A/N: It had been a while since I uploaded the 1st part. Now off you go with part 2!

Many thanks for Mldy 96 and noname reviewing the previous chapter!

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Id de Nomen—The Roots of The Name

a Magical Diary Fanfiction

by Mizumori Fumaira

You have but to know an object by its proper name for it to lose its dangerous magic

~Elias Canetti

If names are not correct, language will not be in accordance with the truth of things

~Confucius

Part 2

The atmosphere became thicker and thicker. Her amulet had exploded because couldn't seal her magic power anymore. Her body stood still, wasn't influenced by the rush of wind and thick atmosphere which she made herself.

Grabiner's eyes widened when he saw Cesia. He didn't know that the girl had really powerful magic. But, he snapped from his thoughts, and decided to stop her before everything went too bad.

But it wasn't easy thing to do. The rush of wind blocked his way to approached him. Even with his power, he couldn't stop Cesia. But still, he had to stop her. He wanted to stop her. She was in the darkness right now, so she didn't know what she was doing.

Desperately, he called her name loudly.

"Miss Touyama, stop this!"

Nothing changed.

"Cesia…" he took a deep breath, and called her again louder than before.

"CESIA!"

She was in the darkness. Her mind flooded by her past. She remembered clearly when she nearly lost her friend because of magic—after she made her Choice, the old lady said she had sealed her power. But strangely, the day after that, she accidentally pushed her friend over the river. Fortunately, the river was deep enough so her friend didn't hit the bottom of river and was saved by her other friends.

Although they didn't remember the incident the next day, they suddenly made some distance fro her, little by little.

And this time, she lost her parents because of her magic.

'Why it should be me? Why of all people, it is me who accepted this cursed power?!' she screamed in her mind.

So she let her magic power to flow, maybe it would vanish as the time went by. She didn't care about magic anymore; she didn't care if her body wouldn't be as strong as before; she didn't care at anything that would be happened to her.

'After all, there was no one who cared about me, right?' she thought bitterly.

"CESIA!"

She didn't believe what she had heard.

'That couldn't be him, right?'

But again, a voice with British accent called her name again.

"CESIA!"

So she turned her head… to the one and only little light that she had.

She turned her face. From her blue eyes tears ran down her cheeks. Sadness and sorrow could be seen through her sapphire eyes.

He was surprised. He never saw her in such painful emotion. Even when all students bullied her when they knew she had married with him, her eyes never as hollow as now.

"CESIA! BE STRONG!" he shouted.

Even his voice didn't make a change to her emotion and the thick atmosphere still didn't vanish, fortunately the wind started to slow down.

He took the opportunity to cast spell either to stop Cesia and made her fully unconscious in her mid-conscious state. And it worked.

Slowly, the thick atmosphere faded away. She felt that she couldn't stand on her own feet, and felt the gravitation was ready to crush her to the earth. But before that, a pair of hand was caught her easily.

And her consciousness faded away.

Cesia opened her eyes slowly. She felt so exhausted that made her couldn't get up from the bed. Again, she was welcomed by familiar white-colored ceiling of the infirmary room.

"Finally, you're awake," Professor Grabiner looked at her with concern. Then, he hesitantly continued, "do you happen… to remember yester—"

"No, that was a nightmare huh?" she cut him off, then laughed awkwardly. "I should go to home, they absolutely wait for me right?! It's just a dream!"

Brush of wind slapped her cheek.

"Cesia! "He seemed angry. "Just face the truth that they had…"

"Why it should be me?!" she cried out loud. "I've lost my friends because of this cursed power, and now I am abandoned by my parents! I didn't see any benefits that I had because this magic power!"

Again, brush of wind slapped her cheek, and it was harder than before.

"Who. Are. You?" Grabiner looked at her with no sympathy.

"Wha—"

"You are not Cesia. You absolutely are not her." He glared to her sharply. "Moreover the name doesn't suit you at all."

"WHAT ARE…"

Before she could finish her sentence, Grabiner cast a silent spell, and the spell broke as soon as he left her.

And Cesia cried in the silent.

She just spent all her time in her room. Since the room was empty, she couldn't talk to anyone. Ellen who had decided to spend her summer break in her home canceled her plan because Virginia asked her to spend the holiday with her.

Then she looked at Ellen's chemistry poster; a table of periodic elements. Accidentally, she found an element which has a name like her.

"Cesium…" she mumbled. "I wonder what it means…"

Had no other thing to do, she walked to the library. She collected all foreign language dictionaries to find the mean of her name. She either collected all chemistry books to search the root name of 'cesium'.

~Two days later

Grabiner filed some paper for summer school lessons. Student who had 50 demerits or choose to spend the summer break in the school should join that class. Of course, it meant that he had another job in his precious holiday.

Soon, he caught a smell of chamomile scent out of sudden. From the door, Cesia walked with tray brought two cups of chamomile tea and some sweet stuff that she made herself.

"Good afternoon, Sir," Cesia said with a smile, "Would you like to spend the tea time with me?"

Without a word, Grabiner sat across her. Then they took a sip.

"I'm sorry. I have caused you many troubles back then," Cesia laugh bitterly. "It must really hard for you to have a wi- *cough* student like me."

"I am the one who have to apologize to you. I was harsh to you when you need courage," Grabiner admitted his fault.

"No no! You didn't do anything wrong! You've opened my eyes to face the truth."

A silent occupied them, but this time it was a comfortable silence. They decided to eat the sweet stuff. Cesia didn't expect that he enjoyed her cookies.

"The root of my name…" she broke the silent, "it is from Latin 'coecius' means blue sky.' My grandma was the one who gave the name, as her wish for me. To have a heart as vast as blue sky, so I can forgive everything, and face every trouble with braveness and courage. That is what I learn in my name."

Grabiner took a sip again, so did Cesia.

"After I know that, now I try to face the truth. The truth that my parents abandoned me… the truth I have no longer rights to live here. And I know I can survive myself, so I didn't have to depend on you," Cesia smiled, a smile that filled by braveness and confidence.

"Well, there's no one who said that you must leave from here." Grabiner said.

"Eh? But… what about the school tuition? Should I clean the dungeon everyday to pay it?" she blurted out. He chuckled lightly and looked at her with an amusement in his face.

"Of course not. Well, just keep your good record, and try to pass every exam perfectly. It could pay your tuition."

"I don't believe it. You are planning to pay my tuition, aren't you?" she looked at her with a suspicious look. He sighed.

"It is my responsibility, Cesia. You're my wife, and I should protect you. This is the only one option to keep you save. The outside world is too harsh for you, you know?"

"But… but…" unconsciously her tears ran down her cheek. She was touched by his kindness; even it was his obligation to protect her, but still…

"I always give many troubles for you, and now I give one again. I hate myself that I always depend on you! " She cried out loudly,"I even have not done something for you as payback!"

Grabiner just let out a sigh at her. He wiped the tears in Cesia's face.

"You just didn't realize that you have done many things for me," he said softly. Cesia looked up at him.

"Thank you…" she murmured, and then she gave him her best smile, "Thank you for saving me from the darkness…"

Grabiner stood up, turned to his worktable.

"To say the truth, I do nothing on that. You have a power to escape from the darkness, and I just try to rise the power up."

"No, sir. When I was in the darkness… your voice back then was the only light that I had. Without a light, I wouldn't be able to escape," she smiled again, and bowed deeply to him.

He just glanced at her, and a small smile appeared on his face. Cesia approached him to help him organize the papers.

'Sure, I'm not a part of Touyama family again, but…' she glanced at Grabiner, 'I have my own little family here…'

(Id de Nomen-end)