Well… so lines in life are ant to be crossed. Maybe I had acted selfishly but him agreeing to do this really made happy. I looked at him, srized. His eyes were closed and his body was wrapped in warm, golden light. It was like a halo surrounding him. I looked at him as his eyebrows furrowed leading to crease lines forming on his forehead. Maybe he was displeased with sothing.
Kaichen’s original wand…. I had read that Kaichen’s original wand had been big and sturdy. There was a rose bud at the end of it and the vines entwined together. It looked like a long, mystical wand. I had never actually seen it. I am sure it suited him very well. Kaichen appeared cold and indifferent but he looked like a man who looked good with roses.
Ah… but I think petals would look better on Kaichen than flower buds. I recalled the Willow House. There had been yellow rose bushes everywhere. I imagine Kaichen standing in the middle of fluttering rose petals. He looked beautiful. I imagined the yellow petals to be gold instead. Dazzling gold petals surrounding Kaichen. I smiled like a fool.
Kaichen clicked his tongue. He opened his eyes and glared at angrily. I flinched as if I had been caught thinking about sothing that I shouldn’t have.
“You! D*mn you!” Kaichen cursed. He looked so angry. He closed his eyes again.
What’s wrong? I wondered. Was there so kind of problem making his wand? Have I done sothing? I was scared but I didn’t know what I had even done.
It’s alright, I convinced myself. Don’t be scared. Maybe other tis, I am stupid and reckless and do sothing I am not supposed to. But this ti, I had done nothing at all. I just sat here looking at him. I didn’t even move from my place. For a fleeting mont, everything flashed white in front of . As everything slowly ca into view, I realized why he had cursed at . I knew why he was so angry.
“Wow…,” I murmured. The mana in Kaichen’s hand had lit up and manifested into golden, fluttering rose petals surrounding him in golden light. As I sat there, enchanted, Kaichen looked furious.
“What kind of things were you even thinking about?” roared Kaichen.
“I… I wasn’t thinking of anything in particular! I just…,” I stamred as I looked at those golden petals that fluttered around him. I had imagined him standing in the middle of fluttering petals. I was just thinking about how beautiful he looked! I didn’t really think it would co true!
Kaichen watched at the fluttering golden petals in dismay. He frowned at them and then rubbed the bridge of his nose. He appeared dissatisfied and embarrassed at the sa ti.
No way! It has co true! My thoughts! I looked at Kaichen who was still rubbing the bridge of his nose as though he had a headache. His reaction told all I needed to know.
“Teacher… these petals… did these petals beco your wand?” I didn’t know what to say to him. “Please don’t tell that these petals have beco your wand just because I… thought about them.”
“I… did I make a big mistake?” I asked. A magic wand cannot be made again unless broken. It was sort of a once-in-a-lifeti deal. For the ‘purest mana’ to be harvested and condensed in a wand, it took a lot of mana and a lot of energy. It permanently consus the mana that could be used for sothing else. No one could waste their mana they had spent months accumulating.
Kaichen might be able to make another wand but even he wasn’t as reckless as to waste all the mana and break his own wand to make a new one. I was wracked with guilt. I had ruined everything. I hadn’t known this would happen otherwise I would have never…
“Teacher, I am sorry,” I said sincerely.
Kaichen looked like he wanted to give an earful but stopped himself. His tightly clamped mouth did not open. He glared at then got up from the sofa and stord out of the room.
“Teacher, please… I….” I tried to grab him but my hands only t air. The golden rose petals fluttered a mont and disappeared. As the petals, and the man himself disappeared from the room, I felt empty.
But in my defense, he should have told ! He should have told that my thoughts might shape the form of his wand. I would have been careful if I knew. I wasn’t even thinking about the wand. I had been only thinking about him!
I sat on the sofa and tried to process what just happened. I couldn’t help feeling bad about it. It was all my fault! But seeing Kaichen so worked up made smile. I couldn’t bear it any longer, I burst out laughing.
“Hahahaha! Rose petals for a wand!” I couldn’t stop laughing. A magic wand was serious business. It was sothing used in an ergency when you needed more power. When I imagined Kaichen in a battlefield, wielding the powerful rose petals, I couldn’t help but laugh myself to tears.
“I am really going crazy.”
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