Meeting

It was a regular morning outside London, the Flamel family gathered for breakfast, around the table were the oldest and head of the family, Edward, the Samuel and Yumi couple, and the youngest Shin.

Edward was a gentleman with grey hair, but his eyes that shone in carmine showed his still strong vigour, his personality. Still, he was gentle and kind to his family; he had the excavation as a hobby; his hobby earned him numerous trips around the world with countless stamps filling out your passport.

"Shin, I want to give you something."

In his hands there was a small necklace, the cord was made of apparently standard silver, but the pendant was somewhat unique, its surface was designed in such a way that no matter how you looked at the vision it would become stuck, there were countless notches that formed it looked like a big matrix.

While Shin watched in intrigue the carvings on the surface that seemed to have no end, the pendant in Edward's hands seemed to shine for an instant stunning the Young.

Watching that reaction with a smile, Edward reached out and handed the necklace to Shin.

"Soon, you will enter college, take this as a form of amulet. It is something I found on one of the expeditions I did, and it was hidden in an ice cave in the Arctic."

"Dad, wasn't that your treasure?"

Such a question came from a middle-aged man, with a relatively robust appearance, crimson eyes and red hair, that was Shin's father and Edward's son.

"You are correct, but you are wrong."

Such words were enough to intrigue everyone present, Edward watching his reactions smiled happily.

"It may be one of the greatest treasures I found, but it is not more important than my family, Shin will start a new phase of his life, and as a not so present grandfather, I want to leave you something that can remind you of love. of this older man. "

Edward's sweet and gentle words touched the hearts of each of the family members, with that necklace in his hands, Shin smiled lovingly and slightly bowed.

"Thank you, grandfather, I will keep it carefully, and I will make sure I don't forget it." At the end of his words, he carefully placed the cord around his neck, then turned towards Yumi.

"How am I, mom?"

Yumi was a kind-looking woman, her eyes were the colour of topazes, and her long hair ran like a silver waterfall over her shoulders. "A little better than normal, maybe?"

To his mother's provocation, Shin could only let out a wry smile and sit down, and his reaction, however, did not escape the laughter of his family.

"Ah right, you'll be back today, won't you?"

"Yes dad, classes will start in Tsinghua soon, so we need to return soon."

Yumi nodded in agreement at her husband's words. "We would go even earlier, but we wanted to say goodbye appropriately."

Edward looked at the three with a loving look and joked. "Okay, it was good to have your company on this vacation, that old man thought he was going to die of loneliness!"

Upon hearing Edward's words, Samuel provoked him. "Dad, didn't you say you weren't going to be lonely while there were expeditions to go?"

Edward then snorted. "This old man still needs his family's company."

His words ended up, causing the three to burst out laughing.

....

"Grandfather, we're going, remember to visit us, so you don't die in solitude."

For Shin's joke, Edward just smiled fondly and said goodbye. "Okay, have a nice trip."

The three boarded a taxi that headed for Heathrow international airport.

After a quick check-in, the family boarded the plane that would then depart for Beijing.

.....

"Son, is everything okay back there? It's a long trip, why don't you try to get some rest?"

For his mother's loving words, Shin could only smile. "Okay, mom, I'm going to do what you told me."

Upon hearing that her son would do what he had said, a beautiful smile blossomed on Yumi's face, she then stood up and affectionately patted Shin's head. "Yoshi, a good boy, rest well."

For his loving mother, Shin could do nothing but agree, so following his advice, he put on his headphones, on his cell phone he played a playlist by an American band called The score.

However, when he closed his eyes, the pendant on his neck shone faintly, and almost imperceptibly, it didn't take long before a thread of light crossed his chest and invaded his consciousness.

Shin was someone who rarely dreamed, but at that moment when he closed his eyes his conscience plunged into something that resembled a battlefield, but it was not like in medieval films, it was a place that resembled a futuristic city in ruins. Above the city countless forces roamed the skies, various elements of nature could be seen, rays, flames and ice, what terrified him however was the strength shown by such elements, it was such that even the most potent disasters filmed by humans could not compare.

"What place is this?"

In his mind, the memories he had were to board the flight to Beijing with his parents, and then fall asleep at his mother's request.

"That was the last human stronghold, the city of Agartha."

Not waiting for an answer, Shin looked around for who had answered it.

"Who are you?"

"You can think of me as the remaining will of a Mage."

Smiling in a crooked way, Shin thought to himself 'I think I need to think better about what I've been watching.'

"You are not dreaming, and your soul is now in a space within the pendant your grandfather gave you."

"Huh? Did I think too loudly?"

"No, just that right now I'm in direct contact with your mind."

With a strange expression on his face, Shin didn't know how to continue the conversation.

"Don't mind, anyway, do you like what you see?"

Observing the skies again, full of different colours due to the different forces.

"Should I say beautiful? Controlling forces of nature seem like an incredible thing ..."

Seeing the young man's interest, the magician continued.

"A long time ago, in an era now erased from history, this is how humans lived, in search of higher forces, they discovered magic, and with it, they developed what would become the peak of humanity, magical science."

The view of the city changed, it went from the ruins to a place full of life, where towers scraped the skies, cars floating between the buildings, a breathtaking sight.

"You wouldn't tell me that for anything, what do you want from me?"

"I have long been looking for someone who could inherit my knowledge, but for the countless years that have passed, many people have come into contact with the pendant, but none had the requirements."

"And then?"

"Today, while you were looking at the pendant for the first time, I was able to confirm, you were the most suitable to receive my inheritance."

'even if it's not true, what does it cost to try?'

To the thoughts of the young man in front of him, the magician could only smile.

"I know that there is no free lunch in this world, even if the story of you searching for someone for so many years is true, you wouldn't give me all your knowledge for free."

"I like smart people, and I don't need much, I just have one last wish."

"And what would be?"

"Destroy those who have betrayed humanity!"