D.E.M.O.N.S: Getting Summoned Weekly isn't so Bad

Chapter 1094 1094 What Was In The Box?

”Right, so Iʼve gone through the box… and itʼs well…” Lily started to explain before pausing and thinking of the best wording. Sheʼd spent the afternoon going over the basics of everything in the box, and while she hadnʼt technically read the entire thing… it wasnʼt too far off. 

”Wasnʼt worth it?” offered Kat as an answer. 

”No… that would be a bit rude… there not worthless… but they arenʼt the best either. Of course, Iʼm not trying to imply that Bodeir skimped out on us… because if I had to guess this is a collection of everything they have on shadow magic… it just… isnʼt all that much,” said Lily. 

”Why do you say that?” asked Kat, feeling like she knew the answer… but any excuse to get Lily to gush about something was one to be taken. 

”I think I was really spoiled by Thyme and that book he gave me on paper magic. When Thyme said it was the lifeʼs work of a paper mage, I donʼt think I gave that the recognition it deserves. Whoever wrote that paper magic book? They really did dedicate a lifetime to it. I wouldnʼt be surprised if it took a full hundred years to compile the thing. Itʼs a ridiculous amount of time an effort… 

”From somebody that likely spent the rest of their possibly long life researching and investigating everything they possibly could about paper magic and then set out to preserve the practice. I donʼt think I have even half, no, a sixth, of the passion for all magic that this one man or woman had for paper magic,” explained Lily 

”Wait… donʼt you know?” asked Kat, feeling the need to interrupt a bit… but only so Lily could catch her breath. 

”No, and that does annoy me a bit even if I can respect it. The damned book is written ”by a Paper Mage” which, of course it was, because the whole thing was made with magic, and could only be written by someone intimately familiar with paper magic… but I wish theyʼd left a name so that I could thank them properly, even if fame clearly wasnʼt on their mind when they wrote the wonderous book. Any paper mage in Thymeʼs world is being given the holy grail of paper magic. 

”In fact, when I finish studying that book? I think Iʼll know more about paper magic then Nixilei knows about healing magic, and sheʼs a super spy thatʼs been training since she was a child. Itʼs just that well organised. I suspect that most magic users keep their signature spells close to their chest? Not whoever the Paper Mage is. They catalogued everything, and there is even a quite a few other sections that I know exist, but I canʼt access yet because Iʼm not good enough at paper magic!

”It might look like a small book Kat… but itʼs the equivalent to a full library. Perhaps a only a small one, but a whole library of books nonetheless. Sure not all of it is relevant to me, but so much of it IS, and itʼs wonderfully organised and… and honestly I think that the creator of those books? Their death was a great loss. Even if Iʼm much more likely to make it past Rank 5, and perhaps even reach the top, Rank 9 with you? I think Iʼll still be a worse paper mage then whoever wrote that book,”

Kat pursed her lips, trying not to frown. ”I think youʼre underestimating yourself Lily. I bet that in the future, youʼll be a wise master of magic and you can come up with your own ultimate paper mage book, then a shadow magic one… then finally, a space magic one. I really do think youʼll be great someday,”

Lily smiled and said, ”I appreciate the confidence boost but Iʼm not sure… I donʼt know that I can dedicate myself to paper the way this person did… maybe itʼs something Iʼll only understand when Iʼm older… but it feels so far beyond me, that even a century of time dedicated to paper magic wonʼt be enough,”

”Lily,” Kat intoned with a deadpan look, ”our lifespan is already measured in thousands of years. A hundred years is nothing,”

Lily nodded slowly. ”I… I guess it is? Thatʼs… thatʼs an odd thing to think about. Iʼm not sure itʼs really sunk in… but I really do have centuries to spend on this if thatʼs something I want… Iʼm not all that sure it IS something Iʼd want to do… but I could do it if I wanted to,” mumbled Lily.

”It sure is,” said Kat with a smile, ”But tell me a bit about the spells you got from Bodeir,”

”Ah… right, I didnʼt mean to get distracted,” mumbled Lily. *Itʼs not like I intentionally poked you to encourage you going off on a rant. Not at all.* ”I can hear you Kat. Youʼre not shielding your thoughts,”

”I know,” said Kat with a grin on her face. Pausing for a moment, Kat decided to just keep going, and bounced over to Lily before pulling her into a big kiss.

Lily flopped down onto the bed, panting a bit from the kiss. ”T-thatʼs a pretty good way of distracting me,”

Kat shrugged, ”I was just showing you my appreciation for your rant. I really like seeing you passionate about things, and I donʼt want you to think Iʼm just messing with you. Hopefully that kiss shows you that Iʼm serious when I say I enjoy hearing you talk,”

”I… I suppose it does. Iʼd make a joke about needing a few more examples as a test before confirming the hypothesis… but I donʼt think Iʼd be capable of higher thought for a while if you were to actually call my bluff, and I do want to talk about these spells,” said Lily.

”Well thatʼs your call. Remember, as much as I enjoy the look on your face after I kiss the daylights out of you, thatʼs purely because it makes me happy to see YOU happy, not because the kiss itself is doing much for me. Honestly, praise succubus instincts for my continued success, because I donʼt know what Iʼm doing,” said Kat.

Lily rolled her eyes, ”I will claim your lips for my enjoyment later so stop distracting me, Iʼm going to talk about these spells. The first thing you have to know, is that a couple of them are the same spell with a different name, and slightly different image associated with them. Just as an example, I have ʼshadow daggerʼ ʼshadow arrowʼ and ʼshadow boltʼ which are all essentially the same spell at Rank 1, and arenʼt any better at Rank 2. Perhaps if I had a Rank 3 version theyʼd finally separate…

”But the basic gist of them all is hold your hand out, gather power into the shadow below your arm, and then fire that shadow off at people. It packs a decent punch, and it has a neat ability to travel through shadows without really being visible… but overall itʼs not that strong.

”What I think of as the best spell of the lot is called ʼBlend with Shadowsʼ and at first it seems like a spell that pulls the shadows up and around you to keep you hidden in dark areas… but I think with a bit of effort I can figure out how to make a spell that takes you into the shadows, or coats you in shadows if I canʼt quite get into them without space affinity.

”Then there is ʼshadow shieldʼ which isnʼt actually a shield at all. It just pulls up a wave of shadows and then uses them to slow down projectiles. Not great, but easy and cheap to cast by the looks of it and if I combine it with my paper shield spell it can probably do some good work, but that will require some testing after I can actually cast all of these spells.

”Then there is another version of ʼshadow boltʼ thatʼs supposed to do more damage, and isnʼt like the first ʼshadow boltʼ at all. Itʼs all about creating a dense shadow that you can then throw at someone. And I do mean throw. It doesnʼt launch itself. It sticks to your hand until you throw it, then it clings to the enemy. Not sure how useful that one is… maybe if you can get it in peopleʼs eyes? Not sure if that would damage the eyes… or just cling there… might call that one ʼshadow gunkʼ instead.

”Then there are the scraps. Sure none of these are the originals… but the scraps, even if they are written on nice clean paper… are missing large chunks of themselves. I donʼt know if how many of them I can force a spell out of, or even how many of them ARE spells. Which is annoying, but itʼs fine really. It will give me something to work on,” explained Lily.