True Magician

Chapter 40

The Clock Tower.

After Voldy and his minions had left me, Zelretch contacted me, informing me that everything was ready. Well, he had just opened a portal beneath me, transporting me here.

After a short walk through the corridors, I was able to learn the structure of the Clock Tower.

As it turned out, he had kept the traditions, so to speak, and the Clock Tower was located in the same place as in the Nasuverse. More specifically, in the dungeons covering almost the entire center of London. The system of power is roughly the same, only there are orders of magnitude fewer arrogant snobs, though they consider themselves superior to other wizards due to their possession of magical chains, knowledge in science, and lack of need for a wand for magic.

Upon entering Zelretch's office, without knocking of course, in addition to the Magician himself, I found two other personalities I didn't expect to see here at all: Luna Lovegood and Daphne Greengrass.

Daphne, when she saw me, just looked at me with a scrutinizing and rather mature look for her age, but Luna... she was staring at me like some bizarre animal. Her eyes were filled with the intrigue and childish interest of a fourteen-year-old girl. Zelretch was looking at me with his arms crossed and resting on the table.

- "Do you have a fetish for blondes or something?" I asked him, to which Daphne raised an eyebrow and Luna smiled.

- "Oh? Why the question?"

- "I just don't have any other idea in my mind as to why they're here," I shrugged and sat down on the chair in front of his desk, "No, wait though. I understand Luna's presence, since you probably found her interesting, but what's Greengrass doing here?"

- "Are you embarrassed by their presence?" He grinned.

- "Aren't they supposed to be Hogdwarts students?"

- "Why, Mr. Soul?" Luna asked.

- "I'm interested in that question too," Daphne supported her, and then turned towards Luna, "And why did you call him 'Mr. Soul'?"

- "He's the 3rd Magician, Daphne," Zelretch said, and Daphne froze in shock, then quickly turned to me and gave an aristocratic bow, "And the 1st, too, by the way."

- "How marvelous!" Polumna clapped her hands, and Daphne....

- "Two True Magic at the same time!" she shrieked in exasperation, straightening up sharply, "How the hell is that possible?!"

- "Ah... So, she's the local version of Rin," I said and nodded, "Also a tsundere?"

- "Uh-huh." He smiled toothily.

- "I'm not a tsundere, you, decrepit old man!" she protested.

- "Well, well, it's all right," Luna began to comfort her, giving her a little hug, "Even if you are a tsundere, we still love you."

- "That was unnecessary, damn it!"

I just shrugged and looked at Zelretch.

- "You still haven't said why they're here."

- "Luna has potential in Kaleidoscope," he started, which I wasn't really surprised at, considering her features, "Daphne has it too, but less pronounced. She's also more interested in learning curses, which makes her a frequent visitor to the faculty. I decided to take them both under my wing, since why not?"

- "And the fact that Polumna is quite interesting and Daphne looks like Rin didn't influence your decision?" I grinned.

- "Absolutely." He grinned back.