The Step Of Palimpsest
#5

Several days had passed in this super majestic residence. The back yard is very opposite to the forest. However, there is no human care here. Except from the magic shield. Even a super strong shield surrounded the entire corner of this castle. Not playing, surely the energy and focus channeled to keep the durability of this magic shield must be draining. No matter how strong someone is, they will fall too.

"Is there a time when Dad feels exhausted maintaining consciousness to keep this shield strength?"

"Tired of course there is. Witches are still living beings. There is no one in this world who can work endlessly. Including this world, one day it will hibernate for a very long time because of the damage that we—human—bunt."

If that's what he said, is Karmina's body dead? Or in a coma? Do I still have a chance to return? Yeah, of course I want my real body back. Of course I want to go back to my real world. And, switching bodies and worlds like this is called transmigration, right? This is an isekai theme that I usually watch in many anime. Some isekai themes are much exaggerated, but not infrequently there are also some interesting. It also gives the fact that wherever one goes, difficulties will always be there. There is no such thing as running away from trouble.

"Even magic can't move constantly?"

"of course. They'll stop moving at certain points." Actually I already know, but I just want to make sure, whether his statement is the same as the idea of 'The Pursuit of Revenge' that has been piled on my head.

What Theomund said is true. In this world, the existence of magic was similar to the living creatures we used to see. Human, animal, and plant species. Magic is a category of living entities. The meaning of the entity itself is a concrete tangible unit, the entity can be considered to have a unique and different existence, therefore it does not always have a physical form. Although invisible, magic still has characteristics that make it included in living things. Magic moves, they eat, magic breathes by creating air for itself, it can grow bigger, it multiplies, it needs rest. Is magic sensitive to stimuli and light? No, it is precisely magic that is the light that creates the stimulus itself. And lastly, magic is able to adapt itself wherever it is.

The only difference from other living things is that they do not have a physical body. More precisely, invisible, and only a few people can see the form of magic. To see magic there are only a few options. First—practise—open the eyes of the spirit, this exercise option is only two, self-taught exercises and exercises with guided by a companion. The second—descent—geted naturally at birth, you could say this is talent. After a person works hard to open the eyes of his spirit, then most likely the spirit eyes of his descendants will have opened by themselves. However, there is one circumstance that allows a person who is not at all practicing opening the eyes of his spirit and or inheriting genetically.

Magic will manifest itself without being asked or called. Usually, if magic has shown its form voluntarily, it means they have an interest. Humans will have no other choice if magic likes or hates something. Magic can be loving or not, even a magician can do nothing. If they have decided to do so, then it will be done anyway. Magic can only be fought with each other. The Ginova family has for hundreds of years had contracts with magic. Self-determining magic, which magician they will accompany and lend strength. Then the witch must pay the price of a power that has the potential to fight against destiny and nature.

Magic does not understand the difference between good and bad from a human point of view. They only want to see black and white according to their own laws; they like to be a vigilante.

Theomund stepped back to give me some distance. "Tighten your ears, close your eyes, let your hair stand. Let your hair stand up and feel the air around you. Even if you have muscle memory from the original Dominique, you still have to practice because you are new to this world."

He asked me to do a demonstration. I'll show you, I'm the author of this world, he'll know what I'm capable of.

"I'm not that old."

I am isolated from the outside world. I learned many lessons, from magic, general knowledge, to manners at the dinner table and manners of a princess from a high-level family. Everything is taught directly by the pillars of the Ginova family, Theomund and Lesya, the twins' parents. Just as the leader of the family is to keep the family intact, he tests Ginova's successor. In fact, there was Dorothy who was the same age as me, why was she so fixated on me? I don't remember I added a special description to Dominique other than she was a twin born first.

"And I will greatly help you take care of Sir Cashel."

The more I looked at the ins and outs of this family, the more I knew nothing. Theomund tried to make me understand that the world is not that easy. Surely, which parent would willing his own child's body to be used by someone else? I don't blame them at all. If there's a chance that I can come back, I'll definitely find a way. However, since I revealed the name of the perpetrator from the cause of Dominique's drowning, they kept me in a well-sufficient cage, so I forgot I was locked up.

I took a deep breath to steady myself. I lifted my hand, holding it up to stay in the air. On top of my palm, I felt the atmosphere of despair that landed tickle my skin. I closed my eyes and followed the basic steps Theomund had said.

"I use my chastity as the light of the virgin, the ray of the afterlife that rebukes pride. Just a halai-balai life flowers will come time for palawa. Shyam on the savanna is a swastamita drip. The spirit of solidarity, my allies, your vitality is drawn to this mother earthly sarayu. I clenched my pulse at the stream I believed in. Shackkara."

This is my favorite spell that I put together with great difficulty. This spell was spoken by Dorothy when she and Casildo were blocked by the spirit of a sea animal who was ordered to guard the place where Dominique died. The place was guarded so that the cover of Cashel Valera was not uncovered. Casildo's efforts to fight the spirit were in vain, while he had not taken the learning of becoming a knight seriously. Casildo struggled with all his strength, so Dorothy helped him by summoning the spirit of the forest animals in collaboration with Dominique.

Yes, Dominique's private castle adjacent to this wilderness is the lair of that spirit. Unfortunately, although Dorothy and Dominique have a lot in common because they are twin brothers, he still has to pay a lot for forcibly summoning magic that is not as frequency with him. Because in the eyes of magic, the twin brothers did not hinder them from refusing to bind the contract.

When I opened my eyes, the magic form of Dominique's ally immediately surrounded me. That said, the magic color—silver that flickers like a star in the sky—ini is the first color in the universe. That means they are not allies with arbitrary power. They are allies who testify to the first heaven filled by plants upon the face of the earth. They are magic that should be respected and appreciated, then they will give the same honor to me.

Dominique's allies were a large colony of giant wolves. They are the ancestors of all wolves that are still alive. They adopted the ibrah hierarchy, and Dominique's position as their ally was directly below that of the colony's leader. Humans need them, but they can even live without humans. They are wolves, they are top predators.

Witches act to kill without touching, we act subtly. Not like the knights who were bar-bars. Obviously, Ginova was superior to Valera.

"Whatever happens, the witches of this family's blood order will set Harkat Meraki. I look forward to the coming solar eclipse.