Anomaly

„What do you guys think, how many more people will get thrown in here by that a.s.sh-„

*cough*

„-that G.o.d before she is satisfied?"

„Who knows, depends on what she needs us for.", Julia answered.

„Do you know what this situation actually reminds me of? Hero summoning!"

„You mean like in those stories? I"ve read some of them as well some time ago. Haha! That sounds so freaking ridiculous that it could actually be true!"

„Let me think... In that case, they come usually either alone or in groups of three, five or seven. But lately, there are also many stories with huge groups of over twenty people... but in that case, they always just take away a whole cla.s.sroom including the teacher...", Aya contemplated.

„In short, we don"t know.", Allan closed the case.

„But in terms of timing it shouldn"t be long if there are more to come, it"s always been around 30 minutes if my sense of time isn"t failing me completely."

Not knowing what to talk about they fell into an awkward silence, waiting for something to happen.

And as predicted, after only a few minutes a figure appeared. The figure that was most likely a man, was a giant of nearly two and a half meters, but at the same time very lanky with very long limbs, making him look almost like slenderman. His skin was light gray and he seemed to have not a single strand of hair on his whole body, not even eyebrows or eyelashes. His eyes were constantly in a half-closed state making him look sleepy and a glowing blue crystal sat in the middle of his forehead. And, only if one looked a little bit closer would one realize that something was missing, he had no ears.

-h.e.l.lo.-, an ethereal voice said politely.

Confused, they looked around, trying to locate the source of the voice.

-Yes, I"m communicating with you, there is no one else besides us seven in this s.p.a.ce right now.-

„Oh, telep„

-I"m of the magus race, we can only communicate through telepathy, it is an innate skill of my race.-

„-thy that"s a really rare skill, is what I wanted to say.", Loras explained only to get interrupted.

„So, wh", Julia got interrupted as well.

-Just call me Magus, we don"t have names that could be conveyed in words.-

„Are you per-", Cale got an annoyed look on his face when also got interrupted.

-Yes, my race is naturally gifted in magic.-

„Say, Magus, are yo-", Cale began his sentence.

-Indeed, I can read your thoughts. But I can only read those you want to convey to me. I can"t read anything you don"t want to.-

„How c", Cales face kept getting worse and worse.

-You can"t be sure that I"m not lying, but I can teach you a method to prevent your mind from getting forcefully read.-

„Can you f*cking stop interrupting me any single f*cking time already!", Cale finally exploded.

-I"m sorry, I"m not used to communicating with talkers, it was my mistake. Since I can"t hear I should have checked your lips movement. I will try not to make this mistake in the future.-

„Haahh, Nevermind, I also overreacted. Sorry."

„Magus, do you..."

-I do...-, magus looked towards Allan and stopped answering halfway.

„...have any idea who brought us here and why?", Allan continued as if nothing happened.

-I don"t know.-

Thinking for a moment, Allan closed his eyes as if he were concentrating on something. After a few moments, he opened his eyes again.

„Did you get that?"

-Yes, thank you. But I can"t add anything to that, I think now we can only wait and see.-

„Hey, that"s actually pretty convenient, you know that!"

„Heh? what did you do?", Aya asked confusedly.

„I tried to convey all our earlier discussions and conclusions to Magus, it seems to have worked quite well."

Hearing that, Shade also closed her eyes for a moment.

-I"m sorry, now is not the right time to teach you Shade. It might take quite some time for you to learn telepathy as a nightwalker"s affinity to darkness magic is quite strong, as telepathy is magic without an element, you would have to first learn how to clear your mana of the darkness element. That isn"t something easy as you would have to relearn almost everything from the beginning.-, Magus answered as politely as ever.

„Heroes!", a beautiful female voice rang out, giving off a holy feeling as they could hear it through their ears and minds at the same time.

„Aya, I really respect you right now!", Cale spoke up.

„Like, seriously!?", hearing that Aya couldn"t help but facepalm.