5 The Bland Two-Sided Grimoire (1/2)
Max stood outside the building, leaning against the door pondering about the next step he should be taking.
While it was imperative that he recieve a grimoire from this world, it wasnt like he had to recieve one right this minute. However he was just dying to know what kind of magic he would receive, no doubt it would be something super OP like time magic or light magic. Well, maybe he was being too optimistic.
In the anime it showed various people that were able to use their magic without grimoires, the grimoires only serving to strengthen their magic. However, for some they needed their grimoires to activate it. It wasn't that they had weak magic but rather the nature of which their magic originated. Things like mirror magic (wielded by Gauche Adlai of The Black Bulls) and gem magic (wielded by Mars of The Diamond Kingdom) were key examples of this.Depending on the type of magic Max got would tell him if he needed to be able to use his grimoire or not to cast magic.
”Well, before I even think about that, I have to GET a grimoire first,” Max said as he stood up straight and looked at the door. He couldnt just walk in, at least not in his current condition, wearing a Magic Knights uniform. He had to pay attention to the small details if he wanted to pass this off.
Max grabbed the hem of the magic knights robe and lifted off the top half, leaving him shirtless. He wasn't a huge narcissist that thought he was super hot stuff, but he did think that he wasn't bad looking. At the very least he had been able to retain his muscles and six pack that he had obtained from 4 years of regular workouts., so he was confident that not too many people would complain. If he was a fat guy then no doibt he would be forced out of the Acceptance Ceremony.
”Alright lets do this thing.” Max said, carefully pushing open the door. Looking left and right at the crowd of people he made sure no one was looking, which was impossible, and affer finding that some people were, he just sighed and slid inside. He figured that as long as Mimosa didnt see him come in, then he'd be fine.
”Max? Is that you?” Asked a voice coming from his left. ”Why are you in here?”
Max silently cursed his luck before turning to face his newest problem, which was Mimosa standing there with a questioning look on her face.
”Oh, Mimosa, I'm here to get my grimoire just like you.” Max said with a small smile, shouting inwardly as she frowned even more. ”I'm sorry for having lied to you, but I'm not a magic knight, I was just using borrowing one for the time being so please dont be mad.”
He sighed inwardly as she nodded her head, seeming to think that this was a satisfactory answer and didnt continue to pry any further.
”Okay, then I have another question for you.” Mimosa said lowering hed head, a small blush creeping across her face. ”Why aren't you wearing a shirt? I mean I'm not saying that you look bad, I'm only saying that your kinda distracting.”
Just as he was about to feed her another explanation, a flash of light brought both of them back to the present. The grimoire ceremony had begun as a old man who looked like a younger version of Dumbledore finished his speech and pointed towards upwards.
It wasnt until this moment that Max finally noticed the room he was standing in and was filled with complete awe at the layout of it. The room was just a large cylindrical area, but it was lined with nothing but books of various sizes and it lead far up into the ceiling, seemingly as if it had no end. Their wasnt even any stairs that led up, which was also made sense since in the anime the books floated down to the owners.
The room soon became filled with floating books as many of them began to come down and spread out to their owners. An orange red grimoire that was decorated with flowers and vines floated towards Mimosa and landed in har hands. There was a luminous flash of bright red light, brighter then anyone else in the room, which drew the attention of the surrounding crowd.
”Woah, who is she?” asked someone covering his eyes from the light.
”Dont you know, thats Mimosa Vermilion of the House Vermilion.” Explained the person next to him.
”Then whose the shirtless guy next to her, whose he?” another guy asked.
Various voices muttered as the light died out, speaking loud enough for others to hear. They clearly didnt care about others hearing them, even the people they were talking about. The room kept flashing as more and more people recieved their grimoires, some seemed happy while others seemed a bit disappointed. However none of the grimoires had shined quite as bright as Mimosa's until the last grimoire came out. This grimoire was odd looking, glowing with two different colors instead instead of the usual one. One side was completely gold and the other side glowed a deep crimson red, but the thing that made it odd was the fact that there wasn't anything on it except a three leaf clover. Typically speaking each grimoire had a simple design at the very least, but this one was bare, apart from the clover there wasn't so much as a single line.
The grimoire slowly floated downwards before landing in Max's hands, and as soon as it did, it nearly blinded him completely as the light from the grimoire filled the entire tower, every nook and cranny filling with red and purple lights. The light lasted for a few seconds before diminishing into a soft glow, returning the room back to the way it was before, well almost to the way before. The room had turned completely silent, it was as if everyone was holding their breath, so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.