Death, Devotion, Dissonance Chapter 6 - Worlds Of Magic

"As you can probably guess, these are what's called the World Shards," Leanne said and gestured over the six vials.

"Using it, mages gain access to what we call the Worlds of Magic. Let explain it to you in more detail. One such example would be Irratas, The World of Fire," she said and hovered her hands above the vial with a bright-orange, almost ethereal substance inside it.

As she did so, the orange substance started to beco more active, excitedly growing little wisps of flas above it, seemingly trying to reach out towards the woman's hands. Leanne then whispered sothing under her breath, and a ball of fire appeared atop her palm.

Evin, Kon and her mother gasped in surprise, as it was their first ti seeing magic so close in action. Evin looked over towards his father, but the latter seed uninterested, seeming more offended, rather than impressed.

the voice stated his verdict.

Evin would've agreed normally, but sothing about this World of Darkness interested him greatly. Of course, since he couldn't reply to the voice, he could only stare silently at the mage in front of him.

"These six worlds are what's called the Elental Worlds. There are six more worlds which are classified as Conceptual Worlds, but I won't be able to demonstrate what they can do to you today. If you wish to learn more about them, you can do so here at the Academy later," Leanne smiled. "What I'm going to do, is to help you choose one of these World Shards to absorb, as this will be the first step of your journey as the kingdom's mage."

Evin really wanted to act excited about the prospect, but with his father staring daggers down his back, he could only nod slightly.

"If it was possible, the kingdom would've let the two of you take in all twelve of the World Shards, but of course, these things are rare, especially the Conceptual ones."

the voice ordered.

"How do we get the other Shards for ourselves?" Evin parroted.

"When you start studying in the Academy, you'll have many chances to obtain a World Shard for yourself. Well, you don't have to worry about it now," Leanne waved her hand, "Now, try holding your hands over these six vials, if you're compatible with them, the World Shard inside will try to reach out to you."