"๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฆ, ๐ข ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ? ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฎ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ฆ? ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ณ? ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด?"
"LOOK AT ME GO NOVIS, HAHA I TOLD YOU IT WOULDN'T BE HARD"
The fool became eccentric, after rising to the clouds and delivering a massive blow to the Dragon, he felt a strong sense of life and purity start to rise within him.
"๐ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ฑ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ณ๐ต ๐ง๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ข ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ"
He tries to regain his flight but to no avail. The fool strikes him down with all his might pummeling him straight into the ground.
Novis seems incredibly impressed and excited that he even tries to cheer on the fool from afar and although he may not pay that much attention to him, the fool still appreciates it.
"Is this all it takes to beat a Dragon? I thought you were beasts of calamity or whatever."
He swiftly gets back on his feet and rises to the skies flying away
"๐ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฃ๐ญ๐บ ๐ธ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฃ๐ข๐ต๐ต๐ญ๐ฆ, ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ข๐บ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ต, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ช๐ด ๐ค๐ณ๐ข๐ป๐บ ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ข๐ฏ๐ฆ."
The fool attaches himself to the Dragon's back with his ice glove right before he lifts off
"Did you really think I'd let my prey leave just like that?"
An immense amount of fear and terror looms over the Dragon, a beast that always hunts and kills for once being the one hunted, its brain cannot register it nor comprehend it.
He creates his sword Solstice and drives it right into the Dragon
"HOW DARE YOU, ARE YOU TRULY THE LIGHT BEARER? I THOUGHT IT WAS A MYTH."
"Light bearer? Do you know me? Speak now or I shall end your life this minute"
"PLEASE DON'T I BEG"
"Then start speaking. Now"
"MY PARENTS TOLD ME A LONG TIME AGO THAT THERE WAS ONE MAN WHO COULD DEFEAT HUNDREDS, EVEN THOUSANDS OF DRAGONS ON HIS OWN, HE WAS A MAGE WHO USED THE POWER OF LIGHT ITSELF AND THAT MAN WOULD NEVER SHOW MERCY TO ANY DRAGON."
"Is that truly all?"
"YES, I PROMISE."
"To think you didn't even know of my Kingdom how uninteresting"
The fool looks at the Dragon as a disappointment, his dreadful glare full of failed expectations is so high even the Dragon feel's it upon his back
"PLEASE DON'T KI-"
He starts outputting his Thunder magic into the blade stopping its heart instantly with the amount of Electricity coursing through its body to the point it immediately crashes to the ground creating a massive cloud of dust.
"๐๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐จ๐ข๐ค๐บ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐บ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ. ๐ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ช๐ต ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ณ๐ข๐จ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฉ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ, ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ."
Novis runs toward the fool to make sure he's alright but finds him on top of the Dragon. A sight that was never seen before in his eyes.
"Wow. To think I'd see the day of a man so great and powerful beat a Dragon right in front of me. You sure are fit for a King."
"Fit for one? I am one."
"You are? Then why are you applying to King's institute then?"
"Oh, it's a long story Novis." He jumps down and pats him on his head as he says it
"No need to treat me like this you know?"
"If you didn't like it so much you would've complained about it more."
Novis becomes very flustered and switches the conversation quickly
"Anyways, how are you going to carry the Dragon back?"
He grabs his sword again and slices its head clean off
"We're going to carry its head. And by we I mean you"
"Me? How would I even do that?"
"Can't you just make a bubble of Water around the head?"
"Well, my magic is versatile and all, but I'm not that good at controlling it, nor do I think I can carry something that heavy."
"Would you mind trying for me?"
"I suppose I could try."
Novis creates a dense and strong bubble of water around the head of the Dragon, slowly lifting it but looking very stressed and preoccupied
"๐๐ฆ ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ฌ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข ๐๐ณ๐ข๐จ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ต ๐ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฅ๐ฐ, ๐ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ธ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ ๐ธ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ ๐ธ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ง๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต, ๐ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐'๐ฎ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ, ๐ธ๐ฉ๐บ ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ณ๐บ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ, ๐'๐ฎ ๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด, ๐'๐ญ๐ญ ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐จ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต'๐ด ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฅ๐ฐ... ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ."
The bubble slowly becomes more and more unstable along with Novis's emotions.
That is until the fool places his hand on his shoulder.
"You're doing quite well you know that? I was actually joking about you carrying it but you're doing a great job. Thanks, Friend."
Slowly a fire within Novis's soul builds up, rising and rising, wanting for more and more, becoming greedier by the minute
"๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐, ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐, ๐'๐ญ๐ญ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐, ๐'๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐"
Eventually, he gains control completely of the orb of Water
"SEE LUCE, I DID IT."
"Good job Novis," He says as he pats him on the back.
"Now let us go back to the Kingdom and show that woman what we're capable of."
The two of them ventured back with the orb slowly gaining a red taint from the blood. They laughed and joked around having fun on the way back.
"๐๐ถ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฏ๐ช๐ค๐ฆ, ๐๐ต'๐ด ๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ง๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ต๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ธ๐ข๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ซ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ข ๐ง๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ญ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ข๐ด๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ข๐ณ๐บ ๐ด๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ."
Upon arriving at the gate the guards questioned the flying orb of Water since what was in it is obscured
"Is that thing safe? Sorry traveler but we have to ask this before you enter."
"That's no problem, It's a relief to know that there is security within this Kingdom. It's simple really, I have to return this Dragon head to the school to pass my entrance exam."
"Are you trying to say that... There's a Dragons head? Inside that bubble?"
"Would you want to see?"
"I believe you that's for sure but it's just. Wow, I mean go on ahead you're free to enter."
"Thank you, good sir."
The two roam the city a little just seeing if anything piques their interest, Novis gets interested in some clothes for the fool and asks him to try them on but he kindly declines the offer leaving Novis a little annoyed but nothing terrible.
"Sorry Novis, these clothes are too important to me and I only want to wear them, maybe someday you can convince me."
"It's alright Luce I understand, and if I can convince you later even better. Would you want to get something to eat before we meet Miss Roccia?"
"After that fight, I am quite hungry. Sure let's go get one of those amazing steaks, I did win the bet after all."
The minute the cook can even perceive the fool is arriving, he prepares the best table possible with the best steak he has not only for him but for Novis as well.
"I AM VERY SORRY LOYAL CUSTOMER, PLEASE COME BACK AGAIN SOON"
"Hey relax, I'll come back. Sorry if I hit you too hard."
"NONO EVERYTHING IS FINE, BIG PETE KNOWS WHEN HE IS WEAKER, WHAT IS THE SECRET TO YOUR STRENGTH?"
"Lift a thousand boulders every day."
"๐๐ฃ๐ท๐ช๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด๐ญ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ช๐ด ๐ข ๐ซ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ'๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ข๐บ ๐ฉ๐ฆ'๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฐ-"
"ALRIGHT ILL KEEP THAT IN MIND ENJOY YOUR STEAK"
"Well, that was unexpected. So Novis how's your steak? You haven't cut it yet."
"It's a little bit hard to cut but I'll get there."
"Oh don't worry I'll cut it for you." The fool neatly cuts the steak into small bite-sized pieces in case Novis does choke on his food.
"Well, thank you."
"๐๐ฆ'๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฐ ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ฎ๐ฆ. ๐๐ฆ ๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ง๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ญ ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ญ"
The two of them ate their food and thanked the chef for his amazing work, afterward they went straight to the school since it was nearly nighttime and the only place they could sleep is there.
They rushed toward the lab since they were quite tired but surprisingly enough some other students were still awake hoarding the hallway.
"Well well well, if it isn't the water boy"
"What do you have there in that little orb? probably something useless."
quietly he responds "Could you stop bullying me for once."
"What did you say? I couldn't hear you down there, maybe you should try getting taller first then get stronger, and what's that disgusting filth you brought in here anyways."
"Alright Novis I can't be bothered to deal with this right now"
The fool puts his hand over Novis's eyes and snaps his fingers creating a miniature flashbang stunning and burning the eyes of whoever sees it. He then quickly grabs his hand and has them run to the lab.
"We're here Miss Roccia, finally here." He says out of breath
"There's no way you two actually managed to kill that beast. Where's the proof."
"Novis, show her."
Almost imitating the fool Novis also snaps his fingers and has the bubble disappear the second he does."
Miss Roccia is in complete shock, never once has she heard of a mage beat a Dragon nor one so quickly.
"Can you just allow me in the School and we sort this out later?"
"Sure I mean at this point, just do whatever you want but leave me with the head. I have so many things I need to test out, its durability the strength of the scales its inner magic. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU BUT LEAVE ME ALONE NOW."
"She sure is something isn't she Novis."
"You could not be more correct Luce."
The two of them go straight toward Novis's dorm
"So there's only one bed?"
"I can sleep on the floor if you like?"
"Nono It's fine, we can share."
"Well, if you say so."
The two of them slept together so quickly that it was almost abnormal how comfortable they'd gotten already.