ACIEL'S DIARY : INDIGO
SHEET 1.6: MOMENTARY SEARCH

In high spirits, I climbed up to the back or back of Master's neck by grasping his very fine and shiny fur, setting my position and patting my feet on the bottom.

"Alright, Master!! My preparations are ready!!" I said as I pointed towards the sky.

"Make sure you hold my fur tightly, I won't hold back!!"

"I gerke—Burrgghh!! Hwaa—!!!"

Before I could reply, Master had already streaked across the sky and not until ten seconds had passed did we reach a height of three hundred meters above ground level.

The view of a small mountain colored by the reddish yellow color of the sky, beautifying its appearance like a painting.

"Indeed very beautiful, I hope everyone can see it too."

"Aciel, focus!! I'll run after this so make sure you have a firm grip, don't fall!!"

"ah! Yes, I understand!!"

I bowed my body, bringing it closer to the shiny layer of black fur, while strengthening the grip on the hands and feet. With this everything should be safe.

Then I slightly raised my head up to see the whole view of the small mountain below, without missing a single point.

Making sure that I was ready, Master snorted softly and instantly flashed a greenish-black cloud pad under each foot.

Then the Master used the black cloud as a foothold to run through the air at high speed.

We began our search and surrounded the small mountain range, without missing the slightest detail.

On several occasions the Master also asked the little Spirits we met and gave them the order to spread out and follow in search of the fox Spirit.

Just in case, I also told the place of my first meeting with the fox but it seems that he is no longer there.

We continued to search and search for it, circling the mountain several times and without feeling, time went fast until the sunlight began to disappear from the sky. The curfew is almost here.

"Master!! I want to ask you something!! Isn't there something strange here?! The fox spirit asked me to meet him on this mountain once again but he is nowhere at all!! Is it possible that he has already gone to the place where I live?!"

Because the air pressure was strong enough, it required me to shout for the sound to be conveyed. But I'm sure if Master will still hear me even if I use a regular tone, his hearing seems quite sharp.

"That's impossible!! Previously he was the one who offered you a pact to meet on this mountain once again, right?!"

"Yes, and I take it!!"

"The Spirits will always keep the promises they make, because it is directly related to the name they have!! Names are a meaning of existence for Spirits!! When comparing it to humans, a name for the Spirits is as important as a heart!!"

"Ah, that?! What's wrong with that?!"

"Shut up and listen, you stupid boy!! Didn't I tell you that a promise is directly related to the name of the Spirits?! That means when the Spirits make a pact, it's just like they put a thread on the name they have!! If they broke that promise, then that thread would destroy the name they had and eliminate their existence until there was nothing left!!"

"Damn it, isn't it so scary?! Then what will happen to those who accept his covenant?!"

"Huh?! Ah, if it were the Spirits then they would get the same situation. But if it was a human, then the thread itself would destroy the heart they had!!"

Heart crush? So that's what would happen if I didn't come to the mountain today? Damn, that was so shocking!! I never knew if a covenant given by the Spirits had such a great influence.

For example I subconsciously decided not to come to the mountain today, not to meet with the Master and not get any explanation of the situation. Then tomorrow I'm already a corpse with a broken heart.

And after such a thing happens, then those who support me will also get into trouble. So that's what Master meant by involving others, huh?! Damn, this is pretty scary!!

"But we've been going around to many parts of this little mountain and still haven't found it. Is he hiding in a hole or disguising himself as something else?"

Master moved his ears and nose, then looked at some point on the mountain. The gazes his four eyes gave off became slightly sharper than before.

"The possibility exists. Fox spirits are widely known as reliable disguises, finding them is like looking for a needle in the middle of a haystack. It will have no end. I have a better plan."

"Hm? Whatisit? Try to mention it."

"First, we go down to the surface first."

Removing the greenish-black cloud footing, the Master slid down slowly and stomped on the surface of the grass. Turning his head to the side, I jumped down.

"We're going to split up and look for it separately. The chances of finding it would be much higher this way. You can look for it by walking east, while I'll take the opposite direction."

"Searching it by splitting? In the middle of this mountain? This is a small mountain but a mountain is still a mountain, for a small and slow man like me this place is still very wide. Even more night is coming, there may be some evil spirits that will eat me."

I looked around, there were some slightly suspicious movements from the nearby bushes.

"You don't have to worry too much, we'll find it quickly using this method."

"Hm? Master, you look confident. What's the usual way like this really gonna work?"

"Yes, I'm sure. But just in case I'm going to implant a spell on your body. It will protect you from at least one strong Spirit attack."

Master brought his nose closer to my chest and attached it, a greenish light lit up from there and broke into several particles.

"If this spell is active, I'll instantly dart and approach you in an instant."

"It seems like there's no other choice but to do it. All right, I agree with that."

I touched my chest which still contained some traces of light and rubbed it slowly. On the other hand the Master was already preparing to leave.

"Then I'll do it straight away. You walk too." The master leaped towards the sky and disappeared in the distance.

"Geez, I just became my guardian but left me before even an hour since signing the contract. I'll have to consider his salary later."

Flipping over my body, I took another direction from Master and walked into the forest. But suddenly there was a gurgling sound from behind me. And when I turned to—

"Urghh—!!"

—Something hit my chest, slammed my body on the ground and pressed it with a pretty heavy footing. I feel Deja vu.

But when I opened my eyes to confirm it, what was there was not the Master, but the appearance of another familiar Spirit I had seen before.

With its golden feathers, then the black stripe pattern as a separator, along with nine heads and nine tails that emitted golden-colored light particles that illuminated around.

Unmistakably, she is the fox spirit I met before.

"Well man, we meet again." Said the fox spirit, using the mouths of his nine heads simultaneously.

Even so, each of the sounds it emitted did not collide, but synchronized into one that strangely felt clearer.

Hearing that, I tried to bring out a slightly awkward smile.

"Yes, you look healthier and fatter than the last time we met."