《The Summon》Chapter 42 - A Necessary Answer
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Elise woke up.
She had slept well and was glad for how good she could live because of her magic.
But then she remembered the problem with Jonathan and his lack of access to his magic.
She still was not sure how to deal with that problem, but she promised herself to find the answer before the evening came along.
After she showered and brushed her teeth, she went outside her room to grab something to eat.
Almost directly after she finished eating a series of glowing letters appeared on her empty plate, reading: ”Please come into my office, Heinrich Tablos.”
Elise was shocked, she was not important enough for such a feat of magic, and the timing was suspicious enough that she was almost certain that he watched her magical for at least a short while.
Of course she went to the Archmage’s office immediately, or almost immediately at least.
First she brought her plate to a gathering space for used dishes.
Soon thereafter she stood before Tablos office and, before she could knock, the door opened, which made her loose her balance for a short time.
She yelled out in indignation, but caught herself basically in an instant.
The Archmage laughed quietly at the scene and gestured her to come into the room.
After she cleared the door, it, of course, closed immediately.
Elise could only sigh at that.
Then Tablos began to speak: ”Good morning to you, Elise.”
There was a pause. After a short while Elise realized that the Archmage wanted an answer, but what could he want to hear.
She thought for a moment and then answered: ”Good morning to you, as well, Lord Tablos.”
After a short moment after that the aforementioned Archmage clapped and answered: ”You really need to learn to assert yourself in the presence of powerful people. But that was not why I wanted to speak with you. Did you look into yourself and realized if you are ready to give magic to your summon?”
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Elise thought for a moment and then answered: ”I did and I came to a conclusion. The problem is, that I am not certain what should be the answer this conclusion alludes to.”
Tablos looked at her almost as if her where her grandfather and had all the time in the world to help her find the answer for her question and asked: ”And what is the conclusion you have reached? The only wrong answer here is no answer, please remember that.”
Elise gathered her thoughts for a moment and then, she began to speak: ”On one hand, access to his magic might help Jonathan deal with his imprisonment in this world and how caged he is to me. On the other hand, I am almost certain that Jonathan has plans that, while he might not think this, might destroy our way of living. Besides that, while he has not shown a particular violent nature by himself, he has shown that he likes to change this society into a particular direction, if necessary with the force of arms.”
Tablos answered to the unspoken question: ”It is simple, really. I have an eye on Jonathan, he will not manage something particularly stupid. And you cannot think that I will be unable go stop him, can you?”
Elise answered finally: ”Jonathan should have his magic.”
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