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Flashback: The Summoning Ritual"Home sweet home..." Hye thought to himself as he opened the front door, taking off his hoodie and throwing it on the couch that was in the living room.
The apartment he had bought to himself using part of the money received from betraying the Kyou family wasn't as big and luxurious as some others where important families lived in Fusang City, but it had a medium size, being undoubtedly more spacious than your 'common' apartment. It was comfortable and Hye was happy with it. Truth be told, he had bought it by impulse but it ended up not being that bad. Now, he would say that it was definitely worth the money.
After pushing the couch out of the way and opening enough space to draw the magic circle, Hye took the bottle of fresh chicken blood he got on his way back home. It was already enough that he would have to deal with cleaning all that blood when the ritual was finished, no way that he would bring an entire chicken here and have to clean it's carcass, feathers & etc. Too much work...
"Finally done. Can't say I'm looking forward to the next step though..." Hye said, with a clearly annoyed expression as he stood up in front of the circle he had just made as he got the bottle with the chicken blood.
The blood was still incredibly warm on his hands, after all... the animal had died only a few seconds ago. Even though the slaughterhouse wasn't that far from his apartment, he ran all the way back the second the chicken died as an extra precaution.
"I hope it still works..." Hye thought to himself, pouring the chicken blood inside the circle.
The magic words for the ritual came naturally to Hye's head as he started the chant, thanks to him carefully memorizing it on his way home. Due to his defective magic circuits (and partially due to his complex regarding being a 'failure' as a mage) Hye was sure to put as much prana as he could in the ritual.
Much to his own surprise, the circle started glowing, a sign that the ritual was indeed working. Despite that, Hye was careful to not interrupt the chant, afraid that any disruption, no matter how small could stop the ritual. And if it happened, who knows if he would be able to do it again.
As the circle grew brighter, Hye felt the surge of energy coming from it. Light flooded the living room, making Hye close his eyes as he eagerly awaited for the result.
Unfortunately... nothing happened. There was no one inside the circle, nothing that could be considered a 'success'.
"I honestly don't know what I was thinking..." Hye said to himself, sighing with an frustrated and annoyed expression.
"The only thing this was good for was to give me more work... I'll deal with it later. The lecture was incredibly boring and I spent a good deal of magic for nothing... I need to rest a bit." Hye mumbled, as he threw himself in the couch.
Unsurprisingly, it was only a few minutes before Hye fell asleep. What he didn't knew though was that the ritual wasn't in fact a failure...
Nobunaga whom had a prideful look on her face, a hand on her hip and a grin.
“Are you my Ma-” She blinked at the empty room, having manifested in the apartment above where she was supposed to appear, it took her a minute to gather her bearings. She was certainly contracted to someone otherwise she would be losing mana by moving around. This was strange indeed. Walking over to the doorway she peeked her head out of it. Noticing herself to be in what the grail seemed to impart on her as a ‘apartment complex’
“Well that's just great.” She’d say walking over to the steps briskly and going down stairs to where she felt the tie to her master was strongest. Kicking open the door. About to make her grand entrance and show her master a thing a two!
Then she saw him asleep and threw that plan out of the window immediately. Her smile turning in a gratification seeking pout [color=red]“If your not going to stay awake to deal with me.” Nobunaga would say as her eyes spotted something in her hoody.
“I might indulge myself in the modern traditions at your expense for you to apologise for me.” She’d say writing a poor written note in japanese saying she was off to see the stores taking his wallet with her. Before leaving the building.
One hour after the summoning ritual Hye thought it was an utter failure, he finally woke up from his nap. After such a frustrating and disappointing try, he was indeed feeling a little better, but his good mood immediately went sour when he realized that he still had to deal with the mess left by the ritual in the middle of his living room.
"Oh... great... I had almost forgotten about this..." Hye said to himself, sighing as he stood up from the couch. The moment he did so though, more specifically when he grabbed his hoodie, he realized that there was something wrong...
"Wait... my wallet?" Hye exclaimed, raising an eyebrow as he put his hand on the pocket where his wallet should be.
Even as he searched the couch, thinking that his wallet could possibly have fallen from his pocked when he threw his hoodie, he wasn't able to find it. Not only that, but the door which he clearly remember closing when he entered his apartment was wide open.
"What the... what just happened here?" Hye asked himself, clearly confused about what was happening. It was then that a small piece of paper on top of the table drew his attention. After further inspection, he realized it was a note left by... someone... saying that it would go to the stores and was taking his wallet with it... Whoever that 'Nobu' was.
"Nobu huh... figures... The last time I checked I lived alone..." Hye said with a sarcastic chuckle and an annoyed tone as he finished reading the note and put it inside his pocket, heading towards the door.
Truth be told, he had absolutely no idea where even start searching for that Nobu thief who had stolen his wallet. On the note it said only that it would go to the stores and nothing more...
"I guess I should start searching on the stores nearby... By the time I get back the chicken blood will already be smelling... great..." Hye said as he got of the building.
After having entered in at least 5 different stores that were relatively nearby his apartment searching for anyone acting suspiciously or anyone carrying his wallet, he finally arrived on a convenience store. His already normally intimidating stare was now particularly annoyed, making it even less likely for others to approach him. The scene he encountered when he entered the convenience store wasn't something he was expecting though... A rather loud blonde haired, punk looking girl who had just spit soda all over a male student that apparently was rather calm despite being completely soaked and a petite red haired student that was reprimanding the blonde one in a rather polite and dignified tone.
It didn't take much to know what was the cause of the commotion, as it was clear to anyone who wasn't deaf thanks to the blonde girl's loud voice and laughter as she mocked the result of the servant fight that was being transmitted through the radio. Despite not being his business, Hye couldn't help to chuckle at the extreme difference between the two girls.
Other than that strange scene, the convenience store was surprisingly crowded. Given the amount of people that were there, it would be impossible for Hye to analyze every single one of them since he had no idea about who he was searching for. Instead, he choose to go to the closest aisle to ask the cashier if he had seen someone holding a wallet similar to his pass by.
When he was about to ask the cashier, his eyes wandered to a black haired girl looking intently to the sweets in front of her, almost as if she was making an incredibly hard decision. Normally he wouldn't have paid attention, but a strange hat that was similar to those used by feudal era warlords was standing firmly on top of that girl's head. What was maybe the first drop of luck that had graced that day for him made him look a bit better at her as he approached the cashier and when he did so, much to his surprise, he saw his wallet on that girl's hands.
The distracted girl would only realize what happened when she saw Hye's wallet being grabbed by a hand coming from above in an agile and swift movement.
"And here is the one responsible for breaking in and stealing my wallet..." Hye said, looking at the girl with a penetrating stare.
"You are honestly the first thief that I've met that actually left a note... Wait... You did spend my money!" he said as he looked inside his wallet only to realize that most of the money that he kept in his wallet was gone. Thankfully she didn't know his debit card's password… Hopefully…
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