Chapter 649 - 649 Nixilei’s Future?
After shelving the conversation about the best governnt structure one could strive for was, Kat decided they needed a more light hearted topic. "Well, you've ntioned that training is one of the main prizes people are after in terms of the Tournant. What about you?"
Nixilei nodded, "It's the sa for my. Apparently the largest information broker in the world is one of the people offering training. The fact that I know so little about them is already quite enticing for soone like . As good as I am at healing and fighting, spy work is actually what I enjoy the most. I know that one day, Green will grow up a bit more and won't need as much. Well, that and Gareth will step into a lot of my roles, he already has. When that happens I want to take over Green's family spy network and expand it massively…
"Though I also quite like fieldwork. Perhaps I'll head the organisation for a while, remake it to my standards before passing it off to an apprentice and returning to field work? I'm not certain but I'm very interested in whatever training soone so mysterious has to offer. I've even heard rumours they have Healing affinity… which would be great but I'm not holding out much hope really."
"Why is that?" asked Kat.
"I thought that one would be obvious Kat. Nobody even knows their real na, what chance do I have of actually finding their true affinity? Not only that I've also heard they have half a dozen other affinities aside from healing and they can't ALL be true. Nobody could handle so many. I believe the largest recorded number of affinities in history is five? Yes, five but even that is just from old legends. Four is allegedly possible but I only know of people with three for sure. Well, two really. I think Thy MUST have three, and I know the Elf King has three…
"But it's not particularly impressive. He has water, ice, and fog, which sounds good for synergy reasons… but a powerful enough ice mage can make water and fog… and a powerful enough water mage can make ice and fog. Fog mages can't really make ice… but the point stands… his affinities just an he has a bit of an easier ti branching out. It's not so much synergistic as it is overly similar." Explained Nixilei.
[Huh… picking affinities seems a lot stronger than I thought. Perhaps we should ask Nixilei for her thoughts on my choices? We can't change them now but it would be nice to know ow good they are together.]
"Well… if you don't mind Lily wanted to ask about her affinities?" Nixilei nodded so Kat continued, "She was able to pick them when she got her new body, it's the reason she's a cat at the mont, her soul is recovering sowhat from the procedure. She chose Paper, Shadow and Space."
Nixilei's eyes widened. "Such a thing… to get a whole new body and new affinities? I wasn't aware you could even add affinities in such a way. I thought they were bound to the soul… then again if you have the power to move a soul perhaps… anyway, you asked a question. I… I don't really know much about paper affinity. I know of no one famous who had it. I'm actually a little surprised it can even be an affinity… but you would know better than .
"With that being said… Shadow and Space to have so synergy together at least. Shadow can pull off a few little space tricks without Space affinity but… together they can do great things. The most famous instance of a combination Shadow and Space mage was a legendary thief that went around stealing mansions from people. Apparently they cast a shadow so large it swallowed buildings whole before they would be sold to soone else on the other side of the world. No Shadow mage could keep sothing so large in their shadow like that. You need both. The sa could be said of Space mages.
"They tend to have issues interacting with enemy mages unless they are careful. A powerful Space mage might have been able to steal a mansion but they would have to do it by cutting off the mansion and putting it in a pocket dinsion people and all. Rather than taking the mansion it would be more accurate to say they sliced the world itself. They'd also need a rather long ti to get it done. That's just one example of what they can do together. What were you hoping to get out of Paper affinity?"
"The biggest reason for choosing paper is that I already have sort of an affinity for it. I love books and have spent most of my early life gathering knowledge," said 'Lily' "so I figured that would help in so way. I'm not sure why but I did. On top of that, I was thinking of using my Shadow affinity to write on the paper, perhaps creating interesting effects that way. Then Space because it synergises well with shadow and I wanted a movent affinity."
Nixilei tapped the rims on her glasses as she thought on Lily's words. "Hmmm… certainly an interesting idea. Considering how rare Paper affinity is, I can't comnt on if mixing it with Shadow will work as you wish it too… but I think it should. Probably won't be very mana efficient, but… hmm… perhaps if you work in Space as well…
"If you use Space to designate an area as 'yours' you should be able to change the rules up a bit… and with Paper and Shadow to solidify those rules… hmmm… you might be able to do sothing truly great with those three… though it will take practice to ld them together and access to all three affinities. Do you have that at the mont?"
"No" said 'Lily' "Just Paper for the mont, if I even have that. My soul needs to recover and then I need to be stronger to use all of them. Is there anything I can start doing before that though?"
Nixilei's face beca slightly pinched. "I… hmm… you put my in a difficult position. Yes… there is technically… but I don't know about your soul. There is sothing every novice mage needs to do… but I don't know if it would be right for to tell you… I know the temptation of knowledge is great… and to finally be able to use magic… I've always had mine so I'm not sure I could resist if sobody told how to practice even if I shouldn't… no I know I couldn't because the trainers had to physically stop a few tis when I first learning…
"Sorry Lily. Without knowing it won't cause you damage I can't in good conscience explain where you should start. If I ended up causing you harm… I'd feel rather bad and I'm sure Kat would be rather annoyed with … and Green would make that odd not quite pout with the 'I told you so face' she never gets to use because I'm normally right. Yes. Truly a horrible fate I must avoid." Nixilei gained confidence in her decision not to tell Kat or Lily anything towards the end once she considered the 'consequences'.
[I suppose that's fine. I'm a little annoyed… but she's also very correct. I'd make the attempt as soon as she told , even if it's likely I should wait till I get a humanoid form again…]
*Yeah probably. Let's just… ask sothing else then?*
[Why not ask about why she isn't going for Healing training?]
Kat relayed the question and Nixilei just gave a slight shrug in response. "Honestly… healing is a very well-studied field. Plus the world always wants more healers. It isn't hard to get books on the subject or find soone willing to take an apprentice for a few years in exchange for service or money. Unlike the other more combat orientated affinities there is… I suppose a culture of sharing… mostly. I'm not so foolish as to believe healers can't attack people, but I do know those spells are kept tightly bound."
[Yeah I bet a high level healer could give you like… super cancer or sothing. That would be really deadly]
"What about you though Kat? I doubt you'd ask for training considering you'd have to stay on this world for a while. Plus, I'm not really sure what they'd be able to teach you anyway," said Nixilei.
Kat was going to give it a mont to think but realised this was a good opportunity to talk about herself, sothing Nixilei had ntioned Gareth had wanted. "Well actually, I recently just finished learning how to use these sowhat properly," said Kat as she pulled out the fans. Kat also wasn't willing to say she'd learned them 'properly' because she could still feel that Heartfelt Contract wasn't complete for so reason.
"Ah, I rember those. You manage to learn them since the last round of the tournant? Who was your teacher?" asked Nixilei curious. The fan wasn't a common weapon.
"Well… it was the strange sli girl called Mai…" started Kat.
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