Chapter 16: Would your wings regrow if I pluck them?

2 years ago, when Vaan was 18 years old, he was forced to sit inside the library as a punishment for creating trouble in family meetings, since he had nothing to do, he glanced at the Magic circle drawn in front of him.

The Mana around him rushed into his body, then, he moved it all around his body before finally creating a Magic Circle,

Honestly, Vaan never even thought about successfully casting a spell, he was just doing that as a means to pass his time.

However,

*Flicker*

Unknowingly, his spell worked.

His Magic Circle shined brightly and he successfully cast his first spell, officially becoming a 1st Circle Mage.

A Big smile appeared on Vaan's face.

"T-To think it was this easy! What were all those people making so much fuss about it then?"

Vaan spoke out loud.

He was quite proud of himself.

"Krrriiii~~"

Suddenly, Vaan heard a voice.

He looked around and his eyes fell on a little fairy, with orange-red skin, flames-like hair, red white pair of wings, the creature looked at Vaan with a big smile on her face, dancing around in excitement as if she was celebrating Vaan's achievement.

However, seeing this creature, Vaan's frowned,

"What the hell is that?"

He couldn't understand.

Soon, however, he stopped worrying about it.

Normal Mages practiced magic on a still target,

However, was he a normal Mage? He was someone who accomplished something that normal mages work their entire lifetime for within a matter of minutes.

He was a genius.

Why does he need to follow what normal mages do?

Vaan simply extended his arm towards the Fairy.

The Mana inside him rushed into the Magic Circle, the little fairy titled her head in confusion, Vaan's smile widened, and then,

*Whoosh*

He aimed the Fireball at the little fairy.

The Fairy, who seemed confused all this while widened her eyes in surprise, she couldn't believe that Vaan had attacked her like that.

Since she was in a completely defenseless state, the little fairy couldn't dodge in time either.

In the end, the fairy covered her face with her arms, preparing herself for the impact.

"Krrriii!!"

*Boom*

The Fireball collided with the little fairy.

"Aahaaa! Just as I thought, even hitting a moving target is not that difficult!"

Vaan shouted in joy as he clenched his fist.

The smoke then cleared up, Vaan glanced at the little Fairy, however, contrary to his expectation, the little fairy seemed completely fine. There was not a single injury or burn mark on her.

Vaan frowned in confusion.

The Fairy herself seemed confused as well.

However, thinking that it was just Vaan playing a prank on her and that he never intended to harm her, a cheerful expression appeared on her face.

"Krrriii~~"

She exclaimed joyfully as she flew towards Vaan with her little arms extended towards him,

Vaan however, grabbed her from her hair. For some reason, he knew that even if he grabbed her flame-like hair, he wouldn't get hurt.

"Heeeh? To think you didn't get hurt even though I clearly hit you."

Vaan muttered.

The Fairy's expression changed again.

"Krrriii!"

It hurts!

Why was Vaan pulling her hair like this?

The Fairy couldn't understand.

Vaan however, continued to observe her and commented,

"And you seem to be made out of fire, but why aren't you hot? Is it some kind of magic? Interesting indeed."

The Fairy tried to move her little arms to try and get away from Vaan, however, her little arms which were barely 3 cm long didn't have the strength to do so, no matter how much she moved her limbs, Vaan, who had grabbed her from her hair with his thumb and an index finger didn't budge.

Not only that but seeing her resisting like that, Vaan's smile only got wider and wider.

He had found a new and interesting toy that he can play and pass his time with.

With that thought in his mind, Vaan moved his index finger right in front of the fairy's face.

"Krii?"

The little fairy frowned in confusion.

But then suddenly,

*Flick*

Vaan flicked her forehead. Of course, with the size of the little fairy, it wasn't just a little flick, it was as if someone threw a massive boulder on her face.

"Krrriiii!!"

The little fairy screamed in pain.

She has been around for a long time now. All this while, she tried to interact with so many people, however, no matter what she did, no one was able to see or touch her.

However, 2 years ago, when her eyes fell on Vaan, she naturally realized that once this man become a mage, he would be able to see and interact with her.

Because of that, she started following him.

She had been waiting for this for such a long time, all this while, she had been so lonely, not being able to interact with anyone was lonely and sad.

Therefore, she had been waiting for Vaan to quickly become a Mage. And today, she believed that it was her lucky day since Vaan was finally able to cast his first spell.

She appeared in front of him and just as she expected, he was able to see her.

Overjoyed, the Fairy tried to rush towards Vaan, however...

*Flick* *Flick* *Flick*

"Krrriiiii!!"

Vaan continued to hit her, making her scream in pain.

The fairy couldn't understand,

She didn't come here with any bad intentions.

Why was he doing this to her?

The fairy's eyes turned a little moist.

This made Vaan even more interested.

"Are these your wings?"

His eyes fell on the pair of white-red wings on the fairy's back, then, a demonic smile appeared on his face,

"Would they regrow if I pluck them?"

Vaan questioned to himself.

The fairy's eyes widened in horror.

"Krrriiiiii!!"

She tried moving around, desperately trying to free herself, however, no matter what she did, she was too weak. Tears rolled down her cheeks, her body trembling in fear while her wings fluttered in her desperation to get away.

Vaan, however, didn't care about her, rather, her resistance excited him even further, his hand moved towards her wings, however, just as he was about to touch and pull her wings off,

*Ding*

A clock's sound was heard.

Vaan's eyes fell on the clock, his expression brightened up,

"My punishment time is over."

He wanted to leave instantly, however, he couldn't possibly leave such an interesting toy away.

With that thought in his mind, he brought a Cage and locked her inside.

"I am going out for now, I will play with you when I return."

Saying those words, Vaan caged the little fairy into his room and walked away.

When he returned, the Cage was empty and the little Fairy was nowhere to be seen.