★I'm your inner Shadow★

Zero was lying on the rooftop looking at the sky and wondering :"Was the earth as beautiful as the sky before the mankind existed on it?!!!" when Mira came to him running "Hurry up , Zero .. The procession of the Sun Commander has just arrived to recruit newcomers for the magic academy .. I'm completely sure they will accept you"

For the last few months , Zero was meditating and trying to expand his mana core with a stabilized foundation .. This was a very important primary step before learning using mana in the academy .. When he went to the procession , There were too many people taking the acceptance exam .. The Sun Commander was standing on the test stage with a very big ball made of special transparent glass ...

It tested the kind of mana and its power capacity .. Each participant has to put his hand on the ball and it will turn into a definite color related to the kind of mana circulating inside the body .. It will also give a number measuring the power of the mana .. Before Zero's turn , All the villager's sons and daughters had a purple coloured mana with numbers less than one hundred so they were not accepted .. This fact plus sensing The Sun Commander's incredible aura made Zero frightened for a minute there .. But when he put his hand , It gave Black color .. All of them were astonished .. But what was more astonishing was the fact that the glass ball exploded when it tried to measure his inner power ...

The order of the mana kinds according to power from weak to strong is : purple < brown < blue < green < yellow < orange < red .. In addition to a legendary rare colour which mixed all the previous kinds of mana into one colour .. BLACK .. The Sun Commander put his hand on Zero's shoulder and said "I personally will be your private teacher .. So get ready in one week , boy"

The human kingdom had thirteen squads with thirteen commanders .. The squads are considered as rivals to each other .. In this procession , There were also many officers from many squads other than the sun squad who witnessed the birth of the black mana miracle ...

At the night , The family was celebrating their son who became pride of the whole village when the door knocked and a huge man entered :"I'm the tenth officer of the fire squad .. The one who is called Zero must come with me now to serve The great Fire Commander as his slave"

Olivia :"WHAT?!!"

Oliver :"What are you talking about , Officer ?!!"

The fire 10th officer :"His majesty ordered that Zero will be his own slave .. The ones who refuse that will be sentenced to death"

Olivia screamed :"NOONE WILL TAKE MY SON FROM ME , YOU CORRUPTED OFFIC–.. " .

She couldn't complete her sentence because the officer slapped her face and she fell to the ground .. Mira screamed and Oliver who could no longer control his anger threw a punch that broke the officer's canine ... Zero was standing and didn't know what to do ..

The fire 10th officer :"NOW BOTH OF YOU SHALL DIE AS THE ORDER SAID , YOU FILTHY COMMONERS .. MAGIC DOUBLE GUNS"

It was only a second but felt lika a whole century for Zero's eyes .. Oliver and Olivia were both lying on the ground dead with their chests penetrated by magic arrows .. Zero's mind went blank and lost consiousness , then the officer carried him to the underground prison leaving Mira crying on the ground ...

Zero :"What is this darkness?! Where am I ?!"

Suddenly another copy of Zero appeared out of the darkness in front of his eyes , but with completely white body , white clothes and big smile on the face ...

Zero :"Who are you .. Where am I .. Why do you look like me ?!!!"

???? :"Zehahaha .. We are inside you .. inside your heart"

Zero :"Who are you"

???? :"Don't who me .. I'm you"

Zero :"Wha do you mean ?!"

???? :"Zehahaha .. Well , I'll try to simplify things for your stupid brain .. I'm your inner white shadow .. As you have an outer black shadow which appears when you are exposed to light , I'm your inner white shadow which appears when you are exposed to darkness"

Zero :" !!!!!!! "

???? :"Well , You can call me , Zera"

Zero :"Do you mean that you are the evil me ?!!"

Zera :"Zehahaha .. Don't act as an innocent , you hypocrite sinner"

Zero :"What?!"

Zera :"You are the one who killed your beloved ones .. Don't accuse others , It was your weakness which did that .. You are the real killer"

When he remembered what happened in this world and his previous life , The tears started coming out

Zero :"I jus- .. I just didn't want to hurt anybody .. I wanted to live in peace with my family .. When I try to hurt someone , My heart feels hurt as well"

Zera :"Zehahaha .. That's why you are the killer .. You didn't want to kill the criminals so you ended up killing your own people"

Zero :"N-No .. I didn't kill them"

Zera :"By the way , When you open your eyes now , You will find yourself in the underground prison .. You have been unconsious for two days .. But in the next event , I'll take the lead not you"

Zero :"Can I ask you a question ?!"

Zera :" ..... "

Zero :"Why do I feel a tremendous aura from you?!"

Zera :"Zehahaha .. Nobody is perfect .. And I'm Nobody .. Zehahaha"

At this time , There was a great explosion at the underground prison's door .. The officers and guards hurried to capture the intruders but it was just one kick of The Sun Commander that caused all this destruction .. "WHERE IS MY PUPIL?!"

As soon as the sun commander helped Zero and took him out of the prison , He wanted to see quickly what Mira was doing .. But Zera had another opinion ...

Later that night , It was a very busy and tiring day as usual .. The fire 10th officer was back home when he realised that the lights can't be turned on and saw a small figure sitting on his chair in the darkness with his left foot on his right knee ...

The fire 10th officer :"Wh- Who are you?!"

???? :"Zehahaha .. Who am I ?!!! .. I AM YOUR DEATH"