A True Magician Never Reveals His Secret

Oh how he loves it. The curious and critical looks of the audience, eager to know what will happen and desperate to decipher how he did it. The curtain in front of him tense for a few seconds and then suddenly standing behind the audience.

The astonished looks as he enjoys them and then the applause that follows. He is not sure what he was meant for, but he knows that his old name was Martin and now his master has christened him Patient 04: Reminder. He also knows that he was made to learn, every time he sees something he wants to be able to do it. And in an abnormal speed, in his opinion, he learns it.

*In the beginning he learned everything to survive, but when he was on the road he saw a man with a strange hat in his hand. Fascinated by the action, he looked at it and was surprised when he took a rabbit out of the hat. When the audience applauded and he bowed, he was fascinated. Many would say that he was fascinated by the trick, but his fascination came from something else. The excitement and surprised looks were something that gave him a feeling he could not describe. He wanted those looks to come his way and wanted to learn how to achieve that. He made his way to the man with the hat and wanted to know how he wowed the people.*

***"A true magician never reveal his tricks."*** *replied the man with the hat.*

*Patient 04 was confused and a rage boiled inside him. All instincts were striding him to consume the man and thus find out the secret. But before he could act, the man took out another identical hat from his hat and placed it on his head.*

***"To be a true magician, you have to take advantage of the uncertain and present yourself positively to the audience. Because if you give away your tricks or let your emotions steer you, you will never reap the looks of surprise and amazement."*** *the man commented as he went on his way, leaving the surprised and amazed Patient 04 with the hat.*

Oh how he loved that memory, he owes that man everything he has accomplished. He has mastered to fascinate people, to a point where the people have given him the title of Showman. He wears this title with pride, having almost perfected his arts of enthrallment. While not what master created him for, he hopes it will still make him proud. When he finished his trick, he took his treasure off his head and held it up to the crowd. He learned that at the end of the show, there is a fundraiser to support his show. At first he was against doing this, but learned over time that these Berries can help him purchase new equipment for his next show, as well as satisfy his hunger. Under his drama mask he could not hold back his smile. The more he put on his shows, the more Berries he collected, and by the time he earned the title of Showman, he had always collected more than enough Berries. As he lets his eyes wander through the audience, he sees the satisfied looks of his fans, which always gives him that wonderful feeling, but at the end of the crowd he sees a man who knocks a small boy to the ground and steals the Berries from him, before running away. It seemed that only he noticed, which is why he goes in the direction of the boy. A weak, crying and defenseless boy.

So weak, so small, so **tasty....**

What a deliciousness and he had yet to eat...**so tasty....so delicious....a true meal!...**.

Reminder shook his head. **No.** He will not return to his old personality. He will not give away his secret. He squatted in front of the young one and looked at him. He reached behind his ear and took out a pouch and held it in front of the boy before handing it to him.

The boy looked up at the man with excitement.

**"Mister how did you do that!?"** the boy asked, which only made Reminder laugh.

**"A true magician never reveal his secrets, because it takes away the surprise and magic it has."** Patient 04 explained to him before patting the head of the boy and walking away from the crowd.

As he moved further into the city, thinking about what he could get with the Berries and what new trick he should perform next, he heard a shabby laugh coming from an alley to his right. Guided by his curiosity, he looked inside and saw the same man who had taken the Berries from the boy. He was alone in a dark alley having a drink. He sidled up to the man and jostled him.

**"Eyyy, look where you're going, idiot!"** yelled the man, hand holding the handle of his sword.

**"Ohh, sorry, I was busy counting my money in the pouch."** the magician said as he pulled out the pouch he stole from the young man.

The man's eyes widen before he rushed to the magician and unsheathed his sword...only for a bouquet of flowers to come out instead.

**"What the-."** the man said in confusion as a blade suddenly stabbed through his stomach and he slumped to the ground. Bleeding, the man tried to hold his wound. Reminder watched it happen with a feeling he wanted to forget, but right now he didn't care as his hunger took over.

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No one will miss him.

He crouched down to the injured man and took off his mask.

The man panicked as he looked at the showman's face.

**"You mon-!"** anything that should have come out after that was prevented with a hand over his mouth as Reminder stared at him hungrily. **Yes**, that should satisfy his hunger for a few days.

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After a few minutes, the magician left the empty alley and made his way to the next settlement. No signs were there of the man, not even blood. The alley was completely clean.

How the patient 04 managed to do it?

This one would people like to know, but as an old saying once said:

"A good magician never reveal his secret."