A Wizards Misadventures

~~Level Twenty One~~

"Wha - that's impossible!" Basil said in disbelief.

"Liar," I said immediately. "When I first started magic I could bend sunlight and make some ice. You're not as good as I was but you have more at your fingertips. Grimoires and teachers I didn't have, not to mention the power your godly blood affords you. Given enough time and determination anyone could be where I am. Most people just don't work hard or don't have the talent. You have some talent. If you worked hard you could be the new Merlin. Better, actually, considering the godly blood in your veins. I'm surprised neither of you have an affinity for beauty or wine or love, honestly." The two looked at each other.

"I wanna be a gravity mage." Elena said proudly.

"I don't wanna be a druid… enchantments sound cool, though. And talking to trees and nature stuff too." Basil seemed interested but not as determined as his sister.

"Magic comes from the soul, kids. Reach for the power within and do what feels right. With practice it should come naturally." I pulled a little light to my fingertips and made a halo. I twirled it a little and let it fade into the sunlight while I stood up. "Anyways, I've got to go. I hope to see you two in high places. You seem like bright kids. I'd hate to see your talents go to waste." Melody glanced down a street and I walked that way. She walked beside me while her kids started muttering with each other.

Maybe they would eventually realize that they had left their mother's book in the tree.

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I split up from Melody when we reached the palace, which looked like a gargantuan version of the White House mixed in with some greek style statues, marble of course, and a few decorative pillars and fountains. I got us through the gate just by proving my identity and she made some excuse to run off and find her mother, wherever she was.

I wasn't given anyone to escort me so I considered just walking around again but I was pretty sure that I would only find more marble decorations and maybe run into a god or goddess. Instead I sank into my void affinity and opened my senses. The gaping hole in reality, sloppily patched over with some space magic that was rapidly decaying, was pretty easy to find. I went straight for it.

I passed a few servants, who were strangely enough wearing togas and those headbands that looked like they were made of leaves, though theirs were gold and silver. They tended to move to the sides of the hall and bow whenever I passed, trying to look as insignificant as possible.

Blegh, so many people were afraid of gods. What was I going to do, smite them if my drink wasn't chilled enough? … Actually, some gods might do that. I'd heard bad things about the Greeks, mostly decadence and abuse of power. Still, they were the second strongest western pantheon even with the christian god dead, which made them worth not being a jerk to.

The last door to the dimensional tear was guarded by two huge guys in heavy armor, long spears in hand with much shorter spears in a holster on their backs. They bowed their heads to me and opened the two heavy doors in sync. I immediately heard people talking loudly, almost on the verge of yelling really.

Two people were facing each other angrily, both looking frustrated. Three more people were standing aside just watching the argument play out. One woman wearing a lab coat and an owl T-shirt gave me a short wave as I entered. She was the only one to notice me.

"And what do you want me to do, Zeus?! I deal with magic and mages, not dimensional abominations!" The woman yelling looked like she had walked straight out of Harry Potter. The robes might have been authentic witch's robes for all I knew.