The day after everything that happened, Shiko and Asuka decided to go to the forest where Lyn and Zene were, but a while after leaving the village they were stopped by a girl, no older than 18 years old with brown boots that reached her knee, a magician's robe, blue hair with a long braid that reached her chest and green eyes. The young woman detained both for a single purpose – Yesterday, I was able to witness your battle, and I think you're fighting prowess is worthy of admiration…allow me to introduce myself, my name is Alba and I... I challenge you to a fight to test your skills against me – were the words that came out of the young woman addressing to Shiko.
-Asuka: Alas! Even though she's angry, Shiko looks very cute!
-Alba: W-What!? I? I'm not cute!
-Asuka: Give it a try! I want to see her serious face in combat!
-Shiko: Hehe... it's okay... I accept the dueling challenge!
-Asuka: Try not to hurt yourself so much! Good luck!
With that, Asuka stood in the middle of both combatants, and once they were on guard to fight, Asuka shouted -Start! - and when they left the battlefield the combatants made their first move.
Shiko planned to use his move "Spear Sword" but before executing it, Alba used a magic that not even Asuka knew -Creation: Kai!- exclaimed the girl to which a lot of magic gathered on top of Shiko, creating a huge fist which with all its force fell down to crush him, to which Shiko had to cancel his movement to use "Blade Shield" and to be able to resist the attack and move from the site. Once he got hurt by this strange attack he used "Dashing" to cut Alba, who was surprised to receive the attack which only scratched her cheek.
– This is not going to stay like this! – exclaimed the young woman and before Shiko made another move she used her kind of magic again -Transformation: Life! - she exclaimed, making Shiko's sword turn into a toad out of nowhere. -Ah! My sword has become... A toad!? - were Shiko's words and from the surprise that Alba had the opportunity for another attack - Element: Ice! - to which Shiko was completely frozen when he received the attack and without wasting any more time the young woman used another technique -Offensive: Explosion! - causing a huge explosion to come out of a Shiko to hurt him. The dust from it dissipated, showing Shiko injured with his sword transformed into what it was again –Ch…Well played, but now that I know what your attacks are about, I can corner you," said the swordsman, willing to use a technique to which Alba used "Creation" to create herself a sword and be able to defend herself from Shiko's blows -ha! As you wish, I'm ready for the next phase of the battle!" she said confidently, but before fighting the combat was interrupted, huge columns of sharp stones began to come out all over the field, to which Shiko shouted -Asuka, be careful!- Alba seeing the situation told them to approach her, once the two joined her she used her magic again -Moving: Teletransport!- she exclaimed and the three were teleported to a hill near where they were, to which from its top the field could be seen full of these columns of stones.
-Asuka: Those things could have killed us with one blow.
-Alba: This is not over at all. Stay still!
-Shiko: Why are you so upset?
Without answering Shiko once Alba used her magic -Transformation: Plant! - she exclaimed and turned the three of them for a moment into trees unable to move or speak. At the time of this, two more girls teleported to the place where the three young men were, these mysterious girls were looking for someone to which Alba telepathically told Shiko and Asuka –They are… girls willing to do anything to murder me, the name of the girl with long and loose hair with a flower tiara is called Lisa and she is known as the fire sorceress, and the name of the girl with a ponytail with a serious tone is Ana, known as the ice sorceress, as you can see they are both blue hair just like me... these girls are my sisters- that said, they just stood transformed into trees waiting for Lisa and Ana to leave.
-Lisa: Anna... I'm sure I've seen her... and feel her wave...
-Ana: Alba has always been the most versatile of us... it is normal that she has escaped.
-Lisa: Let's go back to the city...
The young women gave up searching the place and left the hill just in time when Alba's transformation effect wore off, once the three were back to normal, Shiko and Asuka asked for explanations towards the girl they just met.
-Shiko: Can you explain what that was? We know the girl with the tiara! Were you the person she was referring to when she helped us look for my brother?
-Asuka: Now I understand that about your sorceress powers, you come from the city of magic.
-Alba: Did Lisa help you in the search for your brother? Did Lisa tell you about the city of magic? And to top it off, did she ask for help to hunt me!?
-Asuka: It wasn't exactly to "hunt you," she just said he was looking for someone.
-Alba: I see... well, let me explain... as I had told you before, they are my sisters...
-Shiko: If they are your sisters, why do they want to assassinate you?
-Alba: We... We have been living in this place for a year, it may sound far-fetched to you, but we come from a different world than this one... I don't quite understand if this place is part of the Earth, but one thing I'm sure of is that I'm not in my natural world.
-Asuka: Do you come from our world too? A year ago?
-Alba: You...? That means! No way! … well, I'm not going to get ahead of the facts or say things I shouldn't... I think you are going to find out about everything that is happening in your time so I will continue to explain all this... When we came here, we were found in that city of magic and rescued by chance by the princess of the city that was walking around those parts...Even though we were all hurt and confused, the princess was very kind with us and in exchange for having a roof and a place to stay, we did different jobs for her, until one day she decided to teach us how to use magic, but our magic is not that of just any Wizard... We sorceresses have a superior use of it.
-Asuka: I see... so that's why I'm unable to use my powers for those kinds of techniques you used... all well and good, but how is it possible that they have learned magic? Is it also because he gave them magical suits?
-Alba: Magical costumes? Ah! You will also realize that in due time... We learned magic because our bodies adapted to the way of living of this strange world...
-Shiko: It may be so with us as well.
-Alba: Not bad... wherever I went, in the end the three of us learned different elements because we specialized, Lisa the fire, Ana the ice and me... poison, after so much we became very close friends with the princess... Until a week ago, the princess was poisoned with a kind of poison similar to the one I have learned to control, leaving her in critical condition. The enraged king took it for granted that I was the culprit and my sisters believing it marked me as the traitor that wanted to assassinate the princess to cause chaos and keep her position, it is something silly because for that, I had to kill the King, right? …
-Asuka: That's horrible... Your sisters didn't want to listen to you?
-Alba: I want to think they didn't have time to do it... since the king has given them the order to murder me... yesterday I managed to escape just from an encounter I had with them, from afar I could observe Shiko's fight with his brother... seeing their strength I wanted to measure it to see if I was able to face them next time while I still try to find out who has been responsible... In other words, I want you to join me.
In the middle of all the story... Asuka decided to smile at Alba, and then she suddenly hugged her, she said:
-Now I understand! If what you want is our help to distract your sisters and have time to complete your investigation to clear your name, count on us!
Shiko smiles and addresses the following words to Alba:
-I think the same, I would be a monster to refuse to give you a hand so count on us both!
-Asuka: I will contact Lyn and Zene so that they can wait for us a while longer, I am not asking for their help so as not to involve more people in all this.
Alba with many tears of relief told them with all her strength -Thank you! I really have no way to repay your help! - to which the other two replied:
-Shiko: Don't worry, what matters now is to discover the miserable who blamed you.
-Asuka: You don't need to give us anything in return.
-Shiko: To begin with... The person who had to do it is inside that castle, to have that closeness to the princess that is the only option.
-Alba: What surprises me is... that I am the only one who knows that type of poison... it is one that puts a person to sleep for a long time and kills him slowly... The time is ten days, so we only have three days to prevent the princess from dying...
-Asuka: Alba, do you know how to access the city of magic? As far as I understand, it's hidden, isn't it? If you tell us where it is located and how to enter, we will be able to investigate better.
-Alba: I'm not crazy! In that city everyone knows how to recognize the "wave" that others emit! It would be suicide!
-Shiko: Wave?
-Alba: Every living being in this world depending on its way of being and its magical power emits a kind of waves that make it recognizable, magicians are specialists in being able to recognize the waves that each person emits, so... I can't go back to the city because of that.
-Asuka: And is there a way to combine waves into one?
-Alba: Hey? What do you plan?
-Asuka: Maybe if I increase my magic power next to you my wave will resonate more than yours and this will make it hide.
-Alba: I had never thought that this could be done! We can use it!
-Shiko: Okay, then take us to where the city of magic is located.
-Alba: Well, we'll go there right now!
Alba, very happy to receive the help of the two, took them to a rocky area very far from where they were, when they teleported Shiko and Asuka together to such a place, they looked at a door that had a strange language in it.
-Alba: Not bad! Here it is! Those strange letters you see on the door are in the language of this world, what it says is -If you know magic, use a spell-.
-Asuka: Good... but before entering, don't you plan to disguise yourself so that you are not recognized?
-Alba: I did plan it... but I'm going to buy the things in there, their clothes, I love them!
-Shiko: So, the fashion of this world is not so bad...
Then Asuka used her "boost" on Shiko only for the door to detect magic near her and it opened, it was then that while the door slowly opened, they could observe the interior of it, where there was a very colorful city, with pink clouds in the sky and full of tall medieval buildings and all kinds of magicians...
To be continued…