Chapter 76 - Spirits and the Dragon Eye

Commonly, spirits were born in such things as the lake or pond, a huge rock, an old tree. The mana accumulated over a long period of time would become a spirit. Occasionally, if mana was excessively focused in a short period of time, it would be born in a flower, bonfire, and a thunderbolt. Thus, spirits were born naturally but not created artificially.

 It was impossible for humans to make them artificially. Excluding all the miscellaneous problems, it was impossible to pour in the amount of mana beyond a critical point in the first place. At least it was written so in the books that Azriel had read. It was so in the books that she saw while translating Limble into Lemm and in the books that she saw in Rhema’s study when she was young.

‘Come to think of it, the books that Rhema had were different in content as other magic-related books.’

Anyway, a spirit is not something one could easily say to make.

“Rhema, isn’t it impossible for humans to make spirits?”

“It’s usually so, but not to us.”

The ‘us’ he mentioned must be the wizards with the dragon eye. They had arrived at the main entrance of the castle already. Rhema pushed the entrance open and stepped aside so that she could enter first.

“First, let’s go to a place near the center of the castle. We need to create the spirit near the center of the place where it will dwell.”

“Okay—” Azriel barely took her eyes off the high ceiling where a chandelier that felt magnificent was. “But by saying ‘us’— Do you mean the dragon eye makes it possible to create a spirit?”

“No, more than that—”

Crossing the lobby, they headed to the corridor. Between pillars that were connected by an arch, a courtyard was visible. Buds that would bloom in full soon and green sprouts filled the garden.

“… the dragon eye is, like spirits, a phenomenon caused by the mana that went beyond the critical point. Therefore, all wizards with the dragon eye have mana more than enough to go beyond the critical point to form a spirit.”

Azriel, who was looking at the courtyard, was surprised and looked at him. Rhema was walking ahead of her, not looking back.

“That dragon eye— Aren’t you just born with it by chance?”

“It’s of course close to chance, but there is a reason for that chance.”

When they passed the corridor, a huge hall with a dome ceiling appeared. The colored glass was reflected on the glossy marble floor.

“People who inherited the legacy of the primal dragon are born a wizard. When that legacy, the mana one is born with reaches the critical point far beyond the average level—”

They arrived at the corridor across the hall. Another courtyard with a fountain appeared.

“… the dragon eye is formed in the human eye when he’s still a fetus in the mother’s womb. And he is born a dragon eye wizard.”

“Then by any chance… Is a child with the dragon eye born when you pour mana in when it is still in the womb according to the principle of creating the spirit?”

It was a shape question. Rhema hesitated. He answered as he took his steps again.

“That’s impossible. First of all, it’s impossible to pour in the amount of mana enough to form the dragon eye, and even if it’s possible, the baby can’t be born properly.” 

“You mean it’s going to have a stillbirth?”

“It’s similar because it won’t be a human.”

It was a horrifying story. After hesitating for a moment, Azriel asked.

“How do you know that? Have you tried it before?”

“I haven’t done it myself, but I’ve seen a result of an experiment.” 

“… An experiment?”

“It was foolish, horribly.”

His voice was cold. Instead of explaining what kind of experiment it was, he explained a different thing.

“A dragon eye wizard is a being that can’t be created artificially. To begin with, it is impossible for one person to inherit the amount of the legacy to form the dragon eye.”

“What? You said if one is born with mana beyond the critical point, he will be a dragon eye wizard, earlier.”

“Right, but I mean that such a large amount of mana would not dwell in one person naturally.”

“If they can’t be created artificially and can’t be born with such a large amount of mana naturally, then how are dragon eye wizards born?”

“Azriel, you said you had a twin brother.”

“… Yes.”

“I also had a twin sister— a very long time ago.”

“You were a twin, too, Rhema?”

It was a random story and the truth that she had never expected. However, she recalled a memory as soon as she heard those words.

“Azriel, the fact that you’re a wizard means that your other twin is never a wizard.”