SPELLCRAFT: Reincarnation Of A Magic Scholar

There were a couple of reasons behind my departure.

One was obviously the high tension that was going on among everyone. The atmosphere of distrust was heavy, and even though I had rendered an apology, that simply wouldn’t suffice at this point.

‘I would have to reconnect with them on an emotional level. Unfortunately, there’s no time for that now.’

The best thing I could currently do was give everyone some space. If I removed myself from the equation, the heavy atmosphere would lighten—if only a little. Besides…

… I had other reasons.

‘The Netherlore Family trial should be concluding. I’ll get to see Maria soon, then…’ I had no idea why my heart was racing in excitement.

Or perhaps I did, but simply chose to feign ignorance.

‘In any case, I’ll need to speak with Elrich Lendertwale, as well as the king. Things have gotten too serious not to include them.’

I couldn’t see the future, but I could at least predict it. What our Kingdom, and not just ours, would have to face eventually, needed time to be prepared for. The Nether Cult had enough influence, resources, and willingness to plunge the Eastern Kingdom and the Demon Race into war—just so they could have a smokescreen for their activities.

I could only imagine what lengths they would go to in order to eliminate us and obtain the majority of the Arcanas.

‘Still, we have more Arcanas, which gives us the advantage. The problem is that we’re too inexperienced to wield them. Arcanas are difficult to control. It took me years to learn the ones I know. I couldn’t even master [The Hermit], and my control over the others is simply due to learning their sequence and adapting them into my Original Magic.’

The reason I could use the [Strength] Arcana so efficiently was because it was pretty much natural to use. Its process was simple, and I was sincerely grateful to Merlin for making it less difficult than I imagined.

‘The Labyrinth was the toughest part for his own Arcana.’ Since there were different creators for the different Arcanas, I had to expect variations.

In essence… I had to avoid generalizations.

‘That’s enough thinking. It’s time to go.’

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