I Choose The Heroine's Route

30 Dark Magic pt.1

Dark Magic...

"Are you just going to stare at the wall in hopes of burning a hole on it?" Gaos asks, sarcasm and impatience clear on his voice, interrupting the silence there once was. I said 'asks', but it's definitely more of a complaint.

"A hole won't appear no matter how long you stare at something unless you did something abnormal or supernatural." I casually said, looking down at the ground – specifically at my own shadow.

It's... actually been a while since I last trained my Dark Magic because I was too preoccupied with my preparation for attending the Royal Academy. Even before, I was also quite busy balancing my time – or just life in general as a Ducal House eldest daughter. I sometimes attend parties and social gatherings for a brief moment, forced by the Duke and Duchess to keep up with my 'image' and reputation.

And all I could say was that... it was boring and dull.

It's definitely similar to that feeling you have whenever you'd be forced to attend a party or some sort you absolutely didn't actually want to attend.

For all the past years where I've tried to acquire as much knowledge as possible about Dark Magic, reading all those rare books I was able to have by sneaking outside of the Euridice Mansion a few times that doesn't really explain much, as well as experimenting with it myself – I can't still confidently say that I can battle someone powerful with this and wins.

Although I managed to win against Gaos back then using my Magic, as I said before, it was just with the use of luck and other several things. I didn't even win with just using Dark Magic purely.

Besides, at that time, I don't think that Gaos is fighting with me with all of his power – or to be more accurate, he can't, because he's in his weakened state.

It was something I realized later on, a few days after I separated his shadow.

Although strong, as a shadow, he can't really fight with all of his strength and power like a person or a being alive can, because technically, he's already dead.

It can be achieved, but only by the master, which is me, transferring Mana to him. So whenever he needs to cast or use a more powerful spell or Magic that his own current Mana can't handle, it will be my Mana that will be depleted.

Base on all the books I've read, it was said that although a person with Dark Magic have the ability to revive any dead creatures with the exception of humans, it is different from necromancy.

In the first place, the necromancy in this world is something totally illegal, and unlike Dark Magic, you can also revive a dead human with it, but of course, this can not be done without paying a certain 'price'. In necromancy, it's not just about extracting their shadow but also literally reviving their dead body whether if it's in a good state or not.

In this field of 'reviving', Dark Magic relies mostly on Mana and the Mage's own life, while necromancy is in exchange for something. A life for a life, a life of another person, a sacrifice – those are just the few phrases I could use regarding it.

Besides, maybe using the word revive for Dark Magic is quite wrong. Perhaps 'borrowing the soul' or 'making a contract with a soul or spirit' is more correct because as said before, I am merely extracting their shadow or in this case, I can also call it their soul – or a part of their soul. 

And although I'm currently bonded with Gaos, it is a bond that can be broken as long as I, the Mage or contractor wish it.

– Dark Magic is not just about having undead familiars though. I'll be stating quite the obvious, but of course, it is also connected with the ability to control shadows, as we Dark Magic Mages have the ability to extract 'shadows'. However, in the books, it doesn't really specify how we can control it or in what way. I'm also not sure about what kind of Magic does Dark Magic can do or cover.