there in less then a second... Besides the beasts like me now. They haven't tried to eat me in weeks."
"Last I checked you can't use magic if you're knocked out. How you manage to get them to like you that fast?"
"Kn-knocked out?! ...Oh... ummm... they just did it on their own... I didn't really do anything." There was no way Finral was going to tell Yami that Finral's Magic accidentally hurt one of his precious pets... even if he wasn't the one that used the magic.