A Jinn's Wish by Tao Wong

Author:Tao Wong [Wong, Tao]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: uf, urban fantasy, mage, magic, gamelit, litrpg
ISBN: 9781989458396
Publisher: Starlit Publishing
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

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Mundane. That’s a good description of my magical existence. No magical carpets, no teleporting rings, just a black four-door sedan that takes me out of the city and down the highway. Alexa’s seated in the back, dressed in her armored jacket and skirt, spear taken apart and laid out beside her. I’m up front with Caleb, watching as he guides us down the road with expert ease.

“No enchantments on the car?” I said, having finished looking it over.

“It’s a rental.”

As I said. Mundane.

“You should consider going over what you have learnt. There is no time to fix your staff,” Caleb said. “But some last-minute cramming would not hurt.”

“Actually, did you know that research has shown that last-minute cramming might actually be more detrimental than studying?” I flashed Caleb a smile, only to have him glare at me briefly before turning his gaze back to the road. “Fine. If I fail, you know who I’m going to blame.” When the silence grew colder, I added, “Me.”

“You’re really not as funny as you think, Henry,” Alexa said.

I grumbled under my breath but closed my eyes, calling forth what I knew about the examination. There were three sections in an apprentice exam. The first was theory—which mostly consisted of a written examination where I had to expound on formulas. This was my weakest area, and the area Caleb was hinting that I work on. While Lily might dump information into my mind, the way she did so was specific to spells, such that I often found myself missing important areas of learning. Or at least I used to. Lessons with Caleb and more spells had helped patch those holes. If I had to describe it, it’d be like learning high school mathematics—algebra, differential equations, logarithmic charts—and then realizing that you’d never learned how to do long division. Or, say, angles in a circle. Gods, I hated those.

The second portion of the examination I was much more blasé about. That was the practical examination where you were asked to show your command over magic. Apprentices were scored on the effects of their spells, and since I was, in terms of actual casting, much more advanced, I expected to get close to full scores. Even spells that I might not “know,” I could recreate by linking multiple aspects.

The last portion would be dealt with while I was writing the examination. That was where my staff would come into play, where I would provide the staff to them for review. They’d test the staff, reviewing it for flaws before marking it. I was much less certain of my results there. While I had some Master-level work in the staff, I was also still trying to make other portions of it work.

Still, I thought, overall, I should pass. But maybe a little more review of the theory would be best. Because passing wasn’t my goal anymore. I needed to be so good that they wanted me in the Council, that they were willing to put in real effort.

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