Family. The people who give birth to you, the siblings that you fight with, the hand that feeds you, the voice that sings the lullaby that puts you to sleep at night…The father that looks scary when you grow up, the same person who looks at you with the warmest of gazes when you’re an infant.A mother’s love, her embrace, her presence, her warmth. A child that grows up without even one of these things does not come to know the greatness of this world as they grow older.Until they are kids, the family for them are the ones that they see around the most. But even still…A father that is away from work for long hours, days, or weeks is still called father by the child as they hug them once they return home.A mother who could not live long enough to see her child grow up is still the mother that brought them to this world, the only true god that breathed life into a new human being.For the children, the family is their world. And living without them, having the absence of either of t

“Rey, don’t think about it too much. Like I said, it takes a long time for someone to get used to change. One as big as this one is something that you will need some more time to get used to.”We were back home, and I was in my room now. For the first time ever, I was in a room of my own…“Take your time. For now, focus on your things in that world. Clear your head and talk to me whenever you’re better, ok?”Mum was standing by the door, looking at me with a bitter look on her face once again. The dinner had gone well, against our initial depressing talk.The staff at that place did their best to lighten up the mood as they served different courses. Mum knew how to handle most of those dishes so instead of them, she taught me herself.There was a misconception within the staff there that she was more than my mother, but we ignored those doubts and were thankful for their service.‘For the first time, we were able to leave a tip for their service as well.’The experience itself was n

“You. I have to borrow her for a moment, Rey.” They had just come out of the barrier when Miss Lin pushed Rey out and pulled Juno back inside with her. Then, she placed another invisible barrier around the existing one, covering it off so that not even their sound went out. “Juno, is it?” Furthermore, as the pixie and the boy watched, the entire barrier was covered in a dark energy, covering off the two of them completely. “Miss Lin? What is going on here…?” Rey was genuinely confused right now. He did not understand what was going on, but the pixie beside him understood what was happening.{ “Oh! I see. Miss Lin said she wanted to talk with the pretty one about something related to her personal research. She said the pretty one was a reallllly interesting spirit. She’s probably talking about work with her.” }“Work? Like this?”Rey was not too sure about all this. If she just wanted to talk with her about something secret, she could have done so with only a sound barrier in pl

-Oooooooooooooooooong! The darkness that covered the barrier’s insides was lifted soon. The two also walked out as the barriers disintegrated into fine particles of light.“What was happening there? Juno? Are you alright?” I could still feel the great confusion that she was feeling right now. Her pretty face was also covered in questions as if she did not understand what was going on either.[ “Ah… master. I’m fine.” ]She answered that while looking at Miss Lin with the same confused look as the lady she was looking at tiptoed to the other side of the room. She seemed to be in a good mood right now and even before we could ask her anything, she sat down on one of the chairs in this chaotic room and started writing down something in a strange white book.“What did she do…? Why is she like that right now?”Ana was confused so she flew to Miss Lin to see what she was doing with the book, but by the time she reached there, the hooded mage was already done with whatever she was doing.

“So, you must know how the usual Elementalists fight as well, right?”“Yes. They use the elements with the power of their contracted spirits.”While the power of the elements are deeply rooted in all the classes, the way a magic user uses the element and the way an elementalist uses an element are two different things.“While a mage channels the power of the elements through spells, making it a longer process, those who have contracted with the spirits can channel the powers of their elements without delay.”A spell is different from elementalism.When a mage casts a spell, the spell interferes with the surrounding nature.Elements are invoked and through this evocation, they are moulded in a way that the spell circle guides them.A spell, therefore, is a program that channels information through a certain path to produce a certain kind of response.But that is not the case with the elementalists.They command the power of spirits directly, beings who are a fragmented manifestation of