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- ”Riou, you will have to explain to me how you did that thing... I had never seen fire behaving like that... I know a fire Mage that would go crazy if he saw such a fire” - Said Maximilian calmly and smiling while thinking on that person reaction.

- ”Sure... but it is difficult to put into words... it's like mixing a lot of concepts, calculating their interactions toward the desired effect, Like forcing the mana to act accordingly, creating, shaping and enveloping the necessary attributes to achieve that objective...Like fire for instance, ”air”, heat and fuel... my mana provided the fuel and heat source, the environment the air... causing the reaction” Spoke a calm Riou trying to make sense of what he just experienced.

- ”To think there were other ways to use magic... what will happen when you learn how to tap into the more complex subjects? The thought of it makes me kind of feel that I wasted my years studying for nothing... So much for a ”Magus””- Commented the mage slightly depressed giving out a small short laugh, making fun of himself and his shameful situation.

- ”Don't think like that Maximilian, you used what was at your disposal to the best of your abilities and raised above many in that regard... I heard and saw the high esteem everyone have towards you, you are like a hero right? Think about all the good you did because of your years of study... and compare that to what would had happened if you acted differently...” Spoke Riou calmly impersonating the role of the wise elder teaching the troubled youth, while looking into the night sky.

- ”You are way too wise for your age Riou... and please, call me Max...” Said Max giving a smile, reminiscing the old days of his youth, also gazing into the night. - ”I'm afraid of what will happen when people hear about you and what you are capable of when we reach the castle...” - Complemented the mage...

- ”Yeah, I was thinking the same thing... perhaps would be better to avoid that... I do want to get used to this magic thing, but I don't want the attention that it would bring... at least for now”

- ”You mean you prefer to hide your capabilities? That would deprive you of a lot of benefits, you could easily become a noble and have a lot of riches...and... on other hand... you would have to deal with other lords... some would kill to get their hands on you...”

Riou nodded agreeing with him - ”For all interests I'm just a poor orphan boy attacked and left to die in the wilds, luckily found and taken in good sympathy and welcomed by the soldiers...” He spoke as if telling a story...

- ”If that is what you want, I will keep your secret...” Noticing some soldiers coming in the distance from the camp he turned and waited for them...

- ”Mister Eindenwald! We saw the flames and came investigate... so it was you?” said the soldier still surprised by the pillar of fire that was seen a few ago.

- ”Yes my friend, I was just practicing and showing some tricks to this young man here” Explained the Magus

- ”As expected of the Dragon Killer! Truly an amazing feat, we could see it from the camp and it was huge!!” - Spoke the exhilarated soldier -”Thank you sir!”Completed the soldier starting to run back to camp.

- ”Eindenwald...sounds like one of the tongues of where I'm from... what does it mean?” Asked Riou

- ”Well, my name meaning lost itself during the years my mother moved back into to the kingdom and the elven name was translated, it would mean something as ”forest” or ”from the forest” the fact that you find it similar is not of my knowledge, perhaps this is the necklace way of working...”

- ”Elven you say?!” Spouted excitedly Riou by the realization that there are elves in this realm as well... - ”How old are you then? usually elves are long lived... so could it be that you are the opposite of me? ”

- ”I'm always surprised by how fast you reach your conclusions...” He responded - ”Indeed, I'm around 272” said the old man

- ”Wow, now you are officially the oldest person I ever met...” He said jokingly, and continued now pondering - ”Now that you mentioned it... I do feel kind of different, it's way easier now to remember stuff... and seemed strangely intuitive to put together the fire... its hard to explain but I do feel different... like my subconscious is doing a lot more work than it used to... also my body feellighter than it used to be, I thought it was because I kind of shrank, but it really does feel different”

- ”Something must have happened during the event... the situation you are in was only heard on the legends, I planned to study them in more detail later on... we will have a few weeks before reaching the capital... until then let's make sure you get more used to it... now lets return to camp, all this talk got me hungry and thirsty!” Said Max joyfully starting to move back in direction of the camp... joined by Riou which walked by his side...

- ”I thought you'd never say it, I've been hungry all day long! And please let me know what you discover, I do want to investigate it myself as well, and perhaps find a way home.” He said happily thinking about the food he was about to get... returning to camp...