Prologue

"I'll seal away your darkness." - Ur Milkovich

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"Go, I'll take care of it." The Ice Mage said looking at her pupils. "N-no... I can't go... It's my fault this happened..." One of her student, Gray, said.

"I'ts nobody's fault. It's a trial to get that happines back." Their mentor Ur, replied. After hearing that, Lyon, the other student of Ur woke up.

"Ur... are you serious?" He said calmly, but he's angry. Ur was confused, of course she was serious. "Lyo- ugh!" Gray was pushed by Lyon who was only looking at Ur.

"Happines...? What are you talking about...?" Lyon replied from what his mentor said earlier. "You're the strongest mage, Ur. There's no way you can't defeat such a monster, is there?" He continued.

"Lyon, I told you before. There's always someone better." Ur replied. "No there isn't." Lyon quickly said after Ur finished what she said. "If you visit Western Countries, you'd find stronger mages than me." Ur said. "You're the strongest, Ur." Lyon said not wanting to hear about other strong mages.

"Otherwise, I... I don't know what I trained for." Lyon said with his watery eyes. "When you surprass me, you just have to find another goal, right?" Ur said knowing her two students would soon surprass her.

"I believed that you were the strongest, and so I became your pupil. Don't lose to that monster, don't betray me." Lyon said with tears falling from his eyes. "Lyon." Ur sighed, not knowing what to say. But what happened next caught her off guard.

"If you wont fight seriously, I'll do it!" He said doing an ice mage's stance. "That stance...!" Ur said knowing it was a dangerous spell. "Where did you learn that spell!?" Ur asked leaving Gray clueless. "Eh?" Gray was totally clueless, he only learned what Ur taught him.

"You didn't teach me any strong magic, so I went ahead and studied the magic books. You were hiding such a strong spell... 'Iced Shell'." Lyon said as he continued to cast the spell. "Iced Shell..?" Gray, once again, was clueless.

"Lyon! You didn't read the book 'till the end did you!?" -She said grabbing Lyon- "Whoever uses that spell is-" Ur was stopped by the stong air that pushed away from Lyon. Gray was thrown too. "Ur!" Gray aksed if Ur was okay.

Deliora noticed them. "What an incredible magical power..." Gray said trying to see what his senior was doing. "Tch! It noticed us!" Ur said looking at Deliora. "No other spell works on Deliora, so I'll lock it up with this spell, forever!" Lyon said focusing on his target, not knowing what would happen.

''Don't use that spell!" Ur said freezing Lyon completely. "Ur, what are you..!?" Gray said confused why he stopped Lyon on casting it. "He can't use it... Iced Shell... ruins the casters body." Gray was shocked, he didn't know it would be like that.

"But it's true, it's the only way to defeat Deliora. I never imagined, Lyon would do something I planned..." Ur smiled. "Y-you planned..? You mean-!?" "He's my pupil, alright. Stay Back!" Ur commanded before Gray could stop her. Ur ran towards the monster and did the stance. "Ur." Gray couldn't believe that Ur would do something like that.

"I won't let you get closer to my pupils!!! This is it, monster!" Ur was focused at Deliora. "Iced Shell!!!" Ur casted the spell. "Ur!" Gray ran towards her, but he suddenly stopped when he saw her body cracking.

"H-her body..." Gray didn't want to believe it. "I told you, this spell ruins the catsers body. It's a spell that changes the casters body into ice...for all eternity." Gray's eyes widened. "Gray, I have a favor to ask you. Tell Lyon that I died." -Gray was confused- "If he'd learn that I became ice, I bet he'll spend his entire life trying to undo this magic. Also, I left a note in my place for you."

"N-no..." Gray was already crying. "Then it'd be a waste of me to become ice." Ur's body was already ice. "D-dont...!!!" Gray desperately tried to stop her, but it was no use. "I want Lyon to discover the world." Ur was smiling thinking about it. "No!" Gray was near but he was pushed back. "Gray, you too of course." Ur was looking at Gray. "Please... stop it! I'll listen to whatever you tell me!" Gray didn't want Ur to leave.

"You don't have to be sad. I'm alive, I'm eternally alive as ice. Step into the future. I'll seal away your darkness." Ur vanished. "Ur!!!" Gray was furious on how he can't do anything to save her.

A few minutes later after Ur sealed Deliora, Gray was leaning in some wall waiting for Lyon to wake up, but he was still crying. Lyon opened his eyes and got up.

"Wha- Deliora!!! Where's Ur!? What happened to Ur!!?" Lyon ran to where Gray was. "Sh-she died." Gray answered silently. "You're lying!!" Lyon screamed which made Gray cry more. "What will happen to my dream!!? What will happen to my dream to surprass Ur!? Huh!?" He said grabbing Gray by his collar. "Sorry..." It was the only thing Gray could say.

"If only you didn't challenge Deliora...!!! It's your fault, Gray!!! You killed Ur!!!"

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