Day 4

On the next day. Dahlia went over to Sara's house after wondering what had happened to Dennis. He didn't show up yesterday because of a sudden illness and she got worried.

When she arrived, she saw Nix along the way with a few books at hand.

"Hey, what you doing over early today?"

Dahlia asked. It exhausted Nix from carrying the books and handed it to her.

"Was on my way to make sure Dennis keeps studying… He ended up collapsing yesterday and we brought him to Sara."

After Dahlia heard that, Dennis collapsed. She ran towards Sara's house.

"Wait!! Slow down!!"

Nix shouted and went running after her. They both went through the forest, but in dominance of endurance and speed. Dahlia was the first to arrive. And saw Dennis walking out of the house. She then goes into the lake. Completely ignoring the stepping stones.

When NIx caught up with her. She saw Dahlia standing on the lake while Dennis was sitting outside the house on a rock.

"Dennis! Thank god you're alright!"

Dahlia said. She then continued walking on the water while carrying the books Nix handed while Nix was walking on the stepping stones.

"I only collapsed… It's my fault for being too reckless."

Dennis said, knowing that he was at fault for his actions. He put his book down and offered a hand to Dahlia, but she tossed the books she had over to safety and pulled Dennis into the water.

It took Dennis a minute to get back up, and when he did. Half of his body was in the water. He got annoyed but at the same time was glad.

"I'm glad that I left my phone inside, otherwise it will be beyond turning on…"

He sighed and looked at Nix, that was about to burst into laughter.

"So want to go out and have some fun?"

Dahlia asks. She had a lot of stuff planned for the rest of the day.

"I'm afraid that I can't. With what happened yesterday… I fear it can happen again."

By that, Dennis got out of the water and took out one pill out of the rest that Nix gave him from the utility belt. He then swallowed it and went to dry himself off.

"Hmm… Hey Nix. Is it possible that Dennis consumes a lot of mana by using magic?"

Dahlia asked.

"That is a possibility, but it's more of a strain. This is the first time I see this happen, so a daily checkup is needed."

Nix said. Dahlia got out of the water and soon after. Dennis returned with a towel and handed one to her to dry herself. When she was done, Dennis picked up the book she tossed and noticed one saying about the elements of magic.

"Elements? This could help me figure out what element am I."

Dennis then picked up the book he was reading and headed inside. Nix and Dahlia entered the house and saw P passed out on a couch.

"What happened here?"

Nix asks. Sara then comes by with some tea and places it on a wooden table.

"It's a long story…"

Sara then explained the reason P was out cold in her house. The order that she made arrived yesterday, and she overate. Alongside with Dennis, but he reached his limit on the amount of sweets that he can consume. They both had a high overdose of sugar that went on for hours.

"Dennis woke up very energetic and helped me out with gardening and, as you can see, we kind of went overboard and made a huge harvest…"

Sara then pointed out at the kitchen. Showing a bunch of fruits and vegetables on the counter.

"Upon all of my life I have been here… This takes at least three days for a full harvest."

Dahlia said. Moments later, they noticed their friend waking up from all the noise. P was confused about how she ended up in her friend's house and when she looked over. She remembers what she did last night.

"Oh, wow… That was a lot of sweets for one night…"

P said to herself. Sara then grabbed the tea and handed it to her. She thanked her and continued to drink the tea.

"So, what brings you two today?"

"Oh, we came to see Dennis."

Dahlia said.

"I came to check on his condition."

Nix said. She then went over to Dennis, that was sitting down on the couch. With one touch of her hand. She could tell that his mana flow was regulated, but he was low on mana.

"Your flow mana flow is fine for now, but we should work on it tomorrow."

"Then I'll go visit tomorrow. I want to try using a new spell that I was reading."

Dennis then showed the book to Nix and showed an ice symbol. When she saw it. She then got a sudden chill and backed away from him.

"Its everything okay?"

Dennis asked. He was concerned for his friend.

"Its fine… I thought I felt something strange, but I guess it's just my imagination…"

Nix then laughed and then left. The rest stayed at Sara's, catching up. Dennis explained to Dahlia everything that he did so far till the moment he collapsed. P then explained a competition that she had with Dennis but she still won.

Later on in the day. Nix was worried about what she felt and hurried back to her house. When she arrived, she saw Spike organizing a few books.

"Welcome back. How's Dennis doing?"

Spike asked. He saw her expression of something went wrong.

"Is everything alright?"

"Yeah… No… I don't know at this point…"

Nix then sits down to let her mind calm down for just a moment.

"His mana flow is stable now… But his mana is low and what scarred me was that he is about to use ice magic tomorrow."

"Come now, u must be seeing things…"

"I guess you're right…"

Nix then went off to sleep, but then sensed something was watching her in the far distance. It then vanished after being spotted.