Fate is a word that means destiny.
But it's also a word that means doom..
It's what Chaos thought about once he finished the book and quickly put it back where it belonged..
Someone was coming his way, from the sound of her footsteps, it was a female. But luckily for him, it wasn't his mother's or any other maid in the palace..
He memorized all of their footsteps, this was different.
A head popped from behind the shelf he was sitting in front of. And trust me when I say that, not even in a million years he would've thought it would be her.
'Athanasia D Olivia, the fifth princess, my sister.'
'Right.. Shut up.'
She nodded and came closer to sit in front of him, a seemingly genuine smile on her face.
Chaos tilted his head a little bit. She's weird.
'first of all, what the hell is she doing in my house. And second of all, I thought the library was hidden behind an invisible wall, I'm pretty sure an eleven year old kid wouldn't see through that illusion.'
She looked at him blankly for a moment before talking, and Chaos could swear that something shifted in her eyes.
"After the events of today, my mother wanted to meet yours. So we kind of came without invitation. I was roaming in your house searching for you.." She smiles, "Until I saw you crawling through a wall."
Her eyes moved around the shelves.
"I never thought I'd find a library behind it though, this is so cool."
Chaos felt confused for a second.
'How did she know my questions, and why the fuck is she talking to a baby as if she thinks he would understand her.'
Something shifted in her eyes again.
"You're not a baby though.. well, at least you don't think like one."
'What_...'
A ding came to his head and Chaos' eyes immediately moved to the system window he just received.
Chaos snapped.
'When did you think was the good time to mention it you useless shit ?!'
Athanasia's eyebrow furrowed, "Who are you talking to ?"
He realized by then that she couldn't hear the system. Blocking her from his mind would've been the safer choice of course, but he needed a way to communicate with her. And she cannot really do something to him, he wouldn't tell her anything about his past or himself and no one would believe her even if he did anyway, she's a kid.
She took a book from the shelf and started reading silently.
'Aren't you going to ask ?'
"About what ?"
'I don't know, about me, or how I figured out your mind reading shit..'
"Nah. I won't bother, I'm definitely curious, but you wouldn't tell me anyway."
Chaos nodded.
He liked her ability though, it would be useful to obtain it..
'How did you get it ?'
She her gaze moved from the book she was holding back to him.
"Get what ?"
'Your mind reading ability..'
Athanasia merely shrugged, "I don't know.. I guess I was born with it.." a smirk rose to her face, "Like those eyes of yours."
Chaos looked at the shelves, he needed to find a spells book.
'So it's a unique ability, I can't get it..'
She cocked her head to the side, "What's a unique ability ?"
'I'm not sure myself, I guess it's something you are born with.'
"Ow..."
A couple moments of silence passed, and Chaos was still searching for a spells book in the lower section before she stood up and moved to the end of the shelf.
"You're looking for a spells book right ? You're too short, I don't think you'll find anything down there."
'Ouch.. that hurts you know.'
She smirked, "You're a baby, you'll get used to it."
She kept on searching for a minute and It seems like she took the biggest book she could find and barely carried it to him.
'Girl, that thing is heavier than you'
"I could say the same thing about you" she said breathlessly and dropped it in front of him.
His eyes narrowed at her.
The way she's dramatically breathing would make you feel she ran a marathon.
Athanasia moved around him and back to her fairytale book or whatever she was reading.
"You owe me" she said.
Chaos smiled slightly, 'Sure..'
The book was slightly torn and dusty. Its title was scratched and too damaged for the translation skill to understand it.
It seemed quite worthy of checking out though. Looking slightly excited, Chaos flipped to the first page.
Skipping some stuff about mana and the types of spells and each level, things he already knew. He got to the spell's section. The important one.
"There are two types of magicians.
Normal enchanters, who are the ones to stick to the type of magic they're the most comfortable with. Wether it was a offenders, defenders, healers, summoners, or creators.
'That's interesting, I wonder what kind of magician Athanasia is.'
"I'm a summoner.."
Chaos was startled by her voice.
'Hey, don't read my mind without my permission. That's rude.'
She only shrugged and stayed silent.
And the multitaskers, people like to call a magician who have knowledge in more than one magic type, a jack of all trades.
'What ?'
'I see.. But if you can do all types of magic, why limit yourself to only one ?'
"That's because mastering one type of magic is already hard enough. You may be able to use all types of magic but you sure as hell won't be that good in any of them.
That's why no one does actual multitasking anymore, except for some helpful skills from other types of magic here and there, but that's all. It's just weak."
'Is it though ? I wonder...'
Rereading the sentence a little bit more, Chaos felt confused. 'If you get to choose which type of magician you want to be.. than what is the point of classes ?'
Athanasia's gaze moved from her book to his face, she was surprised by the question.
"I don't know really, for example if you're a creation magician and has a metal or fire magic attribute. You can get a chef or blacksmith class. Or if you are attracted to dark magic, which obviously you are, and you're a summoner, you have a high chance of getting a high-level class such as necromancer."
'Like summoning the dead and skeletons ?'
She nodded, "Yup.. Please don't become a summoner, I won't like to fight my brother's undead army."
Chaos laughed, 'Nah don't worry, necromancy sounds cool and intriguing but I don't want to become one, not really.'
Chaos shifted in his seat on the floor, 'When do I get my class ?'
Athanasia smiled, "Only those accepted into the mage academy can get a class by the 'Great Eihwaz' rune once you're twelve years old. And we don't know if they're going to accept you or not after that scene you made in the selection ceremony." Her smile widened, she finds this amusing.
But Chaos didn't really feel threatened by that, if getting into that stupid academy is necessary for him to get a class and grow stronger. Then he will, wether they liked it or not.
Chaos kept on moving through pages. This book only contained from beginner to advanced magic spells of each elemant and type, he should definitely find some spells for dark magic.
Fire, water, wind, earth, metal, gravity, ice, lightning spells... He passed through all of them to finally reach the Descendants Attributes in the offense magic type section.
There are four magic attributes here, Light, Ancient water, Hellfire, and dark. No Chaos or Void magic, as expected..
For his ever first spell, Chaos wanted it to be an offense one.
Skipping the first three, he went straight to beginner level dark magic spells, and Athanasia was watching him with interest now.
"The lowest grade dark magic would be the dark bullet.
To perform it the magician would need to have enough dark mana and chant a couple of words."
'What words ?"
"It's for the spell to work, beginners would have to use chanting, it's like praying. But once you're good enough you won't really need to use it later. Don't worry, as long as you chant them, it works with your inner thoughts too."
Chaos smirked at her, 'You're talking as if you can perform magic without chanting.'
She glared at him, "Summoners don't use chanting, we draw magic circles to summon the spirit."
'That's inconvenient. Would you have the time to draw during a battle ?'
"Not really, summoners train their whole lives doing it, it merely takes a second"
Chaos only shrugged and didn't care to explain to her that even a second is enough to change a fate.
'And talking about chanting, I wouldn't really need to do it after using the spell for the first time since it would be registered in the system's data. I could use it directly from there after..'
She cocked her head to the side, "What did you just say ?"
Chaos sighed, 'Nevermind..' He realized that everytime he mentions the system, his voice becomes blurred in her head once she reads it.
Chaos kept on reading the chant as Athanasia took a lock from her white hair and started playing with it. A smirk on her face.
"I don't think it will work, brother.. You're a baby, the amount of magic in your body is too low. And dark magic is one of the descendants attributes."
That may be true, but earlier this morning, Chaos just used Mana Bless unique skill to suck a certain amount of mana in his body. It was enough to blow a sacred item, and he was pretty damn sure he had a small amount of mana left to perform one spell.
He closed his eyes and inhaled slowly..
'Oh great Erebus, swallow the light and cover this space with darkness..
Knowledge continues to multiply, as dark energy covers my mind. May we meet again at the end of time, when all that's left is a shadowless night.
Oh almighty god, lend me your strength.
Dark bullet..'
Chaos cringed at those words, it felt so weird and unhinged. But it couldn't be help it.
He focused his dark mana into his finger and a gasp left Athanasia as a black orb formed on top of the tip of it from nothingness..
It looked like a small black hole, and a warm felling of pride filled his chest. He was using magic...
With a smirk, he turned his eyes to Athanasia, 'So.. what do you think ?'
But she wouldn't look at it, her eyes fixed on something behind him.
Chaos tilted his head a little bit.
'What's wrong ?'
She said nothing.
Confused, he turned his head behind him and his breathing stopped when he saw his mother's maid Aria, standing in front of him...
'Fuck me, I'm starting to believe the system lied and there's no illusion magic for real..'
There was a blank expression on her face as she looked down at the dark bullet on top of his tiny finger, which took him by surprise.
He made the same mistake twice and didn't use his dragon senses to realize that she was coming.
At that moment, Chaos subconsciously pointed his finger towards her and the dark bullet immediately shot directly at her...