Chapter three

Magic the art of wizardry, since the moment I heard mom utter those words I was determined to learn more about it, I knew that mom had a private library I saw glimpses of it while the door was open but I wasn’t allowed there, I tried to sneak in their several times but Hera kept finding me and bringing me back to my crib, I knew that mom spent time in their every afternoon, so the next time she went in there I followed her

“Mama”

“Oh honey did you follow me, do you want to play I can call Hera”

I shook my head

“With …. Mama”

“Oh mommy needs to catch up on her work”

“Me ….. Quite…. Promise”

Mom shrugged before picking me up and placing me on her lap, a large tome was open before her, but I couldn’t recognize any of the characters

I sat there for a while trying to memories the characters as she flipped through the pages, I needed a reference point If I am to learn this writing system

“Mom”

“Yes dear”

“What are those?”

“These are written words”

“……”

“Here, ill read some for you”

“Kessa tos daol arliñagon arlī Tol ja alvichi tol dohairis”

Now I was really confused this wasn’t the language my parents spoke to me, does magic have it own language, is this even magic or another language of this world

I looked at her again

“Don’t …. Understand”

“This is High-Elysian it’s the language of my home”

“Where …. Mama home”

“It’s a beautiful country called the magedom of Elysar, it’s far from here, beyond the mountains of mist” she said closing the book

I looked at the book and tried to say the words she just said

“Kessa to daal”

“Kessa tos daol” she corrected me “maybe …. No what am I thinking you’re too young for that” she paused for a moment

“It’s getting late let’s take you to bed” she said touching my nose before she took me to my room.

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I am thinking of sneaking into mom’s study, did she lock the door …. I can’t remember, I crawled out of my crib and tried to crawl silently, I knew my parents were asleep because mom sang me a song before she left I almost fell asleep back then, I passed their room and started climbing the stairs to the first floor, Hera’s door was slightly ajar and there was a light coming from inside, she must be awake, down stairs I made my way to moms study, I couldn’t reach most of the books but there was a few that I could reach, I pulled some of them down and tried to make something out of them, I recognized some of the characters and from the book mom read to me but I couldn’t understand what they say….

I kept sneaking into mom’s room and trying to make her spill out more of this high-Elysian language, but she started locking the door when she was inside, a brake through was made when I was in the garden, I was using a stick to re-write some of the characters in the books I saw.

“Not like this …. Curve the end upwards”

I looked behind me and was startled by Hera looking over my shoulder, I looked at her for a moment startled when she took my hand and corrected my writing

“Hera Knows this”

“Yes” she said flatly

“What does this one mean” I asked pointing at one of the characters

“Jovalta …. It means you”

“And this” I said pointing at another one

“Lovantis…. It means friend”

It seems I found a tutor

“What about this”

”it means ….”

After that I made sure to drag Hera outside everyday and make her teach me, the fruits of my work showed immediately but it took me more than a week to start to make sense of the books my mom had,

There were books like “sea food recipes” and “the good wife” and “understanding men”

There were also more serious books like “essays on the Roanan high society” and “a history of the Alarian kingdoms”

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But I was attracted to a single book “an introduction to the arcane arts” this sounded a lot like a spell book and for beginners at that.

But it was on one of the top shelves and I couldn’t reach it even with a chair, so I improvised I took some of the books and stacked them on a chair, I managed to reach it with tip of my fingers and pull it out, I managed to pull it out but at the same time I lost my balance and fell on my behind, I made a ruckuses hopefully no one is up or they would’ve heard it.

I looked at the mess I made and located my prize, not the largest of books but that is to be expected. I opened the first page and started to read

“The study of magic is one of danger peril but also one of great rewards, thus the mage must be cautions and determined in his study of the Arcanium …..”

I skipped through that and flipped through the pages

“Basic spells and incantations” now we’re talking, I paused on this page and started reading

“Water bubble spell: Tal goz azai noh vah marat” so this is a spell, I read it in my mind but nothing happened, in my previous world spells are usually said aloud so I tried that

“Tal goz azai noh vah marat” I felt something stir in my chest and suddenly water bubbles were forming in my hands

“So you do have to say the spell out loud” I thought to myself but as soon as that though passed the bubbles were gone

Did I do something wrong I thought to myself before looking back at the book

“Water bubbles: one of the weakest water spells and cause minimal damage but if directed correctly it can distract and scare beasts”

There wasn’t any instructions on how to release the spell, I decided to memorize some of the phrases and leg it before I get discovered here, I placed the books back in the shelves and went back to my room, while I was doing so I found some of my mom’s notes. It seems to be more spells, but I couldn’t stay here long so read one of them and hoped that I’ll remember it.

The next day when I walked into the kitchen mom was asking Hera if she rearranged her books, I turned around immediately and decided to watch dad’s morning practice

As I watched dad fell into trance swinging his sword I fell into deep though, something went wrong when I cast that spell, the bubble should fly forward and blow up in front of a target, but it blew up in my hand, I also want to try the other spells but they could be dangerous and I might not want to try them at home.

I sneaked past the kitchen and to the back yard, mom and Hera were busy cooking while dad was practicing, so I was sure that I am safe for now, I remembered the phrases of the first spell “golai Hork” which means fire ball, I whispered the words and again felt something stir in my chest and a small fire ball appeared in my hand

“ohhhhhh …..”

But it vanished immediately, same thing happened with the spark spell and the wind blade, I must be doing something wrong, but what and then I remembered the notes that I found at the end, I had time only to remember one spell, what was it ah yes “Valar ābrazȳ”

It meant something in the lines of black fire or dark energy, when I said the words a black flame formed between my hands, this time it didn’t vanish and I felt a connection and knew if I push my hands forward I will release the spell, so I went for it, the black flame shot forward and smashed into the ground, turning it black and melting it

This is bad, someone could see this, I turned around to get inside before anyone could see me and I froze

Mom was at the door, she looked shocked and terrified but that soon turned into anger as she walked towards me and used a water spell to extinguish the flame

“you, what did you do ”