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Solomon looks like he did when fighting against David.

I do not own Magi.

King of all Kings:

He felt light as he awoke on what felt like stone. He opened his eyes as he sat up, looking around the spacious room he was in. Books were everywhere he could see. It kind of reminded him of Ugo, he always had a lot of books. When he noticed that it suddenly got darker and looked up, he saw a giant staring down at him with a gently smile.

'Ah, Ugo...' He gave a slight smile as well but dropped it when he grasped where he was "How am I here?" He looked around anew. Still a wide room filled with books.

"You are in the Sacred Palace, my King." Ugo informed him as he knelt down to get closer to Solomon's level "After the last battle your rukh didn't leave but instead stayed in place, so I took the liberty of trapping it with my magic. It didn't seem to disturb the flow so to me it didn't appear to be a bad thing to do."

"..." Solomon looked up at his friend "Then how come I am here but also at the flow? It's like I'm at two places at once but at the same time not. I feel much more… here at the moment. Like the flow is something real yet in my head." He stared at his hands, closing them to make sure he really was there.

Ugo smiled apologetic "I'm afraid I do not know the answer, my King."

"It's fine." He replied. Solomon then remembered something important "How is the… new world?"

He had no idea what exactly to call it. He knew a new world was created but he wanted to hear what his friend thought about it. Hearing what Ugo had to say was bound to be interesting. His ideas and theories were brilliant even if the people in the Orthodox Church never agreed.

Solomon was reading a book when he began wondering what exactly the world looked like and how being in it would feel like. He had been in the Sacred Palace alongside Ugo for a long time now. He immediately went to Ugo who in the course of their conversation told him about his option of a wish.

"A wish?" He repeated slowly. 'Why would I of all people deserve one? I created this world, why would I wish for something in it?'

Uraltugo nodded in confirmation "You can wish for anything you want my venerable King. Your wish is my command. Now then, what do you wish for?"

Solomon smiled at his friend "Shouldn't that be obvious?"

"Please keep being my friend, no matter what."

Alibaba went to load more watermelons into Budel's wagon when he noticed a young man sitting on one of the nearby rooftops, watching him. They stared at each other for a bit before the man's gaze went a bit up and Alibaba heard the voice of his… boss.

Solomon watched in silence as the rather obese man shouted at the blond teen for being too slow. He would have gone down there and commented on the man but he had a feeling that would be considered rather rude and might land the blond in more trouble. He did think before acting after all. When the man was out of sight he jumped down.

Alibaba watched him as he neared. Solomon couldn't blame him, he had been oberserving the blond the entire time, everyone with half a brain would be wary.

"A good day." Solomon greeted "Do you need help?" He motioned to the wagon with a slight tilt of his head.

"Ah- no." Alibaba replied slightly startled "It's quite alright, Sir... uhm…"

It took Solomon a moment to realize that the boy was wondering about his name. But what could he say 'I'm Solomon'? It would be bad if anyone could recognize the name and put two and two together.

But what name could he use instead. He didn't know that many names. Just what name would be okay. What would be acceptable. What would be-

"I'm Aladdin."

'Fuck!'

Solomon cursed himself in his head, lips twitching slightly as they were trying to form a grimace. He was starting to panic and blurted out whatever came to mind first.

'Just great.' If he were to suddenly correct himself on his name, he would only seem more suspicious than he did before 'Good job me, now I'm stuck being called by my son's name. I definitely needed a reminder for that.'

The youth smiled at him and stretched out his hand "Nice to meet you, Aladdin. I'm Alibaba."

"Same here." Solomon smiled as he took his hand while still cursing himself for the slip-up. He released the hand after shaking it "Why do you work for someone like that? He didn't seem very pleasant to me."

"It will help me achieve my goal, so I'm gonna do my best."

"Goal? But wouldn't it still be better to have a more pleasant employer?"

"It works for now." Alibaba told him as they walked away from the wagons "But that's just the start. I'm going to conquer a dungeon. First, I will take on the one in this city, Amon, then the other Dungeons left in the world… And then I will become the richest man in the entire world!"

'Richest, huh?' Solomon looked at the sky 'That's some ambition but still... why money? Humans have become greedy. Come to think of it, it would be nice to see one of the others again.'

"Why do need so much? Isn't that rather greedy?" He stated bluntly.

Alibaba looked a bit abashed at that "I need money. Enough to be able to buy a country."

'A country? Let me see… Alibaba... Alibaba Saluja, yeah, that would make sense. But I don't think it will be that easy to help his country.'

"As long as you have money, you can have anything you want." Alibaba continued confident.

Solomon resisted the urge to sigh, money can get you a lot, but by far not everything. This teen still had a lot to learn. He was so absorbed in the conversation and his thoughts that he didn't notice the girl in front of him. When he did, they had already crashed against each other.

The lemons she was balancing with a basket tumbled down and before Solomon could even crouch down to help, she had already picked them all up and put them back into the basket.

"I'm sorry Miss, I wasn't paying attention. Are you okay?" It wouldn't be good if he got into trouble so soon but then again, it was bound to happen. Still, better later than sooner.

"I'm fine." Morgiana replied briefly and passed them.

Solomon heard a quiet clinking sound and looked at the girls feet, Alibaba followed his gaze. The girl noticed them and attempted to cover the chains but she ended up shifting the balance too much and her basket fell to the ground, spilling all the lemons in it.

"She's a slave." Alibaba commented lowly.

"Slave?" Solomon whispered. It reminded him of the past, the other races were also stripped of their freedom, forced to become mindless beasts. This was just sickening.

"They're treated like chattel until the day they die. Pretty rotten world we live in, right?" Alibaba averted his head downcast.

Solomon watched her pick up the lemons and went up to her. Seeing him approach, she tried to once again cover the chains but he knelt before her and blew into his flute, breaking the chain in the process. It would be no good if he used his magic here.

He stood up and smiled at her "There, now they are off." He stretched his hand out "Now you can walk without hiding anything."

Alibaba roughly grabbed him by his shoulders "Hey, this isn't good! You-"

"Why not?"

Alibaba was at a loss for words.

"Why not?" Solomon repeated firmly, an earnest expression on his face.

"Stealing slaves is a serious offense." Budel appeared, taking one of the fallen lemons "They'll chop off one of your arms for that." He went up to the girl and pulled her up by her hair "A slave's life is miserable! Even if someone does this to you…" He grabbed Morgiana by the cheeks and threw her on the ground "Or something like this…" He stomped on her hand "You can't complain!"

Solomon was trembling with anger "Please stop, mister."

Budel angrily pointed at him "What's wrong with this brat?!" 'I'm a grown man' "I'd be happy to report you to the executioner, you know..."

Alibaba was about to stop him but he was pulled back and two guards pointed knives at him and Solomon.

Solomon looked slightly to the left where the arm with the knife was coming from 'Would it be wrong to blast them away?'

"Or would you rather I executed you right here and now?"

'Sorry, but I'd rather not be executed'

He blew into his flute and Ugo's arms appeared, smacking the guards away and slamming together in front of the wine seller, making him faint. He high-fived his friend who then noticed Morgiana and turned pink before retreating back into the flute.

Solomon chuckled at that "Shy as always, I see."

He was startled by Alibaba grabbing him and pulling him along, hiding them both underground near a water stream.

"Hey, that flute." Alibaba wondered both confused and amazed "Something came out of it."

Solomon smiled "That was Ugo. He's an old friend of mine. He's what you would call a 'Djinn'."

Alibaba smiled understanding "Oh, is that so?" He sat down on the stairs looking like he was thinking about something. Solomon watched as a smirk grew on his face.

"Hey, Solomon?" He smiled brightly "Would you accompany me to the dungeon?"

Solomon thought about it for a bit, he did promise Ugo to search for metal vessals "Sure." What could he possibly lose?

When they headed out again, they were met by Budel. It appears Alibaba had some kind of debt because he was slow with stocking the melons, so the man pretty much forced him to do a job.

Solomon decided to stick around, maybe the boy would show some potential. Solomon might not be a Magi, that was Arba, Ugo and Sheba's role, but even he could decide who he thought might be a great king.

Solomon wasn't sure he made the right decision. Alibaba was acting all cheerful when he was actually not and agreeing with everything the man said. He could see the boy didn't like it.

He looked at Alibaba briefly before looking back in front "You should stop lying." He commented quietly "At some point, even you won't believe yourself anymore."

An orange glow illuminated the sky and the brown sand as the sun lowered itself more and more when the sand beside the wagons started to break in. Alibaba spurred the horses on but the Desert Hyacinth broke out from the earth and toppled the wagons over. As the plant continued its onslaught, a child fell into the hole it had created.

Morgiana reached out and caught the girl but ended up falling with her. Alibaba tried to reach them but failed when Budel crashed against him. The two fell into the plant which closed its leaves, trapping them.

Solomon was about to spring into action but forced himself to calm down. This was Alibaba's chance to stand up and fight. He would only interfere if it was absolutely necessary.

But it was so hard to ignore the screams of the pleading mother. Reminding him, reminding him so much of Falan- It hurt. It hurt so much.

It seemed his patience paid off when Alibaba struck Budel in the face as he attempted to pay the devastated mother for her child "I'll be damned if you get away with buying someone's life with that rotten wine of yours! You bastard!"

Solomon smiled proudly 'Yes, he'd make a fine King.'

Alibaba grabbed a wine barrel from the ground and jumped. He tried to tear the leaves apart with as much force as he could muster when Solomon played on his flute. This time Ugo appeared fully, without his head though, and plummeted into the ground. He gripped the leaves and tore them open.

"Now, Alibaba!" Solomon yelled at him and the boy sprung up and threw the wine into its mouth. He grabbed Morgiana as the Hyacinth bound Ugo and was about to close his mouth again. He managed to get them out in time but fell in himself.

Solomon then used a levitation spell and brought the barrels and himself into the air with the additional help of a large piece of fabric. He looked down to Alibaba with crossed arms and a proud expression "So you're not only a liar after all. You can speak the truth, too. Things you can't buy with either wine or money, make sure to tell me more about them."

He could hear Budel scream at him but he didn't care. He pointed his staff downward and the barrels fell. The plant stopped moving as a result and let go of Ugo. Solomon let himself drop down and pulled Alibaba out.

"Thanks, Aladdin." Alibaba smiled gratefully.

Solomon smiled back 'I don't think I will get used to being called that. Ever.'

"Hey, Alibaba?" He offered his hand "Please be my friend."

The blond nodded brightly and took his hand "Sure."

They both broke into a smile. Unfortunatly, they were interuppted by Budel who was quite angry.

Solomon looked at the man annoyed "Let's go, Ugo."

Ugo stopped before the entrance to Amon's dungeon and both jumped down as Alibaba walked up to the entrance.

Solomon turned to Ugo "Thanks for bringing us all the way."

Ugo made a dismissive hand motion and went back inside the flute.

"Aladdin." Alibaba called him "If we want to turn back, this is our last chance."

Solomon looked at him unimpressed before shoving him in and following. What stretched out before the two was the planet they were just on. Not that Alibaba knew that.

When Solomon arrived in the dungeon, he could already smell the oil. But the flames won't start. Not yet anyway. He sat down beside Alibaba and when he woke up, the first fire ignited. The blond grabbed Solomon and ran out of the water with him.

"If we were even one second too slow on the uptake, it would have been game over." Alibaba commented still watching the flames.

"Don't worry." I reassured him "If it had gotten too close, I would have teleported us."

"Teleport?" Alibaba asked impressed "So you can use more magic than summoning Ugo and flying?"

"Of course." Solomon confirmed, just a tiny bit insulted but he refused to let that show "I am a magician, after all."

"That's impressive!"

"Not as impressive as your fast reaction just now."

The path after that went fine, at least until a huge boulder started chasing after them. And making it explode would have been no good, so Solomon once again called Ugo out. Of course he could have just used Strength magic but he wasn't sure how good revealing it would be, even if Alibaba didn't know much about magic.

The blue room they fell into was filled with green bugs. Solomon chuckled when he intentionally placed one in his place and freaked Alibaba out. But the mother bug screaming and calling all the others into place was not part of that plan.

It was truly impressive, watching the prince fight them but even Solomon didn't count on it being able to breathe fire.

'Then again, this is Amon's dungeon' He shouldn't be surprised.

He jumped out of the place Alibaba put them in and readied his staff "Sharrar! Sarg Al-Salos!"

Hit by the ice, the bug disappeared.

"You did it! Amazing!" Alibaba praised.

"My magic is really strong." Solomon confirmed "So we'll definitely get through this."

Both kept walking for a bit until they decided to stop and rest for a bit. Both were leaning against a wall, Alibaba while standing, he while sitting. Solomon had half a mind to put up a barrier. Someone else was there and he didn't like what he could make out from the rukh. He looked into it, Jamil. The lord of the city it seemed. He could tell this man wasn't a good person.

But he was worried about the two that he could feel accompanying him. So no, no barrier.

When Jamil and the other two found them, they straight up ignored Alibaba and went up to him.

Jamil kneeled down "I've been waiting for you, Magi. I have been waiting ten years for you to appear before me."

Solomon frowned and narrowed his eyes. First, he didn't like people kneeling in front of him, he hated it. Second, he wasn't a Magi. They were beloved by the rukh, they were beings like Ugo and Sheba. He guided the rukh.

He really hoped this wouldn't become a common situation.

"I'm afraid you have the wrong person." He informed the lord.

"I most certainly do not. There's no need to be timid." The lord assured.

'I'm a lot of things, but most certainly not timid."

"Sir- I'm still afraid you have the wrong person. I'm a magician, yes, but not a Magi."

"That's good enough." He seemed a bit pissed "It should be sufficient to clear this dungeon. You should at least be more useful than those useless slaves and soldiers who died at the last few traps."

That man was evil and a swine, that much was clear by now.

The next test was made up of pillars of flame. It was a bit hard not to break out into a smile when Jamil thought Alibaba was dead. Solomon had to hand it to Amon, that was smart. The right path disguised as a trap.

At some point, Jamil and Goltas went up ahead, leaving Solomon with Morgiana.

"Morgiana, you're a Fanalis, right? You're from Katargo." The red hair and eyes pretty much gave it away. It's been awhile since Solomon last saw one in their actual form though.

This surprised the girl "I am. How do you know my name?"

'Oh, right. I forgot. I need to remember not to address people that haven't been introduced in some way with their actual name' "I heard the young lord say it earlier."

"I'm sure he didn't say anything."

Damnit "Not? That's weird."

The silence after was uncomfortable and she didn't seem like the chatty type anyway. A few debrits fell on his head and he looked up to see Alibaba leaning out of a hole in the wall, making a 'shhh' sign with his hand. He jumped down, startling Morgiana.

'What did you make the shhh sign for?'

"How?!" She questioned taken aback.

Alibaba smirked "Because I'm invincible."

That's when Jamil ran into the room hysterically "Magician! Please take care of that monster-"

He noticed Alibaba and came to a stop.

"Sorry, but I lied about the translation." He admitted "The correct version is, 'Dance around the firesprouts. The truth is within the dragon's jaws. Everything will be found before the dragon's tail.' Thanks for helping me find the right path. I owe you one, my Lord!"

He grabbed a hold of the vine he used to get down and let Solomon levitate them both.

"Morgiana!"

The lords shout shook the girl out of her shock and she dashed up the wall, jumping to grab a hold of them but failed and fell to the ground. Solomon watched her sadly, maybe they could help her later.

Alibaba led the way to a grand room with a massive door. It occured to Solomon that it would be impossible to open the door alone, as two right hands were needed.

Wind pushed against them as the door opened, they were in Alma Torran! From a distance they could see Jamil, Morgiana and Goltas fighting against dungeon monsters.

Once again using a levitation spell the two floated towards the center.

"I don't see anyone. What is this place?" Alibaba questioned.

"The necropolis." Solomon supplied without looking up "Outside the Room of Fortitude spreads the necropolis, the city of the dead."

"The Room of Fortitude…" He looks at the sky in amazement.

After arriving, the two pushed open the door keeping them from the last room. Stepping in they could see that all the supposed 'Treasure' was in some sort of stoney state.

Behind them was a loud thud and they turned around, only barely dodging Goltas falling body. Solomon ran up to him.

"This is bad." He brought out his staff and started healing the wounds "He has severe burn wounds and cuts."

He barely avoided Morgiana's kick but it ended up breaking his spell. Jamil stepped out from behind her.

He was shivering in anger "Don't mess with me... You piece of trash… You peasant!"

'Is this guy describing himself?'

"In here it doesn't matter whether you're a peasant or a lord!" Alibaba yelled at him.

"Doesn't matter?" He smiled slightly "Shut up. You weak, vulgar, worthless scum." He directed Morgiana to Solomon and she sprinted there. As Alibaba tried to stop her, Jamil intercepted him "Where do you think you're going?"

Solomon didn't really do much except throwing up a borg. Watching Alibaba was bound to be interesting. Morgiana didn't seem to think different, maybe she thought she couldn't break the borg, maybe she didn't like injuring others. He wasn't going to ask.

When she attacked Alibaba, he released the borg and shattered the sword she was holding with a blast of pure magoi. No need to use more complex magic. And something like Halharl Infigar could have hurt Alibaba, too.

And when she was about to attack him, he bound her to the wall with a simple spell but strong enough to hold a Fanalis for a bit.

"W-wait!" Jamil pleaded desperately "You were lying about being a normal magician, right? You're a Magi, right? You're going to make me the king, right? I've been waiting for you! I've been waiting for this day so I could be chosen by you! That's the sole reason I've used people, laid down the law, increased trade and turned Qishan into a prosperous city! Isn't that amazing? Aren't I amazing? I'm amazing. I'm capable of anything! So make me the king!"

"King?" 'You?' Solomon stared at him coldly "I told you I'm not a Magi but even so, I really don't think you're all that great, sir."

The lord slumped in defeat as Solomon turned back to Alibaba.

"Come, let's continue our adventure!" Solomon exclaimed, offering his hand.

"Yeah!" Alibaba took it.

In that moment, glowing circles started to appear beneath them as the treasure turned golden and fire erupted from the podium in the middle of the room.

From the fire emerged the 7th Djinn Amon "Who is the one who will be king? Is it you?" He looked at Jamil "No, it is not." He looked at Morgiana "Not you either." He looked at Solomon who was now behind Alibaba, shaking his head and crossing his arms "Oh! It is..." He abruptly turned to Alibaba "You!"

Amon seemed to find that amusing, he came down from the podium and closer to the two.

He bowed before us "Well, well, if it isn't a Magi."

'Why.'

Solomon's flute started glowing and Ugo came out, shocking Amon. The two talked, as much as possible with one missing a head.

"I have a basic grasp on the situation now." He declared "I'm Amon. I am the Djinn of propriety and discipline and the master of flames. As the ruler of this dungeon, I recognize the two of you and declare this dungeon cleared!"

Alibaba beamed at the news and started to run around.

"Hello, Amon." Solomon greeted when he was sure Alibaba wasn't paying attention "It's nice to see you again."

"Same here, my King." Amon replied "It's certainly a surprise seeing you here in person. ...But tell me, why did you pick a boy like him?"

Solomon looks towards his friend "I don't think it's right to say that I 'picked' him. I just think he'd make a great leader someday. ...I'm not a Magi, Amon."

"I am aware. However, it's the next best thing befitting of your status because I realize you do not wish to be called upon your real name."

Solomon looked down "It's just... I have a bad feeling. I should not give out my name. To anyone. At least not yet."

"What plagues you?"

"I-"

The whole place suddenly started to shake, cutting Solomon off.

"Someone's trying to seal off the exit." Amon informed them "If he succeeds, we will no longer be able to leave this place."

"It's a magi." Solomon comments dryly.

"N-no way! Get us out of here!" Alibaba panics.

"Stop your shouting." Amon creates a beam for everyone to leave "Those who wish to leave, step into this beam. This dungeon is collapsing. Only death awaits those who are left behind."

"Hey, aren't you coming!?" Alibaba yells towards Morgiana.

"Miss, you have to hurry!" Should he just teleport her?

Morgiana kept taking steps from one side to the other when a hand took a hold of her arm. She looked up at Goltas, shocked "Goltas? You're alive."

"This man... cannot be allowed to leave." He rasped out "I have done too much evil and have killed too many people to leave this place. But you are different. You can still return. Return to your homeland, Morgiana. That is my last wish." With those words he brought his sword down and split the chain between her feet.

Solomon watched sadly as Goltas left the room. But the man didn't sound like he would accept help. Upon leaving the room themselves, Amon went into Alibaba's weapon and disappeared.

He came to, for just a moment. Solomon only needed to see his surroundings to realise he wasn't in the city anymore. But he felt so heavy and tired that he drifted back into sleep.

By the time he woke up again, the hard floor was replaced by something soft. Someone seems to have found him and was kind enough to provide him with a place to rest.

"Are you awake?" An elderly voice called out and he looked to his right "You look refreshed. The rukh seem pleased." The old woman was stirring something and smiling at him "Can you see them? The embodiments of the never-ending flow of life?"

He sat up and pulled the blanket that covered him aside, putting his feet on the floor "I can. They are always beside me."

"I can see that." She said gently "They seem to like you very much."

"Granny?" A young woman interrupted, entering the tent.

The elder turned to her "What is it Toya?"

"The scouting party has returned."

"So they have." The old woman exited the tent, leaving him alone.

He put his flute around his neck and took his staff before he stepped out. He shielded his face at the sudden light that welcomed him. He ran up to the two woman.

"Can you see them?" Baba asked him.

"Yes." Solomon nodded, hoping she was referring to the men on horses that rode towards the village.

The woman went up to them once they arrived "Welcome back, Dorji."

Toya explained to him that it was Dorji who found and helped him, so Solomon went up to him and thanked him. When he asked them about Qishan's location though, they told him that it would take him two years on foot but they assured him that there would be caravans in two weeks time, so he didn't have to worry.

Solomon was relieved to hear that. It meant less trouble and a faster way to where Alibaba was.

Once night fell, the villagers from the Kouga clan gathered around fires and had fun. Solomon sat down beside Baba, seeing as it was a bit quieter where she was.

"Everyone seems happy." He commented.

Baba smiled brightly "We are one big family after all."

"Family, huh?" He looked at the vast night sky, glittering with millions of stars and smiled slightly "I nearly had one too, long ago."

"You're family, too." She patted his back and grinned "You're one of my beloved children."

His eyed widened and he felt them water a bit before looking away "Thank you."

Baba laughed "There's no need to tear up."

"Nobody ever called my their beloved child and meant it." He explained lowly with a happy expression.

Solomon watched the horses ran around wildly. Morning seemed to have come faster than he expected. The village was rather quiet and peaceful and everyone got along, it warmed his heart to watch them interact happily.

The clan really was one big family. It made him miss Sheba and Aladdin. He wished he could have seen his son at least once in his life. Sheba did everything she could to protect everyone and Aladdin but what good was that? They won but Sheba died and so did their child. He couldn't even manage to save them. He was too late, just like the time his father- no, David, that man, he couldn't bear to call him that- attacked their base.

Falan's cries and Ithnan's expression would probably haunt him forever.

He barely missed that a horse had run past him, a horse that wasn't one of the clan's. The woman on the horse introduced herself as the first daughter of Kou's first emporer, Hakuei Ren.

Solomon decided that he liked her, she was very polite and held no ill will towards the Kouga clan. But maybe she should have kept that comment about slave trade to herself. It should be clear that nobody would like to hear that their own have suffered such a fate.

He saw Toya approach with a smile and a tray in her hands "Excuse me." She called out, catching the attention of the princess "I've prepared some horse milk. Would you like to continue this conversation inside?"

"Ah, thank you." Hakuei replied gratefully.

Toya approached her slowly, careful not to spill anything as the man to the princess' right shoved her to the ground. Solomon gripped his staff, ready to defend anyone that may come to further harm.

"Ryosai!" Hakuei reprimanded "What do you think you're doing?!"

He smirked at his superior "I cannot allow the noble princess to drink something like horse milk."

The other man of their group glared "Ryosai!"

Ryosai ignored him and screamed at the clan "Listen up, you rabble! This village is now under the control of the Kou empire. You will submit quietly! We're saving you from this crude, dirty lifestyle, after all. It's a good deal, no?"

Solomon clenched his teeth as he felt his blood boil. It seemed he wasn't the only as Dorji charged forward only to be intercepted by the blue haired man that accompanied the princess.

He frowned "Killing this man is the same as a declaration of war. Is that what you desire?"

Dorji grit his teeth "How dare you hurt my family!"

"Stop it, Dorji." Baba commanded.

"You will stand down as well, Ryosai." Hakuei ordered and started to leave "We are withdrawing."

He definitely had to talk with her later. The rukh around her retainer were worrying and he had to make sure of her intentions.

It was night by the time he departed. It didn't take him much time to arrive at his destination as he landed in front of her.

"Good evening, miss." He straightened himself and waved in greeting as her hands went to her sword, drawing it slightly "I'm Aladdin. I would like to talk to you."

She sheathed her sword and smiled kindly "I would like to speak to you as well."

Hakuei motioned to his flute as the sat together "That's a dungeon item, isn't it?"

Solomon shook his head "Not really. I had this with me ever since I left the place I stayed at." He looked her in the eye "Are you going to take over that village, miss? If so, I have to ask you to stop. Baba will be sad if you do that. They are very important to me. Don't kill them."

Hakuei clasped her hands together with a grave but determined expression "I will not kill anyone. Not a single soul." 'Not like you could hide it from me if you were to kill someone' "I want to create a unified world where no one will have to die needlessly. I have but good intentions and only want to use my power for good. Please believe me."

Solomon beamed slightly as he saw the rukh gather around her shining brightly "The rukh around you aren't even the slightest bit doubtful." She seemed surprised at my reply "I will talk to Baba and the others."

He floated upwards, not giving her a chance to answer.

"Miss?" He called out "Just a piece of advice, but maybe you shouldn't trust that tall retainer of yours too much. He spells trouble if you ask me."

He'd already left and was flying towards the village when he saw a quantity of rukh gathering. He stopped flying when he was beside Baba and asked her what happened. When she told him that the women were all kidnapped, he followed the men with Baba, putting her on a cloth so he could transport her easier. He would have kept following them but at some point, the elderly woman told him to stop and wait for them.

"Child, can I ask you something?" She wondered as they waited.

'Not a child.' He frowned, he was far older than her even if she didn't know that "Of course. Ask me anything you want."

She hummed "Are you a Magi?"

He let his head hang. He had hoped this wouldn't become a common situation "No, I am not." He sighed "Why do you ask?"

She laughed brightly "The rukh seem to really like you. I have never seen anything like this before in my entire life. Not only do they gather around you like you are the core of their being, they seem to react to what you do, say and seem to feel." She grinned "Maybe you're not a Magi, maybe you're something more. Life is always full of surprises."

He smiled at this "It really is. You never know what you might learn next and there is always more to know." He then remembered he still had to tell her something "By the way, I met with the Kou princess. She promised not to kill anyone, nobody has to die or go to war."

Baba was astonished "Y-you…"

She seemed at a loss for words when the men returned victorious, not having harmed a single enemy. They seemed shock when she told them they'd submit to the empire but Baba convinced them.

Solomon watched the exchange fondly 'If only it was always that easy.'

They sat around a large fire when Dorji gifted Toya a hairclip, leading Baba to look at them with a rather funny, knowing expression, making everyone laugh. She left the gathering shortly after with the excuse of going to relieve herself. Solomon accepted that and left her to her own devices.

Just a few minutes after she left, he heard a whizzing sound and sprang up from where he sat, alarming the others. Arriving at the end of the cliff, he could see her fallen form, an arrow in her back.

The clan swarmed around her and he picked her up "She's still alive." He told them "I will bring her to the village."

He needed to remove the arrow and then heal her. He had no time to waste.

By the time he woke up, it was already morning. He looked at Baba, noting how pale she was. The important part was that she's alive. He applied some of his magic on her but she would need rest. A lot.

He could hear Dorji argue with the rest of the clan. When he heard a collective cheer he knew Dorji lost the arguement and everyone started to arm themselves. It wouldn't be long until they left to fight. It saddened him, but he doubted they would listen to him, an outsider of all people.

He stood outside and watched as they rode off, rukh passing him from behind.

Baba yelled at them as they were about to attack Hakuei once more. It was painful to watch. He let her walk to the princess alone, this was her time to act. He was relieved when everyone finally dropped their weapons but that did not stop him from worrying. Her wound my be gone but she was still weak. He had to bring her back to the village as soon as possible.

They parted ways with the princess and returned. A weight was lifted from his shoulders when Baba was in bed, safe from harm and strain.

But it was not over yet, there was still something he had to do here. The princess was in danger and he was not going to leave her to death.

"Halharl Infigar!" She was about to be struck down when a giant ball of fire crashed into the cliff behind them. Solomon glared at Ryosai and swung his staff sideways "Ramz!"

The man fell over, dead or not, Solomon wasn't too sure but he shouldn't be. He didn't put too much strenght into the attack.

Hakuei stared at him amazed as he lowered himself to the ground "What exactly… are you?"

Solomon pointed his staff at her, smiling "Just a magician."

Hakuei's wound healed, leaving only faint scars behind "A magician?" She looked down confused when her metal vessel started to glow "My fan!"

Solomon pointed at it "Could I touch your fan for just a second or two?" When she didn't reply, he took it as confirmation and touched the symbol.

Paimon cheerfully burst out of the vessel immediantly "How are you all doing? I am Paimon. Created by Solomon as the Djinn of maniacal love and chaos."

And there was one of the reasons that justified his lying about his name.

"My mistress is Queen Hakuei Ren." She explained "But where did you get the magic to materialize me?" She looked at Solomon, freezing up for just a second "Ah, I spy a talented Magician."

'Finally someone who doesn't say 'Magi'!' " The flute around his neck started glowing and Ugo came out.

"Oh goodness, and here is another special sight!" Paimon pocked Ugo with one of her fingers, turning him bright pink.

Solomon sweatdropped, Ugo was never comfortable around woman and Paimon wasn't exactly helping. They appeared to be talking when Paimon returned to Hakuei's side, holding her close.

"I understand the situation now. There are unusual events occuring around the world, aren't there? But I don't care about that. Right now, I only care to support my King Candidate, my precious Hakuei."

"King candidate?" Wouldn't Queen candidate sound better in her case?

Paimon seemed to take his words as a question "My Hakuei is a King Candidate, chosen by the Magi of the Kou empire."

Done with the first chapter! What do you guys think? I would love to have your feedback!

I hope I did well with everyone's personality. I don't know why but it always worries me a bit ^^'

But enough chatter for now, see you soon!