Duplicate into pairs? Second Magic!

"Day in and day out, besides your Sweet card and my Bubbles card, have you even bothered to care about the Clow Cards we're supposed to be managing!"

Suppi's nagging was accompanied by a series of crackling sounds and pained "Ouch, ouch" cries, as if Suppi were delivering a flurry of kitty-cat punches to Kero.

I kinda want to see that…

But that's not the point; it's what Suppi just said.

"Twin Card?"

The image of this Clow Card surfaced in Adam's mind—a pair of twin children dressed in similar clown outfits.

The Clow Cards' designs can be roughly divided into four types: human figures, human figures holding elements representing the card's abilities, animal figures with the characteristics of the card's abilities, and the objects themselves that possess the card's abilities.

Among them, the Clow Cards designed with human figures are basically all single individuals. The Twin Card is the only card with two people on its face.

And the Twin Card's effect is also very special, able to duplicate an object or person into two identical copies. If the magic isn't dispelled within a day, the duplicated person or object will continue to exist.

But… can the Twin Card even duplicate the Sorcerer's Stone?

Even if it can, his magic power wouldn't be enough to create a Sorcerer's Stone, right?

"But with my magic power, it's impossible to duplicate a Sorcerer's Stone, right?"

Adam asked the question truthfully.

"The Twin Card's magic isn't 'duplication', you know~"

The sound of kitty-cat punches stopped, and Suppi's voice rang out.

"Adam, do you know about parallel universes?"

Adam: "???"

"If you compare the progression of a world to a line constantly moving forward, then when any change of 'possibility' appears, this line will diverge in every possible direction, forming parallel universes."

"Even the trajectory of a speck of dust blown by the wind will give rise to countless parallel universes, but most of the time these 'possibilities' cannot cause enough differences in a short period of time to stabilize these parallel universes, so these parallel universes will reconverge and recombine into one line after a period of time."

"Sometimes, the reason why some people have different perceptions of the same thing is the result of overlapping memories after the convergence of parallel universes."

"The Twin Card's magic isn't to duplicate something into two, but to transfer that thing from those parallel universes that are about to be converged into this time-space—once the original time-space of that thing is converged, this magic cannot be canceled."

"The Sorcerer's Stone is a powerful collection of magic power, but it doesn't have the uniqueness of a parallel universe, so you can use the Twin Card to duplicate the Sorcerer's Stone from a parallel universe~"

Adam: "..."

Let's not even mention the magical explanation for the Mandela effect, that kind of bizarre thing.

Suppi's explanation of the Twin Card's ability really subverted Adam's understanding of this Clow Card, or rather, of the concept of Clow Cards.

He thought it was just duplication, but it's actually the Second Magic?

Come to think of it, the Clow Cards' settings seem to have always been high-level, but stereotypes have hindered Adam's understanding.

The Clow Cards combine natural forces, playing cards, tarot cards, the four elements of alchemy, the twelve constellations, the eight trigrams and five elements, and many other elements in their creation, and can be described as a collection of Eastern and Western occultism in their settings.

And the creator, Clow Reed, was a great magician who could freely travel between parallel worlds, who could stop time with the thought of wanting Yuko to be resurrected, and who lived for hundreds of years in a young form with his own power.

It's just that the creator, Clow Reed, never seemed to use the Clow Cards to fight, and the successor, Sakura, as the protagonist of a shoujo manga, basically used the Clow Cards to save people and rarely showed the power of the Clow Cards.

All these factors led Adam to sign a contract with the Book of Sealing with the idea that "having more power is always good" rather than thinking that the Clow Cards were so powerful.

"Don't limit your perception and imagination, Adam."

As if sensing Adam's thoughts, Suppi's voice rang out again.

"Magic is a kaleidoscope that projects the heart, will, and soul with magic power. Magic power can only determine the strength of magic, but what truly makes magic ever-changing and omnipotent is your heart."

"It's not just about exploring the principles of those Clow Cards that you don't understand, but even the Clow Cards themselves can be modified according to your own ideas after fully understanding them."

"Thank you, Suppi, I understand."

Adam suddenly understood.

Before, his understanding was too narrow, and he hadn't even conducted an in-depth understanding of the Clow Cards. Now it seems that the development potential of the Clow Cards is far beyond his imagination.

Just a single Twin Card has the potential to develop the Second Magic, so what about the other cards?

The development of the Clow Cards can be slowly studied later, but the top priority is still…

"Key that conceals the power of darkness…"

Summoning the Wand of Darkness, Adam paused and looked at the Book of Sealing:

"Suppi, can this incantation be changed?"

Although darkness itself doesn't have the attributes of justice and evil, it can easily cause misunderstandings.

"No can do~ This is part of the contract~ But although the incantation cannot be changed, you can directly abandon the incantation when you have sufficient magic power."

This time it was Kero who spoke.

"Ah, that's great."

The Book of Sealing automatically opened in the air, turning to the page of the Twin Card.

"Release!"

The thorns symbolizing sunlight pointed at the Twin Card, and the twin elves dressed in clown outfits immediately broke free from the seal, jumping out of the card and landing on the ground.

"Yo~"

The Twin Card spirits were nearly identical, save for their hair, one pink and one blue. When they bowed to Adam, one used their left hand and the other their right, making them look like mirror images.

"Can't you guys talk?"

It was Adam's first time summoning a spirit from the Clow Cards, and he looked at the Twin Card spirits, who were about his height, with curiosity.

"Only a few of the Clow Cards can talk. After all, Clow Reed was a man who liked peace and quiet," Kero explained.

"I see. Well then, please create a second Sorcerer's Stone."

Adam held the Sorcerer's Stone in front of the Twin Card.

"Yo~"

The Twin Card leaned in towards the Sorcerer's Stone, and a flash of white light later, two Sorcerer's Stones lay quietly in Adam's palm.

"Hiss--"

Although Suppi had said it was possible, Adam still gasped when the Twin Card actually produced a second Sorcerer's Stone.

"Can you create more?"

The Twin Card looked at Adam and nodded.

"Hiss--"

Adam's eyes gleamed with excitement.

"Adam, copying too many Sorcerer's Stones isn't a good idea. Two Sorcerer's Stones aren't fundamentally different from one, and if you expose them, it'll easily cause trouble--you can't use the Clow Cards too many times in one day right now!" Suppi's voice rang out.

"Eh? Don't I already have a Sorcerer's Stone..."

Adam put one of them back into the bag Nicolas Flamel had given him, holding the other in his hand, and said, "Can't the magic of the Sorcerer's Stone be used to use the Clow Cards?"

"Unfortunately, no."

Kero also chimed in to pour cold water on his idea. "The contract of the Book of Sealing prevents anyone or any magic other than you from using the Clow Cards. However, if you learn the magic within the Twin Card and cast it yourself, you can use the magic within the Sorcerer's Stone."

"Eh? So me copying the Sorcerer's Stone... well, turning things into gold and making elixirs of life are also very useful."

Adam sighed.