The hunter

Waking up, Zakai woke up in a hospital bed, surrounded by Sister lily and an unknown man who was staring at him

Sister Lily was using her healing water magic on him, while the man just looked at the young boy who was injured in the fight against the wolf.,

Zakai's first instinct was to look for the book, which was on the nightstand near his bed, which made him sigh in relief

looking at the book, he realised that it was absorbing Sister lily's magic, which caused him to grab the book and bring it closer as an experiment. the magic was still healing him, but the book was absorbing any excess magic

seeing him wake up, Sister lily shouted

"What were you thinking!" She screamed, "You could have gotten yourself killed!"

Zakai was too busy scanning the book, however, his amber eyes scanning the old cover of the book.

ignoring Sister lilys rant about getting himself killed, he looked towards the man

"Who are you?"

the man shrugged, before saying

"Im the one that helped sister lily track you." He shrugged "You owe me a thank you."

saying a half-heart thank you, he couldn't stop thinking about the book that saved his life

"Robert here knowns Tracking magic." Sister lily said, "You should be grateful your body is even here and not in the belly of a wild beast."

standing up, Zakai went to his room, a small former storage room made into a bedroom.

opening the book, he looked at the first page of it, showing a detailed explanation of wind magic and the anatomy of A Hermes Wolf, a wolf that gained wind magic due to the mutation of the magic energy coming from the skull

opening it and trying to summon some wind magic, a gust of air filled the room before slowly dissipating, causing Zakai to sigh

next, he wanted to test a theory. trying to open the next page up, a page containing Holy water magic came up, albeit half complete

"the page is not finished?" Zakai said, holding the book close to him

this means that to fill out the page, he needed to get more water magic off Sister lily, which shouldn't be a problem at all

but first, he wanted to test the wind magic he just got.

anybody can do magic, that is a basic rule. to do spells, you need your grimoire, which boosts the power of your raw magical power and grants the power to do Spells.

getting a pile of hay, he chanted the spell he used to kill the wolf

"[Wind blade of the Hermes Wolf!]"

he couldn't see it before, put a blade of wind with a length of 5 inches shaped like a crescent was released, cutting through the hay bale and cutting through the wooden floorboards.

quickly going and shoving some drawers over it, he said

"Nobody will know if there's nobody TO know."

he felt extremely tired, but he looked towards the magic and wondered

"What am I?"

ok, edgy question but any human kid trying to do magic will internally explode due to the strain of magic.

him on the other hand, just feels a bit woozy

he wasn't done, however, as he flipped the page to the Holy water section that explained the properties of it

"High healing properties, high nutrients, low battle use"

at the bottom, it didn't have any spells, which might be because the page isn't fully complete

Hearing a knock on the door and answering it, she sighed

"We don't have the money to pay back the hunter, so we decided as your punishment that you will go and work with the hunter for a while." She said, "You come home before sunset every time." her explanation sounded more like a threat at the end

"Sister Lilia, I feel a bit of pain in my shoulder." Zakai said, flexing his shoulder blade "You mind healing it? ill go to the hunter after."

She agreed as she conjured a large amount of sparkling water, that the book behind Zakai's back was absorbing

"Thank you." He said, pretending to feel relieved

although he feels bad about lying to her about the pain, he needed to magic badly.

why did he need the magic?

so he doesnt end up like the person he saw when he touched the skull

just thinking about it causes shivers to crawl down his spine

climbing into his bed, he went asleep

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a group of people with pointy ears and facial features a woman would die for were hurried around a pool, humming as they cleaned each other over hair and back's

the peaceful scene was then replaced by a scene, their bodies scattered around the place they were before, their bodies in the water, lifeless, nothing more than a casualty

the man in the centre was holding a pregnant woman, bloodstains around his face looking at the woman with sorrow. his amber eyes then reflected towards the crowd of humans, all laughing at his dead wife

six stones were slowly placed into his wedding outfit as a blast of light suddenly knocked Zakai out of his dream

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Looking at the clear skies, he sighed

"Weird dream." He sighed. he doesnt believe it's a coincidence that the scene of the man holding his dead wife was a coincidence.

slowly flexing his hands, he looked at himself

That dream. was not normal. he's never sawing a dead human before, so why is he subjected to it?

putting his clothes on, he walked down to Sister Lily who was making Nomatoe salad.

Nomatoes were the only thing this village lives on but my god do they taste bad. there stale and don't have any taste.

he's only had meat once in his life when a villager from down the stream gave us a chicken to butcher for its meat.

both Sister Lilly and father Orsi hated chicken, but both gave in to their desire for something that actually had a taste and butchered the poor chicken

speaking about the village, he needed to go down to repay the hunter for saving his life

after having a tasteless breakfast, he moved down the path to the village where all the commoners reside

the village was calm and cosy, and only had one Noble household that resided over it, which was a relief, to say the least

his face soured after thinking about Nobles

2 months ago, Asta and yuno sneaked into the village and was heavily beat up by a member of the noble family for looking at him "Wrongly", making sister lily try her best to heal him the best she could

Wouldnt be bad if he disappeared no?

"Why am I even thinking about these things?" Zakai muttered, "Perhaps the dream has influenced me?"

sighing while shaking his head, he went down the downhill path to the village.

from the peak of their mountain, where the orphanage resides, you can see the "Nobles realm" an area where a large percentage of nobles live in their private quarters

the hunter he's going to work for a while is the only well-off person in the village aside from the noble house that rule's it. he's the only person who gets a large portion of meat due to his [Tracking magic] which lets him track something or someone no matter how far they are away, making it so that if a Boar is marked, he can easily catch up and get it easily

speaking about the noble household, he sighed

the Tyrone family were, well, tyrants in their own rights. they liked abusing people and make fun of the poor and the Homeless. nice people if you couldn't tell already

going down the path, he was stopped by Asta, who was doing a pushup in the middle of the passageway

"Seriously Asta?" Zakai sighed, watching the boy train "Doing it on a public pathway is not the best idea."

"if I want to become the wizard king, I gotta train hard!" Asta shouted at the top of his lungs "And I will defeat my enemies and protect the clover kingdom at any cost!"

with a smile, Zakai sighed as he walked past the young asta

Sister Lily said that training at a young age want good for your body, but asta will be fine

I think.

as he walked down the fields that were exclusively growing Nomatoes, he finally saw the village

a cosy small village, with wooden houses that look more like lodges.

the hunter lives at a secluded corner of the village, near an entrance to a forest,

slowly walking towards the lodge, he heard a hoarse voice call out

"Come in."