Plot summary of Magical Vacation

A plot summary of Magical Vacation.

Backstory
Long ago in the Magic Kingdom of Kovomaka, a war broke out and was soon to be lost to history. Many nobles and knights fell in this battle, and the nation was dealt a heavy blow. In spite of there being a war, the Kingdom's people were told very little, and were not even informed of who the enemy nation was. All they were told was that thousands had died due to magical experiments gone awry. After three days, a lasting peace returned to Kovomaka Kingdom, but one man continued to circle the globe in preparation for the next conflict.

Some time later in a village on the Kingdom's edge, there lived the protagonist. They were born with the power to see spirits hiding in nature, to which they were ostracized by the villagers and deemed a fraud. One day, they were met by Biscotti, a great sorcerer said to have brought magic to the land, and the headmaster of Will-o'-Wisp Academy. He invited the protagonist to enroll in the academy with the promise of meeting more spirits, revealing to have befriended some himself. On their way to Will-o'-Wisp, Biscotti told the protagonist how many of its graduates went on to serve Kovomaka Kingdom, but that was not his reason for teaching magic. Rather, he encouraged his pupils to learn everything there was to know about the world. That way, they could go anywhere their heart desired.

Prologue
One summer evening, the protagonist, Pistachio, Kirsche, and Sesame talk about their upcoming camping trip to Valencia Beach Seaside School in Will-o'-Wisp's meditation room. Candy, Blueberry, and Lemon arrive shortly after, and the students each make their own resolutions for camp. Blueberry wishes to make herself stronger; Pistachio wants to improve his failing grades, as he is on the verge of expulsion; Candy plans on reinventing herself at the beach and possibly confess her love to a boy. The protagonist then leaves the meditation room, finding a hurried Peche outside. She asks them to round up the remaining students, then Latte bursts out of the music room upstairs, saying the students in there were telling scary stories. Walking into the east wing, the protagonist spots their teacher, Miss Madeleine, talking with Principal Biscotti. Madeleine seems unsure of her ability to take care of the students, but Biscotti has faith in her. Their conversation is interrupted after they notice the protagonist, to which Madeleine asks them to board the magic bus outside. Inside the music room are Cassis, Cider, Olive, and Arancia. They discuss rumors of students disappearing during past trips to Valencia Beach, debating their legitimacy. Whilst Cider was in denial, Olive brought up Ganache's sister Vanilla, who attended the Seaside School three years ago, but went missing after returning to the academy.

The students join the protagonist and follow them into the lecture hall, where Cabernet reminisces over his deceased brother Chardonnay, a former soldier of the royal army and Vanilla's boyfriend. One year ago, Chardonnay was killed in action after confronting a monster. Cabernet recounts the last conversation Chardonnay had with Vanilla, wherein she rejected the idea of having a place in the world. Chardonnay tried to reason with Vanilla, but it was for naught, as she exclaimed her power was her way of coping with peoples' hate.

After Cabernet joins up with his classmates, the group of students exit Will-o'-Wisp and board the magic bus. Biscotti suddenly shows up, warning the sixteen kids that leaving Valencia Beach at any point will result in instant expulsion, even if Madeleine wishes for them to return home. As Biscotti asks for the group to keep his lecture a secret from Madeleine, she slowly approaches the bus with Chocolat, so he runs back to the academy. Madeleine then takes attendance, noticing that Ganache is missing. Olive volunteers to find him, as does Candy, but Madeleine only allows Olive to go. Approaching a riverbed off campus, Olive finds Ganache playing his harmonica. Ganache almost mistakes her voice for Vanilla's, to which Olive detects he is lamenting over his sister's disappearance. Ganache is hesitant to join his classmates on their camping trip, until Olive has a premonition of everyone vanishing, convincing Ganache that he can learn more about what happened to Vanilla three years ago. He and Olive board the magic bus, piloted by Balsamico, and the students take off for Valencia Beach.



Soon after the class arrives at camp, Madeleine dismisses her students for free time until their campfire at dusk. Each student does their own thing throughout the evening, until the protagonist meets with Sesame, who claims to see a cave beyond a blocked path near the shore. Rounding up several other classmates, the protagonist leads an adventure group to the cave, finding Ganache and Olive standing near it with worry. They leave, then the protagonist's group enters the cave, where they spot a brownie fading in and out of reality. The brownie tells of how pirates and hunters were killed in the cave hundreds of years ago, warning the party that if they are not careful, they may slip into another realm. To Sesame's dejection, the only unopened treasure chest contains a poptail and pinecones, so he and the party leave the cave. Returning to the campfire at nighttime, Madeleine talks to her students about what is expected of them over the summer, even assuring an apprehensive Pistachio that he will grow as a magician. The class is dismissed for free time once more, and the protagonist observes Ganache receiving a late birthday present from Candy. Ganache subsequently discusses combat with the protagonist before they meet Kirsche and Arancia in the southern forest. Just as they capture a gummy frog, Blueberry and Lemon run into the forest, exclaiming that strange creatures have invaded the beach.

The protagonist and some students attempt to fight back, though the creatures warp most of the class off the beach. Ganache watches as Candy too is abducted, then orders Madeleine to explain what the creatures are. Madeleine says they are called enigmas, entities born of darkness, but wonders how they are able to make contact with the Material Realm. Ganache believes the enigmas' invasion was premeditated, and proceeds to the shore where he willingly gets warped away like the rest of the class. Madeleine then reflects on what Biscotti had told her before leaving the academy, in which he said not all the students had to make it back from Valencia Beach alive. Although Madeleine spurned Biscotti's plan, reminding him of a tragedy from three years ago, he warned her that the royal army had very few soldiers to depend on. His plan was to train students at Valencia Beach so they could be ready to fight Kovomaka Kingdom's enemies on the front lines, lest the nightmare from fifteen years ago return anew.

Coming back to her senses, Madeleine kills many enigmas using her light magic, demanding they warp her to where her students were taken. The enigmas reveal they sent the class to another plane of existence called the Light Realm, but seeing as their powers would be weaker there, they warp her to a completely different world. The protagonist is left alone on the beach, but finds Sesame in the pirates cave, who says the enigmas emerged from a portal further in. Feeling the portal's connection to a distant world, the protagonist steps in and transcends planes, to which Sesame calls them stupid for carelessly walking in. However, an enigma suddenly appears and warps him away, too.

Light Realm
Cider wakes up and watches Cassis kill another enigma. Before they can discuss their current situation, Cassis hears Chocolat cry for help, and so runs off to find him. As for the protagonist, they land in Mimolette Forest, finding Pistachio anxiously looking around for his classmates. An enigma suddenly sneaks up behind the protagonist, causing Pistachio to flee to a log bridge and bump into a demice. He plays dead until the protagonist arrives, and they work together to defeat the enemy. Picking up Arancia's scent in the distance, Pistachio urges they follow it together, bringing them to the entrance of Forest Cave. They see Arancia inside, but notice a change in her behavior. Tracking her down at the end of the cave, Arancia invites Pistachio to become stronger by trusting the enigmas and performing a fusion. As Pistachio is about to merge with Arancia, Kirsche and the real Arancia rush into the cave just in time. The fake Arancia turns out to be a shapeshifting enigma called Volcanera, who fights the four students and loses. In a last ditch effort to claim a fusion host, Volcanera suddenly warps to another part of Forest Cave with Kirsche in tow.

Proceeding out of the cave to the puppets' Oturan Village, the party reunites with Ganache outside the village chief's house. Ganache presumes the enigmas want to tire the class by persecuting them throughout the Light Realm, thus making their hearts more vulnerable for fusion. He joins his classmates down a tunnel in a villager's house where Volcanera tortures Kirsche, but before they can conduct a fusion, Ganache demands he be used as a vessel instead. He then tests Volcanera's capabilities by casting a dark spell, effortlessly killing the enigma. With Kirsche now saved, the students discuss where to go next, opting to reach Green Tea Village beyond the Wetsomus Ruins once they get permission from Oturan Village's chief. They talk things over with Chief Chiffon and his granddaughter Mille-feuille, the latter promising to give the party an ukuru's feather and guide them through Wetsomus Ruins the next morning.

Meeting with the village's innkeeper Tiramisu, the students take notice of an immobile puppet in the lobby. Tiramisu says it is his brother Mousse, whom he alleges is still alive, but stopped moving after falling off a cliff two centuries ago. The party wakes up the next morning to see a dead puppet in the middle of the village, bringing Mille-feuille to tears, as murders have been taking place in Oturan Village for several years. Tiramisu, on the other hand, displays little sympathy for the victim. The students follow Mille-feuille back to Chiffon's house shortly thereafter, and as she tells Chiffon of the bad news, Ganache is hurried to ask for the ukuru's feather. Arancia reprimands his impatience, but Ganache feels as though the puppets do not want the students in their business anymore and want to drive them out of Oturan. The group tails behind Mille-feuille to the earthbound stage of Wetsomus Ruins, but before they can ascend to the floating labyrinth, Tiramisu appears to confront Mille-feuille. He orders her to relinquish her heart so that Mousse can move again, still in denial that he died from falling off a cliff.

Epilogue
Kirsche and Arancia get married and raise two children. While Arancia takes care of the children at home, Kirsche travels the world, then becomes an instructor at Will-o'-Wisp Academy.

Blueberry, in hopes of further studying her magic, travels to the Water Realm and shares many stories with the remaining water people.

Chocolat resumes living his normal life, sitting atop a hill near the academy to enjoy the spring breeze and bridsong.

Candy quits magic, instead turning to philosophy, politics, and history. She soon became a history lecturer at Will-o'-Wisp.

Peche sets up a fund to help dodos, using the donations to build a sanctuary to ensure the dodos' safety.

Lemon pioneers a fighting style that combines melee and magic, which booms in popularity across the continent.

Cabernet takes off for the home country of the frog in his hat. He learns a lot of unusual magic there and is declared the country's guardian.

Cassis gives everything he owns to the impoverished children in Castle Town, setting out on a new journey all by himself.

Cider paints several pictures depicting his adventures at the Seaside School, retelling his stories for generations to come.

Sesame becomes a renowned technician for antique machinery. He runs Latte under several modifications, the last of which is a rocket, wherein he shoots Latte off Valencia Beach into outer space.

Pistachio continues to study hard, eventually graduating from Will-o'-Wisp Academy with a doctorate. He writes several books to propagate magic far beyond the continent.

Olive becomes the guardian of a nature reserve on a Kovomakan archipelago, banding together with its animals to make sure they are untouched by mankind.

The protagonist is hired as a magic professor at Will-o'-Wisp after graduating. Instead of teaching magic for combat, they teach magic for support, reforming Will-o'-Wisp into a school suitable for Ganache and Vanilla's new era of peace.

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