We arrived at the most powerful empire yet...the Kou Empire. The Kou Empire has steadily gained and has remained in power for quite a long time now. I myself have never been, to be honest, only heard things here and there.
" So this is the Kou Empire?" said Sinbad.
" I expected more."
I hit him on the shoulder.
" Hey what was that for?!"
" You think Sinbad of the Seven Seas would learn some manners at oh I don't know the most powerful country ever right now?!" I said as I jumped off the ship.
" She's right Sinbad, who knows if we'll even be able to meet the King never the less their Magi!" said Ja'far in a worried tone.
" Don't worry about it! [leans into Ja'fars ear] *whispers* We already have our way in" Sinbad says as he looks over to Jasmine.
" [angrily whispers] What?! Jasmine? What if they don't even listen to her?! Then what?! She's never been here!" says Ja'far.
" Guys! Come on! Or I'll go see the King myself!" says Jasmine.
The whole Sinbad squad, including Jasmine, make their way to the palace. Only to see guards lined up around the whole dang place.
Sinbad walks towards the front gate until he is stopped by an officer.
" You need to get an appointment with the King in order to enter the palace and that might take from 3 months to even a few years depending on how important your reason may be, now please leave." says one of the soldiers.
" I'm Sinbad conquerer of the 7 Seas and part of the 7 seas alliance! I came here with a Magi," says Sinbad with a bright smile.
" A-a Magi?!" say a few soldiers as they all begin to murmur and whisper to one another.
[Oh my goodness what is Sinbad thinking just blurting out I'm a Magi?!]
" Alright, we'll talk to headquarters about this and will hear back in a bit." the soldier said as he headed towards the palace walls with a few other soldiers.
I walk straight towards Sinbad and grab him by his collar angrily until our faces are only centimeters apart.
" What are you thinking Sinbad?! Are you mad?! You just can't yell out that your traveling with a Magi and whats worse you didn't even ask for my permission-" I said until I was stopped mid-sentence by Sinbad as he grabbed my arm.
He looked intensely into my eyes and said, " Look, this is probably the only way we'll be able to get to see the Magi of the Kou Empire okay?".
[Dang...this guy really is something else...]
" I understand that but still!" I said as I let go of his hand.
Sinbad sighs heavily.
" Well, the least we could do is find a place to stay and just look around to find somewhere to eat for now," says Sinbad.
" Yeah..." everyone says with a sigh.
As everyone made their way towards the center of the Kou Empire an Udon shop caught Jasmine's eye.
" Udon? What's that?" says Jasmine as she points to a big sign with her staff.
"It's an Udon restaurant-wait...YOU'VE NEVER HAD UDON?!" says Mystras.
" I guess? It's food right?" Jasmine says bluntly.
" That's it! We're going to have Udon! Poor Jasmine has never even tried it before that's so sad Jasmine I feel so sorry for you~" says Mystras as he sniffles.
"Well, I guess it can't be helped. Let's go gang," says Sinbad as they all head into the Udon restaurant.
Moments after they finish eating, Jasmine still wants to explore the Kou Empire more so the group separates and Jasmine heads off with Sinbad and Ja'far while the rest look for a place to stay.
" Alright, we're off! We'll meet you guys later okay?" says Jasmine.
As the three are walkin' down the streets of Kou we stumble to a pair of thugs cornering someone in an alleyway.
" Haha give us your money kid and everything on ya." says one of the guys.
" You guys are a total bore~," says the kid.
" Hah? Hey beat the kid up and just take his jewelry already." says the guy in the middle.
I turn and walk straight down the alleyway suddenly that it took Sinbad and Ja'far aback.
" Hey Jasmine wait up where are you going?!" says Ja'far.
[This...this magoi that's coming from the alleyway...it has to be...]
" Hey! Leave him alone!" Jasmine said as the three guys turn around swiftly while holding the kid by the collar ready to punch him.
" Haha! Are you lost sweetheart we can show you your way home~" says one of the guys as he got near me.
" Gah!-" says the guy as he gets punched to the ground by Sinbad.
" I don't think you're supposed to talk to girls like that you know," says Sinbad as he stares down at the guy.
[ what is he even saying...he would totally say something like that to me or any other woman... (￣ ￣|||)]
" Tch, whatever let's go boys." the main guys say as they all run away.
" Hey, are you okay?" I say as I kneel down to help the boy off.
" You didn't have to do anything you know I could've easily taken them out." says the boy.
"That's why I interfered if I didn't...you would've killed them," I said.
Ja'far and Sinbad look at each other with blank expressions not even knowing who this boy is or what is even going on.
" Yeah yeah whatever now get lost." says the boy as he starts to walk away.
[It's gotta be him except his rukh is so dark and sad, when I felt his presence due to his Magoi I felt such hatred, malice and the thirst to kill...for a Magi to be so tainted with black rukh...]
"Wait!" I said as I reached towards the boy.
" Woah, watch your hands-" the boy says as he looks at me and just stares at me.
" Hey you're pretty powerful...wanna fight me?" says the boy.
" what?" I say blankly.
" Yeah, you seem pretty interesting so I might as well fight ya right?" says the boy with a slight smile on his face.
"If you agree I'll listen to what you have to say deal?" says the boy.
...
"Come on it's not every day I'm this persuasive towards people!" he says.
"Alright but first present yourself I at least have to know who I'm going to fight right?" I ask.
" Well I guess-" he says with a smile across his face.
" Not to surprise you guys but y names Judar and I'm an all-powerful Magi of the Kou Empire!" Judar says with a big smile on his face.
Sinbad and Ja'far look at each other for a second and look back at Judar.
" A Magi?! This brat is the Magi of the powerful Kou Empire?!" they both say in unison.
" Yes," I said as I look back at Judar.
" Wait? You're not surprised?" says Judar as he stares at me.
" I already knew...since I'm a Magi as well," I say to him.
" What another Magi other than me? That's impossible!" says Judar.
" Haha and I'm also not going to fight you either," I say to him as I chuckle.
"What?!" says Judar.
" I have no reason to fight you Judar [at least hopefully not now]," I say to him.
" Come on just a little bit!" he says to me.
[I got it!] " Hey, brat, if you wanna fight Jasmine so much why not do it at the palace! I'm pretty sure there'll be way more space there instead of a stinky, old and narrow alleyway," says Sinbad.
[Good thinking Sinbad!]
" Alright, but I'll only agree to this once since I really want to see how powerful you are," says Judar.
" Come to the palace tomorrow in the morning! You better not keep me waiting!" says Judar with a big smile across his face as he leaps over the building onto the roof.
" Well, who would've thought we would have ever met the Magi of Kou in a place like this," says Sinbad.
" We better head back, it's getting pretty late," says Ja'far.
We all head to the Inn to stay for the night and update everyone on the weird night we just had. It looks like we now have a one-way free ticket to the palace tomorrow!
[Still, I can't help but wonder why behind that gleeful smile of his...was only pain and sorrow.]