Chapter 758: 758
"And missing your shocked expression? No way . Besides, what did you expect? You and Kamila have been together for almost a year, you live together for a while, and after helping Zinya, you sent her here for her recovery . " Tista shrugged .
"If this wasn't your intention, you sure sent Mom and Dad mixed signals . "
"I-" Lith was about to rebuke her when he started to look at things from their point of view instead of his own . Ever since he had turned into an adult, he had treated relationships exactly has he would have done back on Earth, except Mogar wasn't Earth .
'It's close enough, though . ' Solus thought . 'I mean, living together, introducing each other to your respective families, and helping Zinya like that would have been a big deal even on Earth .
'The only difference is that there no one would expect for you to marry before you turn twenty . '
"Damn, you are right . It seems that Kami and I will need to have that conversation sooner rather than later . " Lith said .
The dinner was delicious and the evening was lovely . Both grown-ups and children enjoyed themselves with only one exception .
Lith felt like crap most of the time, and even though after returning to the Ernas mansion he finally had some quality time with his girlfriend, the thought that it might be the last night that he spent with Kamila, almost made him not appreciate the event .
Almost .
***
City of Ocra, Griffon Kingdom
Even though it was late, Raagu was still working in her Warden lab, swapping and shifting the runes in her latest project to find the symmetry that would achieve the maximum mana efficiency .
Unlike fake mages, by altering the structure of their spells, Awakened could alter an array's properties . They could make a magical formation's casting time shorter, strengthen its effect, and expand or shrink their area of effect .
It was all a matter of properly arranging the energy nodes and words of power . True magic was akin to turn simple threads into fabric . The number and the position of the magical stitches could produce a simple blanket or a complex tapestry .
It was the reason why true mages were also known as spellweavers in the Awakened community .
Old and powerful mages like Raagu were capable of keeping together incomplete spells and alter their patterns at will, allowing her to achieve arrays of great power with an ease that fake mages could only dream about . Yet .
Unbeknownst to all, Yurial had done the same thing to turn Silverwing's Hexagram into a more practical formation .
Raagu's focus was so great that, even when Athung stormed into her lab, the old Awakened managed not only to keep her prototype spell active, but also to continue experimenting on it while talking with her former apprentice .
"You're alive . Good . " Raagu nodded in approval while swapping the position of two runes, improving the mana flow of the makeshift array .
"Is that approval or just surprise?" Athung snarled .
"Approval . I knew you'd fail your mission the moment you departed . "
"Did you set me up? Were you trying to have me killed?" Athung took deep breaths to calm herself . She knew that she wasn't a match for her old mentor . At least not inside Raagu's home .
Yet snapping that old, thin neck was a temptation hard to resist in her outraged stated .
"Silly girl, no . If I wanted to kill you, I'd done that myself . " Raagu spoke with a casual tone, as if she was talking about the weather . There was no arrogance nor rage in her voice, which made her words even more terrifying .
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