CHAPTER I Holy Water

Karen and his mother walked down a small road to a town. On their way, "Ohh! Karen, it's your first day of school, isn't it?" A villager greets Karen and his mother on their way. "Yes uncle!" Karen waved his hand at the man who was chopping wood. His mother smiled while waving her hand too, they were very familiar with the Man. "Yeah! Make an effort. Like my grandfather used to tell me…" The man wanted to say something important to Karen, "But apparently I've forgotten what he said, Hahahahaha." He laughed when he said that. Karen shook his head, thinking of one word, as usual. "Why would Uncle Katsumoto bring it up if he himself forgot about it. Geez." Karen sighed lazily.

Karen and his mother are not natives of the place, nor are the people in the village where they live. Amethyst Karen, white hair, with a pupils that almost shine as if it made of purple crystal.

His face is just like his mother.

Amethyst Rin is a very beautiful woman, white hair, skin as white as her hair. She is a teacher at an elementary school called, Rinka Shiryu Elementary School. The school where she works is quite far away, about 8 kilometers away. But that's what she's used to walking as a teacher, "Gosh!! Are we going to go this far?" Karen complained in the middle of their journey.

At that time,

A horse carriage pulled up beside them. "Oh! Rin-san." A man greets. "Hello Ji." Rin returned the greeting. "Come on up… it's Karen's first day of school isn't it." The man smiled broadly.

"Yeah. Today I will learn about Seisui, can you believe it Ji!!" Karen is very excited. "Yeah, that's… quite unbelievable." Ji replied. What do you mean unbelievable, thought Karen. "Okay, I'll take you guys, don't worry, today's is free of charge." Ji shook off the bridles of the horses they were riding.

Make the horse carriage start running.

"Okay children, now we will start our lesson..." Said Rin to the elementary school children who were observing the lesson "Does anyone know. What is Seisui?" She continued.

"Seisui is the Holy Water that flows in the bodies of living beings." Said a girl in class. "Right." Rin said. Hmmm... Karen glanced at the girl who had answered the question earlier. The girl with red hair, her face, was quite sweet. "Just as Hanahata Ai said earlier." Rin continued to explain in detail. "Seisui is what flows in our bodies as living beings. The Seisui that we are born with can be expel with our feelings." Rin said.

"In. It is Sesui that comes out of us." Rin opened her palm.

And at that moment,

ZPZPPZPPPZPPZP

A lightning bolt flashed between her fingers.

"That's incredible!!" A student said that. "Woooah!!" The others were amazed. Karen was sweating when he saw that, it was the first time he saw Seisui appearing as an element. "So that. Seisui." The red-haired girl earlier muttered.

Her name is Hanahata Ai, a girl of noble descent.

After that explanation.

Karen's class went to the practice room, and they were feeling quite nervous for the first time. "Well we are here to practice on how our Seisui can come out as In." Rin explained to her students. "First of all." She continued as she raised her index finger up long enough.

And,

All of her students stared at her finger seriously. "Imagination." Rin said. "What's that supposed to mean??" The students in the class were very confused by the word 'Imagination' it was not what they were expected.

"Okay, I'll try it." Ai said.

Karen and the other students looked at Ai who volunteered. Karen crossed his arms, he looked quite serious. Is she really going to try it? Karen thought.

Ai opened her hands, the girl was sweating, her hands were shaking, her gaze. Serious, Karen looked at the girl like she was going to do some magic.

And, he was right.

BBBRBRRRRRRRR

A small, pitch-black flame blazed in the center of the girl's palm. The girl's classmates were shocked, they were amazed by Ai's intellect, abilities and intelligence beyond that of a seven-year-old.

Quite amazing … just on the first try. Rin thought. She was quite surprised, but managed to control herself. "That's really good Ai..." Rin said. "It was Seisui that came out of the body. Your In type earlier. All I can think of is one… it's a Shinsui type." She continued with a more detailed explanation.

Karen is very surprised to see Ai expel In out of it in one go. This also applies to all the disciples who saw it firsthand.

…

About two hours passed—.

"So that's it, children. Don't forget your homework, okay?" Rin told all her students in class. It made them feel, "Ahh that sucks." Said the children who whispered behind. Karen crossed his arms while thinking, homework about In huh… Gosh this is more troublesome than I thought. He thought that as he scratched his hair.

Their class had just finished.

And the students in that class, had a hard time digesting their learning material. "Homework about In? Are you serious…" One student complained. "How to expel In-" He continued while opening his arms.

Karen walked out of the room alone.

He saw someone, Hmmm… He came closer, "Ohh… it's that girl." He muttered. He saw Hanahata Ai, the red-haired girl who was looking at her own palm.

Karen approached her.

What is she actually doing?? Karen wondered.

"Yo. Are you a—." Before the boy could continue his words. Ai turned around, "None of your business." She said it with a cold expression.

That made Karen pause for a moment.

The red-haired girl passed him, "Don't try to talk to me." Ai said. "Wow." Karen muttered with slightly teary eyes. What the hell was that—. He thought. The experience of talking to Ai was, without a doubt, terrifying.

After school,

Amethyst Karen walks back with her Mother.

But this time, "Mom you can go home first." Karen said. "Hmm… what is it Ren?" Rin asked. "I'll be taking the horse-drawn carriage home later." Karen replied.

"Hm..." Rin felt unsure. "—Okay, but remember don't forget to come home before afternoon, okay?" After the woman thought for while,

Finally she convinced herself.

Karen waved to his mother. He turned around, and walked to the library, "Are you serious!?" Karen was surprised. He looked at the city's library which, it seems just being renovated. He thought.

"Huuuh…" He sighed

KLINK—KLING!!

The doorbell rang.

"Today could be much worse." Karen muttered as he entered the place where kids used to gather, a NETCAFE. If it's not in the library. It must be in Netroot, he thought. Ever since the new Mikoto, Riesen Ho was introduced, the state of Sakae town has become very modern.

Amethyst Karen sat in front of the monitor, under his hand was a keyboard. Without hesitation, he entered a Line forum talking about In. And they seem to be arguing about the same thing, `What is In?? enlighten me please.` It wrote like that. Karen and several other users on the forum argued about the same thing for ten minutes; like a fool. `@14 are you a teacher spy??` A user with the name 70ko asked Karen.

TPTPTPKTPKTPPKTPKTPPTKPPTK

The sound from the keyboard keys got longer and louder, sounding like they were about to slip out. The children's in the netcafe glanced at each other, the atmosphere slightly heated between typing one and the other on their right.

`You must be a spy aren't you!!` 70ko continued spamming Karen. "You stupid!! I also want to know what In really is!!" Karen suddenly stood up with a furious expression. He was a little angry with the barrage of attacks from user @70ko who replied, interrupting, Karen's comment.

"!!" Someone was shocked inside the netcafe.

Karen turned to his right. "So user 14 is you, huh." Said a bespectacled girl who looked up from the chair. Don't tell—. "Are you?" Karen pointed at the girl. "R-right. That's me." The girl replied nervously. The girl from earlier, "H-hi." She greets him. Maybe she looks like a geeky girl who might sleep with an Alchemy book; Science.

Her name is Kodama Yoko, the daughter of the Kodama lineage. The oldest Clan in the Land of Trees. They are one of the most respected Clans for their genius. "Hmmmm." Karen scratched his head. It turned out that all the children in the netcafe were that boy's classmates at Shiryu Elementary School. He was shocked, but he told his brain to stop processing what he saw. "Uhhh…" Karen mumbled. "It turns out that you guys are the ones in the forum." He said. "Yeah. We also searched about In in netroot. But somehow the search didn't work." One of Karen's friends said.

"Even the Kodama Clan is in here…" Said his friend. "Imagine, if it's difficult for Kodama to get In expel … let alone us." said another.

Bottom line: they are quite right. Karen thought.

Their homework is just one, finding a way to get Seisui out.

Sounds pretty easy right?

"Hey Karen-kun." Yoko called out to Karen. "Yeah. What is it?" Karen replied. "—Hey can't you ask your mother?" His friend interrupted them. "Your mother is our teacher." He continued. That question actually wanted to be asked by Yoko.

"Are you stupid. If I can do that, why am I in here." Karen replied. They looked at each other, but the situation, so to speak, was twirling. Karen looked at the clock on the wall, "Yeah, I think it's time to go home." He said while waving his hand out of the netcafe.

The boy walked home,

He wasn't in a horse-drawn carriage, the money had been used to pay for NETCAFE, and it was, "Huuh." Karen sighed. "I should be in a horse carriage by now." He continued.

The white-haired boy walked while looking at the scenery. It was very beautiful, that afternoon looked like the clouds above him were being hit by fire, but the fire was getting dimmer. "Crap I've gotta hurry!" Karen started running. Considering the forest at night, the village has its original inhabitants, namely, Beasts. The thought was a little scary.

However,

When he ran.

SHKSHKSHK!!

The sound of the bushes startled him. Karen turned his head, at that moment that boy screamed when he saw an animal that had a body like a wolf coming out of it, but that animal was standing on two legs staring at Karen like dinner. If you think it's a lycan, "Woah—Damn there's a Lycan!!" Karen screamed in panic as he clawed at the ground. He ran as fast as he could, as best as he could. His heart was beating fast. A few meters of running makes his strength runs out. The lycan jumped about 20 meters from where he was standing, "Bhhwrbhrhbr" He stood in front of Amethyst Karen while raising his right arm.

"AHHHH!!!!" Karen screamed as loud as he could.

After that,

He opened his eyes and thought, am I dead yet?? he thought. "You have to be careful next time Ren." A man slashed the ferocious Lycan in half as fast as lightning. A man walked with a blue-handled katana, he slowly put his sword back in. "Good grief. What did I say about Monster." He said.

"Huuuuh." Karen took as deep a breath as he could. That was close. He thought. "Big bro Nino." Karen said it with teary eyes.

"Okay, let me take you home." Nino said with a gentle smile.