Some say “Love” is something you can’t get. Some say

maybe you can get it by luck or by worshiping. But I don’t know what it is

actually. Though I don’t know how to get it. Maybe it’s pain or maybe it’s the

desire of a human being. Or maybe all we want is to get a happy ending for

ourselves. Under a cherry blossom tree, where desires become sweet where love

becomes what we actually think of. What do we actually want as a human? To live

peacefully or to die having a smile? Maybe both? Or maybe not. But desire just

varies from man to man to person to person. So, it doesn’t actually need to be

explained by me, I guess. As, I’m just a normal guy, an ordinary guy who really

wants to get what he desires. But, let me tell you about my story. Let me

explain how it actually started, and how it’ll end. Maybe then you’ll get why

I’ve said the whole thing to you guys.

So, for now, let’s start our story.

***

A

bright sunny day in Tokyo. It’s just the starting of the summer. And it’s

already 8 of the morning. Everyone’s out going for work. Suddenly a loud sound

came and everyone noticed a fine teenager was cycling at a full speed. He had

straight black hair with blue eyes. He was rumbling something,

-

“Oh Man, I’m late for school again. Like yesterday I have to get scolded by Mr.

Yomo.”

Everyone

after that started doing their works again.

The kid with a rush face was riding his cycle so fast

that he had to avoid the traffic lights in some places. But he got there by

8:15 fortunately though. But he had to get scolding again for late 3 days repeatedly.

-“May I come in sir?”

Mr. Yomo, his homeroom teacher looked at him in a way

as like he’s going to kill him now.

But what he did was,

“- Sigh.”

-“What will I actually do with you Kashiwagi? You’re

late again? Why don’t you actually get up early?”

Kashiwagi was quiet. He had nothing to say on behalf

of his fault. He was just listening to Mr. Yomos words.

-“You have a bad habit of reading manga till late

night. Aah, what a drag! Go, get to your seat.”

Kashiwagi went to a seat near the window. The seat that was allotted for him

all the year as like it was his own.

In front him a kid was sitting with messy brown hair

in his head and with glasses. He was saying something that no one heard except

himself. Kashiwagi just slapped him on his head and saying,

-“How are you doing riyuzu san?”

Riuzu on the other hand felt a bit frustrated while

kashiwagi was saying something to him. It was like on the first he didn’t want

to pay any notice to kashiwagi as he was with his laptop and saying something

in silent.

-“Riyuzu-San!”

Kashiwagi yelled his name in such a loud way that even

the students could hear.

Mr. Yomo got distracted with this behavior of

Kashiwagi-san and he decided to get him out of the class.

-“Kashiwagi, get out of the class right now.”

Though getting out of class was kind of familiar to

Kashiwagi but today was a bit different. He was thinking why he’s best friend

was not talking with him today. On the other hand, Riyuzu-San was a bit off

today. He was acting strange too. So, he decided to ask him face to face what

happened to him actually.

The bell rang and Mr. Yomo was coming out of the class

as it was over. He called Kashiwagi to his room for something. Kashiwagi was a

bit disturbed though so he asked Mr. Yomo that if he could come to his room

after school? Mr. Yomo shaked his head and gave an affirmative sign.

Kashiwagi went to the classroom. He was tensed because

of the recent behavior of Riyuzu . He asked him directly,

-“ What happened to you and your laptop?”

Riyuzu-San now explained everything.

-“Actually, it was nothing. I was fed up of you, man.

How come you get late everyday? You know this world. You know how it works. And

you study in a magic high school where magic is everything and you still come

late to school? What do you actually think that you’ll become a fine magician

by getting late? No, man. In a magical world like ours it all depends on

punctuality…..huh…huh…huh…”

Riyuzu was a bit tired after saying so many words in a

breathe.

But on the other hand Kashiwagi was like,

-“Huh? So, that’s all about? I thought something bad

happened to you actually, bro. Don’t make me sweat by this attitude.”

Riyuzu was kind of disappointed by the answer of

Kashiwagi. But he knows him quite well and he really knows how he felt too as

they are best friends for around 10 years. They are childhood friend actually.

Suddenly the bell rang and the next class began.

So, everything between Kashiwagi and Riyuzu was sort

out as they patched their friendship again.

Now, it’s already 12:30 pm and the bell rung so it actually

means lunch break.

Kashiwagi didn’t have any friends in the school except

Riyuzu so he always hangs out with him.

They both went to the cafeteria to have the lunch.

Riyuzu brings lunch from home though but Kashiwagi’s situation was kind of different.

He has no one in his house except himself. His parents died a long time ago in

a fight against some rouge magicians. Until now he’s living without parents and

he earns his money by doing some part time jobs and freelancing actually. So,

it goes without saying that he actually has a pretty rough bachelor life. And

what is more hardening is that he doesn’t have full control over his magical

powers yet so when he tries to do a creation magic hence it actually becomes a

destroyer one. But what is better for him and the people surrounding is that

he’s still trying to overcome this obstacle.

Well, the lunch break ends at approximately 1:10pm.

Usually, after that about 4 classes were held but today there was an emergency

meeting between the teachers and the principal was held so the last 4 classes

didn’t hold today. So, Kashiwagi went to Mr. Yomo’s office to talk as he as

summoned by Mr. Yomo.

Before entering the room Kashiwagi knocked on the door

and told that it was him.

Mr. Yomo gave him the permission to come in. He then

started talking to Kashiwagi.

-“Do you know why I called you?”

Kashiwagi was silent. But he knew why he was summoned today. He kept quiet.

But Mr. Yomo was talking to Kashiwagi.

-“Such a drag. Why are you getting late everyday, huh?

It looks like you are not doing your duty exactly you have to do. If you want

help with something just let me know as I am your homeroom teacher. You just

don’t need be shy.”

Kashiwagi was listening to Mr. Yomo’s words loud and

clear. But still he was distracted.

After their conversation ended Kashiwagi started for

home. He went to the garage where he parked his cycle and he started for home.

He was a bit distracted today after the little

conversation he had in Mr. Yomo’s office.

A thought came to his mind.

-“ If I wasn’t an orphan maybe then I would’ve reached

school on time. Maybe my mom or my pops would call me up everyday timely. My

mom would’ve made breakfast and my lunch. Things would’ve been different. It’s

not because I read manga till late night but it’s because I have no one in the

house actually who can take care of me. Who can make my breakfast early so that

I won’t be late for school again.”

The thoughts were obvious. He sees nearby the boys of

his age goes to the park, restaurants and other places with their parents and

here comes Kashiwagi who can barely save any money for him at the end of the

month after finishing his needs. But these days he’s working hard and soul for

saving and also completing his studies.

Beyond everything he’s good in theory class but

because of the practical exam in the school he always lags behind and so his

result descends. But he’s a good kid.

On the other hand, Riyuzu is a very rich kid whos

parents dominates around 1/5 means around 20% of Japan’s economy. Meaning that

they are super rich. But Riyuzu’s parents think Kashiwagi as their own son like

Riyuzu as they are together since childhood. But Kashiwagi has never asked a

penny from them instead of this he thinks that hard work will pay for his magic

abilities one day and he’ll become a fine magician who’ll dominate Japanese

magical society.

Well, above all, now Kashiwagi is working in a shop.

In a magical world like this it requires magic to work. But the shop owner was

very much kind so he gave Kashiwagi-San the chance with less magic he had. It

was kind of a reward as he was the son of two great magicians.

It was already 9:00pm so Kashiwagi had to go to home

and study for the upcoming quiz. The shop was near his home with a walking

distance of around 5-8 minutes. But Kashiwagi had his cycle with him. So, he

went to his home by his cycle. And he reached his home and started studying.

He had only some rice and some curry in his house. As

it was the end of the month so he had less food in the house. He just ate less

than the previous night so that he can eat till the end of the month. And

started reading again.

He’s house was full of many anime posters and

protagonist picture. Ken Kaneki, Goku, Naruto, Asta, Rin Okumura and many

others were there too.

He had less work today so he went to study till

1:00am. And went to bed at 1:30am. He knew that there was a big chance for him

to be late again for school. But he didn’t care about it. Cause he knew that

he’ll do a disaster result in the practical exam of the magic quiz. So, he went

to bed thinking about it.

One thing was exceptional tomorrow. He wasn’t late for

school today. He went out and had a bowl of ramen which only caused him less

than 208 yen. And he started for school on foot. Today he didn’t bring his

cycle with him. He was feeling kind of pissed off also. He wasn’t sure what

actually happened to him. Everyday he gets scolding from Mr. Yomo but

yesterday’s scolding was totally different. He was pissed today and he wasn’t

into him also. So, he also didn’t know what he was doing and where he was

going. But he was in a sense that he had to reach school today on time. While

going to school he was thinking something. He was thinking how can he reduce

the expenses. While he was walking and thinking about how he’ll pass this month

with just the money he had. And suddenly he got crashed with someone who was

coming from the opposite side. After crashing they both got down so suddenly

that Kashiwagi got hurt on his back and he started saying, “ Sorry” to the

person without noticing who that was actually. When he got his head up he saw

something very interesting. There was a girl who was hurt too and she was

touching her head in a way that meant she was hurt on her head. The girl was

also from the school where Kashiwagi was. But he was astonished and stunned to

see her as if he has never seen someone so beautiful like her. Her yellow

straight hair with blue eyes. It feels like that Kashiwagi could see her all

day without blinking. But suddenly he came to his senses. As he hasn’t seen her

around here. So, he was thinking how come she wore that dress? But suddenly he

stopped thinking about the fact and started working again with a tensed face.

What he was thinking again was how to bear the expenses of the whole month now

and the words about himself from Mr. Yomo. As the school started at 8:00 am but

he was in the class before 7;30. Most of the students hadn’t come yet except

Kashiwagi. Even Riyuzu always arrives at 7:45 – 7:50. Seeing Kashiwagi in the

classroom so early everyone was kind of shoked. Everyone was gossiping to their

friends that how come Kashiwgi wasn’t late today? Maybe they are all dreaming,

that it’s not Kashiwagi or it’s his substitution. But everyone knows that

Substitute magic is even pretty much harder for professional magicians in the

school. The one magician who could use substitute magic was their teacher Mr.

Yomo. So, everyone was also sure that it was none other than Kashiwagi himself

neither his clone nor a substitute magic. Meanwhile it was 7:45 and Riyuzu

entered the classroom. After entering the class,

-“ Good Morning, Kashiwagi.”

Then the instant he also realized that, how come

Kashiwagi came so early today? He was also shocked that maybe it was a dream or

he was watching someone else. These thoughts came into his mind.

But.

-“Good Morning, Riyuzu.

After listening to Kashiwagi’s greetings Riyuzu came

to his senses and believed that it was actually Kashiwagi but no one else.

-“Hey, Kashiwagi? You Okay?”

-“Yeah, I’m totally fine Riyuzu. Why?”

-“Actually, you’re kind of different today. Did

anything happen in your house? As Mr. Yomo actually scold you a lot yesterday.”

-“No, nothing happened. What will happen to someone

like me? I have no one in the house. Just a 14 year old high school boy who

lives in the house all by himself. Who’ll scold me in the house if I have no

one? So, no one scold me.”

Listening to the words of Kashiwag, Riyuzu was

shocked. He was so shocked that he couldn’t say a word to condole his bestest

friend Kashiwagi. So, he remained quiet for the time being.

It was 8:00am. And Mr. Yomo opened the classroom door

and entered the class with a girl behind him. Kashiwagi was not noticing on

that part, Before calling out the attendance Mr. Yomo said something to the

students.

-“ Today, we have a new student who’ll be joining us.”

After that Kashiwagi

noticed to Mr. Yomo and he suddenly realized that it was that girl in the

morning.

Mr. Yomo asked that girl to introduce herself in front

of the class.

-“Hello. My name is Miyuki. I’ve come from the city of

Kyoto as a transfer student. My father is the CEO of the biggest Magical Tech

Company in Japan. My full name is Miyuki Kei. It’s a great pleasure to meet all

of you. I hope we all will be good friends.”

After her introduction Mr. Yomo told the class that it

would be good for Miyuki if you guys help her in the studies and the rules of

the school. I hope you all will get along pretty well.

After that he found there’s a vacant seat in front of

Kashiwagi’s bench. So, he told Miyuki to go and sit there.

Miyuki bowed her head in front of Mr. Yomo and went to

sit there.  But still Kashiwagi didn’t

pay any heed to Miyuki. As like he never wanted to talk to her. So, he went to

his own thoughts again. After the attendance Mr. Yomo was also shoked that

Kashiwgi came to school early today. So, he continued his lecture where he

stopped yesterday.

The lecture was on Spiritual magic. This type of magic

was kind of hard and most of the Professional magicians also couldn’t use it.

So was Mr. Yomo. He was giving lecture on the Spiritual Magic and everyone was

listening very carefully as it was hard to get. But Kashiwagi was not giving

attention to the lecture. His seat was near the window so what he was doing is

that he was drawing a sketch of the bird sitting on a branch of a tree. That

scene was getting much priority to him rather than the lecture of Mr. Yomo. Mr.

Yomo noticed it so, he called Kashiwagi.

-“Kashiwagi, stand up.”

Kashiwagi was so attentive in drawing the scenery that

he didn’t even notice that his teacher was calling him.

Mr. Yomo yelled again,

-“Kashiwagi!”

Now Kashiwagi came to his senses. And stood up saying

with a stupid face, “ Aah, what was I reading?”

Mr Yomo,” That should be my part and you’re asking me?

Get out of the class.”

-“Today also? I, Kashiwagi will never end getting scold from him I guess.”

Suddenly his mood changed and he tarted thinking how

he will pass the rest of the month. After the end of Mr. Yomo’s class the next

class was in another room. So, Kashiwagi and Riyuzu went for the next class and

the first thing came in Kashiwagi’s eyes was Miyuki was sitting on the same

seat where she sat on Mr. Yomo’s class.

It felt like a coincidence but on the other hand he

also thought that it might not be or so. But still he ignored the fact. So, for

now he went to the classroom for the next class and sat on his regular desk.

It was 1:00pm and the time was for lunch break. Like

the regular routine Kashiwagi went with Riyuzu to the cafeteria for lunch but

today he didn’t buy anything instead he just took a glass of water for lunch.

It made Riyuzu a bit suspicious too as Kashiwagi wasn’t behaving normal as he

behaved. So, now he asked Kashiwagi about the fact,

-“What’s up with you, bro?”

Kashiwagi was in so deep thought that he couldn’t hear

what Riyuzu was thinking.

Riyuzu again knocked Kashiwagi,

-“Brooo.. what’s the matter? You’re behaving strange

today. You were always attentive in the theory class but today you were off.

What are you thinking?”

Kashiwagi moved his head saying no.

-“I see. You don’t think me as your friend, huh?

Whenever I was off you tried to chill me. And now you’re just ignoring me too?

Damn, man. I didn’t expect this behavior from you.”

Saying Riyuzu got up from the seat and went to the classroom.

He didn’t even give Kashiwagi a chance to explain his

circumstances.

That made Kashiwagi more depressed.

Miyuki was watching the whole situation from their

front seat. So, she felt like she should go there and help Kashiwagi. But the

thought that came into her mind that, will it be good for her? Cause she just

joined today and she doesn’t even know Kashiwagi so well. On the other hand,

she is the daughter of one of the richest man in Japan. So, she was thinking

what would be good for her?

Actually, the thing she was fighting against was her

ego. As she is the richest persons daughter in the whole school so she was

actually full of ego.

But for the first time she went to Kashiwagi against

her ego. Sat down in front of him and started talking.

-“I guess, you remember me??”

-“Why shouldn’t I?” ,Kashiwagi replied.

-“Actually, the way you were behaving from the morning

it would be natural for anyone to guess that thing.”

-“Maybe.”

Kashiwagi’s reply wasn’t satisfying enough so Miyuki

tried to continue the conversation with him.

-“I’m Miyuki Kei. And you are?”

-“You can call me Kashiwagi.”

“Only Kashiwagi?”

-“Actually, it’s Kashiwagi Musuko.”

-“Kashiwagi Musuko?”

-“Yeah, why?”

-“You’re the son of the famous Musuko Couple? Who were

the greatest magician after the Mighty King himself? Who gave their life for

the sake of humanity and the country?”

-“Yeah.”

-“It’s an honor to meet you face to face. I never

thought that I could ever get to see the son of the Musuko couple.”

-“Well, no need to be so much excited. I guess my dad

will also tell you the same thing if he had ever met you.”

He’s words would be like, “ We are all the same like

each other. If you feel like I’m superior than you then you’re wrong. Be the

you always. I am a servant of the nation so if the nation is in problem it’s my

soul reason to give my life for it.”

I’ve heard these words from some of his colleague. I

can not have a clear image how he behaved you know but I can tell one thing from

listening to them that he was a man of words and no one can ever beat him if it

comes in saving humanity.

-“You’re father might be a terrific man in person. I

wish I could’ve met him. But he’s no more.”

Saying the word no more Miyuki instant shut her mouth

with her both hands and he was looking like she has committed a big crime by

saying this one.

-“I’m sorry, Kashiwagi-san.”

-“No, need to feel sorry. It’s just a truth that they

are dead. And I have to admit it too. So, you just don’t need to feel bad or

anything.”

While they were talking it was the time for their

afternoon classes to start. So, they rushed to their classes.

The same seat again. Kashiwagi sitting near the

window. And Miyuki in front of him. And Riyuzu was sitting on the right side of

Kashiwagi.

After the class Kashiwagi went to Riyuzu to talk.

-“Hey, man. Sorry for the earlier behavior. I guess I

should’ve talked with you about the fact. I have less money to bear this

month’s expenses. And I don’t know whether I can have a meal a day at least or

not.”

-“You should’ve told me about this fact earlier. I

know you well. We are childhood friends. At least tell me if you’re going

through something or not. At least I can hear your words. And you’ll feel that

you’ve lost a big burden from your shoulder.”

-“I guess, I should’ve talked with you. By the way

this is Miyuki.”

-“Ah, Kashiwagi. I know Miyuki.”

Kashiwagi was shocked hearing this from Riyuzu.

-“Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat? How come you guys know each

other?”

-“Well, that’s a long story. Actually, her pops is the

CEO of JITS. And her dad and my dad are business partners.

-“Huh, you rich guys are so….never mind.”

-“Well then, lets go home together.” Kashiwagi said.

After the school the went for their home. As Kashiwagi

didn’t bring his cycle and their homes are pretty close to the school so they

started waliking.

When the cross-roads came each of them took their ways

to home.

Today was kind of different. While Kashiwagi was going

to home he felt something. It felt like someone was following him. But whenever

he turns he sees no one. But now he felt like someone was actually following

him. And when he turned backwards suddenly someone attacked a fire ball towards

him he dodged it in a rush.

-“Man, If I get hit by this magic I would be a goner.

Who are you? Why are you attacking me suddenly? Have I done anything wrong? Or

you just want to eat the cup cakes I made ( With a clown face )?”

With a demonic hardened voice the demon replies,

-“It is you who has awoken me. And it is you whom I

should annihilate. The curse that is flowing rather it’s darkness or light and

the justice I give is the justice one deserves.”

Saying the words the demon came to Kashiwagi’s sight.

It wasn’t actually a demon but a human who was possessed by a demon. He could

be dead or could be in his sense and controlling both the demon and himself.

And he used that fire ball magic again. But Kashiwagi

dodged it. He was practicing martial arts in his home. So, he knows how to

dodge. But it wasn’t for long and the demon grabbed Kashiwagi.

Kashiwagi tried to pull himself out of the hands of

the demon but couldn’t do it so.

So, he gave up knowing that he’ll fail. And at that

time a strange thing happened.

The air or the atmosphere in that area started to go

heavy. A strange light was coming out of Kashiwagi. And suddenly his eyes

became white and he used a professional technique that was quite a hard one for

any magician.

The technique he used was none other than, Spirit

magic. Spirit magic is something where the magician can control the spirit of

himself and any other being that is possessed or not. But for amateurs like the

student’s it’s nearly impossible to control. As if it goes rouge or out of

control it will be impossible to control by exorcism magic or so. But Kashiwagi

was using that magic. A merely weak child who has no mana inside of him but

still he was using that.

Seeing the scene the demon was laughing and said,

-“I was waiting for this scenery. You’re not one of us

but yet you have the capability to become one of us. Come with me to the demon

realm.”

But after using the spirit magic the Body of Kashiwagi

used Fire Ball. And with the spirit mixing with fire ball it could easily

annihilate any soul or spirit. But the demon was far more powerful than any one

can imagine. And at that time Kashiwagi came back to his senses and felt a bit

weak saying,

-“Where am I? What happened to me? It felt like I’ve

running about a 30000km.”

-“I see, you came back to your senses, huh? I guess

now is my time to kill you and take your soul to make you a fine demon.”

And when the demon was going to take the spirit of

Kashiwagi a bright light came in front of him. It was so bright that anyone

could hardly see anything out of it.

-“Aah! Kashiwagi. Didn’t I always tell you to learn

and try harder? You seen we live in a world where magic and magical beings are

related. If you wanna win then you have to be tough and if you want to be tough

you should learn how to do magic and how to control it.”

The voice and the words were very much known to

Kashiwagi. And after his arrival when he turned to Kashiwagi he was astonished

to see Mr. Yomo in front of him.

-“Mr. Yomo? What are you doing here?”

-“What else? I am trying to save you from this filthy

demon.”

-“Well well, you’re a 2nd class demon,

aren’t you? You know, you should not tease my students like that. They get a

bit frightened. So for now, let’s ball Goofball.”The demon was laughing saying,

-“Hahahha, you filthy human. You think you can defeat

me by some entry? Magic is not something an amateur could handle. So, get lost

and let me take his soul.”

-“Okay, go take his soul. But let me warn you. I guess

you’ll get pretty hurt now.”

-“We’ll see about that.”

And then when the demon went to capture Kashiwagi he

was so beaten up that he couldn’t even move. He was thinking that Mr. Yomo was

standing but how did he beat him?

-“You still didn’t get it? You have no idea about mind

magic? Just by thinking the various ways of fighting I could easily beat the

hell out of some demons like you.”

And after beating when he was about to kill it with

water magic the demon ran away.

Seeing that Kashiwagi kind of became suspicious that

whether he was dreaming or not and suddenly became senseless.

-“What a drag! Now I

have to do babysitting again? It would be a long night.”