Chat Group For Magicians

Chapter 22: Summoning a Familiar

Erina's house is just in the neighborhood, a few houses away from mine. I am just shaking my head whenever I remember that she became friendly all of a sudden to me. It was like all of the rumors she heard before were just a huge misunderstanding and nothing more. Also, she stated that I was her classmate, which I didn't notice because I barely care for the other's names except to Godou and Moonlight's real name which is Akari. Other than them, I have no more idea who they were.

I am already famished. When I came back to my house, it was already 10 in the evening. Time flows by and all of my plans are ruined. I sighed and shook my head. Life always gives unexpected twists and turns which causes surprising turns and events. I wanted to practice my magic after eating but I ended up late with dinner.

After frying the spam ham, I gobbled it down like crazy. That's how I'm so hungry right now. After eating my food, I just leaned into the chair and stare into the ceiling.

Just the first day of school became so crazy all of a sudden. And on the second day, I became the public enemy no.1, and I became a magician. Many crazy things happening ever since I arrived in Tokyo. I covered my face as I facepalmed myself. I am not dreaming, this was all real.

Without much to do, I washed my dishes and go to the living room and check the Anonymous. The same voice speaks again but it was already a repetition message that I just heard yesterday. But I think I will get used to it if I keep on hearing this mechanical female voice every day.

"I am not a mechanical female voice. I am the soul of the app so stop disrespecting me, scoundrel," the voice of the app said.

My eyebrows twitched hearing this from the voice. So this voice is not just some automated mind-reading machine, it was an intelligent being.

"Of course, I am not just a programmed AI computer. I am the heart and soul of this app, I am much more intelligent than you so be grateful that I am greeting at you during the time you open the app, you scoundrel sh*t."

"I f*cking swear to break this phone the instant you spout another nonsense," I rebutted.

"Go ahead. I don't reside on the phone anyway. If you break the phone, it is your loss, not mine, dipsh*t."

I am so pissed off right now but I hold the urge to throw the phone away. This kind of attitude from a being that I can only hear the voice of is somewhat easy to trigger madness.

"You cannot see how I look like for now because you lack the power of a powerful magician. If you want to see me badly, then go and train your *ss off."

"..." This phone... I give up, I can't argue to this woman anymore.

When the app finally entered, I headed to my profile and straight to the inventory. If I remember right, yesterday, I got materials for summoning familiars. If my guess is right, familiars are like the creature that Voltaire summoned.

"That is right. Familiars are spirits that have taken form in this world. They are known to be a loyal servant once summoned and is willing to die for their masters. They can be summoned through summoning rituals while they can be given contracts if they are spotted in the real world without a master. Though you can only have one contract at most in your lifetime."

"Once in a lifetime huh, that means if I summon a weak familiar, I am stuck with it for the rest of my life?"

"There is no weak familiar, only a weak master. And as far as I am concerned, they are living beings, not some kind of tool. So it is best to respect them like how you take care of a real person."

"I know that. I am not an inhumane person that has no concern about it and you are right. And I kind of like the fact that there is no weak familiar, only a weak master. If a familiar is weak, then that means the master itself is weak."

"That is correct."

Having a familiar is somewhat similar to taming a pet in RPGs. But this is the real world, so I can't associate a familiar with a pet.

After our conversation with the voice of the app, I opened my inventory. There is a scroll, a jar of white powder of some sort, a silver liquid and a few rubies. If only I can sell these rubies, I would be rich, but that would cause an uproar to the authorities on how and where did I get a ruby. I can't say that I acquired them through an app.

"The rubies are for summoning. It cannot be sold and this would crumble if they are used as gems for pieces of jewelry so I advise against selling these things."

Good call, I was on the verge of selling these rubies for a good price in the black market. After withdrawing the items, I found out that the white powder is a jar of powdered silver while the silver liquid on a small bottle is a bottle of mercury. The scroll contains the method and the summoning circle design that is needed to be used to summon the familiar. To draw it, I will use the bottle of mercury and powdered silver.

I descended to the basement where there is a wide space for me to perform the ritual. There are no things here so nothing will go wrong if it suddenly goes awry. With that, I started tracing the magic circle slowly and surely using the powdered silver. The silver is enough to be used for a single circle so messing up will be very bad for me. I also made sure that the measurement of the circle is done properly since the size of the circle is dependent on the amount of powdered silver I have at the moment. If I still have some powdered silver left, that means that the magic circle is too small while if I lacked the material, I would have made the magic circle too big. I don't want that to happen so measuring the circle is a must.

After at least two hours, I managed to form the magic circle to the bit of the tiniest detail. Next would be to connect the patterns using the mercury liquid. It is much easier than the first one but just like the former, I can't waste this one too. Good thing I calculated the size perfectly so I didn't get it wrong. I grab the rubies next. This will act as the catalyst to open the gate of the other world of spirits and pull out the summon I got. I placed the rubies on the very center of the magic circle. After that, I wound my thumb using a knife that I properly disinfected with alcohol. I can't risk getting tetanus on this one. I poured the blood from my wound and made sure that the droplets drops on the rubies. As soon as the blood reached them, the rubies glow like they activated their latent powers inside.

Without wasting my time, I clasped my hands together and started chanting the activation spell.

"Hear me, O spirit of the Other Realm, hear my call and appear before me

Become one with my soul and become my sword!

APPEAR, MY FAMILIAR!"