The Circles of Magic by Gabriela Fišerová

Author:Gabriela Fišerová [Fišerová, Gabriela]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-06-18T22:00:00+00:00

15

“Did I not tell you not to say stuff like this?”

Feyrith tried not to scowl at Arbane’s tone. Yes, he probably should have respected what the human had said earlier and not pointed out that Edwyr was Cursed, but he’d not meant to make Edwyr angry. He was simply offering an explanation for why Edwyr had seemed different to the two humans than Feyrith.

“I apologize. I meant nothing by it.”

“Yeah, well, Edwyr’s upset now.”

Yes, that much had Feyrith gathered. He supposed he understood why, though Feyrith still wasn’t used to the idea of not stating facts or even outright lying to avoid making someone sad or angry. And the idea of someone getting upset over anything like this, in general, was also strange to him. He would have assumed this was another human thing, but Edwyr wasn’t human.

Arbane rubbed his eyes and let out a long sigh before looking back at Feyrith. “Are all of you like this? Just pointing out bad things about each other all the time?”

Feyrith thought about it for a moment. He supposed that was what elves did when he tried to look at it from a human perspective. They didn’t go out of their way to point out flaws and negative aspects, but when it was appropriate to the conversation, they tended to simply say it. It was expected.

“Yes. I’ve been told many times that my control of elements other than fire is…lacking.”

“And did that make you feel good?”

The way Arbane was looking at him, his arms folded over his chest, Feyrith was getting the feeling he didn’t actually want him to reply to that. Another strange human concept, but Feyrith was at least familiar with it.

He supposed the answer was no, though the comments he’d received had always been fair. His magic wasn’t as good as it could be in some areas, so it warranted pointing out. And with his relatively high stature for an elf his age came a rather high pressure.

But he’d chosen that. Edwyr hadn’t.

Even though Feyrith was still unsure of how he felt about being near a Cursed elf, he supposed he should try not to remind Edwyr of his situation if it upset him so much. After all, he was helping him without the promise of anything in return, and that should be appreciated, no matter what Edwyr had done or would do to make the Goddess punish him.

“Get it now?”

Feyrith gave a nod if only to end this conversation. He didn’t particularly enjoy being talked to like a child, but strangely he found it difficult to argue back, even if he wanted to. But what was holding him back wasn’t his people’s general rule about staying respectful and calm in all situations—it was something more personal this time, but Feyrith didn’t want to think about it.

“Great. Let’s go then.”

Feyrith quietly followed Arbane out of the inn. It was a good thing he’d paid the innkeeper up front for the food because he didn’t want to face anyone there after what had just happened.

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