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Wizard Cookie glanced into the cave in front of him. From the legends he heard, a wizard known for wheat magic, both of the fermented and regular type was inside. "His magic was strong enough to not only construct walls but build homes!" The child wizard explained.

"He must be powerful! I wonder why he locked himself in a cave?" Wizard's friend, Gingerbrave asked as they entered. Wizard chanted an illumination spell deeper they went.

"Uh, Wizard Cookie, are you sure he's down here?" The younger of the two asked before bumping into a wooden house. "Oh! This must be it!" Wizard Cookie exclaimed, stimming a little from the excitement of finding the cookie of legend.

However, that excitement wasn't going to last long. As he was about to knock, a lanky gaunt cookie exited the house. He wore what looked like golden robes and an eye patch, with his hair an ombre of orange and white. "Gah! What on Earthbread are two children doing here?!"

"Magic Malt Cookie? Is... Is that really you?!" The small mage asked, barely containing his excitement. "My name is Wizard Cookie, and I wanted to learn about Wheat magic-"

"Don't utter that term! That magic has done nothing but ruin my life!" The older cookie shouted.

"Wha- You built a whole village by yourself! How did that ruin your life?!"

"You wouldn't understand... What was your name? Wizard? You're so prideful you named yourself that?"

"I, uh, well-"

"What is your magic type?"

"Lightning. I taught myself everything I know-" Before Wizard could finish his sentence, the adult just scoffed. "Of course you're self-taught." Magic Malt grunted, his voice sounding bitter.

"Hey, what's that supposed to mean?" Gingerbrave asked.

"Self-taught wizards are just pompous little weasels who think they can learn everything themselves. Well, you don't, you're just a kid, you barely know anything. Your potions are probably watery too."

Though he wasn't yelling, his words hurt just as if he were. "Hey, you can't say that! That's just mean!" Gingerbrave stated.

"Stay out of this, Gingerchild!" The wheat magic user snapped, he used his magic to encase the younger child with a cage of enforced grain. "Gah! Gingerbrave!

"If you want to free him, you'll have to win in a duel against me."

"A-A duel! Are you kidding me?! I have an unfair disadvantage!" Wizard shouted.

"I don't care. You named yourself Wizard Cookie, now prove it."

With a soft growl, the short wizard readied his candy staff. "Alright, so be it... But just so you know, I'm not going to go easy on you!" Wizard Cookie exclaimed. After an hour of lightning on wheat action, both wizards were nearly at their breaking points. However, the malt cookie got his ass handed to him by Wizard's lightning strike.

"Gah! H-How..."

"See, even a self-taught wizard could be powerful!" Wizard declared before noticing that the fermented wheat cookie wasn't getting up. "Dammit, I'm still as weak as I was back then..." He uttered.

"Back then?" Wizard asked, taking out a life potion and some star jellies for the injured cookie. "What... What are you doing?"

"Giving you a life potion, I know you probably think my potion are still watery, but I assure you that-"

"No... It's just... You're healing your enemy? You're not going to end my existence?"

"Of course, I can't just let you crumble." Wizard stated. Magic Malt looked at him for a second before letting out a weak chuckle. "You're too soft for battle." He stated, downing the life potion. "Hmm, not as watery as I thought, with a hint of lemon."

"Yes, I thought lemon would be a good taste for it. Anyway, I'm still curious about what happened." The young wizard said. "Er, but can you release my friend first?"

"Oh, yes, you did best me in a duel." The adult stated as he released Gingerbrave.

"Now then... About 20 years ago, I lived in the village I created, being its defender. I had a beautiful wife, Hurricane Cookie, who had just birthed our son, Shining Spritz. However, a group of Dark Stimulating cookies stormed our quiet village. I couldn't stop all of them, my magic wasn't strong enough. Everyone in my village... They... They were slaughtered... Including my wife and son..." Magic Malt explained, feeling overwhelmed from the memories. "I taught myself the magic I use, I thought that because I wasn't professionally taught, I was responsible for the death of my loved ones..."

The two children paused after hearing all that. "Oh... Wow, I'm so sorry for your loss..." Wizard cookie stated, not knowing what else to say. "It... It is fine... I banished myself to this cave as punishment."

"Yeah, but uh, isn't 20 years enough? You can't become better at magic if you lock yourself in a cave forever." Gingerbrave stated.

"Are... Are you suggesting I leave the cave? What if I end up failing again and cause more ruin?"

"Hey! You're not going to; you have another wizard by your side, so you don't have to fight alone." The child stated as he took the older cookie's hand to lead him out. As the trio walked out of the cave, Magic Malt Cookie smiled a little.