Chapter 18

I had finally found a book of simple magic after nearly a month of searching for it, it seems that the teachers and guard had been ordered by the emperor to try and stop any materials relating to magic reaching Kelriea. I personally assumed that this was due to the fact he didn’t know how powerful she could become due to her demon blood as was wary of what may happen if she did gain some power.

When I found the book I went straight to the training grounds and gave it to kelriea as I had asked her to go there every day and practice gathering her mana so that she could learn how to control the finer parts of magic easier, by doing this she was now able to hold the mana in her palm for a longer amount of time and control the amount that she siphoned off of her mana pool.

Xar-‘’ Are you going to try to cast some of the magic now then?’’ I asked her as I sat down eating a hunk of bread.

Kelriea-‘’ yes I want to be able to protect myself and to do that I need to know how to control magic’’ she said to me and by the tone of her voice I could tell that she meant every word of it. ‘’ oh heart of flame I ask thee to come to me and burn my foes, Fireball!!’’ she chant in elvish as a orb of fire appeared in her hands, she then threw the fire ball towards the dummy in front of her but it dissipated before it got to it.

Xar-‘’ hmm try using a slightly higher amount of power the mana in the spell seemed to stop fuelling it before it got halfway towards the dummy’’ I said to her as I drew my katana and began to go through a simple Kata that focused on out manoeuvring your enemies and delivering a single fatal strike.

Kelriea-‘’ I see thanks for the input’’ she said as she began to chant again but this time she was able to get the fireball to the dummy making it catch fire. She turned to look at me with a smile on her face as she was ecstatic with herself was being able to do it, I walked over to her and rubbed her head telling her that she was doing well and I would soon teach her some simple martial skills that would help her in close quarters.

During this time kaito was near us practicing with his spear as he usually did, every once in a while he would begin talking to us in a friendly manner generally about trivial things but I honestly didn’t mind as I found him to be rather good company, he also was like the others in this academy and treated kelriea like an actual person.

During the month that I was looking for the magic book I could feel that Turya was getting a lot closer and if I had to say it would be another week before she got here, I was tempted to ask kelriea if I could leave for a while to go and get her but I dint want to leave here and return to find her hurt by those who belittled her because of her blood line. As I was thinking over what to do in my head about this situation kelriea came over to me and sat down beside me.

Kelriea-‘’ what wrong with you?’’ she asked me as I sat there thinking of possible solution.

Xar-‘’ huh I’m just thinking about the next course of action’’ I responded to her quickly.

Kelriea-‘’go to her’’ she said with a firm voice.

Xar-‘’ what?’’

Kelriea-‘’ I can tell your thinking of your wife the look on your face gives it away and from that I can guess that she is near so go to her’’ she said as she pulled out a cloth and began to wipe the sweat from her training off of herself.

Xar-‘’ is it that obvious?’’ I asked her.

Kelriea-‘’ yes painfully so, now go before I set your hair on fire . I know your worried about me but I have to take what you said to me to heart I have to stand up for myself it the only way they will stop what they are doing, and I’m sure kaito here will help me if I do get in trouble’’ she said to me a she pushed me off the bench I was on forcing me to my feet.

Xar-‘’ thanks kelriea, and kaito look after her’’ I said to her as I stripped off my armour and changed into my dragon form.

Kaito-‘’ will do’’ he said rather curtly

I then took off into the sky and angled myself towards the direction that Turya was coming from, I let out a roar causing all the student and teachers to look up and at me before flapping my wings and beginning my journey.

I pushed myself as hard as I could to speed up so that I could reach her as fast as possible, my wings aced my back was sore but I didn’t care less as long as I could be with Turya again, the first few days passed like this and I could feel from my earring that I would most likely meet her in the next day if not the next few hours, as I beat my wings and moved through the air I could help but feel a feeling of euphoria at the fact I was going to see Turya again after such a long time. The time seemed to pass at a crawl as I moved forward I was sure that Turya was nearly right below me so I folded my wings and let myself fall through the air towards the ground, as the ground approached me I could see I carriage that seemed to be of elven design drawn by a pair of white horses, but as I got closer my blood began to boil, around the carriage was a good three hundred humans each of them dressed in rags holding what seemed to be sword and other weapons of the like, a few of them were holding a staff that had a bend in it that seemed to be designed to go around the neck of a foe, I could also see that behind the main force of them there were carts with cages attached to them with people chained up inside them from this I could gather that they were slavers.

I could see Turya standing in a circle of bodies with her blades drenched in blood in front of the carriage and behind the carriage I could see a group of five elves trying to hold back the ones that were attempting to attack from behind.

I quickly head towards the ground and landed beside Turya, she gave me a quick smile before turning to look at the slavers again, some of the slavers had worried looks on their face upon seeing me while others were practically knocked out just from the sight. But what I mainly noticed was that in the back of the slavers force there was someone who seemed to be rather well dressed commanding them.

I coud hear some of them taking about how fighting a dragon wasn’t part of the plan and other were just saying all the disgusting things they were planning to do to my wife.

Slave master?-‘’ men it seems we have hit the jackpot today, not only do we have two elven beauties but also a dragon and I’m sure that a single dragon can’t kill over 300 men’’ he said causing the slavers to cheer at the prospect of a high paying capture.

Xar-‘’ you scum ,you dare to threaten my wife and think you will live’’I snarled at them causing a few of them to jump back in surprise at the fact that a dragon could talk. ‘’now it seems as if someone’s pulling the string from the looks of that well dress sack of shit back there, so if you tell me who asked you to do this then I promise you your death won’t be that messy’’ I snarled again.

???-‘’ ah save me I don’t want to be eaten, it was the first prince he asked us to do it’’ one of the slavers called out as he dropped his weapons and tried to run, I quickly cast a spell to make a pit fall trap in the direction he was running and filled it with razor sharp spike of rock, he of course in his panic fell into it and died a slow death.

The rest of the slavers looked at the direction he went but didn’t move, I put my head down by turya and nuzzled the side if her face, this caused her to smile.

Turya-‘’ kill them quickly darling, but don’t leave any survivors scum like this lot don’t deserve to live’’. She said as I felt on of her arms coming around my neck and patting the top of my head

Xar- ‘’oh I am going to enjoy killing these pieces of shit’’ I roared as I jumped forward towards the main force of slavers.

Author's notes

here a chapter like i said i may do so hope you enjoy and continue to support this stoies, alli ask of you readers is to leave yout thoughts about the stoy as this will help me improve in chapters to come and that is always a good thing, so now if you will excuse m i havent slept this past weekend and im tired so peace out