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COVER CREDITS: MAGI THE LABYRINTH OF MAGIC BY SHINOBU OHTAKA (c). Cover Credits: Original Fan Character by Aladdina.

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Magi

Chapter XII: Solomon's Wisdom

Even though Samara was able to use Solomon's Wisdom, accomplishing such a difficult feat, like vanquishing Il Ilah's entity into another dimension, was quickly depleting her magoi. She tried to influence the White Rukh around her to take in more magoi, but it was exhausted faster than it could be replenished. Her hands started shaking, her flight started wavering – she was fighting a losing battle.

That was when Sinbad flew next to her, on the left, and conjured his Extreme Magic once more, aiming it towards Il Ilah, giving Samara the assist she needed so that she might be able to use the staff to unlock the Sacred Palace and shut Il Ilah away permanently, where Ugo awaited for the evil incarnate.

Even with both the High King of the Seven Seas and Solomon's firstborn daughter driving Il Ilah back into the Sacred Palace, the task was still challenging to complete. Finally, Aladdin flew up to the right of his sister to join the fight.

Samara turned to her youngest brother, "Aladdin, stop! You need to live! If I fail—"

"If I don't help you now, you definitely will fail! Now is not the time to be stubborn!" Aladdin did not have Baba's staff anymore to direct his powers. All he had was his magic flute, the metal vessel that housed Ugo's body. He pointed the flute towards Il Ilah and chanted, "Solomon's Wisdom!"

The King turned to Samara and encouraged her, "Do not falter, Samara! I'm going to keep my promise to you and live through this. I will live through this so that you can tell me your little dreams, and I can help you realize them!" The King struggled to propel Il Ilah as it was resisting being pushed into the Sacred Palace, "I will live through this so that you can tell me your answer… to my marriage proposal!"

Aladdin was taken aback for a moment and abruptly turned his head towards the couple, "Your what?!"

Samara looked down and couldn't help but smile. My little dreams… The reasons I want to fight to live another day in this world… They're right here… I am so close… against all the odds stacked against me, I will triumph!

With that final act of bravery, the trio successfully vanquished Il Ilah, and Ugo met him with a smile. Ugo was able to put Il Ilah in an aquarium, which was a lower-order world, and he could create and destroy worlds over and over again to his heart's content without harming a single living being.

[[ A/N: To clarify, the beginning of this fight against Il Ilah was from the Magnostadt Arc with Director Mogamett. Yes, the ending of the battle was from the Final Arc. Yes, I know I am skipping a lot of Shinobu Ohtaka plot and just mashing arcs/plots together. That's okay, though. This is a fanfic, please trust in the process, and I promise I will deliver. We still have quite the journey ahead together! ]]

Samara turned to Aladdin and weakly held up the staff, "Aladdin, please take the key. Send it back to Lian. Our friends…"

Aladdin took the staff in his hand.

Her magoi was almost entirely depleted, "They're counting on us…" she managed to utter before starting to fall just as Alibaba did when his magoi was exhausted earlier. Sinbad was able to catch her before she plummeted down, carrying her like the graceful princess that she is.

They flew down on level-ground, and Aladdin drew a Magic Transfer Circle on the earth, the same as the one on Samara's hands. He successfully transported the staff, so that Lian could bring it back to the Great Rift and trade it in place of the Elder Spiritual Leaders.

Samara was still in Sinbad's arms – unconscious, barely hanging onto what little life she had left. "Can you help her?" The King pleaded to Aladdin.

Aladdin turned his attention to them after fulfilling his sister's request. "Sinbad, let me see her…" He put his hands over her body and chanted, "Yoah Reg!"

The First Prince, Kouen, walked up to them and sniggered, "This type of healing magic only cures fatigue and helps with pain by inducing a strong sleep-like state. She is still dying, only slower."

Aladdin had a look of defeat as he looked down at his sister, both of them helpless. "I—I don't know how else to help her!"

"Step aside, baby Magi." Prince Kouen pulled out his sword, startling everyone.

Sinbad held Samara closer and blocked the tip of the Prince's sword with the gauntlet on his left forearm, challenging his intentions.

"You, too, idiot King." The Prince tapped on his gauntlet. Kouen put the tip of his sword in the middle of Samara's chest and replenished her magoi using his metal vessel, Phoenix. Thus, saving her life. Samara started to blink her eyes open, weakly. "You don't need to thank me."

Alibaba and Morgiana also came up to the little group. Alibaba extended his hand to Aladdin to help him stand up. The trio bumped their fists together as a small act of celebration for, well, saving the world.

However, it's not happily ever after yet! Now that their common enemy is gone, King Sinbad and Prince Kouen, both still Djinn Equipped, stood against each other.

Aladdin rushed to the middle of them, "No, wait a minute! Stop! You promised to pull your troops back, Mister Kouen!"

"No, why do you think we have come here in the first place?" The Prince did not break eye contact with the King, "Our opponents might have been switched out, but this has always been our objective – Magnostadt."

The King simply smiled, "The Seven Seas Alliance has officially become allies with the empire of Rem."

Muu verified, "He speaks the truth. It was Lady Scheherezade's last wish to forge this brand new alliance before leaving this world."

The King added, "There's no force other than the Seven Seas Alliance that can match Rem and Kou. Yet, we have joined forces. It means you will have to fight both of our armies right here and now if you wished to continue."

The Prince gritted his teeth upon realizing the King's cunning and calculative methods.

"Moreover, after partially destroying the country ruled by General Yamraiha's adoptive father, I can't, in good conscience, leave it to you. The Alliance will spare no effort towards rebuilding Magnostadt."

The younger Prince Kouha gnashed his molars in annoyance, "That bastard! He calculated this all from the start!"

The First Prince countered by grabbing Aladdin and declaring he will claim him as his Magi. "We promised, right?"

"Y-Yeah…" Aladdin uttered, hesitantly.

The King smirked, "You're more of a handful than I expected." He deactivated his Djinn Equip and sheathed his sword, encouraging the Alliance and the Kou empire to deactivate their Djinn Equips as well.

As everyone was distracted, no one seemed to notice another Magi in the distance – Judar, along with his new King's Candidate, Hakuryuu. Judar collected the Black Rukh released from the Medium and the Dark Void using his Magic Wand. Right after getting what he came for, he portaled out of Magnostadt.

"Ah," Samara perked up upon realizing the disappearance of the Black Rukh around her. She looked in the direction where Judar and Hakuryuu were floating, but no one was there anymore.

[[ A/N: At the end of Magi: Kingdom of Magic ep. 25, Titus Alexius is reincarnated back into the New World. I was reading up on his role after his sacrifice in the Magnostadt Arc, and TBH, he's kinda useless after his reincarnation. Also, there's that plothole of having a Three Wise Magi system… So, for now, we'll just keep him dead in this alternate world/ending fic. ]]

Samara stood next to Sinbad, and she held his forearm, a sorrowful expression forming across her face. "Sinbad…" she started with a regretful tone, "we may have won this battle, but it's only the beginning."

The King held her arms, just above the elbows, a pained expression starting to form across his face. "Judar…"

Samara locked her eyes with his as if making an unspoken promise, "…I must go to him."

Sinbad was disgruntled by this fact as he gripped her arms tighter, but he knew he had to let her go. "I…" he started halfheartedly, his head and his gaze slowly falling to the ground, "…I understand…"

She held his face in her palms, "Yes."

His eyes perked up, gazing into her blue eyes with excitement and confusion. He scanned her eyes and her face for clarification. "Yes?"

Samara nodded at the King, "Yes… I would love to marry you." She rubbed her thumbs on his cheeks, "I want nothing more than to spend a human lifetime with you and fulfill all of our little dreams."

The King could not believe what he was hearing. He could not contain his happiness. He simply picked her up and spun her around, his smile stretching from molar to molar. He set her down and gave her a passionate, long kiss. Pulling away from her a little, he whispered, "Spend one more night with me before you go."

Samara blushed, realizing the King's new proposition. She pursed her lips, smiled, and gave him a slight nod.

The King took one last hard look on Samara as if memorizing her features and expressions right at this moment, before turning to address the First Prince of the Kou empire. "Prince Kouen, my future wife has a proposition for you."