Marin's Codex by Benjamin Medrano

Author:Benjamin Medrano [Medrano, Benjamin]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Fantasy
Published: 2018-01-22T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 23

Despite Emonael’s initial worry, Marin didn’t suffer any lasting harm from the effort she’d expended over midwinter. The mage had taken the following day easy, while Emonael had found herself occupied by frequently chasing off her students when they tried to raid the remaining cache of fruit.

The only thing that might have been exciting was when Hothar visited, the High Mage seeming honestly worried when he’d seen the massive circle where the ritual had taken place. It hadn’t taken much more than explaining that Marin had been showing them a spell to ease the man’s worries, and with the warning his questions had given her, Emonael had hunted through Marin’s notes until she found a spell that she used to fill the area with snow once more.

With the festival past, things gradually settled back into a routine, and with it Emonael found herself growing oddly comfortable. It was strange, due to how much conflict she knew was on the lower planes, and with her nature such that it should have led to Marin attempting to destroy her. Instead, she was safer and happier than she’d been in decades, with much of her time spent delving into the mysteries of magic that she and Marin were unlocking.

Marin seemed in higher spirits as well, the High Mage returning to her research with gusto, starting on the fourth volume of her codex in short order. Emonael’s days were largely spent coaxing Andrew, Christoff, Damiya, Nia, and Uthar through the lessons she’d chosen for the day and week. At times, they picked up the knowledge easily, while other times she had to spend two weeks on a subject instead of one, and in the process, Emonael came to understand her students much better.

Andrew was a bit prickly at times, hailing from his background as a farmer, and also being one of no more than ten humans in the Association. Even so, what he lacked in talent, the young man made up in hard work, and more than once Emonael had paused near his door in the Grand Hall to hear him practicing his incantations relentlessly. He’d lost his voice once due to over-use, and after some teasing, Emonael had asked Marin to heal him, and he’d made certain not to overdo it again.

Christoff was very different than most of the others. He didn’t excel in any particular field, and the half-elf was low-key and calm enough that people often overlooked him, but more and more, Emonael was beginning to think that her friend was perhaps the most well-rounded of her students, and he was certainly the patient one. Most of the others would grow impatient when they couldn’t manage a spell, but Christoff was different. If he couldn’t get a technique right after a few tries, he’d check his notes, then check with Emonael to ensure that he had the right information before continuing until he could manage it. Still, he became a bit distracted at times, since he thought he was keeping his courtship of the baker’s daughter, Leah, a secret.

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