The 1.000 year Great Sage ---> COMPLETED STORY

After lunch, Seya and his friends got out of a Gateway into the throne room of the Palace. Waiting for them where the King, the Minister of Magic and several Royal Mages. The Minister of Magic smiled and pointed with his hand at the doors leaving the throne room.

- Seems that we are all here. Shall we go then? I have some carriages already prepared.

Seya shook his head, he wanted to do it differently.

- If there is a Communicator Device on the Institute, we can use it to travel there.

The Minister of Magic took a Crystal out of his pocket.

- I see, using this Gateway Crystal?

Seya smiled, looking at the way the Minister was looking at the Crystal. He seemed like a little kid with a new toy.

- Yes. We just need to tell the person on the other side to say the authorization command. It will be a good away of stirring the waters over there, right from the beginning.

Princess Heiji had a scary look.

- Yeah, scare them first them crush them completely!

Seya lost his smile as soon as he noticed the dark mood of the Princess.

- We can also do that…

The Minister of Magic nodded.

- Ok, I'll make the call. It will be a good opportunity to test my Gateway Crystal.

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After the Minister made the connection and talked with the Scholar Mage on the Institute, the Scholar said the command word to authorize the Gateway. It started to appear the Light Door Frame and then the Dark Magic in the middle that spread until touching the Light Frame. The Gateway connected the Throne room to the Institute and the people of both sides could see each other as if they were looking through an open door. The Scholar Mage jolted, looking at that strange Magic.

- What's this? Is this Light Magic? And now Dark Magic?

The Minister of Magic tried to calm the Scholar.

- We will cross this Magic door now… everyone follow me, please.

The Scholar Mage almost fainted when he saw everyone crossing the Gateway and arriving at his room as if they were just crossing a normal door.

- What is this Magic? How is this possible?

The Minister of Magic just smiled.

- This as to do with the reason why we all came here. Shall we go to the Auditorium?

The Scholar Mage pointed to the door behind him while looking at the Gateway Magic dispersing itself just by a hand movement from Seya.

- Yes, please follow me. And welcome to the Institute, I'm Scholar Muryu.

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With the Minister of Magic at the front followed by the Royal Mages, Seya and his friends entered the Auditorium, where there was a pedestal and a high table at the center. All around them and elevated, Seya could see several old Mages and some younger, seated on big chairs. At the front and at a low level, there were the young Mages. Right in front and more elevated seated the old ones in more decorated chairs.

There was some noise of scattered talks amongst them that stopped as soon as the Minister went to the pedestal.

- Greetings, fellow Mages. I came here to tell all of you about an amazing discovery that this young man near me as made.

For centuries, Magic Crystals have been intriguing everyone. How they are made? How the Dwarfs find them? What more uses can we have for Magic Crystals? Well, all that will be answered now.

Those words were enough to start an uprising of voices, with some of them angrier than the others.

- Absurd! Like if anyone besides us could ever find the answers for all those questions! One needs to have a proper understanding of Magic itself, along with years of experience!

Seya imitated a 3rd-year student and the proud and defiant way of acting.

- And yet no one among all of you found out those exact answers.

- Because the creation of Magic Crystals belongs to the Goddess! And anyone that says otherwise is lying!

Seya hides a smile and he continued acting like a spoiled brat.

- Fortunately, I have a good relationship with her! Now, do you mind not being rude and let me explain myself?

The elder Scholar Mage looked like he was about to explode.

- Who do you think you are, young man? And what is a bunch of children doing in this honorable Institute?

Seya immediately increased his sense of Magic, to be warned from any sudden Magic Flow. He thought something was off.

- I'm Marquess Seya 'Taly' Denar'an Hinamoto. Me and my friends here are students of the National School of Knights and Magic. I'm sorry but I don't know who you are, and I don't like being called a liar. If you continue on that road, I'm going to punish you.

The elder Scholar Mage shouted while gathering his Magic.

- How dare you? I shall teach you a lesson! "Fire Bolt!"

Seya didn't move an inch. Instead, he reached out his arm and absorbed the Magic into the Crystals on his wrist bracelet before it even gets near him.

- Very good, a short chant. But I can do better. ||…Water Cage!||… and then…

He created a Water Cage, surrounding the old Mage. He then made the Cage collapse, getting the Mage completely wet.

Splash!

- Hey! I'm all wet!

- Did you notice that I absorbed your Magic and then I used a Water Magic without chanting? So many years of experience wasted if you need to do a chant to use Magic.

- What? That's impossible!

- Oh, you are going with that? And if I tell you that I've absorbed your Magic and placed on these Magic Crystals that I've created myself?

The elder Scholar Mage shouted, pointing an accusing finger at Seya.

- Lies! All Lies!

- Enough!

Seya threw a Dark ball of Compressed Dimension that surrounded the old Mage and disappeared along with him. Every Mage in the room was astonished by what just happened.

-Now that he's gone, can I continue? Or there's another one of you that wants to join him on my Compressed Dimension? There's still a lot of space, every one of you fits in there if needed.

All the Scholars at the Auditorium became restless.

- What?... Was that Dark Magic…How?... Only Demonoids and some RabbitKind can use it… and Half-Breeds RabbitKind!...

Muryu, the Scholar that guided them there, approached Seya.

- I'm sorry for doubting you but can you present any answers to those ancient questions?

- Certainly. Princess, if you please, "scorch" me.

Princess Heiji took one step forward and she looked all around the Auditorium, facing every Mage present there. She then raised her arm and gathered an enormous amount of Fire Magic that took the shape of a gigantic ball and she then threw it against Seya.

- "Scorching Earth!"

- What? Lookout!

That image of a gigantic ball being thrown made everyone shrink in their chairs, expecting a major explosion. Seya calmly absorbed all that Magic in his Magic Crystals. When they were full, he diverged the rest to his Compressed Dimension.

Seya was smiling, he was so proud of her.

- This is really a scary Magic, Princess!

Princess Heiji looked at the Mages in the Auditorium and shouted.

- Yeah, behold the amazing power of this little girl and be afraid! Be very afraid!

Muryu was near them, and he was so astonished that he almost shouted in surprise.

- How is that possible? Such amount of Fire Magic, it's unbelievable!

Seya placed his arm around Princess Heiji shoulders.

- And despite the Princess being the youngest in this room, she can do this.

Muryu was a little shaken.

- But what happened to all that Magic?

- I've placed it on these Magic Crystals. But because it was too much, the rest I've sent to my Compressed Dimension. I've created that Compressed Dimension with Dark and Light Magic.

Muryu had his mouth wide open while looking at Seya and to his colleagues around the Auditorium, that were listening in silence.

- That's not possible! Two incompatible Attributes can't be used together!

- Now, let me talk a little about Magic Flow and Control of Magic Flow.

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Seya explained his theory as he did to the students at school. At each minute passed, the scholars were more amazed. They slowly start to discuss all that amongst them and they then started questioning Seya on some mechanics. One of the younger Scholars seated in the Auditorium raised his hand.

- Can you prove your theory that by training Magic Control our Magic will also increase?

- The Princess already proved that. She's been training since she was 6 years old. And now she can easily defeat even a Royal Mage.

Princess Heiji proudly placed her hands on her waist.

- And I don't waste time with chants. I just throw a lot of Attack Magic. No matter how many attackers come at me, I defeat them all!

The same younger Scholar was gently smiling at the Princess.

- But eventually, your Magic will run out, Princess. I think that by now, you must be very tired and can't use any more Magic after that last demonstration.

- You're wrong. I still have enough Magic to defeat all of you. And even if my Magic ends, I have in this belt purse a big pile of Magic Crystals filled with Fire Magic. Oh, by the way, I made these Crystals last night, with my friends here.

With that, the Princess created a new uproar of voices in the Auditorium. All of the Mages were talking at the same time. Every now and then, Seya could understand some of it.

- … impossible… she's joking… a pile of Crystals on that little purse?... and they made the Crystals?...

Princess Heiji raised her belt purse so that everyone could see it.

- Yes, on this purse there's the same Magic that Seya used against that rude Elder Mage. This purse can hold 10kg of things.

The younger Scholar was scratching his head.

- I'm sorry Princess, but I think that's hard to believe.

The Princess calmly reached out to her purse and she started to take out and place on the table everything inside of it.

- Let me just take all out… what do I have here…a lot of Crystals, a change of clothes, hairbrush, some apples, a sword, 4 pairs of shoes, pocket money, school books, pencils… and… my family photo. I think now it's empty.

Muryu was looking at everything on top of the table.

- It's only missing a kitchen sink!

And the Scholars at the Auditorium were also astonished.

- … impossible… what's that Magic? ... How is it possible …

The Scholar Mage was comparing the size of the belt purse with everything on top of the table.

- The Princess was carrying all that? It wasn't heavy?

- No, it seemed empty, actually.

- But… how?

Seya just smiled and he addressed the Minister of Magic.

- Minister, can you please demonstrate with the Royal Mages how to create a Magic Crystal?

- Of course. Mages, assemble and begin!

The Royal Mages started to create one Magic Crystal. The Mages in the Auditorium couldn't believe their eyes. There it was, right in front of them, the creation of a Crystal with a rock ball, pressure by Wind Magic, Fire Magic to heat it up, more Magic and finally, more pressure. The Minister then opened the cracked rock ball and delivered the Crystal inside of it to Seya.

- One perfect Magic Crystal with Water Magic. A very beautiful one. Good job everyone! As expected of the Royal Mages!

- Thank you, Marquess. But it was all because of your guidance.

Muryu couldn't believe his own eyes.

- Can I see that? ... It's… it's really a Water Crystal! How is this possible?

- And for my last proof… Princess, assemble your troops and begin!

- Yes, Master! Let's go, everyone! Let's show them how we do things!

At the Princess command, all of Seya's friends went to their combined positions. They started to make Crystals at an astonishing speed, delivering one rock ball with a marble rock already inside to the next in line. That one would heat the ball and another one would put pressure while another of them would place Magic inside the marble. The ball was then delivered to the next in line to put more pressure.

From time to time, they changed the Magic that was placed in order to produce different Magic Crystals. The Mages that moments ago were surprised by the Royal Mages doing just one Crystal were now completely dumbfounded.

- … it's not possible… they are making Crystals nonstop… there's already a pile on the floor…

Seya waved his hands, some moments later.

- Stop you guys! That's too much!

Princess Heiji looked at the pile on the floor, made from the Crystals that fell from the table.

- Oops… sorry, we got carried away.

While Princess Arys looked sad.

- We could go on a little more, there's still some space on this table. I wanted some more Dark Crystals. I only have 5kg of them!

Scholar Muryu was analyzing the Crystals. He couldn't believe his own eyes!

- …. Some Fire Crystals… and some Wind Crystals… Water… Dark… Light… how is this possible?

- Let me explain my theory about Magic Crystals.

Princess Heiji looked with despise to the Mages at the Auditorium.

- Yeah, teach them as if they were little babies!

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Seya explained everything. Seeing the disbelieved faces of the Mages, he explained again, slowly. More slowly and with more detail than he had to do at school.

The Scholars were talking among them.

- So simple… unbelievable… can we do it also? ….

Seya waited for a while and then he continued.

- For achieving something like this, you need a lot of Magic Control. I don't know if anyone noticed but all these Crystals were created without a Magic Chant.

Scholar Muryu confirmed.

- He's right! I was right here standing next to them and I didn't hear even a whisper!

Princess Heiji placed her hands on her whips.

- Oh yeah, I'm really that good!

Princess Arys frowned.

- Hey, we also did it!

Princess Heiji pointed with her hands to all her friends.

- Oops… Yeah, we are really that good!

Seya smiled. His little sister looked very happy, every time that she talked about them.

- Magic Control allows for many things but what I think is more impressive, is the ability to create what I call Magical Program. With enough Magic Control and the correct visualization of the Program that you want to input on a Magic Crystal, you can create something as amazing as this… ||…Compressed Dimension open…||… my real size Magic Knight, with a control box.

All the Scholars stood up, with some of them pointing to the Magic Knight.

- …What is that?... It's a Knight?... a Magic Knight?...

- This Knight is just a wooden dummy with armor, with Crystals on its body. And this Control box has Crystals that sends Programs to the Crystals on the Knight. And if I move this and press this…

Scholar Muryu shouted.

- It's moving! And swinging the sword! It can't be a dummy!

- It really is just a wooden dummy. Let me explain the process of engraving a Magical Program on a Crystal.

Princess Heiji pointed her finger at the Scholars.

- Yeah, listen very carefully, for he is saying this only once!

And Princess Arys frowned again.

- I think I've heard that joke somewhere else!

Again, a more detailed explanation was needed. When Seya finished, many scholars were in silence while others were nodding in agreement, completely amazed.

Scholar Muryu was looking closely at the Magic Knight.

- But the amount of Magic Control and the visualization of the Program must be accurate. I think it's very difficult to achieve.

The Minister of Magic went to the stand and he addressed the Scholars.

- The Royal Mages have created a small Program to put on a Crystal that can be placed on a pen and it copies from another pen, what it's being written. It's simple but it was very hard to make at first. After the Royal Mages got used to it, they were able to make the same Magical Program on another Crystal at the first try.

Scholar Muryu was shaking while touching that unbelievable Magic Knight.

- All this and also that Magic door from before, it's too much!

- I almost forgot about that! Let me explain the Compressed Dimension Magic where that Elder rude Mage is and the Gateway Magic, that I've created some years ago.

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Scholar Muryu was nodding his head, after Seya's explanations.

- Very impressive. But it seems very hard for a Mage to be able to use those Magic's.

- You already saw the Princess purse. I've also made a one-shoulder bag with the same Magic and the weight limit of half an open wagon. And we came here using the Gateway Crystal of the Minister. I've made it possible for anyone to use those Magic's, even people without Magic.

Scholar Muryu almost fell to his knees, he had to put his hands on the nearby table.

- You did what?

- You heard me. I've created those two Magic's some years ago but only recently and using some ideas that Hina Motoama gave me, I was able to figure out a way for anyone to use them.

The Scholars of the Auditorium were mumbling.

- …What?... he did it?... who is he?... it can't be possible…

- Let me explain those Magic's and the uses. Keep in mind, this is only possible because of Magic Control and Magical Program imprinted on Magic Crystals.

Seya explained the mechanics behind his Magic's. He explained his Compressed Dimension, the Gateway and the Crystals that he made to anyone being able to recreate those Magic's. He explained about the recharge of the Big Crystals for the Gateway Crystals and his intention to deliver that to the Mages and the Adventurers Guilds.

At every explanation, the Mages were nodding in agreement while being in silence, astonished.

In the meantime, one particular little Princess was becoming angrier. The sight of those prideful Mages that were in front of her completely dumbfounded, was reaching her peak. She was about to explode.

Scholar Muryu could only stutter some words, after all that.

- … That's… really… Truly amazing!

Princess Heiji went to the stand, and with a deep breath, she shouted to the Scholars.

- Right now, you are all feeling very stupid, right?

Always up there on those fancy chairs, thinking that you were the most awesome group of Mages in the world and suddenly, a bunch of kids comes here and shows you that you are the kids, just scratching around Magic for all these years. Shame on you!

I hope this serves as a lesson of humility for all of you! You still have a lot to learn!

If we are this powerful and knowledgeable at our age, imagine what we'll be able to do at your age!

Princess Arys shook her head slowly while looking around the Auditorium.

- Puny little humans…

Seya tried to calm Princess Heiji.

- Princess, that was very harsh.

- No, it wasn't. You don't know how this group of Mages has been acting for a very long time, ridiculing anyone that would even talk about some new improvement or discovery. They always acted as if it was not one of them, it wasn't true! I'm sure that we have been stuck for years because of them!

Seya made a glance around and he looked very serious.

- I see…

Princess Heiji pointed with her hand at Seya and then, to her friends, while shouting.

- But that ends today! Behold my amazing brother Seya Hinamoto! Behold my amazing friends, the most powerful Mages in a few years!

Fear us! Worship us! Obey us! And for all of you, Mages of this Institute, I'll give a fair warning! Either you improve your behavior, your conduct and your knowledge of Magic or when I become Queen of Rohan, I'll make sure to have your heads!

Scholar Muryu tried to calm Princess Heiji, without being able to.

- But, Princess…

- Silence! The Princess is talking! All of you understood what I said?

The Scholars at the Auditorium where in shock, after Princess's Heiji words, and they answered slowly. Despite the fact that she was a little girl, she was indeed the Heir to the throne.

- … Yes, Princess…

Princess Heiji turned away and she looked at her friends and Seya with a very decisive look. Seya thought that he was seeing a full grown-up Princess and the future ruler of the Kingdom.

- Everyone, let's go. These guys have a lot to think about. Seya, Gateway to the throne room!

- Yes, my Princess. Let me just free that Elder Mage.

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