Chapter 5 Secret Space

As my training progressed with Damian, I missed spending my evenings with Helena and having extra staff practice. Helena was very rough around the edges, but as I felt more and more comfortable in my new world, my human desires started to rise. The scarred and muscular woman that was Helena was looking better and better to me as she was the only woman I got to see on a regular basis. Her bed in the barracks was right next to mine as well.

I met with Damian almost every evening as he guided me on the principles of learning a spell and creating a spell form. He really thought I would not learn the dimensional pocket spell but instead utilize my innate ability to create a simple spell formation on my core to create the pocket space. He assured me that I could eventually create the spell form as long as my affinity score had been over 10. Some people just took longer than others to manifest it.

Very few people could learn the intricacies of memorizing and casting spells as it took a high skill in aether shaping and memorizing the complex spell forms. It was also going to be a few weeks before a copy of the spell and spell form could be transported from the mage academy to help guide me. He assured me he had sent the request and it would be delivered.

Damian was a patient teacher. I think he was also very bored in his assignment as a healer to the training legion. His assistance was invaluable as, at my next testing, I had substantial gains in my magical development. My gains were so significant that the fort’s commander was informed and called me before him.

Physical

Mental

Magical

Strength (+1/+0)

/79

Intellect (+2/+0)

/54

Aether Pool (+2/+0)

/22

Power (+2/+0)

/82

Reasoning (+2/+0)

/59

Channeling (+2/+0)

/55

Quickness (+1/+0)

/49

Perception (+0/+0)

/60

Aether Shaping (+2/+0)

/8

Dexterity (+2/+0)

/56

Insight (+2/+0)

/49

Aether Tolerance (+1/+0)

/50

Endurance (+0/+0)

/87

Resilience (+1/+0)

/71

Aether Resistance (+1/+0)

/19

Constitution (+2/+0)

/65

Empathy (+0/+0)

/21

Prime Aether Affinity

Space

Coordination (+2/+0)

/61

Fortitude (+1/+0)

/89

Minor Aether Affinity

Time