POV of the main character

Before I noticed, we had already reached the large double doors, under which you could see the glow, showing that someone was there

Coming closer to the door, they seemed to see us and began to open in a mysterious way, blinding me from the too bright light, from which I tried to recover for another minute (even the glasses did not help me from this light). While I was trying to restore my eyesight, with my hearing I heard a loud rumble coming around me, my vision began to return to me and I was able to see a large arena, on the podium of which was full of people rejoicing a new victim in the person of me, and on the podium opposite me, the well-known mother Chrysalis was sitting right on the throne, as if she towered in front of me all of us

When I just stepped outside the entrance of the arena, the doors closed behind me with a loud noise, leaving me alone in the center of the arena. I began to droop from such oppressive attention in my direction and before I could come to my senses, the voice of Chrysalis herself screamed into the whole arena, which scared me

"My sons and daughters, behold, a potential contender for the role of our brother" she began to speak loudly and clearly "After some medical tests, I was informed that he was considered our blood brother" after this statement, there was general surprise and a lot of talk all over the podium, but after a not loud click, everyone fell silent and Chrysalis continued "And on this occasion it was decided to include him in our family" she did not make a big gap and continued "But as you know, everything is not so simple. At the age of 6, our native drone has its own minimum amount of magic, through it it will be possible to find out the future potential and role in our family. Just for this we came here to witness his failure or his breakthrough" after this statement, she looked at me with a gaze that made my skin tremble "I order you to start and only dare to disappoint me "son"

She put a lot of emphasis on the last word, as if it meant something to her, but I didn't have time to focus on that, at the moment I need to do something

Panic seized me, I didn't know what I had to do. I tried to find support in the person of Yon and Yut and I was able to find them on the podium in the first places, when our eyes met, they synchronously showed me a fist with a finger on top, showing that they support me, but it did not save me in any way

After realizing that they wouldn't help me, I started trying to call my neighbor out of my head

"Night, please respond" the answer to me was silence

"Please, I need help," I tried my luck again, but again the answer was silence and I was left alone again

I stood still and stared into an empty space struggling with my helplessness, but it looks like the audience watching me was getting bored and it started shouting at me either for support or because of hatred

"Hurry up, come on" one shouts

"Why is the white man frozen, scared?" shouted the second

A stone flew into my head and because of fear I could not somehow dodge or react in any way and as a result I felt my blood flowing down my face

"You are a disgrace to our kind" followed by a stone

This went on for a couple of minutes and I could not show myself in any way, and the reason for that…

"...I don't feel magic in me" I made the verdict "I can't show something because of the lack of magic in me, as if someone is pulling it out of me"

Because of fear, I could hardly move, with great effort I was able to raise my eyes to the stands and I was able to see the "Magic", each person had a green light inside, someone had a lot of it, someone had little, but one thing was for sure it was full and the biggest source Chrysalis had magic, it shone the brightest of all

As I looked at these bright lights, I gradually began to understand their emotions. Everyone had the same emotions, ranging from boredom to anger, when my gaze shifted to Chrysalis I could feel her, was there anger, sadness and disappointment in her? Is she disappointed in me or that I couldn't meet her expectations

After a short stupor, I remember my teacher's lesson on magic and how she said that in order to see it in yourself, you should not pay attention to external interference with your eyes closed and focus on your core (or as she said, go to the front where it's warm). After a while, a small and weak light lights up in the dark, from which a red-blue flame comes. As Night explained to me, in every living being there is such an essence and my most unusual

After watching my fascinating light for a while, I noticed small fluctuations in the light and with each splash small grains of magic come out and go somewhere to the side, "Someone or something is sucking magic out of me," I conclude. Having memorized the direction where my magic goes, I open my eyes and see that she goes towards Chrysalis, looking more closely, I noticed that her inner light does not change in any way, but there is a black spot around her and it looks like she is sitting on it. The black spot does not react to Chrysalis in any way, but the tentacles of the spot stretches in my direction and it looks like this thing is my pest

Not knowing what to do in such a situation, I again plunge into my inner world and find my spark, but the most unpleasant thing is that since the last meeting he has decreased in two and now he was the size of a fist. I stand in front of him in a panic not knowing what to do, my light starts to waver with me, which in turn began to fade

"Damn, I need to calm down and pull myself together" I calm myself down, I began to slowly inhale and exhale, which leads to the calming of my light "Barely had time. We have to do something, I don't even know what will happen if it goes out." Looking at my light, I noticed out of the corner of my eye that black tentacles were approaching me, I was ambushed, I had no way out to retreat and even the idea of doing it. I had no other option and I curled up into a ball to protect my light from these tentacles, I only looked at it and did not know what was happening around me

I was lying and protecting my flame and after a while goosebumps went through my body, showing that they surrounded me and there was no way back. I had already accepted defeat, but suddenly one of my teacher's Night dialogues echoed in my memory during the lesson

Once upon a time in the main character's dream

"And thus, it is necessary to fight anti-magic" finished Night

"And what if there's no magic left in me anymore and I can't find a way to retreat, what should I do?" I asked a curious question and the answer was immediate

"Absorb it! Here is my answer. To be more precise, the magic of the night and anti-magic are not so different, in their essence they symbolize silence, just in different interpretations, and for their synchronization you will need to adjust your magic channel to a certain purity, so you can absorb anti-magic matter and restore your personal source" by finishing the dialogue She turned to the blackboard and began to draw the absorption method

"Look here, the anti-magical matter is attracted to a weak magical core and we will deceive her on this, you will need to relax the core as much as possible, like a small defenseless rabbit in front of a hungry wolf" for this she depicted a sinister grin and continued "When you feel that it is already near, you will have to form a magical impulse as much as possible in in the form of something sharp and throw it right into the weak spot, into its core"

"And if I don't see where I need to go?" I ask a question

"If you don't see it, then just trust your sixth sense and your luck," she replied, rolling her eyes and continued "After your attack, you will have to concentrate your last strength on absorbing it while it is stunned, but you also have to understand, it just won't let you take it and that's why it outgrows In a tug of war, you literally have to fight for your survival. If you can overcome it, and you should, then when you take it, you try to form a single channel for its absorption at a fast pace, if you fail to synchronize with it, then it will try to get out or even worse kill you from the inside" after finishing on this phrase, her chalk crumbles into pieces and languidly exhales air, gathering her thoughts, she continued "I also want to remind you that you do not have a standard magic core, it seems to be made from different sources of matter and therefore, when absorbed, it will either help you or destroy all your meridians" she finished and turned to the blackboard to start a new topic

Present time

Remembering this dialogue, a second wind and a chance for survival suddenly appear in me

After looking at my light, as it slowly and surely decreases, I decide on this risky act. I hold the air in myself and try to seem like a "small and defenseless rabbit" and I don't know how, but the chill in my body has intensified

I do not know how quickly and not noticeably to form a magic arrow and at the same time does not burn at the same time, but after looking at the glow of the light, it dawned on me, "My light is the formed magic source, and if you try to borrow a drop and form it on the tip of your finger, then I will get a sharp-cone-shaped bullet. Okay, the attempt is not torture"

I don't noticeably touch the light with my index finger and try to form a cone on the tip of my finger and fortunately I succeed

Now we need to figure out where to throw it. I concentrate on all my feelings, but the only thing I have is the cold, since there are no other landmarks, I'm getting ready to fire where it's coldest

After waiting a minute, I realize that I have to shoot in the direction of my head, it's not convenient, but I don't see any other way out and I'm wasting time. Without thinking for a long time, I turn out in an arc with a sharp movement and shoot an improvised bullet in the direction of my intuition in utter darkness. After about five seconds, I grab the void and pull it towards me, at the same time randomly adjusting the magic frequency. But what was strange, it does not resist in any way, but on the contrary reaches out to me and did not notice how it completely began to envelop my light, in connection with which I noticed the reflections of the green flame. I stood and watched this charming flame dance of three colors (red, blue and green) and expected the consequences of their interactions with each other, soon this dance turned into a duel between red and green flames, but in the process of the duel I noticed that the green flame was losing its position and only getting dimmer, and the red in the his turn gets the better of him and completely swallows him

I stood in front of my still red-blue flame and was stunned by its size, it became twice its first size, and that overwhelming ailment completely evaporated and I could feel my magic flow through my body again and now there was no point in being here, I open my eyes

Opening them, the first thing I saw was Chrysalis' mother, still looking at me with sadness and disappointment, looking around, I saw a lot of red-painted stones, but I didn't feel pain, only fatigue. I also realized that I didn't hear anything, just a dull squeak. Looking up at the stands, I saw the crowd shouting something at me, and the emotions were mixed to everyone, except Yon and Yut, they were not funny, but only regret

After this picture, I turned my gaze back to Chrysalis and noticed that she was getting up from her seat and was about to say something, but stopped when she saw my movements, my fear evaporated, but it was very difficult to move. I slowly but surely reach for my glasses to take them off, everyone froze in place and waited for my further actions. When my hand touches my eyes, I take them off with the remaining strength and look at her with my bright ruby eyes. But it didn't last long, because I fall exhausted to the ground still holding my glasses in my hands

The last thing I saw was a Chrysalis smile and then the abyss again

"I lose consciousness too often" I make a verdict before going to bed

To Be Continued ….

Author's Note

At the moment this is all, when the next chapter will be released, I do not know, but it will be)

Sorry for taking so long to publish chapters, I have a little trouble writing them (in my head it looks better than when writing)

If you have questions about the plots, then wait for the next chapters. As for me, it's not interesting to read further, if everything is clear anyway

Besides, I don't like to write large chapters of 10,000 words, they look too loaded for me

See you soon)