11 The Dream (2/2)
”That is interesting. It is not in standard arcana. Do you know what language it is?”
”No.” A lie. It was in infernal, the language of demons. I knew how to read it. The title was The Hellmouth. I feared what I would find inside it so I quickly threw it off to one side. Mordred and Solskin burst in the door just then, and I forgot about it temporarily in the commotion until Mordred also noticed the book. Looking at it, his face scrunched up in confusion.
”I have seen this somewhere before. I can't place from where.”
”Well, we should chase them down.” Solskin suggested. He seemed more driven and happier than usually.
”Of course.” Mordred burst out. ”Iremember seeing a similar book on Ash's desk. When I inquired after it he claimed that it was a book on alternate dimensions, pertinent to his current studies.”
”We should find him then.” Solskin stated.
”Well, as I have already arranged to meet him, why don't we all go?”
I said nothing as everyone else expressed their approval. I knew that Ash was probably one of the Three Kings andI should have warned them, but I remained quiet, afraid of revealing what I truly am.
Mordred
We couldn't fall asleep again. We stayed in Xavier's room and talked about what to do. I was looking over my spellbook for the first time in a while. The recent events had worried me to the point where I was preparing to have more offensive spells available. By the time I managed to memorize one, it was quite late. The spell I picked up was highly experimental. It involved sending someone to a hostile dimension temporarily to cause physical and psychological harm. I only knew of it because of my own experiments in getting home.
Day approached and the entire group was still gathered in Xavier's room. Xavier stayed up last night, contemplating something. Persephone had fallen asleep on the floor and Solskin was outside in the courtyard energetically swinging his sword like some sort of buffoon.
The week passed us by uneventfully. The entire group was nervous, weapons always at the ready, but nothing happened. I constantly tweaked the spell, which I called ”Banish” for obvious reasons. After practicing on small objects, I was confident that I would be able to use it in a battle. Additionally, I discovered that by increasing the length of my invocation, I could prolong the duration for which the object remained in the other dimension. This breakthrough excited me. If I could further my control over the spell and send people to a specific location, I might be able to go back!