Lucy frowns. Does Magic have moods? She zoned out, as Jenz put salve on her palm. She snapped out of her daze, as Jenz knotted the bandage. "Selena is in closed-door training. Some a maid to me if you need anything" Jenz says, before vanishing. Lucy waves to the empty air. He might be close enough to see it, right?
Lucy yawns, her eyelids heavy. Ignoring the maids, Lucy crawls into bed. I'm so exhausted! While Lucy fell into dreamland, Matriarch Xue and the Elders gathered in the Cosmos Maze. "Well, at least we know she's talented," Lady Ai, Matriarch Xue's twin, comments. Rena frowns, watching the thin shield shake as the waterspout hit it again. Inside the thin shield, the waterspout ripped up the stone tiles and rammed into the wall. It left deep lashes on the, cutting through the Runes. When it moved away, the Maze began to repair itself, only to ripped apart once the waterspout circled back. "We should reinforce the wards. It's draining the Prims, and Blood pearls." Lady Rena says seriously.
"If the concealment wards for the Maze fall, the JaMana vein will be exposed." Sir Kelv says, almost gleefully. Matriarch Xue resisted her urge to toss a curse his way. Damned Battle manic! Does he not realize how annoying it is to deal with the fussing of the Li Clan, and Song House. Not to mention, Kaili would have to deal with soothing her husband. It'd be troublesome if the Emperor tried to demand they hand the JaMana vein over. It would take so much effort to squash that thought.
"Think on the bright side, Sister. Your granddaughter is definitely a genius. I have no doubt, she'll become a Witch. It's only a matter of time. " Elder Ai says. Rimes Xue sighs. "It's not that. She's not the first child to create a natural disaster in our clan. I was just thinking of how the Faen Gathering would go if our JaMana Vein is revealed." Everyone's expression changed. Several of the other clans were so freaking whiny! They felt bullied because the Rimes daughters always won the first pick for breeders. Even worse the breeders chosen by the Rimes clan almost always stayed within the clan after the contract was up.
So every meeting, the Elders of the other clans would accuse the Rimes of using their foresight to pick on their opponents.
So unreasonable! It's not like it our fault you all are so weak. If you had the strength to beat us, no amount of foreknowledge would help. We would gladly admit defeat. It's not wrong to choose the best breeders for the clan. Do you expect us to willingly choose weak or malice breeders? Do you even remember the point of breeders?
So what if the breeders we sign decide to marry their Vie or pledge themselves to the Clan. That just proves our daughters are good lovers. It's not like we're robbing you. Check how you treat your breeders before whining about how they all take off the moment the contract is over.
"The Vin Clan even whines because they get refused when they offer a contract. As if it's our fault, no one is willing to sign their contracts," Lady Yia says, smirking. "If the Vi Clan treated breeders like potential family, instead of livestock, maybe they wouldn't end up with only the desperate and debt-ridden breeders."
Matriarch Xue waves a hand. "Never mind that. Put your O, so wise minds together, figure out how to placate the Wind Aura Lucy stirred up." She says, preferring not to think of that boarish clan. Also, she knew very well that it wouldn't just be the Clans within Vera they'd have to deal with. At least the Li Clan wouldn't start a blood feud. Some of the others, damn well would.
The Elders fell silent. Getting a bunch of Seers to soothe the Wind felt overambitious. Seers scried the future, healed the mind and body, cast curses, took care of Familiars, or worked as Shadow smiths. If they wanted Wind magic, they traded for a magic artifact. After all, the saying "Seers destroy the family fortune as a Castor, and earn it back as a Mage", wasn't for nothing. A properly taught Seer never needed anything, because others would search out rare treasures for them.
So handling the loose magic of other affinities was baffling. It's not that they couldn't use other types of magic, it was just. Well, it wasn't worth it. Magic disliked to messed with without the right affinity. If one insisted, it took years to become decent, and sometimes decades to master it.
Only bored Witches bothered to learn more the basics of other affinities. Calming a waterspout that contained enough magic to cause Wards of Blood pearls, and Prisms definitely wasn't a basic task.
Matriarch Xue suspected that only a Wind Witch could do it without hurting herself.
A few minutes later, Lady Via clears her throat. "Familiars love Aura. If I remember correctly, the stables reported the Peagus foal fell sick. Let's bring it here. The Wind Aura should become too distracted to keep kicking up a fuss." Lady Via suggests.
Matriarch Xue sighs. "We can only try it. If the foal doesn't work. We'll buy Aura Gems, dump them in here, and let the magic to settle within the stones." Such a solution would take weeks, if not months for the wild magic to settle.