The surrounding was nothing but plain white. Only the unusual thing in this place was a book floating up ahead.
After being suck into the mirror Luna found herself in her original body.
He was once again back as Dizian.
But, that didn't concern him, he was too focused on the book rather than celebrating.
He strode forward as he approached the floating book. Breathing in and out before extending his arm. Once his hand touched the surface, a gust of wind together with a blinding white light appeared as the surrounding changed.
Now, it was just like the place he saw when he entered the game. A meadow. The book was now on his grasps, he then eventually sat on the grassy ground as he immediately turn the page to the chapter he was previously on.
This time it was a Dimension Realm related topic together with Arc of time magic.
To think he'll get to know this sooner. No, in the first place it's very suspicious, was it because of Luna? Or perhaps himself? He doesn't know.
It was too early for him to celebrate, there's something that's making him anxious while reading this contents. He was indeed happy, however, it was all too sudden for him to know about this.
A way to return to his world.
As the book stated, dimension realm exists in this world. The good thing about this was, there's one in the academy, on it's deepest ground a sealed door can be found, chained up.
"Isn't it great?"
Dizian jolted as to when someone appeared beside him. Looking up, he couldn't help but to be shock.
A woman with a dark purplish hair was smiling down at him, wearing a uniform he's familiar with. Those golden wheat colored eyes was brightly looking at his mantle green orbs.
"Luna..?"
Why is she here? An illusion perhaps? Well it's possible, he is right now, in his original body.
"Don't be surprised, I'm just a projection made by the book," She said as she sat down beside him "Don't you want to go back? This is your chance." She added.
Dizian stayed silent, but he then let out a faint laughter. "That's true, however it won't be easy to get through to that door. It is after all one of the sacred place in this world."
Looking back at the book then to Luna. He couldn't help but thought, it's like she's different from her physical body, maybe because he's the one reside in it rather than her.
Almost everyday Dizian saw himself in the mirror- Luna's face rather. And he could tell, he cannot replace her, other than her appearance, her personality and aura was too different from him.
The eyes he sees every morning was not as lively as this one beside him. It was like she has something to look forward to, unlike Dizian who wasn't quite looking forward to something, worries and anxiety can only be felt.
"I thought you wanted to leave quickly? Return to your home- to your own world, am I wrong?" Luna stared at him that made dizian squint his eyes. Those large golden wheat orbs of her sparkling staring straight right at him. He was a sucker for that kind of eyes, for his sister always uses them whenever she was curious about something from him.
His lips twitch, "Well... it's far too early, no? I mean I've just been here for two weeks. And I may not seem like it, but I do want some thrill and adventure in my life."
Before Dizian even bat an eye onto the manga on his sister's room, he was a huge fan of mystery and supernatural genre. He have full shelf with it even- no, all the books in his room are either mystery or supernatural, horror are present too.
He was a lazy fellow, but he do crave for an adventure and thrill in his life. Sadly, he find his surrounding boring, colorless, dull, unexciting. If he wasn't taken over by laziness perhaps he's already set on a journey for an adventure, or may have been looking for one in the least.
"Hmm... I guess you are right," Luna agreed as she stood up abruptly and stretch, she then turn to Dizian smiling. "Well then, time to go back."
"What? Wait-!"
Suddenly, a great force started to pull him back. He saw himself getting further and further away from Luna and the book. Except, Luna was starting to vanish, her body deliberately fading into tiny particles of light as they were being sucked up by the book beside.
Before Luna could even vanish completely, Dizian screamed;
"Will... Will I see you once again?!"
He yelled. Luna's eyes widen, but then smiled again, putting her hands on her mouth walling it as she scream in response.
"Of course! Just find this book and I will surely be there with it!"
A smile then slip across dizian's slip as he faintly laughed and let the great force pull him back as a bright white light devoured him.
***
As of the moment, Shiki was holding Agapius as he looked at the beast with a glare.
It was as if his face darken, wind began to surround the two.
'How scary, I wonder what will Dizian do after finding out that this man cares about him? That'll surely be a wonderful view.'
Instead of being frightened, he was instead enjoying this. He was startled at first when Shiki suddenly grabbed him after the mirror consume Luna in.
"You... to think you'll do something this foolish." Shiki cried out.
Foolish? Well, maybe but that's the only way for her to acquire the sacred book. More importantly, she was one of the answer for the riddle.
'Shall I try to talk to him?' Agapius thought, staring immensely at Shiki.
All of a sudden, Shiki then let him go as he heaved a sigh, furrowing as he pinch the bridge of his nose.
"Never mind, why am I even speaking to you?" He uttered, glaring at agapius who looked at him innocently.
'Why am I even trying to communicate with this prideful beast.'
Shiki thought that it's better to not add fuel to the fire, instead he should just wait for Luna to come back. Well, he wouldn't really care whether that girl would come back alive or not, but, he knew she needed to be back alive and well.
Sitting beside near the door, he was starting to doze off. He should've just skipped his class this morning and went to sleep, last night he was too busy preparing for things that he didn't get a wink of sleep. Shiki can actually pull a continuous all nighter, unless he's really tired and his complexion was not in the best shape. In addition, the elixir he drank earlier only made him more sleepy and feeling all the fatigue.
As he was starting to feel his eyes being heavy a bright light suddenly shine right across the mirror . It was so bright that it's blinding. Once the light subside, there he saw Luna unconscious on the floor.
Shiki hurried to her side and checked her pulse on the neck. He sighed in relief to know she's still alive, there was no bruise or wound, she was just unconscious.
"Hey, your master- what the..?" Shiki glnace back calling Agapius but he was nowhere to be seen. Clicking his tongue he decided to carry luna up to his back, hopefully the side effect of the elixir won't be a burden.
Extending his arm as circular motion of wind started to build up in his palm facing the blocked passage which was facing the library. He was about to fire a blow when a hand touched him, stopping him. It was luna.
"Stop, don't do that. If you destroy that surely the outside will be destroyed as well and they'll try to find the culprit."
Luna asked for Shiki to let her down, she then roam her eye around looking for agapius.
'Where is he?'
As to when she was a bout to check the blocked passage, she heard a loud thud that made her turn around. Luna groaned when she saw Shiki collapsed on the floor, his heavy breathing can also be heard.
Luna crouched down poking Shiki's cheek. It seems like she won't be able to wake him up anytime soon. Staring at the man for a minute before deciding what to do, agapius appeared in front of her holding a hoodie as he hand it over.
"Wha-"
"Put it on, I have an idea," Agapius exclaimed. At the moment, he was on his human form-original form rather. "No need to change, just put that hoodie on and we're all set." He added when Luna looked at him puzzled.
She did what he said and just put on the hoodie, she was wearing a black shirt and pants, and the hoodie was too big, for it was her old body's clothes. Agapius either made her wear it to pretend she's on a walk or pretend to be on a walk who happened to see Shiki unconscious and carry him on his dorm.
Of course, it was the latter.
As of now, she's standing in front of the boys' dorm while carrying Shiki on her back. Two men was sitting on a bench near the entrance and approached her after. They introduced themselves as Shiki's roommates and said that they're keeping an eye if he returned from somewhere they don't know.
"Now I see, this bastard went on a date with the top student." Teased the guy with purple colored hair while taking Shiki from luna.
Luna smiled as she answered, "I saw him pitifully looking near the bench on the school entrance sleeping. He probably got dumped on his date and slept his broken heart off."
The two men tremble, she may be smiling but her eyes say otherwise. It's as if she's saying 'don't you dare pair me up with this bastard', with that the two flew off carrying Shiki.
Luna sighed as she leaves. Agapius used a teleportation spell so that they can get back on her room in a jiffy. There are, after all, a curfew at 11 o'clock, though it was already pass midnight, luckily teachers stop monitoring the campus in this hour. There are Blindspot for you couldn't get caught, like where the two men were staying earlier.
Once they have teleported back to Luna's room Agapius started teasing her. "You know, you and that boy would make a great pair." He declared.
"Urk- no, not a chance," Luna said with a sour expression. "But if I'm lucky enough to fall for that guy then, be happy." She then glower at agapius adding, "Oh! And Don't even think about doing anything."
"I'm not." Agapius pouted.
"Your face says otherwise, also get out, I have to change." She uttered waving her hands from him.
Agapius rolled his eyes before swirling into his beast form and instantly disappeared instantly.
After changing, Luna sat on the bed and started to think about what happened earlier. Remembering the contents of the book.
The atmosphere became gloomy as to when she realized she didn't even read half of the content of it.
'What's the point of going to all that trouble when I didn't even get to read that d*mn content.'
Instead of being taken by irritation, she just let herself lay on the comfortable bed and looked at the ceiling above. She remember what Luna told her in that place, find the book and she'll be there.
Her head was filled with questions that maybe only luna could answer. Perhaps she does not need to worry about not reading the content at all, there will still be another time... hopefully.
'Shall I go outside tomorrow?'
With that, her body relaxed and felt her eyes getting heavy as she then let herself be taken into the dreamland.
***
Morning came, Luna woke up a little bit late than usual. She got out all dress up casually- a plain blue jacket overlayed with a checkered long sleeve blouse partnered up with a denim pants and white shoes. Her hair was tied up in a medium height ponytail.
One thing she can't get used to here was that it's too cold. In the country she used to be in, it never snowed, it gets cold but only in October to January.
A lot of students can be seen going in and out of the gate too, but not a lot as to those who stayed inside.
This was actually her first time going out, the four invited her last weekend but she refused and decided to stay only to read books.
Luna was all by herself when she got out of the the forest of illusion, of course Agapius was with her. Looking back, the path they took vanished and now it was just full of trees. It was there, just masked by an illusion, she could see other students going in as they magically disappear after. The path was very different from the first time she saw it, she remembered it being apparent.
'Oh isn't that Remus and Shiki?'
Agapius went back to telepathic communication, well, Luna guessed that, that's how he can only communicate when he's in that form.
Looking ahead, she indeed saw Remus and Shiki together. Roaming her eye around, confirming whether the others are with them but seems to her that it was just the two of them.
They seem to be rather close and made Luna to be bewildered. It was the first time she saw them together after all, and here she thought that Shiki was not in good terms with Remus as well.
Luna proceed to walk not minding the two anymore, until her eyes met with them two. Quickly looking away as she strode faster but then someone grabbed her hood stopping her. As she glance back she saw Shiki and Remus, with a straight face. If she not knew them, Luna would no doubt think these two are twin. They don't look alike that's for sure, but their aura was similar to each other.
"What?" She bluntly asked.
"You... You're not with the others are you?" Asked Remus starting to be wary of his surroundings. This made Luna raise a brow.
"So? What is it with you two?" Pushing Remus back as she fixed her hood along with her hair, Luna then gave them both a scowl.
The two looked at each other not answering Luna. Instead, she found herself being drag along by the two of them.
"W-what the- you bastards let me go!" She wiggled her way out but her two hands was being held capture them, moreover she was on their middle and not to mention, alot of students near them looked at them as they whisper to each other.
''Aren't they from class 3-A?''
''Isn't that the famous Luna? What's she doing with Shiki and Remus?''
"Perhaps they're fighting over her?! Kyaah~"
Alot of whispers can he heard but Luna heard alot more than the other two. She got even more irritated when Agapius had a smirk on his face and she can hear him snickering.
Well, there's no use on complaining and begging for these two men to let her go, her words would probably just fall into deaf ears. Probably because of irritation, she just let herself be drag along by them.