It was the first day of September. For most people, a new school means new life or at least some change to it. That is what Diarem thought and those words will become reality after the ceremony at the start of the school year. When he was getting on the school grounds he saw someone familiar. It was the man that pointed a revolver at him. That man was with a girl two times smaller than Diarem. He didn’t see her face. She had long light pink hair. She wore a little black hat with black-white feathers and a black dress with a white belt.

When he entered the gym where the ceremony was held he noticed that the girl he saw will be in the same class as he is. She was talking with a slightly higher girl than a pink-haired girl. She has short brown hair, wearing a blue jacket and a blue skirt.

After the ceremony, every class was going to their classrooms. Diarem was the one behind everyone and in front of him were those 2 girls. While walking upstairs he saw the third shadow beside those girls but no one was walking by them. Diarem ignored it because he thought that he was imagining things. After turning left in the corner the girls disappeared.

Diarem stopped and looked around with the hope of seeing something that would explain what just happened but there was no one but him. Again, he saw the shadow but no one was standing there. He slowly walks toward this shadow. As he was getting close he heard someone asking him.

“Have you seen two girls? One with pink hair and the other wearing blue clothes?”

“I think they walked toward our classroom.” Diarem answered to a man and pointed at the classroom. Later he noticed who it was. Man with a black vest, blond hand, and bandages on his hand. Diarem turned and also started walking to his classroom but he felt like he bumped into someone but no one was there. Something grabbed him and pulled him into the empty classroom. He couldn't see what it was because it was invisible.

Laing on the ground Diarem looked around the room. There was no one but this weird shadow.

“If you scream you’re dead capiche?” Voice came from the shadow. Confused, Diarem shakes his head up and down. Someone opened the door by kicking it. It was the same man that asked Diarem for direction.

“I can feel your presence, you scum.” Said the man with an angry voice. One man appeared from nowhere. He puts his hands up. Something knocked out the man with blond hair. After he fell another man appeared with two girls with tape on their mouths and tied up. Both of them were unconscious.

A man with a red shirt and blue tie said to the other guy to restrain the kid. Some kind of black smoke was approaching Diarem. Before it touched him it disappeared.

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“Huh… I think I lost too much mana. Give me the line Jack.” He grabbed a line from his partner and walked toward Diarem. Diarem was so scared that he waved his hand around hoping that the man would not restrain him but when he waved his hand black smoke was coming out of his hand. It was the same spell that the shadow magician used. For a second the man hesitated but he noticed that the spell was too weak to damage him. Jack thought that the kid is also a shadow magician. Just to be sure he created a fire whip and restrained Diarem.

“You know that fire magic is good against shadow magic?” The man tried whipping Diarem but he dodged. After that Diarem felt something weird again and he also created a fire whip. Diarem instinctively attacked Jack with the whip but he grabbed it.

“I don’t know what kind of magician you are but it was too weak to do anything.” As he was saying that he pointed his fingers at Diarem and a fire shot came out of them. Diarem closed his eyes and tried to defend himself with arms but nothing hit him. When he opened his eyes he saw a blond guy in front of him. He was the one who stopped these attacks.

“You know that I’m not that easy to beat?!” Shouted a man with blond hair as he was running toward Jack with his right fist on fire. He landed a solid hit and knocked out Jack. The man strained them both with his fire magic.

“Thanks for saving me again.” Said Diarem to the man.

“No problem. I should be thanking you for finding those guys… wait! What do you mean by again?” Responded man.

“Well, a few months earlier you saved me in that alley on Cliff street.” Said Diarem

“Oh… yeah… I did that? Can't seem to remember... You sure it was me?”

"Definitely. Your look is hard to forget." Diarem meant that he looked scary but the man thought that it was a compliment. The man puts out his hand toward Diarem and said “Alex”. Diarem shook his hand and says “Diarem”

They both took the girls to the school nurse. Alex had a girl with blue clothes in his arms and a Diarem girl with pink hair. Pink haired girl tried to open her eyes.

“Alex! She is waki…” As he was saying that Diarem was slapped by her.

“Charlotte... First, you slapped a good guy, and second, this is how you thank someone for saving you?” Said Alex when he saw her slapping Diarem. She looked at him with a serious face. Diarem put her on the ground. She bowed toward Diarem as thanks. Diarem was waiting for some kind of answer like "I'm sorry" but the girl was silent.