"I think that most of the things Faluel is going to teach us are similar to the Royal Forgemaster spells you’ve seen use in Kulah and Laruel. If not for my full-ti job with the army, I bet that Dad would’ve also taught how to forge cores from runes." Phloria said.
Lith nodded and thought back at his quarantine when Vastor and Marth had shown him how the Royal Forgemaster wands could reveal the traces of his enchanted equipnt and even the spells with which Huryole had tried to enslave him.
’I wonder if Faluel can teach sothing similar. It would be a great help to distinguish between the effects of an unknown illness and a spell, like during the ss that happened in Zantia.’ He thought.
"Nalrond, is there any chance that you might change your mind and teach us Light Mastery?" Friya asked.
"Depends. Is there any chance that you might change your mind and provide with one of those silver wands?" He replied.
"I’m sorry, but no. My Dad makes those and they are considered a state secret."
"My answer is the sa. Light Mastery is not a candy that I can share lightly, but the last legacy of my tribe. I owe a great debt of gratitude to Faluel and Lith whereas I barely rember your nas, sorry." Nalrond said.
"Wow. Are you this rude with everyone or do you have a bone to pick with ? I can understand your refusal, but not the total lack of tact." Friya said.
"I’m sorry." Nalrond gave her a small bow. "I’ve still trouble adapting to your customs. In my village, your request would have been considered inappropriate and that led to reply in kind."
"Don’t worry. My request is considered inappropriate in the Kingdo as well. No one gives away their secrets for free. I just hoped that you could make an exception for us since we’re all Faluel’s disciples." Friya scratched her head in embarrassnt.
"I’m sorry, but no exceptions. Otherwise I would’ve taught Tista as well since I spend a lot of ti in her ho."
"No wonder I dumped you after your trial week. Worst boyfriend ever." Tista grumbled.
Before the Rezar could regret his choice of words, Faluel summoned them back to her lair. To everyone’s surprise, she wasn’t in her human form anymore. She had taken the hybrid appearance that she had shown them during the Shapeshifting lesson.
Her body was that of a humanoid covered in scales and had seven long serpentine necks with as many heads.
"No one can beat Hydras when it cos to multitasking." The seven heads chuckled in unison. "This way, I can use one head to train each one of the girls individually while the rest of them focus on your lesson, Nalrond."
A wave of her hand conjured three desks and chairs along with three humanoid golems that bore Faluel’s human appearance. Then, she cast a Hush zone around the desks so that no sound would spread past its boundaries.
"We’re ready when you are." Three of Faluel’s head had their eyes turn blue as she took control of the golems with Spirit Magic, moving them as if they were an extension of her body.
"Thanks." Nalrond cleared his throat a few tis.
He had already taught Light Mastery to the youths of his village so he knew exactly what to say, but this ti his class was full of strangers. He hesitated to break one of the greatest taboos of his tribe.
"Let’s start with first magic. Faluel, I’ve already seen Lith create holograms. Can you do the sa?" He asked.
"Sorry, no." She shook one head.
"The ability to give the light a shape it’s half the job. The other half is to give it substance. Faluel, have you ever tried to do either of those things?" Nalrond said.
"Several tis. I even tried to apply the sa principles that allow to give shape to Spirit Magic, but to no avail." She sighed.
"Don’t worry, it’s perfectly normal. Anyone can learn Healing magic, yet even though Light Mastery is based on the sa principles, very few realize it. The light elent is that of order which ans that it can be used to restore the original shape of things.
"When you use it on a living being, you achieve Healing magic. Unlike the other elents, however, light has no shape of its own and you can’t give it one just by exercising your willpower.
"Light seeks order and the only way to shape it is to artificially create order. Let give you an example. If I emit light magic and use my willpower to make it look like Lith, what do I obtain?" Both Nalrond and Faluel conjured what looked like a humanoid light bulb.
"This happens because our willpower is constantly battling the light elent’s natural inclination to seek order which in our case ans to light the cave evenly. What if, instead of just using willpower we try to picture Lith in our heads?
"I don’t an to just rember what he looks like, but each one of his features, the details of his face, how his eyes move when he talks, and then we feed everything to the light elent." Nalrond’s lightbulb turned into a perfect replica of Lith and his Archmage robe.
Faluel tried to do the sa, making her lightbulb brighter.
"I don’t see any difference. What I’m doing wrong?" Faluel said. Nalrond had expected the ancient Hydra to be angry or frustrated, but she looked puzzled at best.
"You’re just using your willpower. That’s the trap that prevents most mages from even conjuring holograms, let alone give them colors." The hologram above Nalrond’s hand beca identical to Lith, turning his skin pink and his robe deep blue.
"Do not force your mories nor your will onto the light. Just think about Lith as if he was sothing you’re trying to repair and the light will do the rest."
Faluel tried and failed again, making her Lith-bulb bloated.
"Has there ever been soone incapable of learning Light Mastery? Because being the first would greatly piss off." Faluel said.
"No way. I’ve learned and taught Tista all I know about it, so I can assure you it’s just that hard." Lith said. "What Nalrond ans, is that when you conjure the light you mustn’t do it as you would to shape a pseudo core, but as if you’re healing a small bruise.
"Only that instead of letting the patient’s body channel the light elent, your ntal image must be so clear to fool the light elent to believe that the air is supposed to have a different shape. Like this." Lith conjured a doll-sized hologram of Faluel.
"So, the air is my patient, huh?" Faluel tried and failed again.
"Do not mix light with the air elent or air’s chaotic nature will ss things up even more. I ant that you must reason as if the air is the patient, but the only elent you actually use is light." Lith said.
"You really are a good teacher, Lith." Nalrond said while Faluel kept putting their advice into practice. "You’ve understood so much about Light Mastery that I’m surprised you didn’t figure it out the other half."
"Thanks, Professor Manohar said the sa thing to a year ago, yet I made no progress. Teaching Tista and Solus helped to better control-"
"I’m trying to learn here. Can you please shut your trap and let concentrate?" Faluel cut Lith short.
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