I woke up exactly at 6 in the morning. Just like usual. But I had a really nice dream last night. A really nice one

  "It's really nice to dream about that moment again. . ."

  I said softly while my head had a warm flashback of Syed approaching me when we were kids before I opened my eyes slowly like opening a Pandora's Box.

  "Huff. . . Wake up early on Sunday gotta be the second worst thing that could happen to me. . . "

  Just when I want to fall back to sleep. My phone rings, a call from him. Pick it up alone use all of my inner Zen.

  ". . . Hello? "

  "Yo Dani, you awake? "

  ". . . Unfortunately, why the hell do you call me this early, Adam? "

  "Don't you dare forget, you made a promise today"

  "Huff. . . Can we go later-"

  "No you can't, Dan! " I hear Farah speak loudly through the phone

  "Come on, it's 6 in the fucking morning-"

  "If you don't get up now, I will spank you" Adam threatened me calmly

  ". . . Wha-"

  "You heard what I said"

  ". . . "

  ". . . "

  "Give me 30 minutes"

  I end the call before forcing myself to get up and face a cold shower like an Elden Ring boss. Wear a T-shirt with short pants as I want to and make myself a sandwich before walking with every regret for waking up this early.

  "There you are! You late! " Say Farah to me, in a scolding way

  ". . . I'm just 1 minute late-"

  "Still count! "

  Adam just looks at both me and Farah like he's used to this before sighing.

  "Alright you both, get it over already. Dani, let's go meet Suraya about your condition. "

  "Huff. . . Fine"

  Farah then lifted all of us up with her telekinesis power and brought us to one of the famous universities that produces great mages for 10 decades of operation, Witchwall.

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  ". . . I still don't understand why the hell this university had such name. . . "

  "Well, it exists probably in middle age. What did you expect? " Adam teases me about it

  ". . . It's such a lazy name"

  "Actually, that's a good point" Farah supported my sentence

  She then dropped three of us and walked to find Suraya's room. After a few minutes of walking, we arrive at her room before Farah knocks on her door.

  "Hey, bestie! We're here! "

  "Wait for a second, please! " Suraya responds to her from the inside

  We three stand outside before I decide to ask Farah a favor three seconds later

  ". . . Farah, can you do me a favor? "

  "Hmm, what is it? "

  ". . . Don't talk like that again when I'm here. I feel a weird butterfly in my stomach"

  "Hey, rude! "

  "Pfft. . . " Adam tries to stiffen his laugh before supporting my sentence. "Actually, that's a good point, tho. Haha! "

  "You-! "

  Before Farah could reply, the door suddenly opened. Once again I see those Sakura smiles.

  "Well well, I thought you wouldn't come today" Suraya teases me

  "Huff. . . Adam threatened to spank me if I didn't, so I had no choice"

  "Well, it's great that Adam is the one who threatened you. If Syed were here, he would personally make your bedroom shine too brightly just to make sure you're awake"

  "Well, good thing he isn't here then. Where's he? "

  "At another galaxy, probably fighting space pirates"

  ". . . Figure"

  "Anyway, did you find out about Dani's problem? " Adam asks her calmly

  "You mean about Dani's incompetence with magic? "

  "Come on Su, you're a genius, you must know why! " Farah asks her excitedly but also worried about me

  ". . . Let's talk inside, much easier for me to explain. "

  We then walk into her room with careful steps since her room is messier than most scientists' experiment labs

  "Sorry for the mess. I spend a lot of time researching about Dani problem. "

  "No worries, in fact, we should have thanked you for it" Adam corrected her calmly

  I just look at her calmly for a while. I shouldn't have spoken about anything right now. I never asked for this in the first place, after all. But. . .

  ". . . Thanks. . . For all these efforts for me"

  All three of them instantly turn their head towards me like I just recited the universe's biggest truth

  "Wait, did you just say thanks?! "

  "No way. . . I'm just joking about spanking you earlier. Don't change your personality now. "

  "Dani, I thought you only had a problem with magic. I didn't know you had a DID problem"

  ". . . Huff, don't make me regret saying it"

  All three of them just laugh at me about that. I should have felt mad about it.

  But instead, I feel a weird warmth that almost makes me make a up curve at my lips before we all sit down

  "So Suraya. . . What's my problem exactly?"

  ". . . Before that, can I explain something? Just so you guys have a better understanding? "

  All three of us just nodded before she exhaled slowly

  "So in this world, we have what we call a gate, a gate is what is used by the constellations to channel our Mana through our body just like how we breathe, and the reason why we can use our magic"

  "And this gate is granted to everyone, right? Since everyone except Dani can cast magic" Adam asks softly

  "Yep, it doesn't matter what kind of species you are, what planet you're from. You will be granted one from the constellations."

  "Ha. . . I see" Adam tapped his chin while nodding slowly

  "But there have also been cases where people's gate is broken that cause you to have superhuman physical abilities instead of the ability to cast magic since the mana will flow through your body, tho this case is rare"

  ". . . Alright, so what's the problem with Dani then? Is his gate broken?" Farah asks her

  ". . . I think that makes sens-"

  "No, that's not it" Suraya cut my sentence coldly while gripping her skirt tightly

  "Eh?! " Adam and Farah were surprised at the revelation

  "So what is it??" Adam asked her in both curiosity and bad feeling

  Suraya took a deep breath, tried to calm herself down before revealing it in a solemn tone

  "Dani. . . Dani doesn't have one"

  The room went silent for a while before Adam broke the silence

  "Wha. . . But that's-"

  "Scientifically impossible? " Suraya cuts him off "Yes, it should be. There's also no record of this case in any magical records. And since the gate is basically like lungs to us. . "

  ". . . Dani shouldn't have been alive. . . " Farah finished Suraya's sentence solemnly

  "No, more like I shouldn't have existed in the first place" I corrected her calmly

  "Dani-! " Farah tried to speak before she closed her mouth back

  ". . . Great, this is officially the top three worst things ever happened to me" I said calmly

  "Dani, I-I'm so sorry for revealing this to you. I swear I find the cause-" Suraya said before got cut off by me

  "It's fine Suraya . . . I already accepted the fact that I'm just an NPC a long time ago, you don't need to apologize for the thing that isn't in your control"

  "But still. . .! No, I help you find a way to fix this no matter the cost-! "

  "Suraya, don't trouble yourself, it's fine really. I'm good enough with my life right now. "

  ". . . You sure? All three of us can help you with this" Adam look at me softly

  "Yeah! You helped us a lot when we were kids, this is the least we could do!" Farah supports Adam's sentence hoping I will accept their offer

  I could pursue them longer, but I also had something to tell them

  So instead, I just look at them three while rubbing my head

  "Listen, how do I say this. . .? Having you guys in my life is. . . Good enough I guess. So I don't need more"

  The room went silent again for how many times now before all three of them spoke at the same time

  "Fucking tsundere. . . "

  "You guys. . . ! Joke about this again and I'm going back home" I threatened them calmly

  They then laughed at me again for this unexpected side that I have before I just scoffed slightly at them

  Huff. . . This is why I don't want to be honest

  But. . . I guess this is fine. . .

  Fucking great idiots. . .