Princess Rosella took a step in the door closed behind her. As to saying only she is allowed to get in. And the sight inside left a deep impression on her.
A red agape wood chest with a chair. Several up-lighters in every corner and on the desk. Three small wooden bookshelves to the desk's sides.
Being daylight, the light coming from a glass ceiling gave the room a completely warm and comfy feeling, contrary to the creepy feeling displayed from the door and the books inside.
She had never stepped foot inside this room. Because when she was a child, a voice in her dream told her that she could not get inside the room until she discovers traces of dark magic. And now, it's the time to do so.
She found countless books, and each one of them is chained at the wooden desk or at the bookshelves. Her senses tell her that each chain contains a powerful amount of magic.
Taking a deep breath, she moves forward and sits in front of the desk. Closing her eyes, she follows the instructions she remembers from the voice in her dream.
She focuses on light and dark magic.
After a couple of seconds, the room lit it up, and from the corner of two bookshelves, two books moved towards the desk.
When the books lay on the desk, the light in the room disappears and when she opens her eyes, saw a white and a black book.
With her eyes wide open she found herself attracted to both of them.
'Master, be careful. Your Light Magic can heal, but overdoes of it can make your body incapable to use magic. And the overdoes of Dark Magic can corrupt your Light Magic.' The male childish voice resounds in her mind.
The stern tone wakes her up from her state and a shiver runs through her spine.
'If… If I…' she could not find herself to finish her thoughts, it scares her.
In normal circumstances, the male childish and stern voice could've sounded funny, but now, it's a matter of life and death.
Taking a deep breath to get a hold of her emotions, she finds herself calming down and felt that she could open the books. But before that, she saw the differences between the books and the labels.
The white book has some golden symbols and the [ WHITE MAGIC ] labels emit a faint light. Below it, the labels [ Light Magic ] release a powerful golden light and a sacred aura full of life, making her understand the difference between the White and Light Magic.
The black book is the complete opposite. It only has [ BLACK MAGIC ] labels and a bloody red color making her feel disturbing. The entire books emit a death aura.
Not wanting to have an upsetting mode after she leaves the room, she decides to read the Dark Magic books first.
Opening the black book, she reached her nose to block the rotten smell coming from the book.
The rotten smell makes her disgusted, and her state did not allow her to mask her facial expressions.
"This smell… What is it?" asks Rosella out loud.
'The smell came from the corpses of the people who had fallen from Dark Magic, they've used this book to take lives, and at the same time collect those corpses in the book.' The male's childish and serious voice speaks once again.
What he did not say was that the pages themselves are made from the flesh and bones of those corpses. If he did, Rosella would've thrown the book several feet away from her.
But what he said did not reduce her desire to throw it from her hands.
She had long calmed down her surging emotions and felt that nothing else can make her panic.
After repressing the disgust from the smell, she read out loud.
"Day 0. Year XXXX.
It's exciting to know I can start learning Magic from Teacher Ronny. He told me that after a year of theoretical knowledge, I can practice all he teaches me.
Teacher told me that I can roam every single room in his place, but I can't get close to the south wing where he stays at will.
The place we live, it's like a castle, an old and ancient castle. I feel weird, but it's pretty good when to look at."
"…"
"It's not a book about the story or something about Dark Magic. It's a dairy from a newbie in magic." A complicated emotion resurged in Rosella's heart.
'Master, keep reading. Maybe you can find the answers to the questions in your heart.' When the female childish voice finished speaking, a heavy silence fell.
"Day 10. Year XXXX.
It has been ten days since Teacher gave me several books about magic.
I discovered all different kinds of magic, from fire magic, water, earth, wood, and white, light, and dark magic.
The books detailed the colors and uses of each magic.
My favorite one is white magic. It's not the strongest, but it's not the weakest. White, it is representing the color, and it can be used as the friendliest magic. Capable to attract magical beings.
White magic was practiced through healing, blessing, charms, incantations, prayers, and songs. The books only mention them, but none of them gave me a detailed explanation of each one of them.
I read about Light magic, but the books only tell me about Cherished ones, High Humans, and Devas. And the used are stronger than any other magic. A person capable or born to use Light Magic often calls it Sacred Magic.
I'm just fifteen years old, Teacher told me that if I turn five years old and have not sensed Sacred Magic, I won't use it, and I'm not a chosen one. But he will test my aptitude and resonance with magic.
When I was reading about the types of magic, I found something weird, Black Magic.
Black Magic books are almost non-existence. But my Teacher has several of them, when I asked him, he told me that some of his friends gifted him with them, and others were found in his travels around the world.
I've been yearning about traveling, some of my friends have followed their teachers and some of them have settled down in the magical world. While learning about magical creatures, I read that some humans who don't know about magic called them Supernatural Creatures.
Back to the Dark Magic topic. The details in each book are deep. Sometimes I don't understand them.
It referred to the use of supernatural powers or magic for evil and selfish purposes, or magic associated with the devil or other evil spirits. This is related to the bad use of magic.
When a person practices Dark Magic, it reveals their true nature, and their spirits are the ones filled with hatred, envy, jealousy, and many other negative emotions.
I felt scared when I read about it. And what I don't understand the most is about the word 'SPIRITS' itself. I've read about them only in the Dark Magic's books.
I asked my Teacher, but he never showed me nor explained it. He just told me that I'm still young to learn.
Did it mean… will he teach me about it?"