Magic With You

After taking care of Kence, the Head Master created another portal and she returned back to her tower in Escardon Academy. The girl simply spreads her senses in the whole tower and she immediately knows where she needs to go

In literally less than a second, the Head Master arrived at the room where Noom and Krad are currently staying. Fortunately, they are not doing any sort of perverted acts at that time as none of them are in the mood after seeing the condition of their masters

"Hi!" The girl greeted the two that immediately stood up from their beds in shock. The two were about to attack out of reflex but then they remembered where they are currently

This is Escardon Academy and they are in the part that might be the most secure place in the whole realm, who would be able to attack them?

"Head Master" the two greeted at the same time while bowing their heads respectfully

"Can I borrow Noom for a while?" The girl asked with a smile and Krad was jealous once again. Why is this girl so friendly with his 'boyfriend?', Krad doesn't like that. Too bad that the Head Master if too powerful for him to refuse

Without a choice, Noom nodded his head much to the girl's delight. "Great!" The Head Master said before making yet another portal and had Noom enter it

Contrary to the place that the Head Master brought Kence, this place is exactly the opposite

Kence was in an ice and snow world where the temperature will make one shiver. However, this place was riddled with multiple active volcanoes and there was even a sea of ​​fire below

Seeing the place's state, Noom's body trembled in fear. He is a fire mage but he is afraid of fire! As much as possible, Noom didn't want to use any magic

The memories might be different from the ones he had back at the Enchanted Realm but the fear is still the same!

"H-Head Master .... w-why are we here ....?" Noom asked while his legs wobbled. Using his own magic, Noom can still take it with a lot of effort. But to be in this kind of world ... Noom doesn't like it

The heat around was spreading to his whole body and all Noom wants was to get as far away from this place as soon as possible

"You're a fire mage, right?" The Head Master asked while looking straightly into Noom's eyes. The man can only nod his head bitterly at that

"But you are also afraid of fire itself" the Head Master continued and Noom shamefully lowered his head

"A fire mage that is afraid of fire... I believe not a lot of people are like that in the universe" Noom what to answer to that and he can only continue lowering his head

"Do you want to conquer your fears?" The girl asked but the same as before, Noom doesn't know how to answer the question

Who wouldn't want to conquer their fears? Of course, Noom also wants that but he is fine with just living his life peacefully. Although he was Kence's guard in name, they never really had any problem because of the Duke's backing. The two can live their lives comfortably

"Let me change the question. Do you want to be stronger? You saw what happened at your master, if one's strength is not enough, the worst thing might even happen to them"

To become strong .... isn't that something that almost everyone wants? But not all of them has a motivation as reality itself gave them a huge slap on the face and made people realize how hard it is to rise above the masses

A crystal ball appeared on top of the Head Master's palm and it floated towards Noom in a gentle manner. "I'll come back after a day, the decision is yours to make" the Head Master said before his figure vanish from Noom's vision

Noom stared at the crystal ball in his hand while being in deep thought. Does he have the guts to conquer his fear?

Noom looks around him and saw the endless sea of ​​fire. Everywhere his eyes look, the crimson red color will surely be visible. He can't help but tremble again at that

To calm himself, Noom repeatedly took deep breaths before deciding to focus his attention on the crystal in his hand

Noom uses his will to enter the crystal and soon, a stream of information entered his mind. Noom learned what the crystal ball is all about

It was a cultivation art but it wasn't a complete one. It only has the basics as Noom is still undecided

"Majestic Fire Art ...." Noom muttered under his breath. The name of the art is quite bold and when Noom read the crystal's content he had a strange feeling that this art is familiar to him

It's like Noom already knows this art and learned it from somewhere. Noom unconsciously read more of the crystal's content and he immediately learned the basics of it

Noom placed the crystal on the side and unconsciously uses his magic after such a long time. The man closes his eyes before they glowed a dim crimson light as he waves his hand around

Tongues of flames detached themselves from the sea of ​​fire and Noom unconsciously controlled them. A line of fire danced all around Noom and it looks very natural

Noom turned around and the line of fire followed his movements. The fire starts as a gentle one but the fiercer Noom's move becomes, the fiercer the fire becomes too

Soon, Noom punched his fist in the air and a fireball was generated because of that. Noom didn't stop and starts punching and kicking the air. Every time that he does that, a fire would surely come out from his skin

Noom felt freer than before and he was drowned in the ecstasy brought by controlling fire. However, when Noom can clear the fatigue his face paled

Noom's fear once again overcomes him and he sat on the ground while trembling in fear. Even Noom knows what is happening to him is abnormal as he hugged himself while tears continuously flowed out from his eyes

If he was afraid of fire because his father abused him, it shouldn't have left him this deep of a mental scar and trauma. Noom is a Grand Knight! His mind is much stronger and fortified than other people

Noom can be sad and despise the use of fire but to be this afraid .... there is clearly something wrong

"W-what is it? W-where is this d-deep sense of f-fear coming from?" Noom asked himself while his whole being was being consumed by fear

Unbeknown to Noom, a little girl was actually watching him from the distance with sadness in her eyes

"Of all the beings in the universe ..... to think that it would be you that will be afraid of fire .... what kind of concept is this?"

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Back in the world of ice and snow, Kence's body was still shivering non-stop. His eyes are currently closed and he was trying what the Head Master told him

Kence doesn't know what happened to him back in that town but he knew that he uses a power that is far above the one he can normally use

That power is what causes his current situation and Kence can only rely upon himself to heal!

Kence tried ignoring the cold biting pain in his whole body and focuses on controlling more cold energies to enter his body

A small cloud of icy energy entered Kence's body and he felt colder than before but he just gritted his teeth at that

Kence controlled the cloud and had it neutralize the abnormal icy energy coursing through his body. Just like the basic concept, like dissolves like

If Kence uses fire to remove the icy energy inside his body, it would just leave severe damages to him. However, if the icy power from the outside environment mixed with the icy energy inside Kence, the latter would be calmer and Kence will have an easier time to control it

Soon, an extremely small part of the icy energy was neutralized and Kence controlled and gathered it in his heart. Kence doesn't know why he should store it in his heart as it sounds dangerous but he doesn't think that the Head Master will lie and harm him

After the icy energy entered Kence's heart, it magically vanishes and he felt a bit better than before

Kence was delighted at that and controlled more of the cold energies in the environment to neutralize the ones inside his body

Fortunately, the world itself likes Kence and he didn't have any difficulty in using energy that is not even his. Kence repeatedly did this process and the more icy energy inside him was neutralized the more he felt better and the process becomes faster and faste