5 The Bland Two-Sided Grimoire (2/2)

”Wow,” Max said, breaking the silence and blinkimg the light out of his eyes. ”That was totally unnecessary, probably just a bit TOO dramatic if you catch my drift.”

Many people just stared, there minds still processing the information while others were gossiping amongst themselves, but Max decided to ignore them and instead turned his attention to Mimosa, who had been one of the people who'd been staring.

”Mimosa? You okay?” Asked Max with a bit of concern in his voice and a frown appearing on his face.”You look like you seen a ghost. Is it the light? Its probably nothing, amount of ligjt differs for each one, mine was just vrighter then most.”

”Brighter then most?” Mimosa asked incredulously as if not understanding what he was saying. The brighter the flash of one's grimoire, the better the sychronization of the connection between mage and grimoire. ”Your writing off that huge flash of light as a simple coincidence or just simple luck? Max, answer me honestly, are you a noble? or maybe even a royal? Please dont lie to me.”

Mimosa stared at him with her bright green eyes, a hint of expectancy hidden deep in her eyes. It was obvious that she thought that he was some sort of special person, and that made sense. In this world, the strongest ones usually were the nobles and royalty, with commoners normally only wielding average to slightly above average magic abilities. It was pretty rare for a commoner to obtain such great power but wasn't unheard of. However, most people tend to automatically think that if one had great natural magical talent then one was a noble or Royal.

Max tapped his chin, thinking about the question before thinking. To anyone else who couldn't read his thoughts, it would simply look like he was thinking about the question, when in actuality he was running over various scenarios and fabrications that he could tell her that wouldn't come back to bite him later. He went through about ten of them before landing on the best choice.

”I actually don't even know my parents, I've been alone since the beginning. I've survived this long by stealing and fending off others.” He looked past her and a thoughtful andreminiscent look was clear in his gaze (one that he put there on purpose). ”So I don't really know if I'm a royal or not, so I guess you can just call me a commoner. Well, actually I'm less then a commoner since I live on the streets.”

Max wasn't even aware that their were people spying on them, but after he finished speaking three figures stepped forward, contempt and arrogance written over every part of their faces. It was clear how this would end from the moment they stepped forward. Max had read enough manga and watched enough anime that it wasn't too much trouble to guess that they simply wanted to bully him and to establish their dominance. Most likely these were nobles, ones whose magic pkwer was a cut above the rest of the commoners. However, instead if being intimidated of frightened, Max was excited.

”Well, well, apparently your not a big shot after all, just a lowly commoner with a pretty face.” Said the girl to the left, venom dripping from each word. The other two guys simply laughed and just watched as the girl approached Max.

”Well, you can't be all bad if a member of House Vermilion is interested in you. So maybe I can pay you to be mine.” the girls said with a smirk, causing Mimosa's face to turn red with anger and embarassment.

”Caitlin, we really should all try to get along.” Mimosa muttered, her hands clenched into tight fists. ”Otherwise you'll find your biting off more then you can chew. This guy may be a commoner but his power far surpasses yours.”

Max, without taking his eyes off of Caitlin, stepped sideways and placed his hand over Mimosa's his intention being to calm her down, but of course, like all MC's in cliche animes, it was immediately misunderstood.

”Oh, so stepping up to protect your girl are we?” Asked Caitlin, who had picked up her grimoire from her side pocket. ”I'll tell you what, if you can defeat all three of us at the same time, then we'll pay you 10,000 yul, how about that?”

Max let go of Mimosa's hand, which had loosened up to the point where he was holding her hand. He smiled and gestured with his head, and though the action wasslight, it was easily understood by the three idiots...Umm nobles.

The three of them, followed by Max and then Mimosa, walked outside into the warm summer air. Suprisingly though about half of the other mages in the room followed them out, seemingly sensing the rising tension in the air.

They continued walking until they were 30 meters away from the tower until the finally stopped and activated their grimoires, the orange, blue, and green colors shining forth as the books floated midair in front of them.

”Okay, so in honor of your bravery,” Idiot Male #1 said with a small smirk, ”We'll let you have the first move.” Caitlin and the other male simply nodded and each of them to a fighting stance.

”Okay, well, this is a good time to test my magic power since I dont even know its type.” Max said with a smile and gripped his grimoire tightly, feeling nothing but immense excitement. Their was a cold, refreshing feeling flowing from his grimoire that filled his whole body, and something clicked in his brain. Like the ultimate cheat, a bunch of knowledge about the types of magic and his current magical abilites flowed into his brain. He didnt know how each of them worked but he did know the names of them, and it gave him an idea.

”Okay ya noobs,” Max said confidently, ”New plan. I'm going to beat three nobles at the same time without even opening my grimoire.”