Three days later, Bahamut was now able to be released from the hospital. “Ah, sir. It's all been paid.”The nurse would dismiss their payment with a swipe, canceling the transfer.“——Huh? That's weird. We haven't given you a single coin yet.”Leaning towards the registry of the hospital, Cian was confused as to how did such a thing happen. He still had the bill that summed up all of the expenses, pertaining to almost 10,000 CCs. It should have been required when paying someone's bill, but to think that someone was able to pay it regardless was unusual.“There was a tall man with tattoos all over his arms that came here just yesterday and paid the amount due under the name Bahamut. It's all paid, sir.”The nurse behind the registry was somehow stressing out that it was paid and that there shouldn't be any problems as she looked at Cian. It was obvious that something was up.“A tall man with tattoos...?”Cian would only walk back slowly as Magi arrived with Bahamut in a wheelchair.
Evening had fallen, and Magi was still stuck at his work for hours.“Ngh. This is hard.”Looking at the screens that showed numerous data and prints of the Grant that Magi had tried to replicate, he could only sigh out of frustration. Violet's Gauntlets had a design that was original to its creator, and with it being detailed up until its inside, perfectly replicating it would be hard. Besides, it was also the cane that had been partly disassembled, revealing the nanotechnology it was built on. Retrieving the data on the Memory Card from Violet's Grant was easy, however, transcribing the blueprint data from it was the part that relied on luck. “Copy-pasting isn't easy here. I should just give up on completely recreating her Grant.”Swiping all the screens away with his hands, Magi dismissed the windows as all of them proved to be useless. He had been trying to reference several Grants that resembled Violet's Gauntlets but none could theoretically hold her.Magi had thought of giv
As the next morning arrives at the twin's residence, Magi was the first to wake up, preparing the necessary things like breakfast. Bahamut would be second, as he no longer needed the aid of a wheelchair, standing up with the help of cyber-augmented legs that was powered by a mana stone engraved inside his skin. “How is it?”Magi would ask Bahamut as he walked to the table, seemingly without any lag or problems. “It's perfect! I knew that this existed but I never thought of using it myself!”Bahamut was quite excited to be able to walk again, expressing his happiness as he took a stroll around the small space they had. “It also feels... lighter...”Not only that, Bahamut's body felt lighter than ever, with not only the ability to control his legs, but the legs were also built-in with an anti-gravitational pulse that can let the user jump a significant amount of distance if activated. It was something that Cian wanted before, but installing it was a huge risk, thus it was only reco
“V-Violet?!”Shouting atop his lungs, Bahamut was quick to pick up the pistols that had emitted the holographic screens, showing an image of Violet with her eyes closed. “——VIOLET!”He shouted once again, louder than ever as Magi looked back at him while tending to his brother. “——You're so damn noisy, why are you shouting, you big oaf?!”It wasn't Cian or Magi who replied, but rather it was the person from the pistol's projection, Violet. Her face moved along with his words, showing a face of anger and irritation as she spoke. It was like only as if Violet was on a video call with Bahamut, acting casually as ever. Hearing that voice once more made Bahamut's eyes water up as he began to chuckle, wiping them all off before they could run down. It was no time to cry, he was able to see his comrade again.“D-Damn you, you're as sharp-mouthed as ever!”Bahamut couldn't hide his happiness as he laughed together with Violet who resided in a 2D plane, whilst Magi watched them interact fr
"Cough... Cough...! What in the hell happened——"Coughing out as he emerged from the rubble, Bahamut had just been able to view the current situation as it is.He was surprised as he saw multiple men dressed in black on the ground, and as he looked over to the side, there was the twin, standing before a tall man that held a sword. “——Black Skulls?!”Bahamut knew who they were upon seeing the man with the sword. It was Izumo Riku, one of the rankers in Black Skulls. “Ah, at least someone recognizes me here! Bahamut of the Violet Hex! Or at least formerly, that's you, right?”Nonchalantly responding to Bahamut, Izumo had known of Bahamut's affiliation and retirement from Violet Hex despite it being recent. Information was one of the fastest things that would go around with the right amount of money, and so, it was no surprise that Izumo knew of that.“Bahamut. You know this guy?”Raising his pistol aimed at Izumo, Cian aired out his voice as he looked at and asked Bahamut.“He's a r
[Monthly Rankings][1. Rosa Kuro (Black Skulls)2. Subaru Hatsuji (Pandemonium)3. Baji Shiranui (Pandemonium)4. Sumire (Violet Hex)5. Izumi Riku (Black Skulls)]**Every month only five names are shown in the monthly rankings. Everyone knew that there was still someone that could be following them yet remained unseen due to the limit of five, not granting them the chance to be renowned at all. But what was the more frustrating thing for them was that the monthly rankings were not categorized by the whole world, but by region. Meaning, that they were only the top five highest-ranked Grant users in Newyark. It was just a small pond instead of the ocean, and those who wanted to become more than that were getting impatient as their name grows stale in a small ranking.It was a given that there were only always five shown rankers monthly, but some people would always have the access to information of others, creating the rest of the ranking on their own.**“...And so, a ranker like
Opening the doors to Bahamut's base, Magi was met with a white interior that had a minimalist design. There were stairs that led down to another room as Bahamut guided the way. It was the living room that was submerged and had a few gym equipment and white beds. It felt like a generic refuge house as the twins looked around.“This was a bunker for war before. We threw the rest of the beds in the basement and kept some of the furniture. This was created by those Tech Mages that were left behind. It was written on the computer there, but it seems like they were recovered in a bit.”Bahamut stood still as he observed the two inspect the bunker, seemingly new to the moving walls that had cabinets inside of them. They had normal weapons inside, swords and guns alike. Weapons without any special integrations were rare in themselves as they were useless against barriers, but they were good measures not against mages, but for those who would attempt anything within their group.Magi and Ci
“Alright. I'm going to head out for a bit!”Opening the magic portal back to the mainland, Cian held a mana stone that had been filled with a bit of his mana to work as a key for the portal. “Orphanage? The one you and Magi lived as kids before?”Bahamut inquired as he was just a few meters away, inscribing magic into notes for Magi as he had asked to tutor him about more magic. He was wearing glasses as he held a small pen and paper.It had been two days already since they kept a low profile away from the mainland and Cian had decided to take a stroll back to the orphanage to give them gifts as he would usually do. “Yeah. I know Magi's working on his magic right now but if he looks for me, tell him that I went out to buy things, alright?”Cian would just smile and put a finger on his lips, telling Bahamut to present a blatant lie to someone who could read the minds of people like an open book.“I'm not sure if you're even allowed to—”“Adios!”Before Bahamut could even finish his w