"God!" Seren says sighing between breaths "I'm so pissed! They said it was a meeting for magicians. And only one or two showed up. What is that?!" Seren sat back in her deep red seat, crossing her legs all while wrinkling her expensive green dress which she had specifically worn for that night. Her long blond hair was now untied, brought to the side. seren was very much disappointed

"Aha... But still, it was really a great performance. Everyone was mesmerized by your singing, Seren." Boma, Seren's assistant, was trying her hardest to lighten up the mood, but the harder she tried, the heavier the mood became.

"The black magician who's the most important one wasn't there! Who cares!". Seren was as disappointed as she ever felt. True, she had worked and practiced her singing for a single purpose. But that wasn't the case anymore. "Why do you think i went through all that to perform in front of those haughty nobles. He's so heartless."

"Seren-"

"Anyways, when are we arriving? When do you think we left. Are we crawling there or what."

"Ah.. The thing is.. A demon warning was issued in the Lupen woods which is the way we were supposed to go..."

"You're saying we're going all the way around just because of that! If you think anyone would get attacked, people like me won't."

"Se-seren.."

"Do you know how tired i am?" Seren was way too frustrated to think straight. Without a second thought, She storms out of the carriage and walks to the coachman. "Go right now. I don't have anytime to waste here."

"E-excuse me?" the coachman was much too confused and dazed.

"You heard me, increa-" With a shock, Seren was knocked to her knees with a loud sickening roar. It was very monster like, and it pained Seren to know what was coming. Standing before her was a dark blue creature with three eyes at each corners of its head. With its body were 4 arms that made it stand like a spider. Its scales were slithery in the moonlight and a series of horns mounted on its head. It was pulled together with a red, glowing crystal at the center of its head. The creature stood, towering over the unfortunate by-passers. Making sure the unlucky riders couldn't escape, it picked up the horses with its alligator like mouth and nothing became of it.

"Wha-what? But there shouldn't any demons here." Boma had left the carriage to assist Seren, all while struggling to max out their appearance.

"D-demoon!" The coach scrambled out of his sit ready to flee, but as unfortunate as that day was, he was gone in a blink of an eye. With that scene erupted screams. It was the wrong action to take because the demon had focused all its attention on the two. Meeting with its eyes was enough to make Boma's heart skip a beat. The assistant was knocked out and trifled onto Seren, leaving the singer alone.

With each breath seren took, the demon advanced forward. She couldn't do anything but scream, wishing even a rank 7 magician were there. Nothing seemed real anymore. Seren pressed her eyes closed as the creature reached forward. When she realized it was taking quite long for the monster to make its move despite their distance, Seren opened her eyes only to catch a glimpse of black spoored with blue slime. Considering she had just escaped death, she was shocked at the sight. Finally making sense of what just happened, she searched for her savior, to thank him or do what ever she could to be on equal terms. She spotted a figure on the head of what was her predator, now it laid still, halved and coated with its blue unnatural blood. Shocked, she could barely open her mouth.

"You..you are.." Stopping short to make sure she wasn't mistaken, she checked the figure again. "C-could you be..the Black Magician" Seren felt her feet tremble, even though she wasn't standing. "Y-yeah..There's no doubt. You are right?" Seren burned bright red with the sight. She was blushing all the way up to her ears. "S-so..I..uh.."

Without any words of questioning, the "Black Magician" moved without uttering any words and brought himself to Seren's view. Standing in front of her was a tall boy dressed all in black. His hair was very much black like the rest of his clothing, and his eyes glowed with a bright blue that could be used in the dark.

"U-Umm-" Seen uttered.

"It'll be dangerous to go this way for while.." with each word the Black magician spoke, Seren's face became a gash of red.

"Yes.."

"Also. Um.."

"Yea-yes!" Seren yearned to heed any words the Black Magician said. She waited hastily for his request.

"I'm sorry for asking...In such a situation. But can can you do me a favor?"

"Yes! Of course." Seren's face was now completely red. She waited for his request, but the black magician looked like he was hesitating. After having thought it over, he finally extended an ink pen with a white paper.

"Here. Can i have...your autograph...please."

"That's it?"

"Ah, can you also write go..oo! ..please"

"O-okay..."

.....

It the was next day. The sun was clear and its rays shone on the Opion association where the Black Magician got his daily job requests. The building was filled with official magicians who had their part. Walking down the hall was the Black Magician who was always the talk in the association. Stares and waves from directions all over, the Black Magician didn't like attention. With all the attention he was getting, it was hard for him to walk. It took him all his might, and he did. He usually used the back door, but when he attempted to do so that day, he had received a note plastered on the door: If you're not a thief or an animal, please use the front door ~. It ticked him off because he knew who was behind it. And not only that, he knew he didn't like attention.

"Ro.. or rather, Blow!" Ren called from behind. She was Opion's master's personal assistant. She always had her pale orange hair tied back looming her equally orange eyes, with a mole under the left. "What's up? How come you're coming in through the front door at this hour."

"Ms. Ren.."

"Are you here to report on you mission?"

"Yes. Though it was a sad mission."

"Ahaha. So you did it."

"What else could i do."Now noticing Ren's hands, he was curios as to what she was carrying. "But..what are you holding?"

"Huh. This. Nothing!"Adjusting the papers in her hand, she held them tighter. "Then, I've gotta go. Master should be in his office. Let's eat lunch or something sometime soon."

"Sure." As Ren began leaving, one of the papers flew out of her grasp and landed in front of Blow as he picked it up. "Ms. Ren. This is.." Examining the paper, he found it was a flyer with his face on it stating: Just for you! I'll take any request as the Black Magician. (The center of attention! The Black Magician, Blow always on standby! Mission request to Opion~) Blow was speechless.

"B-blow! You saw it?" Ren said as the fliers fell out of her hand.

Crunching the paper with anger he questioned Ren. "Is this...master's doing?"

"Ah...Yeah.." Without hesitation, Blow fled toward the office, through crowds of people who were already inspecting the flier. Blow arrived at the door minutes later.

"Hm? What. Who's kicking the door?" Kiel asks hesitantly. Blow knocked down the door and slammed the flier down on Kiel's desk, Blow couldn't find the words he was searching for. "What? What's wrong. Somebody bully you on the way here?"

"You're the one bullying me. Look at that thing!"

"This?" There was awkward silence, but Kiel took the initiative of throwing out the flier through his office window. "Haha..It's gone. I don't know what you're telling me to look at."

"Are you...kidding me? Making something like that without my permission. It's already noisy enough wherever i go!" Blow had to go through this every day during his childhood. But he thought that was all over once he was allowed to get actual job requests. "God...It's so embarrassing."

"Hehe..Our star Blow gets embarrassed quite ea-"

"Here." Blow Threw a white sheet at Kiel.

"Oh. You succeeded! Getting an autograph from Seren."

"This is the last time i do some stupid errand as a mission."

"No can do. Finding Ms. Elle's lost puppy, delivering Lucy's heart-beating love letter, and so many others are waiting for you."

"Shut it."

"But i'm surprised you got it. Seren is known for being bad-tempered and hating strangers."

"Hmm? She didn't look bad-tempered at all. Could it be because it was right after she was attacked?"

"What? Attacked? But the lobby she works in is a safe zone, isn't it? Did she meet bandits or something?"

"No, a demon. And a high rank at that. It wasn't all that strong , but something like that to just pop out in the lobby protected by the tower..Strange isn't it?"

"Yeah. It really is. Going to need to look into this." Kiel clears his throat before continuing. " But...to think you'd get an autograph at a time like that. Blow...you're quite.."

"It was your order!"

"Anyways. How long are you going to stay in that form, Rood?"

"Because a certain someone's giving me stupid missions, i have more than enough mana." Kiel does nothing but smirks which makes Blow more annoyed.

"Your name is Blow. Awakening, dispel." The command did as it was told, and soon, there were black and blue tendrils of mana flaring out. Soon later the tall boy dressed all in black was reduced to a short blonde frail looking 15-year-old. It was fascinating how an awakening could make someone change so much. What was even more fascinating was how young the host was to be an official magician. Not to speak of the amount of mana he always carried. "Anyway. I got the autograph. Now give me a proper mission!"

"Rood. After that day. ordinary people, as well as numerous magicians are looking out for you. Shicmon of the magician's association is especially out to get you."

"You mean that crazy bastard?"

"Yeah. From now on...it's going to get even more dangerous. It's different from how it's always been. I'm worried about that."

"And you make something like this?" Rood yells shoving another flier into Kiel's view.

"I still don't know what you're talking about." Kiel exclaims.

"Scrap the dumb talk. Are you going to give me an actual mission or not."

"Well. There is one big thing. There is an auction house opening next week. It mostly deals with scarce and rare items. And in the auction house this time, a magic stone with a name is said to make an appearance.

"A high class magic stone?"

"yeah. The problem is other magicians have this information as well." Kiel pauses and gives rood a slight nod. "Do you understand what this means? This mission...might be quite interesting."