It's all about that artistic liberty so here I am with some black mage/white mage oc! Cue me frantically flipping through the wiki article on him. Nexon senpai pls no sue thanks love you mwah xoxo

I, the supposed destined genius white mage, later on black mage and also future driving force for the main plot within Maplestory, was going to go bald from stress and constant hair pulling. Heh, by this point in time, what white mage? I was going to end up being dubbed as the Bald Mage instead! Saitama of One Punch Man fame would be so proud of me. Wasn't the Black Mage supposed to be a hot ikemen in the beginning before he ended up twisted on his search for the ultimate light? Why had he become a she?! Just what was going on here?

Dooming entire worlds after seeking out knowledge seemed like such a silly reason to go cuckoo crazy but that was so far off in the future, I pushed those thoughts aside otherwise I was going to go insane way before the original mage had. If only I'd been dumped somewhere more relaxed, like animal crossing or something...

Wandering around the early beginnings of Edelstein was interesting, but most of the kids were fearful of me and my apparent difference from everyone here, being from the future I was well educated with knowledge on mathematics or physics. This meant they usually opted to pretend I didn't exist when they played rough and tumble games out in the loose dirt paths away from monsters. I was mostly left to wander about on my own devices, ducking away from creatures, and fashioned a makeshift weapon out of some branches that usually worked in fending off more curious monsters.

Even worse, the two spirits who were supposed to be summoned by me far ahead in the future had somehow started hanging out around me instead after one of my little exploration trips. They didn't speak to anyone else but me, claiming I had a very interesting aura surrounding me and wanted to tag along in any adventures that would come falling into my lap. That had been a fun thing to explain to my parents and siblings about the ominously swirling spirits that stuck to my side like glue and flared up at anyone who they felt were threatening me in any way.

My parents, growing more unnerved as time went on, sent me out on an errand on my own one day, and after I arrived back home, found the door locked and no amount of furious pounding on the wooden barrier triggered any response whatsoever apart from a rough canvas bag being tossed out of a window beside the door. The bag landing right by my feet onto the dusty path with a dull thud. I was left dumbfounded from this abrupt dismissal from the family, but my expectations on familial ties of a past life had apparently been too strong, given that none of my siblings appeared to have protested the decision my parents had made.

Wiping the hot tears that fell, I roughly loosened the knot on the bag and checked its meagre contents. A couple of changes of clothes, a small store of dried food, and a loose bag of mesos were what greeted me. I made up my mind to try my best and reach El Nath on these funds.

The snow swirled furiously around me as harshly squinted eyes peered desperately through the flurry of flakes that started to frost on my lashes. Lady fortune had smiled down upon me as it turned out there was a delivery ship had been on its way to El Nath and offering some mesos had bought me passage onto the ship, though I was warned to stay in the hold just in case any wild Balrogs that were known to frequent the delivery route happened to show up that day and attack the crew.

The dim glow of the two spirits encouraged me to keep moving, trudging through knee deep snow drifts in hopes of finding the supposed mage academy that had allowed me to stay and learn with them, mentally cursing yet again to not have thought of not purchasing more appropriate attire for weather this cold.

Teeth chattering with a vengeance, I willed my feet to continue taking steps, because to stop would definitely mean imminent death in weather this harsh and unforgiving. Even the wild Pepes and Jr. Yetis were huddled up in their nests, which was good for me because it meant I didn't have to fend off any monsters as I wasn't currently armed, or able to land attacks with the growing threat of hypothermia and frostbite. Random thoughts distracted me enough to keep going as the spirits continued to urge me on with increasing amounts of worry.

Suddenly, I could spot a soft glow in the distance, as I weakly called for help, the glow growing brighter as it approached me. Feeling the last of my strength finally leave me, I collapsed face down in the snow as soft murmurs surrounded me. Vaguely feeling someone pick me up with unexpected gentleness, I finally succumbed to my exhaustion.

My eyes flew open as a gasp left me. Looking around to gauge my surroundings, I seemed to be in a rudimentary sick bay of some kind. Patting the mattress which I was laying on, it was rather soft, much better than what I had slept on back at my... previous home. Could it really have been considered a home to begin with?

Breathing deeply to calm myself before I spiralled into a panic attack, the two spirits engulfed me in an excited attempt at a spiritual hug. "We were so worried! No master is soooo boring!"

Waving my hands in a placating motion, the two spirits relaxed, seeing that I was now fine. A few minutes later, an older man came in through the doors, presumably to check if I was awake yet, and nodded to me when he saw that I indeed had regained consciousness.

"Bit of a close call if I do say so myself! You were on the verge of death when our shielding wards picked up someone approaching the area! If we hadn't gotten to you when we did, you would probably have lost an arm and some toes as well. What incredible timing you have to seek us out in such a ferocious blizzard, one of the worst ones this year even. You've been asleep for the past 3 days!" Wincing at the barrage of words being thrown at me, I attempted my most apologetic expression and explained my situation.

"If it wouldn't be too much to ask, could I possibly stay here and apprentice under one of the mages here?" He raised an eyebrow so high it almost disappeared under his fringe.

"How do you know we are an academy for mages? We could be a nefarious society bent on corrupting innocent youths like yourself in order to attain world domination or the like." He tested me and my sanity but also confirmed my vague suspicions.

"You did mention something about wards just now, and I've also heard rumours floating around about there being a tower specializing in training mages somewhere in El Nath. Guess I got very lucky?" His raised eyebrow came back down as he pondered my reply. Crossing my fingers, I prayed for a favourable response. "Hmph, I'll talk to the other elders about it and test your aptitude for magic before anything can be decided."

Beaming brightly back at him, he snorted derisively and left the room in a hurry, shutting the door behind him. Gazing out a frosted window, the now gentle falling of snow felt like a good sign after the slew of unfortunate events that had befallen me. Pulling up the thin blanket, I huddled up as the chattering of the spirits started up again from when they had ducked up the blankets before.

The spectacles of the mages around me appeared to have been knocked askew as I smiled sheepishly. The mana crystal to gauge youths with promising ability had started to glow a brilliant, blinding white the moment I placed a sweaty palm on to its surface. Shifting to sweep my hands behind my back, my smile gained more confidence as I turned to eye each astounded individual in the room.

"So... Does this mean I can study here now?"

Learning came surprisingly easy to me, throwing myself into the staggering number of books that stacked the shelves on the library, I absorbed as much knowledge as I could. From what I could tell after spending a few months at the tower, most of the mages in general were male and some did try to hit on me but I brushed them off through sheer innocence alone until they mostly learned to stop bothering me before I got nasty via backhanded insults.

The females weren't much better either as almost all of them tended to be petty seeing how the male side tried to get into my good graces. I also did myself no favours with the teachers who were in charge of teaching us the ropes on mastering magic as I would interject whenever I could to ask for clarifications or to question whatever methods they used to invoke magic, much to their ire.

Managing to charm a silver necklace and gold earring by engraving them with flowers as was their namesakes, my spirit companions hid themselves within these accessories so as to not cause too much alarm amongst my companions.

It had been a pretty fruitful time here at the Tower, as hours seemed to fly by when brewing potions, collecting materials from the wild monsters that roamed the lands, or extracting essences from snow herbs that grew high up in the mountains.

Continuing my track record of sticking out like a sore thumb, I managed to brew a perfect power elixir, the purest shade of purple in a matter of weeks, distilling herbs and mixing them in differing amounts where my fellow students could only manage a weak imitation of elixirs with muddy shades of pink. Most responded with envious glances at my work as the teachers scrutinised the bottle, pouring a drop of it onto a wounded Jr. Pepe to study its effects. The wound closed up immediately and the teachers had no choice but to grant me the grudging honour of the highest grade they could award in the cohort.

Bullying was not uncommon during these times, finding carefully inked notes shredded or some of my materials going missing, thrown up onto the snowy roofs of the tower, but everyone was left to fend for themselves so the teachers paid these issues no mind.

Their attempts at it was so pathetic I had to stifle some laughs, sending Orchid or Lotus to retaliate occasionally just to keep those grudges on their toes and for my own amusement, taking care not to alert the teachers of the presences of my dark spirit companions. Was this the start of dipping my toes into Black Mage territory? Transcending Light itself and embracing Darkness?

Well Alcaster and Grendel seemed to worship the ground I walked despite my gender so I suppose some things were working out after all. The two gangly youths were falling over themselves to absorb what I learned in an attempt at snagging me as their mentor in magic, while at the same time bickering with each other about how they were the best student and the other was definitely the worst. Stifling my giggles at how adorable they were acting; I placated the duo by saying there was always going to be room for improvement no matter one's ability.

They scribbled those words down too and took them very seriously to heart. Were they the Genos' equivalent to me being Saitama? I certainly hoped my hairline would survive this entire ordeal.

Months gradually drifted into years when I discovered that there had been an ancient tome buried underneath all the other books specifically focusing on light magic. Intrigued, I spent most of my nights in the room practicing this form of magic, managing only weak flickers in the beginning but gradually gaining more power in holding the magic stable.

Orchid and Lotus expressed their utter distaste for it and would pounce on the magic like agitated kittens spotting prey for the first time, causing it to flicker out almost instantly. This only caused my control of light magic to drastically improve and not die out when attacked by twin dark spirits.

Once, the light magic flared out from within me and caused a complete whiteout blasting out from within the windows of my room, sending the elders scrambling to examine what caused such a flash. Feigning innocence as I pretended to have been sound asleep, a shrug caused them to scratch their heads in confusion.

"This is very bad, very bad indeed. We must not let her go out into the world. It could spell disaster for the future of Maple World and its inhabitants!" Gazing into the glimmering crystal ball, the elders had their worst fears realized on their prodigious student discovering the existence of light magic and continuing to experiment on it. "We'll have to stop her before it's much too late!"

Mustering their strength, they steeled their nerves and gathered their staffs or wands to go on the offensive against what might turn into the bloodiest battle for the sake of a future that had yet to be realized.

"LOOK OUT LOOK OUT! ATTACK COMING!" Orchid and Lotus frantically shook me awake from my bed. Nerves sent chills down my back; this timeline was spiralling out of the original plot. Wasn't I supposed to have until I turned eighteen during a coming of age ceremony to receive an attempt at my life? Why had it come so much quicker than I expected? I must have gotten more complacent with living such a comfortable life.

Throwing all my belongings into a satchel, I fastened my cloak, flinging the hood over my head and hurried to leave before the elders could arrive.

"You're leaving?" Grendel rubbed at his eyes, hearing my footsteps outside his door, and flinging said door open in response. "Yes, I have some urgent business to attend to. Tell Alcaster I'm sorry I didn't have a chance to say goodbye." Flawless lies spilled from my lips as I spotted a snoring Alcaster sprawled over his blanket and shook my head with a reluctant smile. Taking my word for it, the door quietly swung shut and I made a run for it.

"STOP RIGHT THERE!" Flashes of magic sparkled behind me as I ducked and weaved past the attacks. It was for the best that I didn't retaliate, I really didn't want blood on my hands just yet, no matter how twisted I was slowly becoming, I still harboured a soft spot for the ones who had taught me everything I knew related to magic.

Casting a quick snowstorm spell, the dark cover of night shrouded me from view as my footsteps hastened and falling snow covered my tracks. Funny it should snow this heavily from both my arrival and departure of the Tower of Magicians. Fate must be making a fool of me, and laughing at every turn I made.

Gritting my teeth and swallowing back warm, salty tears, I escaped from El Nath and the magicians who were out for blood. Staying at an inn under a fake name was easy enough, and I cast a spell on myself to hide my appearance to make it seem like I was merely an average traveller, not one fleeing for their life.

After casting warning wards, I fell into an uneasy slumber, trusting my two companions to rouse me if anything were to happen and my wards failed to trigger.

Rolling out of the bed with a thud, the blankets tangled up around me, I shook free from the fitful sleep I'd managed to snatch and entered the attached bathroom. At least it seemed like the elders from the tower had given up on me for the moment.

Maple World was huge anyway, I had always wanted to traverse the region and explore while escaping the clutches of some worried magicians. Maybe going on a rampage against the world wasn't such a bad idea after all.

Utilizing my newly found light powers, I managed to unlock a very useful teleportation skill and ended up staring a giant angry slime in the face. Blasting a sharp blade of light straight into at it, I turned to see who I had ended up saving while it dissolved into a small puddle of sticky, purple goo.

Blonde wavy hair and wary blue eyes stared at me with large amounts of suspicion as the young girl clutched her brown cloak tightly at the fact that a random stranger had popped in out of nowhere to save her from being killed.

"Sorry, that must have startled you, my name is Aster Lumia, mage in training." Offering a hand to bring her off the floor, her arm stretched out to accept my offer.

"Alicia." Her curt response did nothing to diminish my small smile. "Do continue to stay out of harm's way. It'd be a great pity for a lovely lady such as yourself to be wiped from the world." Tipping my head at her, I bowed once before activating teleportation to somewhere else that required my assistance, Phantom would be so proud of my gentlemanly skills.

On my travels throughout the world, I perfected many more potions and easily distributed them to those who needed them, like tonics and white potions. Word soon spread of a charming young man who was accompanied by two younger, very adorable apprentices and went around helping those in need. Finally settling into my role, I had signed a contract with Orchid and Lotus, giving them human forms much to their delight and they had spent most of their early days hugging me just to see that they could.

Why most of the citizens of Maple World seemed to think I was male didn't bother me much, it could be a good secret identity. Sweeping my long, white hair up into a low ponytail, I studied my meagre chest, letting out a sigh, before looking at my features in the mirror. It was probably the fault of being rather androgynous and me not clarifying with the villagers that I saved.

Time passed like this, and most people came to understand light magic as the saving grace of humanity, though the remnants of the Magician Tower did protest, many refused to be swayed, having seen what I could do in person. Many brave individuals even sought to learn from me which I was more than happy to do, teaching them to wield the powers of light in order to fend off the monsters that bothered them whenever they left their villages in search of food.

Some talented enough that I could tell might even take over me in terms of power and ingenuity. Like a young boy named Freud for instance when he carried a large egg over to me, intent on asking for advice on how to hatch it. Ruffling his hair gained me a disgruntled expression as I brought out a book on egg care and carefully slotted it into an available space between his arms and the egg, watching his expression brighten with a content expression on mine. He chirped an excited thank you and rushed back home to read it thoroughly.

Landing in the middle of a desert tribe once had been interesting, they had intelligent looks in their eyes and I decided it would be an excellent location to set up base for further study and synthesizing of materials, so dropping off the foundation for a small town at their feet, I explained my desires and they found themselves agreeing with me, eagerly starting work on construction almost immediately.

Checking back regularly and making minor suggestions on the way the architecture was designed, a thriving city in the middle of the desert was established beside an oasis.

Enabling humanity to flourish had been my goal and a couple of minor hiccups regarding the underbelly of humanity was easily smoothed over as education became more accessible, allowing trade routes to be established and knowledge to flow freely amongst all.

Tying Orchid's long, milky hair up into two high ponytails the way she liked it, I held her hand in mine while Lotus took the other. Making direct eye contact with the Fairy Queen of Ellin Forest, I bowed before the regal presence and politely requested some loose fairy dust if she could spare it. Utterly charmed by my wiles, she agreed but only if I could regularly stop by in order to fend off poachers who regularly invaded the forest in other to harvest fairy wings to sell on the black market.

It was easy to agree with such a favourable request and I left the flourishing forest with a small bag of dust stowed away in my satchel, Orchid asleep on my shoulders and a quiet Lotus by my side, hand still lightly grasping mine.

Everything was going great, so why did such a heavy weight still reside in my chest?

My worst fears were proven true as some of my devout followers claimed that light could not exist without darkness, calling themselves the Aurora society, trying to persuade me to give them my blessing on this pursuit.

Memories of attempted murder from the magicians of the tower in El Nath surfaced, and I couldn't agree with what they were saying, turning them away with a heavy heart.

Hurt by my rejection of their ideals, they secluded themselves in the Forest of Peace and forbade me from seeking them out if I would not approve of what they sought after. Monster attacks surged after the people who were supposed to be protecting the weak people disappeared into the forest, leaving me with more work to deal with.

It was getting overwhelmingly exhausting and a break seemed like nothing more than a distant dream. Less skilled individuals had to step up to fill the shoes left behind, creating even more casualties and mourning families.

Finding myself at the doorstep of the Aurora organisation, I eyed the mercenary beside me who had arrived the same time I did, following my footsteps with a deep expression of relief. A younger girl by his side eyed Lotus and Orchid much the same way I had to them before beaming at what she supposed were children a similar age to her. The pair gestured for me to knock first which I grudgingly obliged to. Seeing haggard expressions brighten as they saw who it was at the door, they hurriedly ushered me in with words of apology spilling from their lips.

Somehow, they had managed to create monstrous beings of darkness they had deemed Omens, where some had escaped from the now named Great Temple of Aurora to wreak havoc on the populace. Listening to their explanations, my headache came back with a vengeance while the eyebrows on the mercenary rose higher and higher.

The young girl, whose name I learned was Arin, snoozed peacefully in his lap. She was recently orphaned as a result of these Omen attacks.

Letting out a deep sigh, wracking my brain for a solution to the problem I had unwittingly had a hand in. Halting their research for the moment seemed like the best answer I had while I went out to wipe out rogue Omens and preventing more innocent people from being attacked. The mercenary rose a firm hand to offer assistance in hunting these creatures which I was very grateful for and accepted.

Telling Orchid and Lotus to stay put in the temple was a much harder fight than against any Omen I would have to face as they kicked up a tantrum and turned on the waterworks while also threatening to follow us on the hunt for Omens anyway.

"Please, I don't want to see either of you hurt, you're much too precious for me to risk your lives like this."

Arin, understanding their mind-set but also that she lacked the power to do anything on her own, nodded in agreement. "Yeah! Just let the misters handle all the tough work! They'll be done in no time because they're super-duper strong!"

Their pouts turned to ones of resignation as they buried their faces in my white cloak and let out weak sniffles. "Come back safely okay? I absolutely won't forgive you if you don't!" Sticking out a pinky, they locked their own pinkies with mine while Arin turned a hopeful look towards the mercenary who did the same to her after some wheedling.

Biting back a grimace, the carnage left behind by the Omens was easy to see, and following the trail led to a large group of Omens terrorizing another village. Nodding to the mercenary, who brought out his sword in return, my staff swung out to send out bright blasts of light whereas he slashed the weakened Omens, and they dissipated into nothingness. Tearful sobs of gratitude engulfed us as the villagers came out of their homes.

Rinse and repeat. Though sometimes we had been too late and were left to face rubble and shattered homes. It was a long, arduous process but gradually we made a sizeable dent in the number of escaped Omens who had wandered all about Maple World.

Opening the door to the Great Aurora Temple, twin blurs tackled me in a joyous reunion where Arin shyly hugged the mercenary whose name was revealed to be Kao. What an unusual name.

With that, Maple World was saved from complete destruction and ruination. Take that old geezers of the Tower of Magicians, no bad end for me.

Well, there was also that time I had to stop a warring demon race, that time when I met the goddess of Maple World who wanted to thank me profusely for all my help, when I had to stop yet another war from a different dimension, or come between the Transcendent of Time from another world and a snake-looking man who turned out to be her High Priest and was bent on betraying her in exchange for power but those are stories for another day.

For now, Maple World can just live to see a much more peaceful and relaxing future.

End

Wow guess where I gave up on writing things on the fly! Only people with large pps and high iq can tell! Thank you for reading another chapter of mine! Just testing small world building things with an oc who's way more determined than I'll ever be heh.

See ya next time ((maybe)) All suggestions for a better reading experience would be greatly appreciated too, I know my writing style is kinda bad...

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