The 1.000 year Great Sage ---> COMPLETED STORY

While laughing, Seya and Titania reached the rock door that Gaya made in the exit of the cave that would serve as a landing zone for the carriages. Seya pushed it to the side, surprised by how light it was.

Inside the cave, Hina was holding hands with Zak, while waiting for the others to exit the two carriages. When Hina saw Seya, she pointed with her right hand to the carriage next to her.

- Seya, behold my greatest creation! The Flying Carriage! Equipped with the latest fashion concerning interior comfort and pallet of colors for this year! It has a small Refrigerator under one bench for fresh beverages and sandwiches, and small closets for storage under the other bench. The two benches can open up and turn into a four passenger's bed while the Carriage hovers in the sky, completely stopped but for security reasons, at five meters above ground. Like that, it is safe against bandits or wild animals. It even has a camping stove, for people to cook their food while traveling and a couple of Water and Fire Crystals for baths. I took care of the Magical Programs on the Crystals, Zak was responsible for the changes in the Carriage by using his Earth Magic, two of your students from the 2nd-year created the camping stove and the contraption for the baths. Those same guys which parents were traitors, remember? They are doing a good job in their lands and they still managed to find time to do these two things for me. Oh, I almost forgot, Princess Arys was responsible for changing your huge fridge into a small one that can be used where there is not enough space.

Seya had his mouth wide open. So many new things were put in that Carriage and a lot of people created new equipment. With all that, it looked like a Motorhome from Earth.

- No way! You made a Flying Carriage with all that? That's so cool! It's only missing a toilet!

- No, it's not. I have a big curtain that you can hang outside the carriage or on top of a tree for privacy and use a one-shoulder bag as a toilet. This was Myra's idea. A very cool one, right?

- That's… using the one-shoulder bag with my Compressed Dimension Magic as a toilet… I don't know if I should be happy about knowing a new use for it, or ashamed!

- Well, you can completely see that was an amazing idea, right? It can also be used as a garbage disposal that a person can empty in a proper place after the voyage.

- But… for taking out the garbage and that… you need to put your hand inside of it!

- No, Myra put another Crystal with an opening Program. When you turn the bag upside down and touch that Crystal, it makes everything inside the bag to fall off. Your bag was ok like it was before, but now it is perfect!

Seya was astonished.

- No way… Myra improved my bag? Can that Crystal also be used in the belt purse?

Myra grabbed her own belt purse and demonstrated it. When she touched the new Crystal while pointing the opening to the ground, everything that was inside, fell to the floor.

- It is as easy as this. I was having a lot of trouble finding a particular object once I placed inside this. Then I remembered that when I used a bag for my travels as a Security Guard and I couldn't find my hairbrush at the first try, I always emptied the bag on the floor. I made this Program after we made Gaya because as you told us, after Gaya, everything does not look as difficult as it used to be.

Seya was touching that particular Crystal on Myra's purse, feeling the Magical Program. Or at least he tried because that thing opened and bitted his finger.

- Ouch! What's this? It has a mouth?

- Security reasons. Anyone that tries to copy or mess with my Program, gets a bite. What, you thought I would let you copy it? No way! Figure out for yourself! Oh, you can't, I have an Ownership Law for this! Heheheh!

Zak nodded while smiling.

- In fact, everyone that made something that we used in these Carriages already has an Ownership Law. Hina even bought these Carriages for us to mess with, with all the money that she was getting from the previous Ownership Laws because of you. Cool, right?

Seya started to laugh and he tapped Zak's back.

- Ahahahah! Amazing, this is so cool! I dare you to say now that I do crazy things! This carriage is such a great innovation! Can I see the inside?

- Sure, just don't try to copy the program on the Crystals that makes this carriage fly or change its course, you will also get a bite in your finger. Myra took care of that feature.

- Why is that, it's also for security reasons?

- Yes, but it was mainly because of you and your bad habit to copy another person's Magic. As a side effect, it also prevents others from messing with it and sabotage the carriage for assassinations. And to avoid accidents. Why that surprised face? You taught that in class, always think about the security measures for preventing the people from getting hurt! I was listening!

Seya was laughing while testing the helm that was connected to the ceiling by a wooden pole that could bend and be fixed against it, for more space when it was not used. He seated on the benches that turn into beds, tested the Refrigerator and the Camping Stove. The carriage even had a Fire Crystal to heat the inside when it was cold and a Crystal to cool the air when it was hot.

- No way, it even has air conditioning!

- Yeah, this was Duncan and Ryn's idea. Air conditioning… Strange name. We call this as Heat and Cold feature. The King bought two of these Carriages, one for him and another for the Queen but she was complaining that the people that normally take care of the decorations for her, is still in Gaya and like that, she has to wait for them to finish! She wants to make her Carriage prettier than it already is.

Seya hugged Hina, so happy for her.

- This is amazing, Hina! You did a wonderful job!

From the outside, Zak pointed to a small wooden board that was placed near the door behind Seya.

- If you open that, it turns into a table. And on that closet under it, there's a box of 'Heiji's Favourite Games' with a very cool thing inside of it.

Seya pulled the board and it came out, turning indeed into a long table. Seya took out the box and opened it. There it was, the games that he made. And something different.

- These Chess pieces, they look like us! What, I'm a simple pawn? At least I could be a Bishop! But the Magic on this, it's strange…

Zak smiled.

- Yes, I did as you asked, I've upgraded the Chess game. Princess Arys and Duncan took care of sculpting the pieces to look like us and some people that we know, like King Rohan or Queen Titania. When we play with this game, every time you use a piece to take another one, they fight. Sometimes one win, other time, the other piece win, it depends on luck. Like that, you can lose, even if you are a better player than your opponent is.

- That's… weird! I wanted for you to do that while obeying the rules. Like that, it's as if… It's a different game! That's so cool!

Queen Titania looked at the white queen chess piece and smiled.

- That's appropriate, of course, I am the White Queen!

Princess Heiji shouted.

- And I´m an amazing white Tower! Look at the big mace that my piece has! And John is a funny white horse! Heheheheh!

John mumbles.

- Stupid idea... me as a horse instead of a king or a bishop… not fair…

Seya was smiling while looking at the Chess pieces.

- Yes, a very good job indeed… Since when have you been working on this?

Hina frowned.

- Since you dared us, after we made Gaya, of course! We were busy with this over these last few days when you were shut in your Laboratory doing those weird drawings. You even forgot to go to school, to give your class! Since you were not there, Teacher Chris and Teacher Fitz took care of it and we were all practising how to use your binocular for making Magic Crystals. Most of the students are now able to do it, and some Phoenix also learned that. Except the students of the 3rd-year, of course. If you go to school now, you will see some changes in there. Manly, all the buildings are now made of Magic Crystal and each building has a color, depending on the Attribute of Magic on its Crystal. And there are now more than fifty Phoenix birds if you count the young ones that are able to fly. A lot of new eggs being hatched and five adults that arrived, coming from I don't know where. Oh, I almost forgot, remember the training field on the back? We made a new one with the help of the Phoenix that it's now hovering at five meters high. We use it when we practice our fight while flying. Of course that for reaching that field, you need to be able to fly on your own. It's funny seeing the 3rd-years down there, looking up at us, with so much envy on their eyes! Heheheheh!

- That's… unbelievable… I get distracted for a few days, and things in school changed so much… how fast are the students, on turning rock into Crystal?

- Almost as fast as we were when we made Gaya. We are faster now, because of so much training. Since we made Gaya and understood what was needed, we got really fast. Zak is the fastest of us, of course. I don't know if you can beat him in speed! Heheheh!

Seya nodded and he mumbled in a low voice.

- They all know how to do it now… they can help… I think… or maybe it's better if I don't ask them, it's too dangerous…

Princess Heiji heard him mumbling and she jumped to punch his head.

- You need to lower your head for me to hit you easier next time, you are getting too tall! It's too late for being so cautious, I told the students what was your plan, and that made them train even harder. They want to help. In fact, over these past few days, there was an increase in the people from every Kingdom that was going to Master Aku Kiro's Dojo to train and a lot more went to the Demonoid Border, to get used to fighting those ugly things. My father sent a message that everyone needs to get ready for the worst because the Demonoid incursions in the LizardKind prairies were increasing. I got news that your Light Barrier in the border is used continuously and it saved many beings until now. You see, everything is being taken care of, while you were absent. You don't need to thank me, but you should! I had a lot of work to accomplish all this!

Seya frowned towards Heiji and Princess Arys confirmed.

- It pains me to admit, but she actually did an amazing job. She made a powerful speech in school, went to the Institute of Magic to recruit all the Mages in there to help you, she went to talk to every Royal Family in every Kingdom, met the Mermaids and the Fairies. Well, she has quite a reputation amongst the Mermaids, because of what happened some years ago. It seems that those Mermaids that you killed and the Goddess saved, are so afraid of this little brat that was funny, seeing them almost peeing their clothes when she appeared for the first time to talk in the throne room of Queen Athena!

Heiji put her tongue out.

- Blargh! Yeah, I'm an amazing Princess, I was never like you, you crazy woman!

That comment granted her a slap in the head by one of Arys Dark tentacles, only for Arys to see that tentacle burned completely by Heiji's Fire Magic. When they were going to each other's throat, Ryn placed them both inside one Water Bubble, to restrain them. Lionelia made a big wooden bat inside of the Water Bubble and slapped them in the butt a few times. She slapped them over and over and when they were both crying from the pain, she stopped. Ryn dispersed the Water Bubble and Lionelia asked when they hit hard on the floor.

- Didn't you learn last time? Didn't we warned you to behave and told you what was going to happen? Do you like this punishment so much, you perverts? Because I like to use this to see you cry, so, if you want to continue on amusing me, please, continue!

Heiji and Arys got up slowly while wiping their tears. The others looked the other way, to not embarrass them even more. Seya was puzzled.

- What's this treatment? I thought they were friends!

Ryn shrugged her shoulders.

- Yeah, lately Arys is teasing Heiji too much and this is happening more frequently than it should. I think they were missing you and they were more nervous than normal. All their constant bickering was getting in our nerves so now, every time that they go too far, we punish them. But this was nothing, last time Hina had to knock them out because they were fighting with real swords, during History class.

Hearing that, Seya got worried, so, he approached them with a very serious look on his face.

- You know, if anything goes wrong with my plan, I can die. Thus that means that if I'm not around, you two are going to declare war at each other and end the good relations that both of your countries have, because of your childish behavior?

Heiji and Arys shouted at the same time, pointing a finger at each other.

- She started it!

Slap! Slap!

Seya slapped them both. They were looking at him, frozen and surprised by that reaction. As everyone in that room was. Seya took a deep breath and warned them.

- You both are the future rulers of your countries! I don't want to see again, from any of you, this kind of behavior! Consider this as my last and final warning! If I suspect that in the future you will put in jeopardy the peace and the lives of the people living in this world, I will take your heads. I love you both from the bottom of my heart and I will not be able to live with so much regret, but I can't allow that you cause a war between your Kingdoms and make a lot of people die, because of your stupidity. Do you understand?

Heiji started to shake. She remembered the last time that Seya made such a serious warning, a bunch of Mermaids died. She nodded with her eyes completely blank and started to cry in silence. Arys on the other hand, gulped. She looked at Seya with dead eyes and she answered in a hoarse low voice while a cold shiver runs along her back.

- Yes, cousin. This will never happen again, I swear.

Seya turned around and he went to the nearest wall. He seated on the floor, rested his head on his knees and he stayed like that for a few moments. He was worried over the last few days about what would happen to the world and to his friends if he died. That fight made him realize that things could become very bad if his death had such an impact on his friends' lives. If those two were so nervous only because he wasn't around for the last few days, what would happen if he died? Queen Titania and his friends were looking at him, not knowing what they should do or say. At least, until they all heard Gaya's voice.

- …||… Don't worry, Father. If they try to start a full out war, I will stop them. Because according to the Laws that you infused into me, I can't allow life to come to harm. I can't harm them to protect the people in their Kingdom, but I can restrain them and slap their butt until they learn! Maybe after a few days getting slapped and healed, slapped and healed again, they learn how to behave! …||…

Seya took a deep breath and forced a smile.

- Yeah, that should work. I will be counting on you for that, my cute and beautiful Magical Mountain!

He slowly got up and went near Heiji and Arys.

- I'm worried about you two. If you get like this just because you were nervous or annoyed because these past few days I wasn't with you, what will you do if I die? Will you be able to continue my work? Or will you ruin everything that I accomplished so far just because you two are too stubborn and too stupid to admit that you really like each other? Don't you look at me like that! Everyone here already knows that you two are much alike. Even if you were twin sisters, you couldn't be more than you already are! Heiji, you are the most stubborn, hard-working and strong-minded little girl that I ever met! Arys, you are not only extremely beautiful, but you are a real prodigy concerning Magic. And because you also have a strong mind and you are such a hard worker, you shame any Mage in this world! Your Kingdoms will be very lucky to have you as their ruler, as long as you put inside your stubborn thick heads that everything is not only about you. The people are what makes a Kingdom great or not. And you two, always trying to start a fight, can cause your Kingdoms to fall into flames. Don't you realize that? It's not so difficult to understand this!

Heiji was looking at the floor, completely serious. Arys was looking at Heiji's head as if she was trying to guess what Heiji was thinking. Then, they did the most surprising thing. They faced Seya and shouted at the same time while smiling.

- So, I must make sure that you don't die on me!

They both looked at each other, surprised. Heiji was the first to speak, after a few seconds of thinking.

- You know, even if it hurts my butt because of this, I love to fight you! You annoy me so much, but it's so fun when you try to hit me and I hit you back!

Arys smiled and grabbed Heiji's hands.

- Yeah, me too! I never had a girl with whom I liked so much to fight! But maybe it's better if we fight when we are alone, to not worry other people! What do you say?

- Yeah, I don't want to see my big brother so worried! Truce?

- Yes, at least, near other people! When we are alone, I'm going for your neck!

Heiji laughed while hugging Arys.

- Ahahahah! And I'm going for those beautiful white pointy ears!

Seya shook his head, shocked about such development. He looked at his friends and they were either smiling or shrugging their shoulders. Duncan put one arm over John's shoulder and whispered.

- You know, little brother, it's nice seeing them like that! I was getting kind of worried.

- Yeah, big brother, we can now finally relax! It was getting tiring! I wonder how long this truce will last?

- Beats me. But it's up to us to put some senses into their heads if they forget about it. But I can' beat Arys, I could never hurt her!

John smiled and whispered back.

- What do you say, if they return to their old ways, I knock out your Princess and you take care of mine!

Duncan squeezed John.

- You are saying that only because you are afraid of Princess Heiji, right?

- Of course! I'm not stupid to fight her! She scares me!

Duncan laughed and tapped John's back while whispering to him.

- Then, you must make sure to kiss her and love her a lot. That way, you just need to say to her that you get sad seeing her behaving like she was doing. I'm sure that she will melt by looking at your sad eyes! Heheheh!

- That's… actually a good idea… she likes to be pampered… I think Seya spoiled her!

They both turned to Seya, that was being hugged by two crying and smiling Princesses while he was calling Ryn, asking for help.