Tablos hurried to the room were Jonathan waited for him.

He had wanted to be there a over an hour ago, but the king wanted to know something about basic magical rules, which every student could have answered.

He was still angry about that, when he opened the door to the room, where Jonathan waited for him.

And as soon as he entered, he was shocked. Jonathan had grabbed a book, and not one of the harmless ones about elemental magic, no, he needed to take one about corruption magic.

Extremely dangerous, absolutely evil, at least in his mind, using that magic, or even thinking about it, was always a bad idea.

In fact, it was generally accepted, that it was not only a bad idea, but a catastrophic instead.

There where cases, where life needed years upon years to return to places, where it had been used, and then there where at least two known places in the world, where after over a hundred years, the harmful effects have not gone away.

Understandable therefore, at least in the Archmage's mind, he called panicked to Jonathan: ”Why are you reading about that abomination of magic?”

You might be reading a stolen copy. Visit Royal Road for the authentic version.

Jonathan looked at him, seemingly thinking about something, and answered then: ”I do understand why you are scared of this kind of magic, in fact, I also do not see a surefire way to prevent the problems from happening, but you seem to think that this magic is evil. That is, in my opinion, simply not true. While it is dangerous, and difficult to deal with, I am pretty sure I know what is happening, when this magic is used. But in a way, you are correct. Leave sleeping Lions sleep and so on.”

Tablos wondered about what Jonathan had said. He seemed to think, most shockingly, that what had been observed until now, were not, in fact, the most dangerous effects of corruption magic.

But what could be worse than what had been observed?

But instead of following that disturbing train of thought any further, he asked Jonathan: ”Why are you saying that it is not evil? It destroys our bodies and sometimes turns us into mockeries of our selves, at least if we are affected!”

Jonathan sighed audibly and answered: ”Be happy about that. I can already see that, in the future, admittedly and hopefully, one far away from today, this kind of magic will be one of the most important. Elemental magic, like it is practiced today, might only loose influence, maybe even significantly, but it might become obscure. Fact is, corruption magic and pseudo-elemental magic are the future, at least if I am correct about what those two magics are. But enough of that. Do we want to begin my magical education now?”

Tablos was stunned. Jonathan's commentary explained everything and nothing at the same time.

Why did he think like he did? It was impossible to understand.

But that did not mean that he was incorrect, and in one point he was correct: ”You are right. It is time go begin your magical education, again.”