NOVEL NEXT Summoning
The time came that the Earl had to leave Deyrem. He let Elalios remain with Kael, just as what he originally intended. As he was leaving, he looked at Kael wondering if he did the right thing. Only time will tell him about the outcome of his decision. After he left, a new kind of life started for Kael.
All the preparations were completed. It was Kael’s first day in the academy. He arrived once again in front of the metal gate, but this time, there were quite a few people entering. He was about to enter as well when someone called him.
“Kael”, Yulian called. He was a little far that his voice garnered attention from their fellow students. Kael greeted him.
“You’re not going?”
“I was about to”, replied Kael.
“Well, let’s go”
While they were walking inside, Yulian kept talking about what he did during their two week preparation. He also talked about the celebration for Lord Lucius’s arrival. From there, he went on to guess what their other instructors would be like. He continued on until they were seated with their fellow students.
The room that the academy led them to was shaped like a half circle. Their seats were arranged in curved rows, and there’s a spacious room for their instructors to teach them. Even Yulian became quiet after all twenty of them were seated, as the anxiety of all of them steadily rose. Then, at last, a familiar woman entered the room.
Magister Honnora reintroduced herself. She proceeded on checking all the students present. She then let each of the students do the dreaded self introduction. After the minor part of the first day, she went on to introduce the subjects she will teach.
The first subject that the magister introduced was the study of “informal language”. Simply put, it was the language used by the general public for anything that involved written, and verbal communication. Kael thought that the world’s language didn’t change that much, as Magister Honnora further introduced the subject.
The next subject was called studies of “formal language”. This one intrigued Kael, which he also felt during the academy’s assessment. The magister said that it was the highest form of language that mages used. It is a language introduced by the Rezelus church to teach the people magic. The magister then told them that the Divine Emperor distributed magic throughout the world after notable people learned the said language.
This, of course, didn’t sit right with Kael as someone who experienced the ancient world. Magic was already an everyday thing even before he was born. He could also do magic without ever learning the said language. However, what baffled him the most was the claim that the so called “Divine Emperor” was apparently the one that gave the world the gift of magic. He became even more curious as to what happened to the world when he died.
The magister went on, introducing what the students will need to learn. Some students groaned, while some quietly took note of everything that the magister said. One of the students that didn’t like the subject was Yulian, who went on whispering to Kael about his dislike of the subject. Their covert talks didn’t go unnoticed by the magister who warned them of their behavior. They were the first among their classmates to be scolded. The magister finally took her leave, and another went inside the room.
The other magisters that came in introduced one subject they will teach. The first was teaching arithmetic, the other one will teach them etiquette and the teachings of Rezelus faith, and the last will teach them the history of the world.
After a short break given to the students, Kael felt the sudden anticipation of all his classmates. The previous subjects they tackled didn’t unite their minds like that. He was compelled to wait in anticipation as well.
The door of the room opened, and the next instructor finally arrived. The students looked at the person, eager to listen to what the instructor will say.
The person introduced himself to be Magister Zahe. Kael remembered the magister’s voice, back when the nobles were arguing against the academy instructors. He knew that Magister Zahe was the familiar voice that stopped the chaos back then. But even hearing it for a second time, Kael was unable to know why he was familiar with Magister Zahe’s voice.
Magister Zahe proceeded to say that he will teach them the fundamentals of summoning magic. Just hearing the subject made the students visibly excited. But the magister fail to satisfy the students’ expectations, as he told them that they will not summon anything for a long time. The magister set aside the students’ disappointments and lectured them about his subject.
Summoning magic is a power used by mages to call forth beings that obey whatever they commanded them to do. It is a special magic that only a few could master, if mastering it is actually possible. Mages connected the physical world to the aptly named “summoning world”, a place coexisting and parallel to the physical one. Magister Zahe claimed that it was not known why or how the summoning world exist.
Now, there are three types of summoning magic: quick summon, binding summon, and true summon.
Quick Summon is a summoning magic that relies solely on the summoner’s surroundings. Summoners could temporarily use remnants of summon spirits in their immediate surroundings, and merge it to any material of the physical world. As the name suggests, it could be quickly done, and by far the easiest among the types of summoning magic. The higher the mana used by the summoner, the more remnants of spirits they could use, and thus, the stronger the summon will be.
Binding Summon on the other hand is the act of transferring a being in the physical world to the summoning world. This type of summoning involves the trust of the being to be summoned towards the summoner, and also enough mana to complete the transferring process. This was generally done by strong mages that wanted to preserve a creature, particularly their pet, because in the summoning world, beings seemed to be immortal. The bad thing about this type of summoning was once the summoned being was destroyed to the core, the summoner will permanently lose their connection to their summons. That’s why this type was not popular to be used in combat.
The last type is True Summon. Same as the other types, summoners connect to the summoning world to summon beings that will serve them. But the summoner could only summon one being this way, a summon that’s connected to their soul. All humans have a summon connected to their soul. No one could summon a being connected to another soul, even if a summoner use the other types of summoning. It is the most complicated among the three types, but surprisingly, people were too fond of true summoning that many were successful on doing it. The great thing about this type of summoning is the summon’s permanence. As long as the summoner is living, they could call forth their true summon, even if it was destroyed before.
Magister Zahe finished his lecture there, even if there’s still some time left for him. The excitement of the students returned, especially when they heard about true summoning. Even when Magister Zahe took his leave, the students were still talking about their want to summon something someday. They were enjoying their discussions when another magister went inside.