What did she want me to say? I couldn't speak or see

Hate

I could ask tun tun to give me details about her-at least the old me would've.

After my brief pause she started talking again

“ My name Is Meteora . Look I'm not supposed to be here so DONT tell the queen, but i had to get a look at the new talk of the kingdom.” she said it in a way that hinted at respect, weird.

Were there chasm creatures that went against the queen?

Kill

“She's an Alraune chasm creature. “ Tun tun alerted me.

So a plant monster type chasm creature. I could tell because tell the room was flooded with a sweet floral scent as soon as she arrived , honestly she smelled good.

“Wow I could feel your Mana even outside the building, insides it's so much more intense “

She said with another breath

“ We have about an hour until Empress Valarie comes , so we should be safe. I want to talk to you so bad but … OK let's do this”

My tormentor's name was Valarie, I would remember that .

I could tell the newcomer was approaching me .Also it was strange, normally chasm creatures sounded like wild animals, why could I suddenly understand them.

Or maybe they could speak? They all seemed intelligent so far, wait no ,they were definitely intelligent.

“ tun tun is it possible you could speak to her for me? “ I asked through our mental link

It probably wasn't possible ,, but we've never tried before .

The option of was always on the table , now was the time to test it .

I wanted to tell her to back “ tf “ up , but was it wise to reveal tun tun? After all she was the only person that no one really knew about.

“I can try” she responded to me

“ stop “ tun tun spoke aloud for the first time.

Hearing that the pink soul stopped moving toward me and spun a few times , presumably looking for the voice.

“A Woman's voice?And the plot thickens, can you still speak? Or no that was magic wasn't it . This is better , listen very closely. This is a poem.

Jenny

Ontonagon

Interested

Network

Melissa

Elisa

“

she said in a sing Songy voice. Was this really a poem, it didn't remind me of any one I've ever heard.

This is what I revealed tun tun for?

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“Jenny,Ontonagon, Interested, Network , Melissa, Elisa “ tun tun repeated it to herself a few times. It was good that she was with me , a constant extra pair of watching eyes .

Should I just attack her or run away? Surely she was lying somewhere.

Even if she didn’t say much I simply hated all chasm creatures.

I was racist and did not care

“Join me” tun tun told me telepathically

“I think she's either setting up a trap to test your loyalty or she might be part of a rebellion.” she added

That would be interesting and would explain the piss poor poem. Either way I had no intentions of joining a chasm creature. Didn’t she mention a forbidden technique , I was tired of interactions and wanted peace to myself.

Tch , did they think I cared for them? I'm glad I was the type to get calmer the more angry I felt.

If I had it my way , they would all be dead. That disgusting thought devoid of morals , delighted me and sent a small wave of euphoria through my being. I was changing , becoming colder.

“You don't need to say anything, she is an enemy after all”

Sometimes simple logic was all that was needed to decide. Everyone wanted something from me , and I was the most selfish of all. Every time I think about the person I used to be, the voices get stronger. How could I have been trusting so easily?

AHHH

I'm wasting time.

Taking a deep breath I focused inwards. I needed to use everything that I learned so far to survive.

The books .That's right , the books , what did they mention about mana again?

Without my other senses to disrupt my flow of thoughts , clearly the words of the book came into my mind .

{ Chapter 25: how to use mana

Magic theory has tried to be replicated into basic segments for a novice to learn but each magician has their own unique way of activating their magic as well as the source of their magic. This means that each Magician themselves must monitor what works best for themselves.

mana is stored around the body , not within. In chasm creatures it is the opposite , mana is stored in the beast.

The core to magic is visualization , }

I revisited what I read in my mind . Think , what can we do with this knowledge? If it really is true that visualization is key then maybe I have other abilities but I failed to incorporate them due to my past feeble emotional state of mind.

Stopping in my tracks, I sat down on the ground again ignoring both tun tun and meteora.

Focus on yourself, that was a lesson I learned that I didn't plan to forget .

Still, I needed to learn more about magic and spells. Maybe I could create one? I know I needed allies but I had no one to trust other than tun tun . Is it possible to create life with magic?

They say that ignorance is a bell curve and right now I was completely ignorant. That also meant that I had the confidence of an amateur. Regardless of the difficulty level , my belief that I could do it was high . Especially because there was no one to tell me no

I had to give it a go , i shouldn’t restrict myself

Concentrating on the mana that was inside me , I tried to slowly pull it out . Like used oil in a car my mana was moving, but slow and sludge-like. I was inefficient at this , I assumed that because I healed that guy so quickly that it was easy. So far I've only failed at replicating that spell , let's call it “heal “ for now.

Should I try to visualize a person and pour mana into the air , or should I pour mana into an object and see if it comes to life. I felt like the second option was more beginner friendly but I didn't have anything but my clothes. Right now what I needed was an arsenal of magic spells.

“AHEM” meteora reminded me of her existence. It was strangely easy to forget people were just a few feet in front of you, when you were blind.

“Look, I know that you don't trust me, but that makes me trust that you're the right choice even more. I have to leave before the empress gets here , so that we dont both die but take this as a token of my sincerity. An Item made specially for you. “

Getting closer the pink soul with a voice got bigger. I could feel her intentions the closer she got , part of the reason I wasn't openly hostile to this stranger.

Stop

Now she was within an arm's length and as close as I was willing to let her come . Feeling the stable air shift and breeze in front of me ,I could tell she was handing me something. After abrief deliberation I reached my uninjured hand forward and grabbed the item. It was a book

“This is a special Tome created just for you 100 pages front and back , it allows you to write in it using mana. Naturally the contents of the book are invisible to everyone but the person who wrote them “

Slightly gasping I stifled it before my reaction was noticed. This would allow me to write spells

{ I recommend carrying a journal to create your own methods and frameworks }.

Isn’t this exactly what the book described?

Placing my hand over it , first I felt the book. The leathery texture mixed with its cracks and surface made it feel smooth and rugged. Properly crafted at the very least , bringing it to my nose I smelled it .

Sniff sniff

Like jerky

“Trust me we’ll meet again, until then consider it . “

“ Trust me?” No i thought

Her pink soul was gradually encased in a blue light and she disappeared. I assumed that was a transportation spell of some kind. It was almost like she was never here , except for the sweet smell she left behind.

“Shes gone “ tun tun decided to inform me

She was probably unaware that I could see an individual's essence.

Mhhh this was a gift no doubt , perfectly placed in my hands from my blindside. Fate was toying with me and I hated it. Though I wondered if I could pour mana into it … would that make it alive? Or would that just destroy the object. Nah, couldnt be this book be specially designed to take mana .

Either way I wanted to start using it immediately , my own personal spell book. Like a dream come true I wanted to jump into it, but something was on the back of my mind. I had to get rid of that floral scent .

First my strategy was to pour mana into the air, hoping that I would somehow cleanse the smell. That didn't work. It was essential that the strange chasm creature didn’t get caught .

Time for plan B, Ripping up my bloodied scabs, I removed the barriers of my wounds from infection and started to spread the scent of iron into the air. It was excruciating in every aspect but This book made me understand what type of intentions she had in mind. You give a chef a knife, a soldier a sword and a mage a spellbook , effectively she was giving me a weapon.

A chaotic smile flashed across my face. Fine then , until we meet again.

I was a pawn in this giant chess game , that had just been armed and what else could you do with weapons but go to war.