I didn't even think it was that serious, sure I attacked him with mana, but it was in self-defense. Drumming my fingers on the arm of my chair. I said, "What were they trying to charge me with? He attacked me; first, I was only trying to defend myself.” Looking like she could chew on nails. Daphnia said, "That's just it, they weren't trying to charge you for anything to do with the fighting. They completely ignored the whole incident! Trying their best to sweep everything under the rug, so to speak. Their only interest was in you, not having a permit on you and if you were at the apprentice level. We’re just lucky that you passed the truth sayers tests.”

With her arms crossed over her chest. Madison said, "That's not right! He attacked you and the only thing they're worried about. Is if you infringed on some minor laws!”

Suddenly getting quieter, as her eyes bounced from me to her parents. She said “I can't really say, him not getting charged is that unfair all things considered. I mean well, mmm…” Tapping her chin, in deep thought. Snapping her fingers. She said, "Roasted! That's the word I'm going for. You roasted a little over half his body with your mana pulse thingy.”

Laughing as he slapped the table. Mancin said, "Ha, she's right about that, you really did a number on him. Even if he gets the help of a healer, it's going to cost him or his guild a lot of money. If they even choose to go that route, they might just let him suffer from the burns as punishment. That's part of the reason that the city tried to go after you for not having your permit on you. If I were to guess the other reason they went after you. Is they're very touchy about outsiders causing problems in the city.”

Wow, I didn't realize I caused so much trouble. I'll definitely have to be more careful in the future, I thought. Patting his arm, Daphnia said, "Mancin darling, why don't you take Kyle to your study. So you can answer his questions about spell matrixes. While Madison and I have a little chat hmm.” With his brows scrunched together. He said, "I completely forgot you asked me to help you with that. I'm sorry, things tend to slip my mind when I'm frustrated.”

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Shaking my head, I said, "It's not a problem, sometimes it just happens. Getting up from the table, Mancin lead me off towards the left side of the grove. Blue sparks of mana, flickered over my body as the scenery around us began to ripple. Appearing a room that looked a lot like his other office. The first thing I noticed was how bright his study was. With a giant window behind his desk overlooking the grove. Everything was made of lighter shades of color as well. A few feet in front of his desk was a pair of couches and a coffee table. His study was definitely bigger than his office, that's for sure.

Waving at the couch, on the left. He said, "Here take a seat, there is no need to worry about anyone listening in here. After the Dark Magi attacked the city, it made me think about a few things. It's one of the reasons I got Daphnia a microcosm, but I also had my study built into it as a sub-layer. So it has twice the enchantments for preventing eavesdropping. Plus a few other things that make it even harder to get into. Anyway, we're not here to talk about my study are we.” That's impressive, I didn't even think about people scrying.

As he sat down, Mancin said, "I don't know how complex the problem you're having with a spell matrixes is. But one of my favorite sayings is, why to suffer uncomfortably when you can suffer in comfort. I will say, it's a little early for you to be working on spell matrixes. But go ahead and tell me about your problems, I'll try my best to help.” Twisting my hands in nervousness. I said, "Well, I remembered a levitation spell matrix. That I thought would be a good place to start training. At first, I set up the whole spell matrix than filled it with mana. But before I knew what happened, it destabilized and fell apart. Then I tried filling the runic images with mana before connecting them, that didn't work either. No matter what I did, it kept falling apart?”

Leaning forward, He said, "I'm not trying to be mean when I say this, but it's quite obvious, from what you've told. That your missing one of the basic tenets of runes and building a spell matrix. Which is all runes resonate. They interact with each other and mana through form, position, and resonance. If all three aren't correct, well you've experienced what happens for yourself. Luckily without consequence, Albeit on a smaller scale.