Inheritor Of Magic: The Magi King

Ella tapped her chin as she thought about the things Cassie had said.

“You know, we never actually thought about that Inheritance Spell that Wolfe has. We just assumed that it was a Magi thing and didn’t question it, but what if it was something that the Witches in their families helped them make?

If there is Witch Magic in it, it might be capable of much more than we thought it would be. I mean, being able to teach him things that a Magi should know is incredible enough, but the changes in the bond with Cassie suggest that it’s not just a normal library spell.

Altering a Familiar Bond isn’t an easy bit of magic, and the Familiar Spell is definitely Witch Magic. It uses some Elemental Magic to shape it, but the core is pure Witch Magic.” She explained.

Stephanie looked at Wolfe with one eyebrow raised as she realized that she would have been stuck in a Servant Bond and not a Familiar Bond if she hadn’t been a witch to begin with. Wolfe couldn’t make Familiar Bonds on his own.

Wolfe pretended that he didn’t notice the small black cat glaring at him or the mental claw pokes that she was sending his way. The other alternative was to have made her a Servant, and that would have been even more embarrassing when they returned to the Academy and got caught by the guards.

“Wolfe, can you take your shirt off and make the spell inscriptions on your body visible?” Ella asked, patting the tabletop to suggest that he should sit up where everyone could see.

“I’m not sure if I can make them visible to anyone else. I can see it either in the smaller or larger version, but I’m not sure if anyone else can even if I try.” He explained.

But he disabled part of his armour and left himself just in a pair of cargo pants and boots.

“Oh, I vote that we keep this outfit.” Alice giggled as Wolfe moved to sit on top of the table.

“I can make you a matching one if you like?” Wolfe teased.

“Sadly, I’m one of the few without enough chest to need a supportive top here, so you likely could.” Alice sighed, but then her expression brightened.

“But we can come up with other summer outfits and have you turn them into your special armour spells. That’s a good project for the day. The Witch Robes from the school uniforms are great for blending into the woods, but you know how it is. We have some flamboyant personalities here.”

They really did. But most of them were focused on Wolfe right now, so he did his best to make the spells that marked his upper body visible again. They were when they first formed in the Lumix Household, and Ella had seen them then, so he might be able to make them visible again.

The problem was that he couldn’t tell when they were visible to others since he could see them just fine all the time.

“Wait, there. I can see them.” Ella stopped him after a few minutes of trying to understand how to make them visible to others.

“Wow, Wolfe, that is hot. I mean, in an inked-up mobster sort of way.” She giggled, then ran a finger over the lines of the Demon Curse on his right side.

“I’m glad you like it. Now that I’ve adjusted them, I think they will stay this way until I want them to go back to normal.” Wolfe replied with a wink.

The witches gathered around and began to flood him with inspection spells as they tried to determine the nature of the Inheritance Spell that was placed on him.

“Well, the Demon Curse is definitely Witch Magic, no doubt about that.” Ella laughed since she was on that side of his body, and the nature of the Curse was immediately obvious to her, even if she didn’t already know how it had been applied.

“The Inheritance Spell is like nothing I’ve ever seen. It’s an array of hundreds of layers deep, and not all of them are Elemental. I’m not sure what the rest are, some I can’t tell, but I think some of them are Witch Magic.

It couldn’t have been one person who created this spell. It had to have been multiple people, both witches and Demons or Magi, whichever. One or the other simply couldn’t do it.” Cassie decided after examining the spell for a while.

“That is what I think as well. Look in this layer. There are Witch Charms for something. Not Inscriptions, but actual charms have been applied. It’s wild. I know he calls it the Inheritance, but do you think it really could be the compiled knowledge and assistance of a family developed over the course of a generation?” Priya asked.

“I mean, it’s possible. That’s what it sounded like when we met with that spell in the Lumix House. It made it sound like the spell was a gift that they gave to all their children so that they didn’t have to hire tutors and the students could learn at their own pace.” Ella agreed.

“I found a good thing. Give me a second to write it out.” She explained, then got right to work drawing a spell on a piece of paper.

“What is that?” Cassie asked, completely lost as to the nature of the spell that Mary had found.

She was the only one of their group from the Academy that had actually finished her schooling, so she had a great deal more knowledge than either Cassie or Ella did, but some of the other Witches recognized the spell right away.

“That is the actual inscription for the [Physical Strength Growth] spell. It’s a form of lightning magic.” Mary explained.

“And I’ve never seen anyone who could actually use it. Why don’t you try it out, Wolfe?” Colonel Ming suggested.

“I already did, and I’ve grown my strength as much as that spell can. I might have better luck now that my understanding of Lightning has increased, but the spell was still pretty impressive, and it’s permanent once it has strengthened your body.” Wolfe shrugged.

“And you didn’t think to share it?” Mary pouted.

“I did, but it doesn’t seem to work on Witches. The spell just cancels if I try to cast it on anyone else.” He explained.

“What about Pup? He always wants to be stronger, so he can play with bigger stuff.” She offered.

That was only half true. Ember, the Hellhound who was Cassie’s Familiar, was growing very quickly, and the Demonic Dog was many times stronger than a regular dog when it was fully grown, so Pup was beginning to lose their games, and he was unwilling to accept that so easily.

“If you bring Pup over here, I will try casting the spell on him but don’t get your hopes up too high. I think it’s a spell that only skilled Lightning users can cast on themselves.” Wolfe reluctantly agreed.

If it wasn’t, they could have some seriously jacked Familars, even if the spell didn’t work on Witches.