《I'm a 70 years old mage not a little girl》


 1. Big spell

    My name is William. I''m 70 years old mage and I live in a tower. It is placed in a middle of nowhere.


    It''s not big or high but I like it.


    Why do I live in a tower? For my research. All my life i''ve been trying to prove to others that I am the best mage in this world.


    Now I have my chance.


    "It''s ready." I said after looking at the scroll.The author''s tale has been misappropriated; report any instances of this story on Amazon.


    It was proof of my work.The spell of eternal youth. No one else was able to make it. No one but I.


    I tried it on plants and animals and it works perfectly.Now I needed only one more test.


    I stepped intomagical circle on the floor. I took the scroll and started chanting.


    "Please work." I only said when I was done.Then I fell asleep


    When I was sleeping I had a strange dream.In it I saw myself in the mirror. My hands were small, lips red and eyes big. I looked almost like...


    "Ouch." I said when I woke up. It seems that I fell down on my head. I waited a little for pain to go away.


    Then I looked at my hands.They looked younger but there was something strange about them.Almost feminine.


    After a moment I realized what was going on.


    "Shit." I said with a high-pitched voice.

 2. Bad Witch?

    I was standing near a cute house. It was in the middle of the forest and I was here for a really important reason.


    Iknocked on the door. After a moment a beautiful woman came out. She had big blue eyes and long blonde hair.


    "Oh, little girl? What do you need from me?"


    "I''m not a little girl, I''m William." I said after looking at her. She was a well known witch. Her name was Morgana. Everyone respected her for her abilities and now I needed her help.


    "Is this a joke? If it is it''s a funny one. William is old, ugly and I think he stinks." she said and started laughing.


    I felt like hitting her but I didn''t. Anyway it would be hard in this form.


    "By the way those clothes are too big for you and they stink. You should wear something small and cute. Those robes look awful on you." she said with a big smile. I really wanted to hit her.


    "T-the spell of eternal youth. It w-worked!" I said quietly. After that she only looked at me for a moment. Then she started laughing.


    "I-It worked?! HAHAHA!"


    "W-what?" I asked but she didn''t respond. She just laughed and laughed. After a while she calmed down.


    "Come in William. We don''t want you to stay there, don''t we?" Morgana said with a wide smile.


    After that we went to her house. It wasn''t big but it felt warm. There was a lot of beautifulfurniture and alchemy ingredients.This story has been stolen from Royal Road. If you read it on Amazon, please report it


    "Do you want something to drink?" she asked while looking at me.


    "N-no. Do you have a mirror?"


    "Oh? You don''t even know how you look?"


    I felt really ashamed but I don''t need things like mirrors in my tower. I didn''t change clothes and all my time I was doing research.


    After a moment she gave me a little mirror. I saw my new self for the first time.


    I had long silver hair, big green eyes and a really cute face. Face of a small girl.


    "Do you like it?" Morgana asked while smilling.


    I blushed and hided the mirror.


    She wasn''t wrong. I liked what I saw but there was one problem. One little problem.


    "I''m a man!"


    "You don''t look like one."


    "That''s why I''m here! I tried everything but I can''t turn back! Help me!" I said with tears in my eyes.


    She looked at my with a smart gaze. Yeah! That''s what I need! She surely can help me! Any moment now and I will turn back normal!


    "I can''t."


    "What?"


    "The spell is too strong. Even I can''t help you." Morgana said calmly.


    Oh.


    So that''s it?


    This is my reality now?


    I went straight to the door without saying anything.


    "Where are you going?"


    "I need to find someone who can help me. I need to!" I said and went outside.


    All I could see there was the forest and sky. One more time I looked at my hands. They were so small and fragile.


    After that I started walking to the nearest city.


    "Why are you following me?" I asked Morgana who was walking behind me.


    "You look like you might need some help."


    "You can''t help me." I said and speeded up my walking.


    "You did not understand. Someone bad might kidnap you."


    After hearing that I stopped and started shivering a little.


    I didn''t think about this. I''m not a 70 years old mage anymore but a little girl.


    "R-really?" I askedquietly.


    "Y-yeah! J-just leave it to me." Morgana said while covering her face.


    For some reason she didn''t looked seriously but I was too scared to think about it.


    After that we went to the city.

 3. In Town

    "It doesn''t look bad." I said after looking at the town from the inside.


    City of trade and salesmen - Jerven.


    We just arrived in it but it was really nice.


    There were a lot of shops and other buildings. People lived slow lives and they looked happy.


    In the centre of the city there was a big building. There lived baron and his family.


    On top of the building I could see a big tower. It was a mages guild. One of many anyway.


    This one was small and there lived only one mage.


    My sworn enemy.


    "We need to go there." I said and started walking towards the building.


    "I don''t think they will let us in."


    "We won''t know untill we try." I replied to Morgana.


    "Don''t be stupid. Look at yourself. You look like some beggar. One cute beggar." she said and raised me in her hands.Enjoying the story? Show your support by reading it on the official site.


    "Can you put me down?!" I said with anger.


    "Don''t be like this. Let''s buy some clothes! I will pay for everything!" Morgana replied and released me.


    To be honest I felt bad about this situation.


    She left her house to go with me. I can''t just rely one her too much.


    "I don''t want you to buy me anything. You helped me enough."


    "Don''t be like that. No one comes to that forest anyway and staying with you is funn... I mean important." one more time she said something weird but I didn''t care.


    I didn''t care because I saw them. People playing poker on the small table.


    "Stay here for a moment." I said to Morgana and went to them.


    There were 3 people there.


    One of them looked really happy and had a lot of money with him. When he saw me he greeted me.


    "Hello little girl why are you... OH your clothes stink!"


    Don''t hit him. Just don''t hit him.


    "I want to play."


    "Aren''t you a little too young?"


    "I want to play!"


    When I said it he looked at me.


    I don''t know what he was thinking about but after a moment he laughed and started speaking.


    "Ok, ok, you can play. Do you have anything valuable with you?"


    After hearing that I smiled and opened my pocket. There I had a big crystal. You couldn''t use it to pay for things in shops but a lot of people would pay a good amount of money for it. Once I used it for my magic but after that I never needed it. Now I can use it.


    When I showed him what I had he stopped playing and told other guys to leave him. Without saying a word they left crying and after that he told me to sit with him.


    Then we started playing.


    Of course I forgot to tell him one important thing. I''m the best player in the mage guild. Well I was before they threw me out but let''s not talk about it.


    After about 10 minutes I returned to Morgana with a lot of money.


    "Let''s go buy some clothes." I said and she just smiled.

 4. Still In Town

    Mages belive that we are nothing but specks of dust in this universe.


    That our choices doesn''t matter in the grand scheme of things.


    I used to say that this is too pessimistic but now I can understand it all.


    "How do you like it?" I was asked by a shop owner. She was a young girl that looked really impressed after looking at me.


    After winning a large sum of money I went with Morgana to many shops.


    Sadly they didn''t sell mage''s robes in my size.


    It would be weird if they did.


    "I think she loves it." Morgana replied and smilled.


    It would be weird for her not to smile.


    It was her idea to come here.


    I looked at the big mirror in the shop. There I was. Looking more like a fairy than a mage.


    I was wearing a short, green dress with a lot of frills and bows. In hair I had some kind of ornament that looked like a butterfly.


    "It''s such a cute kid. You should buy those clothes immediately! I will give you a discount!"


    "Oh really? Aren''t you happy "Iris"?" Morgana said to me while stroking my head.


    Don''t use this name ever again. Just don''t.


    "I will go and pay. Stay here and behave. Okay "Iris"?"


    After she left with my money I could only think about one thing.


    Turning back to my normal self in those clothes. When I thinked about it...


    "I''m back! Why are you shivering?"


    "No reason. L-Let''s just go."


    And we left.


    When we went outsidewe were greeted by a beautiful night. The streets were dark and empty. Only few people were strolling in the city. Some of them were looking at me which made me even more nervous.


    "We can''t go to your "sworn enemy" right now. It''s night so I don''t think they will let us in. For now let''s just find a place to sleep."


    I didn''t wanted to wait any more but I felt really tired.I never knew that buying clothes may be so exhausting.


    "Okay."I said quietly.


    After a few minutes of searching we found an inn.


    Upon entering it we saw few people talking at their tables.


    The place didn''t looked bad. At the counter we saw an old man. When he saw us he waved at us and smilled.


    "Wait here for a moment. I will go and pay for a room for us." Morgana said and went to the man.


    While she was talking with him once again I looked around. People there looked happy and cheerful. Some of them were eating and others were playing poker. Perhaps I could make some more money if I played with them but I was feeling too sleepy to think about it.


    When I was looking around I saw a man that was looking at me. He was wearing a big, white armour and at the waist he had a beautiful sword.Stolen story; please report.


    He had short, dark hair, big, blue eyes and now he was staring at me.


    "Something happened? You don''t look well." Morgana said after returning.


    "It''s nothing." I replied and turned away from the man.


    "Okay then. We have one room upstairs. Come with me, I will show you." she said and started walking.


    I went after her trying not to turn around and shortly after we were in our room.


    It wasn''t big but it looked reallycomfortable. There was only one problem.


    "There''s only one bed. Maybe it''s a mistake."


    "It''s not."


    "What? Why?" I replied surprised.


    "Ah, don''t be like this. It''s cheaper this way and we''re both girls anyway."


    "We are not!"


    Well I said it but after a moment we were lying in bed together. I was too tired to argue with her and I just wanted to rest for a little.


    Before I fall asleep I thinked about this weird man. I didn''t knew why he was staring at me but he looked really serious. Maybe he knew about my spell? I couldn''t figure it out. Not when I was so sleepy. Shortly after, I fell asleep.


    When I woke up I was greeted with a nice smell. When I looked in his direction I saw Morgana eating some kind of soup. When she saw that I wasn''t sleeping she showed me the second plate and told me to eat with her.


    After eating we talked for a little and then we went to the building where the tower was placed.


    There were no problemswhatsoever. All the guards after looking at my outfit leted me go whenever I wanted. Maybe they thought that I was a child of someone rich or powerful.


    When we were near the entrance of the tower one of them stopped us.


    "Sorry, but you can''t go there." he said while slightly covering the door.


    "Why?"


    "Here lives Aaron. He''s a great mage and we can''t disturb him when he''s working. No one entered this tower for a few weeks and no one will if he won''t allow it."


    Well it was a good argument. When I was doing my research sometimes I didn''t leaved my tower for weeks. But I needed to speak with him.


    "Do you know who you speak with?" Morgana said while I was thinking.


    What does she think about?


    "N-no?" he answered and stepped back a little.


    "Did you hear him "Iris"? He doesn''t know who he talks to!" she said with anger. Well it migh work but you could really change this name.


    "Well, now he will lost his job. It''s a shame." I said and looked at the guard.


    He was looking really confused. After a moment of thinking he just opened the door and apologized to us.


    After that we started climbing the tower.


    I felt a little bad about what we did but the end justify the means, or something like this.


    After climbing up we knocked on the door.


    "No one is saying anything." Morgana said and looked at me.


    "Let''s wait a little longer."


    Well, it looks like she didn''t wanted to wait because she just opened the door and walked inside.


    "What are you doing!" I said and followed her.


    What we saw didn''t looked like a normal tower of a mage. There was no furniture inside, only one table with a letter on it. When I was calling Aaron, Morgana started reading it.


    "What does it say?" I asked after checking that we were the only ones in this tower.


    After hearing what I said Morgana started reading the letter.


    "I was bored so I teleported my stuff and myself to the farthest city of Birpolis. I am looking for an adventure now so don''t look for me. I don''t know when I will come back. Signed - Aaron."


    __________________


    "Cheer up! He can come back tomorrow, who knows."


    "Y-Yeah." I replied to Morgana who was trying to make me feel better.


    We were coming back to the inn now. After reading this letter I couldn''t think positively. Was I supposed to be in this body for the rest of my life? How long is it anyway? It was a scroll of eternal youth.


    As we were aproaching the inn Morgana stopped me and grabbed my hand.


    "What... ?" I asked but she just covered my mouth.


    "It''s too quiet." she said silently and took her hand from my mouth.


    I thought she was too cautious but after a moment I realised what she was talking about.


    Suspicious men were looking at us. There were maybe 5 of them.


    When they noticed that we saw them one of them came over to us.


    "As we were told, two women are staying in this inn and one of them looks like she has a lot of money." he said and looked at me.


    As we were told? Who told them?


    I thinked about this for a moment and then I thought about this man from the inn. It must be him! That''s why he was staring at me.


    While I was thinking Morgan looked at the man who approached us.


    "Don''t do anything stupid." she said calmly but the man just laughed.


    "Stupid? What are you tal..."


    "Stop!"he was interrupted.


    When I looked at the person who said it I saw the same man from the inn. Big white armour and beautiful sword.


    Why was he here? Does he want to help those thugs? He looks strong but I don''t think he would be able to fight us. As I was thinking about this he grabbed the man that was threateningus and throwed him away.


    "I am the protector of all women! If you want to fight, fight with me!" he said and drew his sword.


    Well, that was unexpected.

 5. White Knight

    "He is strong." Morgana said to me and then she looked at the man that was fighting with the thugs.


    Yeah, he was strong. Really strong.


    He was fighting with 5 men but it looked more like he was dancing than fighting. He hardly ever used his sword and a lot of his fighting was done with his hands. That''s why there wasn''t really any blood.


    When 3 of thugs were beaten unconscious the other 2 ran away.


    "Cowards!" he shouted and hid his sword.


    The he started to approach us. When he was walking I could take a better look at him. His white armour was hardly even scratched after this fight and he didn''t looked tired at all.


    When he was near us he brushed his dark hair with one of his hands and then he knelt. It was really weird. Why would he do that?


    When I looked into his eyes I could see some kind of excitement in them, like he was expecting something from me.


    "G-Good work?" I said and he smilled awkwardly, then he stood up.


    "It''s n-nothing. Are you alright?" he said and then started to stare at me. I don''t know what he was thinking about but after some time it was starting to feel really awkward.


    "Do you need something?" Morgana asked him. When he heard her he just blushed and quickly went away.


    After that we made sure that no one else was watching us. When we made sure that this was the case Morganabreathed a sigh of relief and Ileaned against the wall of the inn.


    "Do you think he suspects something? You know, about this spell." I asked.


    "Who? This knight?"


    "Yeah."


    "You really are stupid."Support the author by searching for the original publication of this novel.


    "Wait! What!?" I said but she just walked into the inn and after some time I followed her.


    We slowly went to our room because we were really tired. When we got there I just layed down on the bed and wanted to sleep.


    "We just came back. You were sleeping like 5 hours ago." Morgana said but I didn''t listened to her. I was too tired to think about it. Finding out that Aaron is nowhere to be found and then meeting those thugs made me really sleepy. After some time I felled asleep.


    When I was sleeping I had a weird dream. In it I was still my old 70 years old self. I was living in a tower and doing my research. It was a weird dream but it reminded me of my old days.


    I remembered how sometimes I felt envious of other mages. They lived an adventure.Most of the time they spent outdoors, fighting with their comrades. I''ve never done that. All I had was my reserach. I lived for it.


    What would I do if the spell wouldn''t worked? Would I still live in this tower trying to make it work? How long would it be anyway? I wasn''t young.


    When I was thinking about it I was woken up.


    "Something is happening downstairs." Morgana said while shaking me.


    "Hmm... W-What?" I said half asleep.


    "Don''t "Hmm" me. Come!" she said and pulled me with her.


    When we went downstairs we saw what was happenening. Three guards were leading one man out of the building. He looked like a normal citizen but it was propably this man that told those thugs that we were living there.


    You hear a lot about guys like this. One of them looks for a victim and when he finds someone who looks rich or like he has something valuable with him he will tell others about it.


    "Look, someone we know." Morgana said and pointed at a guy that was standing with the guards.


    He was wearing white armour and when he saw that I was looking at him he smilled and nodded at me.


    After they all left we went to one table and ordered something to eat.


    "So what do you wanna do now?" Morgana asked me as we were waiting.


    I took me some time to respond. We could wait here in Jerven for Aaron to come back. I don''t really liked him but I think he could help me. He was well known for his magic and knowledge. We could also look for someone else. Jerven wasn''t that big of a city. If we went somwhere else we could find bigger guild. One with many mages.


    As I was thinking the food that we ordered was brought to us. Some kind of soup and a loaf of bread. Morgana didn''t wait any longer and started eating.


    "I want to go to other cities. I want to look for someone who can help me." I said and she just looked at me from the plate.


    "It means you want to go on an adventure?"


    I thinked about it. Was it really this? Was it what I wanted?


    I don''t think adventures are bad. It''s just I''ve never was on one.


    "So? What is it?" Morgana asked impatiently.


    "Yeah, I want to go on an adventure."


    "Hmm, really?" she just said and continued eating.

 6. Young Witch

    They call me Morgana. I used to live in a house in the middle of the forest, and if I were to tell you the truth, it was really boring.


    There was only one thing that was interesting there. William.


    He was an old mage. Living on top of his tower that he build. Sometimes he did not leave it for weeks and when he did, it was just to buy some stuff that he needed to live.


    People called him mad. Living alone, reading books and trying to make impossible happen. Trying to make a spell of eternal youth.


    I''ve met him for the first time when he went to my house trying to borrow some paper and ink. He looked like a man that still belived that mages have long beards, and pointed hats. He looked almost like the time has stopped for him.


    When I happily gave them to him, he didn''t even thanked me and he just quickly ran to his tower.


    After that we met from time to time. Those meetings were never long but they were always funny. Sometimes in the middle of the night you could hear "Eureka" from his tower, just to see him crying in the morning.


    It was a routine for me.


    But now he succeeded.


    And now I was traveling with him.


    "So, miss? Will you take it?" I was asked by a stall owner who was holding a backpack in his hand.


    I was buying some gear for us. After our talk in the inn we decided to go on an adventure but if we were to travel, we needed to be prepared.The tale has been stolen; if detected on Amazon, report the violation.


    I was going to buy some necessary things and William went to but himself some new clothes. Although I liked his dress, he needed traveler''s clothing, not something that would get in his way.


    "Are you listening to me?" he said angrily.


    "Yeah, I will take two of them." I said and gave him the money. Whe he saw it, he made a big smile and bringed me two backpacks.


    They were looking good. One of them was a little bit smaller, but I won''t be wearing this one.


    After receiving them I turned away, and saw the pride of this city. It''s market.


    Jerven wasn''t big but it attracted many people. It had a lot of shops and the biggest market you can find. You couldn''t call yourself a true mercahnt If you did not trade in this city. And now I was standing in the centre of it.


    All I could really see were countless stands, and in each one of them something different. People selling clothes, food, weapon and other things. They were colorful and beautiful, and each of them had someone shouting everywhere, telling you to buy their goods.


    But I didn''t care.


    I didn''t care because I knew what kind of people they were. The same kind that would call you mad if you weren''t the same as them.


    Ignoring them, I went to look for William. He was supossed to be in a shop that specialized in selling goods for travelers. After leaving the market I walked into the streets. I was surrounded with many buildings, all of them made of wood but the didn''t look bad at all. They were painted in bright colors. It seemed that people living here were living a good life.


    Not much time has passed and I was standing near the entrance of the shop. One, in wich William was buying his clothes. There, leaning against the wall was standing a man. He had a white armour and a beatiful sword. He didn''t looked bad. He even was quite handsome. Short hair, big and blue eyes. A lot of women love men like this.


    "Why are you here?" I asked, and he looked at me.


    "Oh, you are the one from before. I saw your friend and I accompanied her here. You are Morgana aren''t you? She told me about you."


    Another idiot thinking, that he knows everything.


    "Well you can go now. There''s no need for you to be here." I said and he straightened up. He looked at me for a moment and then he sighed.


    "Have I done anything wrong?"


    "You just don''t understand anything." I said and heard the door open.

 7. Old Mage

    "I''ll buy something to eat. We will need a backpack or two. Maybe I should buy..."


    "I understand." I interrupted Morgana who was telling me what she wants to buy.


    We were standing near the entrance of the inn. After talking for a while we decided to go on an adventure to find someone who can help me, and maybe even have a good time. Maybe.


    "You know where you need to go? You won''t get lost? Maybe I should go with you?" she said with a worried expression.


    "Are you mocking me? I''m not a little child!"


    "Of course you are not. Do you have money with you? They won''t sell you any clothes if you don''t have any mon..."


    "Just go!" I said and she just smilled.


    After that she went in the direction of the centre of city. I waited for a little and when I couldn''t see her anymore I went in the opposite way.


    Jerven is a beautiful city. Houses are painted in various colours, and each one of them looks different. Walking down the street you could see people working, having fun or just talking. Some of them were looking at me but I tried not to worry about it.


    When I was still my old 70 years self I sometimes visited this city to buy some things or just to play poker. I had great time here even if they called me mad. When you become old you stop caring about things like this. At least you try.


    After about ten minutes of walking I was in the middle of the way. I was a little tired but my body was still more energetic than it was before.


    "What are you doing here alone?" I heard man''s voice behind me.


    When I turned around I saw a big white armour. Well, just a chestplate. When I looked up I saw a smilling man. He had short black hair and now he was looking at me.


    "Oh! It''s you!" I said and he blushed awkwardly.Ensure your favorite authors get the support they deserve. Read this novel on Royal Road.


    "You can call me Arthur. More importantly you shouldn''t just walk here alone. There are all kinds of people in this world, and not all of them are nice." he said and held out his hand.


    Was I supopsed to grab it? Is it something normal for two men to do?


    "Y-You don''t want to walk with me?" he said sadly.


    Well if you put it in that way.


    Shortly after we were walking hand in hand. When I was praying for it to end he started talking.


    "What do you need from that kind of shop? Do you want to go on an adventure?" Arthur asked me. He was escorting me to the shop that was selling stuff for travelers, and he seemed surprised that I want to go there.


    "Yeah, something like that." I replied.


    "Hmmm.... You don''t normally see beautiful girls wanting to live a life like this."


    Beautiful girls? What are you talking about?


    "By the way where is your friend? Couldn''t she go with you?"


    "Morgana had something to do." I replied and he looked like he was wondering about something.


    After some time we were near the shop. It had a big sign with a sword at it. Through the window you could see all kinds of things, but mostly they were selling weapons and clothes.


    "Why do you want to travel?" Arthur asked me while still holding my hand.


    "Is it your hobby? Asking questions?" I said slightly irritated. I just wanted to go inside and I didn''t saw the need to answer him. Why was he asking all this questions anyway?


    "I just want to know more about you."


    Is he an idiot? He must be. But it will be better to just answer him now, and have him leave me alone. But what can I tell him? "I want to become an old man" doesn''t sound good. What did I wanted to do before I became like this? Was there something I really wanted to do before I made this unlucky spell? Something I wanted to do.


    "I want to see a giant." I said and he started laughing.


    "W-What!?" I asked but the only answer I got was his laugh. After some time he calmed down and looked at me.


    "You really are great." Arthur said and smilled.


    "I don''t understand."


    "You don''t need to. Go inside. I will wait for you." he said and leaned against the building.


    "There''s no need, I''ll be fine." I said but he wouldn''t listen, and I didn''t really wanted to argue with him.


    After that I went inside hoping that he will just go away. The shop was big and had a lot of things to sell. It had a lot of shelves filled with swords, armours and different kinds of stuff. When I looked around I saw what I wanted to buy. Traveler''s clothes. There was only one problem. Everything was covered in dust and looked really old.


    People don''t want to travel anymore?


    When I was thinking about it I saw a girl leaning from under under the counter. She had a short, red hair and freckles all over her face. But their was something that caught my attention about her. She wasn''t human.


    "How can I help you?" she said while waving her tail.

 8. Fox girl

    She was a really beautiful young girl. She had a gorgeous short, red hair, big orange eyes and really cute smile. It was my first time seing non-human person in this town. She was a fox girl. They have big ears, which makes them have a really good hearing.


    She was wearing a long, blue dress and white apron on it and she was waving her red, shiny tail happily.


    "Miss, are you listening to me?" she asked me and I came to my senses.


    "I''m sorry. It''s just my first time seeing a non-human in this city." I said and she smilled.


    "I hear that a lot. Well, not many of us live in this area. People of my race would rather live closer to the wildlife but I don''t mind. Anyway, how can I help you?"


    "Oh, yes. I need some clothes in my size. They should be easy to move in, durable and good for travel."


    "Well, you certainly are small miss, but don''t worry, I will find something good for you." she said and started searching the shelves.


    I had some time for myself so I took a good look around. Things that she was selling were dirty and some of them had a lot of dust on them. Was she even cleaning this place? I can''t say that I was impressed but this shop had a lot of things that you couldn''t buy anywhere else in this city. There were a lot of weapons, armours and clothes. Even potions and spells.


    The reason that I wanted clothes from this shop was because they are really durable. When you make something for a traveler you need to make it good and strong or it won''t stand the journey.This text was taken from Royal Road. Help the author by reading the original version there.


    "People don''t come here often?" I asked her after looking around.


    "Yeah. Sometimes no one comes here for days, but I don''t care. I love adventurers, and I want to help them." she replied while she was still searching.


    "Why do you love them?"


    "They live their lifes to the fullest." she said without hesitation.


    That was a really nice answer.


    "There they are!" I heard after a while.


    "You found them?" I asked and saw that she was holding something in her hands.


    When she approached me I could see what it was.


    Cloak, boots and dress.


    "Those are the smallest that I have miss but I think they will suit you. Wanna try them out?" she asked me with a big smille.


    There was no reason not to. She led me to a small room where I started changing. It took me a while but after a moment I was ready.


    Boots were good and strong. They could withstand the journey without any problems. Cloak was gray but it felt really warm. If it was about the dress it wasn''t smiliar to the old one at all. This one was brown, light and comfortable.


    "You look great miss!" she said when I left the room.


    "Thank you." I replied and handed her the money.


    I didn''t knew if I really looked that great but I knew that now I could walk like a normal person. For sure those clothes were more comfortable than the older ones.


    "Oh, someone is arguing outside the window." she said and I followed her gaze.


    Then I saw them. Morgana and Arthur standing there and for some reason they were screaming at each other.


    "People do weird things these days." fox girl said.


    "Sorry, those are my friends, I need to go!" I replied with shame and ran to them.


    "Come again sometime!" I only heard vaguely when I opened the door.

 9. Forming a party

    "What are you doing?!" I asked with anger.


    We were standing on the street and now a lot of people were looking at us. I just left the shop with my new equipment when I saw that Morgana and Arthur were arguing. Quite loudly to be honest.


    "Ask him! You won''t belive what he was saying." Morgana said and I looked at Arthur.


    Was it something that stupid? No, Morgana has a tendency to say weird things. I shouldn''t belive her just like that.


    "What is it all about?" I asked him.


    When I looked at him I could tell that he was really nervous now. His face was red and his eyes were just staring at the ground. After a moment he loudly swallowed his saliva and started talking.


    "I w-want to travel with you."


    Well, that was unexpected. He must be an idiot. I mean why would he want to travel with me? Maybe he wants to be adventurer?


    "Why?" I asked out of curiosity.


    "Come on, tell her!" Morgana said to him but I tried to ignore her.


    Well, it didn''t seemed like he was going to answer. He was blushing really hard, and now he was shaking too. Even more than me when I was still 70 years old. But why would he be so nervous about it? Was his reason really that stupid?


    "S-Sorry!" he just said when I was still thinking and then he ran away.


    That was really weird. Too weird.


    "Have you done something to him?" I asked Morgana. I knew too well that she was good at bullying.You could be reading stolen content. Head to the original site for the genuine story.


    "It wasn''t me. He''s just an idiot."


    "Yeaaah, for sure. Now tell me all about it."


    "I won''t." she said calmly.


    "Why?"


    "If he doesn''t want to tell you, then I won''t tell you either."


    This is really weird. Was it something really that important?


    As I was thinking, the sun started to disappear. We decided with Morgana that we will stay here for one more night, and tomorrow we will set off.


    Our last night was spend mostly on preparations. We were packing our backpacks, checking how much food and water we have and then we talked about where we want to go.


    I was thinking about capital city. It had the biggest mages guild, and if I wanted professional help I should go there. Before we went to sleep I asked one more time why Morgana argued with Arthur but she wouldn''t tell me.


    After that we stayed for our last night in the inn. It was a calm night and I slept well. When we wake up we went dowstairs to eat something, and when we were done we thanked the owner for his hospitality.


    Then we set off. The sun was shining and I felt great. It was a really good time for an adventure.


    I think that I will miss that city. Jerven wasn''t really good for me when I was still an old man, but now after spending some time here I really started to like it. It was beautifulplace with many great people. I even thought about visiting the fox girl, but it would probably be weird to visit someone you just met.


    When I was thinking about all this stuff we started approaching the front gate of the city. There I saw him. In his white armour, standing there looking at us. Arthur.


    "What is this idiot doing?" I heard Morgana saying beside me.


    Well, it will be better to ignore him. I don''t really know anything about him. He is not a bad guy, I''m sure, but I don''t really want him to argue with Morgana one more time.


    "Wait!" I heard his voice. Does he want to make a scene one more time?


    "I''m really sorry about yesterday!" Arthur said as he bent down.


    "Well, don''t worry about it. Bye!" Morgana replied and grabed my hand. After that she started walking towards the gate.


    "Wait I... I mean..." I heard his voice behind me.


    I felt bad for him. When I was still in my tower I wanted to go on an adventure too. I knew how he fells. When I thinked about it I let go of Morgana hand and went to talk with him.


    "Oh, you came back!" he said when I approached him. For some reason he was really happy about it.


    "What do you want?" I asked.


    "I w-want to travel with you."


    "Why?"


    When I said it he blushed a little. Then he looked me into the eyes and said.


    "Because I like you."

 10. Friends forever

    "You like me? You mean like a friend?" was the only thing I could say.


    Still, Arthur must be a really friendly person. To like somebody you just met so much, to want to travel with him. I can''t understand people like that at all. Well, I don''t really have many friends but I don''t think that I am that alone. Oh, to be young again.


    "No... It''s not..." he replied with a weird expression.


    There''s no need for words young one. Let this old man teach you. I too, once wanted to travel with companions whom I trust and love. There is nothing to feel ashamed about.


    "You are a great friend Arthur. To be able to travel with a friend like this would be an honor. I will welcome you to my party!" I said proudly. To be able to fulfill someone''s wish. A wish that you once had.


    This is a great feeling.


    "You heard her Arthur? You are a great friend!" Morgana said with a weird smirk. I really can''t understand her but her words are true.


    "Yeah Arthur. Friends forever!" I said to him with a lot of energy.


    When you become old you need to think about young people. Of course, I wouldn''t want my secret to be found out. But not to listen to someone, who thinks of me as a friend? I can''t do that.


    "Look "Iris", he''s crying. He must be so happy!" Morgana said with a smile so wide, that it seemed a litte bit creepy.


    "I... I..." he only said, looked at me and then he ran away into into the city. Wasn''t he happy to be able to travel with us? It''s hard to understand young people these days.If you discover this tale on Amazon, be aware that it has been stolen. Please report the violation.


    As I was thinking Morgana looked into the direction that he ran away, and grabbed her chin. She looked to be thinking about something really hard. After a moment she started speaking.


    "He wasn''t ready."


    "What do you mean?" I asked her, and she looked right into my eyes.


    "Traveling can be dangerous. A lot of beasts can be found on roads these days. He is too young and inexperienced."


    "Ahhh..." I could only reply.


    It makes sense. We all want to see the world. We wall want to live our lifes to the fullest. But it can be scary, sometimes even dangerous. It''s not something to feel ashamed about if you can''t handle risk like this.


    "Don''t worry. You will fulfill your wish someday." I said, even if I knew that he was too far to hear me, and I ignored Morgana that looked like she was going to suffocate for some reason.


    After that we left the city. We used the gate that was placed one the other side of where we came from. All we could see there were fields full of flowers and grass. In the distance you could see mountains. If we can pass them we will be able to see the capital city - our goal. After that we started walking.


    The road was easy and it still felt really safe. Well it was still near the city.


    But as hours were passing, I began to feel really tired. This body wasn''t really great for traveling.


    "Can we take a break?" I asked Morgana and she agreed with me.


    It will be hard to get anywhere like this, but I don''t want to overdo it.


    "You think we will be able to even get to the capital city?" I asked Morgana as I sat on the ground.


    "It might take a while but I don''t think it will be a problem. We can always find some carriage that is going this way, and ask them to take us." she said and took some food from her backpack.


    She was always calm. I could learn a lot from her.


    We took about half an hour break. We spent it mostly on talking and eating because we hadn''t had a meal for a long time.


    "Think you are ready?" she then asked me and I got up.


    We needed to go a long way. There was no way that we could just sit in one place for a long time. As I was thinking about it I heard a loud howl. It was so loud that I even needed to cover my ears.


    When it finally ended I looked at Morgana. It was my first time to see her so serious.


    "A monster is near." she said and I prepared myself for the fight.

 11. Big Bad Wolf

    We were standing on a field. There was nothing that could hide us, but also there was nothing that could hide our enemy. But what it was? Something that could howl so loudly. It must be a big monster.


    "Look! Over there!" I heard Morgana''s voice.


    When I followed her gaze I saw him. Five meters tall, two meters wide. His teeth sharp, and big. His eyes looking at us right now as he walked slowly towards us. Giant wolf.


    "Don''t panick. We won''t be able to run so we must fight." Morgana said and looked at me.


    It''s easy to said. How can you fight someone that big? Well we must try. I don''t want our trip to end in a belly.


    I''m not good at offensive spells. All my time I spend doing research and boring stuff like that, but I know few things about normal magic.


    "We need a plan!" I said looking at our enemy. I didn''t wanted him to just jump at us.


    "I will get his attention. Try to damage his legs, so we can run." she said and after that she putted her hands on the ground and started chanting.


    After a moment, in front of us two earth golems appeared. They were big but nowhere near as big as enemy.


    "You are pretty good!" I said with a newly found respect.


    "Don''t just stay there! Do something!"


    Well if you put it that way.This story is posted elsewhere by the author. Help them out by reading the authentic version.


    There are many spells that I know but most of them are useless. Those were things I needed to know to make my spell of eternal youth. That doesn''t mean that I never casted other spells.


    "I will need some time, defend me!" I said and started chanting my ultimate spell.


    "Okay!" Morgana replied briefly.


    While I was preparing my spell I could see some weird things about this wolf. He was fighting with golems, but he looked like he didn''t wanted to hurt them. It looked more like he was having fun, almost like a dog.


    Anyway it didn''t took long and both of the golems wereunconscious. As much as golem can beunconscious of course.


    But my spell still wasn''t ready.


    "I still need some more time!" I shouted but Morgana didn''t replied.


    It was hard to tell if she was tired of just pissed off, but if it was the latter I will need to run really fast.


    When I was thinking about those stupid things I saw a man that charged at the wolf. He did it from behind us, so we didn''t saw him earlier.


    He was wearing white armour and in his hands he got a beautiful sword.


    "I won''t let you hurt the ladies!" he said and jumped on the wolf''s leg. It was a funny scene and the animal seemed to enjoy trying to get rid of him. He was waving his tail and running in circles. He really looked like a dog now.


    But it was not a moment to think about it. My spell was ready.


    "Summon demon!" I shouted and I saw the teleport open right in front of me.


    It was a one scary teleport. It was pitch black and you could hear some noises from it that resembled screaming.


    I don''t know what will come out of it, but it will be powerful.


    "Cooper, leave him!" I suddenly heard loud, low voice from far away. When I looked into it''s direction I saw a man. He looked pretty normal. He had a long white beard and hair but there was one weird thing about him. He was like eight meters tall.


    He was a giant. They are known for being peaceful, wise and kind.


    When the wolf heard him, he ran to him leaving Arthur behind on the ground. Was he really just a normal dog? Are we save now? Is everything allright? When I thinked about those things I seemed to forget about one little detail.


    "What do you want master?" I heard women''s voice in front of me.

 12. Demonic girl and kind giant

    "You really are an idiot!" Morgana told me with a scary look.


    After our "fight" with big wolf we were invited by the giant to his camp because a night was coming. Not long after, we were sitting with him by the big campfire surrounded by darkness. It was located in a forest that had giant trees and they were so big that you couldn''t see their tips. They were also wide, that''s why distance between every tree was big.


    "You even summoned a demon! Do you dislike having a soul?" she said and pointed at a girl that was eating some kind of soup that giant gave to all of us.


    That girl had short red hair and eyes that were even more red. She was wearing really provocative outfit which made it even worse because of her large chest. It was some kind of armour that covered very little of her skin.


    When she heard Morgana''s voice she leaved the soup on the ground, walked behind me and grabed me from behind. I could feel something big on my back but I decided to ignore it.


    "Don''t be jealous old hag!" she said, grabing me even tighter.


    "What did you say? I''m not even old!" Morgana replied with anger.


    "Everyone who is older than seventeen should just die and dissapear. Old people are disgusting and they stink!" she said with confidence.


    Old people should just die? I always knew that being old is not something that you would envy anyone, but dissapear? Am I really that disgusting?


    "Something happened master? You don''t look well!"


    "D-Don''t worry about me. Better tell me about yourself. My summoning shouldn''t be so strong to summon a succubus."


    "My name is Vyliana! I''m a great succubus and I came here because I felt that little girl was summonig me!" she said with a lot of energy. Enjoying this book? Seek out the original to ensure the author gets credit.


    Is this a normal reason? It can''t be, can it?


    "Oh, you are just and idiot like this guy there, aren''t you!" Morgana replied and pointed at Arthur that was sitting far away from us. When he heard her he hid his face in his hands.


    How can you be so cruel! You made him cry again! He even came to help us. I can''t understand those young kids.


    "Don''t worry Arthur! You are a great friend!" I said to cheer him up but his sobbing became even louder.


    I can''t understand him. I really can''t.


    "You really are funny, little people." I heard loud voice.


    When I looked into it''s direction I saw him. A giant. He was wearing really primitive outfit and now he was throwing wood into the fire. It was a really big campfire.


    From the side it looked more like we were some kind of insects, that were drawn to the light.


    "Thank you for playing with my dog. He is trusting and harmless." he said and looked at his friend.


    His dog was sleeping right now near a tree, and you could hear his loud breathing.


    "Anyway, where are you traveling to?" he asked when brushing his beard with his fingers.


    I felt somewhat envious about it. When I was still old I used to have a really long beard.


    "We want to get to the capital city!" I said loudly to make sure that he hears me.


    "Capital city? Why would you go there?"


    "I-It''s complicated!" I replied and he grabbed another piece of wood and threw it into the fire. It made a lot of noise, and some of the flames raised making the forest more visible. It was a really beautiful view.


    "Well, you don''t need to tell me. You can stay here for the night, then I will show you the way." gaint said.


    He was a really kind person. I always wanted to meet one because of the legends. They say that every giant is wise and they are all calm. Maybe because they live near the nature.


    Well if that was the case Morgana would be a kind person too. It must be something different.


    After that we talked a litte bit more. Then we went to sleep. I had a really peaceful rest there, and when we woke up we were guided to the road by the giant and his dog. It was a little bit weird for me to walk with them, but it was safe, really safe.


    After that we said goodbye and we went our own way. We had a long way ahead of us so we needed to move fast, but Morgana didn''t looked well for some reason.


    "Is there a problem?" I asked her.


    "Two. There are two problems." she said and looked back.


    There, behind us were walking our new friends, and both of them smilled when they saw that I was looking at them.

 13. Life of a succubus

    "Hey Vyliana, weren''t you summoned by some mage?" I was asked by a demon. He was big. Really big. Walking on his four legs, he looked like some kind of a dragon but with more diabolic look.


    "It was just some old pervert." I repliedwith disappointment and looked around me. Here I was. The kingdom of demons. Like you can imagine, it was deep underground, with a lot of lava and fire.


    I liked it here. I was a succubus, so it was normal for me to live in a place like here, but there was one single problem.


    "Why does only old people summon me!? Old, perverted people!" I said gazing at the castle of king of demons. I don''t know why did he even build a castle here, but you can''t argue with someone with so much power.


    "Well, you are a succubus after all. Swim in lava, it will make you feel better." dragon-like creature said.


    I don''t want to swim in lava! I want to be summoned by someone cute. I want to be summoned by some cute little girl!


    "I want to be summoned by someone normal!" I screamed as I dipped my feet in lava. It wasn''t that bad of a feeling.


    "Don''t be picky. No one will ever summon me because I''m too big and scary. But you? You are really popular!"


    "But why!?" I replied with anger.


    Succubi are strong. Really strong.


    If you were to take every demon race that lived, we were in top five of them if it''s about strength. But what of that? We are summoned by some old perverts who just like to look at us. Once some old geezer summoned me and told me to read him a book! It can''t be normal, can it?Unauthorized tale usage: if you spot this story on Amazon, report the violation.


    "Well, I can''t help you, but try not to be too negative." he said and walked into the lava. I looked at him for a moment, and then hedisappeared completely under it.


    "Ahhhh! I hate old people!" I said as I layed down with my feet still soaking.


    I hate old mages with all my heart! I hate people that spend all their lifes in towers, in their stinky robes doing some stupid research. I hate their beards and their stupid magic!


    Why can''t mages be cute and small? It wouldn''t hurt me.


    When I was thinking about it I felt some kind of magic. It wasn''t this old, stupid kind of magic. It seemed more like someone young summoning a demon. Someone cute?


    I ran towards it, with all my might. It''s now or never!


    After a while I saw it. Teleport to outer world. It was small, made for a weak demon, but it was well made. It won''t hurt if someone stronger will go into it, won''t it?


    I entered it slowly, and started to feel dizy.


    It wasn''t made for someone as strong as me.


    Fighting with this feeling I tried to stay awake but I couldn''t. I fell asleep.


    When I woke up I was standing on a field.


    Then I looked around and I saw a young handsome man, fighting with some weak creature. It looked like a giant wolf or dog, but it was having fun now for some reason. Somewhere in the back there was a blonde woman in a witch clothing. She looked really pissed off right now. It will be better to leave her alone.


    Far away I could sense someone big. A giant maybe?


    Well, there is no reason tofeel threatened if it''s a giant. They are not weak but I could beat one easily if I wanted. More important thing right now was my summoner.


    She was standing near me, looking at a fight. She wasn''t old or ugly.


    She was young and cute.


    "Cooper, leave him!" I heard giant''s voice. He catched up to us now but he didn''t looked hostile. It seemed like that gaint wolf was listening to him.


    Well, now I needed to introduce myself to my new master. I want to make a good first impression because my master was someone that I wanted to serve.


    Yeah, someone that I finally want to serve.


    "What do you want master?" I asked this little girl standing near me.

 14. Caring friends and the fever

    I don''t feel good. I really don''t. Three days have passed since we met this giant. Three long days.


    You can''t just walk for three days in this small body, and feel good.


    "Are you alright?" Morgana asked me, and then she touched my forehead. She stayed like this for a moment and then she started shouting.


    "Are you and idiot?! Why didn''t you said anything?!"


    Well, that was loud.


    "What happened? What happened?" Vyliana asked us after approaching me.


    We were just taking a break in a forest. It was a small break because we needed to move, and we needed to move fast.


    We were in a third of road to the capital city. I don''t really understand this spell that I casted on myself, but I know that I can''t just rely on everyone. I can''t just think of it like some kind of trip.


    That''s why for almost all day I was pretending to feel alright, even if I didn''t. I had a high fever and I felt really bad.


    "It''s nothing." I said and tried to get up.


    "Lay down!" Morgana shouted one more time.


    This time it was even louder.


    "We will stay here for as long as you need to!" she said with anger.


    Why are you so angry? I don''t understand.


    "I need to find some medicine. It''s good that I''m a witch. Take care of this idiot and make sure that she doesn''t move." Morgana said to Vyliana and went deep into the forest.


    I don''t understand why she cares so much.


    "I''m sorry that you need to stay here with me." I said to Vyliana. She was sitting on the ground looking at me. I could see her red hair really clearly now.


    "Don''t be. It''s really fun." she replied and smiled.


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    "Something happened?! I heard Morgana shouting!"


    Oh, we have a next guest. Running here as fast as he can in this white armour of his. He looked really worried. What a great friend.


    "It''s nothing." I replied and I breathed deeply. I was feeling really hot right now.


    "Are you alright?! Something happened?!" Arthur started panicking one more time.


    Can''t you belive me?


    "It looks like master is sick so could you shut up?" Vyliana said and grabbed my hand.


    "Don''t worry, it will be alright!" she said with a serious expression.


    I''m not dying. I''m really not dying, It''s just a fever.


    After that we stayed like this for a moment. They were gazing at me all the time, and it made me feel really uncomfortable but I didn''t told them that. How could I?


    Then I felt really dizzy and cold. I tried to fall asleep, but I couldn''t.


    "I''m back... What are you doing!!" I heard Morgana''s voice. She was carrying some herbs and she looked really angry now.


    "She looked like she was cold." Vyliana said and grabbed me even tighter. She was now laying down with me and I could feel something really soft on my hand.


    "I didn''t saw anything, I didn''t saw anything..." Arthur was covering his eyes as he was chanting those words.


    I started feeling worse.


    "Get out! She needs to rest!" I heard Morgana''s voice and I fell asleep.


    When I was sleeping I had a really weird dream. In it, I was fighting with a dragon. It was a really weird thing because dragon''s died out years ago.


    Anyway, I was trying to defeat him, but I couldn''t. He parried all of my attacks, and when I tried to run he grabbed me and putted me in his mouth.


    This was a moment when I woke up.


    "Well that was weird." I said and looked around. When I did that I saw Vyliana doing some kind of soup in a pot. She looked really happy, and was now putting something weird in it. I hope that I won''t need to eat it.


    Arthur was setting up a tent. Well, two tents. It would be weird for someone like him to sleep with girls, even if I wasn''t a girl.


    The last person was now holding my hand and looking at me. When she saw that I woke up she smilled.


    "It''s good that you woke up. Drink this." Morgana said and gave me some kind of elixir. It was green and smelled a little but I didn''t wanted her to scream at me anymore.


    I drinked it fast and tried not to think about it.Strangely enough it tasted good, almost sweet.


    "Don''t be that surprised. Not all elixirs taste bad." she said and took the empty bootle from my hand.


    "Why didn''t you told us that you were feeling bad?" she asked me with a serious expression.


    I couldn''t respond. I didn''t wanted to tell her about what I was thinking. I didn''t wanted her to think that I feltungrateful.


    "I''m sorry." I replied quietly.


    When Morgana heard me, she just smiled a little and hold my hand a little tighter. This is what friendship is about?


    "The soup is ready!" Vyliana said ruining the moment, and we all went to eat.


    I was afraid that this soup would taste weird but it didn''t. Maybe Vyliana was a good cook or something? After that we went to our tents. Arthur to his small one, and we to our big one.


    "It''s good that we have them. Wouldn''t want to sleep outside." I said and I layed down.


    "No need to tell me about it." Morgana replied and did the same.


    After a moment we all were sleeping.

 15. The knights decision

    It''s hard to be a knight, and it''s hard to be friends with someone you like. I mean really like. Not like like, but like really like, if it makes any sense.


    Sometimes I wonder, why did I even went with them. Why did I went with them on this adventure.


    "What are you thinking about?" I was asked by a girl. She was young, not older than fifteen years old. Yet there was something mature about her.


    "Nothing important Iris." I said and for some reason, after hearing her own name she flinched a little. Did she disliked me calling her by her name so much?


    "You heard him, "Iris"." I heard Morgana''s voice and this girl flinched one more time.


    So it wasn''t just me. That''s good.


    To tell you the truth I''m not good with women. I never was.


    "Something happened master?" a girl with red hair asked.


    Dealing with this girl was especially hard for me, and reason for that was very simple. Her clothes.


    She was wearing an armour that didn''t cover much. When she was speaking I always tried no to look at her because of that.


    "Nothing important, don''t worry." young girl said and sighed deeply.Stolen content alert: this content belongs on Royal Road. Report any occurrences.


    She was sighing a lot. Was there something on her mind? I don''t really know why we are going to the capital city, but it seemed like it was something really important.


    "If this old woman is bullying you then tell me master. I will take care of her." Vyliana said and made Morgana really angry. It looked like she was going to do something, that she might regret later.


    Sometimes I really wonder why I went with them.


    But always when I think about it, I get my answer right away.


    "Something happened? You don''t look well." I was asked by Iris.


    She was the reason.


    I''m bad with women. It''s hard for me to speak with them but it''s not the case with her. Speaking with her is like talking with a friend.


    She''s straightforward, kind, honest and beautiful. When I talk with her I don''t feel nervous. It''s more like talking with a man, and I don''t understand why.


    ''It''s nothing. I''m just really grateful that I can be here with you." I said what I was thinking. Well, it might seem like confession, but she thinks of me as a friend only.


    It''s not so be bad to be a friend anyway. Everyone must start somewhere.


    As I was thinking about that, I realised that I haven''t gotten any response. When I looked at her I saw that she was looking at the ground, and she looked sad for some reason.


    "Don''t belive me?" I asked and she looked at me.


    "It''s not that. I''m sure that you all like me for now." she said and smiled lightly.


    I really don''t understand. I don''t understand why she said "for now". I don''t understand what is so important in capital city that makes her so nervous.


    But I want to know. I decided to.


    "Don''t think about stupid things." Morgana said to Iris after looking at her for a while. She seemed to know a lot about her.


    "I''m sorry." she only replied briefly.


    It''s weird for someone so young to be so calm. I don''t understand her but I want to.


    As I was thinking about those things we were getting closer to the capital city.

 16. Capital city

    "Wow!" I heard Arthur''s voice.


    We just left the forest and then we saw our objective.


    We were looking at the capital city. We were still couple of hours of walking away from it, but we could see it clearly because of it''s size. A castle so big, that it looks more like a mountain. It had a lot of white, pointy towers, and looked really beautiful.


    Where castle ended you could see walls that separated this castle from the city.


    "It really is big. Not how I remembered it." I said after looking at it. Somewhere there is the biggest mage''s guild you can find in the known world. The place I want to be.


    "What will we do once we arrive there?" Morgana asked.


    It''s not like we had a plan. We just wanted to go to the capital city. I know what I will do but they will probably want to split up.


    "I want to stay with master." Vyliana said proudly.The story has been taken without consent; if you see it on Amazon, report the incident.


    Well, it might be a problem if I turn back to normal.


    "If Iris will let me, I too would want to stay with her." Arthur joined the conversation.


    I think you might be a little surprised if you see my real self.


    "So, what you think about that "Iris"?" Morgana saidteasingly but her face looked really serious.


    I knew why. It''s not like I can lie to them for all eternity. If I want to be with them, I will need to tell them who I am, but it''s hard. It''s hard to think that person they like doesn''t exist.


    "A lot of things can happen." I avoided the question and Morgana only looked at me.


    You don''t need to worry. It''s not like I wanted to deceive them or something like that. I just thought that we will get there and they will just leave me, but for some reason they don''t want to.


    It''s hard to understand them. Even after traveling with them for so long I can''t say I know them.


    "Why do you wanted to get there master?" Vyliana asked while looking at the capital city.


    To become a 70 years old man. I can''t tell her that. But if she will want to stay with me I will need to. Even if they won''t undo the spell, I can''t just lie to her.


    "Because of a spell."


    "What kind of spell?" Arthur asked me after listening to me. You just need to make things worse, don''t you?


    "Maybe one day I''ll tell you."


    "Why not now?"


    "Is this some kind of bullying?" I replied and he stopped.


    Kids are really curious these days.


    "Just don''t disappear without saying goodbye." Morgana said and smiled. Did she read my mind?

 17. To become an old man

    Capital city was really different than Jerven. It was bigger but people living there weren''t as rich. There were many reasons for that. The biggest one was that Jerven was a really developed city, where a lot of trading happened. But there was one more important reason for that. Rich didn''t care about the poor.


    Well, it''s normal everywhere, but here it was really visible. You could go from the most beautiful property to house that was barely standing in less than ten minutes.


    We were now in poor neighborhood because we just entered the city. If I wanted to get to the mage''s guild I needed to get to the rich district.


    "I know you are excited, but we need to rest for now. You will go there tomorrow." Morgana said as we entered the inn. It was really normal, but compared to the old one in Jerven, this one looked very poor.


    There was not many people and a lot of them were looking really suspicious.


    "Don''t worry about them master. I could kill them without problem." Vyliana said something scary again. Well, she attracted a lot of attention. It must be normal looking at her clothes and body.


    "Yeah, you can count on us." my good friend Arthur said.


    He won''t be killing anyone, which is cool.


    "Stay here, I will book some rooms." Morgana said and went to the owner of the inn.


    It seemed really familiar. Her going, doing everything for me, and I was just waiting. It seemed so familiar that I remembered something.


    "Arthur, I remember that you stared at me really hard when we first met. At first I thought that you were someone suspicious but you are just a very nice guy after all." I said what I was thinking.


    It was hard for me to understand Arthur. I don''t really know why he went with us. I mean, he must had really wanted to go on an adventure, but still it seemed weird for me.


    "W-Well, i-it was something, I mean, you know..." Arthur said shyly.


    Do you consider that a normal reply?


    "I''m back. We have three seperated rooms." Morgana said and gave Vyliana and Arthur one key each.


    Something doesn''t add up here. Where is my room?


    "What do you think you are doing?!" Vyliana said with anger.This narrative has been purloined without the author''s approval. Report any appearances on Amazon.


    Yeah you understand me. Tell her. Tell her that I want to have my own room too.


    "I wanted to sleep with master too!"


    You really are a demon.


    After some more talking we went to our rooms. I had to sleep with Morgana but I didn''t felt as embarrassed as I was before. But it''s not because I became a girl or something.


    "Wanted to sleep with me one more time?" I asked jokingly.


    "No. I just don''t want you to run." she said and looked at me.


    I thought about this. If I really don''t want them to know the truth I can just go the mage''s guild alone and never come back. It seemed better for me but it looked like Morgana didn''t liked it.


    "You really seem to care much." I said and she smiled.


    "I do."


    The night started to appear as we were talking. After spending so many days outside you just want to sleep in a normal bed. But I couldn''t sleep.


    I wanted to check. I wanted to check if I can become normal.


    That''s why I made sure that Morgana was sleeping deeply and I sneaked out. When I went outside I was greeted by a really dark night. I was in a poor district so there was nothing that could light up my path.


    After some time when my eyesbecame accustomed to the darkness I could barely see shapes of houses. They looked poor. But it was somewhat magical.


    Then, after maybe twenty minutes I was in a betterneighborhood. You could see shops there and good houses. There were even lamps that were powered by magic.


    More poeple were walking in those areas because it was safer. When I was walking before I couldn''t spot even one person.


    As I was walking I saw what I was looking for. In a place I remembered. Mages guild. It was a big building with a sign that had an eye on it. Once, in this place I signed up to become a guild member. I was maybe twenty years old then, and shortly after they threw me out because I was doing "stupid" research. Because I wanted to do something no one could.


    I didn''t waited any longer and I went inside.


    "It''s good that guilds are open 24 hours." I said and looked around.


    I was in a big, dark hall. The place looked classic, and well maintained. You could see many shelves with books that were from different fields of science.


    "Looks like a library, not a hall." I said to myself.


    It wasn''t like this before. When I was young this place used to look more normal. Well, it wasn''t my problem now. I needed to find someone who wasn''t sleeping now.


    It shouldn''t be problem. Mages are freaks, that spend most of their free time doing some stupid research. Well, it''s ironic that I am the one saying it, but this is the truth.


    "Someone is there?" I heard woman''s voice. It was coming from one of the shelves.


    Done. Found one.


    I''ll just wait for her to come to me. Then I will explain to her what happened and she will help me. Oh, I can''t wait to see their faces when I tell them that Isucceeded.


    As I was thinking about that I could see her approaching me from darkness. She was getting close so I could see her clothing. She was wearing the robes of a master mage. They were white and long. She was someone who commands the guild. I didn''t thought that I will meet someone that important so fast.


    After that I could see her face, and it wasn''t bad. She looked like she was really old but her posture was good and she looked strong.


    There was just something really weird about her eyes. Something nostalgic. Under her long white hair I could see that they were in different colors. One of them was green and the other one orange.


    I''ve met someone like this before.


    "Why are you here?" she asked and I remembered.


    I remembered it all.


    "Little Rosie!" I shouted and she looked at me surprised.

 18. Pretty nice memories

    "Do you just want to sleep all the time?! Who do you think a mage is?!" little girl asked me as she stood next to my bed. She was wearing anapprentice clothing. It meant that she was a mage but there was one problem.


    She was a sixteen years old girl.


    "Don''t worry little Rosie. I know all there is to know about the mages." I said to this little girl and it made her angry for some reason.


    "We just became mages William! Behave like a normal person!"


    I don''t understand. Wouldn''t a normal mage want to sleep all the time? I looked into her eyes. One of them was green and other one orange. She had a short dark hair and looked really furious right now.


    "I''m just a young man. Give me some rest." I said tired and covered myself with a blanket.


    "You are in your twenties William! Behave!" she said as she tried to knock me out of my bed.


    Why are young girls so aggressive?


    "What do you want me to do exactly?" I replied and stood up. There was no reason to argue with her if she was like this.


    "Well we are in mage''s guild and we just became ones... maybe do some research?" she saidhesitantly looking at the floor. It was somewhat cute but there was one problem.Unauthorized content usage: if you discover this narrative on Amazon, report the violation.


    "What kind of research do you want to do in my room!"


    I just got this new clean room in this beautiful guild. There was no reason to destroy it! I even had this big bed and books I will never read!


    "Don''t be like this! We can always study some magic!" Rosie said and pulled out a book from under her cloak.


    You were prepared for this moment, weren''t you?


    "We are in capital city, and the first thing you want to do is study?" I asked and she shoved the book in my face.


    "Look at cover! Look at it!" Rosie said and I did as she said.


    "101 unsolved problems in magic... Is itsupposed to be fun?"


    "You won''t know untill you try!" she replied with glowing eyes that were really pretty because of colors that they had, and then she opened the book one the floor.


    I felt a little ashamed that my desk was too messy to even put a book on it but after some time I started reading this book with her on the floor.


    As we were sitting I read next pages that contained various problems.


    How to clone somebody with magic. How to make a no mana spell. How to cast many spells in one time.


    "It''s... It''s..."


    "Awesome?"


    "Boring!" I replied and made her angry one more time.


    Well, it''s not like I hate magic, but I find it really boring most of the time. Those are just questions that no one knows answer to. What is so fun about them?


    "It''s not my fault that ma.... turn the page back." I said as I saw something really interesting.


    "Hmmm? William found something that interests him?" Rosie said jokingly and smilled at me.


    "Just do it!" I said and she turned the page back.


    There, written with big letters was a headline that was supposedto change my whole life.


    "How to make a spell of eternal youth..." I read it slowly.

 19. To study magic

    "Isn''t it ironic?" I was asked by Rosie.


    We were now in some tavern and I was reading her book. 101 unsolved problems in magic and moreprecisely one very interesting chapter of it.


    "Don''t speak for a moment." I just said and her eyes lit up.


    Well you have pretty eyes I must say. Those colors are really rare. One of them orange and the other one green, but it was you who wanted to read this book. Don''t make problems now.


    "Ehh, just give it back after you read it. Where is our food anyway?" she said and looked at the owner of this tavern.


    He was an old man, now cleaning some tables. This place was small and there were no other people beside us. It made talking easier but I don''t know why do we need to wait so much for our food.


    "Don''t worry miss. It will be ready in a moment." he said and continued cleaning.


    After watching this scene I looked again at book in my hands. There, printed with big letters was a problem that really picked my interest.


    How to make a spell of eternal youth. I don''t care about magic but there was something about this problem. that made me really curious.


    "In the history of mankind there were many instances of people wanting to become immortal or young again. A lot of those people will practice dark magic. In their chase for immortality they might even become liches, an undead beings that don''t have much in common with living." I read thebeginning of this chapter.


    "Ohh, interesting." Rosie only replied and looked at me.


    "Despite the efforts of many great minds, no one has ever found a way to retain an eternal youth, however many experiments were carried out with different effects.One of the most promising attempts was carried out by team of known magicians, that tried casting a spell of great power on a guinea pig. This attempt wassuccessful, but only for a short time, and after that, the animal aged really quickly. It was concluded that spell that could make someone young again and keep him that way would need a lot of huge amounts of energy, which can''t be done with the known means."This content has been unlawfully taken from Royal Road; report any instances of this story if found elsewhere.


    Hmm, this is really interesting. I should read this whole chapter some time. There are many dates of experiments that were done before. Really interesting stuff.


    "Aren''t you curious?" I asked her, but then I saw how she was stuffing her face with food that arrived while I was reading.


    "You could tell me that our food was ready." I said.


    "Well, you looked really serious reading this book. Didn''t wanted to disturb you." she replied as she was eating some kind of sausage.


    You shouldn''t talk with your mouth full.Especially if you are a sixteen years old girl.


    After thinking about that I didn''t wasted much time and started eating. There was a lot of expensive food, but I didn''t mind. It was some kind of reward for us, for passing our test and becoming mages.


    I stuffed my face with different kinds of meats and soups. They were all really tasty but also really heavy. After eating another sausage I could promise that I was going to have a really bad time.


    "I don''t think I can eat anymore." I said and she looked at me surprised.


    Oh, don''t worry. You can eat as much as you want.


    "Glutton." I said quietly, making sure that she doesn''t hear me.


    After that I just looked at her for some time. She looked really happy, but it was just how she was. I can''t eat so much. It makes me feel heavy.


    As I was thinking about that I saw few men walking inside this tavern. They all were wearing mage''s robes and when they saw us they aprroached us.


    There were three of them, and one of them looked at me angrily.


    "Barely passed the exam, and now you are partying? You should be studying!" he said proudly.


    He was a young, short, black haired boy with small brown eyes. Known for being from poweful and rich family of mages. Aaron, my sworn enemy.


    "Why are bullying William?! You meanie!" Rosie said as she stopped eating.


    I reallyappreciate the gesture, but don''t make things even worse. They will just say few mean words and go away. As always.


    "I d-didn''t mean to... I mean; why are you even sitting with him?! He is an idiot! Someone like you should be..." he tried to say something but wasinterrupted by Rosie''s glare. She looked like she was going to do something really bad, and he knew that he needed to stop right now.


    "J-Just don''t think that you won! Celebrate in this small and dirty tavern all you want! H-Hahahah!" he laughedawkwardly, and when he saw that the owner of this "small and dirty tavern" was looking at him he ran to the door.


    "Don''t worry about him. He is an idiot!" Rosie said and looked at me.


    There was no reason to tell me this. I knew that he was an idiot. It was just that everything he told about me was true. I barely passed the exam. I can''t say that I''m smart or anything. I don''t find magic interesting at all.


    Well, I didn''t. Now I found this spell.


    "I know, I know..." I said as I looked at the book.


    Wouldn''t it be fun, if I was the one that made this spell work? If someone who barely passed the exam would make a spell of eternal youth?


    As I thought about that I felt pain in my stomach.

 20. Story of a mage

    "You really think that was a good idea?" I was asked by Rosie. She was standing near a pile of books. They were everywhere, on shelfs, desk, floor, bed. Its my room, but now it looked more like library.


    "It''s not my fault I''m good at poker." I said and turned the page of a book in my hands. It was a book about research and experiments done on eternal youth spell.


    All those books were bought by me. All of them bought for money that I won in poker.


    "We are mages, not gamblers!" Rosie said and looked at me worried with her beautifuleyes.


    "It''s my talent. It would be bad not to use it." I replied jokingly.


    Well, it''s not like I have done something wrong. I just needed some money, and they gave it to me.


    "Don''t joke about it! If someone from the guild will get to know, that you are only gambling in your free time, they might throw you out!"


    "Only gambling? Look around. I''m learning."


    "Yeah, you are learning. Learning things that were proved to beimpossible." she said and took the book from my hands. She seemed to care really much, and I don''t understand why.


    I mean we were friends, good friends, but I thought that she would follow her dreams once she become a mage. But she just spends most of her time with me, doing stupid things.


    Why would she do that?


    "You don''t have any friends?" I asked and she looked at me angrily.Support the creativity of authors by visiting Royal Road for this novel and more.


    "Do what you want idiot!" she shouted and threw the book in my head. After that she went out, and I grabbed my forehead because of a pain that was left there after the book hit me.


    I really don''t understand her.


    Next few days were really similiar to one another. I would just stay in my room and read those books, ignoring everything else. Rosie didn''t came after that, so I could spend all my time reading without thinking about anything else.


    Of course I knew that it will not last forever. Mages are supposed to spend their free time doing research, but it should be something important. Trying to make a spell of eternal youth was considered stupid andimpossible.


    That''s why, after few days I was summoned by a master mage. It''s the most important person in the guild, and if he wants to speak to me, it could only mean that he wasdissatisfied with me.


    He was an old man, maybe in his sixties, wearing white, long robes. He had short beard and smart, green eyes. His hair was white because of his age and he wanted only one thing from me.


    "Stop doing stupid things." he said after looking at me.


    I had two options. Listen to him, become a true mage and live a good life or be kicked out, and try to do something impossible.


    It was an easy question.


    "I won''t." I replied and he sighed.


    The rest is history. Boring history. I was thrown out from the guild and had to live on the streets. I thought about visiting Rosie, but I didn''t wanted to worry her, and it would be just sad to show her what I was doing. I left the capital city because I didn''t wanted to stay there and I went to Jerven. After some self-learning I was able to summon few demons to build me a tower in the middle of nowhere. I picked this place because I needed peace, and because I was ashamed of what I was doing. It was stupid, and I knew it.


    Even after trying to go to distant place, I was ridiculed by people. I found out that Aaron was send to Jerven to open new guild, and he started some rumors about me. Well, they were true so I couldn''t do anything about them.


    Somewhere at that time a young witch started living in the nearby forest. I met her few times and she was really kind, unlike other people.


    Then, just like that, my spell worked. Well, almost.


    This all took almost fifty years of my life.

 21. Inspecting the magic

    "And I think this is the whole story." I said to this old woman before me.


    I remembered her as a little girl, but now she was someone powerful. Wearing master mage robe''s, she was sitting in a room that belonged to her. It was the biggest room I have ever seen. With shelves, books and tools used to research magic.


    She was just looking at me with her beautiful eyes. One of them green and the other orange. I was scared that she might not belive me but after a moment she smiled.


    "You really did it." she said with teary eyes.


    I don''t understand. Was it something sad that I succeeded?


    "Anyway, I''m sorry I never visited you. We used to be so close and I just disappeared." I said to her and she shook her head.


    "No, no. There is no need. I haven''t done anything either." she said and smiled one more time.


    After that she went to one of the shelves. After searching it for some time she took one of the books. It looked old, but I remembered the cover.


    "101 unsolved problems in magic..." she nodded after hearing my words.


    "Well, now it would be 100 problems." I said jokingly but she had serious expression.


    "Yeah, now it''s 100 problems." she replied as she put the book on the desk.


    After that she stared staring at me. At first I thought that she was thinking about something deep but after a while I could see her smile.


    "Is there something wrong?" I asked.


    "You really are cute William."


    Hold on. Are you trying to seduce me? If you are, I must tell you that I wasn''t born yesterday. Compliments won''t work on me!


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    "Who''s red!!" I shouted, and then she laughed.


    After that we talked for a long time. I told her about my research and adventures, and she told me how she became the master mage.


    It turns out that she was working really hard past these all years. I wasn''t the only one.


    "So, can you help me?" I said as I stuffed myself with some cookies that she brought. It was good that Rosie became someone who could have good food every day.


    "Well, I can feel some mana coming from you. It seems that you are under a spell but I would like to know the exact way you casted it." she said and I finished my cookie.


    After that I borrowed some chalk and mana crystals from her. Then I drew a magic circle on the floor.


    "Do you have anything that I can cast this spell on?" I asked and she pointed at the plant that was sitting on one of the shelves. I quickly took it and put it in the circle.


    After that I grabbed the crystal in my hands and started chanting.


    And then...


    Nothing.


    "Is it supposed to be like this?" Rosie asked and I couldn''t respond.


    Why didn''t it worked? I perfected this spell. It should work now.


    I grabbed the crystal one more time and started chanting but nothing happened.


    "I don''t understand... It worked before. I used it many times and it always worked!" I said looking at the plant. It was not a mistake. The plant looked just like before.


    After that I looked at Rosie. She seemed to be thinking about something, and then she gazed at me.


    "Calm down. Maybe it''s because of your body. Let me do this." she said and took the crystal from my hand. After that she tried to cast this spell but it didn''t worked.


    "What is happening?" I asked myself outloud.


    It should work. It alwasy worked. I used it on everything that lives. On plants, animals. Even on myself.


    Have I done something wrong? I drawn the circle perfectly. I don''t understand.


    "Calm down William."


    "How can I calm down!? I wasted my whole life on this!" I shouted.


    I looked at the circle one more time. It looked good. Then I took the crystal in my hand. I could feel mana flowing inside it. After that I checked if my chanting was right.


    Everything was good. Why didn''t it worked.


    I thinked about this but I couldn''t find the answer.


    "Sorry for my behavior." I said after I cooled down.


    "There is no need to apologise. I would be upset too if something I worked my whole life on wouldn''t work." she replied and stroked my head making me feel like a child.


    It calmed me down, but it wasn''t the problem. I could understand if I lost. I could understand if I just couldn''t make the spell work. But I did. I''m the living proof of that.


    So why isn''t it working now?


    "There is only one option left." I said and Rosie looked at me curious.


    "What?"


    "We need to emulate the first time I casted this spell, and to do that I must become an old man again." I said and the sun started to rise.

 22. In search of power

    After talking with Rosie I went back to the inn. To undo this spell we will need a powerful source of magic. Something that can take care of all this mana. I thought that she might have something like this but even someone as powerful as her couldn''t help.


    Well, there are many things that can store mana. Special stones, crystals, even monster parts.


    After examining this spell we came to the conclusion that we will need something really strong. I don''t know how I will get a hold of something like this but I need to try.


    Anyway it was weird that this spell was that strong. I didn''t use that much mana. It shouldn''t be that powerful.


    As I was thinking about this I was getting near to the entrance of the inn. It was placed in a really poor district, and after this sleepless night I just wanted to rest.


    When I looked at the door I saw a familiar blonde girl leaning against the wall of the building. After she saw me she approached me with an angry expression.


    "Want to tell me anything?!" she said angrily.


    I didn''t knew what she meant. Was me sneaking out that much of a deal?


    "I''m sorry?" I replied after a moment, and she sighed.


    You should relax Morgana. It''s not like I wanted to make you angry.


    "Why didn''t you wait? We could go all to the guild today." Morgana asked and looked me into eyes.


    And what else? You wanted to look at me when I transform into an old man? Maybe wanted to show it to Arthur and Vyliana? Go ahead and destroy their young minds. I won''t take part in this!


    "Don''t want to tell me?" she said after I didn''t answer her.


    You really are curious.


    "I was ashamed..." I replied slowly.


    It was normal to be ashamed in situation like this. What was I supossed to say when they see me becoming an old man? "Surprise, I could be your grandfather!" sounds bad. But it didn''tconvince her.


    "That''s all?" she asked calmly, but with a scary face. Wasn''t that a good reason?


    When I was thinking about this she leaned down and looked me into eyes. We were on the same level now, and I could see her eyes clearly. She didn''t looked angry now, but rather sad.


    "I thought you might run away from us." she said.


    "I wouldn''t..." I tried replying, but I couldn''t be sure that what I was about to say was true.


    I thought about this few times. At first we were just adventuring with some people we barely knew. But now I think of them as my friends, and I don''t want them to know the truth. Is this something wrong to do?


    "Don''t do stupid things anymore." Morgana said as she stood up.


    After that she took a good look at me.


    "Anyway, it looks like they couldn''t help you."


    "Yeah.." I replied and after that I told her the whole story.


    I told her how I met Rosie, and how we tried to cast the spell. After that I told her how we failed, and how now I want to become an old man again, not only to be myself, but to try casting this spell one more time.


    It was weird that it didn''t work, and Morgana seemed to be surprised too. She looked like she was thinking about something for a moment and then she looked at me.Did you know this text is from a different site? Read the official version to support the creator.


    "So, what do you want to do now?" she asked.


    "I want to find something with enough power to undo this spell." I said and looked at her. She looked like she was waiting for me to say something. I knew what it was, but I felt a little bitembarrassed about that.


    "Will you help me?" I asked and she smiled.


    "I will." she replied and we went to the inn.


    Inside I saw both of my friends now looking at me. They were sitting at a table with some food and drinks. When they saw that I entered the room they stopped eating.


    Are they angry at me?


    "H-Hello." I said as I approached them.


    After that I sat on one of the chairs, and Morgana did the same. They weren''t talking, and I was too scared to say anything. That''s why we just stayed there in silence.


    Why aren''t they saying anything? Did Morgana told them everything? No that''s not the case. Even if she did, they deserve an explanation. I need to say something!


    "I''m s-sorry I went on my own yesterday. It was not a nice thing to do." I said and looked at them.


    Their expressions changed a little, but they still didn''t say anything.


    Morgana just looked at us smiling, after that she grabbed something to drink.


    "Just tell them what you want to do." she said and took a sip from mug.


    Tell them what I want to do? I want to become an old man again. No, I cant tell them that. Not now.


    What else I can tell them? What I want to do?


    After thinking about that for a moment I found an answer.


    "Thank you from coming with me here. I know that it was ourprimal objective, and we did it. But I want you to help me with something else. I want to find a powerful...." I couldn''t end my sentence.


    I was interrupted by loud sighs of Arthur and Vyliana.


    I really don''t understand them.


    "Really?! You want to spend your time with us?" Vyliana said something weird.


    "I don''t under..."


    "I will help you with everything!" Arthur joined her.


    They were smiling now, and looking at me.


    "As I wanted to say, I don''t understand." I said.


    "Don''t you see? They thought that you wanted to run from them." Morgana told me and took another sip from her mug.


    Ahh, so that''s the reason. It must have looked like this. Our objective was to get to the capital city, and we didn''t knew what we will do after that. If I just disappearedafter getting here...


    It must have looked like I was sick of them.


    "I''m sorry! I really, really like you all!" I said, drawing attention of everyone from the inn.


    They all must have looked at me because of how loud I was, but I didn''t care. I had something important to say.


    "R-Really?" I heard Arthur''s voice. For some reason he looked like he was about to cry right now.


    "I mean it! I like you!" I shouted one more time.


    "And me?" Vyliana raised her hand and said with a smile.


    "I like you too!"


    After my show of love I remained silent for a while, I was to ashamed to say anything, and a lot of people were looking at me now with smiles. I could only blush a little.


    "How lovely!" I heard woman''s voice. She was one of customers, and now she was looking at me.


    "Anyway, as I tried to say, I want to find something powerful. Something with a lot of mana, that can help me cast a spell." I said, trying not to pay attention to people around me.


    It was hard because of my stupid behaviour, but I needed to ask them... No, I wanted to ask them for help.


    "Will you help me?" I asked, and they smiled.


    "Of course we will." they said at the same time.


    After that we talked a little about what we want to do and how. I needed something really powerful. It won''t be easy to get something with that amount of mana. I told them, what kind of objects can be used, and they just listened to me.


    There are many powerful crystals in this world, but many of them were too hard to find. We could try to find a monster that have parts with a lot of mana. They can be used in alchemy or when you are making spell, but it would be hard to find a monster like this.


    Many of more powerful monsters were killed years ago, and if I were to use something, it should be as strong as dragon heart. There is just one problem, there are no more dragons now. They were all hunt down.


    "I think that''s all." I said after explaining it all to them.


    I thought that after hearing that we might have to fight something really powerful, they might want to resign, but they didn''t. It was really comforting for me, but they weren''t normal people. Vyliana was a succubus. A race known for they power and agility. And Arthur? Arthur played with a giant wolf and he''s still sitting here alive with me. It''s not like they need to be afraid of anything.


    But still, I was happy that they wanted to help me.


    "So, what do you want to do now?" Morgana asked me.


    Now? Now there is only thing I want to do.


    "I want to sleep." I replied with tired voice.


    After that I stood up, wanting to go to my room, but I was stopped by Vyliana. She grabbed my arm and when I looked at her she was really happy.


    "Master! I know a dragon!" she said with acheerful voice.

 23. Go to hell

    I slept really well.


    Well, I tried to but I couldn''t. That was because of Vyliana''s words.


    "Can we talk about this dragon one more time?" I asked her and she smiled.


    I couldn''t really talk about this with her yesterday. I was to sleepy to even think about this, but now that I''m not.


    "Yeah, what do you want to know?" she said.


    "You see. I belive you. There is no reason to lie about this, but I have one little question. How do you know a dragon if all of them are dead?"


    "Oh, not all master! One of them is alive." she replied and I looked at her.


    We were now in the inn, eating ourbreakfast, but I couldn''t eat. For some reason only I was curious about what she wanted to say. Morgana and Arthur were just eating silently.


    "Where?!" I asked and she pointed at the floor.


    "There master!"


    Is this some kind of joke?


    "I don''t think dragons live in the floors." Morgana said and continued eating.


    Yeah, I don''t think that dragons live in the floors too.


    "You don''t understand. I wasn''t pointing at the floor! I was pointing at hell!" she said and Arthur choked on his food.


    "A-Ahaa..." Morgana slowly replied and looked at me.


    I don''t understand. Want to tell me anything?


    "I don''t think w-we can go to hell Vyliana." Arthur said after taking care of his choking problem.


    Yeah, tell her that. I''m too young to go there!


    "Why not? It''s great there!" she just replied and looked at me.


    "Master want to go to hell! Don''t you?!"


    I don''t want to go to hell. I really don''t. But there is one problem. I need mana. I really do.


    "Even if I did, I don''t think your friend would give us his heart." I replied and she shook her head.The narrative has been taken without authorization; if you see it on Amazon, report the incident.


    "No! He will do this gladly master!" she said something weird again.


    "You have weird friends Vyliana." Morgana replied and looked at me one more time.


    I don''t understand those signals. If you want to tell my anything just do so.


    "If you say so, why won''t you go alone?" Arthur asked a really smart question.


    Yeah, there is no problem if she will just do this alone. There is no reason to be afraid, is there?


    "I won''t leave my master!"


    It couldn''t be that easy.


    I want mana. I want to undo this spell, but I won''t go to hell for that. I won''t. For sure.


    After her words, we were just sitting there in silence. I don''t know if it was because of thestupidness of this situation or because we were surprised because of her words.


    I mean, we knew that she was a demon, but it wasn''t really that visible in any way. She behaved normally, like a human almost. And even if she had a really weird outfit, it wasn''t like she looked like a demon.


    "Useless demon." I heard Morgana''s words as I was thinking.


    "W-What!?" Vyliana shouted in anger.


    "Nothing. You are justuseless." she said one more time.


    Morgana, don''t do this. I know you are scary but this asuccubus . Even you would have problems fighting with her.


    "Say that again and I will..."


    "You will what? You won''t leave your master? You can''t even help your master like that. You are reallyuseless." Morgana said one more time, and Vyliana looked like she was going to explode.


    "D-Don''t argue here. It''s not like we need to..." I tried to say something but I wasinterrupted.


    "No master! I will go alone! I will prove that I''m notuseless. Give me a day for preparations, and then I will go" Vyliana said and looked at me. After that she went outside.


    "Well, that was easy." this time it was Morgana that said something scary.


    Was that your plan? I wanted to ask but I decided not to.


    After that we didn''t saw Vyliana for a whole day. I was thinking about what she wanted to do, and how she wanted to come back to hell. It''s not like making a teleport is easy. I don''t even know how she went into this one I made. It was a small, weak teleport and asuccubus came out of it.


    Normally, if you summon a demon it will help you untill he dies, but it''s different for powerful demons. They can come back whenever they want, but I don''t know how.


    In the next day, when we went outside we were greeted by Vyliana. She looked tired for some reason.


    "I''m ready master! Come with me!" she said and we did.


    She led us outside the city, to a small field. There, we saw a circle.


    A small circle made of blood.


    "W-What is that!?" Arthur asked with a scared face.


    It looked scary for him but not for me. I knew who''s blood it was. It was a demon''s blood. You could feel a powerful flow of mana from it.


    "It''s my blood. Don''t worry about me, we demons are different than humans." Vyliana said and looked at me.


    "It took me a lot of time, to find a good place. You can''t just spill demon''s blood anywhere."


    I can imagine. It can be used to curse, so if you just spilled it somwehere with a high ammount of people, it might cause them problems.


    "Good job." I said and she smiled.


    After that I approached this circle. It had some words written on it. Words I couldn''t understand. It was probably demon''s language.


    "Don''t come too close to it." Morgana said worried.


    Arthur was just standing far away from us, still scared of this place.


    "Well, I don''t know when we will come back, so there is no need to wait for us." Vyliana said and grabbed me.


    Wait, what? We will come back? What do you mean?


    As I was thinking about this, she carried me to circle.


    The last thinkg I saw was Morgana running towards me.

 24. Hellish dragon

    "We are here master!" was the first thing I heard when I woke up.


    After being carried to the circle Ifainted.


    I don''t know if it was because of demon magic orstress. Not every day you are teleported to hell.


    "I see..." I replied and looked around.


    Lava, everywhere lava. Hot, scary lava!


    We were sitting on some small island made of rock I have never seen. It was dark and you could feel powerful magic coming from it.


    Of course, there was no sky in there, only rocks above and below us.


    "Can you please tell me, what were you thinking?" I asked her calmly. It was better not to get angry. I wouldn''t want to say anything stupid in a place like this.


    It''s not the most safe location you can think of.


    "I wanted to show you my home! Isn''t it great?"


    It''s not.


    "Iappreciateyour effort, but you see. How can I tell you this... I like being alive!" I shouted and she looked at me confused.


    "Oh, don''t worry master! Demons are nice!" Vyliana replied.


    You really are an idiot. Demons are nice? Maybe to you!


    "Come! We will meet my friend!" she said and grabbed me. She was carrying me like some princess. After that she opened her wings. Demonic wings. They were big, and appeared out of nowhere.


    Demons sure are scary.


    Then we started flying, and we were doing it really fast. I could see some demons below me. The didn''t look like Vyliana at all. They were scary.Reading on Amazon or a pirate site? This novel is from Royal Road. Support the author by reading it there.


    "Y-You think this is good idea?" I asked and she smilled.


    "Don''t worry master! Everything is fine!"


    There was only one thing I could do. Pray that she wasn''t lying.


    After few minutes of flying we aprroached another small island. It was made of the same rock material, and from there you could see some kind of castle in the distance.


    "What is that!?" I asked.


    "It''s a castle of king of demons, but don''t worry about it. It''s not like we need a castle in a place like this. It just seems that he likes human''s culture too much."


    This is weird. He likes human''s culture? What is he even thinking? Is he some kind of idiot?


    As I was thinking about those things, from the pool of lava a demon appeared. He was big, scary and looked powerful. But for some reason he looked like a dragon.


    "Oh, Vyliana! You came back!" he said when he looked at her.


    "Yeah! I''m back! Look who''s with me!" she replied and pointed at me.


    Is this that moment? That moment when I''msacrificed to a powerful demon? Is this my end?


    "Oh! Your dream came true? You weresummoned by someone young?" he said this nice words with a scary voice.


    What?


    "Yeah! How are you?" Vyliana said and this dragon-like creatur smiled.


    Is this normal for demons? Do they speak like this every day? Is this normal in their culture?


    "I''m good! After you helped me I''m not bullied anymore!"


    Bullied? What is he talking about?


    "Don''t mention it. I don''t like demons that are not nice." Vyliana said and blushed.


    Not nice? Are you even a demon?


    "Anyway, why are you here? Do you need my help?" he asked her.


    Well, you can''t just tell him that you need his heart, right? No matter how strange demons are, you can''t just do things like this.


    "I need your heart!"


    I could have expected this.


    "Oh, it''s not a problem. Just give me some time so I can prepare." this dragon-like creature said.


    What? You are going to give her your heart? What are you thinking? Are you stupid?


    "This is weird!" I finally gave up and shouted.


    Eat me if you want. You are all stupid, and I don''t care anymore!


    "Don''t worry little girl. I have many hearts, but Iappreciate your concern." he said and smiled at me.


    "This is not the cas... What? You have many hearts?!"


    This is weird. Dragons have one heart. I mean, they died years ago, but I''m sure that they do. He looks like a dragon, but is he just a normal demon?


    "I was made fromremainingsof dragons from the surface. That''s why I have more than one heart." he replied.


    Made? Who could do something like this?


    "Who made you?" I asked and he looked at the castle.


    "Demon king. He says that dragons are cool."

 25. Weird demon king

    After meeting with the "dragon" we had a lot of free time. He told us that he needs one day, to give us his heart. Well, it''s normal that he can''t just pull it from his chest, but what can really be normal in giving us his heart?


    "So what do you want to do?" Vyliana asked me. We were still standing on this small island, where we met this demon.


    "I don''t really know. It''s not like I want tosightsee hell." I replied, and looked around. There was only one thing interesting here. Well, everything was interesting in it''s own, scary way, but for some reason there was a castle here.


    A castle in hell.


    "Want to meet my family?" Vyliana asked me.


    What? You have family? I mean, it''s normal for everyone to have family. Isn''t it?


    "Why are you so surprised?" she asked and looked at me.


    Well, its normal for me to be surprised. It''s not like I''m an expert about hell.


    "They won''t eat me?" I asked to make sure.


    "Don''t be like this master! I told you demons are nice!" Vyliana said with angry face.


    Well, I find it hard to belive you.


    "Where does your family live?" I asked, and she pointed at the castle.


    "There master!"


    What did I expect? Well, it''s not like I''msafer here, than I would be there, and I''mcurious about this demon king.


    "Well, I can meet your family. If you want of course." I said and Vyliana smiled.


    "I want! I want!" she shouted; grabbed me one more time, and opened her wings.


    After that we started flying towards this castle. It was at our sight, so it didn''t took long. Vyliana was really fast at flying.


    The castle wasn''t big, but it wasn''t small either. In any other way, it looked like a normal castle you can find everywhere. It was made of gray bricks, and it had high walls. It didn''t looked diabolic at all.


    As I was thinking about this, Vyliana flied over the walls and we approached the gate to the castle. After that she landed and I saw a guard defending the gate.Enjoying this book? Seek out the original to ensure the author gets credit.


    He looked like a real demon. He had horns growing from his head, red skin, and black eyes. There was only one weird thing about him. He was wearing human''s armour.


    "Stay! Who are you!" he shouted with a scary voice.


    "I''m Vyliana, and this is my master." Vyliana replied and I hid behind her.


    There was no reason to risk. At any moment he can attack us, and I don''t want to fight with him.


    "Vyliana? I''m sorry, I didn''t know. Please, go ahead." he said, and opened the gate.


    Was she someone important?


    Anyway, it was a big gate, but he alone could open it.


    Demons sure are strong.


    "Thanks!" Vyliana said and after that we went inside.


    There I saw a big hall. It had many windows, carpets and paintings of a young, handsomeman. Everything was colorful and beatufiul. On theceiling I could see lamps made of crystals. Before me there were stairs and on top of them a big, wooden door.


    "Younger maid has come back?" I heard woman''s voice.


    When I looked into it''s direction, I saw a succubus like Vyliana. She had long dark hair and red eyes. For some reason she was wearing a maid outfit.


    "Don''t call me like that! We are sisters!" Vyliana replied to her, and the other girl approached her.


    I never knew that she have a sister.


    "You know how demon king wants us to behave. He loves human culture." she said, and Vyliana sighed.


    "I understand, but I don''t want to wear things like this!" she said and pointed at the other girl.


    "Well, it''s your problem. Who is this?" this weird girl asked, and looked at me.


    "This is my master. I want to show him the rest of our family."


    "She doesn''t look like any demon I know."


    "She''s a human." Vyliana replied.


    Is this a good idea to tell her that? I can behave like a demon. I spend a lot of time with Morgana.


    When the other girl heard, that I''m a human she looked at me with big interest.


    "I-Is something wrong?" I finally said something.


    "Hmmm, nothing. I''m just sure demon king would be really pleased to meet a human." this weird maid said.


    Well, I''m interested in him too. He is a weird person, if I can call him a person. But I don''t think I want to meet him. I''m still not sure if they just won''t eat me.


    "Don''t think about anything stupid! I''m going to show her to our family, and then we will return to the surface!" Vyliana said and covered me with her body.


    Well, I''m happy that they don''t plan on eating me.


    "Well, I won''t tell anybody, but be careful."


    "I will! Goodbye!" Vyliana said, and took to me up the stairs.


    This maid looked at us for a moment, and then she went outside.


    After that, we climbed those stairs, and we were standing in front of this big, wooden door.


    "Never go there master. This is throne Hall, and demon kings lives there. You don''t want to meet him." Vyliana said, and we turned left. After walking for a moment we found smaller door. For some reason it was pink.


    "Well, this is the place." she said and opened the door.


    It was a big room, with many feminine things.


    "What is that?" I asked and Vyliana smiled.


    "It''s my room master." she said and we went inside.


    It was a nice room. It had many things I never really used, so I can''t tell if there was something weird in it. For me everything was weird in girls room. But it had a big bed and many wardrobes, so it looked rich.


    As I was looking around I saw a woman sitting on a chair. She was a succubus but she looked more mature than any other I have ever met. She had long red hair and she was wearing a long, black dress.


    When she saw that I noticed her, she smiled.


    "You are back." this woman said, and then she looked at Vyliana.

 26. Demonic family

    "Mother?!" Vyliana said, when she saw this woman.


    "You don''t recognise me?"


    "No! Of course I do. It''s nice to see you again!"


    When Vyliana said it I looked one more time at this woman sitting on this chair. She was smiling now, looking at her daughter.


    "And who is that?" she said, and then pointed at me.


    "This is my master! She''s here to meet our family!" Vyliana replied.


    When this woman heard her, she looked at mecuriously. After that she stood up from her chair, and approached me.


    "Hmm, you are my daughter''s master?"


    I was a little scared. I knew how powerful Vyliana is, but older demons are stronger. A lot stronger.


    "Y-Yeah." I replied and looked at this woman one more time.


    She was smiling right now.


    "You are a nice, little girl, aren''t you?" she said, but for some reason her words made me feel uneasy.


    "Yeah, master is a great person!"


    "I''m sure she is." this woman replied, and smiled one more time.


    "Anyway, where is father? I want to show her to him." Vyliana asked, and her mother sighed.


    "Who knows? He never comes back."


    "It''s that bad? I thought he might get smarter." she said with an angry face.


    "Don''t worry about it. You should spend some time with your friend. After all it''s not like you will stay with her in hell forever, won''t you?"


    "Yeah, you are probably right mother."


    "I will leave you alone. I''m happy you are back." her mother said, and kissed her on her forehead. After that she left the room.Unauthorized use: this story is on Amazon without permission from the author. Report any sightings.


    "You have a scary mother." I said, after making sure that she wasn''t with us in room.


    "You think so master? I think she''s nice." Vyliana replied and opened one of herwardrobes.


    "What!?" she then shouted.


    "Something happened?" I asked and looked inside the wardrobe.


    There, inside it were clothes. Well, one kind of clothes.


    "You like maid clothes so much?" I asked and she looked at me angrily.


    "Of course not! It must be demon king!"


    Does demon king have times, to do things like this? He must be really weird.


    "Why! I just wanted to change clothes for a moment! I wanted to show master something else, than this armour!" Vyliana said, and sighed.


    "Don''t worry about that, you look great." I said to comfort her.


    "You think so master?!"


    "Yeah, of course."


    When I said it, she smiled and grabbed me under my arms. After that she raised me.


    "Master really is great!"


    "Hey, stop that!" I said, but she looked too happy, to argue with her.


    After a moment she calmed down, and putted me away.


    "Thanks master." she said and laid down on her bed. She looked tired, and I was tired too. Everyone would be tired after going to hell, it''s normal. We still need to wait one day, for this dragon to help us, so it''s not like we have anything to do in this time.


    "Won''t you lay down with me?" she asked.


    Is this a good idea to lay down with a succubus? Nothing like this crossed my mind. I just wanted to sleep for a moment, and her bed was big enough for two us to sleep in it.


    "Hehehe." she laughed, when I layed down with her.


    "Is there something wrong?" I asked, and she smiled.


    "Nothing, I''m just happy."


    Why would you be happy about that? Do you like sleeping that much? Demons sure are weird.


    I haven''t thought about this for long, because we went to sleep shortly after. We only talked for a little bit, but we were too tired to stay awake for too long.


    I don''t know how long I slept, but when I woke up I saw her still sleeping by my side.


    "Still sleeping?" I asked quietly, to make sure she doesn''t wake up.


    I looked at her for a moment, and after I left the room. Why I left the room? Well, after changing into girl I still needed to take care of few things. I wasn''t a little girl so I needed to do this alone. Those things were reallyembarrassing, so I don''t want to talk about them.


    "Where is toilet?" I asked myself, after getting lost in this castle.


    I tried opening many doors. but behind them were just normal rooms. I don''t know why, but all of them were empty for some reason. After maybe ten minutes of walking, I finally found a door with "WC" written on it.


    I tried opening it, but it wouldn''t move.


    Was that the end? The end of my adventure?


    "I''m sorry! I''m coming out!" I heard man''s voice behind it.


    He must be a demon. I wanted to run, but I couldn''t. Not in a situation like this.


    When he opened the door, I could see a normal man. He looked like a normal human with his short dark hair, and small black eyes. He was really tall, and for some reason he was wearing king''s clothes.

 27. Demon king wants to talk

    "Who are you?" this man asked me.


    After this incident in the toilet we went to the throne Hall. It was a big room with many decorations, and of course a big throne. He was now sitting on it.


    Yeah, he was a demon king.


    "I-I''m a demon." I said.


    Maybe he will belive me?


    "Well, you don''t look like a demon."


    And you too don''t look like one!


    "You look like a human to me." he said.


    This is the end. He will eat me now.


    I looked at him one more time. Yeah, he looked just like a normal human, and now he''s going to eat me.


    "There''s no need to be scared. I just want to talk."Royal Road is the home of this novel. Visit there to read the original and support the author.


    Want to talk? About eating me?


    "W-Why?" I asked.


    "Because I love humans." he replied.


    After that we started talking.


    There was no reason to refuse him, and I was to scared to do it anyway.


    We talked about stupid things. He wanted to know many things about humans. He wanted to know about our culture, our lives and otherunimportant things.


    I told him everything I knew, but I didn''t know much. I was just a mage that spend most of his life in a tower. What could I know?


    "Humans really are great." he said when I ended talking.


    "C-Can I go now?" I asked.


    "Why? We just started talking. I want to know more about humans. I would also like to know more about you."


    I don''t want to talk with you. I just want to go home.


    "What are you doing!?" I heard familiar voice behind me. When I turned around I saw Vyliana looking at us with anger.


    "I told you master to not go to this room!" she said and approached me.


    "Why are you so angry Vyliana? I just wanted to talk with her." he said and smiled.


    "You are weird. I don''t want master to talk with you." she replied, and grabbed my arm. After that she started walking towards the door.


    "Ohh! Looks like we have more guests." demon king said.


    More guests? What are you talking about?


    When I looked at the door I saw what he meant. Three people were standing there. I knew two of them but I have never seen third one.


    "Morgana?! Arthur?! What are you doing here?!" I asked.


    "Father?!" Vyliana shouted after me.

 28. Dont go to hell, for now

    I''m a knight. From the birth I wanted to become one. I spent a large amount of my time training. Maybe it was a stupid thing to do? Maybe I wasted this time? I could play with my friends in this time, but for some reason I didn''t feel that sad about it.


    It''s not like being a knight doesn''t have any disadvantages. No, there are many of them, but I just love being a knight. People respect you, and someday I will meet a girl of my dreams. A girl that I will protect even if it costs me my life.


    Well, that''s what I thought. That''s what I always thought. I''m a knight now, people respect me, and if it''s about the girl...


    "Don''t come too close to it." Morgana said worried when Iris approached the circle of blood.


    Iris was a small girl, she had long silver hair, big green eyes and a really cute face. She looked just like a normal cute girl, but there was something weird about her. She was smart and wise, something you don''t see often in people of this age. I just couldn''t leave her alone.


    The girl that I like...


    Yeah the girl that I like was now approaching a circle of blood made by a demon. We were standing on a small field because Vyliana told us to come here. She disappeared for some time, and after that she took us to this place. She was a weird girl, and not only because of what she was wearing. She was a succubus, with a beautifull face, and red hair. But she was always wearing a really provocative outfits. Well, she is a succubus after all. A demon, a scary demon.


    That''s not why I stood so far away from them. Yeah, I was just a little tired. I wasn''t scared of her and this circle.


    "Well, I don''t know when we will come back, so there is no need to wait for us." Vyliana said and grabbed Iris.


    Wait, what? What is she talking about?


    As I looked at them, the circle started shining, and both Iris and Vyliana disappeared. Morgana even ran after them, but she was too slow.


    "I d-don''t understand." I said after a moment.


    What did she do? Was she planning on doing something bad? I don''t understand.


    "I will kill her..." I heard a quiet voice. It was Morgana.


    She was a kind looking girl, but sometimes she would say things, that could be even scarier than demons. She was now just looking at empty circle with blank stare.


    "W-What?" I asked her, and I don''t really know why I did it.


    "I will kill her!" she shouted, and started going towards the city.


    Yeah, she is scary.


    "What are you waiting for?! Follow me!" she said with anger, and I started walking behind her. You could be reading stolen content. Head to Royal Road for the genuine story.


    "C-Could you explain to me, what happened?" I asked to be sure, but I didn''t want to make her more angry.


    Well, it looked like Vyliana took Iris with her. Took Iris to hell. But it must be some kind of misunderstanding on my part. I mean, why would she do that? Yeah, I''m sure Morgana will explain everything to me right now.


    "What do you not understand?! Are you that stupid?! Just follow me and don''t say anything!" Morgana said with anger.


    Well, she is scary. But is this really true? As I was thinking about those things, we entered the city, and after some walking we were standing before the mages guild. Then, Morgana started knocking on the door. Well, banging on it, to be precise. It was so loud, that I was scared someone might go out, and beat us for it.


    Well, it didn''t look like Morgana shared my worries, because she started hitting the door with even more power. She didn''t look like someone with that much strength, she really is scary.


    "H-How can I help you?" finally, an old woman asked us, after slightly opening the door. She had long white hair, but there was something really fascinating about her. Her eyes, they had different colors. One of them was green, and the other one was orange.


    "Please, sell me a teleportation scroll!" Morgana said and bowed a little.


    "Even if you say that, I couldn¡¯t sell you something like that. You are not a part of the guild, and..."


    "Please! I really need it!" Morgana asked one more time, this time she bowed her head really low.


    This woman looked at her for a moment, and after that she sighed a little.


    "You really spent your time with weird people." she said quietly, and opened the door.


    "Come, I will see what I can do." she said, and entered the guild.


    When I went inside, I saw many many shelves with books that were from different fields, but every one of them had something to do with magic. This whole place was full of books, and behind the shelves I could see some mages that were now reading the books. When the saw us they looked a little angry.


    I''m sure that beating on their door was really distracting, but I didn''t had time to apologise to them. I needed to help Iris.


    After few minutes of walking inside the guild, we approached a big door. It was the biggest door that I have ever saw in this guild. Probably, it was a room of someone important.


    "So, what scroll do you need?" woman asked us.


    "I want a scroll that will teleport me to hell." Morgana said without thinking.


    Yeah, I didn''t thought about this. We want to go to hell. Yeah, we want to go to hell. For us it might be normal, we want to save our friend, but for her? We must seem like some weird idiots. She must think that we are stupid. I must explain what happened, or she will refu...


    "Ok, no problem." this woman said, as she entered the room.


    "E-Eh?!" I couldn''t stay silent anymore.


    "Why are you so surprised? Mages are really weird people. Well, I know it really well. I lived near one for some time." Morgana said to me, but her voice was weird. For some reason it was a little melancholic.


    After maybe ten minutes of waiting we received the scroll. For some reason this woman didn''t even wanted money from us, and she was just smiling a little. Almost as she knew something. Something we didn''t.


    "I don''t think you should go there. Maybe things will solve themselves, who knows. But it seems like you won''t listen to me." she said, and smiled one more time.


    "I really should pay for something like that..." Morgana tried to say something, but was interrupted.


    "Don''t worry about this. Just go." she said, and Morgana opened the scroll. It seemed like she didn''t want to waste any more time. Well, I could understand her. I wanted to help Iris as fast as possible. We couldn''t wait.


    "Y-You see, could you please use this scroll outside? It really w-would help..." this woman said with a worried look on her face.


    "What are you waitting for?! We are going!" Morgana shouted, without even considering what this woman was saying, and grabbed my hand.


    After that she finished the chant, and I saw a big flash of light before me. After that I lost my consciousness.

 29. Rescue is coming

    "So, this is hell?" I said after teleporting myself here.


    When I looked around the only thing I could see were rocks, sand, and lava. I was standing on a small island, one of many others here.


    This whole place looked like a big cave, but it was bright unlike caves on the surface. Well, even if there wasn''t any sunshine here, it still was full of lava and flames.


    "Hey, wake up!" I said to a knight that was still unconscious.


    "Hmm? O-Oh, it''s you Morgana. Wait a momen... W-Wehhh?!?!" Arthur suddenly started screaming.


    "Shut up idiot!" I shouted at him. This idiot is really making me angry.


    "T-This place... This place is horrible!" he said with a shaky voice.


    "Is it?" I asked as I looked around.


    It looked fine to me. Well, I don''t think I''m a weird person, but I think this place is not that bad. Anyway, I shouldn''t think about things like this. We are here to rescue William. There is only one problem...


    "How are we going to move here? There is only lava everywhere." William said after looking around.


    Yeah, that was our main problem. There weren''t any demons near us, so we didn''t need to worry about them for now, but walking around wasn''t an option if this whole place was full of lava.


    "Let me think about this." I replied, and started thinking.


    I could summon something, that would carry us around. A golem could freely walk in lava, and we could ride him without any problems. It could also be a flying monster. I could even use a protective spell, that would protect us from the heat. Swimming in lava would still be scary, but it was an option.


    Yeah, we had many options but all of them had one problem. I needed to use my mana. I don''t think using my mana in a place like this just to move around is a good thing to do. And even if we don''t encounter any demons, I still need to teleport us back to the surface. To get here I needed to use a scroll, because I can''t use teleportation to places like this, but it wasn''t the case if we wanted to come back.


    Yeah, it wasn''t a case, but it still costs me a lot of mana. Maybe it didn''t looked like this, but to use this scroll I needed to use a lot of my mana. If I use a lot of my mana now, we would need for it to regenerate before coming back. I don¡¯t think it¡¯s a good idea, especially in a place like this.This narrative has been unlawfully taken from Royal Road. If you see it on Amazon, please report it.


    "Do you have any problems?" I heard an unfamiliar voice.


    When I looked into it''s direction I saw an old man. He looked like a human, he had white hair, long white beard, and really cheap, and worn clothes. Yeah, he looked like an old man, but he couldn''t.


    "O-Oh?! A human!" Arthur said as he started approaching him, but I grabbed him to stop him.


    "There is no reason to be so afraid." this man said with a smile.


    Yeah, we were now in hell. And it wasn''t even the worst thing about this situation. This man must be powerful. I don''t know if he is a demon or a human, I just know that didn''t felt anything for all this time. He approached us without making a noise or even slightly revealing his presence.


    "Who are you?" I asked, preparing to fight him if I needed.


    "You really don''t need to be so scared of me. I''m just a concerned parent." he said, and smiled one more time. After that he started walking in our direction.


    "One more step and I will kill you." I said, and he stopped smiling. Is he planning something? Well, I couldn''t feel his presence but I''m not weak. I don''t think it would be an easy fight, but...


    "I''m so stupid!" he shouted, and I looked at him surprised.


    "Ahh, I''m sorry. You must think I''m some shady guy. We are in hell after all." he said and looked at me.


    It''s weird. He''s saying weird things.


    "Are you stupid?" I asked, and Arthur looked at me with a scared face.


    Are you really a knight? Don¡¯t be afraid of everything.


    "I''m really sorry, just let me explain everything. You must be my daughter¡¯s friends, that''s why you are here."


    "Your daughter¡¯s friends?" I asked, thinking about what he said. We are in hell right now, and I don''t remember having that many friends. Well, it''s not like I''m some loner, I just don''t spend much time with other people. Well, we are in hell, so maybe some demon?


    Demon, and a friend? Do I have a person like this? No, I don''t have any demon friends. I''m 100% sure.


    "Yeah. Aren''t you Vyliana''s friends?" he asked.


    Vyliana is my friend?


    "Yeah, we are!" Arthur just replied for both of us, and this old man smiled at us.


    "You see, some time ago I saw my daughter here with a really young girl so I hid. After that both of them went away. That''s how I knew that you must be her friends. No one normal would just come here, so you probably are here because of thing young girl. I''m really sorry if my daughter has done something stupid."


    Well, after hearing him out it makes more sense. But he hid himself when he saw his daughter?


    "Anyway, I can get you to my daughter if you want to. She is probably with her mother." old man said with a weird face.


    Is he scared of his wife? First his daughter, now his wife?


    "Why would we trust you?" I asked one more time. It''s a nice story, but I can''t really trust him just like that. We should probably just go away, and...


    "Yeah, it would really help us!" Arthur shouted, and made me angry one more time.

 30. Meeting in hell

    I was now standing in the throne Hall. It was a really big place with many decorations. This place looked almost like something from a painting. On a throne a young man was sitting. He had short dark hair, and small black eyes. He was looking at me with a smile, but I couldn¡¯t really trust this person.


    I couldn¡¯t trust him because he was a demon king.


    Behind me was standing a succubus. Her name was Vyliana, and for some weird reason she was with me in this place. I can¡¯t say that I¡¯m happy about it, but I can¡¯t really do anything right now.


    ¡°Ohh! Looks like we have more guests!¡± demon king said.


    More guests? What are you talking about.


    When I looked behind at the door, I saw what he meant. Three people were standing there. I knew two of them but I have never seen the third one.


    ¡°Morgana?! Arthur?! What are you doing here?!¡± I asked them.


    ¡°Father?!¡± Vyliana shouted after me.


    When she did that, this stranger hid his face in his hands, and looked away. He was wearing really cheap clothes, and he looked like a really old person. He had a long white beard, and he looked like just a normal human, but I knew he couldn¡¯t be one.


    Well, of course one of the reasons for that was because we were in hell, but there was something weird in him. It was almost as if I met him before.


    ¡°Iris! I was so scared! I thought I won¡¯t see you again.¡± my dear friend Arthur said, after looking at me.


    ¡°Are you safe? Did anything happened to you?¡± Morgana asked, and then looked at Vyliana with angry face.


    ¡°No, everything is allright. Why are you here? How did you even find me?¡± I asked and Arthur looked at this old man, that entered this place with them.


    ¡°This good man helped us. It took us a lot of time to get there, and we got lost a few times, but now we are here.¡± he then said, and smiled.


    Well, I can understand it slightly, but there is still something weird in this man. Even more now, that Vyliana called him her father.


    ¡°Father?! Why aren¡¯t you saying anything?¡± Vyliana asked him, and he hid his face even more.


    ¡°Come here! We should leave her in this place. I don¡¯t think that someone like her should travel with us.¡± Morgana said to me, but Vyliana was still looking at this old man. It looked like she really wanted him to say anything.


    Father? He looks like a man. Just a normal man. Why does she call him father? Why he seems familiar to me? I started thinking about those things. I don¡¯t think it¡¯s the first time that I met him. If I could just look at his face closely.


    ¡°Hey! You!¡± I shouted at him.


    ¡°M-Me?¡± he asked, while still hiding his face behind his hands. If you stumble upon this narrative on Amazon, it''s taken without the author''s consent. Report it.


    ¡°Yeah, you! Show me your face.¡± I said, and his hands twitched a little.


    Well, I don¡¯t feel good doing this, but I¡¯m really curious.


    ¡°I can¡¯t¡­¡± he replied with a weak voice. Well, maybe he was just an old man?


    ¡°Father, why won¡¯t you look at me?¡± Vyliana asked him, with sad voice.


    Well, if he doesn¡¯t want to I don¡¯t think I should press him. It¡¯s really weird from me, because for some reason I¡¯m sure the I met him before, but it¡¯s not something that important. I don¡¯t think anything good will come from making him do things he doesn¡¯t want to.


    I should let Vyliana deal with her own problems, and I should come back to the surface. Of course after getting what I came here for.


    ¡°Hahahah!¡± I heard a loud laugh. It was coming from the throne. When I looked into it¡¯s direction I saw that this weird demon king was now laughing for some reason.


    ¡°Why is he laughing?! We should really go back!¡± Morgana said irritated, and Arthur hid behind her.


    ¡°Ah, don¡¯t worry about me. It¡¯s just so funny.¡± he said, and laughed once more.


    Well, for some reason all of us got really irritated after he said that. All of us, but Vyliana. She was still looking at this old man with silence.


    ¡°Why won¡¯t you look at me?¡± she asked with a sad voice.


    ¡°I can¡¯t look at you¡­¡±


    ¡°Why?¡±


    ¡°Look at what you are wearing.¡± he said, and covered his face even harder.


    When he did that I looked at Vyliana. For some time now, I stopped caring about her outfit, but now that I look at her, she is really¡­


    Well, she is wearing something something really provocative. An armor, that covered very little of her skin. If I was her father I don¡¯t think I would let her¡­


    ¡°What are you talking about? I don¡¯t understand!¡± Vyliana said, and started walking towards this old man. When she did that, Morgana and Arthur started approaching me.


    ¡°We should leave her alone in here. She is dangerous, and stupid. We can get you to your old body in another way, just leave her alone here.¡± she said quietly to my ear, when she was near me.


    When she said that I looked once more at Vyliana and her father. Her family is really weird, and I don¡¯t know if I want to stay here any longer. Maybe I should just go back? I want this dragon¡¯s heart, I really want it, but staying in this place seems dangerous. Vyliana said that nothing will happen to me, and I believe her, but should I?


    ¡°You seem to be thinking about something.¡± demon king said to me, and everyone stopped talking. For some reason, his words were now more powerful, and his aura became darker.


    ¡°I heard that you want to get something from me. Is it true?¡± he then asked, but now with his normal voice.


    ¡°Yeah.¡± I only replied. It seems like he knows everything, so there is no reason to explain anything to him. Of course, I shouldn¡¯t lie to him.


    ¡°Then there is no reason to be afraid. I will give you what you want. You should stay here for as long as you want.¡± he said with a smile.


    Yeah, I shouldn¡¯t disobey him.


    ¡°We should stay here.¡± I said to Morgana, and Arthur. They just looked at me with worried looks, but didn¡¯t say anything. After that I looked at this demon king.


    ¡°I am grateful.¡± I said, and bowed a little.


    Well, a little girl bowing to a demon king might seem a little weird, but it¡¯s not something I was worried about.


    ¡°Vyliana, you should change your clothes for now.¡± demon king said, and Vyliana looked at him with angry eyes.


    All this time she was trying to make her father look at her, but she was still a demon. That¡¯s why she listened, and went to change her clothes. When she left the throne hall, this old man finally took his hands from his face.


    ¡°Thank you. I thought that I might die.¡± he said, and sighed.


    When he did that I could take a look at his face. He looked old, but his face seemed really familiar.


    ¡°Is there something wrong?¡± he asked me, and looked at me. When he did that I could take a better look at him.


    After looking at him for some time I was sure. This old man was once a famous knight. Yeah, he was a famous knight, and for some reason he married a succubus.

 31. How to marry a succubus

    ¡°Hey! Why won¡¯t you come inside?¡± I heard familiar voice. It was an innkeeper. He had a small place that was placed near the main road. It wasn¡¯t fancy but I liked it.


    ¡°You know I¡¯m just waiting for somebody.¡± I replied with a smile to this middle aged man.


    For some reason this man really liked me. Of course I wouldn¡¯t say that I¡¯m a bad person, but it was weird for me that he cared about me so much.


    ¡°Do what you want, but if you get cold just come inside.¡± he said and closed the door.


    Yeah, it was cold. It was late, and we had a really cold winter, but I needed to wait in this place. The reason was simple.


    I was waiting for someone special.


    ¡°It¡¯s so cold.¡± I said to myself, and rubbed my hands together. I tried to warm myself, but it didn¡¯t work.


    ¡°Sorry that I made you wait.¡± I heard familiar voice. It was a voice of a woman. A voice that I knew very well.


    When I looked into the direction of this voice I saw a beautiful woman. She had long red hair, big red eyes, and she was wearing long black dress, and a coat. When she saw that I was looking at her she smiled.


    ¡°Don¡¯t worry about it.¡± I just replied, and looked at her once more. I wanted to ask if she¡¯s cold, but I didn¡¯t.


    The reason was simple. She was a succubus.


    ¡°Well then, shall we go now?¡± she asked, and we started walking.


    When we were walking on the road, I would glance at her from time to time. I hoped that she wouldn¡¯t notice, but it was a stupid wish.


    There was nothing I could do, she was a gorgeous woman. Her hair was beautiful, her face cute, and she had really big¡­If you encounter this story on Amazon, note that it''s taken without permission from the author. Report it.


    ¡°Where are you looking at?!¡±


    ¡°I¡¯m sorry!¡± I replied, and she laughed.


    I shouldn¡¯t do things like this.


    After thinking about this we walked for some time in silence. It¡¯s not like we could talk about the weather.


    Our meeting had a greater meaning.


    ¡°Don¡¯t you think it¡¯s weird?¡± I heard her voice once more. She was now walking before me, so I couldn¡¯t see her face.


    ¡°What do you mean?¡±


    ¡°If someone would see us now, they would be really surprised, don¡¯t you think? A succubus, and famous knight walking together.¡± she said, and turned back. When she did that I could see her smile.


    Yeah, I¡¯m a famous knight, and she is a succubus. It is weird for us to walk together, but the reason for this was really important.


    ¡°Don¡¯t joke about it.¡± I said, but she didn¡¯t respond.


    After walking for some time, we left the road, and went inside the forest. Then we started looking around. We needed to find a really simple thing.


    A circle of blood.


    ¡°Come!¡± I heard her voice. When I approached her, I saw it. On some snow there was a red circle with some words written in it, but I couldn¡¯t read them.


    After looking at it I immediately thought about my old friend William. He would love to see a thing like this. Yeah, for a mage like him things like this are something to study and examine.


    Well, now his only spending his time in this tower, doing those weird experiments.


    ¡°What do you think?¡± I asked her.


    I wasn¡¯t a mage. I was a knight.


    I don¡¯t examine things like this. My role is different¡­


    ¡°It¡¯s him.¡± she replied, and looked at me.


    ¡°If you don¡¯t want to do this, you don¡¯t need to.¡± she said, and avoided looking at me.


    I was here for one reason. To kill a demon that couldn¡¯t be controlled. Many times I was asked to do things like this, but it was different. This time it was a demon that asked me to kill another demon. At first I thought it was a joke, or even a trap, but after her explanations I believed her.


    She told me that a strong demon has gone mad, and that even hell have some problems with dealing with this. Of course I wouldn¡¯t help them, if he didn¡¯t threaten humans.


    ¡°Don¡¯t say things like this. I¡¯m here to help.¡± I replied, and she smiled once more.


    ¡°If you will smile like this I will fall for you.¡± I thought to myself, but I didn¡¯t say this. After that we went after the rogue demon.


    I didn¡¯t know at that time that I would marry her.

 32. Rowan the great

    ¡°Something happened little girl?¡± this old man asked me, as he looked at me.


    This stupid knight, married a succubus. I knew that he was stupid, but he is living in hell right now!


    ¡°Rowan you idiot! I was so worried about you!¡± I shouted, and everyone looked at me surprised.


    Morgana looked at me, as if I said something stupid. Arthur didn¡¯t knew what I was saying. The demon lord just smiled after a moment, and this stupid old knight just looked at me with wide open eyes.


    ¡°Y-You know my name? I don¡¯t remember ever meeting you¡­¡±


    ¡°Shut up you stupid idiot! I thought that I won¡¯t see you ever again!¡±


    ¡°Wait, this way of speaking¡­ It can¡¯t be¡­ It can¡¯t be! The spell worked?!¡± he shouted, as he looked at me. After that he started laughing.


    He recognized me! Wait, how did he¡­


    Anyway, it¡¯s good that I met him, but there is one problem. One big problem.


    ¡°What spell?¡± Arthur asked, with a stupid face.


    He doesn¡¯t know. What will I do? I can just tell Rowan to shut up, but I want to talk with him. Well, it¡¯s not like I like him! I just want to talk with acquaintance, that¡¯s all.


    While I was thinking, Morgana looked at me, and as if she understood me she looked at Arthur.


    ¡°Arthur, I think we should let them talk somewhere.¡± she said, and the demon king started laughing.


    ¡°I think I can roughly understand what is happening here. Don¡¯t worry about me, just go and find yourself a few rooms. The castle is big, so it shouldn¡¯t be a problem for you. I think Rowan will show you the way.¡± demon king said, and smiled at us.


    After that we left the throne hall. Rowan took Morgana and Arthur to their rooms, and after that I went with him. We weren¡¯t talking at all.


    It was weird for me, because I had a lot to talk with him, but it didn¡¯t seem like he wanted to talk for some reason.


    I understood it in a moment, when we approached a familiar room. This text was taken from Royal Road. Help the author by reading the original version there.


    ¡°Vyliana, can I come?¡± Rowan asked, as he knocked on the door.


    She didn¡¯t respond, so after a moment Rowan just opened the door, and when he did we saw something we shouldn¡¯t.


    ¡°Y-You idiot!¡± I heard Vyliana¡¯s loud scream.


    It seemed that she didn¡¯t change her clothes yet.


    We waited for a moment, and then she opened the door. She was wearing a black dress, similiar to that, that her mother was wearing.


    When we entered the room Rowan started speaking.


    ¡°It seems that you know this person.¡± he said, and pointed his finger at me.


    ¡°Yeah, this is my master!¡± Vyliana said, and smiled.


    When she did, Rowan looked at me a little angry, but after that he continued speaking.


    ¡°Anyway, won¡¯t you leave us for a moment? I want to speak with this person.¡± he said, and Vyliana just looked at him disappointed.


    ¡°Okay.¡± she said and opened the door.


    When she left, Rowan looked at me. He was staring at me for some time, and even patted my head. After that he loudly laughed.


    ¡°I-Is it really you, William?!¡± he said, while trying not to laugh.


    ¡°Y-Yeah¡­¡± I replied, a little disgusted.


    ¡°You look younger than ever¡­ hahahah!¡±


    It wasn¡¯t even funny. What are you talking about?


    ¡°Don¡¯t be like this William! Let the old man touch you! Aren¡¯t you cute?¡±


    It was a mistake. I shouldn¡¯t speak to him.


    ¡°Die you mongrel!¡± I said, as I hit him in the head. It didn¡¯t make a lot of damage to him, but it calmed him down a little.


    ¡°You didn¡¯t change William.¡± Rowan said, and smiled.


    After that we sat together, and started talking. I told him everything about my journey. How I met Morgana, Arthur and Vyliana. How both his daughter, and this knight don¡¯t know that I¡¯m really just an old man. How I tried to ask Rossie for help, and how I¡¯m looking for something, with a lot of mana.


    He listened to my story, without saying anything, and after that he started scratching his head.


    ¡°Are you a pervert William?¡±


    What?!


    ¡°Don¡¯t look at me like this. It¡¯s you that is lying to my daughter, and this knight. It¡¯s not like I care, but I didn¡¯t knew that you are a per¡­¡± I didn¡¯t let him finish his sentence.


    ¡°Hey! There is no reason to hit me! Anyway, it¡¯s good to see you again William.¡±


    ¡°Yeah. I told you everything, so you will do the same. Why did you disappear?¡± I asked, and he looked at my embarrassed.


    It must be something stupid.


    ¡°You remember how I invited you to my wedding? After it ended, I went with my wife to meet her parents. Of course I was scared, but I thought it¡¯s something I should do. It wasn¡¯t that bad, so I decided to stay here for a moment, but¡­¡± he looked at me with pain in his eyes ¡°everyone was wearing those revealing clothes! I didn¡¯t knew where to look!¡±


    Yeah, it¡¯s stupid. I don¡¯t want to listen to this.


    As I looked away, Rowan stopped speaking, and smiled at me.


    When I tried to think about something to talk about, we heard a knocking on the door. A beautiful woman came in, but when she did Rowan hid behind me.

 33. The end of this hell

    ¡°Rowan, don¡¯t you think it¡¯s disgraceful to hide behind a little girl?¡± a beautiful woman asked, when she came to the room. With a long red hair, similar to this of Vyliana, and a dark dress. She looked like my companion but with one big difference.


    Everything about her was lady like. Vyliana was a beautiful girl, but she had a really playful personality. This woman was different.


    ¡°Don¡¯t joke. You know it¡¯s not a little girl.¡± Rowan said, as he looked at her from behind me.


    Those words could sound brave, if you weren¡¯t hiding behind me.


    Wait. She knows I¡¯m not a little girl?! What is he talking about?


    ¡°Oh, don¡¯t worry about it. Remember when I met you, when you were with my daughter? I knew that something wasn¡¯t right then.¡± this woman said, and smiled at me.


    Yeah, I remember meeting her, but I didn¡¯t knew that she would see through my disguise that easily.


    ¡°S-Sorry.¡± I said after a moment.


    ¡°Don¡¯t worry about it William, I won¡¯t tell anybody.¡± she said, and then looked at her husband.


    Wait, how did she¡­


    I never met her before. I never went to their wedding.


    ¡°How long will you stay there? I hardly see you lately, and when you come back you won¡¯t even talk to me.¡± she said, while looking a little sad.


    Is Rowan that kind of man? I didn¡¯t knew. He is playing with girls hearts like that?


    ¡°No! Don¡¯t listen to her! Why are you moving away from me? Why are you looking at me like that William?!¡±


    Why can¡¯t I have a normal friend? Someone who can¡¯t cast scary spells, and isn¡¯t from hell. Only Arthur is normal.


    Or is he?


    After thinking about those stupid things, we talked for a long time. We mostly talked about them. I wanted to know how Rowan was doing lately, and his wife seemed like a really interesting person.


    Well, if you could call her a person.


    Maybe it isn¡¯t that bad that that I met that many interesting people? Would my life be better, if I was a normal guy? I wouldn¡¯t spend my whole life in a tower, that¡¯s for sure. But what would I be doing now? Staying in an old house, playing with my grandchildren.


    I can¡¯t really picture it.


    ¡°What are you thinking about? You are ruining your cute face.¡± Rowan said, and smiled at me.


    This idiot.


    I don¡¯t remember when, but I feel asleep while talking with them. It seems my body really is the same, as that of a little girl.


    Just like that my stay in hell ended. It might seem boring, because it was more like staying in a castle, but I can¡¯t be picky. The demon king kept his promise , and gave me a dragon¡¯s heart. It was placed in a big, black jar. You could be reading stolen content. Head to Royal Road for the genuine story.


    After that he left us for a moment, and told us to wait for him.


    I was standing in the throne hall, with the thing that I needed. Now I will go back to the city, where I will cast the spell.


    I thought about this for some time. What will they think when they will see my true face? Will they hate me? But there is nothing I can do.


    Well, I could stay as a little girl forever.


    ¡°Why are you shivering?¡± Morgana asked me, when she looked at me.


    We were all standing here, waiting for the demon king. Me, Morgana, Arthur and Vyliana. He said, that he wanted to see us off. It¡¯s not like I could reject his offer.


    ¡°It wasn¡¯t that bad as I thought it would be.¡± Arthur said, and smiled a little.


    Well, maybe for you.


    ¡°Yeah! I¡¯m happy that master met my parents.¡± Vyliana added, and grabbed me from behind.


    I¡¯m sorry Vyliana. I knew 50% of your parents already.


    ¡°Oh! I¡¯m sorry I kept you waiting!¡± I heard familiar voice behind me. When I turned around I saw him. The demon king.


    If you would see him in a human city, you would think that he is a normal person. He looked like a normal man, with short dark hair, small black eyes, but there was something weird about him. From time to time, when he spoke you would feel shivers.


    Well, he was a demon king after all.


    ¡°That¡¯s for you Vyliana! It¡¯s from your mother. She asked me to give this to you.¡± he said, and handed Vyliana a bottle. It looked like a juice, but I can¡¯t imagine a demon giving another one a bottle of juice.


    It must be something scary, and I just don¡¯t know about it.


    ¡°Well, I see that everyone is here. Let me tell you one thing - I like you all. Well, now that I told you this¡­ goodbye!¡± demon king said, and casted a spell.


    He really is a weird person.


    Anyway, another teleportation spell? It seems to me, that I¡¯ve been teleporting a lot lately. Well, maybe because I lived my whole life in a tower. I was hardly leaving it at all, so I might be just a weird man.


    I thought about those stupid things, as I lost my consciousness.


    When I woke up, I was in the capital city once again. It was a middle of the night, and we were near the mages guild.


    I thought that maybe the demon king will send us to some other place.


    I don¡¯t know why.


    Maybe I hoped for this?


    ¡°I t-think I will go inside. I have what I came for. You can wait for me if you want.¡± I said, as I looked at my comrades.


    Should I tell them to go away? Should I disappear? I could do this, but they deserve better. Well, if you could call my older self something ¡°better¡±.


    ¡°Don¡¯t worry Iris, we will wait here for you.¡± Arthur said, and smiled at me.


    ¡°Yeah master, just go inside and don¡¯t worry about us.¡±


    ¡°Okay.¡± I replied and started walking towards the guild with this weird black jar. Just when I was about to knock on the door, I felt someone pulling my hand.


    ¡°What?¡± I asked, when I turned around.


    It was Morgana, and for some reason she was looking at me with concern in her eyes.


    ¡°Do you really want it?¡± she asked, and I could swear that she looked like she was about to cry.


    It was weird for me. Too weird.


    ¡°Don¡¯t worry about me. I will come back in a moment.¡± I said, and smiled.


    I tried to sound cheerful, but I couldn¡¯t. I don¡¯t know what will happen when I will return as my older self. Will they hate me? I lied to them for this whole time.


    Well, you can¡¯t really call this lying. It¡¯s not like they asked me ¡°are you really an old man in little girl¡¯s body?¡±...


    No, this is just an excuse, and a stupid one to be precise.


    When I thought about this, I knocked on the door. This time, I didn¡¯t need to wait for much, and an older woman opened the door. It seemed that she was waiting for me.


    ¡°Hello Rosie.¡± I said, and she smiled at me. Her eyes were beautiful as always.


    ¡°Hello William.¡± she replied quietly, to make sure that others won¡¯t hear us.

 34. The end

    My name is William. I live in a high tower in the middle of nowhere. It¡¯s not big or high, but I like it.


    Why do I live in a tower? For my research. All my life I''ve been trying to prove to others, that I am the best mage in this world.


    I spend my days on work, and reading. If you want to cast a truly powerful spell, you need to pay the price. Sometimes you need money, and other times you need to pay with something more valuable - time.


    I¡¯m now old.


    I have paid my price. There is nothing left for me - or so I thought.


    ¡°It¡¯s so quiet.¡± I said to myself, looking around my tower.


    It was messy, and you couldn¡¯t see anything because of the books that were scattered around. They were everywhere. In my old, wooden shelf, on my desk - but most of them were just on the ground.


    As I picked some of them up, I saw a familiar circle. It was still there, after all this time.


    A little damaged, but you still could read some of the letters.


    ¡°Why did you even work?¡± I said, as I wiped it with my sleeve.


    I tried to recast the spell. I tried change it. I tried to find a mistake. Finally, I tried to undo it, using the dragon¡¯s heart.


    Nothing worked.


    Those things - I don¡¯t understand them, and I probably never will.


    Maybe God has given me another chance, after seeing that I wasted my life?


    Just kidding.


    ¡°William! How much time do you need?!¡± I heard familiar voice from the window. It was a voice of a strange witch.


    She was waiting for me near the entrance to my tower. This weird witch.


    There is nothing I can do for her, to return the favor. She was helping me from the beginning. Maybe it wasn¡¯t the kind of help that I desired, but I was still thankful to her. She knew everything from the start, and she kept the secret.


    And now, when I know that I won¡¯t turn back, she is standing there.


    Why?


    "101 unsolved problems in magic... ¡° I read the cover of a book in my hand. After visiting little Rosie, she gave me one copy of the book.


    I don¡¯t know if she wanted to make me happy, or if she just thought that I should have it. It doesn¡¯t matter.


    ¡°How to make a spell, that doesn¡¯t require mana.¡± I read the title of one of the chapters.


    That should work for now.


    ¡°Hey, William!?¡± I heard Morgana¡¯s voice one more time.


    ¡°I¡¯m coming!¡± I said, as I opened the door, and went downstairs.


    When I finally left the tower, I saw her leaning against its wall. The sun was shining on us gently, as we stood on the road leading to my tower.


    It was placed in the middle of nowhere, and the only things that you could see from there were trees around us.


    ¡°Are you ready?¡± she asked, looking a little tired.


    ¡°Yeah, I took some books, and small mana crystals. It should be enough for now.¡± I replied, and she approached me.


    ¡°Don¡¯t worry about them. Okay?¡± she asked gently, and stroked my head.


    ¡°I-I¡¯m not.¡± I said, and started walking towards the forest. When I did, she went after me.


    Don¡¯t worry about them? It¡¯s easy to say this.


    After trying, and failing to use dragon¡¯s heart, I told Vyliana and Arthur the truth. All of it.


    At first they didn¡¯t believe me, but after a while they understood that I wasn¡¯t lying.


    Then...


    Then they left me.


    Vyliana just told me, that she needs to think about all of those things, and Arthur just looked at me with sad eyes, as he smiled weakly.


    I shouldn¡¯t have lied to them.


    ¡°I told to stop worrying. Better tell me, what do you want to do now.¡± Morgana asked, as we entered the forest.


    We were now going to her house, because she wanted to get some things from it. It would be weird for her not to. We were away for a long time.


    ¡°I told you before. I want to cast a spell. A spell that doesn¡¯t require mana.¡± I replied, and she smiled at me.


    ¡°Tell me more.¡± she said, and we started talking.


    We talked about many things, that we didn¡¯t talk before. About our lives, dreams, and things we want to do. We talked about our future, and our past.


    She wanted to know, what I plan to do now. As if I could answer a question like that. For now I just want to kill some time.


    Trying to cast a spell like that should help me in it. If you come across this story on Amazon, it''s taken without permission from the author. Report it.


    I need to do something. I need to stop thinking.


    ¡°Hey¡­¡± I heard Morgana¡¯s voice. She sounded surprised, and for some reason she was looking up.


    Did she saw something? Is there something there? As I thought about those things, I looked where she was looking.


    When I did, I saw a pair of feminine legs. It seemed that a girl was sitting on a branch of a tree, but I couldn¡¯t see her face, because of the sun that was shining in my eyes.


    ¡°Hey master. Did you already forgot about me?¡± I heard a familiar voice, and the girl jumped down.


    When she did I could take a better look at her red hair, and a really revealing armor.


    ¡°Why are you so surprised? Did you think, that I will leave you alone?¡± she asked, and smiled with a cheerful smile.


    ¡°Vyliana? I thought that you don¡¯t want to see me¡­¡± I said, while looking at her.


    When I did that, she looked at the ground bashfully, while playing with her hands. After some time, she started speaking.


    ¡°I thought about this for some time. I don¡¯t really know what happened before your change, but I know one thing. Master is my master, and that is all that matters.¡± she said, and smiled one more time.


    I didn¡¯t know how to respond to her words.


    ¡°How did you find us?¡± it seemed that Morgana didn¡¯t had a problem like that.


    ¡°I followed master¡¯s scent.¡±


    My scent? She really is a demon.


    ¡°Anyway, what do you want to do now master? Can I come with you?¡± Vyliana asked me, and looked right into my eyes.


    Can you come with me?


    ¡°I want to cast a spell, and I would be happy to have you with us. If it¡¯s okay with you, of course.¡± I responded immediately, and she smiled once more.


    ¡°I will go everywhere with you.¡± Vyliana said, and approached me.


    ¡°I¡¯m glad to have you with me once again.¡±


    ¡°Me too, master.¡± she responded, and we continued our walk.


    Once again, we were talking while walking among the trees. The sun was warming us up, and I couldn¡¯t hold back my smile.


    I was happy.


    I was happy because my friend was with me.


    When I thought about those things, I remembered Arthur. Where was he right now? Does he hate me?


    My good mood suddenly became bad.


    ¡°What are you thinking about master?¡± Vyliana asked me, when she noticed that I looked a little sad.


    She was a very perceptive girl.


    ¡°I¡¯m thinking about Arthur. I haven¡¯t seen him, since we left the capital city.¡± I responded, and Vyliana looked at me surprised.


    ¡°Arthur? I think I saw him, near the house in the middle of this forest.¡± she responded.


    What?!


    ¡°A lolicon is standing near my house?¡± I heard Morgana¡¯s voice, but I didn¡¯t care.


    Arthur was here? But why would he come to this place. I thought about all the possibilities.


    M-Maybe he wants to travel with me once again¡­


    Or maybe he wants to tell me, that he hates me, and he doesn¡¯t want to see me anymore.


    I was scared, because I didn¡¯t know why he came here. I didn¡¯t know that, but I knew that I need to meet him.


    ¡°I will go ahead!¡± I said, and started running towards the middle of the forest.


    Both Morgana, and Vyliana just looked at me, and nodded.


    I needed to talk with Arthur. I needed to know why he came here. Even if he just wants to tell me, that he hates me.


    It didn¡¯t matter.


    As I thought about those things, I was getting closer to the Morgana¡¯s house. It took me maybe another five minutes, and I saw it.


    A cute wooden house in the middle of the forest. A little small, but it looked comfortable. With a small door, and knight standing near it. He had a short dark hair, and big blue eyes. His white armor had some scratches, but it looked beautiful. At the waist he had a sword.


    ¡°A¡­ Ar¡­ Arthur¡­ Arthur!¡± I started shouting, but I was out of breath after running to this place.


    ¡°You finally came.¡± he responded.


    After that I approached him, and he looked at me with remorse in his eyes.


    ¡°I¡¯m sorry.¡± he said, and bowed a little.


    Wait, what?!


    ¡°W-What are you talking about!? I s-should be the one to apologise!¡± I said, still trying to calm my breathing.


    ¡°Of course, the thing you have done was awful¡­¡±


    Ouch.


    ¡°But I did something stupid too. We were friends, and we traveled together for so long. People have secrets, it¡¯s normal. What isn¡¯t normal is leaving somebody you are friends with, without saying anything to him¡­¡±


    No, you are wrong! I¡¯m the stupid one! A stupid old man, that was too scared to tell you the truth. It¡¯s so stupid, that it¡¯s almost funny!


    ¡°I¡¯m sorry! I¡¯m sorry Arthur! Please forgive me!¡± I started shouting, and he looked at me surprised.


    I was wrong. I did the stupid thing. It was only normal that he left me.


    I said those things, knowing it.


    ¡°Oh, look at that. The lolicon has come back.¡± I heard a familiar voice behind me. It seemed that Morgana and Vyliana catched up to me.


    For some reason Arthur blushed a little.


    ¡°Did you find us because of the scent too? Because of the scent of a little girl?¡± Morgana said, and started laughing. It seemed that her own joke amused her.


    ¡°S-Shut up!¡± Arthur just replied, and looked at me.


    ¡°I don¡¯t know. I don¡¯t know who should apologise, and for what. I just know that I want to spend my time with you, and the rest of the group. So, if it¡¯s okay with you...¡±


    If it¡¯s okay with me?


    ¡°Of course! I¡¯m so sorry Arthur!¡± I said one more time, and he finally smiled.


    ¡°Don¡¯t apologise.¡± he replied.


    After that Morgana went to her house, to take some things needed for an adventure. I told her, that I want to cast a spell. A spell that doesn¡¯t require mana.


    I also told her, that I can¡¯t do it here. That¡¯s why we will need to travel. It seemed that she got used to adventuring with me. It¡¯s not like it makes me sad.


    It got used to it too.


    ¡°Are you done talking? I have everything I needed.¡± Morgana finally said, when she left her house. She had a small bag in her hands, with few alchemy tools in it.


    ¡°Yeah!¡± Vyliana replied, and Arthur just nodded.


    ¡°Well, William. I know that I told you, that I will go with you, but where do you want to go? Why can¡¯t you do it here?¡± Morgana asked me, and I smiled.


    I smiled, because I knew where we were going to go.


    ¡°I want to go to the homeland of elves - to the forests of Asevale.¡±


    When I said that, all of them looked at me surprised.


    ¡°To the forests of Asevale? But why?¡± Arthur asked me, and I responded immediately.


    ¡°To find the biggest library in the world.¡±


    My name is William. I travel with my friends.


    Why do I travel? For my research. All my life I''ve been trying to prove to others, that I am the best mage in this world. Now I know it was a stupid thing to do.


    The best thing you can do with your life, is to enjoy it.


    I didn¡¯t cast a spell of eternal youth. I will age, just like a normal person.


    To tell you the truth, I don¡¯t really know what I did at that day.


    I didn¡¯t try to recast the spell, and I didn¡¯t talk about it with many people. Even if it didn¡¯t work, I kept it for myself.


    I don¡¯t know why I turned into a young person. Sometimes I think that God has given me another chance, after seeing that I wasted my life.


    Just kidding. Things like this just don¡¯t happen.


    FIN