The 1.000 year Great Sage ---> COMPLETED STORY

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Back to Gaya, Seya and his friends were silent in his Laboratory, looking at each other. Then, Ryn snorted.

- Well, it was going well until Seya scared everyone… What were you thinking?

Seya took a deep breath and he explained his suspicions, before some surprised eyes and some muffled shouts, during it. In the end, they all stood silent. Heiji was looking puzzled.

- Seya, we went to the Demonoid Island several times, when you wanted to train me. You even went there all alone. Why we never saw a Demonoid able to use Mind Magic or an intelligent one? Those things just want to eat!

- I don't know. Maybe he was hiding. Maybe there's more than one. Maybe some of them changed recently. Or maybe there's not anything like that and I'm wrong. Either way, we must be ready for the worst. And you guys, instead of being here wasting time, shouldn't you all be making a lot of Earth Crystals?

Ryn nodded.

- Yeah, you are right… and you? What are you going to do?

- Well, I need to deliver weapons and armour to the Human Conclave, so that they can have their troops ready. Remember that I took everything from them when there was an Empire? For them to help us, they need weapons.

- Yeah, I was thinking about how they would help in the fight. Ok, go and get back quickly, we will be here making Crystals. I see you are still cheating, by using those Big Crystals to make Magic Crystals for you, but we must do it by using the Binocular.

Seya pointed with his thumb to Hina and Zak.

- Or you could ask these two to put some Magical Programs in Big Crystals, to do the same cheating method that I use. What, after that Carriage, you think that making something like my Big Crystals is difficult? Really, your worst problem is being a lazy bunch! We have a few days to get ready, and all the Earth Magic that you can gather will be needed!

Arys frowned while touching one Big Crystal that was in the Automatic Creation Line.

- Well, while Hina tries to figure out the Program for these things, I will be making Magic Crystals. Call me when you figure it out. Like that, if you guys fail or take too much time, at least we will have the ones that I make. Duncan, do you want to help me?

- Of course. Anyone else wants to join us? Having two groups would be better, right?

Arys mumbled.

- Stupid boyfriend… I find an excuse to be near him and he spoils everything… stupid, stupid…

Seya heard her and smiled while opening a Gateway to the Human Conclave throne room. When the Gateway was dispersing, Seya saw Hina, Zak, Lionelia, and Ryn going to a table while Arys, Duncan, Heiji, and John were in another, picking their binoculars. Seya quickly greeted the Ministers of the Human Conclave, told why he came so suddenly and opened his Compressed Dimension near the ceiling. From there, came falling countless swords, daggers, arrows, armours and bows. When almost the entire room was full, the Ministers shouted for him to stop, and they took Seya to the back yard of the Castle. There was enough space in there for ten piles like the one Seya just made in the throne room. After he told the Ministers to deliver the weapons to the soldiers as fast as they could, Seya returned to his Laboratory.

What he saw, made him seat in a chair, completely surprised. There were many new tables with Big Magic Crystals that were making Magic Crystals non-stop and were delivered by a conveyor belt pushed by a Wind Crystal, to some bags. Seya was pointing to a bag with Compressed Dimension that was in the nearest table and before he could say anything, Hina nodded.

- Yup, it was very easy, actually. We thought it was going to take more time, to achieve this. But Gaya helped, she explained what she could feel about the Magical Programs in the Big Crystals, so, we made new Big Crystals with the same Program. We were just leaving for the Entertainment Room to play, while these Automatic Production Lines work for us. We now understand why you like to cheat by using this way, we can have more free time with this! Do you want to join us? Or are you going to faint? You don't look so good…

Seya made a small smile.

- Sorry… I was… surprised. I never thought you guys were going to do this so quickly! I was away for not even one hour! I think I now understand why Ryn had so much trouble with my Magic in the beginning…

That granted him a smack in the head from Ryn.

- Now you realize that? You are more stupid than I thought! Argh! Saying something like that is your way of saying you are sorry for being so mean to me? You must do better than that, you know?

Seya quickly grabbed Ryn's hand and pulled her in.

- You are right. But I wasn't being mean just for being mean, I was trying that you got to your full potential. I sensed your Magic in the Examination Day, I knew you were more powerful than you looked. And now, you don't even realize that you are the most powerful of our friends. If you trust yourself more and concentrate instead of drifting your mind like you always do, you would be able to do some amazing things.

Ryn looked around, everyone was looking surprised at her, except Heiji, she was nodding her head.

- Yes, Ryn. I knew it already. You are at the level that Seya was when he was ten years old. And at that age, I heard that he could defeat a Big Demonoid, all alone. Do you know anyone that did that recently? And she even created a brand-new Water Magic?

Lionelia was pouting.

- Not fair… I need to train more…

Seya kissed Ryn, taking her by surprise.

- Now, go play, you distractive pretty girl, I need to do some things while I still have time.

- What are you up too? Something crazy, I bet.

Seya pointed to his drawings on the table.

- Yup, some funny things, actually. You will like it. If you have time and are willing too, you could help me by inviting that Minstrel, Cacofonix, to perform here this evening. I could test some things that I want to do, and it would also be fun. Agree with him his payment, with an extra for being in so short notice. Myra, if you invite Erza, I want to talk to her before the show. I have an idea that's begging for someone with her expertise because I will need someone to help me put my idea into practice.

Myra tilted her head sideways.

- You are going to do something impossible again, for sure. Can we eat before that? It's almost lunchtime.

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After lunch, Seya was back into his Laboratory. He was looking to a drawing and thinking. He then picked his Communicator Crystal and called Baron Frank.

- Baron, I have a request for Milady Margaret, if she is available.

- I am here Milord, how can I be of assistance?

Seya opened a Gateway and on the other side, Margaret and Frank Macleod were looking at him, seated at the table of the Meeting Room. Seya crossed it and placed his drawing on the table.

- Can Milady Margaret see if the women that work in the sewing crew, can do this?

While Margaret was looking at the drawing, Seya placed in the corner of the room the skin of a Big Snake.

- I would like if they used this skin because fabric or fur won't do, it needs to be strong.

- But Milord… is this some sort of clothing?

- Yes, it's a Body Suit. I need it for a project that I want to do. It's going to be put inside an armour and filled with small Magic Crystals. Because Crystals have sharp edges, I need this skin.

- Ok, I will show this to them early in the morning.

- That would be perfect, thank you. I must go, I want to work on another project.

Milady Margaret and her husband were smiling.

- Always working… I bet there's some strange thing appearing one of these days…

- I hope so…

Seya returned to his Laboratory and bowed as a farewell. When the Gateway dispersed, he seated at the table again and picked up a new drawing from a nearby pile.

While he was concentrated, little Aria appeared and she seated on an empty chair, watching closely at what he was doing in complete silence, for not to disturb him.

Seya was looking at the drawing and making some very intricate metal parts, by melting some swords and daggers into a rock mold. Soon, he had a pedestal with a large thing that looked like a binocular with a Light Magic Crystal inside. Next to it, another pedestal with a small hollow globe with another Light Crystal.

He smiled and winked his eye to Aria. He then made a large cube with a transparent window in front. Looking through it, Aria could clearly see a small Light Crystal inside that cube. On one side of it, there was a place large enough to hold a small Crystal.

While Aria was touching the window, Seya finished a small square table with a hole in one corner to hold a Crystal and a strange thing that looked like a small tuba. When she looked at it, she recognized what it was.

- No way! You made a gramophone! Knnya… knnya… knnya… And I bet that this pedestal with this globe is a microphone! But this cube with the window and that tall binocular, I don't get it.

Seya went to the binocular and pointed it at Aria. He then placed his finger almost touching a very small Magic Crystal.

- Get ready, when I say so, sing something to me. I will press this Crystal to start recording. Get ready, lights, and… action!

Seya pressed the Crystal and Aria instead of singing, started to laugh.

- Knnya… knnya… knnya… no way, you made a recording camera! I get it now, that thing is a television! Knnya… knnya… knnya…

Seya took his finger from the small Crystal in the binocular and he complained.

- Hey, you were supposed to sing! Ok, let's see how this turned out.

Seya opened a small hatch in the binocular left side and took a small Light Crystal from the inside. He then placed it at his place in the cube and touched a very small Light Crystal that was on top. A light started to spread from the Light Crystal inside the cube and the image of Aria laughing and everything at her back and around her appeared in a perfect image in the window. Seya went to the binocular again and pressed a different Crystal on it.

Aria's image looking back at Seya while kneeled near the cube was being captured and transmitted back to the cube. Aria clapped her hands, overly excited.

- Cool, you made a Camera, a Television and a way to transmit live! So, if I go to this globe… I must press this small Crystal on top? There's another one at the bottom, what they do?

- On the top, it's for recording. The bottom one, to transmit live. Can you test the one at the top and sing?

Aria pressed the Crystal as she was told and for the next minutes, she sang. Seya couldn't believe, her singing voice was amazingly beautiful. Without him realizing at first, tears began to fall from his eyes because Aria was singing the same song that his mother used to sing to him when he was still a baby.

When Aria finished, she made a small smile towards Seya while he quickly wiped his tears. She then pressed the bottom Crystal and her voice came from the gramophone.

- You really like this song, don't you?

- Yes… it's amazingly beautiful. And your voice as well.

Aria went to the gramophone and she placed the small Crystal that she took from the microphone. She easily found the small Crystal to make it work. She stood there, slowly dancing while her voice was coming from the tuba. When the music finished, she went to Seya that was seated in a nearby chair, smiling.

- You can have that Crystal with my song, and like that, you can hear me every time you feel like it.

- Yeah… thank you. I really like that song, I wonder who wrote it.

- I did, ages ago. I inadvertently started to sing it a few times, when I was happy. Some people heard me, and that song spread. Mothers started to use it to put their babies to sleep, as a lullaby.

- I know it used to work for me when I was little. Thanks, I will treasure that Crystal, forever.

Aria caressed his right cheek.

- You're welcome. Try not to die on me, any time soon. Or you will not be able to enjoy my song.

- I will try, my cute little Goddess. I can't promise, because a lot of things can go wrong in that dreadful Island.

A voice came from the door of the Laboratory. Lionelia was there, with her hands on her hips and frowning.

- So, what do we have here… I can't leave you alone for an instant, can I? You immediately try to seduce any girl that you see…

Ryn was next to her, puzzled at the sight of Aria still with her little hand over Seya's cheek. She slowly retrieved her hand and with a smile, vanished, leaving Seya behind, to face those two jealous girlfriends. Arys was slowly shaking her head.

- Disgusting, not even little girls are safe from you…

Seya scratched his head and tried to explain.

- Yeah, I know how this looks. I'm not even going to try to explain myself, you all know how much I like little Aria. We were having a friendly moment, just that. She helped to test my new creations. I want to use them on the show of Cacofonix and…

At that moment, Seya noticed that behind Ryn, Erza was holding hands with Myra.

- Cool, Erza is here! Come, I want to explain to you what these things are and see if you can manage the time to take care of some business Companies that will surely arise because of this.

Lionelia looked at Ryn while pointing her head towards Seya.

- He doesn't even try to apologise, he just changes the subject. The nerve of this guy! I think we need to punish him, later.

Seya shrugged his shoulders with a smile and he started to explain the functioning of the Microphone, the Gramophone, the Recording Camera, and the Television. He even explained how they could be used, to begin a Recording and Transmission business for the songs and a Studio, for the Camera and the Television. Erza was taking some notes on a small notebook that she quickly took from her belt purse, as soon as Seya started his explanation. When he finished and the others were testing it, she was still writing. A few moments later, she was questioning him, about some of her ideas for the use and spread of that equipment.

- Since it uses Light Magic like the Communicator Device, people will easily understand how to use it. If we explain this equipment like that, this new form of entertainment will easily spread all over the world.

- I see… Don't forget, you need to make some sort of contract so that people that record their image or songs, could get some money every time people buy one Crystal of their performance. And of course, a fair wage every time they do a live performance that can be transmitted to the Televisions. With this equipment, anyone in the world can hear Cacofonix music or see him perform, even if they live far away.

Erza seriously nodded, while taking some notes.

- I understand. Yes, it's a very good idea. By the way, I was talking with Myra after we contacted Cacofonix. We thought it would be a good idea having the Geisha Miriam performing first, to start the show, and Cacofonix would be the main event, coming after her. We could use the Microphone for them to sing to it and like that, recording for future sales and, filming everything with the Camera. For afterwards sales, as well. We already talked with them and Gaya sent the announcement to everyone living here. The Royal Families of every Kingdom were also invited, as where a lot of Nobles and rich Merchants that are willing to pay the huge amount of money that we asked for. For the residents, this show will be free, of course.

Seya smiled, Erza was as good as Hina said.

- Perfect. You are hired. The companies that are going to take care of the Microphone, the Camera, the Television and the Gramophone, are yours and Myra responsibilities. I just want a small percentage for my ideas, of course.

While Erza and Myra were saying that they couldn't accept, Arys grumbled.

- Not fair… they will get a lot of money from this, I bet…

Seya looked at her and raised one eyebrow.

- Yeah, like if the future ruler of the RabbitKind would have any free time to take care of the huge amount of work that these things will require!

Hearing that, Arys made a weird smile towards Erza.

- Yeah, our fight for the crown in the Denar'an Auditorium will be tomorrow. I can't wait…

Erza gulped. The way Arys was looking at her was scary! Seya poked Arys' nose.

- Try not to kill her, ok? I need her for these things!

- If she dies, she dies… and you find someone else. Easy, right? Hehehehe!

Myra tried to smile because Arys was joking. She was joking, right?

- Arys… I… you…

Arys put her tongue out, a little sideways.

- Calm down, Myra, I'm not going to kill her… I'm just going to make her piss her underwear. Hehehehe!

Myra looked at Erza, she was terrified. Seya shook his head, that RabbitKind girl never learns. Maybe that strange way of acting was her own way of saying that she was trying to forgive her sister because up until recently, she avoided talking about her.

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