The Devil WithInn 38 I Got The Magic, Magic, Magic 3

In the first few days, they would end up bickering for hours before they can finally have a decent conversation. But slowly, they got used to each other's irritating att.i.tudes and presence and learned to coexist.

Solomon would usually deliver her meals and stay in her room until the afternoon.

There, he would give Inna some handwritten books about the common knowledge behind magic. Then he would sit by the couch to further explain the things that were written in the book. With his guidance, Inna was actually able to grasp the basics and small theories behind their "Magic." And aside from magic, he also taught her a bit about world history.

Apparently, this world is centered on a religion called Eriden. Eriden is believed by the whole world and is the only religion accepted and believed by the ma.s.ses. The Eriden church was also the reason as to how their common language, Eridoan, was made. In fact, Eridoan is what they call the 'language of the world' since, aside from a few smaller countries, everyone else only speak Eridoan to honor their beliefs.

Eriden is a religion that believes on one Supreme G.o.d. And this lone G.o.d has n.o.ble servants that acts as his eyes and hands. They grant divine punishments and miracles in order to preserve balance in the world. They are what the people call the Immortals. They are called that because it is rumored that they never age and have been there since the beginning of their world.

One of the reason why Eriden was whole-heartedly accepted by the ma.s.ses is because Eriden gives an explanation on this world's beginning.

According to its religious history, this world was created by the Supreme G.o.d. He had created many animals and plants with his abilities. He formed everything he can think of and made them beautifully.

Now, he wanted to make a being that can take care of his creations while he rested. He figured to make a being similar to himself. That 'being' was the first magic-user in history. They call that being, 'Mana.' Mana was granted the G.o.d's ability to create as an independent ent.i.ty with free will. But the condition is that he can only create things that have died. This way, the number of plants, animals, and things in this world, will not change but there will still be a sense of cycle between life and death.

But after a few decades, Mana saw this kind of life as boring. So he defied the G.o.d and secretly created another being like himself. But he was unable to fully duplicate himself and ended up making another inferior being entirely different from what he imagined. It was a woman with a set of features different from him. He called his creation "Chi."

After spending centuries with Chi, Mana saw the beauty of creating new things and the feeling of pure dominance over his creation. And so, he began creating more and more beings. He was completely addicted that he created so much and it starts to disrupt the original creations. And he didn't stop with just men and women. He used the different animals and plants as his inspiration and made 'modified' and 'better' versions of it.

And he claimed to have 'improved' all the creations G.o.d has made.

These gave birth to magical beasts and magical plants. But the magical beasts were far superior to the original animals and it resulted to these inferior animals getting eaten and preyed upon until extinction. As a result, it heavily disrupted the balance in the world.

When G.o.d knew of what happened, he was angered. As revenge, he immediately stripped Mana off of all his abilities. The same thing happened to Chi and the rest of the humanoid beings Mana created. Some had no abilities left while others only had a few traces. The Supreme G.o.d didn't punish the magical beasts, but instead kept them so that the powerless and the weak humans would feel how the other normal animals felt of being hunted down and killed. But the Supreme G.o.d wanted to lengthen their suffering so he blessed some people, who had not harmed any animal nor plant, with small abilities.

For those who were left with these blessings, they realized they only had three types of abilities.

Enhancement, to let them live better;

Exorcism, to let them survive longer;

And Curses, to let them protect themselves and one another.

While those whose abilities were all taken away and did not receive a blessing, they had no choice but to strengthen their own bodies to survive.

And thus, centuries after, this world became what it is now today. The Fighters and Magic-users now lived in civilized cities and kingdoms in harmony.

Except that because of the rareness of magic-users towards the population, there are many cases of racism and discrimination towards those who are not gifted.

In Anemoly, most of the people treat both equally since most of its citizens believe that it's best to know a bit of Combat and also, if possible, of Magic as well. And they acknowledge and respect the fact that it is entirely the choice of the person to pursue which they want.

Other smaller countries believe of these as well since they value harmony and respect more than power.

But in Edseria however, they highly value Magic-users that becomes a national obsession. Magic is seen as a n.o.ble ability and is exclusive to the 'special' and 'talented' people. They even claim to be 'more loved' by the Supreme G.o.d than the rest. So, most of the current n.o.ble families were granted the t.i.tle of being a 'n.o.ble family' due to having descendants with magical abilities. In fact, the rare commoners that are magic-users are immediately adopted by these families to further increase their social standing and power.

As a result, they firmly believe that magic-users are superior to fighters. And that Fighters are only for the talentless. Hence, the magic-users there are quite arrogant, prideful, and full of themselves. They treat Fighters as barbarians and lacking of intellect. Also, it is heavily frowned upon when they choose Combat instead of Magic.

That's why Solomon wasn't able to fathom how she was able to choose fighting instead of casting magic considering that she was an adventurer in Edseria. And to think she has maintained being one for 3 years. And in her identification card, she wasn't even hiding the fact that she's a mixed talent or even the fact that she came from Edseria.