Final chapter: Our smiles

“Arc!”

A big rainbow went off from my hands and with it I made a ribbon that I put in a nearby flower. Four people clapped after that.

“Thanks. I promise my next act will be even better!”

Two weeks had passed since the fight against Leonard's team. We ended up being absent for four days due to our wounds, but when we were able to go back, things were a little different.

“You can do the thing you did against Leonard?”

“I can’t, I guess I was too excited at that time. But I can do a mini version of it!”

Some people were still avoiding me, but some people had started to see the shows I do after classes. My best audience had been five people, so I just need to keep doing this until I got a double digit number!

“The next one will be…Wait a minute. You, the guy with the pocket watch.”

“Yes?”

“First of all, I like your hair. Second, what time is it?”

“Hmm…Six PM.

“Dang it. I’m sorry but the show is over for today. Tomorrow I will give everyone even better performances!”

With that said, I walked away and headed to my room.

“...Right, Fran asked me for a poetry book.”

I moved a little and went to the library. It wasn’t that far, but it was close to the advanced class.

“I hope Cloe is busy again, I promised Fran I would play music with him today.”

Fran’s voice impressed some fans of the music, so he got some fans that wanted him to sing a little or even play music with them. That became a problem when the place where we play music was discovered.

Now we do it in our room just because it’s the only place where no one can bother us (except maybe for Cloe.)

“C’mon, just one time!”

“We wanna hear you!”

“Hmm?”

I glanced at the advanced class classroom and saw a lot of people surrounding Cloe. Most of them were from the regular class, probably visiting, but surprisingly, two of them were from here.

“My apologies, but that was just for the excitement of the moment.”

“Then let’s fight!”

“Please don’t do that…”

The true personality of Cloe caused a lot of reactions. Of course some people were repelled by that, but a lot of people were amazed by her fighting style and intensity. She has male and female fans, but she always tries to act like an innocent girl in front of them. Of course no one believes her anymore.

“Maybe some gun tricks help me with the audience…”

She was having fun with her fans, so I just kept moving.

“The infirmary…Right, tomorrow they need to see my wounds one last time.”

Amelie has become more busy than before. She was already of the non social type, so no one saw it as something weird.

I’m also bothered by what she did to Fran, but I’d like to know more about her. No one would have that attitude without a motive. Unfortunately, I don't think I'll be able to learn about her anytime soon.

“The library!”

When I entered the library I went to the literature section and picked a few books about poetry for Fran and some fairy tales for me.

“And then you multiply these two numbers…”

“Right!”

“Oh?”

A few people were studying together at a nearby table. Some struggle with math, so they needed a good tutor. Luckily, Leonard and Maria were there.

“All right, we can rest for ten minutes.”

“Finally.”

“So, someone here has a favorite food?”

“You’re gonna help up with the daily life class?”

“No, I just wanna know more about everyone.”

Leonard had changed a lot in these two weeks. He used to skip classes and forget to socialize trying to discover a way to give a future to magic, but now he’s participating in activities and spending time with his classmates.

He wants to give a future to everyone, and for that he needs to understand people instead of challenging them. Because of this, he has begun to help first and second year students in order to make them feel comfortable.

The fear and inferiority are still there, but Leonard is trying hard to stop being seen as the strongest student and start being seen as the most reliable student.

“If we’re gonna talk about food I could give us some images.”

“Your illusion magic is a little violent to activate.”

“I can do it slowly.”

“...That would be worse.”

Maria used to look stressed every day, but now she looks a little relaxed, maybe because Leonard is also relaxed. She’s always supporting him to understand their classmates, and she looks very happy with that.

Unlike before, now it was obvious that they were very close friends.

“I hope things keep like this, I like this atmosphere.”

It would be very rude staying in there just to spy, so I left the library with the books I picked before.

“Talking about food…I should go for something…Maybe Fran has bread.”

I was walking fast, so I managed to reach my room. And when I opened the door…

“For the last time! I’m gonna challenge Kazu today!”

“He promised we would play music together!”

“He’s your roommate! You can literally spend time with him every day!”

“...”

“Ah, hi.”

“Hello.”

Somehow, Cloe was there too. I wondered how that was possible, but I understood when I saw the open window.

“It’s good to see you both here.”

“Kazu! Let’s have a bet!”

“He’s busy.”

“I’m not talking without you!”

“...Ahem.”

“Uh, sorry.”

They keep having problems with each other, so I always try to keep them from fighting so we can all have fun together. And that's exactly what I was going to do.

“Well, I wanted to play music today…”

“See?”

“But I know Cloe struggled to get here.”

“Exactly!”

“...What if we have a singing contest?”

“A singing contest?”

“Yeah, the one who sings better wins…I don’t know…One of my hats.”

“Sounds like a decent prize.”

“I will win…”

“I thought you didn’t like to sing in front of people.”

“Kazu is Kazu…And I don’t consider you people.”

“...I’m not kicking you just because I’m kind.”

“All right, let’s start.”

I don’t know how many difficulties will come in the future, I don’t know how many opportunities to have fun like this will appear, I don’t know what kind of people will be close friends or even enemies in some days, weeks or months.

But right now I feel happy. And I want to share this happiness with many people.

“I’m going first!”

Maybe the future can be full of tears, but those tears will be followed by a big smile.

A smile created by me…By us.