Arcanum - Chapter 61

Chapter 61






"Did he find a way I can go home??? . . . " I asked as Scarlet lead the way to Paul's room .

"You don't like it here?? . . " Scarlet asked sounding worried .

"It's great . . . It's everything I ever wanted . . . . but I have a loving family back home . . . . " I replied .

"Yeah . . . . . Must be hard to leave your family behind I guess . . . . " she replied

"Do you have any family???? . . . . " I asked feeling curious as she hasn't mentioned anything about her family before .

"Aside from Ashley and Paul . . . . no family . . . . I don't even know my parents . . . . . " she answered .

" . . . . What happened?? . . . " I asked feeling extremity worried for her .

"Ummm as long as I can remember I was alone before I met Paul . " she answered .

"Ohhh . . . . . I'm so sorry . " I instinctively replied to her .

"It's okay brighter days now . " she smiled .

"That's great . " I replied .

"I don't want to scare you or anything but there's a punishment for dissertation . . . . " she warned me opening the door to Paul's room .

"Hey scarlet did you find Emilia?? . . . " he asked as she entered .

"Yeah . . . . she's behind me . " Scarlet answered him .





"Great . . . " he replied sounding a little nervous .

"What's going on??? Anyways . . . . what's with the hush hush??? . . . " she asked him .

"Hey Paul . . . . " I hesitantly greeted him .

"Hey . . . . take a seat . . . while we wait for Ashley to arrive . " He asked sounding still sounding slightly nervous at my arrival .

"Okay . . . . . " I answered him quietly taking a seat, "Ummm how comes you called me here ?? . . . " I asked .

" . . . . I kinda found a way to help your home issue . . . . " he replied sounding very quiet as if hesitant to suggest it… . .

"Really??? . . . . " I asked extremely curious on what he could try and do .

"It's not easy it will take a few hours . . . . but I could make a clone of you . . . . . " he sheepishly explained .

"Okay . . . . " I replied still unsure what he's planning .

"So . . . . we can either send your clone home . . . . and she will live your life for you there . . . . while you're here . . . . " he carried on trying to explain . "or . . . . you can choose to go back home . . . and I'll fake your death with your clone . . . . and rewrite your memory so you don't remember anything that happened here . . . . . " he finished explaining .

"Paul that spell normally takes 12hours to a day to cast . . . . . " Scarlet asked feeling unsure .

"Yeah I know . . . . I'll have to burn a wish" he replied .

"A wish??? . . . " I asked .

"Yeah . . . . it's a powerful spell . . . . nothing like three wishes from genie extremely limited in scope and power . " he answered me .





"How many can you do?? . . . " I asked in shock at the revelation .

"At the moment six . . . . . But it's extremely taxing anything after one without a few weeks of rest will be extremely strenuous on me . . . . " he answered .

"So you wish for a clone?? . . " I asked trying to grasp the situation .

" . . . . . No . . . . I'll use the wish spell to cast another spell called Simulacrum and hopefully make it faster . " he answered me .

"Wait wait wait . . . . you can make a clone of me?? . . . . any time you want… . " I asked in total shock .

"Kinda… . . . . you will need to be there . . . . so that's why I wanted to see you tonight . . . . " he replied .

"and my clone . . . . what can it do??? . . . . " I ask slightly shocked and horrified at the thought .

"Well I haven't made one before but in my studies they say it should be near perfect copy . . . . . Personality and all . . . . and will stay 'alive' until it . . . . she get killed or I willing stop it's exsistance . . . " he explained .

"So you're gonna make a clone of me that's is almost like me but you have total control over it . . . . " I asked as a whirlwind of emotions came flooding in .

"No no no no . . . . . I won't do anything inappropriate with it . . . . if you're wondering that . . . . . It can basically mimic you . . . . and has your memories and things so it should theoretically fool your family and friends without raising an eye of suspicion . . . . . " he answered extremely panicked at my reaction .

"Paul that idea is so wrong in many ways!" I honestly replied to him disgusted at the thought of him having total control over me… or a copy of me .

"We can do some other options . . . . . " he asked .

"There are other?? . . . " I look at him cautiously feeling slightly fearful of what he can do .





"Well I can alter your family and friends memories . . . . and put in a plausible explanation for your frequent disappearances . " he replied .

"You can alter people's minds and memories??!!!!" I looked at him with a little fear on what he is capable of doing with his magic .

" . . . I shouldn't have said anything . . . . I'm sorry . . . . " he replied quickly walking into the kitchen .

"Paul wait . . . . " Scarlet tried to talk to him before she was interrupted by the closing of the door .

The room now completely silent from what just conversed . Scarlet took a seat opposite to me the expression of concern plastered all over .

" . . . . I know you're shocked at what we can do with magic in this world . . . . but . . . . I can assure you he has a good heart . . . . he would never do such a thing to people especially people he loves . . . . . " She explained .

"I know . . . but he has the possibility to . . . . . How would I even know if he's done it to me?? . . . . Or even you??? . . . " I asked

"He always taught me something very important… . . A quote from a Drider… . Something about 'With Great power comes… . Something' . . . . Anyways…you know . . . . it might have been years and maybe feel like another lifetime since you knew each other . . . . . But look deep into your heart . . . . you know although he is capable of such actions he would never do anything like that with malicious intent…" Scarlet said .

I remains silent a part of me knowing what she said was completely true, and I just overwhelmed by the thought of his capabilities .

"Besides I'm immune to Mind magic so he can't possibly do such a thing to me . . . " she said with a smile .

"What do you think I should do?? . . . " I asked feeling out of my depth .

"Well . . . . . You said you didn't like it here so I guess we can send you off home and fake you're death with the clone . . . . " she said after taking a small pause to weigh up the situation .

"But do you need to wipe my memory aswell???" I asked .

"Sadly . . . . because if you change your mind later . . . I don't think we can miraculously bring you back to life . . . . . And erasing your memory although is very heart breaking . . . . but it's the best course of action . . . . . " She replied with a frown . . . . "Also . . . . if anyone was to catch you using arcanum then there would be so much backlash that even we wouldn't be able to pull string or talk our way out of it . . . . " she added .

"Yeah but . . . . . Having a clone of me living out my life back home . . . . that's just crazy and absurd . . . . " I replied .

"I know . . . like we said it is literally a mirror copy of you . " she answered .

"But how . . . . I have a soul . . . . I have a mind and heart . . . . how possibly can it be a copy of me . . . . . " I asked in disbelief .

"We don't understand ourselves how a near perfect copy can just be created through magic but it does . . . . . " she informed me .

"And what if I go home?? . . . . how do I know what she did while I was here . . . . " I asked .

"Well I'm sure you realised by now Paul and I can use mind altering magic . . . . . We could fuse your memories . . . . . Or project them for you to see . . . " she explained .

. . . . I remained completely silent again unsure how to feel . . . . but defiantly feeling some sort of anger and disgust… . The invasion of privacy being able to copy someone… . . able to dominate or alters people's minds and memories… everything felt absolutely wrong .

" . . . . . I know this is all so overwhelming . . . . I can tell you're feeling all sort of emotions after learning what we can do with magic . " she said understanding me . "And trust me . . . Paul only wants the best for you . . . he only wants to help you whatever way he can . . . . " she replied .

"Can't we just tell my family where I've gone??? . . " I asked her unsure why we have to keep it a secret .

"Because we aren't allowed to intervene in other planes . . . . the introduction of magic could have devastating consequences . . . . so there's a laws setup to stop that and a special policing unit to even stop it from happening . . . . " Scarlet explained .

"But how will they know??? . . . " I asked .

"We don't know ourselves that policing division it's shrouded in mystery we don't even know how many members there are where they operate . . . . We only know that the penalty is either death or imprisonment or worse" Scarlet answered .

. . . . I remained silent shocked at how shockingly horrible this world was .

"I know . . . I know . . . . . Paul said he felt like that when he first arrived . . . . " Scarlet informed me .

"Hey guys!!!!" Ashley said bursting through the door with a large black briefcase . "Ohhh Hey Emilia!" he said with a jolly smile noticing me .

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