Two weeks passed in the new school. Diarem became the center of all talk in his school. Boy who can use fire and air magic. Using two types of magic is unusual but he is more unusual than they know. Compared to the last school he had many friends and never was bullied. Most of the time in school he spends with Jasmine and Charlotte, sometimes with Nick, not a popular kid that is almost the same as Diarem was. No magic but he manages.
One day after school Diarem, Charlotte, and Jasmine were heading home together as usual. In front of the gates of the school, there was a man probably in his forties with long hair to his chin. On his head, he wears round glasses. On his neck, he has a silver necklace with a ruby. He wears black suits with a few unfastened buttons.
Beside him was a young woman with long black hair wrapped in a ponytail leaning on her shoulder. She wears a white shirt with black ornaments. On the shirt, she has a black jacket. She also wears tight black jeans to her calves. On her hips, she wears a black robe leaning toward her left leg.
“Good day Mr. Hans and Miss Elaine.” Said Jasmine with a smile on her face.
“And a good day to you Jasmine.” Said Elaine and smiled at Jasmine.
“Good day.” Said Hans with a tired voice.
“Sorry Charlotte but today I need you to do something so Elaine will escort Jasmine”
Kids said their goodbyes. Charlotte and Hans left them with Elaine.
“Ok. Today I will drive you to your home.” Said Elaine.
“Could Diarem go with us? He lives near me so you can leave him at my home.” Asked Jasmine while giving big eyes to Elaine. She looked at Diarem and without thinking she said
“Are you her boyfriend or something?”
“No! No… Ehm… I’m just a good friend of Jasmine and Charlotte”
“Fine then. I can drive you too.” Answered Elaine and she wasn’t that happy about it.
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Elaine was a careful driver so she wasn’t driving fast. Jasmine sat with Diarem in the back of the car. For a few minutes, there was an awkward silence.
“So… why do you need an escort Jasmine?” Asked Diarem. Before she could answer Elaine answered for her.
“Her dad is just concerned about his daughter's safety.”
“So you are working for some guarding agency?”
“You can put it that way.”
After another awkward silence, Elaine spoke first, which was quite surprising because she didn’t want to talk in Diarem's presence.
“Hey, kiddo do you know Alex? Alex King?”
“Do you mean a blond guy with bandages on his right arm? Then yes.” Answered Diarem
“So you’re that kid he was talking about! Well, thanks for doing part of his job. Strongest in the city my ass... hehe.” said Elaine and laughed a little bit because some kid did more than Alex.
“What kind of magic do you use? Alex wasn’t clear about that...” Asked Elaine.
“Well… I don’t know. Today was the first time that I tried to use it”
“So you didn’t know about your magic? Fire? Water? Nothing?”
“Yes but I think that I was magicless. Imper crystal didn’t react to me so I didn’t have magic.”
“Then you’re definitely a specialist! And quite rare at that! I never saw someone using someone else's magic!” Said Jasmine with excitement in her voice.
“I also never heard anything like that.” Admitted Elaine.
They arrived in front of Jasmine’s house. Jasmine was the first one to leave the car and she said goodbye and ran away to her home.
“Hey kid, where do you live? I might be able to drive you there.”
Elaine was taking Diarem to his home. Probably because she took a liking to this unusual boy. On their way, they heard an explosion near them. They couldn't see it but they could hear what direction it came from.
“No… Charlotte and Hans.'' Elaine whispered to herself.
Elaine instantly stopped the car and said:
“Kid, leave the car. There is a little change of plans for me!”