Chapter 8:
"This is the place where I'll be learning magic?" Heather asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Yep, welcome to the London Sanctum Sanctorum!" I cheered as I pointed at the iconic building. I was pretty excited to be standing here! I was a big fan of Doctor Strange and the sorcerers in general… except for that last movie. It sucked badly.
"..."
"What's wrong with Disney?" Heather asked me out of nowhere.
"Huh?"
"You were mumbling about something marvelous selling out and Disney ruining everything they touch." Heather said to me.
"Was I mumbling? Don't worry about that!" I waved her off. "...Anyway, let's knock instead of standing out here all day."
Heather gave me a shrug before she knocked on the door and we waited. A moment later, it opened and a man I didn't recognize opened the door. I was upset it wasn't Wong…
"Yes?" He said as he gave us both an assessing look. I could understand why. There was a subtle barrier around the building that I could feel was supposed to keep regular people away.
"Hi there, we're here to meet with the Ancient One. We may or may not be expected already." I said. Heather shifted nervously next to me.
The sorcerer gave the two of us a skeptical look. I felt him cast some kind of analysis magic and it washed over me and Heather. I gave him a glare! "It's rude to use that kind of magic on a pair of ladies!"
He looked taken aback that I had caught him. "My apologies ladies. That was just a basic demon possession detection charm. We have been having some issues with them for the past few weeks…"
"Demons are trying to get into the Sanctum?" I asked. That was bold of them.
The man leaned his head out the door before looking around the streets. They could be hiding anywhere…lurking in the shadows.
"There's no one out here but us my guy…" I said to him. The street was completely deserted. It was like 4 in the morning after all… I didn't want to come here this early, but I also didn't want to stay in that house near the graveyard overnight. It would be just my luck that Dumbledore came sniffing around and picked up our magical trail. He'd drag Heather back to that school kicking and screaming, and then this summer she'd be right back in her hell with the Dursleys.
"You never know! Those demon ninjas can be sneaky…" He said, completely serious.
Demon Ninjas… I mean, it's Marvel so I'll give him the benefit of the doubt but I was still skeptical.
"Sure whatever, now lead on whoever you are." I said. Heather gave me a nudge. Probably for being rude to the guy. He was rude first, by casting a spell on us without our consent. Hopefully that's something Heather would learn is NOT okay when she studied magic here. He also seems to be unreasonably paranoid, and might need some mental help.
"My name is John…" He mumbled as he led us inside.
"I dont care…"
…
"Wicked!" Heather exclaimed after an orange portal materialized in the air in front of us. When we stepped through it, we found ourselves in an open courtyard…in Tibet! I looked off to the distance and could see the famous mountains. Teleportation was OP. I was hoping to rank up my Angelic Mastery soon so I could also teleport. I also wanted to learn the sorcerer version, because they can portal to other planets with almost no effort.
When we entered the Kamar Taj courtyard, I could see a few dozen sorcerer apprentices training with the iconic orange magic weapons. Some of them were using conjured swords to practice, while others were practicing with bows and whips. Watching them easily manipulate the Eldritch energy into various shapes gave me ideas for my own light magic. We angels were always so boring by only using light spears. I understood why though. The light spear was easy to use and only cost me 5MP to cast. Part of me wanted to try and create other light weapons though. Maybe I could imitate Iron Man and make light armor? That would be pretty awesome. With the gamer anything is possible after all.
[Correct. As long as you have me, anything is possible. Also here:]
[Skill unlocked! Light Manipulation → lvl 1]
'Awesome! Thank you System!'
[No problem, host.]
'Also, since I'm about to meet the Ancient One, please use all my free stat points for luck.
[Luck has increased! Lvl 0→10!]
[You are now twice as lucky as the average human.]
Twice as lucky? That sounded pretty good. I'm not exactly sure how that will apply in life though…
"The Ancient One is this way," John snapped me out of my conversation with my Gamer System as we passed through the courtyard and into another building. We finally came to a pair of ornate doors which opened automatically for us.
"Hello there Heather and… guest. I have to say I was not expecting either of your arrivals here today. I wasn't expecting Heather ever actually. And yet, somehow her destiny has completely changed. How curious… Anyway, come and sit. I wasn't able to procure any elaborate snacks with such short notice, but I always have tea on hand at least." The only person in the room spoke to us as we entered. It was a woman with a shaved head wearing monk's robes. She was sitting on her knees in front of a short table. On it were 3 cups of tea along with some small snacks.
Heather darted forward quickly before sitting down criss crossed and started rapidly devouring the snacks and tea. The Ancient One didn't seem particularly bothered by her behavior.
"Please have a seat as well." The Ancient One said to me. "Maybe you can tell me your stories and how they led you here. Have some tea."
"Thank you," I said as I sat down next to Heather and took the offered tea off the table. Now that I thought about it, I hadn't had any food or water in hours and yet I felt completely fine. That was strange to me.
[Gamer's eat and drink for pleasure or to heal. They do not actually require sustenance.]
Ah, so that was it. That would take some getting used to.
I sat and drank my tea in silence. I was waiting for the Ancient One to finish drinking her own before she spoke to me again. Her pleasant tone when we entered the room disappeared and she was looking at me menacingly!
"I wasn't expecting to ever see one of your kind again. Not after the massive crime that your father committed against this world! You better give me a good explanation Angel!" The Ancient One glared at me as she spoke.
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