The Alchemist's Touch: A Book of Underrealm (The Academy Journals 1) by Garrett Robinson

Author:Garrett Robinson [Robinson, Garrett]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Publisher: Legendary Books
Published: 2016-01-26T00:00:00+00:00

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THE NEXT DAY, EBON SPENT his time in the library reading Kalem’s hidden tome on the Wizard Kings, while Kalem sat by and worked on his own lessons. Often Ebon would have some question about the text, and would ask Kalem. The boy’s knowledge was incredible, and he would always answer Ebon with some tale from another of the library’s volumes. Ebon would record the names of other books that Kalem thought he should read, and soon his parchment was full. He looked upon the list with some dismay; it seemed to be half a lifetime’s worth of reading.

When he tired of the book, he would take out his stick, and Kalem would try teaching him to turn it into stone. But try as he might, Ebon could not summon the magic to do it.

“Take your time,” Kalem told him. “It is only your third day.”

“You do not understand. As long as I am in Credell’s class, my time here is wasted.”

“I passed his class early, and yet still it took me half a year. You cannot expect to do it in a week, especially when you have never been allowed to practice.”

That day passed, and the next, and the next. Soon Ebon found himself settling into a comfortable routine, at least outside of Credell’s class. Although soon even that became more tolerable. The instructor still looked at Ebon with wide-eyed terror whenever he spoke or moved, but soon the other children forgot their fear of him, and soon he learned their names. The wild-haired girl he had seen on his first day was named Astrea, and she seemed to take a particular liking to Ebon, though she appeared afraid to speak with him. Sometimes he would catch her staring from across the room, but she turned and blushed whenever he looked. Though Astrea did not resemble Albi, still something in her manner reminded Ebon of home. He would catch her gaze and stick his tongue whenever he could manage. She would giggle behind her hand and quickly return to her lessons.

Then each day he would huddle in the library with Kalem. Ebon finished the history of the Wizard Kings in his first week, and began on his catalog of other tomes. But commonly he would come upon something that gave him some question, and he would refer back to the great blue book. He and Kalem spent as much time trying to learn spells as they did reading, though Kalem often warned him that they were supposed to use the time for studying, and Jia would be most cross if she found out.

After three weeks, Ebon began to feel comfortable. Already, when he thought back to his first two days, they seemed to have happened to someone else. Even Lilith’s torments had lessened, though she still gave him an evil look whenever they passed in the hallways, and sometimes she jostled him in the dining hall. But Lilith gave him a wide berth whenever he was with Theren, which was often, and if Theren ever caught her nearby, she stared until Lilith scuttled away.

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