In the realm of Zariel, every person can manipulate one of the four elements their zodiac belongs to - Fire, Earth, Air or Water.
Tamie Wingfield dreams to become the greatest Zodiac Master of all time. For that, she decides to join the Rose Cruce...
Blackness had engulfed the whole area. Tamie was in a dark palace under the starry sky.
W... Where am I? She saw a black balcony before her, spreading out to the snowy mountains in the black night. She instinctively ran out there and gazed at the mountains. I'm in Zefiron?! (Zefiron was the magical realm she had created in her stories). W... Why am I in Zefiron? No... The black palace of Noiron... Don't tell me I'm in his dwelling?!
"Good guess, Goddess..." an evil chuckle sounded from the behind, accompanied by a gruesome clap. She gulped and turned back, to see a dark-blue-haired, shimmering-icy-blue-eyed guy dressed in blackened clothes come out of the darkness.
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I... I should let him know I'm Melodia! Tamie remembered how this guy was in love with her main heroine, Melodia, whom she had designed under her own influence. But these people speak either French or Japanese in this realm! Ugh, why did I even design it like that? She got angry at herself. She couldn't think straight whilst she was in a dream. All her thoughts were instinctive, as well as her actions. So she, deciding to talk in French with the boy, said a little tremblingly (for she well knew what the guy she saw before her, was capable of, and no matter she was in a dream, she still feared pain and death):
"Jin, c'est moi, Melodia..." she trembled when felt she had reached the end of the balcony, and as she couldn't remember the simple words, 's'il vous plait' in French which she would easily remember if she were awake, she yelled in Japanese now: "Onegaishimasu!"
In return, she heard a sarcastic chuckle again. She felt how the boy touched her chin and made her look up in his sparkling icy eyes.
"Drop the formalities. I know too well who you are, Tamie... I've just called you Goddess, haven't I?"
Tamie now gasped as she guessed what he meant - Goddess... The creator of these stories! He knew she was the one who created him.
"What do you want, Jin?"
The boy grinned:
"Now now then, is that any way to refer to the demon lord?! I have serious business to discuss with you, so you are to call me Kokujin, you little careless child".
Main was not to make him mad, so Tamie obediently nodded:
"What business, Lord Kokujin?"
"I saw all that happened in the real world..."
"So it was really you?"
He truly came to her rescue?! But how? She was only Rank One!
"Goddess, you believe you created me?"
"Um, yes..."
"Chigau! (Wrong! - Japanese) We are intertwined, you little fool! We both created each other! Or you think your personality formed that way all because of your efforts? Who was that little kid crying her heart out to me when there were no friends to console her? Or you've forgotten all that?! Have you any idea how great a heart attack you gave me when that damn purple lady's shot came towards you? Have you any idea what I felt?" he grabbed the trembling girl's chin again and pierced her eyes with his own: "Don't you dare ever frighten me like that again, or I won't appear in the form of soft Blade Warrior Byakuya. I guarantee I'll appear in my Kokujin form and engulf all your surroundings in torturous darkness, you got that? Or now when you've met new friends you've forgotten about me, or our motto, that your life does not belong only to you?"
Tamie widened eyes, for she guessed the boy was right - he was her muse, after all. His life was intertwined with hers. She shouldn't throw her life away like that and thus threaten his existence... Tears gushed from her eyes. She recalled how terrified she was when Fiorette launched that powerful attack towards them... It was truly so dreadful!
"I... I'm sorry!" she cuddled with his chest. "Jin, I'm sorry!"
"Goodness..." Jin embraced her in his soft arms, gifting his warmth to her. "Tamie, never throw your life in such danger again. Do not die on me, Tamie, I love you... I want to inspire you more and more as your life goes. I want us to be together, whoever you choose in real life later on... I don't care. I shall steal his face too. I am your muse, and in the dream world, you are mine. When you wake up now, you shall be Rank Five already. You will be able to summon Ronna, your green dragon, so let her help you whenever you need. When you reach Rank Six, I shall emerge," he kissed her on the head. "Also, thank you for choosing Writer Class".
Tamie gasped - summon Ronna the green dragon? That was amazing!
"I'll be glad to see you in real life, Kokujin".
"Well, until then, Goddess... Au revoir..." (goodbye - French)
Tamie's vision went blurred. It all swirled around and vanished...
