It was like he was back to his normal self. During these few days, he had always avoided me. Maybe because of that incident behind the mansion gate, he was a little worried about me and had forgotten about his anger.
I got into the carriage and he followed me. As the carriage closed, it quickly hovered in the air and started off at a fast pace towards the house. With my hand on my chin, I looked at the clouds through the window.
This time our distemce was lower than usual because of the weather conditions.
"Say..."
"Hm?"
"How did you come up with the idea to make such a spell? "
"Since we don't have the money to buy horses, the only horses in our stable are the warhorses that my father bought. However, they deserve more than pulling carriages and I don't want to disrespect my father's soul by tying them to the carriage. That's why I tried to come up with a new solution. "
"..."
"Why did you ask such a question? You never showed interest knowing about my personal life. "
He sounded broken, so I wanted to make him happy.
"You're my brother, why shouldn't I be curious about you?"
His gaze softened a little.
'Now it's time for the main question.'
"But something else has been on my mind. "
"What?"
"How do you make a spell?" As I said it, there was a sound of thunder and lightning.
"What?"
Suddenly the carriage window opened and the wind blew in. The sound of the wind roared in my ears.
"I asked how to make a spell, " I shouted.
"I don't understand what you're saying. "
The wind had blown all my hair in front of my eyes. But I could see a piece of paper floating past me through them.
"I'm asking how to make a spell, " this time I screamed with all my might.
"I don't_ pfff. "
I got angry when I saw Aldous trying to hold back his laughter.
With annoyance, I grabbed his hair and pulled him towards me.
"Ouch! What's wrong with you, you crazy girl! Let go of my hair. "
The wind blew even harder in the carriage.
"I asked you how to make a spell. "
"Let go of me if you want to hear the answer. "
The carriage began to shake violently. In all this chaos, I felt like we were landing with high speed. But there was still a loong way to the house. I let go of Aldous and went to the window in fear as I bumped into the carriage door and walls every second. I looked outside. The rain was hitting my face and obscuring my vision. But what was in front of me was easily visible.
"WE'RE FALLING!" I screamed in terror.
I remembered that piece of paper hanging in the air.
'What was written on it? No, I should say what was drawn on it.'
After figuring it out, I turned to Aldous.
"Aldous, the spell!"
The carriage was spinning and falling in the air like that. Aldous quickly ducked under the seat.
"What the hell are you doing ?" I shouted.
"Shut up and stay put!"
But I couldn't stay there. With great difficulty, I sat down under the seat next to him. He had a pen and paper in his hand. He was trying to hold the paper down, but he was unsuccessful because of the wind pressure. When I held the paper steady with my hand, his gaze fell on me.
"Aldous, I believe in you. And I know you can handle this crisis. That's why I'm helping you. "
Aldous looked at me in disbelief. During this time, a spark of joy was visible in his eyes.
"You're the best sister in the world, Angela. "
He dipped his pen in the ink. He raised his hand. His sharp gaze was on the paper. He lowered his hand and...
***
My clothes were now soaked and dripping from my hair. As I stared poker-faced at the carriage submerged in the water.
"I knew from the very beginning that you wouldn't be able to handle anything," I said.
Well, it was obvious that the carriage wouldn't stay in the sky like in an Indian movie until Aldous Khan wrote the spell. But I didn't think he would be so stupid as to trust a piece of paper.
Aldous finally came out from under the water and waved his wet notebook in the air.
"I found it. "
He came out of the water and threw the notebook on the ground. Despite its leather cover and solid binding, its pages were wet.
"We should thank god that the pages are not torn and just wet. Now all that's left is the pen... "
I took my pen out of my pocket and gave it to him. I had forgotten to take it out of my pocket ever since I left the bell tower.
"So now our only problem is drying the paper. "
He sat down next to the notebook, exhausted, and took a deep breath.
"It's a good thing we fell into the river and the depth wasn't that big, or we wouldn't have survived. "
I sat down opposite him on a large rock and wrapped my hair.
"Why didn't you prepare anything for such situations. After all, having a few spare spells can be handy. We got lucky this time, but next time who knows what will happen. "
"I didn't think this would happen. "
"What do you mean, you didn't know? That paper spell of yours has shitty quallity. It easily blew away with a gust of wind, " I shouted furiously.
"Are you disappointed in me?" he asked innocently.
I shut my mouth. I couldn't find fault within him. Even though we were ridiculously close to death, I didn't feel like anything was going to happen to us. Besides, Aldous had simply made a mistake and was not a criminal. I exhaled and closed my eyes to calm down.
"No, that's not it. I was just very scared. "
"..."
"Now why are you waiting for your papers to dry. I don't think the distance to home is that much. We can walk and_"
"I can't just leave the carriage there."
He tore the pages of the notebook and arranged them separately on the ground so they would dry faster.
"Well, I didn't mean that. We'll go back here with Bernard and pull the carriage out of the water. You know very well that we can't pull it out on our own. "
He put his head on his knees.
"You asked me how to make a spell."
He fixed his eyes on me.
"Didn't your teacher teach you about it?"
"I think we'll be taught next year, when we all find out who or what our sponsor is. But I want to learn it now. "
"Hmmmmm... Well, making a spell is something personal and specialized, and it's different from person to person. But obtaining it is a different matter. "
"Obtaining it?"
"Didn't you know? You can get or even buy most of the spells from others. Even a dullard knows that. "
"Is that possible?"
"A spell that is invented can be common. That is, it can be used by everyone. Like the spell of conversation or recording that we can all use. There are also some that may not be common, but are general among the followers of a sponsor. For example, my sponsor is Air. Since I am a genius, I was able to make a spell that can levitate the carriage..."
He looked at me arrogantly.
'Can't he stop showing off even in this situation?'
"The other followers of Air can also use it. And if the manna of one of the followers of Air is stored in the spell, the others can also use it..."
He scratched his nose and closed his eyes with a proud smile.
"Of course, I invented it. So I have the copyright to it..."
'Oh! So, this place has this kind of stuff too.'
I picked up the ant that was walking on my skirt and put it on the ground.
"You still haven't answered how to make a spell. "
"Well... making a spell can be done from knowledge and consciousness as well as from inspiration and unconsciousness. Sometimes a person reaches a level of knowledge where they have studied hundreds of spells and finally arrive at a new form. Which is a heavy and labor-intensive process. Some people are also inspired by their sponsor. Like me..."