Strange Worlds

"Evan! You're finally out!" Leon waved his hand when he saw Evan coming out. "Come on, it's almost time for the show."

"Show?" Aya asked.

"Yes, there are people demonstrating what happened on the battlefield in the form of a magic show and it's really fun!" Evan grinned and then ran to follow after Leon.

Aya was confused.

She decided to follow these two boys and made her way to the square. There were already many people there and they were all looking towards the few mages at the front.

"Alright, today, we're going to show the war…"

And with that, they used their magic to create projection on the stage. Well, there were also some magic warriors who purposely disguised themselves as some of the famous people who went to the battlefield and started the show.

"Fire storm!"

"Uoo!"

Aya: "..."

Looking at the exaggerated moves and the unrealistic war on the stage, Aya was rather speechless. Forgive her for not understanding art, but she really felt that this was a waste of time.

Aya sighed deeply and leaned back.

'Hmm?'

Suddenly, she felt a kind of danger and looked around her. After staying in the Wansu City for the past few years, Aya rarely felt danger except for when the ghosts appeared. After all, her status guaranteed for her to be in a high position that would make it impossible for others to look down on her.

There were also many people who protected her when she was outside the White Family Residence.

Under such circumstances, it was really hard for Aya to feel any danger.

'Ghosts?'

Aya took a deep breath and silently lowered her head. 'Crystal eyes.'

After taking those painful magic potions, Aya was able to have more mana aside from those supplied to her 'system.' It was not like she didn't want to open up more slots but the more slots there were in her system, the more mana she needed to maintain it.

Aya didn't want to tire herself to death.

Besides, she also knew that she had to take a break for at least half a year before taking more potions or her body would break down. 

During this period of time, it meant that she had no way to increase her mana rapidly.

So Aya didn't open the next slots.

Under the crystal eyes, Aya was able to see through several blocks from this place. Her attention was immediately attracted to the group of ghosts that walked from the back alley in their direction. This time, these ghosts were creeping on the floor, looking like moving liquid.

'Water ghost.'

Aya recognized them instantly.

In her era, these ghosts were already named and classified. But in this current time, they were only said to be ghosts.

Aya also didn't know what those people did with the ghosts they caught, though.

She guessed that they should have taken these ghosts for experimentation. After all, they wanted to find out more about these ghosts and the only way to know was through various experiments. 

Focusing her attention to these water ghosts, Aya knew that there were actually several ghosts gathering together.

And they were all coming in her direction.

'Am I considered the living target of the ghosts, now?'

Aya sighed deeply.

She knew very well that being targeted by the ghosts was not a good thing.

Closing her crystal eyes, Aya raised her head and looked in the direction where the ghosts were coming from. She had to lure them somewhere where she was not being watched and deal with these ghosts before other people realized that a small group of ghosts had arrived. 

But to do so, Aya had to shake her guards.

It wouldn't be easy without showing off her strength.

Hmm?

Wait, she didn't have to deal with these ghosts by herself, right?

When Aya thought about that, her eyes landed on the City Head's building that was located not far from the square. These ghosts were stupid and they would usually come in a straight line unless there were obstacle and they were forced to detour.

Calculating the distance and location…

"I'm going to buy some sweets, Evan," Aya said and then left directly.

Evan, who was engrossed with the show, only heard the words 'buy' and 'sweets.' He glanced in Aya's direction once and then turned his attention back to the show.

He didn't want to leave.

Anyway, the sweet store was nearby and if Aya needed him, she could call him.

With that in mind, Evan focused his attention back to the show.

Aya didn't care what Evan did.

She was moving along the people and soon, she arrived in a relatively popular sweet store. There was a line and Aya lined up behind these people.

After she reached there, she lowered her head and activated her crystal eyes once more. Due to peculiarity of the crystal eyes in one's pupil, Aya had to be careful. Even though one would not notice the crystal within a person's eyes without paying close attention, but Aya was being monitored.

She didn't want to show any loopholes.

By lowering her head, it would be hard for others to see her pupils.

'They're going in that direction… perfect.'

Aya showed a smile and turned off her crystal eyes. She took out her wallet from her pocket and silently calculated the money she had.

Since she no longer needed to buy herbs this month, there was still quite a lot left. Looking at this money, Aya heaved a sigh of relief. At least, she would not have no money again.

As Aya was lining up and waiting, there was a scream in the distance.

"GHOST!"

"Ahhhh!"

It was instantly chaotic and the magic warriors rushed over to the scene. 

Aya glanced to the back and the corner of her lips curled up slightly. She hoped that he would like this present from her.