They are sitting on a bench
Jimle looks at ulne' Are you sure he got the messages?'
Ulne' Yes, it's a little blue icon under the text i send'
Jimle'Okay'
Flne sighs' Jimle'
Jimle looks back' Yes?'
Flne gets up' I will be going in'
Jimle' Really?, you don't want to meet Lio?'
Flne' Not right now, just tell him i wish him luck'
'Ulne!'.
Ulne looks to the right' Lio!' He gets up. Lio comes up running' i..i'm sorry you had to wait, h..here' He give Ulne the ticket.
Ulne' It's fine, thanks, and you look cool'
Lio smiles' Thanks'
Lio' I will give you a show to remember Ulne'
Ulne smiles' I'm looking forward to it'
Lio smiles' Good!'
Jimle came up to them' good luck Lio'
Lio' Thanks Jimle'
Flne sighs and walks' Yes, good luck'
Lio looks' F..Flne, y..you are...here...''
Flne crossed his arm' Well yes, i don't want to miss one of your show so'
Lio blushes' I..i..thanks...'
Jimle pat Ulne shoulder' Let's go'
Ulne' Okay'. They walk off.
Lio looks away, and Flne looks at him' Li-'
Lio' I..I want to say sorry for that day...and I did not want to hurt you or her i..i just-'
Flne' We can talk about that later, focus on the show, and give everyone a wonderful show like you always do'
Lio looks down' I..I okay' He looks at Flne' I will give people a wonderful show and put a smile on their face'
Flne smiles' Good, well, see ya' He waved his hand and walked off.
Lio' Y..Yes'.
Ulne looks at the candy that is at a candy stand and rubs his hair.
'Do you need help with anything?'
Ulne looks up' Yes, what is all of this candy?'
The guy' you don't know?'
Ulne' n..no'
The guy' You can not read?'
Ulne' I can read, it just, i don't understand this language'
The guy looks at him' Oh, you are a human?'
Ulne' y..yes... '
The guy smiles' Well, this is the first time a human has come, i will help you'
Ulne' Thanks'
The guy' You're welcome, well we have chocolate, gummys, chips'
Ulne' Do you have strawberry gummies?'
They guy points at a bag' Here'
Ulne take it' How much is it?'
The guy' "20 elmo'
Ulne takes up the money and gives him' Here'
The guy smiles' Thank you, i hope you enjoy the show'
Ulne' thank' He smiles and walks back to the seat.
May put down the table and sighs' Where the hell is he?'
Tio' He will come'
May looks at him' I hope we will start in 3 minutes'
Tio' Take it easy, he wi-'
'I..I'm back!' Lio comes running.
May come up to him' good and pleased, be careful with the clothes' She fixed his hat and cape' Did your freind got the ticket?'
Lio'Yes'
May' good, i hope he will like it'
Lio' Me too'
She gets back' Well, be ready Lio' She walks of' Everyone!! be ready!!, we will start in 1 minute!'
She turns around and looks at Lio' Are you ready to give them a wonderful show the magical Astra'
Lio smiles' Yes, i'm alwasy'
May' Good, give them a show they will smile and have fun'
Lio' I will, that is why i chose this job to make people smiles'
May' Good, that is what it's all about' She walks off' Be ready'
Lio runs off.
May' And be careful with the clothes!!'
Lio' I will!!'
May put on a microphone and walk out' Welcome everyone!, i hope you all are ready for a show you will remember!, and have a fun time here!, Now let's us begining the show!' She is doing small stars and shoots them up in the air so they explode, so it makes a starfall show. She smiles' Now let's the show start!, now let's welcome the magic duo!'
One hour later. May walks out and claps her hands' Good job, you three' They smile and walk off the stage.
May' Now, let's welcome the Magical Astra!'
The audience' Magical Astra!'
Purple and blue smoke comes out from the stages, and stars come flying out and fly up in the sky, so it lights up the sky, and Lio jumps out of the smoke clouds and smiles' Welcome everyone!, i hope you all have had a wonderful time here' he take of the hat and put it on the ground and sprinkling some magic in it' now are you all ready for the final?'.
'Yes!'
Lio smiles' good' He point the staff at the hat, and a big crystal flower comes out from it, and so it lights up the whole area in different colors.
Lio walks up to the flower and doing start in it, so the flower starts growing small stars on it and under it.
Lio smiles' Now let's see how wonderful it can get' He shoots the flower so it breaks. The whole area gets filled with colors, Small stars that are flying around, and crystals.
Ulne takes a small star and smiles. Jimle smiles' He really is doing a wonderful job'
Flne' Yes he is' flne make a small smiles' You really have become a great magician'
Jimle looks at Flne' yes, he has'
Lio takes his hat and puts it on, and takes all the colors, stars, and crystal and puts them in a ball, and think' Let's hope this work' He shoots the ball up in the air, making flowers on the ground that spread to the seats. and making small butterflies and letting them fly off Lio looks up at the ball and points his staff and shoots it. The ball explodes and makes the sky look like a night sky, with stars and crystals.
Lio smiles' I..I did it'
May looks at Lio' Good job. Lio'.
Lio gets back and sweat' I..It w..will be fine, i..i will make this show a wonderful one' He points the staff at the ground and does more flowers and making wind so it blows the flower petals up.
May put the mic on' Lio'
Lio looks' May?, w..what is wrong?'
May' The show will soon end, just take it easy, we don't want you to injure yourself'
Lio' Okay, and i will not injure myself, thanks'
May 'good'
Lio smiles and walks up and does orbs in different colors' Now, this will be my last act for this show!' He shoots the orbs up into the air, and the orbs start to glow brighter and explode, and small crystals fall from the orbs.
Lio' You can come out now'
May walks out' Well, this was really something' She walks over to Lio' good job'
Lio smiles.
May looks at the audience' We all want to thank you all for coming and hope you all enjoyed the show' She smiles' We hope you all will come to our next show too, but for now it's the end of this show'
The audience claps their hands.
20 minutes later.
Lio is in his room and puts the hat down, and sits down' F..Finally some rest..''
'Yes, you do'
Lio jumps up and looks back to see Rimy lying on the sofa' y..you!, how in hell did you get in here!'
Rimy' I told your little friend that i knew you and she showed me here'
Lio' o..okay... why are you here?'
Rimy gets up' I just want to talk to you before you meet Ulne'
Lio' About what?'
He takes up a book and gives it to Lio.
Lio' What is this book?'
Rimy' A book i found in the undercity'
Lio looks at him' You were there?'
Rimy smiles' Yes, and this book has the info Ulne wants about their death'
Lio' Really? but i would not be able to read it?'
Rimy' It's fine, i have fixed some notes so you can read it' He gave him some notes with letters on it.
Lio' Will this really help?'
Rimy'Yes'
Lio looks at the book' Why would you want to give us this? and would we not be in trouble if the garuds find out we have a book from down there?'
Rimy' Well, he wanted this, and it will be fine, as long as Vliney does not find out about this, you two will be fine'
Lio' okay, thanks'
Rimy' Your welcome, oh right' He takes up a staff.
Lio' Why are you showing me this?'
Rimy' It can help you control your magic better'
Lio'Really?'
Rimy smiles' Yes, you can not die so, and you need to make more wonderful show right?'
Lio' I..I.. yes' He takes the staff' Thank you'
Rimy' Ye ye, well i will be going' He starts to walk to the door' Stay alive Lio, I want to see you again'
Lio looks behind' Really'
Rimy' Well yes, i want to see how good you can be'
Lio' I..I will stay alive, and stay alive you too'
Rimy laughs' I will' He opens the door.
Lio' W..Wait'
Rimy looks back' what?'
Lio' You can come with me, Ulne would be happy to see you again'
Rimy' I have things to do, i just came here to leave the things to you'
Lio' You work?'
Rimy' Well yes, I work for myself'
Lio' Oh, what do you do?'
Rimy' I'm making jewelry and other stuff'
Lio' That is cool'
Rimy smiles' hehe thanks, i can show you next time we meet'
Lio smiles' Do it, i would love to see it'
Rimy'hmm' Lio looks at him.
Rimy sighs' Can i ask you one thing'
Lio'Sure'
Rimy' That mark what is it really?'
Lio stay quiet.
Rimy' Lio, what did you do in that forest?'
Lio' I did nothing, i just took a wa-'
Rimy drag him closer' Don't you dare lie to me. Why in hell will you not say? that thing can kill you!'
Lio stay quiet.
Rimy looks at him with anger' Do you fucking wish to die?'
Lio' That is coming from you'
Rimy' W..What'
Lio' Yes, you want to die right'
Rimy looks away' so what, you want it too right?'
Lio'' W..Well... i don't want to die... i just don't know why i keep on going, i'm just a bit tired of life'
Rimy' Do you not keep on going to your shows? dose them not give you life?'
Lio'' Well, it did in the beginning, but now i just feel tired of if... '
Rimy' What about people that you made smile?'
Lio' It's fun to see that, however, it does not help'
Rimy looks at him' I'm sorry to hear, i hope you find a reason to keep on going'
Lio' Thanks, I'm sorry i said that stuff, you're well dealing with it too so'
Rimy' It's fine, i'm used to it'
Lio looks at him with worry' but would it not be nice to not have them?'
Rimy stay quiet for some minutes
Lio' Ri-'
Rimy' It would be nice not to have them'
Lio' D..Don't do anything you will regret.
Rimy looks at him' What?'
Lio' Yes, don't do anything okay'
Rimy' ... Why do you care if i do anything?, Life will go on either way, whether i'm here or not'
Lio' B..Because i don't want you to die, and you are my..freind'
Rimy gets shooks' Really?'
Lio' Yes, so please don't do anything'
Rimy sighs' Fine, i will not'
Lio' Good'
Rimy put his hand in his pocket' Welp i need to get going, so see you'
Lio' Okay, and yeah'
Rimy walks out. Lio sits down on the chair and sighs' Don't do anything Rimy'
Rimy walks out of the show and looks around' To live on...whatever'He walks off.
Outside the village
Rimy walks on a path in the forest and looks around' It should be here somewhere' He walks out of the bushes and looks at an old statue' it's still standing...'He walks up to it and looks at it.
He takes up some peace lilies and lays them down' I will fix everything' He smiles' I will make our dream come true' He puts his hand into a pray' I hope you rest well for now' He takes down his hand and walks off.
At the same time.
Lio is out of his room and eating a sandwich.
'Lio!' Ulne came up to him.
Lio smiles' Yo'
Ulne lights up' It was an awesome show!'
Lio' Thanks i'm happy you like it'.
Jimle' Yes it was great'
Lio looks to the right' Thanks jimle'They smiles.
Jimle' Right, we were going to go out and eat if you want to join?'
Lio' You three?'
Jimle'Yes'
Lio' Flen really wants to go out and eat while he is here?'
Jimle' Yes, he will not skip on good food'
Lio' heheh no, and sure i want to come'
Jimle smiles' Good'
'Lio!'
Lio looks to the left and sees May.
May give him a letter' Here is your money'
Lio'Thanks'
May' hmm, good job today, i hope we get to work together again'
Lio' Thanks, and you too. You just have to call me, and i will see if i'm close to the next place'
May smiles' Yeah' May looks at Jimle and Ulne' So these are your friends?'
Lio' Yes, they watch the show today'
May smiles big' Really, what did you two think?'
Ulne lights up' It was awesome, you all did a wonderful job'
Jimle' Yeah, it was an awesome show'
May smiles' Thank you two, i'm happy to hear you two like it'She looks at Lio' Welp i will be going, stay safe you all' She walks off.
Lio gets up and looks at them' Should we get going'
They' Yes'
In the restaurant
Ulne, Jimle, Lio and Flne are sitting at a table at the window. Jimle and Ulne talk.
Lio looks at his food and Flne sighs and looks at Lio' Lio'
Lio looks up' Y..Yes'
Flne' Your show was great, You really have become a great mage' He smiles.
Lio' i..i..T..Thanks...i'm happy you like it'
Flne' hmm'
Lio' Flne, i want to talk about that day'
Flne looks at him.
Lio' i..i never ever wanted to hurt you two, i never use any of you guys, i..i just wanted to show you two a special place and my magic, i..i should have listened to you two...i..i'm so sorry for that day...a..and because of that day, you got that scar on your eye...i..i ne-'
Flne' well yes, you should have listened to us when we told you that it would be dangerous to go out there, we made it out, and i forgive you, i well have not been the best either... you tried to talk to me about that...but i let my anger take over, i thought you wanted to kill jimle...i should not have jumped to conclusions'
Lio looks at him' hmm, i forgive you too, i understand why' He looks at jimle' She is your family and is a human, she is the second one that got to live on down here, and you did not want to lose her'He looks back at Flne.
Flne' Yes' He sighs.
Lio' hey, she will survive till the end, she got her magic, and if anything happened, she has you, Vliney and Sai'
Flne smiles' Yes she will and yeah that is good'Lio smiles.
Outside the restaurant. Lio and Ulne stand outside.
Lio' So did you like the food?'
Ulne' Yes, you?'
Lio' Yes, it was good'.
Ulne' Good, d..did you and him made it up?'
Lio' yes, we did'
Ulne smiles' That is great'
Lio smiles' Yes'
Jimle and Flne come out from the restaurant.
Jimle walks up to them' So what do you two want to do now?'
Ulne' I was thinking of going back to the inn, it's late'
Jimle' Okay'
Lio' I was thinking of going back too, It was fun today'
Jimle smiles' Yes, it was, and okay, sleep well you two'
Lio and Ulne' You two too'
Jimle' hmm, so do you want to head back to Flne?'
Flne' Yes'
Jimle' Okay, well, see you two and good night' the two walk off and wave their hands.
Lio and Ulne wave their hands and walk back to the inn.
End of chapter 26.