?Unlike before, Raze didn’t go out every day in search of trying to get to the bottom of his case. A lot of time had passed, and Ibarin’s position as the Principal of the Academy just got cemented more and more.
Raze had kept up with all of the news of the academy at least, and big changes were happening to the academy and himself as mages were getting recognized more and more for their power.
More focus was being placed at the academy. The reason why Raze didn’t step out of the doors was in case he would go mad trying to search for something again, he was afraid that maybe he would act out, and use his magic to harm others for the sake of his goal.
Yet today was just one of those days, a report with Ibarin conducting an interview had come on, and in order to clear his mind, he had decided to step into the outside world.
It was a sunny day, the skies were clear blue with few clouds in sight. For a moment, Raze had to cover his eyes, he had been cooped up inside for such a long time that it startled him.
Beginning his walk down the street, he had his hood up over his head. With his hood down, not as many people would recognize him anymore.
Since he hadn’t been in the news or was an important figure in the TV scene for long anyway, not many would remember what he looked like.
For him though, it had become a habit, and it was as if he was hiding from everything, a protective wall to avoid all the problems.
As he walked down the street, he looked at people talking in the coffee shops, groups huddled together glancing at him and whispering words to each other.
‘Are they talking about me… did they recognize who I was… but it wasn’t me, I didn’t do it… I didn’t do it, I was set up!’ Raze thought in his head.
The images of those talking around, they were turning dark, smiles on their faces as they surrounded, pointing and laughing at him.
Quickly, Raze needed to quicken his pace as he got out of the busy city area, and went over to a more quiet part of the city.
A local park built in the center of a building. It was gated, allowing him to go inside he could see people playing with their pets, and sitting on the benches.
‘It’s still hard for me to go outside.’ Raze thought as he took in a few deep breaths.
Another reason why he didn’t go out as much was because of this. Raze couldn’t hear the others but his mind would go rampant with thoughts.
He assumed the worst, assumed what they would think about him, and what they were talking about. Even if he was able to apply for a job, his heart would race and he could get far too tensed up thinking about what they would think about.
Walking forward, Raze had found an empty bench and decided to take a seat. It lit up slightly when he sat down and a cooling effect was emitted from the bench.
It was filled with magic, cooling him on the summer day. For a moment he felt a little at peace, but it was only for these few moments.
“Hey, did you hear what happened today, they found a person practicing Dark Magic!”
“I did hear! They say two officers were killed, and they were 3-star mages as well!”
Not too far from where Raze was, he could see a group of teenagers talking to one another. They were sitting in the grass discussing the latest news.
Since he could hear what they were talking about, he didn’t get the same feeling as before, but Raze didn’t dare look their way, and just continued listening to their conversation.
“Yeah, I heard that the mage wasn’t that strong, yet he managed to fend off a police squad, is it because he was using Dark Magic?”
The conversation continued between the kids, and Raze was listening to it in and out.
He knew the answer because Dark Magic was taboo, not even talented mages knew of its capabilities or how to handle it.
Essentially those who practiced Dark Magic had the upper hand because other mages didn’t know what the spells were capable of.
A lot of mage battles, one needed research into the magic and prior battles. Even himself hadn’t researched a lot into Dark Magic. freewёbn૦νeɭ.com
‘I wonder if I was to go against a Dark Mage, what I would do to battle against one.’ Raze started to think, trying to keep his mind occupied off of things.
Although he was a pacifist when it came to using magic to battle, he still didn’t let that stop his imagination. Just like a kid after watching their favorite battle shows.
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After looking into things the other day, Sabrina had made a call to her team, asking if she could visit one of the warehouses they made deliveries to.
The warehouse in question belonged to Idore. It wasn’t exactly her department but she was in a high enough position to request going along with one of the teams.
They were visiting, hoping to talk about a trade of crafted items to be embedded into the clothing to make them more powerful.
Things like buttons, markings, and so on. Right now, she was in the warehouse that was busy moving a number of products and was heading out to the team.
“Sabrina, are you coming? I thought you were interested in the talks,” one of the other team heads asked.
“Ah, it’s okay, I was more interested in the warehouse itself, you go ahead, and then I’ll leave when you guys leave as well,” Sabrina claimed.
With that, Sabrina was now on her own in the warehouse. Here she could see by the doors there were talented mages that were standing there.
High-level mages that didn’t look like typical workers. Then there were regular workers and magic workers helping with the movement of equipment.
‘Well, if I was to take a guess at where somewhere like this would hide something, then it would have to be….’
Looking around she could see one door that didn’t lead to the outside, and two guards were standing there.
Not a single person moved in and out.
While blending in by looking around with her head, she moved closer to the two guards that were keeping an eye on her.
As she got close, she cast a spell, whipping her finger away. The Light Magic entered both of their eyes and they soon started to feel sleepy, almost instantly.
‘I’m a talented 7-star mage, my magic can get through most of the others as my mana overwhelms them.’
Quickly with a little bit of Ice Magic she froze their feet and part of their back to make them appear as if they were still standing guard.
Right after that, she placed her ear against the wall. She couldn’t hear others on the other side and gave it a slight push.
Entering through the door, she closed it behind her, and continued to look in the place.
It was a separate room filled with wooden crates. There were no markings on the crates as for what the items were.
“Why would they separate these items from the others?” Sabrina thought.
Walking over, she went to the wooden crate and propped open the top, pushing the lid slightly off, and she could soon see what was inside. She didn’t even have to touch the items.
She could tell, it was illegal magic inhaling items, and there were hundreds of them.
‘Raze was right…’ Sabrina thought. ‘If I can just get the police to come here, and we can get the people involved, this will clear him of all the crimes they accused him of.’
‘We might not be able to link it to Ibarin, but we can at least clear his name.’
Not wanting to do more, she placed the lid back on, trying to make it appear as if she had never been here. After all, she didn’t want to be found out and then they clear the place before they were even able to run an investigation.
Turning around though, she crashed right into someone.
“What..” Were the only words that came out of Sabrina’s mouth.
“You are not meant to be in here,” the voice said.
‘How did I not sense him, I was using magic the whole time… and why is he here… why is Idore himself in this Warehouse!’ Sabrina thought.
Chapter 561 Learning About Dark Magic
Raze had stayed in the park for quite a while, listening to the conversation of the teenage mages until they had eventually left, and now the night sky was out.
No one had come to sit next to him, maybe because of the aura he was giving off. One could feel a disturbance in the air if they came close.
As for what Raze had been doing the entire time while he was there, he had his mind occupied in deep thought. He was thinking about what the teenagers had spoken about and was imagining himself going up against someone who knew Dark Magic.
‘This is extremely difficult to imagine, I haven’t met anyone that was able to use Dark Magic before, so whatever I am imagining isn’t a realistic way for me to counter. Because of the variables that are involved.’
His mind was occupied with the teenagers’ arguments, who were questioning what would happen to Alterian if there was ever a high star Dark mage? If a lower star Dark Mage can defeat higher star tiers than them, then wouldn’t a Dark Mage be the strongest mage there was in existence?
‘If I really wanted to get to the bottom of this case then the best thing to do would be to do some research into Dark Magic… but how would I even do that, and is that even allowed?’
‘It’s a taboo to learn Dark Magic, but to study about it surely that’s a different matter.’
Raze thought about it some more. If he wanted to find out about Dark Magic, there wouldn’t be a lot he could do. There were the restricted books in the librarys held in the Central Mage academy, but that was somewhere he couldn’t go.
The other option would be to talk to those that had learned Dark Magic as well. Figure out how they came across it. However, those people were quite scary to Raze. They had gone off the deep end, desperate to learn it to cause damage to others.
Involving himself with them, he just imagined that there would be another article waiting to be written about him if he was found out.
“I guess I should just forget about it. It’s a stupid thing to think about in the first place. There will never be an 8-star Dark Mage,” Raze said as he stood up.
That was when he had truly noticed that the sky was now black. With what time it was, he thought he should hurry home.
‘It will be a first that she is back before me,’ Raze thought. ‘I don’t want to worry her.’
Making his way back, Raze had arrived at their apartment room and he noticed something. At the front door, there were a few painted words.
It was the same profanity that was written, aimed at him since the incident in red paint. He had suspected that it was someone from the apartment since this continued, someone wanting them to leave.
However, Sabrina had stood her ground, shouting back at them. They were all friendly with them one day, and then turned on them the next. The reason why Raze noticed it, was because he hadn’t seen it in a long time.
‘Usually, every time Sabrina comes back, she cleans it away with her magic. She thought I didn’t notice, but I’m quite sensitive to mana,’ Raze thought.
Opening the door he didn’t think much of it. As he walked inside, that was until he could see that there were no shoes in the entrance. Taking his own off, he started to walk into the apartment.
“Sabrina!” Raze shouted. “Sabrina, are you here!”
Raze looked in the kitchen, the living room, he even gave a small knock on the toilet door, before opening it, yet there was no one.
“Well, she might be out with her friends after work, I’ll just send her a message to see if everything is okay.” Raze did that and continued on his day,
Usually, by this time he would treat himself to a drink, but for once, with his mind full of thoughts of Dark Magic, and Sabrina not being home at the usual time, he had decided to leave it.
‘She hasn’t read my message.’ Raze checked his phone and decided to give a call instead.
It was unusual, Sabrina would often reply back, or even let him know in advance if she had something. When calling, the phone didn’t even ring out. This was almost an impossibility.
The phones in Alterian ran on mana, as long as it was on a person they could always have it working. Sure there was a chance that she might have lost it, but there were many other things that were strange.
The day she lost her phone she had come home later than usual? And not even informed him beforehand like she usually would do. It was already extremely late.
With this in mind, Raze had decided to write out a note. Just in case Sabrina came back while he was out so she wouldn’t worry like him, and he headed out the door in search of her.
In his mind, Sabrina would be seen between their apartment and her work, it was a fifteen-minute walk. Going through the area, Raze went into every shop he could see on the way, he took a glance to see if there was anyone he could see.
“Is there something I could help you with, sir, a seat perhaps?”
“No, I’m just looking for someone,” Raze answered. “You haven’t seen a woman here have you, light brown hair, usually wearing a light-colored jacket thing, the one with the wrap that you can tighten the waist.”
Raze was never good at fashion; he had no clue what the words were for the type of jackets, not like his wife.
“There are a lot of people that come here, but I can’t remember anyone like that.”
After getting his answer, he continued going into every shop, asking the same question. At times there would be those that matched their description, but they weren’t the person he was looking for.
Suddenly in the situation he was in, his anxiety wasn’t hitting him. He was talking to others which he hadn’t done in years, and it was because there was something more important at stake for him.
In one of the restaurants he had entered Raze was even sure someone had recognized him and was whispering but he didn’t care as he continued forward, but he had failed.
“Arghh, it hurts, it hurts!” a voice was heard.
It was from one of the local parks. A place where kids would ride magical devices.
Going over to the noise, Raze was ready to look anywhere right now, even the whole country.
He was considering even flying up in the air and searching even though there were rules about that. When he entered the park, he could see kids were gathered around one of the kids.
They had had an accident on one of the rails, and their leg was twisted. When Raze pushed through the crowd he heard a soft voice.
“Don’t worry, this will heal up all good and well. There won’t be any pain or scar.” fгeewёbnoѵel.cσm
When the woman was done, she stood up and turned around and now her face was directly looking back at Raze.
“Sabrina, here you are, you’re here!” he said as he quickly hugged her tightly. He then pulled her away and was holding her,
“Is everything okay, are you alright?” Raze asked.
“I’m fine… but… I’m sorry.” Sabrina said, touching her head. “Who are you?”
Chapter 562 Even With a Loss Your Still The Same
Raze was pacing back and forth in his kitchen, biting his thumbnail. He was continuously just moving four steps ahead before doing a turn and moving the other way four steps again.
“Is everything okay?” Sabrina asked with a golden smile on her face.
Looking at her, Raze couldn’t help but scratch his head as he continued to pace back and forth.
“Of course it’s not okay, of course nothing’s okay, you somehow lost your memory!” Raze shouted. “And, I can’t believe that you would just trust me like that, and come back to someone’s house that’s practically a stranger, were you always like this?”
Not too long ago, Raze had been looking for Sabrina all around the city; he was unable to find her when he happened across her in a local park, healing one of the hurt teenagers.
After that, it didn’t take long, but Raze convinced her that he and she knew each other. He mentioned her full name, and asked what she could remember. According to her, she was a worker at a tailor shop.
The tailor shop in question Raze knew, it was the one that she worked at when the two of them had met. When he had just become a teacher at the academy, and needed some clothes.
However, she had no clue who Raze was, her memories were reverted back just before the two of them met.
He promised that the two knew each other, bringing out his phone he had shown pictures of the two of them together. After that, she had agreed to go home with him where he had shown more proof.
Wedding photos, time spent together, letters that they had written to each other including videos and more. It was enough to convince Sabrina but he felt like she was already convinced.
“I trusted you from the beginning,” Sabrina said, holding her hand next to her chest. “My magic core, it reacted to yours, I don’t think it would have for no reason, and it turns out the two of us really did have a life together.”
“But every time I look at all these things on the table, and see everything, it hurts my heart that I can’t remember what happened, I’m sorry.”
“Don’t say those words,” Raze said, turning around. “You can’t apologize to me, you can’t. If anything, I’m the one that should be saying those words.”
Raze had fallen to his knees and he was grabbing on tight to the side of Sabrina’s thighs. His tears soaking into her dress. While in this position, Sabrina couldn’t help but stroke the top of Raze’s head while using her Light magic, trying her best to comfort him. .cσ๓
After a quick sob Raze tried to compose himself, he got up off the ground and sat and cleared the table of all the memorabilia between the two.
“What we need to figure out is how this happened to you,” Raze said. “Everything had been fine for a long time, so why now of all times?”
Sabrina placed her finger on the bottom of her lip as she started to think.
“Well, I will try to look at this from an outsider’s point of view because right now I kind of feel like an outsider, so forgive me if I speak or say things that might hurt you.”
Just as always Sabrina was her gentle self.
“Has anything changed recently that would cause this in your lives?” Sabrina asked.
The most recent change between the two of them was Sabrina’s new job.
“Your work, but that was six months ago, and you had no problems. You would often return saying how good your work colleagues and boss were.”
“This event did happen after I finished work, or at least during work, according to what I know right?” Sabrina said. “So we have to keep it open as a possibility, but like you said, why would someone want to do that to me, did the two of you… sorry, did the two of us have any enemies? Those that would want to hurt us?”
What immediately sprung to Raze’s mind was the constant magic circles that were left in front of the door, and the painting on the walls. There were a lot of people that wished him dead, and perhaps his wife because of it.
Many of the parents at the academy as well.
‘What if they found out who Sabrina was, and tried to harm her because they couldn’t get to me…’
“It seems there are people you can think of,” Sabrina answered.
“There are too many, to the point where it would be hard to pinpoint a single person, especially if we don’t know anyone at your work,” Raze answered.
Sitting down the two of them thought about it some more, and that’s when Sabrina came up with an answer after letting out a big sigh.
“Well, if we can’t think of who had done this, then there is one thing we can do, and something that we would need to do either way,” Sabrina said. “We should focus on getting my memories back.”
“If I recall, there is a Light spell that can heal up any lingering magic that has been used. This has to be a spell or an enchanted item of sorts. So let’s just get rid of the spell.”
Thinking about it, Raze realized it was the perfect solution. The spell that would need to be used, was a high-level Light magic spell, and Sabrina was a 7-star mage, one that specialized in Light magic.
If there was one person that could get her memory back, it would be herself.
“But I don’t know the spell to do that, and the spell that would need to be cast would be at a high level,” Raze answered.
“Unfortunately I don’t know the spell either which is why I didn’t want to mention it, but the pictures that you showed me before, that’s the uniform of a teacher right. Couldn’t you enter the academy and get the spell book that would contain that information?” She asked.
Thinking about it, that was possible. The central library would certainly have the spell book. The thing was, Raze would never be allowed in the school after what had occurred.
Sneaking into the place would have been impossible for him as well. This was such an important matter, that Raze felt like there was no choice.
“I suppose I can ask someone for a favor. There is someone that might be able to help me,” Raze replied.
“Then I’ll come with you!” Sabrina stood up.
“No… I don’t want to cause you any more trouble, if you can, can you please just stay here, keep the doors locked. I’ll go first thing tomorrow, I should be able to catch him,” Raze answered.
That night, due to Sabrina and Raze’s state, the two of them had slept in different rooms. Sabrina had taken the spare room.
For Raze it was hard for him to sleep because he couldn’t stop thinking about what he needed to do and worrying about Sabrina.
‘There’s one more thing that keeps bothering me… Sabrina is a 7-star mage. Not just anyone would be able to take her memory without her knowing or by force. She wouldn’t be tricked… so just who did this!’
Chapter 563 A Meeting With An Old Friend
The next day had arrived, and Raze was surprised to see that Sabrina had cooked some food for the two of them. The place was a mess with cupboard doors left open and plates mismanaged, but it went down to not being able to find something.
“It’s strange, right?” Sabrina said as she placed her hair behind her ear, her cheeks blushing slightly red. “I know that I was probably the one that organized everything, where the plates go and the glasses, yet I still couldn’t guess where I would put them.”
Sabrina was right, she had organized everything, maybe some people didn’t know themselves as well as they thought.
Walking over, Raze sat down and ate the food in front of him. “You didn’t have to do this, I don’t want you to force yourself into doing anything for my sake.”
“Can you stop being stupid,” Sabrina said. “You think I was doing this because I feel sorry for you. I always do what I want and not what others tell me, and if you have really been with me so long, then you would know that as well.”
Raze had no argument against her; it was always hard for him to win a war of words with Sabrina, which maybe was what made him fall for her in the first place.
Even when picking the type of clothes to wear at the tailor shop, Raze wanted to go for the cheapest thing he could get. After learning about his profession, she had forced him to buy what she thought suited him for the type of job he had.
After then, he practically made up multiple excuses to come in and see her in the tailor shop every day. Sabrina had caught on to what he was trying to do, and she was the one that bit the bullet and asked him out.
Getting up from his seat, he opened the door and looked back at her. “Remember what I said, stay in here for the time being, we’ll get your memories back.”
Leaving the door, Raze had another thought in his mind. ‘All this time, you have been the one protecting me, shielding me, bringing me up. I was the type who didn’t like to do things that they didn’t want to do. I’m sure you forced yourself to smile when you didn’t feel like it, just to cheer me up. It’s time that I do things I don’t want to do for your sake as well.’
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Raze was taking the sky train; he had been on his phone sending messages back and forth for a while. His hands were tense, his heart was racing.
[Next stop, Central Mage Academy]
It was just past the morning, so there weren’t many on the sky train. As the students would have gotten to the academy bright in the morning for their lessons.
When he got off the stop, the long wide pathway to the school gate was in front of him, and a man in a long blazer that touched the floor, with round glasses on his face was standing in front of him.
“Ibarin… you’re here,” Raze said as he walked forward but stopped, not getting too close and just looking at him.
“It’s good to see you… and see that you’re well,” Ibarin commented.
Raze was biting his tongue; there was so much he wanted to say and ask. Why did he lie back in the courtroom, was it him that had set him up? Did the position mean so much to him?
If he had just asked, told Raze that he truly wanted to be principal then he would have happily given it to him, the person who he called friend.
“I think it’s best if we talk inside, in your office,” Raze asked.
“I can’t do that, Raze, you know I can’t,” Ibarin said. “If the students see you, and the parents get wind that I let you in the academy, then I could lose my position, I could lose everything.”
“Please,” Raze asked, clenching both of his hands. “I don’t even care what happened… I’m asking as a favor, the two of us used to be work colleagues, I saw you as a friend. I’m not asking for much, but I’m just asking for an hour in the academy at most, and I will be on my way.”
Ibarin didn’t answer straight away as he was thinking about it, but eventually gave his answer.
“I’m sorry, I can help you with other things, but I can’t let you take a step in this academy, you are banished from this place,” Ibarin answered and turned around.
The moment he did, the air sliced right by the side of his face. His long dangling hair he could see threads of it cut and falling to the floor.
“I have to go into the academy; there is something that I need. I was asking nicely for old times’ sake, but if you are refusing me, then I will fight!” Raze stated.
Ibarin turned around. “You want to fight… you, the pacifist Raze will fight?”
Lifting up his hands, Raze was already casting a large amount of his wind magic, and his mana was spewing out of his body.
“Do you think you could win?” Raze asked. “Because, I have nothing to lose!”
The look in Raze’s eyes, it was scaring Ibarin. Could he really win against Raze? During his time at the academy, he lost out to him in every aspect. Raze’s knowledge was undisputed when it came to magic.
At that point, Ibarin realized as he could feel his hands trembling he was scared of Raze. The whole time, although Raze was quiet, kept to himself and was a peaceful person, there was this underlying fear.
Raze wasn’t the type of person that aimed for power or fame. He didn’t care even when he had reached the 8th star. Something only few mages could reach, but what if that changed?
What if Raze was determined like others, what would happen then?
“Very well, you can come in, but bear in mind I will remember this, if anyone sees us, I will say that you forced me.”
Raze didn’t care as the two of them went in. The more time the two spent with each other, the more Raze feared he would lash out at Ibarin and perhaps start a real fight.
He wasn’t here for a fight though, he was here for something else. After talking to Ibarin he had informed him he wanted to go to the major library. The two had gone to Ibarin’s office, after he had handed him a set of magic keys.
This allowed him to open the door to the main library. “When I leave, I’ll place the keys back in your office, and you’ll never know I was here.”
“I hope I don’t see you again,” Ibarin said.
“The same for me,” Raze mumbled to himself as the door closed.
Searching the library, it didn’t take long for Raze to find what he was looking for. He had worked at the central academy for a number of years, so he knew what he wanted and he found the spell he needed in question.
‘With this, Sabrina will be able to get her memory back, although I am worried about what we might discover.’
With the book found Raze was ready to leave, but before he did, he passed a certain red door in the central library.
‘That’s where all the prohibited books are kept. The Central Mage Academy is also a place where history is kept, the good and the bad. In there, there would also be some books about Dark Magic as well, right?’
Raze found himself drawn to the red door, right now he had the keys to go inside. Before he wouldn’t have dared to look the books behind the door unless he had a purpose.
Ever since he had heard those kids talking about Dark Magic, he had it on his mind for a while.
Before he knew it the key was in the door and with a turn, the door flung open. A room filled with all sorts of different books.
Heading inside, it didn’t take long for him to find the books related to Dark Magic. There weren’t many, around five books or so, and some of them just looked like scribblings on a scroll rather than anything official.
“These are just for research purposes, it’s not like I’m actually going to learn Dark Magic,” Raze thought as he took everything there.
Chapter 564 Healing The Truth
After getting everything he needed, he held the pile of books and scrolls in his hand and decided to head to the office. It would be a long time until Ibarin would find out he had taken books from the prohibited section.
Hardly anyone checked the books in that place. Even when entering, it was only to place another book there. With the Central Academy being the place it was, with many of the most talented mages in the world gathering in one place and being lectured, there was a high level of security.
The only reason Raze was able to get in was because he had met the principal himself, Ibarin. With his talents, he could possibly sneak in, but it was far too risky.
And one had to remember that Raze was an 8-star mage. A number that could be counted on both hands, which was why it might have been only something he could have done.
With the keys in hand, he headed to Ibarin’s office, checked to see if he was in before entering, and found no one present, which he was at least thankful for.
Ibarin purposely didn’t turn up, perhaps because he didn’t want to see Raze again, and the feeling was mutual between the two. After placing his keys away, Raze continued to walk around the rest of the Academy, and before he knew it, as if on autopilot, his legs had taken him to his old classroom.
There wasn’t a lecture going on in his old class specifically at the moment; it was completely empty.
‘Did my legs just guide me here out of habit? Now that it’s recognized where we are, it’s taken a step in the same building?’ Raze thought.
Wandering in, he looked to see if much had changed, but it was nearly all the same. Everything down to the last detail. He hadn’t been gone long, after all.
There were some differences though, the items he had on the desk were cleared. The posters that would be placed on the walls, everything that had been set up in his way, had been removed, leaving no trace of Raze, as if he was never here to begin with.
‘Originally, I was so obsessed with finding out why Ibarin had done all of that. Why had he taken away my perfect life, my joy of research, and teaching the students that same joy.
‘I would go out every day searching for an answer. I was so fixated on trying to get my old life back… I nearly lost Sabrina as well.’
Having taken a glance at the book, Raze was confident Sabrina would get her memories back. So he would have her by his side again, but he had nearly lost her, the old her.
Whoever had removed her memories, they could have easily killed her afterward, and that was something he didn’t want to happen.
‘Sabrina is the only person that has come into my life, after everything that happened in the past, as long as she is okay, then everything will be fine.’
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Getting back to the apartment, there was a sigh of relief that had overcome Raze. He was worried that Ibarin might have ordered the local police or a guild to take care of him, reporting the fact that he had come back to the academy, but there was no such thing that had occurred.
Maybe because if that did happen, then there would be an even bigger case or report on the Academy’s hands and that would just fall back to Ibarin’s incompetence.
Raze was already imagining the headlines, a single mage manages to force the principal to his demands, enters academy. That would only look bad on him.
‘Maybe I should have just done something like that.’ Raze grinned to himself, but quickly shook his head at such foolish thoughts.
Entering the apartment, he was happy to see that Sabrina was still there. She had a smile on her face as she saw Raze.
“It looks like your mission was a success then!” Sabrina said.
“Yes.” Raze answered as he placed the pile of books down and handed over the one that she needed.
“It looks like you got more than what you needed.” Sabrina said.
“Ah, these are just for my own research. Not being part of the academy anymore, it’s the first time I’ve been able to study something that’s so in-depth.” He stated.
Sabrina got to work opening the book. It would take some time understanding the ins and outs of the spell. Especially a high star one. After that, she would actually have to draw up the magic circle, and possibly get the items required for it.
According to Raze, it shouldn’t be too much of a problem because Sabrina had a large amount of wealth accumulated from her job to use.
“You know Raze, I just have to tell you, I’m looking forward to getting my memories back. While you were away, I looked over the photos again, the future me… if that is the right term… I guess not really, but anyway, she looked really happy, and I can’t wait to experience that again.” Sabrina said as she stuck her head back into the books.
In the meantime, Raze had decided to pick up the few books that he could find that talked about Dark Magic as well as the scrolls. Some of the books were passed down techniques, talking about a few spells here and there.
One of the books was done by a past professor that leaned more into the side of researching Dark Magic. It talked about the basis of having a Dark Core.
The reason why Dark Magic was outlawed, and many people knew this, it was the requirement for one to get a Dark Core in the first place, or increase their affinity in getting a Dark Core.
‘This does make me wonder, even just learning a little bit of Dark Magic, seems to throw mages off. According to the spells that I have seen as well, Dark Magic has a basis of destruction.’
‘It’s almost a magic that is exclusively used for battling… and killing.’
Looking into it more, what also interested Raze was in the research, it was stated at times that Dark Magic research could even be found in other dimensions.
In particular, there were talks of finding Cursed items that had a side effect when being used on the user in some way, and the link to Dark Magic with that.
Looking up, he could see that Sabrina was already drawing the magic circle on the ground. She was a quick learner and had already figured out what needed to be done.
“Wait, aren’t any items required?” Raze asked.
“Not for this spell, I can just use my light magic. I’m not enchanting anything and my powers should be sufficient, I have a lot of Mana after all. Anyway, all is done… I have to say Raze, if there was one thing I was thankful for, it was meeting you all over again, and getting to fall in love with you again, I can tell you are a kind-hearted man.” Without giving a chance for Sabrina to reply, she activated her magic and the circle started to light up.
It lit her own body, overcoming it with a bright glow that soon started to fade away along with the magic circle, and Sabrina opened her eyes.
“Did it work… Can you remember me!” Raze said with excitement and worry.
“It worked.” Sabrina answered as tears rolled down her cheek, but they were tears of happiness between the two of them.
Quickly, Raze came forward and the two embraced in a tight hug. They held onto each other for a while and slowly started to waddle as if they were doing a dance.
“I thought I might have lost you forever, I’m so happy that it managed to work.” Raze said. “I’m sorry for ignoring you that whole time, I’m sorry for you having to deal with someone who just felt bad for himself. I was just being selfish and never thought about you.”
“Raze… I know what you are like, I know no matter what, you will always look out for me.” Sabrina answered. “But there is something I have to tell you, I remember everything… including what happened to me.”
“And the one that got rid of my memories, it was the leader of the Noble Guild, Idore.” She answered.
Chapter 565 Going Behind His Back
Sabrina went ahead and recalled everything; she remembered every last detail now that she had gotten her memory back. She was investigating the warehouse that belonged to the Noble Guild and what she had discovered in all of those crates.
When she turned around, the last person she expected to see was Idore. He didn’t say much to her but placed a round item on top of her head. After that, she couldn’t remember anything, apart from waking up in the park and losing her memories.
“There were so many crates there! We’ve uncovered a bigger operation than we thought. This isn’t just simply selling illegal substances to kids, with how much supply was there, they could be sending this all over Altieran!” Sabrina said.
“Just calm down for a moment,” Raze said, gesturing for her to sit back down. The two of them had been sitting as Raze heard everything she had to say.
“Alright, I know it’s just… you see these things happening on TV all the time, I just never thought I would be involved in it,” Sabrina said.
Raze didn’t like this at all. Everything made sense to him now, the strange feeling he had. How could anyone catch Sabrina by surprise with her magic skills, the only answer was for someone to be better skilled, and there were few who matched that criteria.
Now that it was clear it was Idore, another 8-star mage, it made sense, but right now, Raze didn’t want it to make sense, he didn’t want it to be him.
“Was Ibarin and Idore working together then, or did Idore’s product just happen to come into contact with the school?” Raze started to wonder.
“It could be possible that this is his Guild’s doing rather than his own,” Sabrina clicked her fingers afterwards. “That wouldn’t make sense why he cleared my memory then. It’s clear he wanted to hide this fact. But still, it’s hard to imagine, right?
“I mean, Idore is world-famous, head of the Noble Guild that has a boatload of money due to his enchanted items, would they really need to sell illegal items as well to increase their markup?
“I mean if this was found out, it would ruin his whole image of being a noble, and I just can’t see Idore doing that.”
Images flashed in Raze’s mind again, causing him to touch the side of his head as if he was going through a migraine.
‘That’s not true at all, although many on the outside would see it that way, including you, Sabrina, I know that he is capable of dark things, something like this would be child’s play compared to what he did in the past.’
In the end, Sabrina let out a big sigh. She knew it would be tough, if she went out there and made a report, the police would do next to nothing.
They would laugh it off, thinking that it was just some delusional mage trying to get their five minutes of fame.
“I just thought of something, I don’t think if we reported this anything would happen, but what if someone of equal influence reported this,” Sabrina suggested.
Raze wasn’t quite understanding what she meant.
“What if I talked to Gizin. He’s also one of the most influential people in the world because of his healing products.
“If he was to report this it would be taken as a serious matter. These problems are going on with companies that he is dealing with. He will be more inclined to investigate the situation so it doesn’t fall on him.
“I know him well, he’s done a lot for me and trusts me, so if I get to speak to him and convince him I’m sure he’ll help out,” Sabrina said.
She was excited by her plan and development, but when looking at Raze he didn’t seem to share the same excitement, and instead wasn’t even looking at her in the face.
“I think…we should just forget about this whole matter,” Raze answered. “Let’s not drag ourselves into this when we don’t have to.
“Right now, Idore thinks that you have lost your memory. He thinks that his operation is safe, and while he thinks that we are safe as well from him doing anything to us.”
“What!” Sabrina slammed her hands on the table. “Don’t you have any backbone! He removed my memories, if it was anyone else, then they might have been lost forever.
“He also might be the person behind ruining your life. We have to go after him, we have to do this. Are you scared, that you might have to fight him, that he might attack us, you’re an 8-
star mage as well you know!”
Sabrina was practically huffing and puffing at this point she was so vented up with frustration.
“I am scared,” Raze admitted as he turned and looked at her directly in the face. “I don’t care about what happened to me, I don’t care
about it anymore. The one thing I’m scared about more than anything is losing you!”
Sabrina immediately sat in her seat after that and folded her arms.
“Ah crap, and now I feel bad, when you put it that way and say something so sweet…”
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After much discussion, in the end, Sabrina had agreed. That the two of them would leave the whole thing be, that they wouldn’t go to Gizin or the police, and forget that this whole thing had ever happened.
The next day, Sabrina was at work as usual. She had her hands on a giant square tablet which doubled as an interactive screen.
Several designs were placed in front of her, along with information on enchantments and what could be used and what was needed. fɾeeweɓnѳveɭ.com
Higher-tier products needed her own involvement because it needed a high-star mage to perform them. At times, even Gizin would be required, since he also was a light magic-based mage.
It was said that those with Light Magic cores were kind-hearted people that was how they got said cores when learning magic in the first place.
“Sabrina are you okay, you haven’t touched the screen for even a second?” one of her work colleagues said.
“Yeah sorry, I just got a lot on my mind,” she replied back.
She was thinking about things, the anger inside her was building up. Because of Idore, Raze had to go back to the academy and get the book.
He had to revisit the place that had tortured him for the last few months, and now, they would be tortured again and again.
She knew Raze was a pushover, a person who needed to be forced to do things. She couldn’t believe that he had done something and knew how hard it would be for him.
‘I’m sorry Raze but this is something I have to do, for my sake and yours, I don’t want you to keep living in guilt over me, I will make sure everything goes away.’
With those thoughts in her mind, she exited out of the room and ran up the stairs. She then gave a knock at the main door, until she heard the words ‘Come in.’
Letting herself in, she was now looking at Gizin.
“I have something to tell you, sir.”
Chapter 566 Catching The Leader Of The Noble Guild
“I’m sorry,” Sabrina said, bowing her head, which she had already done numerous times throughout her talk. “I know this matter isn’t really one that directly involves you, but just thinking about the implications and how it could affect the whole of Alterian, I didn’t know who to turn to.”
“This matter is too big for me to try and just turn to the police or turn to news stations, because of who is involved in all of this.”
Sabrina had gone ahead to explain the details of what had occurred a few days ago. She had changed her story a bit. For one, she didn’t want to involve Raze, so she had never mentioned his name or the fact that this was originally connected to the Central Academy.
Instead, Sabrina explained that she had already found suspicious activities coming from the facility that they worked with. A member of the Noble Guild was the one supplying the products to a seller, and these were going into all sorts of places, including the Academy.
Of course, she as a person would have hated it if she was wrong, and there was a high chance that this was just done by someone working in the factory or someone in the Noble Guild who was looking to earn some money, so she investigated further and that’s when she was stopped by Idore herself.
Thankfully, she knew something was wrong, and had used a healing spell on herself allowing her to regain her memories.
Sitting at his desk, Gizin had a look of deep concern on his face, his wrinkles in his forehead deepening.
“No, you were right to come to me,” Gizin said. “I know what you’re thinking, and if what you are saying is true, then this is something that could be spread even further. Perhaps one of the biggest scandals in all of Alterian. To think that someone so important was involved in the matter.”
Gizin soon started to rumble in his desk drawer, scrambling away at the papers underneath. Sabrina was unsure if he had found what he was looking for as he had pulled nothing out, but instead just placed both of his hands on the table and looked directly at her.
“Have you told anyone about this matter yet? You haven’t gone to the police or anything like that?” Gizin asked.
“No,” Sabrina shook her head. “This is why I’m sorry, I didn’t think they could do something like that, but I know in your position, they might listen to you more.”
“Yes, yes,” Gizin nodded. “What I need to do myself before I go, is gather evidence. Since we’re doing business with the warehouse in question it shouldn’t be hard. It’s good that you haven’t told anyone.”
“If you had, it’s possible that the news could have spread to someone that Idore or the Noble Guild knew. Right now, while he thinks your memory has been removed, it’s best to make our move.”
Sabrina was happy to hear this, giving small nods moving the conversation along. What Gizin said was similar to what Raze had said, which was giving her more confidence.
“Just continue as you have been doing for now,” Gizin ordered. “Let me deal with the rest, and I’ll update you along the way.”
Before leaving the room, Sabrina bowed one more time saying her thanks, and left with a smile on her face. She had been having a fight in her own mind, whether or not she had done the right thing by getting Gizin involved, and she didn’t feel good about going behind Raze’s back, but she now felt like she had done the right thing.
“I know Raze would leave things as they were, he always did, that mage is the one that has no backbone. As usual, I’m the one that needs to look after him, sometimes he’s like a kid, other times he’s like a wise old man, but maybe that’s why I like him,” she smiled to herself.
The next few days things had been going as normal for Sabrina and Raze. She turned up at her work and did as she usually would. Once in a while, she would make eye contact with Gizin, and give him a small nod.
She was wondering if he had any more news but the fact that he didn’t call her in for a meeting meant that she wouldn’t push it, and as for Raze, he was becoming more adjusted to his current way of life.
He no longer went out on long crusades at night looking for the enemy, and he didn’t stay secluded in the apartment. He was going out more during the day.
While at home one day, though, Raze was looking at his calendar, and that’s when he saw that a specific day had been circled.
“I… almost forgot… that day I should do something, and get something.”
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One day at work, though, Sabrina had finally been called up into the office. She knew she had no big meetings, so she could only guess that this was to do with her meeting.
Heading into the room, there was the deep look and wrinkled forehead that Sabrina had seen last time.
“Is everything okay?” Sabrina asked. freēwēbηovel.c૦m
“Ah, yes of course, of course!” Gizin answered with a smile. “I just wanted to update you on the situation. I investigated the matter with a team of trusty employees and it looks like what you have found is true.”
“Right now, we’re working with the police forces to obtain strong evidence to be used in court, and to bring him down. This is like you imagined, and it goes far bigger than we thought. However, I’m still worried about something.”
“Still worried about something, worried about what?” Sabrina asked.
“I’m worried about you,” Gizin replied. “As we’re in the investigation stage, it’s possible that Idore might figure out that you were the one that reported all of this. Of course, I doubt he has any idea, but just in case, I want no harm to come to you. I think for now it’s best that you stay at home for the next few days. Take time off work, while we wrap up everything, just stay at home, understand?”
This was a normal reaction from Gizin, during her almost year now she had worked for the company she had always seen him act this way. His nice manners, and his caring nature for his employees.
It was the same person that had offered her this title in the first place. He had done a lot for her, and she didn’t want to bother him anymore.
“Understood,” she answered.
Staying at home, Sabrina had come up with an excuse that some holiday was given to her employees. She still hadn’t dared tell Raze the truth of the matter, she wanted it to be a big surprise for him when it was all over and done.
Maybe she could just turn on the TV one day and she could see the tears down his eyes, and she could claim she was the one that had done it all and was behind it.
Regardless, the two of them could spend some good time together again at home. A couple of days had passed by, and that’s when something had occurred that had surprised her.
“I need to go out and collect something,” Raze said. “I won’t be out long, do you mind just staying in for a bit?”
The phrase of words was a bit strange. Usually, Raze would ask Sabrina to come out with him, but instead, it was almost he was insisting on her staying behind, because of this, Sabrina, used to what had happened in the past, decided to give him some space.
“I didn’t realize you were getting so sick of staying with me already,” Sabrina folded her arms and pouted.
Raze didn’t say anything else but headed to the door and left. Sabrina’s pout had changed into a smile after that.
“That guy, he’s not good at keeping secrets at all,” Sabrina thought as she looked at the calendar. “I guess he didn’t forget.”
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Raze had gone to a few shops. After all, it was a special event for them. He had picked up what he needed from each of them, placing them in a box after.
“I think she’ll be happy with this, I don’t want to keep her waiting,” Raze said as he headed back to the apartment room.
He wandered up the stairs, and eventually reached the outside of the room, his hands holding onto the special box shaking slightly.
‘I don’t know why I’m so nervous,’ Raze thought as he went ahead and pushed the door open.
In doing so, as the door swung open, his eyes were locked onto the ground. His grip around the box loosened and it dropped to the floor, crashing to the ground and dropping everything within.
Staring at the ground, Raze watched as the red substance crawling like a dragon was inching its way forward to him. The red substance being blood, and the person lying on the ground next to it.
“Sabrina!” Raze shouted, but she wasn’t alone, a man stood right by her side.