p class="MsoNormal"Chapter 5: Vulpi's Power and Reunion/p
p class="MsoNormal"The villagers are around the Elder as Aladdin catches up to them./p
p class="MsoNormal""Elder Baba, just hand in there!"/p
p class="MsoNormal""Elder Baba!"/p
p class="MsoNormal"Aladdin sees the Elder's state and Vulpi sitting beside the Elder./p
p class="MsoNormal""She's still alive!" The villager says. "Get her back to the village immediately!"/p
p class="MsoNormal""Y-yes!"/p
p class="MsoNormal""I'll do it!" Aladdin says as he grabs his turban and spreads out for the Elder to lie on. As so as he does that, he blows his flute to summon Ugo./p
p class="MsoNormal""Aladdin." Vulpi calls. "I'll go with you!"/p
p class="MsoNormal"Aladdin nods and both of them get on Ugo and he starts to run as Aladdin hold on his carpet that has the Elder./p
p class="MsoNormal"em"Don't die, Granny!"/em Aladdin thought./p
p class="MsoNormal"When they reach to the village, the sun had already risen and Aladdin calls back Ugo into the flute before he and Vulpi bring the Elder back into the tent. Soon after the villagers come back, Aladdin and Vulpi hears them arguing outside of the Elder's tent./p
p class="MsoNormal""Granny." Aladdin calls. "Granny's beloved village is in trouble."/p
p class="MsoNormal"When the Kouga warriors are armed, they set off as Aladdin and Vulpi watch them./p
p class="MsoNormal""What should we do, Vulpi-nee? Everyone's going to die."/p
p class="MsoNormal"Vulpi is about to answer, but the Elder speaks./p
p class="MsoNormal""Please help me, Aladdin, Vulpi."/p
p class="MsoNormal"Aladdin and Vulpi turn their head and see the Elder is standing with her staff as support./p
p class="MsoNormal""Granny!" Vulpi calls. "You shouldn't move!"/p
p class="MsoNormal""I will be all right. Aladdin, Vulpi, help me go to them."/p
p class="MsoNormal"For a moment of silence, Aladdin and Vulpi stare at the Elder and they nod. Vulpi founds a horse and she mounts on it with Aladdin behind her and the Elder in front of her. Then she tells the horse to go to where the Kouga warriors are and when they see them surrounding Hakuei and Seishun. Aladdin and the Elder dismount, leaving Vulpi on the horse walk towards them./p
p class="MsoNormal""Kill them!"/p
p class="MsoNormal""Y-yeah!"/p
p class="MsoNormal""Stop you fools!" Elder Baba yells at them, causing everyone in the area to look at her and Aladdin./p
p class="MsoNormal""Elder Baba!"/p
p class="MsoNormal""What a shameful display. Do you still call yourselves the warrior of Kouga Clan?" The Elder questions. "Look carefully at what you truly should be protecting, and what sort of battle you should fight for that sake!" The Elder walks toward Hakuei and she bows at her. "Our clan will become a protectorate of the Kou Empire./p
p class="MsoNormal""Elder Baba!"/p
p class="MsoNormal""If you surrender to someone like her, they'll us all!"/p
p class="MsoNormal""It is as you see, princess! Our clan is wounded and weary, both in body and soul, from our long battle against slavers and invaders. I will not forgive any that hurt my family even more. There was once a time where I steeled for war with your country. But a certain child told me something. He said that the commander of the enemy's army is a trustworthy person."/p
p class="MsoNormal"Hakuei looks at Aladdin and Vulpi behind him, still on the horse./p
p class="MsoNormal""But those are no ordinary wounds." Hakuei says when she sees the Elder's wound. "It must've been an arrow from my army."/p
p class="MsoNormal""The life of one elder or the life of all the villagers. You should know which is more important."/p
p class="MsoNormal"Hakuei puts her hands together and bows at the Elder./p
p class="MsoNormal""I understand your intentions. From now on, I guarantee the safety of the Kouga Clan in the name of the empire and my own."/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"~Later~br / At the Kouga Clan village; Elder Baba's tent/p
p class="MsoNormal"The Kouga members are surrounding the tent as Dolge, Touya and the doctor are at the Elder side. Aladdin and Vulpi watch them from the sidelines as Vulpi clenches her fist. She exits out of the tent with her hair covering her eyes. After she leaves the tent, Aladdin follows Vulpi with the Elder's staff and he looks back at the tent, seeing the villagers are giving flowers to the deceased Elder./p
p class="MsoNormal""Ugo-kun, I'm glad I came to this village." Aladdin tells him. "I feel like I finally understand who I am now. It's just like you said at that time."/p
p class="MsoNormal"As the wind blows, the rukh are being gather where the wind in blown./p
p class="MsoNormal""What is it?"/p
p class="MsoNormal""Aladdin. I'm going to summon Sylph." Vulpi tells him. "I have a feeling that Hakuei-san needs our help."/p
p class="MsoNormal""Okay." Aladdin replies and he takes of his turban, into a carpet and it carries Aladdin and Vulpi./p
p class="MsoNormal""O spirit of the wind. Let thy answer to my call into this land and lend me thy strength." As Vulpi chants a summoning spell, wind starts to surround her body as they are going to where Hakuei is. "Summon! Sylph!"/p
p class="MsoNormal"The winds turn into a tornado and a shadow appear in it./p
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p class="MsoNormal"Hakuei is sitting on the floor with arrows in her arms and legs and Ryosai lifts his sword up, about to beheaded Hakuei./p
p class="MsoNormal""So what if you're first imperial princess! Your existence is tiny and worthless!"/p
p class="MsoNormal""Halharl Infigar." Aladdin's voice echoes through the plain and an explosion occurs at the cliff where Ryosai's men are. Once the smoke disperses, they see Aladdin riding on Ugo who is the one destroyed the cliff./p
p class="MsoNormal""Sylphid Arrow!" Vulpi's voice echoes as a wind arrow launches toward Ryosai's sword, breaking it in the process. Then Ugo raises his arm and swipes Ryosai across the ground. After that, Ugo goes back into the flute and Aladdin stands in front of Hakuei./p
p class="MsoNormal""You… what exactly are you?" Hakuei asks Aladdin./p
p class="MsoNormal""Me?" Aladdin says. "I'm… a Magi."/p
p class="MsoNormal""Magi?" She repeats then her fan starts to shine. "My fan."/p
p class="MsoNormal""Can I see that for a bit?" Aladdin asks and he touches her fan. Suddenly, a tornado appears from the fan and it disperses, revealing a female djinn./p
p class="MsoNormal"strong"How is everyone doing?"/strong She asks. strong"I am Paimon. A djinn creates by Solomon from maniacal love and chaos. My master is Queen Ren Hakuei." /strongShe introduces. strong"In any case, where did the power to materialize my form come from?"/strong Paimon sees Aladdin standing next to Hakuei. strong"Ah, it's a Magi."/strong/p
p class="MsoNormal""Great now she's here." A child's voice says and they see Vulpi walking up to them with a young boy with blonde hair and elf-like ears. The boy mostly wears green clothes and carries a bow, sword, and a shield. He also has fairy wings on his back as he flies above Vulpi./p
p class="MsoNormal"strong"If it isn't the spirit of the wind, Sylph."/strong Paimon says. strong"How have you've been."/strong/p
p class="MsoNormal""It's none of your business." The boy, Sylph, tells her./p
p class="MsoNormal""Hey! Be nice!" Vulpi scolds him. Then the golden flute starts to shine and Ugo comes out, standing in front of Paimon./p
p class="MsoNormal"strong"Wow, a rare guest!" /strongPaimon exclaims and she touches Ugo's body, causing him to turn pink. Then Ugo makes small gestures as Paimon continues to touch Ugo./p
p class="MsoNormal""It's happening again." Aladdin says. "I wonder what on earth are they're talking about."/p
p class="MsoNormal"strong"I see. I understand the situation now."/strong Paimon says. strong"There's something abnormal happening to this world."/strong Paimon hugs Hakuei. strong"But that's got nothing to do with me. I will only help the king candidate Hakuei-chan, who I fallen for. I was created for that purpose."/strong/p
p class="MsoNormal""You're more interested that woman instead of the world." Sylph mutters./p
p class="MsoNormal""Sylph." Vulpi calls./p
p class="MsoNormal""King candidate?" Aladdin says./p
p class="MsoNormal"strong"That's right. Even Hakuei-chan was chosen by the Kou Empire's Magi."/strong/p
p class="MsoNormal""I was invited into a Dungeon by that priest." Hakuei explains./p
p class="MsoNormal""So there are other Magi apart from me." Aladdin says./p
p class="MsoNormal"strong"That's right. The selection of a king is the Magi's mission. Haven't you chosen a king yet? Like how I made a contract with Hakuei-chan in the Dungeon."/strong/p
p class="MsoNormal"em"That means Aladdin chose Alibaba-san as his king candidate."/em Vulpi thought and looks at Sylph./p
p class="MsoNormal""Thank you, Sylph. You can go back."/p
p class="MsoNormal""Okay. Call me again when you need me." Sylph says before a small tornado appears and it disappears with Sylph./p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"~Two weeks later~br / The Kouga Clan village/p
p class="MsoNormal"Aladdin and Vulpi visit the spring market and before they say their goodbye, Dolge gives the Elder's staff. Aladdin stares at the staff as Vulpi looks at them. Aladdin is wearing white robes and a cloth covers his head and neck as his braided hair hangs on his left shoulder. Vulpi now wears a new cloak since her old one is battered up and both Aladdin and carries a bag with a blanket for each and supplies for the trip back to Qishan. Both of them are in the cart for the caravan./p
p class="MsoNormal" "Can I really take this?" Aladdin asks./p
p class="MsoNormal""Yeah. I'm sure Elder Baba would want you to have it." Touya replies./p
p class="MsoNormal""Okay."/p
p class="MsoNormal" "Thank you for letting us stay here." Vulpi says as she bows./p
p class="MsoNormal""It's no problem." Dolge replies./p
p class="MsoNormal"Then one of the villagers shows traditional Kouga Clan sword./p
p class="MsoNormal""You should take a weapon too."/p
p class="MsoNormal""Idiot, Aladdin and Vulpi don't need one." Dolge tells him./p
p class="MsoNormal"Both Aladdin and Vulpi remember the sword that Goltas have when they were in Amon's Dungeon./p
p class="MsoNormal""Hey, do you know someone named Goltas?" Aladdin asks./p
p class="MsoNormal"Both Aladdin and Vulpi tell them what happen to Goltas when they left him and Jamil in the Dungeon./p
p class="MsoNormal""So that's what happened. Goltas is a common name among the Kouga Clan. That guy must have been part of our family too." Dolge explains. "We'll prey for his soul."/p
p class="MsoNormal""I see."/p
p class="MsoNormal""Even though it was a coincidence thanks for watching over his last moments."/p
p class="MsoNormal""No, it wasn't a coincidence." Aladdin corrects him and he looks at the staff./p
p class="MsoNormal""We're leaving!" The leader of the caravan announces. "Have you two saying goodbyes to your siblings?"/p
p class="MsoNormal""See you, Aladdin, Vulpi." Dolge says./p
p class="MsoNormal""Take care." Touya says./p
p class="MsoNormal""We'll definitely meet again." Vulpi says./p
p class="MsoNormal""Yeah."/p
p class="MsoNormal"The caravan starts to move with Aladdin and Vulpi riding and leaving the village./p
p class="MsoNormal""Hey Aladdin." Vulpi calls./p
p class="MsoNormal""What is it?"/p
p class="MsoNormal""Do you think Alibaba-san is doing well?"/p
p class="MsoNormal""I hope he is. Since we're friends!"/p
p class="MsoNormal"Vulpi smiles from Aladdin's answer./p
p class="MsoNormal""You're right."/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"~Six month later~/p
p class="MsoNormal"The caravan is going through a valley and Aladdin takes off the robes and wears his usual outfit as Vulpi only takes the hood off on her head./p
p class="MsoNormal""I can't believe Alibaba-san is in Balbadd." Vulpi says./p
p class="MsoNormal""But I can't wait to see Alibaba-kun again." Aladdin says in excitement./p
p class="MsoNormal"Then Vulpi's ears start to twitch and she looks at the valley./p
p class="MsoNormal"What's wrong, Vulpi-nee?" Aladdin asks./p
p class="MsoNormal""There some people there." Vulpi tells him. "Bandits? No, slave traders?"/p
p class="MsoNormal"Suddenly, boulders are push down to where the caravan is, causing both Aladdin and Vulpi hit their heads to the wood hard enough to make them unconscious./p
p class="MsoNormal"When Vulpi comes to, she sees a caged wall in front of them and people./p
p class="MsoNormal""Where are we?" Vulpi asks and hear something clinking. She sees her wrists are chained and she searches for Aladdin. When she sees a familiar blue hair, Vulpi moves to where Aladdin is./p
p class="MsoNormal""Aladdin!" Vulpi calls and Aladdin makes a groan as he opens his eyes./p
p class="MsoNormal""Vulpi-nee?" Aladdin calls. "Where are we?"/p
p class="MsoNormal""I don't know. All I remember is that boulders crashed into the caravan and I think we hit our head to something." Vulpi then looks around. "It seems like we got trapped in here./p
p class="MsoNormal""What should we do?" Aladdin asks. "Alibaba-kun is probably waiting for us."/p
p class="MsoNormal""Aladdin…" Vulpi sadly looks at him and hugs him to comfort him./p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"~Three days later~/p
p class="MsoNormal"Aladdin is sleeping on Vulpi's lap as she rubs his head. Suddenly, she hears something screeching, causing Vulpi to cover her ears from the sudden screech and feels tremors from the outside./p
p class="MsoNormal""What was that?" Vulpi says and the tremors stop./p
p class="MsoNormal""Vulpi-nee, is there something wrong?" Aladdin asks, awaken from the tremors and now rubbing his eyes./p
p class="MsoNormal"Then someone kicks the door and it turns out Morgiana is the one kicks it and she carries a small girl in her arms./p
p class="MsoNormal""What's going on? Who are you?"/p
p class="MsoNormal""Please leave this place." Morgiana requests. "Here are the keys."/p
p class="MsoNormal"She throws the bag that has many keys to the prisoners and they start to search the right keys to open the shackles./p
p class="MsoNormal""Nadja!" A woman calls./p
p class="MsoNormal""Mommy! Daddy!" The little girl calls out as the little girl's parents run toward them./p
p class="MsoNormal""She needs medicine." Morgiana tells the parent./p
p class="MsoNormal""Yes! Where is the medicine?" The father asks./p
p class="MsoNormal""Morgiana?" Vulpi calls. "Is really you, Morgiana?"/p
p class="MsoNormal"Morgiana turns her head to look at Aladdin and Vulpi./p
p class="MsoNormal""You are." Aladdin says. "You really are the miss from back then!"/p
p class="MsoNormal""You two are…" Morgiana trails off./p
p class="MsoNormal""Do you know her, Aladdin, Vulpi?" A man asks./p
p class="MsoNormal""Yeah, she's the strong lady Vulpi-nee and I were telling you about!" Aladdin replies./p
p class="MsoNormal""Why would someone as powerful as you being held captive?" Morgiana asks Aladdin./p
p class="MsoNormal""A huge rock fell on our caravan."/p
p class="MsoNormal""We were unconscious at that time and we found this place when we wake up." Vulpi continue. "In chains along with everyone else."/p
p class="MsoNormal""This way, boss!" A bandit says./p
p class="MsoNormal""Don't let a single one get away!" The bandit boss orders./p
p class="MsoNormal""This is bad."/p
p class="MsoNormal""Aladdin," Another man calls. "Is this yours?" He shows his flute./p
p class="MsoNormal"When they take off the shackles on their wrists, Aladdin blows his flute, summoning Ugo and he destroys part of the base. After that, the people from the caravan and mercenaries enter the base and capture the bandits. Also, Aladdin buries his face on a black-skinned girl's, Sahsa's, chest./p
p class="MsoNormal""It's been so long, miss!" Aladdin exclaims in happiness./p
p class="MsoNormal""And you haven't changed a bit." A blonde-haired girl, Leila, says to him./p
p class="MsoNormal""Ahaha, I'm really sorry about him." Vulpi apologizes./p
p class="MsoNormal""It's fine."/p
p class="MsoNormal""So the mysterious boy and his friend were this boy and her after all." Morgiana says./p
p class="MsoNormal""We met them in the village we were before we met Alibaba-san." Vulpi explains./p
p class="MsoNormal""I've missed this feeling!" Aladdin says and Vulpi immediately grabs his head and pulls him apart from the Sahsa./p
p class="MsoNormal""That's enough, Aladdin!"/p
p class="MsoNormal""I'm surprised you know about him too, Morgiana! What a coincidence!" Sahsa says./p
p class="MsoNormal""It's not a coincidence." An old man says. "Travels will reunite old friends from near and far."/p
p class="MsoNormal""Just like us." The caravan leader says./p
p class="MsoNormal""This is great. Now we can go to Balbadd."/p
p class="MsoNormal""Morgiana-san, you're going to Balbadd too?" Aladdin asks./p
p class="MsoNormal""Us too." Vulpi says./p
p class="MsoNormal""These two said that the person they were looking for wasn't in Qishan, so they're headed to Balbadd to find him." The leader of the caravan explains./p
p class="MsoNormal""Is that person, Alibaba-san?" Morgiana asks them and Aladdin nods his head./p
p class="MsoNormal""Yeah. Let's travel together!" Aladdin offers his hand at Morgiana and she claps his hand then Vulpi puts her hand on top of them./p
p class="MsoNormal""I have no objections to that." Morgiana says./p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"~Night~/p
p class="MsoNormal"The people from the caravans and the freed prisoners are having a party and Morgiana is watching them as Morgiana watches them and Aladdin and Vulpi walk over to her and sits next to her./p
p class="MsoNormal""You know, everything in this world is actually connected." Aladdin tells Morgiana. "That means that, even if we get separated, we'll never be alone. The bond we have with those close to us keep us connected always."/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"~Five Days later~/p
p class="MsoNormal"Aladdin, Vulpi (with her hood on), and Morgiana are drop off on the crossroads and the caravan continues to go on./p
p class="MsoNormal""See you!" Sahsa shouts./p
p class="MsoNormal""We'll definitely meet again!" Leila also shouts./p
p class="MsoNormal""Yeah! See you!" Aladdin shouts back. "Let's get going too."/p
p class="MsoNormal""Yes." Morgiana says and Vulpi nods in agreement. They start to walk to start walking towards Balbadd./p
p class="MsoNormal""I happy to be traveling with you again, Morgiana-san."/p
p class="MsoNormal""Yes."/p
p class="MsoNormal""Morgiana's kind of a long name. Do you mind if I use a nickname?"/p
p class="MsoNormal""I don't mind."/p
p class="MsoNormal""Then I'll call you Mor-san!" Morgiana becomes silent. "Is that okay?"/p
p class="MsoNormal""Yes. It is."/p
p class="MsoNormal""You look like you're having fun, Aladdin." Vulpi points out./p
p class="MsoNormal""That's because Mor-san is traveling with us again."/p
p class="MsoNormal""Then it's good to have you, Morgiana."/p
p class="MsoNormal" /p
p class="MsoNormal""Yes." Morgiana replies./p
p class="MsoNormal"The villagers are around the Elder as Aladdin catches up to them./p
p class="MsoNormal""Elder Baba, just hand in there!"/p
p class="MsoNormal""Elder Baba!"/p
p class="MsoNormal"Aladdin sees the Elder's state and Vulpi sitting beside the Elder./p
p class="MsoNormal""She's still alive!" The villager says. "Get her back to the village immediately!"/p
p class="MsoNormal""Y-yes!"/p
p class="MsoNormal""I'll do it!" Aladdin says as he grabs his turban and spreads out for the Elder to lie on. As so as he does that, he blows his flute to summon Ugo./p
p class="MsoNormal""Aladdin." Vulpi calls. "I'll go with you!"/p
p class="MsoNormal"Aladdin nods and both of them get on Ugo and he starts to run as Aladdin hold on his carpet that has the Elder./p
p class="MsoNormal"em"Don't die, Granny!"/em Aladdin thought./p
p class="MsoNormal"When they reach to the village, the sun had already risen and Aladdin calls back Ugo into the flute before he and Vulpi bring the Elder back into the tent. Soon after the villagers come back, Aladdin and Vulpi hears them arguing outside of the Elder's tent./p
p class="MsoNormal""Granny." Aladdin calls. "Granny's beloved village is in trouble."/p
p class="MsoNormal"When the Kouga warriors are armed, they set off as Aladdin and Vulpi watch them./p
p class="MsoNormal""What should we do, Vulpi-nee? Everyone's going to die."/p
p class="MsoNormal"Vulpi is about to answer, but the Elder speaks./p
p class="MsoNormal""Please help me, Aladdin, Vulpi."/p
p class="MsoNormal"Aladdin and Vulpi turn their head and see the Elder is standing with her staff as support./p
p class="MsoNormal""Granny!" Vulpi calls. "You shouldn't move!"/p
p class="MsoNormal""I will be all right. Aladdin, Vulpi, help me go to them."/p
p class="MsoNormal"For a moment of silence, Aladdin and Vulpi stare at the Elder and they nod. Vulpi founds a horse and she mounts on it with Aladdin behind her and the Elder in front of her. Then she tells the horse to go to where the Kouga warriors are and when they see them surrounding Hakuei and Seishun. Aladdin and the Elder dismount, leaving Vulpi on the horse walk towards them./p
p class="MsoNormal""Kill them!"/p
p class="MsoNormal""Y-yeah!"/p
p class="MsoNormal""Stop you fools!" Elder Baba yells at them, causing everyone in the area to look at her and Aladdin./p
p class="MsoNormal""Elder Baba!"/p
p class="MsoNormal""What a shameful display. Do you still call yourselves the warrior of Kouga Clan?" The Elder questions. "Look carefully at what you truly should be protecting, and what sort of battle you should fight for that sake!" The Elder walks toward Hakuei and she bows at her. "Our clan will become a protectorate of the Kou Empire./p
p class="MsoNormal""Elder Baba!"/p
p class="MsoNormal""If you surrender to someone like her, they'll us all!"/p
p class="MsoNormal""It is as you see, princess! Our clan is wounded and weary, both in body and soul, from our long battle against slavers and invaders. I will not forgive any that hurt my family even more. There was once a time where I steeled for war with your country. But a certain child told me something. He said that the commander of the enemy's army is a trustworthy person."/p
p class="MsoNormal"Hakuei looks at Aladdin and Vulpi behind him, still on the horse./p
p class="MsoNormal""But those are no ordinary wounds." Hakuei says when she sees the Elder's wound. "It must've been an arrow from my army."/p
p class="MsoNormal""The life of one elder or the life of all the villagers. You should know which is more important."/p
p class="MsoNormal"Hakuei puts her hands together and bows at the Elder./p
p class="MsoNormal""I understand your intentions. From now on, I guarantee the safety of the Kouga Clan in the name of the empire and my own."/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"~Later~br / At the Kouga Clan village; Elder Baba's tent/p
p class="MsoNormal"The Kouga members are surrounding the tent as Dolge, Touya and the doctor are at the Elder side. Aladdin and Vulpi watch them from the sidelines as Vulpi clenches her fist. She exits out of the tent with her hair covering her eyes. After she leaves the tent, Aladdin follows Vulpi with the Elder's staff and he looks back at the tent, seeing the villagers are giving flowers to the deceased Elder./p
p class="MsoNormal""Ugo-kun, I'm glad I came to this village." Aladdin tells him. "I feel like I finally understand who I am now. It's just like you said at that time."/p
p class="MsoNormal"As the wind blows, the rukh are being gather where the wind in blown./p
p class="MsoNormal""What is it?"/p
p class="MsoNormal""Aladdin. I'm going to summon Sylph." Vulpi tells him. "I have a feeling that Hakuei-san needs our help."/p
p class="MsoNormal""Okay." Aladdin replies and he takes of his turban, into a carpet and it carries Aladdin and Vulpi./p
p class="MsoNormal""O spirit of the wind. Let thy answer to my call into this land and lend me thy strength." As Vulpi chants a summoning spell, wind starts to surround her body as they are going to where Hakuei is. "Summon! Sylph!"/p
p class="MsoNormal"The winds turn into a tornado and a shadow appear in it./p
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p class="MsoNormal"Hakuei is sitting on the floor with arrows in her arms and legs and Ryosai lifts his sword up, about to beheaded Hakuei./p
p class="MsoNormal""So what if you're first imperial princess! Your existence is tiny and worthless!"/p
p class="MsoNormal""Halharl Infigar." Aladdin's voice echoes through the plain and an explosion occurs at the cliff where Ryosai's men are. Once the smoke disperses, they see Aladdin riding on Ugo who is the one destroyed the cliff./p
p class="MsoNormal""Sylphid Arrow!" Vulpi's voice echoes as a wind arrow launches toward Ryosai's sword, breaking it in the process. Then Ugo raises his arm and swipes Ryosai across the ground. After that, Ugo goes back into the flute and Aladdin stands in front of Hakuei./p
p class="MsoNormal""You… what exactly are you?" Hakuei asks Aladdin./p
p class="MsoNormal""Me?" Aladdin says. "I'm… a Magi."/p
p class="MsoNormal""Magi?" She repeats then her fan starts to shine. "My fan."/p
p class="MsoNormal""Can I see that for a bit?" Aladdin asks and he touches her fan. Suddenly, a tornado appears from the fan and it disperses, revealing a female djinn./p
p class="MsoNormal"strong"How is everyone doing?"/strong She asks. strong"I am Paimon. A djinn creates by Solomon from maniacal love and chaos. My master is Queen Ren Hakuei." /strongShe introduces. strong"In any case, where did the power to materialize my form come from?"/strong Paimon sees Aladdin standing next to Hakuei. strong"Ah, it's a Magi."/strong/p
p class="MsoNormal""Great now she's here." A child's voice says and they see Vulpi walking up to them with a young boy with blonde hair and elf-like ears. The boy mostly wears green clothes and carries a bow, sword, and a shield. He also has fairy wings on his back as he flies above Vulpi./p
p class="MsoNormal"strong"If it isn't the spirit of the wind, Sylph."/strong Paimon says. strong"How have you've been."/strong/p
p class="MsoNormal""It's none of your business." The boy, Sylph, tells her./p
p class="MsoNormal""Hey! Be nice!" Vulpi scolds him. Then the golden flute starts to shine and Ugo comes out, standing in front of Paimon./p
p class="MsoNormal"strong"Wow, a rare guest!" /strongPaimon exclaims and she touches Ugo's body, causing him to turn pink. Then Ugo makes small gestures as Paimon continues to touch Ugo./p
p class="MsoNormal""It's happening again." Aladdin says. "I wonder what on earth are they're talking about."/p
p class="MsoNormal"strong"I see. I understand the situation now."/strong Paimon says. strong"There's something abnormal happening to this world."/strong Paimon hugs Hakuei. strong"But that's got nothing to do with me. I will only help the king candidate Hakuei-chan, who I fallen for. I was created for that purpose."/strong/p
p class="MsoNormal""You're more interested that woman instead of the world." Sylph mutters./p
p class="MsoNormal""Sylph." Vulpi calls./p
p class="MsoNormal""King candidate?" Aladdin says./p
p class="MsoNormal"strong"That's right. Even Hakuei-chan was chosen by the Kou Empire's Magi."/strong/p
p class="MsoNormal""I was invited into a Dungeon by that priest." Hakuei explains./p
p class="MsoNormal""So there are other Magi apart from me." Aladdin says./p
p class="MsoNormal"strong"That's right. The selection of a king is the Magi's mission. Haven't you chosen a king yet? Like how I made a contract with Hakuei-chan in the Dungeon."/strong/p
p class="MsoNormal"em"That means Aladdin chose Alibaba-san as his king candidate."/em Vulpi thought and looks at Sylph./p
p class="MsoNormal""Thank you, Sylph. You can go back."/p
p class="MsoNormal""Okay. Call me again when you need me." Sylph says before a small tornado appears and it disappears with Sylph./p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"~Two weeks later~br / The Kouga Clan village/p
p class="MsoNormal"Aladdin and Vulpi visit the spring market and before they say their goodbye, Dolge gives the Elder's staff. Aladdin stares at the staff as Vulpi looks at them. Aladdin is wearing white robes and a cloth covers his head and neck as his braided hair hangs on his left shoulder. Vulpi now wears a new cloak since her old one is battered up and both Aladdin and carries a bag with a blanket for each and supplies for the trip back to Qishan. Both of them are in the cart for the caravan./p
p class="MsoNormal" "Can I really take this?" Aladdin asks./p
p class="MsoNormal""Yeah. I'm sure Elder Baba would want you to have it." Touya replies./p
p class="MsoNormal""Okay."/p
p class="MsoNormal" "Thank you for letting us stay here." Vulpi says as she bows./p
p class="MsoNormal""It's no problem." Dolge replies./p
p class="MsoNormal"Then one of the villagers shows traditional Kouga Clan sword./p
p class="MsoNormal""You should take a weapon too."/p
p class="MsoNormal""Idiot, Aladdin and Vulpi don't need one." Dolge tells him./p
p class="MsoNormal"Both Aladdin and Vulpi remember the sword that Goltas have when they were in Amon's Dungeon./p
p class="MsoNormal""Hey, do you know someone named Goltas?" Aladdin asks./p
p class="MsoNormal"Both Aladdin and Vulpi tell them what happen to Goltas when they left him and Jamil in the Dungeon./p
p class="MsoNormal""So that's what happened. Goltas is a common name among the Kouga Clan. That guy must have been part of our family too." Dolge explains. "We'll prey for his soul."/p
p class="MsoNormal""I see."/p
p class="MsoNormal""Even though it was a coincidence thanks for watching over his last moments."/p
p class="MsoNormal""No, it wasn't a coincidence." Aladdin corrects him and he looks at the staff./p
p class="MsoNormal""We're leaving!" The leader of the caravan announces. "Have you two saying goodbyes to your siblings?"/p
p class="MsoNormal""See you, Aladdin, Vulpi." Dolge says./p
p class="MsoNormal""Take care." Touya says./p
p class="MsoNormal""We'll definitely meet again." Vulpi says./p
p class="MsoNormal""Yeah."/p
p class="MsoNormal"The caravan starts to move with Aladdin and Vulpi riding and leaving the village./p
p class="MsoNormal""Hey Aladdin." Vulpi calls./p
p class="MsoNormal""What is it?"/p
p class="MsoNormal""Do you think Alibaba-san is doing well?"/p
p class="MsoNormal""I hope he is. Since we're friends!"/p
p class="MsoNormal"Vulpi smiles from Aladdin's answer./p
p class="MsoNormal""You're right."/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"~Six month later~/p
p class="MsoNormal"The caravan is going through a valley and Aladdin takes off the robes and wears his usual outfit as Vulpi only takes the hood off on her head./p
p class="MsoNormal""I can't believe Alibaba-san is in Balbadd." Vulpi says./p
p class="MsoNormal""But I can't wait to see Alibaba-kun again." Aladdin says in excitement./p
p class="MsoNormal"Then Vulpi's ears start to twitch and she looks at the valley./p
p class="MsoNormal"What's wrong, Vulpi-nee?" Aladdin asks./p
p class="MsoNormal""There some people there." Vulpi tells him. "Bandits? No, slave traders?"/p
p class="MsoNormal"Suddenly, boulders are push down to where the caravan is, causing both Aladdin and Vulpi hit their heads to the wood hard enough to make them unconscious./p
p class="MsoNormal"When Vulpi comes to, she sees a caged wall in front of them and people./p
p class="MsoNormal""Where are we?" Vulpi asks and hear something clinking. She sees her wrists are chained and she searches for Aladdin. When she sees a familiar blue hair, Vulpi moves to where Aladdin is./p
p class="MsoNormal""Aladdin!" Vulpi calls and Aladdin makes a groan as he opens his eyes./p
p class="MsoNormal""Vulpi-nee?" Aladdin calls. "Where are we?"/p
p class="MsoNormal""I don't know. All I remember is that boulders crashed into the caravan and I think we hit our head to something." Vulpi then looks around. "It seems like we got trapped in here./p
p class="MsoNormal""What should we do?" Aladdin asks. "Alibaba-kun is probably waiting for us."/p
p class="MsoNormal""Aladdin…" Vulpi sadly looks at him and hugs him to comfort him./p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"~Three days later~/p
p class="MsoNormal"Aladdin is sleeping on Vulpi's lap as she rubs his head. Suddenly, she hears something screeching, causing Vulpi to cover her ears from the sudden screech and feels tremors from the outside./p
p class="MsoNormal""What was that?" Vulpi says and the tremors stop./p
p class="MsoNormal""Vulpi-nee, is there something wrong?" Aladdin asks, awaken from the tremors and now rubbing his eyes./p
p class="MsoNormal"Then someone kicks the door and it turns out Morgiana is the one kicks it and she carries a small girl in her arms./p
p class="MsoNormal""What's going on? Who are you?"/p
p class="MsoNormal""Please leave this place." Morgiana requests. "Here are the keys."/p
p class="MsoNormal"She throws the bag that has many keys to the prisoners and they start to search the right keys to open the shackles./p
p class="MsoNormal""Nadja!" A woman calls./p
p class="MsoNormal""Mommy! Daddy!" The little girl calls out as the little girl's parents run toward them./p
p class="MsoNormal""She needs medicine." Morgiana tells the parent./p
p class="MsoNormal""Yes! Where is the medicine?" The father asks./p
p class="MsoNormal""Morgiana?" Vulpi calls. "Is really you, Morgiana?"/p
p class="MsoNormal"Morgiana turns her head to look at Aladdin and Vulpi./p
p class="MsoNormal""You are." Aladdin says. "You really are the miss from back then!"/p
p class="MsoNormal""You two are…" Morgiana trails off./p
p class="MsoNormal""Do you know her, Aladdin, Vulpi?" A man asks./p
p class="MsoNormal""Yeah, she's the strong lady Vulpi-nee and I were telling you about!" Aladdin replies./p
p class="MsoNormal""Why would someone as powerful as you being held captive?" Morgiana asks Aladdin./p
p class="MsoNormal""A huge rock fell on our caravan."/p
p class="MsoNormal""We were unconscious at that time and we found this place when we wake up." Vulpi continue. "In chains along with everyone else."/p
p class="MsoNormal""This way, boss!" A bandit says./p
p class="MsoNormal""Don't let a single one get away!" The bandit boss orders./p
p class="MsoNormal""This is bad."/p
p class="MsoNormal""Aladdin," Another man calls. "Is this yours?" He shows his flute./p
p class="MsoNormal"When they take off the shackles on their wrists, Aladdin blows his flute, summoning Ugo and he destroys part of the base. After that, the people from the caravan and mercenaries enter the base and capture the bandits. Also, Aladdin buries his face on a black-skinned girl's, Sahsa's, chest./p
p class="MsoNormal""It's been so long, miss!" Aladdin exclaims in happiness./p
p class="MsoNormal""And you haven't changed a bit." A blonde-haired girl, Leila, says to him./p
p class="MsoNormal""Ahaha, I'm really sorry about him." Vulpi apologizes./p
p class="MsoNormal""It's fine."/p
p class="MsoNormal""So the mysterious boy and his friend were this boy and her after all." Morgiana says./p
p class="MsoNormal""We met them in the village we were before we met Alibaba-san." Vulpi explains./p
p class="MsoNormal""I've missed this feeling!" Aladdin says and Vulpi immediately grabs his head and pulls him apart from the Sahsa./p
p class="MsoNormal""That's enough, Aladdin!"/p
p class="MsoNormal""I'm surprised you know about him too, Morgiana! What a coincidence!" Sahsa says./p
p class="MsoNormal""It's not a coincidence." An old man says. "Travels will reunite old friends from near and far."/p
p class="MsoNormal""Just like us." The caravan leader says./p
p class="MsoNormal""This is great. Now we can go to Balbadd."/p
p class="MsoNormal""Morgiana-san, you're going to Balbadd too?" Aladdin asks./p
p class="MsoNormal""Us too." Vulpi says./p
p class="MsoNormal""These two said that the person they were looking for wasn't in Qishan, so they're headed to Balbadd to find him." The leader of the caravan explains./p
p class="MsoNormal""Is that person, Alibaba-san?" Morgiana asks them and Aladdin nods his head./p
p class="MsoNormal""Yeah. Let's travel together!" Aladdin offers his hand at Morgiana and she claps his hand then Vulpi puts her hand on top of them./p
p class="MsoNormal""I have no objections to that." Morgiana says./p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"~Night~/p
p class="MsoNormal"The people from the caravans and the freed prisoners are having a party and Morgiana is watching them as Morgiana watches them and Aladdin and Vulpi walk over to her and sits next to her./p
p class="MsoNormal""You know, everything in this world is actually connected." Aladdin tells Morgiana. "That means that, even if we get separated, we'll never be alone. The bond we have with those close to us keep us connected always."/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"~Five Days later~/p
p class="MsoNormal"Aladdin, Vulpi (with her hood on), and Morgiana are drop off on the crossroads and the caravan continues to go on./p
p class="MsoNormal""See you!" Sahsa shouts./p
p class="MsoNormal""We'll definitely meet again!" Leila also shouts./p
p class="MsoNormal""Yeah! See you!" Aladdin shouts back. "Let's get going too."/p
p class="MsoNormal""Yes." Morgiana says and Vulpi nods in agreement. They start to walk to start walking towards Balbadd./p
p class="MsoNormal""I happy to be traveling with you again, Morgiana-san."/p
p class="MsoNormal""Yes."/p
p class="MsoNormal""Morgiana's kind of a long name. Do you mind if I use a nickname?"/p
p class="MsoNormal""I don't mind."/p
p class="MsoNormal""Then I'll call you Mor-san!" Morgiana becomes silent. "Is that okay?"/p
p class="MsoNormal""Yes. It is."/p
p class="MsoNormal""You look like you're having fun, Aladdin." Vulpi points out./p
p class="MsoNormal""That's because Mor-san is traveling with us again."/p
p class="MsoNormal""Then it's good to have you, Morgiana."/p
p class="MsoNormal" /p
p class="MsoNormal""Yes." Morgiana replies./p