'This is pointless' Nathan thought to himself. 'I can already use all the magic I want in combat. Adding in this overly complicated stuff will just...well...complicate things. All Nathan needed in a fight were his fists, his flames, and sometimes his wind. 'I could be making such better use of my time training...but instead I'm stuck here; he lamented again. Nathan was just paying enough attention to not get caught by the teacher. While he understood why he had to be here (because of his job as Meira's bodyguard) he didn't understand why he had to be a part of the class as well

Mr Squall turned to the board, ignoring most of the questions for the time being. "These five symbols represent the five different types of ancient glitch magic. The arrow pointing towards the line represents overload magic. The upward arrow with the two smaller lines represents scale magic. These are known as chaotic glitch magics since they are based on trends, and then outcomes are not always predictable and they can be used for many different functions. The Three Xs with a line through represents spy magic, and the two circles with a line through represents Trojan magic. These two types of magic are forms of evasive glitch, still they abuse faults in magical defenses or magical systems. This final type of glitch magic is special, for it is both a type and sub-type. This symbol, " he said pointing at each in turn, before pointing to the final, bottom one, "represents total chaotic magic. Magic where the outcome is unpredictable. This type has no sub-types because in order to be total chaotic, there can be no trends nor intended functions."

He then paused, "I see many of you rolling your eyes, since most if not all you have not use this magic nor plan to. However magic is more than a tool to be used. It is a tool to be understood. Two of these magics, Trojan and Total Chaotic, are banned nearly universally by law, however these are types of magics you can not run from, nor overpower. These types of magic are more so magic theory, and the only way to overcome them is to out-think them. Not only do I like to start with these to see if we have any particular bright stars, but to demonstrate a point, not only do you have to know your magic, or not need to know any about magic if you can not use it, but knowing magics you can not even use can be very helpful for a variety of reasons, one key reason is defense."

The man saw that Mithos interference was going to become a problem. He thought about retreated, but then had a plan since he knew a certain someone wanted a piece of jewelry that one of her allies had. He turned toward the woman then handed her a glowing red symbol placing it in her hand. There was the imprint of a serpent dragon on the face of the symbol along with an arrow pointing upward. "Kill that meddling fool and I will let you have the Dragon Rune which will help you get what you are after. Do we have a deal?" He asked the woman as he stood back to see what her response to would be.

"Mithos, these people are dangerous. Perhaps we should just..." Right when Ranathia was about to finish her statement a group of men barred their path toward escaping toward the portal. "So much for that idea." She continued as you could sense the hint of disappointment in her voice and also see the expression of worry on her face as it looked like she was gritting her teeth in anger.

Another man hidden in the shadows unknown to the other group of villains grinned as he spoke toward the woman he handed the rune to. "Why not just take it all? That girl has special power and is known as The Key. Why not take the Dragon Rune and capture that girl for yourself? She may even prove to be a useful bargaining chip toward what you want. You know her niece would do anything to ensure the safety of her own aunt, but I know you wouldn't harm her knowing that she is special. Do not let this man trick you. He's not one to be trusted. Trust me instead and take all the power for yourself."

"My oh my, so many choices" the woman crooned. "You know, you're really funny" she told the man who had just arrived "telling me to trust you. Hah! Trust is for the weak." Then turning her head towards Ranathia "get out of my way girl" she ordered as she held out a hand with 4 rings on it. The ring with the emerald on it glowed as Ranathia was engulfed by a small tornado and thrown to the wall. Then the sapphire ring glowed and the woman and Mithos were both trapped inside a dome of water. "Now, let's not have anyone getting any funny ideas..." she said as she pulled out a sword and threw it at the water dome...it was torn to shreds as it hit it. "so yeah...no one'd getting in or out unless I say so. Now then, let's play" she cackled as he eyes began to glow.

"I fear that whoever that voice was, she made a terrible mistake" Mithos mumbled to himself. As he pored all the magic her could into his barrier in perpetration for her attack. Unfortunately, his shield wasn't designed to defend against the kind of attack she unleashed "AHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Mithos screamed as he clutched his head in pain

"Now I must admit, you captured my curiosity before when you said we didn't understand your problems, and all that stuff that came after it. So I just have to peak inside your head and find out for myself...oh, well isn't this interesting" she chuckled "looks like you were right boy; I certainly didn't see that coming. Here all of us were assuming that you were all torn up about the damage done to both your name, and your family's name, the humiliation of being dragged through that farce of a trial, along with being reduced to being a babysitter for a royal brat...but no, none of that's seemed to phase you at all..."

"GET OUT OF MY HEAD!!!" Mithos screamed, but the woman just ignored him.

"No, it wasn't any of that at all...it was the people in the room during that incident that got to him...how fascinating." Turning to Ranathia, she said "you know girl, he used to think you were interesting. He had never met another girl like you before. That is until he heard what you really thought of him. He lost all interest in you then. He's even been actively avoiding you since then. In fact, when you offered to take him here, he was suspicious of you. How amusing...but it's his cousin that's the most amusing"

"BE SILENT! DON'T YOU DARE SPEAK ANOTHER WORD!!" Mithos demanded, even though his body was wracked with pain

"Oh be quiet. I'm triggering all nerves to report pain to your brain. The fact that you can speak is impressive, but there's no way you can even move in your condition. Now where were we...ah yes, your cousin. It hurt you, didn't it? That she seemed to be unable to understand, that she couldn't say a single word in your defense. Even though she was the reason why you ended that fight so quickly, why you targeted the rune right away. You were so sure that it was some evil relic, that not only would it's destruction end the fight, but that the world would be better off if it was gone, and you know what; I kind of agree with you. That thing looks like what I'd make if I wanted to make an evil demonic rune, hell, even the name fits. All you were trying to do was end the fight as quickly as possible, to ensure that she wouldn't get caught in the crossfire, even though what you wanted to do was drag it out just a bit, to get a better handle on those new powers of yours. Yet she didn't seem to understand that, no one understood that. Instead they called you arrogant, reckless. And your own cousin and childhood friend couldn't say a thing in your defense. It made you question your entire relationship with her. That is what has you broken up about the events a month ago. Oh, what's this? You seemed to make a lot of comparisons to this Marta girl. I wonder who she i-" but before she could finish, she found a light arrow in her right lung. "Gah!"

"I...I told you...to stay quiet" Mithos managed to gasp out

"You...managed to think coherently enough under all of that pain to cast a spell and aim it at me...color me impressed" the woman smirked. "Well, it looks like I'll be needing some medical attention now. Oh well, I got what I came here for. If you can't take care of the boy now, then that isn't my fault" and with that, she vanished into thin air, taking with her the glowing dragon symbol

"Yet you did trust me like the insignificant mortal you are. You beings are so easily driven by deceit that it fuels my resolve."
The man grinned as he just sat back and watched the events unfold. His work had been done which was to turn this foolish woman against the one she was working for.

Just as Ranathia was about to hit the wall a light appeared out of nowhere and a being with golden wings which was a girl with long blonde hair appeared out of nowhere and caught Ranathia before she hit the wall. Ranathia looked back and noticed it was someone she knew all too well. She smiled as the being cradled her in her arms. "Evangelina..." She said to the girl as her body was engulfed in a powerful golden light that would blind normal mortals eyes. "I'm so happy to see you're still around. I you perished that very long time ago." Ranathia said as tears rolled down her eyes of the happiness to see that Evangelina had not been destroyed in their fight with Sentius a long time ago. She really did think that she had been absorbed by Sentius most powerful technique, but it seems that was not the case. "It's all right, Ranathia. I am here now to support you. I see that Xaliana has been in contact with that person over there." She paused as she pointed her finger at the blonde haired man where Ranathia just gave her a nod.

"This gets even more interesting." The man who was betrayed by Bethel said as he knew that this was an opportunity to study the depths of her own power. He had heard from his sources that her Spirit had been devoured by Sentius Primordial Lightning Awakening technique, but to see her Spirit still around showed him that Ranathia was more powerful than he once imagined.

"Quite a bold action." A girl's voice said as another girl with golden like wings appeared out of nowhere except this one had blue hair and was dressed in a skimpy looking dress that showed a lot of skin on the sides. "Perhaps you are worthy of my time, Mithos."

"Xaliana?" Ranathia questioned since she knew judging by the girl's looks that it had to be Xaliana. Xaliana was the only blue haired girl who would dress so provocatively. Though her wardrobe was much better than the metal bikini armor that Sigma always wore adorning it on her body.

Mithos' thoughts upon seeing the strange blue haired girl with gold wings was '...why is she barely wearing any clothes in a combat situation? ' Without Bethel setting all of his nerves of fire, his body was starting to recover from what she put it through, although he was still visibly drained from the ordeal. 'Just what is going on here!? Who are all these strange women that keep appearing. I'm the only one available to save her my ass! Was I sent here simply to have my mind invaded!?' As he was thinking that, Mithos struggled to get to his feet.

"Alkmaar, she took the Dragon Rune with her? Aren't you going to stop her?" Luther asked knowing full well that Alkmaar would not be pleased that she betrayed him. Though surprise overtook his face as he noticed Alkmaar actually looked like he was contemplating his thoughts and that do not cross me look never crossed his face.

Alkmaar held out his hand shaking his head as a wide grin filled his face. "Patience Luther, there is no need to rush anything. Besides, the girl did reveal some interesting knowledge which could prove useful to me later on. I'll let her have her prize for at least being resourceful." He answered as he stood forward to reveal himself to both Mithos and Ranathia. He was a very well built and tall man who towered over the two. He also wore red clothing where his hood and mask covered most of his face. Neither of the two could tell at all what he looked like, but judging by the fancy clothing he adorned on his body he had to be quite powerful.

Alkmaar took another step forward while he continued to grin at the two, "Impressive display, boy. Rather impressive how you handled that woman." He paused as he gave the two a chance to answer him before he was going to continue with what he was about to say. The two were surrounded on all sides since his men were able to move into formation without detection.

"What do you plan to do to us, Alkmaar? I know you're no pushover like that woman he just fought." Ranathia asked as she was about to grab the giant sword she carried on her back. The man shook his head and in a dismissive hand gesture got her to return her hands to her side. It didn't look like he wanted to fight either of the two. Ranathia knew this wasn't good since she didn't think either of them could match Alkmaar's power.

'This...isn't good' Mithos thought to himself. 'I don't think I've fully recovered from what that woman did to me; my body still feels like it's on fire.' By this point, Mithos had managed to get back to his feet, although he was still a little shaky 'our best bet is to escape...but I doubt that they will make it easy for us. I'll have to wait for a chance to present itself. Ranathia seems to know this man, so perhaps I'll learn something useful if I let her distract him.' Panting, Mithos chose to stay silent for now, as he wanted for some kind of opportunity to appear

Ranathia was about to say something until a large fist struck her and Mithos both sending them straight into the wall. The large fist came out of nowhere and looked like an extension of the shadow she just saw on the ground. The fist was connected to an arm and they both were black in color. She could not believe that this man just easily to them both out. She cringed as she hit the wall hard making a imprint of herself on the wall before she slid to the ground. "Ugh, he's just too powerful. That attack just blindsided me and there was nothing I could do about it." Ranathia said as she slowly rose to her feet dusting herself off as Alkmaar just stood there. She knew Alkmaar used a really powerful form of magic that she knew was forbidden.

Alkmaar grinned as he watched Ranathia rise to her feet after displaying to her some of his power. "As you can see, neither of you stand a chance against me. So, what will it be, boy? Surrender the girl and join me or choose for this to be your grave. You better choose wisely, because I am not going to give you much time to decide. After that, I will just do what I want to you."

Mithos was taken by surprise when the shadow fist knocked him into the wall. However, as he still had his barrier up, it didn't do much damage. In fact, the pain caused by that very real attack seemed to reset his nervous system from what that strange woman from before had done to him. '[i]What luck! I can think clearly now[./i]' In just a matter of seconds, Mithos had a plan 'It seems that he uses shadows to attack...so what would he do if there weren't any shadows? All at once, he put his hands over Ranathia's eyes before he radiated large amounts of light magic from his body, filling the room with a blinding light. Then he made a run for the exit, while keeping a hold of Ranathia

Alkmaar used his aura to repel the light shielding himself from the brightness of the room, but still it was able to distract him. He wasn't displeased at all, he seemed to be amused by what Mithos just did. He then illuminated his body with a bright light before he disappeared into nothingness. Luther seemed to be very displeased and when he tried to yell at his men he was stifled by Alkmaar who held out his hand and shook his head. He reminded Luther that there would be another opportunity. There was no need to rush it.

When they got into the clear back toward the entrance of the ruins where the portal that appeared disappeared, Ranathia took a seat on one of the broken slabs that laid tilted on the ground as she tried to recuperate herself after being hit by Alkmaar's attack. "It looks like I was tricked into coming here where Alkmaar laid a trap to capture me. I didn't even see it coming either. I'm such a fool..." Ranathia said discouraged as she looked at the ground in disappointment about being deceived. The ruins were authentic, but they were used to lure her into a trap and she allowed herself to follow the bait. "HOW COULD HAVE I BEEN SO CARELESS!?" She said in anger as she pounded her fist on the ground in anger. "My own friend deceived me. I cannot believe he would betray me like that? What reason would he have for it?"

"It's still not safe here" Mithos said "for all we know, they could be right behind us. So we should not stop moving" he added 'but if the professor lied about this...then did he lie about my aunt as well? I can only pray he did not, otherwise I am likely to be in even more trouble once it has been discovered that my report was wrong. Although that begs the question; just how much more trouble could I possibly get in' Quickly dusting himself off, he started talking to Ranathia again "if you want answers, then you need to find him yourself. That can not happen if these men take you. We must hurry."

Ranathia before she could answer Mithos started hearing strange chanting inside her head. The words were spoken in a language she did not understand at all, but this voice seemed to be persistent. The chanting got louder and louder until she screamed at the top of her lungs while holding her head, "STOP IT! GOD DAMN YOU GET OUT OF MY HEAD!!!" Where she had a vision where she saw an unconscious pink haired woman that was inside what looked like a test tube. Ranathia stood up as she looked around not to see anything. She didn't know what was going on what any of this meant. One of the visions was a little silver haired girl who was inside a capsule that was engulfed in an explosion where she screamed, "NNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOO!!!"

"What do you want from me?" She asked desperately as she started to tremble in fear not understanding at all what was going on. She was too paralyzed by fear to even move. The explosion she saw froze her in her tracks solid like if she were trapped in a block of ice. Ranathia again screamed as the chants got louder and louder. This time her power swelled inside her body where she discharged an enormous amount of energy out of her body. The ground started to shake violently as if something was about to erupt. The ruins were starting to collapse as rock fragments started to rain down to the ground.

Mithos was caught off guard by Ranathia's sudden screaming and explosion of power. Gritting his teeth, he strengthened his barrier as much as he possible could "unbelievable. I don't have time for this!" Grabbing Ranathia's wrist, he dragged the frozen woman out of the crumbling ruins. "This is not at all how I imagined my day would go" he grumbled to himself. The many recent events had left the normally bitter Mithos feeling extra steamed. "I wonder if all of this could have been avoided had I simply been sick today?" he mused to himself. 'I have no idea what has come over her' he thought, looking at Ranathia 'but the last thing I need on my hands is a hysteric woman.'

As they approached the exit of the the ruins, the entrance was not far. As they were about to exit the ruins the entrance was blocked by giant rocks falling in place. Just as they were about to be crushed by the ruins both were enveloped in light and teleported away. Ranathia was lying on the ground unconscious and it looked like they were in a room that had watery like walls that was shaped in a very large cube. In front of them inside a prison of light was an unconscious silver haired man dressed in mostly black attire. There didn't look to be any exits from the ruins and the watery like wall looked to be electrified protecting what was inside. There was a tablet that was carved with the word Sacropha.

Now this was getting really ridiculous. "Unbelievable...this is insane!" Pouring magic into his hand, he fired off an arrow of light at the wall in anger. "I did what you wanted! I walked into what very well could have been a trap to save this unpleasant woman. In fact...it was a trap, albeit not one for me. Why me? I don't care about here anymore then I would a random face on the street, so why send me!? Surely there had to be someone more qualified!" He yelled out to the voice that had brought him to the ruins. "And now I'm stuck in here with her...and whoever that is" he grumbled as he took note of the other person inside the room. Tired from everything he had been put through today, he sat down "I...need to rest"

"Welcome back, Princess Xei. We have been anxiously been awaiting for your return to the Davustra." A voice said out of nowhere as a bunch of equipment and gadgets appeared out of nowhere. Screens that looked like they were floating appeared and a very large one. There was strange writing on the floor. A door opened which lead into the hallway which looked like the inside of a space warship. Right beside the door laid the capsule that Ranathia saw in her vision, but she still laid unconscious on the floor. Only one other figure was in the room who was still trapped in a veil of light unconscious with his head looking at the ground.

Ranathia and Mithos looked like they were teleported into a very highly advanced area. The watery like walls with electricity were still present, but now there was a chance to leave the room after the voice to spoke to them. All the equipment in the room looked so sophisticated that there was no way it was from any present government in existence. Also the strange writing on the floor was written in a language neither could understand. There was also a table that appeared with chairs so they could have a seat if they wanted. A transparent wall though protected the area that housed the unconscious man.

Mithos softly cradled his head in his hands "I...I give up. I am finished with with this...this...whatever you call today. Let me know when the world decides to start making sense again." Things had gone too far for Mithos; his previous rage had faded and become apathy. It no longer mattered to him if he understood what was happening, he had resigned himself to simply go with the flow. "If anyone feels they need me, I will be right here; remembering much simpler times. Or perhaps you could simply send me back to Windgrace? I would very much like that."

"I have analyzed your data. Your name is Mithos Yggdrasil. You were born into the famous Astarita family. I welcome you aboard the most sophisticated warship ever created. I am so advanced that I can be reduced into a small computer like device and returned normal form as you can see now. You wish to return to the Kingdom of Windgrace, correct? What time period would you like to go to? I am also a time machine which can travel back into time at any time you set. Since my Master is unwell, I am yours to command, Sir Mithos." The voice said to Mithos as it made all its controls go operational. "Please set your destination into the navigational system. Include the time and date you wish to return to." It said as a screen appeared out of nowhere with buttons that were translated into a language both could understand.

Since Mithos had reached the point where he stopped being surprised by things, he took this in stride "right. A time machine too? That's quite convenient." Getting up he walked over to the controls and got to work. "Now let me see...today's date is..." he mumbled to himself as he started inputing the data "and I left through that portal at about..." he put in the rest. "Wonderful, now I can return mere seconds after I left. It is about time something good happened to me. Perhaps I have gone though all of my allotted bad luck for the day." Before he hit the key that would confirm his information, he suddenly had a thought "...or perhaps. Yes...that could work. I do need to confirm if his information was correct after all." Then Mithos changed the time, to 20 minutes before the meeting with the professor