"C-can you see me, Takeo-San?" Sayo asked, with a nervous expression.
"Yes, I can Sayo-Chan." Takeo answered. "I made it so people can see you, but you're still a ghosts so they can't touch you."
Takeo started opening the box and pulled out a doll with no face, she continued looking at him with that same confused look.
"Fulmine Cadens De Trorum. Allow the spirit of the deceased to take refuge inside of this sacred deity."
Sayo's body started glowing bright blue and she went directly inside of the idol. The blank doll, started gaining Sayo's features until it finally resembled Sayo. The doll's eyes started blinking, she looked around and saw what had happened.
"T-Takeo-San, what is this?" Sayo asked.
"An Idol Doll, I had one ordered so I you can at least have a physical body." Takeo answered. "Seriously, I can't dream of not being able to interact with everyone."
Sayo smiled, as Takeo smiled back. He started walking outside of the halls, he felt something watching him. He turned his head and saw a small drone watching him, he smirked and disappeared.
In the bushes, Kazumi was wondering where he went.
"Getting used to your artifact?" Takeo asked, as he appeared behind her.
"T-Takeo-Kun!" Azami called out, with a frightened expression. "I-I, was just…"
Takeo's phone started ringing again, once he pulled it out he sighed again.
"Sayo-Chan, you're going to be with Azami-Chan for the time being." Takeo stated, as he handed Azami Sayo.
"Uh, it's a pleasure to finally meet you…Azami-San." Sayo stated.
"Waah, t-the doll talked!" Azami called out.
Before she could ask him anything, Takeo vanished from sight. He appeared at his dorm room and walked inside, he looked and saw that Setsuna was already fast asleep. He looked and saw that Shiro was already fast asleep in his bed.
"Something's up, Shiro kinda look a little down lately." Takeo whispered to himself, as he took off his shirt.
"…I'm going…to…"
Takeo turned around and he heard Setsuna talking in her sleep again.
"She should really fix that." Takeo stated.
"…I'm going to…confess…to…" Setsuna said, but she was stopped as Takeo placed his hand on the side of her face.
"Though, I find it funny to hear you talk in your sleep. It's basically an invasion of privacy." Takeo stated, with a smile.
As he was prepared to jump into his bed, but was stopped as Setsuna grabbed his hand while she was asleep. Takeo smiled and jumped into bed with her instead, unconsciously Setsuna wrapped her arms around him.
She smiled as she rested her head on his chest, Takeo closed his eyes and went to sleep.
"I'm sorry Takeo-Sama, but I might not be around anymore." Shiro thought, with a saddened look.
Once the sun started rising, Setsuna woke up and saw how close she was to Takeo. She started blushing incredibly, but she noticed how close their faces were to each other. She started leaning in close trying to kiss Takeo before he woke up.
"Hmmm…"
Takeo started waking up, Setsuna moved away from him.
"Morning, Se-Chan." Takeo said, as he smiled at her.
"Uh, morning…Ta-Kun." Setsuna responded.
Both of them look at each other with blushes on their faces, until Setsuna jumped out of her bed and got dressed. Takeo followed her example and got dressed in his school uniform, he looked up and saw that Shiro was already up.
"Come on, Shiro!"
"Yes!"
Shiro jumped on top of Takeo's head and started heading towards the festival, they looked around and saw the expressions on everyone's faces. They looked and saw Negi with Shinzuna, Negi looked and waved at both of them.
"Hey, Setsuna-San! Takeo-San!" Negi called out.
"Ah, Takeo-Kun and Setsuna-Chan. Would you two mind following me?" Shinzuna asked.
Both of them nodded in agreement, the three of them followed them to a meeting. Once they got there, they ran into several hidden magical teacher and students including Dean Konoe, Takahata and Kotarou.
"The people assembled here…the Mage Teacher and Mage Pupils." Dean Konoe declared.
Causing both Negi and Setsuna to make a confused expression, while Takeo remained indifferent.
"Ta-Kun, did you know?" Setsuna asked.
"Yea, before coming here I did background checks on some of the teachers here." Takeo answered.
He looked and saw a blonde haired girl, orange haired girl and a dark haired girl. He smirked and waved at the blonde haired, who glared at him with a slight blush. The Dean began explaining everything about the World Tree's magical power and about the rumors being true.
Takeo glanced up in the sky and sensed that Sayo was watching them.
"I'm not exactly surprised, but this isn't the time for…" Takeo stated, he looked and saw a small drone behind her. "…a drone?"
As he was about to destroy it one of the agents standing next to the Dean destroyed it without chanting a spell. Takeo turned around and glanced at the man.
"There's a strong feeling of magic in that machine." The man declared. "Probably students, trying to find out about the Mages here."
"Chase them!" The Dean ordered.
Most of the agents left there, once the blonde haired girl passed by him she glared at him with great hate.
"Man, she's still made about that." Takeo thought, with a nervous smile.
"Well, as long as they don't confess. Fine, now all of us will take patrol shifts until the end of the festival." The dean stated. "Everyone scatter!"
The teachers left the area, leaving Negi, Kotarou, Setsuna, Takeo, Shiro and Chamo. More and more people started arriving just as the teachers were leaving.
"Negi-Kun and Takeo-Kun, will you two be able to handle the students' confession?" The dean asked.
"Of course, when I'm asked to do something…I achieve it with the best of my abilities." Takeo answered, with a smile. "And I'm sure Negi-Kun will be able to handle it."
Negi looked at him with a surprised expression, but he smiled at Takeo. The six of them started walking around the concession stands.
"I can't believe the rumors about the World Tree was true." Negi stated. "And I also can't believe the number of mages disguised as teachers."
"Ta-Kun, did you know about the world tree?" Setsuna asked.
"I knew something was strange about it, but I didn't know about this." Takeo answered, he looked at his hand and noticed something strange. "It has something to do with my curse."
"Hey, Nii-San? What type of Mage are you, Haruki-Nii, Haruto-Nii and Nari-Nee?" Kotarou asked, as he glanced towards Takeo.
"In our clan, everyone applies to be Magic Swordsmen…but Haruto's trying to figure out his own path." Takeo answered.
Kotarou looked relieved for a second.
"I see. I thought most Western Mages were weak from the start, but there's something different about you three." Kotarou stated, with a smile. "I'm thinking about fighting Haruki."
"Make sure you prepare yourself, that kid's a major pyro…" Takeo stated.
He turned around and caught a girl wearing a cloak, everyone looked at the girl with a confused expression.
"Ow, Negi-Kun. Takeo-Kun, can you help me there are some suspicious people are after me?" A familiar voice asked.
The girl removed her hood revealing to be Chao, without time to ask questions. Takeo narrowed his eyes and saw seven mysterious looking cloaked figures chasing after her.
"Everyone let's go!" Takeo called out.
Everyone agreed, and they were running away from the mysterious cloaked men Chao kept looking at Takeo's face. Takeo quickly surrounded his feet with magic, he jumped up and rebounded off a building and descended into the sky.
The four of them started jumping off of the building, while the civilians didn't notice them. While the seven men continued chasing after them.
"We should be far enough, that people won't be able to see us." Takeo stated, as they rejoined him. "Chao-Chan, why're these guys after you?"
"They're evil mages, they've been chasing me for a while." Chao answered, with an innocent look.
"Evil Mages?" Negi asked.
Takeo looked forward and saw three more appearing from the shadow, he threw Chao in the air just as they were charging at them. Takeo punched one of them in the face, the mage immediately faded in darkness.
"Chao-Chan, are you alright?" Takeo asked.