4 | To the Victor, Go the spoils

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Author here... I'm gonna stop geeking out over how many reads this is getting and I'm just gonna keep writing.  This gives me a ton of motivation.  

Anyhoo: Here's the rest of episode one...

Enjoy the chapter!

-The beginning of the chapter brought to you by a chibi Fu Hua drinking some boba after a long day of training-



Guild Receptionist: "Alright, that checks out five wolf horns for five wolf horns.  Say... what about that sixth one?"

Y/n: "Don't worry about it.  I'm keeping it as a memento for our first mission together!"

Guild Receptionist: "Alright then!  Please present your guild cards and I'll update them right away!"

The guild receptionist held a stamp over the card that Y/n had presented, and a magic circle formed under it.  Y/n, Elze, and Linse watched in awe as it changed the information that appeared on the card.

Guild Receptionist: "And here's your reward: eighteen copper coins!  Have a nice day!"

-Scene change brought to you by Y/n drinking some hot chocolate-

Linse: "Thanks for joining us on that mission, Y/n!"

Elze: "Yeah!  It would've been way harder without you!"

Linse: "There aren't many guys who can keep up with sis that easily."

Y/n: "It wasn't too bad though.  Hey... I've got a favor to ask of you."

The silver haired twins gain inquisitive looks on their faces.

Y/n: "I was wondering if you could teach me how to read and write... It's kind of an inconvenient skill to not have... heheh..."

Y/n scratches the back of his head in embarrassment while giving a close-eyed sheepish smile.

Elze: "Especially if you can't tell what job your taking... But if you wanna learn, then Linse is the one to teach you."

Linse perks up at the sound of her name.

Elze: "She reads for fun sometimes.  It's a genius thing."

Linse blushes and looks down shyly.

Linse: "I'm not that smart.  But even so... I'll try."

Y/n: "Thank you so much!  Also,  I might as well ask but, can you teach me magic too?  I'd like to take a crack at it."

Elze: "That's a difficult question to answer.  Do you have an aptitude?"

Y/n: "Aptitude?"

Y/n hopes to himself that he actually does have an aptitude for magic, as it would be really cool if he did.  He believes he could take on anything if he had some magic.  But as he remembers what God said, he thinks he should have the aptitude for magic.

Linse: "Well, people can only use magic with the aptitude their born with.  And people without any aptitude can't use magic, no matter what they try."

Y/n: "Interesting... I haven't tried anything magic related but I recently met with somebody who seemed very convinced that I could."

Elze: "And who might that be?"

Y/n: "Uhhhhhhh... and old guy with glasses."

Elze: "Hmmmm..."

Linse pulls out a bag from her pocket and dumps its contents onto the table, revealing seven gems of different colors.  The colors were white, red, yellow, blue, purple, orange, and green.

Linse: "These are called spellstones.  They absorb, store, and release magical energy.  Hmmm How to do this... Well, I guess water would be the easiest to demonstrate."

Linse picks up the blue gem from the table and holds it over her cup.

Linse: "Come forth, water."

The spellstone glows blue and a stream of water comes out of it, filling the cup.

Linse: "This is called active magic.  You say 'Come forth, water' and channel some mana into the stone, and it creates this water in response."

Elze: "And by the way..."

Elze reaches over and takes the stone from Linse's hands.


Elze: "Come forth, water."

Nothing happens.

Elze: "If you don't have the aptitude for water magic, then you might as well be talking to a regular pebble."

Y/n: "Wait, so you can't use it even thought your sister can?"

Elze: "It's not something I'm proud of so don't be so direct."

Linse: "On the other hand, Elze can use fortification magic while I never could.  It's not that one of us is more magical, it's just that we have different aptitudes!  Which is probably why we work so well together.  Everyone alive has magical energy, but aptitudes are what allow us to channel it into magic spells."

Y/n: "So If I try to use the spellstone for water... We'll know if I have that aptitude?"

Linse: "Yep!  Just hold the stone, channel your mind, and say 'Come forth, water'!"

Y/n takes the stone from Linse, but as soon as his fingers touch it, it shoots water out like a fire hose, causing him to drop it, but not before soaking his shirt and face, drenching his head and body in water, but leaving his cloak untouched, thanks to it's water-proof properties.

Y/n: "What the-!... I didn't even say the command!"

Elze: "Woah."

Elze and Linse have a shocked expression on their faces as their mouths drop open.

Y/n: "You said you had some more of these stones?"

Linse: "Yes... seven total."

Elze: "I think we should head out back before we try more..."

Linse: "More like leave town first."

Y/n: "Yeah... Let's go."

-Timeskip brought to you by chibi Y/n parting the sea like Moses-


Y/n holds the red spellstone in his hand and it glows immensely, slightly vibrating in his hand.

Y/n: "Uhm... Come fort- AHHH!"

A giant ten foot pillar of white hot flame erupts from the stone straight upwards, luckily not burning anything or injuring anyone.

Y/n: "Come forth, Earth!"

A huge wave of sand fires out of the brown spellstone and topples over a nearby tree with the force of the sand.

Elze and Linse become more and more shocked as Y/n uses more spellstones.

Y/n: "Come forth, Wind!"

A pressure shockwave shoots from the stone and blows a hole into a rock nearby, making a miniature crater in it.

Y/n: "Come forth, Light!"

The light that shone from the stone was so bright, that if it were night time, It would turn day.

Y/n: "Come forth, Dark!"

When Y/n Issued the command, it was like the sun had turned off momentarily, as everything within a mile radius plunged into darkness for a few seconds. Thankfully the townspeople didn't panic too much.

Y/n puts the dark spellstone down onto the table with the rest before looking at the shocked and curious looks of Elze and Linse.

Y/n: "What? Is there something wrong?"

Elze: "What the heck are you!?"

Linse: "This is the first we've heard of someone who can use all six elements!  I have aptitudes for three of them, and that's generally considered pretty rare.  But you can use them all... that's incredible!"

Y/n: "Hehehe...."

Y/n laughs nervously and kind of shyly.  The last, white spellstone catches his eye.

Y/n: "Hey... What's that last one for?"

Linse: "That's a null stone.  It's used for channeling Null magic.  Null magic is unique, so there isn't any single incantation to it."

Y/n: "Huh.  So how do you activate it?"

Linse: "Well that depends mostly on the person using it and their magic.  Elze just has to say 'Boost' to use hers.  There's some other spells too like 'Power-up' and 'Gate' which lets the user teleport.  That one is especially rare."

Y/n: "Wow... I can't even imagine how useful that spell could be..."

Elze: "Personally, I'd take Boost over Gate any day.  Because of that one spell, any guy who's ever underestimated me because I'm 'just a girl' has had a sorry day after."

Y/n: "Huh.  Explains how your so strong.  That is crazy useful!"

Elze: "No doubt."

Y/n: "So how can you figure out what kind of Null magic you can use?  Do you just try everything until you find it or what?"

Elze: "At some point, the name of the spell just... comes to you."

Linse: "Yeah.  Null magic is often called Personal Magic because its very rare for any two people to be able to use the same spell."

Y/n: "So even if I can use Null magic I won't be able to figure it out for a while..."

Linse: "No... We can at least see if you have the aptitude.  Pick up the stone and try casting something!  Even if the spell doesn't work, the stone will show some sort of reaction to your power.  Like it will glow or shudder a bit."

Y/n picks up the white gemstone and holds it out firmly.

Y/n: "Hmmmm.... Ga- huh?"

Before Y/n could even say the command, a white circle opened up into a portal that led to the forest where they fought the wolves before.

Elze: "No fucking way...."

Y/n: "Guess that worked then... All I did was think it in my head before I even cast it and it just did the spell.  Is that normal?"

Linse: "No!  You usually have to say the incantation to cast the spell.  Chant-less magic has never been heard of before!"

Y/n: "Well... guess it does now, hehehe...."

Y/n laughs sheepishly to himself while scratching the back of his head, ruffling up a bit of his red hair.

Y/n: 'The aptitudes are probably thanks to God's powers but the immense strength of the magic is probably thanks to my cloak, no doubt.'

Y/n: "Let's head back to the Inn."

-Timeskip brought to you by Chibi Linse and Elze sticking halfway through a gate portal and their butts hanging while Chibi Y/n looks on and rolls his eyes at the perverted scenario-


Elze: "I still can't believe your able to use all six elements!  That's a little more than unusual."

Linse: "And your personal magic makes you the most versatile magic user ever!  Wow, Y/n.  You're pretty amazing...~"

Y/n gets a little uncomfortable with how Linse says the last bit, and he laughs and scratches the back of his head while thinking to himself.

Y/n: 'I'm only able to do this stuff because God supposedly 'took pity' on me after The Receptionist had me walk in a line and get struck by lightning.  Kinda weird getting praised for it.'

The sound of a door opening and closing comes from the left of Y/n, and he and the girls look towards the sound.

Mika: "Heyyy, sorry to interrupt your fun, but do you have a second to spare?

Elze: "Hey Mika... What's going on?"

Mika: "My friend Ayer here needs some advice.  She's an employee of that cafe down the street called Parrent."

Ayer: "I'm hoping that some adventurers such as yourselves might have some ideas for some cool foods."

Mika: "Or maybe you tasted something exotic in your travels that maybe she could try and steal!"

Elze: "Cool foods? Huh.  Not really."

Linse: "Nothing comes to mind at the moment.  What's the food like where you're from Y/n?  Anything that'd be good for a cafe?"

Aer looked towards Y/n hopefully, thinking that if he's from another land, perhaps he might have something interesting he could share.

Y/n: "Well that depends... What kind of food are you looking for, Ayer?"

Ayer: "Well were best known for serving a lot of sweets and the like.  Nothing too heavy.  I'd love to come up with a dessert that isn't just a cake."

Y/n: "Uhmm... Well... All I can come up with are crepes and ice cream.  Hehehe..."

Ayer: "Hold on... frozen cream?"

Y/n: "Well it's not totally frozen, you serve it kind of soft."

Ayer: "Woah... How strange."

All the girls in the room look at Y/n with curious expressions.

Y/n: 'Guess ice cream isn't a thing here.  That's really unfortunate.  Ice cream's the best!'

Y/n pulls out his phone and looks up how to make ice cream.  He wonder's why he hasn't ever done this earlier since he has cravings for ice cream all the time.  Then he realizes that's why, when he was back in his world, A.I.-chan had an ice cream machine installed into his quarters because of his constant cravings for ice cream.

Linse takes a look at the phone in his hand and has another curious expression on her face.

Linse: "Huh?  Y/n, what's that?"

Y/n starts sweating nervously as he tries to think of an explanation behind his phone.

Y/n: "It's uhm... uhhh... a magical device that helps me... uhhh... learn things.  Sorry but, I'd be grateful if you didn't ask me too much about it."

Linse nods in understanding.  Y/n turns to Ayer and Mika.

Y/n: "Excuse me but, could you get a piece of paper and write down what I'm about to say?"

Ayer: "Sure!"

...

-Timeskip brought to you by a Chibi Y/n and Kiana shoveling ice cream into their faces and then getting brainfreeze at the same time-


Y/n tells Ayer the recipe while thinking to himself that he's lucky food ingredients are the same in this universe.  He asks Linse if she can make ice with magic and she says yes.

Elze: "What do we do next?!  This is fun!"

Cue a montage of Y/n, Linse, Elze, Ayer, and Mika all making ice cream together and following the recipe to the letter.  Linse makes a block of ice with magic, but Y/n has to take shavings of of it with a hammer and chisel as Linse apologizes profusely.  By the end, there are four cups of beautiful, creamy vanilla ice cream.  Ayer takes a scoop and goes in for a bite.  Her eyes sparkle in happiness.

Ayer: "Delicious!"

Mika: "Incredible! It melts in your mouth!"

Linse: "It's so tasty!"

Elze: "I've never had anything like it!"

Y/n: "It's a pretty popular treat where I'm from.  Think you might want it for your cafe, Ayer?"

Ayer: "Yes!  Thank you for sharing!  Having a treat like this could make our cafe famous!  I'll have to try making it again."

Mika: "I should learn the recipe too!"

Elze: "Between this and that device of yours, you keep getting weirder."

Linse: "I'm curious about it too."

Y/n: "It's a secret.  But, I'm glad I got to use it to repay you a little bit."

Linse: "Repay us?  For what?"

Y/n: "For teaching me how to use magic."

Y/n smiles to himself in gratitude as he looks at his phone then looks towards the twins.

Y/n: "Thanks, you two."

...

-Timeskip brought to you by the hustle and bustle of different Chibi Y/n's throughout another sector in The Hub-

...

???: "Finally. Fucking. Free...~"

A peculiar man says as he stands on the roof of one of the buildings throughout the city.  It was a similar city, but different from the one Y/n set foot in.  The man looked like another Y/n, but some drastic changes were made to his appearance.  His hair was a very dark blood-red, and he was donned in a cape that was black rather than a cloak like the others.  His eyes were glowing red black holes instead of normal eyes.  The first, most noticeable thing about his appearance was the craze, insane, ear-to-ear grin that plastered his face.  An incredibly sadistic expression on his face.  One that was of pure bloodlust and hatred.

'The Mad One': "Once I get my hands on The Receptionist, I'll finally be able to show everyone what he is... I won't be called crazy or 'The Mad One' any longer...  They'll finally see the truth for what it really is...~  HehhahaHAHAHAHAHAHAAAHAHAAA~"

Evil cackling echoed through the air, masked by the sound of the busy streets of The Hub.  The Mad One's eyes narrowed, and he raised his fist to reveal his weapon.  A pair of golden gauntlets that travel up halfway to his forearms.  from the wrist-down was plates of strange metal that shines like a nebula.  The fist, made from phantasmal space magic, was a gold, blue, and purple matte.  The gold laced through the space-like gauntlets as accented traces that held it together.

The Mad One: "'Nova'.  You will be my way through this massacre."

The Mad One knelt down onto the edge of the building, ready to pounce.

The Mad One: "Sector Z... 'The Old Sector'... All the stronger Y/n's are here.  I'll work my through this one first.  I haven't killed off any rookie sectors yet, so they won't have any plot bullshit to get stronger and come at me with.  Might as well knock the hard ones out of the way first.  That'll make killing The Receptionist that much more fun!  So Sector Z... Be prepared~"

The Mad One spoke with a husky growl, before he shoots down from the building in the blink of an eye, leaving a giant crater of cracks from around where he was on the building.  He collides with ground, leaving another crater of smashed ground and cracks from where he stood.  The other Y/n's all freeze and look at him as he stands up, his black t-shirt and blue jeans visible.  He stands up with a smile on his face.

The Mad One: "Greetings.  I'm your demise~"

The Mad One growls as he cracks his knuckles together.  The other Y/n's all pull out their weapons at the same time and narrow their eyes together, ready for a fight.

...

-The end of the chapter brought to you by Fu Hua finishing her boba and going back to training before bed-

Author here!  I've introduced the bad guy.  And now things are cookin'!  

Stay tuned for more!

Anyhoo. Seeya. Bye!

(Future Author here: This one has been revised!  Even if it's not by much, I just fixed some spelling and grammar.)


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