"Come on, come on!"

*Crackle*

Lightning flashed, Sparks were generated. It wasn't long before black smoke came out.

"Don't do this to me, babe."

Icarus whispered.

*Boom*

Icarus sighed. He didn't even protect himself from the explosion, as an invisible force generated by Icarus simply protected him in a bubble.

Teleportation. A somewhat high magic. Icarus learned it a while ago but it is only now that he tried to upgrade it. Like... the Teleportation magic is good and all but one of the aspects of the magic is that one mustn't move when using it.

Icarus wants to bypass that. So he reverse engineered it, now he's engineering it with new aspects. Icarus wants to use this magic while moving, running or even falling. So, he's engineering it to do that. But it's hard, the magic is advanced enough. Adding another concept seems to disrupt it.

It's been two hours working on it but he didn't find a way out. It's been a few days working on reverse engineering it and engineering it. It wasn't complicated to reverse engineered it but engineering it and changing it? Yhea, tough luck with that.

Sigh~

Icarus slumped from where he was sitting—Under the tree—

'I must come up with an idea.' He thought.

Spending a week on a single spell is testing his patients. He just wants to complete this and enjoy the feeling of Teleportation.

Icarus sets his eyes on the heavens and they glazed over. Thinking about everything and nothing. Mediation, the art of clearing your mind and relaxing your body.

Unbiddenly, memories start rushing into his head.

`Time Relativity. Time dilation is the difference in elapsed time as measured by two clocks, either due to a relative velocity between them —special relativity— or due to a difference in gravitational potential between their locations —general relativity—When unspecified, "time dilation" usually refers to the effect due to velocity.'

Explained by the mad genius. Albert Einstein.

If Icarus wants to use teleportation, for example, for battle purposes. Then the acceleration of the teleportation, the casting speed and flexibility must be thoroughly researched. Not to forget the gravity of it, because teleportation is breaking through space isn't it? Going from Point A to Point B in an instant. Time dilation must've been included in this spell.

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Ugh.. Explaining a Magic Spell with logic is exhausting and doesn't make sense...Which makes sense. Icarus lives in an era where common sense doesn't exactly work, where logic is the bread and butter of madness and fractured minds.

The flexibility and casting speed has already been taken care of. But as for acceleration of the teleportation...

Wait a minute..

Icarus jumped up from the ground and paced around.

`Spells in general are created with aspects. So..If I want to use the spell not restricted by movement then I'll...—'

Yes, it's all coming together now.

Icarus immediately scrapped all the work he has been doing over the past days and started a new one

'If I can remove the aspect of stationary in the spell and replace it with the aspect of motion or movement. Will it work?'

Icarus engineered the spell again but this time putting new aspects in it.

After a few minutes of doing so, Icarus was done.

'Now, let's test it.'

But of course, what kind of researcher Icarus would be if he tested this new, untested spell on himself?

So, he pointed his hand towards his journal and casted the spell. Since the spell was an Instant one/One-Line spell, it didn't take a second for the spell to be casted.

A brown-ish gold magic circle was casted beneath his journal and disappeared. Icarus opened his hand and the journal appeared on his palm.

'No tears or any damage.' He thought as he checked the journal all over.

Icarus opened the journal and walked to the tree, getting his quill there. He wrote—

[No damages can be seen in the journal. The casting speed is good but it can be better.

Suggestion: Develop a Half-One Line Incarnation or not to use incarnations at all. Use the spell on instinct alone.

Mobility: Not tested... require a subject with consciousness.

Speed: Can be better....]

Icarus paused. And wrote [Further research required to finally use it.]

He closed his journal and sighed.

Right. Who thought being a magical researcher was easy? Huu~

Icarus tossed his journal in the air, a second later it appeared in his hands.

He repeated this for another whole hour. Trying to get the feeling of using the spell and adjusting to its casting.

....

Hours passed by without his father returning back. It made Icarus concerned about him, his father isn't a person to dilly dally around. So, for him to be this late?

Icarus's lips unconsciously twisted into a frown.

'He's late.'

Was the exhibition really that long? Or is it Daedalus' complicated relationship with Perdix that made him this late?

As he was thinking like that, Icarus felt the bound field sigils being destroyed. It's such a crude work that even Icarus noticed. One thing was evident though, the person who removed it doesn't have any experience with dismantling a bound field.

'This... can't be father.' He thought.

Icarus' brows were knitted together as he tried to ponder what sort of an idiot will try to destroy a bound field around the house of Daedalus.

The boundary field around the house isn't really that powerful. It was put in place to discourage any invaders, that's why Daedalus made it in a form of illusory Maze. The Maze that will, in the future, make Daedalus infamous.

Nonetheless Icarus discovered that there were invaders in his home.

'What should I do to them?' Icarus contemplated.

It wasn't long before Icarus heard stomps of footsteps and the clanking of amours.

Since Icarus was in the yard, it didn't take long for the invaders to find Icarus.

Icarus smiled as his eyes started to glow slightly, indicating his use of magic.

Before he could move though the person who was in front of the people came forward and shouted.

"Icarus of Athens, Son of Daedalus. You've been arrested for being associated with a murderer. Surrender now!"

Icarus paused...'Associated with a murderer?' Sorry sir, I advise you to stop smoking whatever you're smoking.

As he wanted to get full information, Icarus asked. "A murderer? Who's that?"

The invaders closed on Icarus as the person who spoke Previously answered. "Daedalus."

It didn't really take Icarus long to figure out who his father killed. 'Damn, just as I was getting comfortable with my home.'

Icarus just sighed and allowed the.... soldiers? let's go with that. He allowed the soldiers to arrest him.

Not that a pair of cuffs can really stop him. They aren't a magic tool that can stop his magic, even if Icarus's use of magic through Divine Words doesn't use any mana or prana, so they'll be useless against him.

Other than that, Icarus can kill all of them in under five seconds if he wants. But he didn't, he wanted to see his father. To see where he is, so they can leave this place together.

"Lead the way, Mr soldier." Icarus snarked at him.

Sigh~