The school trip was filled to the
brim with trouble. Probably the most
action packed three days of my time here. It started with simple interference from
troublemakers in the Kansai Magic Association, then escalated into something
huge.
We
didn’t even get to do much this time!
Konoka was targeted by the rouge
group while the students were sleeping, so Negi, Asuna, Setsuna and I went to
save her. It wasn’t a problem since only
one mage was fighting us, but it only got worse as the trip went on.
During
the trip Nodoka ended up forming a Pactio with Negi-sensei.
It would prove an integral part of
overcoming this trial. Her artefact
allows her to read the surface thoughts of those whose name she knows. When they made their big move it saved Negi
in his fight with Kotarou Inugami. Negi
and Asuna barely managed to beat him with some improvised magic from Negi and
support from Asuna and Nodoka.
If you
hadn’t forced us to focus on enjoying the trip with everyone we could have
helped you know!
I had decided to stay with Setsuna
and help protect Konoka. My assistance
proved to be of little use as Tsukuyomi took on Setsuna, and I couldn’t stand
up to Fate and Chigusa. So Setsuna was
injured protecting Konoka and her dormant powers came to light. We escaped to her family home in Kyoto which
happened to be the headquarters of the Kansai Magic Association. Negi was able to deliver the letter from the
headmaster to his son-in-law (Konoka’s father/head of Kansai Magic Association)
and our problems looked like they were over.
Then
everything went to hell.
Things
took a big turn for the worse.
In the middle of the night, Fate
broke through the magic barriers surrounding the house and turned nearly
everyone to stone. Thanks to my immunity
to magic the only thing I lost were my clothes.
I fled from him, found suitable replacements and joined Negi, Asuna and
Setsuna in chasing after him and Chigusa after they made off with Konoka. Chigusa used Konoka’s powers to summon a
horde of demons to distract us and the situation was looking dire. Negi put up a wind barrier and formed a
pactio with Setsuna and we planned to let Negi go ahead to save Konoka. With Asuna’s artefact being able to
essentially one shot the demons, Setsuna’s demon slaying sword style and my
martial arts and magic we were able to hold our own. But the fact of the matter was that there
were too many for us to handle and go help Negi. Luckily, Yue had managed to escape and call
for back up. Kaede, Ku-Fei and Mana
showed up to assist us at Yue’s call. Alice
and Karen caught wind of the trouble brewing and demanded that I summon them to
help. Alice healed any injuries we had
and along with Karen, stayed to fight the demons until Mana and Ku-Fei arrived
to help.
Those
two were way too strong for middle schoolers.
Mana
has amazing gun skills and Ku-Fei’s martial arts was enough to hurt demons.
I rushed to go help Negi along with
Setsuna and Asuna. Negi was held up
again by Kotarou who was demanding a serious fight from him. I arrived in time to see Kaede step in and
allow Negi to go save Konoka. While I
could have gone with him, after hearing Kotarou state that he wouldn’t get
serious against a girl I asked Kaede to let me handle him. Ushering Asuna and Setsuna ahead I introduced
myself to Kotarou as Negi’s colleague and technical senpai. Being only four years older he assumed I was
just full of hot air, but when I got in a fighting stance he began to think
differently of me.
I fought him for most of the
remainder of the event. He had insane strength
for a ten year old, and a lot of combat experience. If I hadn’t copied Negi’s way of infusing his
body with magic to strengthen my strikes I might have lost. It also helped that I could cast spells while
we were trading blows. Kaede was
impressed with my combat prowess and told me she’d watch Kotarou while I go
catch up with Negi. I arrived in time to
see Negi and Asuna going up against Fate and losing. I wasn’t in any state to really help, but I
let a spell loose that Fate blocked easily.
All we did was stall for time, which was enough given the
circumstances. Evangeline somehow made
it outside of the school and not only sent Fate flying, but defeated the sealed
demon that Chigusa summoned with Konoka’s power in one shot. It was awe inspiring really. Fate tried to sneak attack her, but being a
true vampire she wasn’t fazed by his attack and he retreated upon realizing
this.
With the immediate threats resolved
Negi ended up succumbing to Fate’s petrification spell and was headed towards
the door to death.
Then Konoka
ened up giving him a smooch and formed a pactio with him. It awakened her powers and allowed her to
heal him and everyone else that was turned to stone.
The rest of the trip doesn’t really
need mentioning. But what does, is my
desire to get stronger. That Fate guy really
showed me how weak I am.
We can
get stronger together!
What
Karen said. We’ll be an invincible team if
we all gain more power.
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