'You must know,' Aether thought to himself, 'In every game, chantless magic was incredibly overpowered, so...' He trailed off, his gaze fixated on the woman standing before him, her eyes scanning him with a disconcerting intensity as if he were nothing more than a treasure to guard.
"You possess the ability to wield chantless magic... ah," Delphine remarked, a mischievous grin playing at the corners of her lips.
'Yeah... I know, I messed up' Aether bitterly thought. He had only wanted to control his energy, but now he had forgotten he was in enemy territory and had inadvertently revealed his overpowered skills.
"Is this really important?" Aether asked.
"Indeed, you may not fully grasp its rarity here," Delphine replied, her arms folding beneath her ample bosom as she spoke, "Chantless magic is a precious rarity, a feat accomplished only by those who have earned the love of the Arcane," she explained, her tone carrying a mixture of admiration and caution.
