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"Hey, Chanter of Elegies, what's the verdict on this girl?" Shana questioned as she lied down onto the Satou residence's sofa. It had been a day since Sakura had met this gathering of flame manipulating people, or more specifically, the busty and liquor-loving Margery Daw and her trusty (sidekick) Crimson Lord Maricosias. A thread of Unrestricted Spells circled around Sakura as they continued to gather data about the origin of her cards and book. She had finally got used to all of the interesting ways of combat that the Hazes used, and figured out the long list of terms they used.
"Well, as I can tell, she is definitely a Torch, but her amount of existence keeps on fluctuating along with her Hougu." Margery described. "It's been a while since I've seen something like this. There seems to be no amount of Existence lost when she uses her Hougu, like other offensive tools Nietono no Shana or Blutsauger. But other than that, I can't pinpoint the origin, name, or time of creation. It's like it came out of nowhe-"
"It was created by the magician Clow Reed, and I have reconstructed it three years ago under my jurisdiction…" Sakura trailed off. 'Why must I make things so awkward…' she thought to herself.
"Wait, you said you reconstructed it?" Alastor's deep voice queried, surprised that such a normal child had such a large capability of forming Unrestricted Spells. Plus, he realized the amount of energy to create a Hougu in the first place is a ridiculous amount for humans' standards. Just who was this girl?
"Yes, since the cards need an owner to properly exist and function, they have to have the same origin of power as the user. Since Clow Reed drew energy from the darkness between the sun and moon, I had to re-create each card to draw energy from the stars. Otherwise, these cards would eventually cease to exist."
"Wait, are you saying that you provide all the energy that sustains these cards?" Shana queried. "Alastor, no human has such a large flame capacity, right?"
"While I have never heard of such a large amount of existence for a human, it's not impossible and should find out more first."
"Shana, is it possible that Sakura-san's Existence used to activate her Hougu is really based off of the energy of stars which is channeled through her and into the book, and then she feeds the Hougu her Existence to keep the Hougu functioning?" proclaimed Yuji. Despite everyone being surprised at how Yuji could formulate such an out-of-the box theory, the Flame Hazes and respective Crimson Denizens realized that it held quite some weight in proof.
"Well, then how would you explain fluctuation of her flame. And it that case she would end up having spent up all of her existence long ago." Margery pointed out. After all, if Sakura had star based powers, which were then channeled that through the cards to maintain their existence, then she would have a constant, steady amount of Flame left. But, instead of being an even amount, according to the Chanter's Unrestricted Spells she was actually losing some existence right when she started the scan, and then suddenly accumulated before losing some again.
"Um, if it helps you figure this out, I am also the owner of two deities called Cerberus and Yue. They control the sun and moon respectively. Also, like the sun and moon, Cerberus can create his own power while Yue draws his existence from me. Here… I'll summon them over." Sakura then opened the book and internally recited a spell, summoning both guardians of the Book of Sakura. However, when the glowing magic circles summoning them faded, each person stared on in shock at the… plush-like thing that was floating in the middle of the air next to a high-school aged teen that donned a pair of glasses.
"Konnachiwa!"
"Ah, this is the best snacks I've tasted in a while!" Kero exclaimed as he happily dug into the cakes that were set out when Sakura first arrived at Satou's house. They were bought at the new local bakery after Shana dragged Yuji along to try the melon bread there. Currently, everyone was shocked at how the small creature could consume fifteen tarts under a minute. On the other hand, Yukito had sat down and had a cup of tea, taking the whole situation in stride. Sakura squirmed in the tense atmosphere, and continued to be under surveillance of Margery's spells.
Shana carefully observed the guardians' mannerisms as they settled down into the new environment. Making sure that they knew everything about this tool, she asked, "Is this all of the things related to this Hougu? Anything else?"
"Other than the summoning key, this is all of the cards and guardians related to the magical tome originally created by Clow. Um, but what exactly is the exchange of Flame that you are all talking about?"
Swallowing her melon bread, Shana cleared her throat and replied, "Yuji is suggesting that right now, the Hougu takes the existence of the stars to get enough flame to activate your cards. Then, when the cards are not in use, along with the guardian beasts, they get Power of Existence from you." Sakura shuffled in her seat a bit, trying to make sense of all the information she was getting just now. She glanced at Yukito and Kero, who were quietly listening and paused eating cake. "Now, its possible that the Hougu constantly replenishes your Power of Existence, similar to Yuji's Reiji Maigo, but we've established that that's not the case. So…"
Alastor then commented, "Shana, since this girl has such a large existence, its possible that some of the flame, after Sakura became a Mystes, left some residue from the original bonding. If that is so, it could have become split among these parts of the tome, and is constantly used to replenish whoever's flame is smallest at the time."
Standing up, the Chanter of Elegies added, "Yes, that would explain the fluctuation, and if they can gain Power of Existence by using that key of her's, they would introduce more flame to that circulating system. But," Margery then turned to face the middle school girl, "how does a girl like her get her hands on such a complex and unusual Hougu. Surely, over the time its lied locked, as you said that Clow guy died years before, other Denizens and Hazes might have wanted to get this."
"Haha, my slow goblet Margery Daw has finally made some sense in this worl-"
"Baka Marco!" The vessel was met with a stifling punch as he was shut up. Sakura sweat dropped at the sight of the violent relationship between Flame Haze and Denizen, but then smiled at how even though they were a strange group caught up in the logics of existence, they were pleasantly sociable. 'Surely, its going to turn out fine,' she thought to herself.
Soon though, things were to turn hectic. Perhaps, for the worse.
A/N: I shall try to update as often as possible, but I get writer's block easily. I will probably be updating in quick, short chapters.
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