483 The First Official Even (1/2)

Mystra was born into a large noble family and had been studying magic since childhood with the support of her family. She was a genius who learned rapidly and by the age of fourteen, she was already an Elite Mage and had created the spell Protection From Arrows.

Generally, new spells invented and created by a Mage were related to the environment in which they lived.

Because Melf lived in a harsh environment when he was young, he created Acid Arrow to target trolls and then invented Melf's God-Slaying Spell because of the bullying from evil gods.

As for Mordenkainen, he was born in a time when there were very few Mages and when they were weak, so he invented spells, all of which were offensive spells of various sizes, as well as the spell model system to reduce the difficulty of learning spells to train more of his kind.

Finally, to fight against the Goddess of Fortune, he managed to create Mage's Disjunction.

And for Mystra, the reason why she invented Protection From Arrows was simple.

She was from a great family, and ever since she was sensible, she'd seen her grandmothers, brother, uncle, and other relatives die due to the long-range bow and arrow assassinations of rival nobles.

At that time, Hawkeye Archers were a nightmare for all spellcasters.

Within 400 meters, if one were to aim for the eye, one would never hit the mouth.

However, with Protection From Arrows, it was still easy for a powerful longbow shot to penetrate the protective spell layer, and so Mystra invented Arrow Deflection.

Together, the two spells finally gave Mages the courage to stand before Hawkeye Archers.

Mages then fought back and put an end to Hawkeye Archers, the most headache-inducing profession for Mages at that time.

And severed their legacy in passing.

Now there were no Hawkeye Archers in the entire world.

In reality, it was not only Mages; other professions also hated Hawkeye Archers, so the entire world watched and didn't help as Hawkeye Archers were hunted down and annihilated by Mages.

The matter of the virginity of the Goddess of Magic was also related to this spell that she invented.

Mystra had become quite famous after inventing these two spells.

So her family had her marry the son of a grand duke.

After the two met, they both felt good toward each other and got along quite well.

But unfortunately, a disaster happened.

One day, the grand duke's son invited Mystra to his estate—at that time, the Hawkeye Archers hadn't been annihilated—and someone infiltrated the vicinity of the estate to kill Mystra, the woman who had invented two spells to counter archers.

The arrow was deflected toward the grand duke's son and passed through his groin.

The arrow fired by the Hawkeye Archer could easily pass through a centimeter-thick steel plate, not to mention flesh and blood.

At that time, the grand duke's son bled between his legs and passed out.

Although he was saved afterward, and that thing grew back with magic, the grand duke's son suffered from mental anxiety and could never get it hard again.

Not even spiritual magic could cure it.

After taking out a lot of compensation, there was no conclusion for Mystra and the son of the grand duke.

Her family then helped her find a son of an earl, handsome with a wealthy family and an all right personality, and they also got along well.

Then misfortune struck again, and it was on the seventh day after the formal betrothal that the son of the earl went with his own family's private army to exterminate bandits in the mountains, and he returned… but only the lower half of his body.

By this time there was already a rumor going around that Mystra was bad luck.

In the end, the family helped Mystra find another son of a marquis, who was not to her liking, and though it was said to be a marriage to connect families, the son was actually used as a pawn.

This man was also very flirtatious. He didn't dare to mess with Mystra, but he made moves on his own maidservants.

Many maidservants were knocked up and then abandoned by him.

It was a vicious cycle.

In the end, an accident also happened to the son of the marquis, and one night he disappeared.

The next day, he was found naked and dead in a ditch outside his estate—his man jewels were also gone.

No one dared to marry Mystra after that.

In this world, people believed very much in such things as fate or curses.

Mystra, in the eyes of the world, had been given the curse of remaining a virgin forever.

All sorts of funny, unpleasant rumors came about.

This also became an enduring joke in the magic world.

Mystra's virginity was just as magical and charismatic as the Dwarves' stone wives[1].

After laughing at Mystra, the atmosphere in the conference room fell silent again.

”It is logical that after the new spell is offered to Mystra, she would send it back shortly after to the altar for it to be learned by others,” said Alfred slowly, ”but this time it's different. The spell model hasn't appeared after such a long time. This reminds me of the blue Inferior Fireball, which has been known to appear and disappear, so I suspect that Roland's spell this time is also quite powerful and that the Goddess of Magic wants to keep it for herself and doesn't want to announce it anymore.”

”That's so selfish,” shouted one of the elders in displeasure.