CHAPTER 45

Dawn Scarlett





"Well, I think you are already good to go," Alaistair said with a smile plastered on his face and I looked at him if he is serious in letting me do the spell all by myself, and without a doubt, he is darn serious that he is going to let me do the teleportation spell all alone. "Just remember everything that we told you okay? Recite the incantation and then picture the place where you want to go. And just do the same thing when you come back here." he added and I looked at him if he is damn serious about what he said and once again he just smiled at me as if reassuring me that I could perfectly do it when in fact I am really and heavily doubting myself because it's just been fifteen minutes since they taught me the incantation of a teleportation spell and because of my sharp memory I am indeed able to memorize it without a problem in such a short time.



However, the thing is after that they just told me a few reminders, and then here we are - I am already about to have my practical test in using teleportation magic! They did not even give me a few minutes to practice the spell in a short distance. Like they are pretty much confident that I am not going to fail this spell by going to a different location than what I imagined or saying the wrong words that will make me unable to teleport or whatsoever.



"Now go on," Alaistair said again and he even pats my shoulder to encourage me and I guess I really cannot do anything more to convince them to at least give me more time in actually processing the details and making myself get used to saying the incantation. But oh well, if this fails I could simply just call for Yuki's help although he is staying in my room. Once I called him he will surely appear right in front of me in a blink of an eye.



Oh well, anyways let's just get this over with - it does not even matter if I'll fail or not again the important thing is I can try it and if I failed then it is no longer my fault, well maybe partly my fault but it is not entirely mine since the thing is Alaistair and Raphael are the ones who forced me to do it without practice so they will shoulder the blame with me since I already gave them signals - specifically the look that I should maybe practice a bit more and also I already told them a while ago that maybe I should let my body be used to the incantation first but guess what, they acted like they haven't heard me say that.



So whatever. This is going to be all or nothing.



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I closed my eyes and I let my senses unite with the environment - just like what Alaistair said a while back that in order for the incantation to work, I should let my whole mind and body, especially my senses unite with the environment that I am in because the environment has magical particles as well that resonates with the body's mana or magic. And basically, it is every mage's aide in being able to formulate powerful magic. Alaistair also mentioned that although in some cases, like for mages like him, Raphael, and some other high ranking mages they are no longer required to undergo what I am currently doing because they have long united their system with the environment so it is easier for them.



But for me, since I am a newbie in the field and basically I still have no experience with the basics of manipulating even my own elements, I really need to be focused enough and that my senses are well resonated with that of the environment. While I am at it, I do not know but I suddenly feel that my senses are sharper than they should be - more importantly I can feel other presences other than that of Alaistair and Raphael. But although I felt a presence, it is way different as well from Alaistair and Raphael's presence - let me just say that if I am going to compare the two, Alaistair and Raphael's presence are way more concrete or whole but the other presences I am feeling are a little bit faint but although it is faint I can perfectly feel them around me.



And yes, them because the presence that I could feel is more than one and I do not know how the heck is that possible but whatever. Anyways, I think I have already resonated with the environment just like what the two said that I should do so maybe it is already the time to imagine the place where I should exactly go and recite the incantation. So, where should I go -- oh maybe I should visit my clinic --- yeah I should probably just go there.



And so, because I already decided that the place where I will go first trying the teleportation magic the two taught me, I started imagining how the interior of my clinic looked like and the moment that I have already had a clear picture of it, I am already about to recite the incantation when suddenly I felt something different from my body - more of a tickling sensation and so because of the fact that I am slightly getting distracted by it, I decided to open my eyes and the moment I did I am literally too stunned to speak.



Like what the hell just happened?



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It took me more or less than five minutes for me to actually digest what just happened. So right now, I am already inside my clinic - specifically the second floor where my bed is located and everything is still the same as the time that I left the clinic to go and live for a while at the Imperial Palace. Like what the hell? Why am I already here in my clinic? I just pictured it for a couple of seconds and I haven't even recited the incantation that Alaistair had thought me so why the heck am I here already?!



But wait as second let me first recall what happened. Okay, the first thing that I did was to close my eyes and let my whole mind and body, and also my senses resonate with the environment. And by that action, I was able to strongly feel Alaistair and Raphael's presence near me and the thing is I am also able to feel other presences that are around me. Okay, so I am in that situation for only a few minutes - let's say more or less five minutes because of the fact that I already have the gut feeling that I already did what the two told me that I should do to make sure that the incantation does not fail and that I am really going to be transported to my desired location.



And so after that, I instantly imagined the place where I like to go -- and it is none other than my own clinic since first, I haven't visited this for a while and second thing is that this is the safest place where I could actually teleport to. Well, I could also have chosen my room in the Imperial Palace but I haven't been in my clinic for quite some time now and I just want to see if nothing has changed or what.



Okay, so the next thing that happened is that I am just imagining it for a while and after a second or two I am about to chant the incantation that Alaistair taught me but I felt a tickling sensation run through my body and the moment that I opened my eyes in order to find out what is actually happening I am already here in my destination.



And so in summary, first I already teleported to the place that I actually want to go and second thing is that obviously, I did not freaking use an incantation to be able to teleport. But the question now is how exactly did I teleport? Because Alaistair said that there are two kinds of people in this world who could use teleportation magic. The first one is the people who obviously say out loud their chants in order to teleport and the second type of people are the ones who no longer need to say out loud their chants, it could be they said it through their minds or they used simple gestures like how Aurelius or Trajan does it and that is by either flicking their fingers or whatsoever.



But the thing is, I haven't flicked my finger or made unusual gestures while I have my eyes closed and while I am imagining my clinic and so I cannot belong entirely to the second type of people that could use teleportation spells that Alaistair mentioned. Seriously? But oh well, I guess the important thing is that I am able to teleport from one place to another without any troubles.



I guess, I actually did well for a first-timer but now, how the hell should I go back to the Imperial Library? Wait - maybe I should do the same thing that I did a while ago. Yeah, maybe I should just do that again and if it doesn't work then I guess, I'll just have to call Yuki to help me return to the Imperial Palace. Oh well, here goes nothing.



I once again closed my eyes and I started letting my whole self resonate with the environment. And same as while I am in the imperial library, I started to feel other presences around me - again, similar to that of the Imperial library the presences that I felt were faint but I know that they are there. Anyways, after a minute I already pictured the library inside my mind, and same as a while ago I once again felt that tickling sensation all over my body.



And in just a second or two, I just heard Alaistair's voice which instantly made me open my eyes.



"Amazing! Truly you are really amazing!" That is what he said and when I looked at him, he has these twinkling eyes and he is even smiling wide. Not only him, but when I turn to look at Raphael, he is also smiling wide and the expression he has on his face is just like that of a proud dad to his daughter that had done something terrific.



But wait a minute --- did I just fcking did it? I teleported to the destination that I want to and I came back to the imperial library without any troubles and without asking for Yuki's help?



"Now you better share to us how's your first teleportation feels like? You still have time before luncheon to share to us everything and honestly, I am really dying to know because you are so amazing - truly you are even amazing than Lucius!" That is what Alaistair said and he even held my hand, his eyes are also still twinkling it is as if he is really excited to know my first teleportation experience.



I look at Raphael and he has the same expression plastered on his face - he also has this 'I am dying to know your experience' expression but the dominating expression he has on his face is just like what I have said a while ago and that is the 'proud father' expression.



*sigh* I guess I need to make everything as detailed as possible huh? Because I am pretty sure that they are not going to be satisfied by a simple and direct explanation about my experience.



* To be continued *