Dark Enchantments

er hands. She then added, "Here you are. Let's head over to the guild office in Halle now, we have some documentation to take care of!" Stunned by the amount of silver coins in her hand, Wendy a

expressed her surprise, "That's quite uncommon. Shadow mages typically don't rely on other forms of magic." Selena asked with a wry smile, "Don't they?" "That's right, they don't. Have you not met many other shadow mages?" Wendy asked. She continued, "It's so uncommon that some scholars have theorized that they may be incapable of practicing other forms of magic." Selena shrugged and said, "I guess I prove that wrong." Wendy examined Selena's expression closely, and Selena met her gaze, accustomed to this level of scrutiny. When Wendy inquired, "How did you acquire this knowledge?" Selena responded, "Well, I suppose I just picked it up. I didn't attend any school either-" Wendy interjected, "Of course, there is no school for shadow magic-" Selena started to say something, but Wendy interrupted and asked, "How did your normal magic manifest?" Selena simply replied, "I made a conscious decision to learn it." Wendy repeated in surprise, "You decided to take it up?" Selena gave Wendy a small smile, prompting Wendy to question whether she had accurately guessed Selena's age. "Do I pass?" Selena inquired. "I see that you don't often use your shadow magic," Wendy observed thou