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bathing in a lake. Imagine the
water is frigid and that is why your body is so cold .” He paused for me to
imagine it.
    Instead of helping, however, it just made me shiver.
It was easy to see it in my mind since I took many such baths in the winter.
    “ Good. Now, imagine the sun shining into the
water. It does not matter how cold the water or air is, because sunlight can
easily warm it. The water warms slowly, almost imperceptibly, but your blood
starts warming faster than the water .”
    As he said this, I felt the sunlight on me, warming
me faster than the water I was imagining. “That’s weird.”
    “ The reason your body is warming so quickly is
because the energy inside you is starting to move. It is becoming active. The
energy that filled you from the staff, making you invisible, is being forced
out and into the cold water. You no longer need it. Do you feel the water
warming ?”
    “Yes.”
    “ That is the foreign energy being dispersed. The
sun is not important, because your energy is taking over. It knows you are safe
and no longer needs to be invisible .”
    I directed my focus away from the sunlight as I
started feeling too warm. Then, suddenly, I realized I couldn’t see through my
eyelids. In shock, I opened my eyes and looked down at myself. “It worked!”
    Merlin’s eyes narrowed. “ Of course it worked. I
told you it would. The power inside you is stronger than you know. Understand
that most spells and curses are easier to break by gently working them off from
their weakest points .”
    “So, did you find out how to break your curse?” I
asked.
    “No.” Instead of explaining, he turned and walked
away.
     
    *          *          *
     
    On the way back to the mansion, I told him about what
the seer said to me. “Do you know where the Island of Light is?”
    “ I am not that knowledgeable of Caldaca’s
geography. If I had my magic, I could find the place, but magic-users here are
limited in what they can do. As a wizard of a different world, I can do scrying
as well as any seer here can, but I understand why power is limited here .”
    “What is scrying?”
    “ Crystal gazing .”
    “So wizards can be seers where you’re from?”
    “ It is more that wizards are all magic users in
one where I come from. We can specialize in something, like necromancy or
soothsaying, but the possibilities succeed that of wizards here. Instead of
having sorcerers, we have wizards that are capable of being just as conniving
and malevolent as sorcerers .”
    I spent the rest of the trip in deep thought. On
Merlin’s world, I wouldn’t be judged for being too nice or for my blond hair.
Although my magic would still be the same, people would assume I could do more.
Right before we reached the gates of the mansion, I opened my mouth to ask him
if we could go to his world.
    “ Of course, they also kill wizards where I live .”
    “What?!”
    “ Well it is complicated. I have been alone and
away from society for so long that I cannot be sure what the laws are anymore .”
    That was the moment I realized world-travel was
potentially very dangerous.
    Inside, there was a plate of fish, corn, and potato
slices ready at the table for me. I sat down while Merlin went rabbit hunting.
“Who cooked this?” I asked Vactarus. Just like the night before, he and Kisha
sat at the table with nothing to eat. This was obviously an important tradition
for them.
    “Our housekeeper, of course.”
    I studied the dust all over the table. “Housekeeper?”
    “Yes. We want to make sure the mansion stays in a
creepy enough state that it scares away bandits without actually falling apart.
Since my hat was taken by Magnus, the illusion over the mansion is ever so
slowly disintegrating. Soon, there will be nothing left and anyone can find
us.”
    I figured he wasn’t trying to pressure me to hurry up
and battle Magnus, but I felt guilty for going to see the tournament anyway.
    “When are you going to battle