Hanamizuki, Because Flowers Are Not Just Beautiful
Chapter 11: Lyllium (II)
“See you tomorrow at Riri's special training next!”
All classes are empty at 5 p.m. Riri waved towards Alstromeria and Typha the last to return home.
“The method I taught was quite tiring as well.”
“That's because the Master taught them mercilessly.”
Once there were no people around, Camelyum appeared in his human form. She was wearing a white dress with a black ribbon on her chest.
Riri rubbed his neck. “Yeah, I don't want them to keep desperate. After hearing the story that they always lose every magic tournament even though they have been taught by the best teachers, I wonder, why they cannot be taught.”
Camelyum looked for a moment at Riri's tired-looking face.
“Master, you also need to improve yourself. You're so fucked.”
Riri rubbed her cheek with the back of her hand. “Haha, you're right, but I have something to do before I go home.”
“Observing the case again?”
Riri smiled briefly. “No, I want to postpone it first, I will go to the library again while looking for information about seeds.”
“You sure, Master? You look tired like this.”.
“Others I want to investigate. Kuroi Organization Uta.”
Riri stepped back into the academy building followed by Camelyum to his right.
“The organization allegedly caused the incident at this academy 10 years ago. I want to know more, and also, they've been attacking continuously since I moved here. Do they have a specific purpose?”
Riri opened the seal on the library door that was already locked with her magic.
“I'm worried it's because..”
Riri entered the library room and headed for the history bookshelf.
“Master?”
“Ah no, maybe it's just a coincidence.”
Camelyum just blinked her eyes hearing Riri speak for herself. He saw his Master reading the book ‘seeds that never existed’.
“Came-chan.”
“Ya?”
“Do you believe that seed exists?”
“I believe. Because I am a flower spirit that needs seeds to stay alive.”
Riri turned to Camelyum. “It is true that flowers cannot grow without seeds. Because that's the origin of the growth of flowers—”
Suddenly Riri stopped his words. Petrified silently.
“Master?”
“Seed is the origin of a flower or plant. Camelyum, I think I understand a little something about all this confusion!”
“Master?”
“I've found the next method for that magic tournament! Camelyum, thank you very much!”
“Master, but—”
“Come! Since there is still time, we start investigating again!”
Riri opened the Hanatarou academy case file 10 years ago which he always hid behind his coat. He opened another page, a photo of the school roof.
“Atap school? You mean the roof of this building?”
“Didn't Alstromeria ever say that the roof of this academy is always closed? You're the first one to break that rule.”
Riri nyengir's. “I like to see from a high place anyway.hm..here it is said, before the explosion in the laboratory room it happened, there was a strange puff of smoke coming from the roof of the academy. But no one knows the origin of the smoke, because when investigated, no object burned, until now not detected. Hmm... I was curious, what do you think?”
Camelyum thought for a moment. “What could it be a flower magic?”
“Can be, alright let's try to the roof and investigate!”
“Wait, Master! What about the magic tournament? You should have time to rest!”
“Just a minute!”
Riri pulls Camelyum's hand towards the roof of the academy. The silver-haired girl could no longer refuse the Master's invitation.
For some reason, when he held my hand, I didn't want to let go. Even though he was so stubborn, I didn't want to fight him somehow.
***
“Hmm, around here right?”
Riri and Camelyum are on the rooftop of the academy. Camelyum looked towards the sky. Stars start to appear because the sun has fully set.
“Disini mention, no burn marks at all. About what kind of magic makes this mysterious smoke puff yes.”.
“Master, I feel there is a flow of magic here.”
“Eh really?”
Riri approached Camelyum who was standing on the side of the guardrail. There is an old water vat that has been unused.
“You're kidding? In this old water vat?”
“No, not there, but under it.”
“Hah? Where can I lift it..”.
“Use your orders on black Camelia, Master. To lift this barrel.”
“Hah?!”
Riri was a bit surprised even though she finally nodded. Then start casting spells.
“Good and beautiful black Camellia, grant your Master's request, make this thing light to lift!”
Instantly the black petals appeared and enveloped the old barrel and sure enough, the barrel lifted from its place to amaze Riri.
“K-so cool!”
“It was just simple magic, Master..”.
“You yourself know that I am not a flower magician! It's all thanks to you!”
Camelyum giggled amusedly looking at Riri's face sparkling with amazement. After that they reverted their eyes after successfully moving the old barrel from its place.
“My feelings are right..”
“Wah, what magic sign is this? I've never seen it.”
Sure enough, on the ground of the former tread of the old barrel there was a magic mark covered with green moss and water crust stains.
“Euw, it feels disgusting if you have to get rid of those mosses.”
“Just use your white Lily magic, Master.”
“Eh? How?”
“Didn't when you moved that barrel you could cast black Camellia magic?”
“I also do not know why suddenly already know just how to do it..”.
Riri closed his eyes and cast a spell.
“With the sanctity of your pure white, Lily white, grant this request of your Master. Clear back anything that stains your white!”
A few strands of Lily petals appear and sure enough, the green moss stains and water crust was clean until the magic marks there began to be clearly drawn.
“Camelyum, I'm grateful you became my flower spirit!”
“E-eh?”
Camelyum was slightly misbehaved when Riri held both of her hands while showing her grin.
“So what magic sign i—”
THE JRAKK!!
“MASTER!!”
Only a few inches away an arrow almost penetrated the palm of Riri's hand that was about to check the magic mark.
“A-arrow?”
“Master! That magic arrow!”
BWUSSHHH
Suddenly the arrow emitted a fire that surrounded the magic mark in the middle.
“What is the arrow of a flower spirit?”
“Surely the Master is around here, Master, back off!”
“If the arrow...means he's a long distance fighter with a flower spirit arrow. But is he the enemy? Moreover this?”
Riri looked around. Trying to guess where the arrow was launched from.
“Camelyum! Watch out!!”
Spontaneous Riri pushed Camelyum when an arrow shot nearly injured him. Unfortunately the arrow successfully injured Riri's arm.
“Master! What are you doing?!”
“Uh yeah..”
“Hahh... therefore do not try to touch the masterpiece that I have difficulty making dong..”
A human figure emerged from the strange magic mark. More precisely in the midst of a fire.
“Who are you?!”
When the figure showed it, he looked like a short-bodied little boy. Equivalent to Riri's hip. He carried the arrows along with the throws in his left and right hands.
“Wah, you are Riri Hanamizuki who is being talked about by my sister huh...hmm... are you really that great? Just because you have 2 types of flower spirits, can you be called great? Avoiding my arrows alone can't~”
“B-noisy! What are you, huh?!”
“I'm just a kid experimenting.”.
The boy showed a sign of a black rose in his arm, and the number 8 on it.
“K-Kuroi Uta?!”
“Wah so you already know about us huh? Then I cannot let you live!!”
The boy darted quickly towards Riri, swiftly Camelyum immediately pulled out his two swords before Riri.
“Ups, you're on target!”
But as fast as lightning the boy was already floating in the air and preparing to launch his arrow again.
“Because of you!”
“Sial him fast once!”
YO TAKK!!
The arrow was repelled after Camelyum moved swiftly pointing his sword slash into the air.
“Ah damn, whereas just a little more Riri Hanamizuki's body can be split in two~”
“A-what did you say!? Camelyum! Turn into a sword and I will teach him!”
Camelyum instantly turned into light and headed towards Riri's hand forming 2 pieces of swords.
“Here you boy! How dare to underestimate me to that extent!”
“You lost fast again, brother~”
Unbeknownst to Riri, the little boy was already behind him, and launched his arrows.
“Sial!!”
This time Riri managed to dodge the arrow, only a few strands of her hair were cut off.
“Hey shit! How dare you touch my precious silver hair! Look out for you! Get you down here!”
The little boy was still in the air. Looking at Riri with a strange look.
“You treated me like a child huh? Hmm, feel the consequences of underestimating me too far!”
Suddenly from the magic mark surrounded by fire, a fire dragon-shaped monster appeared that was ready to attack at any time with its burst of fire.
“Don't you this..?!”
In a hurry, Riri immediately cast a dimension-making spell. So that no outsider would see the fight, and he wanted to minimize the damage on the roof of the academy.
“Oh, move dimension huh? Your idea was ingenious too.”
“You, what do you want to come here?”
“Do you not want to know my name, brother?”
“Stupid by enemy name Stop calling me brother!”
The boy smiled. “You sure? Remembering the name of the enemy is important. So that the fight you experience becomes more memorable.”
“What?!”
“For example, after I found out your name, I got even more excited about splitting you into 2 lo. Khukhukhu.”
“You are...what?!”
...****************...
The little boy looked at me with a strange look. Kuroi Uta once again bothered me. What do they really want?
“Yeah, good thing I remember! Sorry brother~! I can't kill you now!”
“What?”
“But, it's enough to make you faint so I can easily present you to him! Agree right?”
“Hah?!”
THE SYATS!
The timing was just right, I brushed off the arrow attack from the boy with my black sword. Not to mention the fire monster behind him continued to spout flames attacking me. Really troublesome.
“Why? Overwhelmed ya?”
“Whispering!”
Through my white sword, I cast Bluebell magic and chased after the child's agile movements, then simultaneously I activated Dandelion magic to slow down the movement of his fire monster.
“Master! What are you planning?”
“The movement of the boy was nimble once, too troublesome!”
My Bluebell chain magic has trouble chasing him. The boy's movements were very fast and he also continuously fired his arrows at me.
“Sial, it looks like I have to use the buster simultaneously towards the two of them.”
“What?! The master! That's too risky! If you fail to wear it, you won't be able to use it a second time!”
I just smiled bitterly. Right, my flagship buster can only be used once, even if my mana is sufficient.
“Kakak~ if not fast attack, can die really lo~”
The Dandelion magic that made the movement of the fire monster had reached its limit. Then the boy stopped his movements and climbed up the fire monster that resembled a giant dragon and prepared to attack me again.
“Shoot yes?”
The boy prepared to retrace his arrows, this time bigger with the help of fire magic from his dragon monster.
“Damn it! I have no idea beating him!”
“Master! While using black Camellia to buy time and resist her attacks!”
“B-well! O black Camellia! Show me your beauty!!”
BWOOSH
Quickly hundreds of black flower petals appeared forming a wall and resisting the child's attack. Damn, the fire attack was quite powerful as well.
“You have an idea? I can't hold this wall too long”
“Master, we do need to first defeat the dragon monster. That monster continues to give mana intake to the child so that he will be difficult to beat”
“How to?”
“Use your dual swords ability, Master. That's one of your advantages of having me.”
“Dual swords..”.
“Yes, we will teleport and directly attack the monster in a row with dual swords attack Camelyum. Forget the kid for a moment. Just focus on attacking that monster first!”
“But what if he shoots his arrows at me when I attack that dragon monster?”
“Take it easy, Master, as much as possible, I will make a barrier seal envelop your body. Even for a moment, let's take advantage of the time as much as possible!”
I am truly grateful to have Camelyum as my partner.
Dual sword. Yep. I've dreamed of it.
The story of 2 kings who fought with swords. Black and white.
The sword's ability. I still remember it clearly. Ability 2 swords. Fighting with 2 swords. Mercilessly.
“Kakak~ want until when is it hidden? I kasian you saw the beautiful wall of flowers so charred because of my fire.”
“Alright, in the count of 3, the wall was destroyed. We'll directly teleport—”
“One, two, three.”
The wall of black Camellia flowers completely disappeared after the burst of fire dragons continued to grow.
“Wah, already charred by fire huh? Ouch I am too much yes.if the Great Lord scolded me—”.
“DUAL SWORDS SKILL!! CAMELYUM SWORDS!!!”
“APA!?”
Riri actually teleported right in front of the fire dragon monster, and he charged out in succession with both of his swords.
“Magic teleport yes! Very presumptuous!!”
The boy again aimed an arrow at Riri, followed by a fire dragon monster attack that continued to fight, but Riri did not care about it. He continued to attack the fire dragon nonstop until his movements slowed down.
“Damn it!! My gallant fire dragon, don't stop! Just keep attacking him until it's charred!! Damn it!”
As the little boy threw his arrow attack at Riri, the arrow missed. It was seen that white light enveloped Riri's body.
“What!?”
“FREEDOM 5TH! THE 6TH! THE 7TH! 8TH! 9!”
“Fucking goddamn shit!! I'll use the pamung—” weapon
The boy stopped immediately when Riri arrived before him with a lustful look.
“10TH RELEASE!!!!!!”
But Riri did not attack the boy, he directed his slash right into the middle of the head of the fire dragon until it was successfully split 2.
“A-WHAT?!”
The fire dragon began to lose its balance after its head split until it finally collapsed on the ground and vanished.
“My gallant fire dragon! You...fuck!!”
“Last attacks.”
“M-Master?!”
“CAMELYUM BASUTTO!!!!”
BWOOOOS!!
Without waiting, both of Riri's swords let out a fierce explosion that led to him.
“Remember my name Azalea, until you regret beating me—”
“Hah?!”
The dimension that Riri made disappeared. So was the fire dragon controlling boy. Leave Riri alone under the darkening night sky.
“She called her name..Azale..a...”.
“Master! What are you doing!?”
Just before Riri's body collapsed to the ground, Camelyum returned to his human form and restrained his Master's weakly drooping body.
“Came.. I'm grateful you're my partner..”.
“B-fool! What you're doing is too much! You didn't say you wanted to use a buster!”
“I'm sure..kill Azalea it yes..”.
“Azalea?”
“The boy mentioned his name..when I fired the Camelyum buster..”.
Camelyum sensed something strange from his Master. The spirit of the flower and its Master are connected in an inner bond, and Camelyum sees something from within the heart of his Master, ‘ini is unlike the Riri I know’.
“Riri suck! Tomorrow is the first day of your students' magic tournament right!? Why are you using your buster?! You know for yourself you will fall asleep for 3 days if you use it!?”
“Hey, Came, thank you for helping me. I don't know how to beat him if you're not my partner.”
“Master! you heard me, right?! Riri?! Riri!!?
Impressive yeah. What about fighting, it excites me?
***
“Again Riri attacked?”
“His magic ability is still very weak. Master is pushing himself too hard. Because taking out the ultimate buster from his 2 swords with very little mana, it was likely that he would not wake up until the next 3 days. As that time.”
“Camelyum-san, I'm really grateful you're the spirit of the flower.”
“Master said so many times to me, now you too, strange woman. I was already destined to become the flower spirit of Riri Hanamizuki. So it's not weird anymore.”
Carnation only scowled while closing the door of Riri's room. Yes, he is currently in Riri's house, precisely Riri's castle.
“What did Kuroi Uta attack you?”
“Yes, black roses and the number 8. That is indeed Kuroi Uta. But I still felt the mana of that boy named Azalea. I'm sure he's alive, but Master attacked him with buster.”
“Azalea?”
“She ranked 8th. An opponent who is not easy, but I still can't catch him, what is the purpose of that organization continuing to target Master?”
“Actually, Riri was not this weak. He is strong, favored children, one of the youngest royal army leaders in history.”
“Then what makes him like this?”
“Maybe... when he got seriously injured when the war was”.
“Luka?”
***
The wars.
The state system is not stable, so war is still often everywhere. Not just a war, but a fight for seeds.
I was sent to a remote area of the kingdom. My position of being a right-hand man of this royal army does require me to know everything that is happening in the entire territory of the kingdom.
“Carnation-san! Latest report on interracial war! Almost 80% of Lilyum race is dead!”
“Ras Lily.. one of the 5 strongest races yes. Please tell the boss.”
“Good!”
Interracial war. War has a reason. Yes, to fight over the seeds that supposedly said can grant any request, realize any desire that is impossible.
“Sensei where are you going? Long time no?”
“Come tell us another fairy tale sensei~”
I smiled at the whining of the innocent children holding onto my clothes. Apart from being the right hand of the royal army, I also became one of the nannies in the orphanage of war-torn children. This interracial war does leave a lot of wounds, especially on these innocent children. They must have been severely traumatized after seeing a lot of fire and fighting, and more importantly, they lost their family.
“Sensei wants to find new friends for you, to be more crowded here! So wait huh? Sensei will be home bringing many gifts!”
The children were seen cheering. Then they waved at me saying goodbye. Yes, those kids still have dreams and a future. Until my instincts remain strong want to keep them until big later.
Enter me, in front of the entrance of the Lilyum race family. The buildings that were destroyed and burned, there were still not so big fires there. I clenched my hand. As a member of the royal army, it was indeed not strange to see such destruction. But this one somehow my heart feels so sick to see it.
“If almost 80% is dead..is 20% still safe?”
My feet stepped on something until my steps stopped. How surprised I was when I saw it.
“Yes God, a child!”
I hurriedly got rid of the pile of wooden ruins that had befallen him. I checked the pulse in his hand, he's alive...
“Hold son!”
I slowly pulled her body and laid her on my lap. Looks like this kid is 7 years old. I cleaned up the dust in his silver hair. I checked the pulse on his neck again. Still breathing despite weakness.
“Calm down son, you can still live, hang on!”