2

I tried calling my father last night on my portable net to tell him the good news but he was out of town and completely unreachable. It's hard not being able to live with him but not even getting to talk to him when I want to is worse.

I've been living on my own since I was 13 and had to move away from the castle to attend academy in the city. I live alone in a nice one bedroom dorm. Yeah, I have the guards outside my door watching me 24/7 from my fathers orders but I still got lonely.

Right now was probably the earliest I could possibly wake up and I only have twenty minutes to get ready, eat and walk to school. But even after taking a quick shower and eating a energy bar, I only have five minutes to get to school on time before the Antichrist summoning ceremony.

Just my luck.

I glanced at the grimoire in my hands and I remembered one of the spells Himari said I possessed. Even without my stone I wonder if I could pull off a teleportation spell.

I set the book down in the counter, skimming through most of the difficult spells I found the one I was looking for.

"Teleportation spell" It says to picture the place I wanted to go in my mind. They say beginners can't go farther than 1 mile. Simple enough. I read the words that make the spell and it's in a language I've never heard before. I decided to rely on my correct pronunciations and hope for the best, "Illulso Telegra Exporus Tranquii"

I waited for 30 seconds for something to happen and absolutely nothing did. I glance at the rest of the spell and written at the bottom in ink it said: Magic energy must be close to maximum when casting.

Sigh.

Now I have to walk to school and be even more late because I wasted more time. This is why I hate magic.

•

They couldn't afford to get us any seats to help us get through this torture. So far most of the class has gotten on stage to summon their antichrist for all of us to see. I don't personally don't find anything entertaining about this but it's university. The professors always find a way to find the most powerful sorcerer and this is one way. I was last since I came here last.

Himari was next and I actually paid attention this time because I wanted to see what would happen. She said what magic she wields to Professor Shou and opened her grimoire where she said the words, "Severegra Invocitus"

And a green stone appeared with a white flower in the middle, once she grabs hold of the stone it should transform into a piece of jewelry like a necklace or bracelet. It held most sorcerers true power, once you master your grimoire you wouldn't need the stone unless you're calling for your antichrist. Only the stone has that much power transfer spirits through different dimensions.

The stoned turned into a necklace, which was said the stronger sorcerers had their magic stones as necklace. The weaker ones had bracelets.

Professor Shou asked her to summon her antichrist finally which was simple enough. You had to say the single spell with the demon's name and you dismiss him the same way.

"Demoniceos Kiyohime" She summoned her demon, we read about her in books but was amazing seeing her in person. Kiyohime, the bat demon, she still looked like a teenager but that's probably because demons in the underworld don't have to age. She had pale white skin, red long hair with bat wings and fangs. Everyone clapped, amazed at the strong antichrist she summoned. It makes me wonder if I will fuck things up this time around like yesterday.

When Professor Shou called me up the stage I sighed. I really had to do this in front of everyone. I placed my grimoire on the Podium. Everyone could see in my face that I wasn't ready to be publicly humiliated in front of the class. What if I get a hideous demon or worse one of those dwarfs.

"What kind of magic do you wield Yuzuki?" Professor Shou asked so he could test and analyze the strength of my powers.

"Uh. Lunar Magic." I said unsure, I didn't know myself if magic like this existed since it was told as a myth but it says so in my book then I couldn't lie.

He whispered something into his advisors ear after my answer. He used magic to cancel out wondering ears like mine from hearing what he was saying. It wasn't good things probably. Am I already making a fool of myself. He nodded his head for me to continue.

I opened my grimoire and closed my eyes as I chanted, "Severegra Invocitus"

A blue light appeared and so did my stone. It was more like a crystal than a stone, there was nothing fascinating about it. It look like a chunk of ice. I frowned as the class all snickered and commented at my non impressive stone. Sighing I continued the ceremony by picking up the stone. I closed my eyes and almost begged for it not to turn it a bracelet.

When I opened my eyes, the stone formed into a ring. A ring-like my fathers and I couldn't tell you how relieved I was. Everyone awed, it's not every day a sorcerer has their stone forged into a ring. It's not rare but only the most powerful sorcerers can wield magic through a ring.

"It's probably rigged for her. She has lunar magic and her father has cosmic magic. Now she has a ring like he does." A girl in the front row bickered. It almost made me want to throw her across the room.

Ignoring their comments, I went on forward to summon my antichrist. It says his name Yukio and he was an Ice Wolf Demon. Wolf demons sound so lame but some of the 3 elemental cursed Wolf demons were some of the strongest and he was one of them.

"Demoniceos Yukio"  I shut my eyes as a powerful portal began open, it was much stronger than the others when they opened the gate to the underworld. Why did it feel like the portal was sucking me in?

The air felt toxic, you can tell this is a passageway to another dimension. As Professor Shou yelled at me to close the portal, it was too late. My foot slipped and I was sucked into the portal unwillingly. There was nothing I could do as it swallowed me up and closed immediately after.

I woke up with my face numbed and planted straight in the ground. Well, the snow covered ground. I groaned as I got up from my position. My head was throbbing from the fall and it took me a couple seconds to realize the position I was in.

I got up to my feet immediately. I was in the middle of no where in the frozen tundra. I had no jacket or anything to keep me warm expect my school uniform which I smartly chose to where my cardigan today.

Where was I?

"Hello?" I yelled, this place was absolutely stranded with no a human soul in sight. If I was being honest this place doesn't look like it would hold humans, the sky was a dark purple. There was no way we were still in Zega.

I started the run but my feet were too numb to take me far so I began to search for shelter for so I can survive. I needed to find a way out of this mess. There was a cave near by but it seemed to convenient, almost like a trap.

"How the hell did I get here?" I whispered,

"Hello, are you the one who summoned Yukio?" I heard a small voice. It came out of nowhere. It's not humanly possible for someone to appear out of thin air after I saw there weren't a living thing miles from here.

I shook as I turned around but there was no one there. Was my mind playing tricks on me?

"I'm down here miss" I looked down and I must have been on drugs as I saw a white lizard with gold eyes speaking to me. I can't make this up. "My name is Setsu"

I didn't think before screaming. I didn't need to think since there was a reptile speaking to me. Forcing my feet to run, I found safety in the nearby cave I saw early. I've seen strange things that I never thought was possible but talking lizards takes the cake.

I calmed down a bit. The cave was cold as hell but at least I safe and away from the creature.

"Why'd you run off for? Does my breath stink or something?" I heard the same voice say, he must have followed me. Why do these kinds of situations happen to me I sighed.

Even though I'm terrified of a reptile-like I'm shaking in my knees as I back away from that thing. I had to try to protect myself, I had gotten my stone and had a powerful source of magic.

That I didn't know how to use or control. So I just bluffed.

"Get away from me or I'll turn you into lunchmeat you-you talking frog" I raised my hand warning him that I'll use my magic, I hope he takes the fake bait.

"Easy there lady. I'm no enemy and definitely not a damn frog. Do all lizards look like frogs to you? All I asked was if you summoned Yukio? That's why your here right?" The tone he spoke to me was creepy but the way he gestured his hands as if he was a real human being freaked me out more.

But he had a point. I did summon an antichrist named Yukio but it's just how did I end up at a tundra?

"I did but I certainly wasn't suppose to end up in the frozen tundra. Do you know why I was brought here?"

"If you put that hand down and follow me I'll tell why"

It's not like I had any choice. I didn't have magic so I couldn't harm him. I choose to follow him, I can't let a talking lizard scare me into freezing to death.

We go deeper into the cave and it got even more cold for each step. I don't think I can survive any longer with my legs exposed to this much cold weather.

"I didn't think there would be a sorcerer powerful enough to summon Yukio. I didn't think it would be a chick either. They mostly assign same gender demons to the sorcerers."

"Demons have genders? I find them all to be equally terrifying to even tell their genders apart"

"I will admit that thousands of years ago. Antichrists were so damn ugly. But now by working with the sorcerers they got a taste of what it looks like to be attractive so I guess it rubbed off" He said, and I had to agree. Most of the antichrist I saw today wasn't nearly as hideous as the pictures in the textbooks.

He got a stopping point at the middle of a cave where there was a block of ice, "Why would you bring me here? It's a block of ice."

"That's what you think but this block of ice carries an even bigger blockhead named Yukio" He pulled my hand to the other side of the ice where I yelped at the sight of a human looking teen was in a slumber in ice.

"What happened to him?" I said admiring how his body was still attached and not decayed in that ice. Was he in there for long?

"My boy Yukio here broke some serious laws. Down in the underworld, we gotta follow rules as well and the punishments are far worse than a night in a jail cell for you humans." He tapped the ice with his tiny knuckles. So he really is trapped in there.

"He broke a law?"

"He broke a lot but the one he pulled over a hundred years ago almost ticked the old man satan into early retirement. The hothead froze him in this ice for all eternity." He jumped on my shoulder, I felt a chill running through my body and it wasn't from the cold. But I didn't speak of it since he was actually helping me. "There wasn't a sorcerer powerful enough to summon him until you came along. Now you can melt the ice and free him."

I turned my head away and scoffed, "Why would I want to help him? He's a criminal."

"He's also your ticket out of here so better start melting him or you'll be a human statue like him"

This is where my bad karma reaches its peak. I have to say these demons are clever coming up with their motives. I mean if I don't save this boy from dying I'll die too. They don't give many options.

"What am I suppose to do?" I gave in, if he was assigned to me then he's basically my property. A slave so if he tried to pull some tricks and try to kill me I could always haul him back in this ice.

"Place your hand with your stone on the ice and it should react to your power"

I did what I was told and placed my had on the ice. Concentrating all my mana into the stone, the ice did begin to melt but faster than I thought it would.

The ice was melting fast but soon my mana would run out and I would faint. The coldness of the cave didn't make it easier for me to stay strong. I had to do it. Yes, he's a criminal but also a young boy. He's the same age as me maybe even a year or two older. People say I'm heartless but I won't let him stay here to rot.

Once it was fully melted the boy fell into my arms and I could barely keep him up. He's was incredibly heavy and still unconscious. It wasn't until Setsu jumped off my shoulder and stuck his tongue in his ear is when he started to wake up.

"Wakey wakey Yukio. Your lazy ass been sleeping for over a hundred years"

There was a small laugh that I felt coming from him as he got up, he was weak. He shouldn't be moving. "Still annoying as ever Setsu"

He stood up entirely by himself leaving my arms empty. He was so cold, there was no warmth to him at all. I didn't understand how it was possible for him to stand after being frozen for that long.

He was.. I hate to say it he was handsome. I never seen a demon look more remotely like a human before. He was shirtless only wearing a black and white jacket and black pants. His shoes were combat boots and there were black as well. The only thing that separates him from us is the fact he has black cat-like ears or dog ears that blends into his hair, sharp claws, and a black tail. I looked closely at the tail and my eyes were shocked as I squealed when I saw it move.

He turned around finally noticing my presence. It was only now that I got a good look at his face, his eyes were so golden so abnormal. Almost like my red eyes, my eyes were the color of blood. No one has figured out why my eyes were red.

"Who are you?" The first time I heard him speak before passing out due to the impact of the cold weather.

A/n: Is this story good?

***Download NovelToon to enjoy a better reading experience!***