Magi: A Tale of a New Beginning

Scroll 17: Setta's Adventure

'Not bad.' He smirked and watched it now with interest. Their battle continued until Aladdin used sound magic and attacked each other. It resulted to them showing their magic crystal.

'This is bad.'

Aladdin and Titus were both surprised to see that they had the same thing on their arms so they tried to finish it off. Matal Mogamett stopped them and declared it a tie. Titus didn't look like he was himself and tried to attack Aladdin but Setta jumped in front and protected Aladdin with his gravity magic.

"That's enough, Titus." Many were astounded with what he did but soon returned to normal after the grandmaster announced that it was time to go back to their own dorms. Before anyone could go back, Setta used a light amnesiac magic that will erase a certain part of their memory. It will waver the memory of the teachers but will completely erase that of the students.

"Fiqdan aldhdhakira." He muttered.

"Setta? Let's go." Aladdin was about to take a step but fainted afterwards. The purple haired magician quickly slid to catch him. It looked like he exhausted his magoi and had a slight cut on his head.

"You should have been a little careful you know." He sighed before carrying the little magi to his room and tend to his injuries. With a slight help from Sphintus, Aladdin was now fine. The good news was that the two were given a chance to have a direct recommendation while the bad news was that Titus was locked in solitary after what he had done.

The others left for dinner while Setta stayed and watched Aladdin. He noticed a slight shine on his forehead and the mark of King Solomon.

"So he was having that dream huh? It must be nice to see them. I hope we can vision them as well." Aladdin woke up and quickly sat while thinking about it and Titus. He noticed Setta and gave him a questioning look.

"So you've seen the place? I bet you have a lot of questions to ask." He smiled and looked at the ceiling, suddenly finding it interesting.

"Who are you really, Setta-kun? Azami-nee is also different."

"You already know the answer and even Azami-nee will tell you the same thing. We came here because of him so you don't have to worry. We're here to help you defeat them."

"Setta-kun." The boy scoffed and gave him an apple to eat. They ate in silence before Settta decided to leave. The following days were eventful. Aladdin and Titus had a talk with each other about magi, Titus asking who Setta was and why he was so cold to him, Setta having a small talk with Matal Mogamett and a visit to the city.

What they visited was the 5th district where about 3/4 of the population was found. It was disturbing to know that Magnostadt was keeping these people down there but the fact that these people also lost their will was enough for him to know why. They were discovered and was supposed to be placed under solitary if it wasn't for Myers' pleas. Due to this, Matal Mogamett gave them a seminar about goi and the reason why they were to be hated.

'Is he for real? Not all are like this. Humans are greedy and all but along side it resides a light. I understand it but it isn't right to treat them like this.'

Aladdin defended them and Mogamett let them go back there again and ask for Marga, a very sick girl whom Titus wanted to help. Setta came with them to see for himself but he noticed the way Mogamett looked at them. Even Aladdin could see it.

'He doesn't think of them as humans. He looked at them differently. More like, they're some livestock.'

Setta rushed back to his room and wrote a letter about it. He looked outside for any witness before calling out his magic. With an eagle perched on his forearm, he attached a letter to it and supplied its head with his magoi to direct it to find his sister. It flew away to accomplish its task.

"Let it reach her. This country is something."

Days passed by and they were able to raise their rank. Both Aladdin and Setta were both under Miss Irene's teaching and they learned more about magoi manipulation. Setta was able to have more knowledge about the black rukh they were keeping and formed a hypothesis that this was mostly from the magoi of those from the 5th district. Then it came to a time where Mogamett decided to prolong Marga's life. Titus changed but then what was more shocking was Titus being part of Mogamett's army.

"What is happening here?" Setta looked at them with worry in his eyes. Titus Alexius, part of Scheherazade's magoi; Aladdin, who's mission was to seek the truth about this country; these magicians who were obscured from the truth; and Mogamett, who hated the non-magicians. The rukh was taking different paths and it could only mean disturbance.

"A storm is about to come, Azami-nee. I just have to follow them and believe right?" He asked to himself as the rukh fluttered around him in assurance.

'I want to see you soon, Azami-nee.'

'Time is near, Setta.'

'We need to protect the magi, this world and that place. That is why we're here. Our new mission.'

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