CH515 Thera’s Perspective

<MAX LEVEL OF THE DARK MAGE JOB ACHIEVED>

The area around her was swarmed by balls of darkness as the notification rang out in her head, bringing a satisfied smile to her face.

Completing the job had taken her longer than she’d initially expected since she’d been staying in the city to practice, the risk of something going wrong if she attempted the debuffing or mind aspects of that particular magic was too great, but she’d more than made up for it as she drove herself to work on the aspect of the mana that gave that type of affinity its name, creating darkness.

She didn’t let it out in a simple fog to cover the area, instead creating complex shapes with it, spheres and pyramids and cubes floating around the space as she forced herself to multitask with what she’d been creating while also managing dense points of the mana that were chasing her two companions around as they played, with Insia trying to overpower the darkness any time she was caught using the fire that made her up.

When I get back to Stonewall I really should try and see what I can do with those other aspects of the magic now too, but that’s a later problem. For now, I’ll go for high dark mage, She told herself as she reached up to touch her necklace, all of the expected notifications going off in her head as she did it with the thrill of taking a new job coursing through her. She doubted she’d be able to finish that one while in the confines of the city. Even with the awakened form of the magic, it would be hard to speed through the job if she had to limit herself to such a small aspect of the power, but then, there was no reason not to go for the change of pace.

She looked to her two companions, both Insia and Rocky still playing amongst the darkness she created as she spoke up.

“Any chance you both feel up to an outing? We could pop through the gate and visit the untamed lands for some practice.”

She watched the small fairy briefly light up in excitement at the prospect, only to deflate in the end.

“Sorry, my parents wouldn’t be happy if I ran off through the gate.”

“Oh no, you’re absolutely right, forget I said anything.”

Don’t do something that’s going to look like kidnapping a child, you idiot.

Even if Insia did come across as youthful as she genuinely was, the fact that all fairies seemed that way made it easy to forget when they spent time together, but that was obviously a terrible choice. One only brought up as she was blinded by her feeling of progress and left her to deal with her embarrassment, only having it broken with the other girl’s laughter.

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“You don’t need to be so hard on yourself, they wouldn’t be that mad. Maybe if they meet you later then they’ll be fine with us going out with you. Dad can just be a little overprotective.”

“Ha, I dealt with the same when I was younger and sure, if they have time I can try to meet them while I’m still here.”

“Still here?” The fairy asked, her mood instantly collapsing. “You mean you’re not from the city?”

Ah.