Chapter 1

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.

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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.

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