Chapter 46
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"Ohhh we have some clothes you can change into if you'd like...." Grace said heading to a wardrobe pulling out a top and shorts.
"Nah it's okay... I have some back in my room." I replied.
"Sure no worries." She replied putting the clothes back in her wardrobe.
"By the way what happened with the pearl?.."Helen asked.
"Ohhhh... Professor Meha said that it's rare to have no reaction, but it shouldn't hinder me at all." I replied.
"That's awesome!" Helen and Daisy replied with a smile.
Pulling out his wand Jay closed his eyes whispering something pointing it at the bullseye Grace was practicing on. Suddenly two runic circles appeared in the air beside him shooting out a flaming dagger striking the target.
"That's pretty cool!" I shouted to him.
"Flame knives! Not bad!" Helen smiled.
"Not bad!..." Daisy smiled, and began pointing at the bullseye with her index finger, suddenly a bolt of light shot out her finger also striking the target, but also illuminating it.
"Show offs..." Grace mumbled walking to collect her daggers.
"Can I take a look at your book?..please.. " I asked Jay.
"Sure!" He said closing it and chucking it towards me.
"Thanks!" I replied catching it.
"So Helen and Grace... how bad is the war between the Elves and Orcs?..." Jay asked.
"Luckily while we was growing up there wasn't any large battles, just some raiding parties." Helen explained.
"If you don't mind me asking is there a reason there's a conflict between your races?...." Jay asked.
"We don't actually know..... They refuse any form of diplomacy and savagely attack and pillage innocent Elven settlements." Helen answered.
"What of Orcs outside of tribes or Half orcs?.." Jay asked.
"Well those Orcs have denounced their connection to any Orc tribe so they are viewed as Traitors, and well Half Orcs are also seen as a disgrace to their race, so I guess they are peaceful." Grace answered.
"Interesting...." Jay replied.
"What is your view on them?" Helen asked Jay.
"Hmmmm... Humans are the same, there has been news of human settlements also pillaged from Goblin and Orc raids." Jay replied.
"How about the relationship between Elves and Humans?.." I asked curiously.
"We aren't officially allies, just a mutual understanding, as long as humans do move into or invade Elven boarders then we are at peace and our doors are open for trade." Helen explained.
"There has been some human settlements allowed to reside inside our lands, but its extremely rare." Grace added.
"Ohhh I remember seeing a woman with long flowing red hair and Antlers on her head... what's that?.." I asked.
"Ohhh that's an Elf, specifically a high noble Wood Elf...." Helen answered.
"Wood Elves?..." I asked.
"Yeah so there's different Elves, Grace and I are High Elves, then there are Wood Elves and Moon Elves and Dark Elves." Helen answered.
"Ohhh I see..... And are Dark Elves bad?.." I continued to ask.
"Dark Elves were Elves that were banished from our lands because they Worship a Dark Elven god." Helen explained.
"Interesting..... " I replied.
"Do they not teach Races and Diplomacy? In human schools?.." Grace asked.
"My parents were pretty poor and couldn't afford school for me." I replied.
"I'm so sorry..." Grace instantaneously apologized to me.
"It's okay...." I replied to her.
"So any idea what tomorrows lessons will be about?..." I asked.
"Tomorrow will generally be about training physically and then after lunch we will go out as a year group to somewhere." He replied.
"Ohhhh....." I answered.
"To be honest I don't see why I'm forced to train combat skills when I'll just be using spells." Helen sighed.
"Because it's also important to be trained in melee combat." Grace explained
"Yup for example like me... where I can go toe to toe and use spells if needed." Daisy added.
"I dunno I feel time will be better spent learning and practicing more difficult and higher level spells.." Jay said.
"Yup I agree..." Helen said with a nod.
"By the way.... How comes Daisy and Paul can cast without a wand or staff?" I asked.
"Wow how did I not notice that?... How comes you can cast without a Spell focus?..." Jay asked Daisy.
"Whats a spell focus?.." I asked.
"It's something that allows us to channel Arcanum through so we use wands and Helen has a Staff." Jay answered.
"Ohhhh I see..." I replied.
"Well..... When I began learning Holy and Divine magic... I first used a Holy symbol.... but eventually I didn't need it... but I got a feeling it has got something to do with my tattoos." Daisy answered showing us her tattoos along her arms and legs.
"Ohhh I see...." Jay replied.
"That's pretty cool!" Helen said.
"It's useful...." Daisy replied with a giant smile.
"So was you born with the tattoos?..." I asked curiously
"Ummmm I dunno actually, I haven't seen anyone with tattoos like these and I've had them as long as I can remember." Daisy answered.
"Interesting....." Jay said looking curious and interested.
"Did you guys leave a lot of friend coming here?..." I asked.
"Not really..." Jay replied.
"There weren't any girls my age living at the church..." Daisy answered me frowning.
"Hmmmm..... We left quite a lot of friends and family, everyone in Elven communities are quite close... but after deciding to leave.... we were shunned for turning away from our duties to follow our dreams...." Helen answered.
"Lucky we met each other than!" I replied.
"Did you leave much behind?" Grace asked me.
"Yeah I left a lot... Mum, Dad, Brother Sister, many friends...." I frowned.
"You can always visit them if you miss them alot." Grace smiled.
"Yeah..." I replied faking a smile...
"Ohh by the way could I borrow the Scrying Orb for a little bit Jay?.." I asked.
"Yeah sure lemme just go get it quickly I won't be long." He said standing up.
"Ohhh lets have a sleep over! so get changed into your sleeping clothes...!" Helen shouted to him before he left the room.
"Ohh a sleep over sounds awesome! I'll go get changed as well" I replied.
"Don't worry you can borrow some of mine!" Grace said.
"Ummm.... Okay... sure....." I hesitantly agreed.
"So any boy caught your eye?.." Grace said walking to her wardrobe to get the clothes.
"Who me?..." I replied my voice sounding a little higher in surprise.
"Yeah... you know the gossip going around.. Just wondering if it was true..." Grace asked.
"What gossip?" I asked seeking clarification that they were talking about Paul.
"You know... Words been spreading like wild fire that Paul has the hots for you." She said pulling out a set of clothes for me.
"I really doubt that..." I replied.
"Well... you do seem to be the only person he interacts with outside his team members..." Helen added.
"Well he hasn't asked me out or anything..... " I replied.
"Ohhhh... okay..." they both responded sounding a little less excited.
"He saved my life once..." Daisy replied out the blue.
"Woah?!!! really?!!" We all responded in excitement.
"Ohhh Ohhhh wait wait... lemme get changed first.... " I said quickly grabbing the clothes from Grace and quickly ran into the room Helen exited with wet hair earlier to get changed quickly. Changing into the top and shorts Grace lent me I quickly noticed that it was extremely soft and almost weightless. "What material is this?.." I shouted from the bathroom.
"Elven Linen." Helen replied.
"How is it so light and warm?..." I asked them stepping out the bathroom.
"It's a special property with Elven Linen. It also keeps you cool when it's hot." Helen added.
"Wow.. I need to get some of these..." I replied and jumped on the bed excited to hear Daisy's story. Curious to hear what he's been up to after our breakup and fight....
"So do you want the details?.. or just the brief outline?" She asked.
"DETAILS!" The rest of us screamed.
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"Ohhh we have some clothes you can change into if you'd like...." Grace said heading to a wardrobe pulling out a top and shorts.
"Nah it's okay... I have some back in my room." I replied.
"Sure no worries." She replied putting the clothes back in her wardrobe.
"By the way what happened with the pearl?.."Helen asked.
"Ohhhh... Professor Meha said that it's rare to have no reaction, but it shouldn't hinder me at all." I replied.
"That's awesome!" Helen and Daisy replied with a smile.
Pulling out his wand Jay closed his eyes whispering something pointing it at the bullseye Grace was practicing on. Suddenly two runic circles appeared in the air beside him shooting out a flaming dagger striking the target.
"That's pretty cool!" I shouted to him.
"Flame knives! Not bad!" Helen smiled.
"Not bad!..." Daisy smiled, and began pointing at the bullseye with her index finger, suddenly a bolt of light shot out her finger also striking the target, but also illuminating it.
"Show offs..." Grace mumbled walking to collect her daggers.
"Can I take a look at your book?..please.. " I asked Jay.
"Sure!" He said closing it and chucking it towards me.
"Thanks!" I replied catching it.
"So Helen and Grace... how bad is the war between the Elves and Orcs?..." Jay asked.
"Luckily while we was growing up there wasn't any large battles, just some raiding parties." Helen explained.
"If you don't mind me asking is there a reason there's a conflict between your races?...." Jay asked.
"We don't actually know..... They refuse any form of diplomacy and savagely attack and pillage innocent Elven settlements." Helen answered.
"What of Orcs outside of tribes or Half orcs?.." Jay asked.
"Well those Orcs have denounced their connection to any Orc tribe so they are viewed as Traitors, and well Half Orcs are also seen as a disgrace to their race, so I guess they are peaceful." Grace answered.
"Interesting...." Jay replied.
"What is your view on them?" Helen asked Jay.
"Hmmmm... Humans are the same, there has been news of human settlements also pillaged from Goblin and Orc raids." Jay replied.
"How about the relationship between Elves and Humans?.." I asked curiously.
"We aren't officially allies, just a mutual understanding, as long as humans do move into or invade Elven boarders then we are at peace and our doors are open for trade." Helen explained.
"There has been some human settlements allowed to reside inside our lands, but its extremely rare." Grace added.
"Ohhh I remember seeing a woman with long flowing red hair and Antlers on her head... what's that?.." I asked.
"Ohhh that's an Elf, specifically a high noble Wood Elf...." Helen answered.
"Wood Elves?..." I asked.
"Yeah so there's different Elves, Grace and I are High Elves, then there are Wood Elves and Moon Elves and Dark Elves." Helen answered.
"Ohhh I see..... And are Dark Elves bad?.." I continued to ask.
"Dark Elves were Elves that were banished from our lands because they Worship a Dark Elven god." Helen explained.
"Interesting..... " I replied.
"Do they not teach Races and Diplomacy? In human schools?.." Grace asked.
"My parents were pretty poor and couldn't afford school for me." I replied.
"I'm so sorry..." Grace instantaneously apologized to me.
"It's okay...." I replied to her.
"So any idea what tomorrows lessons will be about?..." I asked.
"Tomorrow will generally be about training physically and then after lunch we will go out as a year group to somewhere." He replied.
"Ohhhh....." I answered.
"To be honest I don't see why I'm forced to train combat skills when I'll just be using spells." Helen sighed.
"Because it's also important to be trained in melee combat." Grace explained
"Yup for example like me... where I can go toe to toe and use spells if needed." Daisy added.
"I dunno I feel time will be better spent learning and practicing more difficult and higher level spells.." Jay said.
"Yup I agree..." Helen said with a nod.
"By the way.... How comes Daisy and Paul can cast without a wand or staff?" I asked.
"Wow how did I not notice that?... How comes you can cast without a Spell focus?..." Jay asked Daisy.
"Whats a spell focus?.." I asked.
"It's something that allows us to channel Arcanum through so we use wands and Helen has a Staff." Jay answered.
"Ohhhh I see..." I replied.
"Well..... When I began learning Holy and Divine magic... I first used a Holy symbol.... but eventually I didn't need it... but I got a feeling it has got something to do with my tattoos." Daisy answered showing us her tattoos along her arms and legs.
"Ohhh I see...." Jay replied.
"That's pretty cool!" Helen said.
"It's useful...." Daisy replied with a giant smile.
"So was you born with the tattoos?..." I asked curiously
"Ummmm I dunno actually, I haven't seen anyone with tattoos like these and I've had them as long as I can remember." Daisy answered.
"Interesting....." Jay said looking curious and interested.
"Did you guys leave a lot of friend coming here?..." I asked.
"Not really..." Jay replied.
"There weren't any girls my age living at the church..." Daisy answered me frowning.
"Hmmmm..... We left quite a lot of friends and family, everyone in Elven communities are quite close... but after deciding to leave.... we were shunned for turning away from our duties to follow our dreams...." Helen answered.
"Lucky we met each other than!" I replied.
"Did you leave much behind?" Grace asked me.
"Yeah I left a lot... Mum, Dad, Brother Sister, many friends...." I frowned.
"You can always visit them if you miss them alot." Grace smiled.
"Yeah..." I replied faking a smile...
"Ohh by the way could I borrow the Scrying Orb for a little bit Jay?.." I asked.
"Yeah sure lemme just go get it quickly I won't be long." He said standing up.
"Ohhh lets have a sleep over! so get changed into your sleeping clothes...!" Helen shouted to him before he left the room.
"Ohh a sleep over sounds awesome! I'll go get changed as well" I replied.
"Don't worry you can borrow some of mine!" Grace said.
"Ummm.... Okay... sure....." I hesitantly agreed.
"So any boy caught your eye?.." Grace said walking to her wardrobe to get the clothes.
"Who me?..." I replied my voice sounding a little higher in surprise.
"Yeah... you know the gossip going around.. Just wondering if it was true..." Grace asked.
"What gossip?" I asked seeking clarification that they were talking about Paul.
"You know... Words been spreading like wild fire that Paul has the hots for you." She said pulling out a set of clothes for me.
"I really doubt that..." I replied.
"Well... you do seem to be the only person he interacts with outside his team members..." Helen added.
"Well he hasn't asked me out or anything..... " I replied.
"Ohhhh... okay..." they both responded sounding a little less excited.
"He saved my life once..." Daisy replied out the blue.
"Woah?!!! really?!!" We all responded in excitement.
"Ohhh Ohhhh wait wait... lemme get changed first.... " I said quickly grabbing the clothes from Grace and quickly ran into the room Helen exited with wet hair earlier to get changed quickly. Changing into the top and shorts Grace lent me I quickly noticed that it was extremely soft and almost weightless. "What material is this?.." I shouted from the bathroom.
"Elven Linen." Helen replied.
"How is it so light and warm?..." I asked them stepping out the bathroom.
"It's a special property with Elven Linen. It also keeps you cool when it's hot." Helen added.
"Wow.. I need to get some of these..." I replied and jumped on the bed excited to hear Daisy's story. Curious to hear what he's been up to after our breakup and fight....
"So do you want the details?.. or just the brief outline?" She asked.
"DETAILS!" The rest of us screamed.
"Ohhh we have some clothes you can change into if you'd like...." Grace said heading to a wardrobe pulling out a top and shorts."Nah it's okay... I have some back in my room." I replied."Sure no worries." She replied putting the clothes back in her wardrobe."By the way what happened with the pearl?.."Helen asked."Ohhhh... Professor Meha said that it's rare to have no reaction, but it shouldn't hinder me at all." I replied."That's awesome!" Helen and Daisy replied with a smile.Pulling out his wand Jay closed his eyes whispering something pointing it at the bullseye Grace was practicing on. Suddenly two runic circles appeared in the air beside him shooting out a flaming dagger striking the target."That's pretty cool!" I shouted to him."Flame knives! Not bad!" Helen smiled."Not bad!..." Daisy smiled, and began pointing at the bullseye with her index finger, suddenly a bolt of light shot out her finger also striking the target, but also illuminating it."Show offs..." Grace mumbled walking to collect her daggers."Can I take a look at your book?..please.. " I asked Jay."Sure!" He said closing it and chucking it towards me."Thanks!" I replied catching it."So Helen and Grace... how bad is the war between the Elves and Orcs?..." Jay asked."Luckily while we was growing up there wasn't any large battles, just some raiding parties." Helen explained."If you don't mind me asking is there a reason there's a conflict between your races?...." Jay asked."We don't actually know..... They refuse any form of diplomacy and savagely attack and pillage innocent Elven settlements." Helen answered."What of Orcs outside of tribes or Half orcs?.." Jay asked."Well those Orcs have denounced their connection to any Orc tribe so they are viewed as Traitors, and well Half Orcs are also seen as a disgrace to their race, so I guess they are peaceful." Grace answered."Interesting...." Jay replied."What is your view on them?" Helen asked Jay."Hmmmm... Humans are the same, there has been news of human settlements also pillaged from Goblin and Orc raids." Jay replied."How about the relationship between Elves and Humans?.." I asked curiously."We aren't officially allies, just a mutual understanding, as long as humans do move into or invade Elven boarders then we are at peace and our doors are open for trade." Helen explained."There has been some human settlements allowed to reside inside our lands, but its extremely rare." Grace added."Ohhh I remember seeing a woman with long flowing red hair and Antlers on her head... what's that?.." I asked."Ohhh that's an Elf, specifically a high noble Wood Elf...." Helen answered."Wood Elves?..." I asked."Yeah so there's different Elves, Grace and I are High Elves, then there are Wood Elves and Moon Elves and Dark Elves." Helen answered."Ohhh I see..... And are Dark Elves bad?.." I continued to ask."Dark Elves were Elves that were banished from our lands because they Worship a Dark Elven god." Helen explained."Interesting..... " I replied."Do they not teach Races and Diplomacy? In human schools?.." Grace asked."My parents were pretty poor and couldn't afford school for me." I replied."I'm so sorry..." Grace instantaneously apologized to me."It's okay...." I replied to her."So any idea what tomorrows lessons will be about?..." I asked."Tomorrow will generally be about training physically and then after lunch we will go out as a year group to somewhere." He replied."Ohhhh....." I answered."To be honest I don't see why I'm forced to train combat skills when I'll just be using spells." Helen sighed."Because it's also important to be trained in melee combat." Grace explained"Yup for example like me... where I can go toe to toe and use spells if needed." Daisy added."I dunno I feel time will be better spent learning and practicing more difficult and higher level spells.." Jay said."Yup I agree..." Helen said with a nod."By the way.... How comes Daisy and Paul can cast without a wand or staff?" I asked."Wow how did I not notice that?... How comes you can cast without a Spell focus?..." Jay asked Daisy."Whats a spell focus?.." I asked."It's something that allows us to channel Arcanum through so we use wands and Helen has a Staff." Jay answered."Ohhhh I see..." I replied."Well..... When I began learning Holy and Divine magic... I first used a Holy symbol.... but eventually I didn't need it... but I got a feeling it has got something to do with my tattoos." Daisy answered showing us her tattoos along her arms and legs."Ohhh I see...." Jay replied."That's pretty cool!" Helen said."It's useful...." Daisy replied with a giant smile."So was you born with the tattoos?..." I asked curiously"Ummmm I dunno actually, I haven't seen anyone with tattoos like these and I've had them as long as I can remember." Daisy answered."Interesting....." Jay said looking curious and interested."Did you guys leave a lot of friend coming here?..." I asked."Not really..." Jay replied."There weren't any girls my age living at the church..." Daisy answered me frowning."Hmmmm..... We left quite a lot of friends and family, everyone in Elven communities are quite close... but after deciding to leave.... we were shunned for turning away from our duties to follow our dreams...." Helen answered."Lucky we met each other than!" I replied."Did you leave much behind?" Grace asked me."Yeah I left a lot... Mum, Dad, Brother Sister, many friends...." I frowned."You can always visit them if you miss them alot." Grace smiled."Yeah..." I replied faking a smile..."Ohh by the way could I borrow the Scrying Orb for a little bit Jay?.." I asked."Yeah sure lemme just go get it quickly I won't be long." He said standing up."Ohhh lets have a sleep over! so get changed into your sleeping clothes...!" Helen shouted to him before he left the room."Ohh a sleep over sounds awesome! I'll go get changed as well" I replied."Don't worry you can borrow some of mine!" Grace said."Ummm.... Okay... sure....." I hesitantly agreed."So any boy caught your eye?.." Grace said walking to her wardrobe to get the clothes."Who me?..." I replied my voice sounding a little higher in surprise."Yeah... you know the gossip going around.. Just wondering if it was true..." Grace asked."What gossip?" I asked seeking clarification that they were talking about Paul."You know... Words been spreading like wild fire that Paul has the hots for you." She said pulling out a set of clothes for me."I really doubt that..." I replied."Well... you do seem to be the only person he interacts with outside his team members..." Helen added."Well he hasn't asked me out or anything..... " I replied."Ohhhh... okay..." they both responded sounding a little less excited."He saved my life once..." Daisy replied out the blue."Woah?!!! really?!!" We all responded in excitement."Ohhh Ohhhh wait wait... lemme get changed first.... " I said quickly grabbing the clothes from Grace and quickly ran into the room Helen exited with wet hair earlier to get changed quickly. Changing into the top and shorts Grace lent me I quickly noticed that it was extremely soft and almost weightless. "What material is this?.." I shouted from the bathroom."Elven Linen." Helen replied."How is it so light and warm?..." I asked them stepping out the bathroom."It's a special property with Elven Linen. It also keeps you cool when it's hot." Helen added."Wow.. I need to get some of these..." I replied and jumped on the bed excited to hear Daisy's story. Curious to hear what he's been up to after our breakup and fight...."So do you want the details?.. or just the brief outline?" She asked."DETAILS!" The rest of us screamed.
