"No, that's not right." I comment with a sigh after I failed to cast the spell properly. I wasn't failing so to speak, but, I was clumsily waddling about. The closest comparison I could think of was holding a heavy stick. You knew how to hold a stick, but its weight made it hard to do so.
At the very least, however, I had managed to get some peace and quiet. No guards had flown on by and no one had followed me. So, I have been able to just cast spells endlessly and try to figure it all out. Or, well, that was what it was just a moment ago.
"Why're you here?" I asked the approaching shadow who quickly revealed themselves. A pair of lights lit up their face and the area around them. For some reason, Rose was here. And I was completely baffled as to why.
Since a certain incident, she's avoided me to the point you'd think she was a different person. To my surprise, however, I did not get angry when I saw her. Almost as if I had burnt myself out on the anger I felt towards her. Maybe because my mind was focused on other things...?
"I didn't come here to see you..." she nervously tells me while rubbing one of her arms. Yet, despite her words, she did not carry on walking. She just stayed there and looked at me with a saddened expression. Regret was clearly on her mind.
"Then why are you here? Of all the places to go on this mountain, you come here. Right where I am practising my magic." I point out to her just to see if it made her slip up and admit something else.
"Look behind you." she quietly muttered as if she was disappointed by my ignorance.
"What am I looking at?" I asked her before she walked very close to me.
"This is the same spot where you first climbed up the mountain. Where we both saw Jhroungijherammujhernosumonaterikra for the first time." she informed me with a sigh before she moved away.
"That's... An odd claim."
"I have been coming here quite often, Nin. I know where we first came up the mountain." she tells me as if she was hurt by my lack of belief in her words. And, frankly, I didn't get why that bothered her. She was not interested in me anymore and this mountain was big, there was no way this was the spot...
But, I would not argue the point, "So, would you like me to go?" I asked her as I was more than able to move away.
Yet, her head suddenly turned in shock, "NO!" she cried out and that made me freeze in place.
"That was...?" I began to say in confusion as I had no idea where this had come from. She turned her back on me and now she was demanding I stick around...? Where was the logic in this?
"You don't need to move for my sake." she sighs out before her face becomes hidden behind her hands. It was clear she was frustrated about something.
"Okay, then, find a seat and watch the fireworks, I suppose." I tell her uncertainly before I get back into what I was doing just before. And, once I got my mind back on track. My right arm lit up in arcane fire as I showed off what I had developed since we left Vadei's village. Then, I cocked that arm back and moved my feet about.
And I thrust that same arm forward a moment later and aimed for the air beyond the mountain. A blue fireball erupted from my arm and washed over the immediate distance before me. Yet, when it disappeared, you would not have even known it was there. There was no smoke or embers, just an empty space being filled out.
I found that humourous in a way. I had learned and developed a new kind of magic that impressed even Frihdeicalkbr. But, I was literally just throwing nothing at something and letting arcane science handle the rest. It was probably more complex than I thought, but, all I could think of was an air pump.
One that blew up trees, granted, but, that is what helped me cast the spell. Like all my spells, actually, I just thought of a tool or item. This, in turn, also created some issues as I had to think of a tool first. If I could not think of a tool, the spell didn't appear.
It was an annoying obstacle to overcome as being bothered impeded my ability to fight. However, much to my gladness, Rose being here did not bother me. In a way, it made me happy as it reminded me of my first spell. And I have grown a bit since then.
"Remember when all I could do was sharpen a stick?" I asked her with a huff of amusement as I wanted someone to talk to. Being on my own was one thing, but another being here made me want to talk.
"I remember a lot of things..." she quietly answers to which I nearly laugh at.