Night 12

Place That Strains Life (命張る場所, Inochi Haru Basho) is Night 12 of the Magi manga series.

Characters In Order of Appearance
'' Characters in bold denote the character's proper appearance. Characters in italic are only seen briefly and have yet to make a proper appearance. ''

Magic
'' Magic in bold denotes the magic's first appearance. ''

Summary
Alibaba and Aladdin are searching through the palace to find the treasure. After searching for a while they give up hope and go to leave the palace. As they are leaving they run into a fatally wounded Goltas. Alibaba moves to attack but Aladdin stops him as he notices his wounds. Goltas collapses. Alibaba is then attacked by Morgiana with Jamil. Alibaba is ready to strike but Jamil seems to be acting strange and muttering to himself. Morgiana runs to attack Aladdin and Alibaba is left to deal with Jamil, who is having a mental breakdown after the fight with the monsters in the previous cave that Alibaba left them in. Alibaba is no longer afraid of Jamil and he continues to tell him that all the things that Jamil has, title and linage, is nothing here. "If you're scared... go cry a river in your house, Little man!" (Alibaba to Jamil). Jamil becomes tired of being insulted and positions himself to attack Alibaba, thinking that he is the better fighter. Jamil moves to attack but Alibaba dodges the attack. Jamil strikes again but is unsuccessful again. Jamil is confused as to why Alibaba is winning against him. Alibaba begins his advance towards Jamil, making Jamil look like the weaker man. Alibaba is then revealed to know Royal Swordplay.

Alibaba's history is revealed. His mother was a prostitute in Balbadd but despite that his childhood was a very happy one. His mother however died of an unknown sickness and Alibaba was left alone on the street. He started to mix in with the wrong crowds until a man came to get him. He was then taken in at 10 years old and raised in a mansion and taught many things such as languages, economics and swordplay. The King of Balbadd had two sons but had to find a third due to hard times. Alibaba is then revealed to be the illegitimate son of the king and had an advantage due to his royal bloodline.

A certain event is hinted at that lead to Alibaba being outcast from the kingdom.