The musician is back

Training

Well, dear diary, I think it will be the last time I am able to write, a lot happened and I am not allowed to keep track of what I am doing there. It's because of the Order, I really made a bad impression again. It must be a damned curse.

My days are always the same, morning caffe and a bunch of books, then conditional trainings with Tianji. I really don't understand why I am running around the forest every day, instead of learning magic. I only read about kinds of magic, creatures and old fairy tales of my ancestor. This is all too boring to be honest.

,, Ryu? Can't we just do something else instead of  running? I mean, how am I supposed to defend myself if all I do the whole day is reading and running?"

,, No fears, you are just not ready and running around gives you a good physical condition and clears your mind, it's also good to focus, which is the most important thing when practicing spells. But if you insist, we can try focus practices today, it's boring but, your day will be different I suppose."

,, Yeah let's do it"

Then he brought a blanket and candle, let the candle on fire and told me: ,, You need to sit and close your eyes, you will be waiting till the candle  blows down itself, you can't open your eyes before, just at the right moment. When you smell the smoke of the burned out candle you are too late, if you open your eyes sooner, you are too quick and both ways failed."

,, But, how do I know the right moment?"
,, You need to feel, so that you can see even without the light."

In the end I think the running around was at least healthy, now I am sitting all day, sitting while reading and sitting while waiting for a candle to burn out... Of course I fail all the time. He does it on purpose, when I get to know how much is one candle burning, he switches it to another one that has a different shape so that I can't count.
But anyway, I have discovered something interesting in one of the books.
It says that all magic is gathered inside of a magicians brain. But the source are our emotions, if I can't control myself, I could just set the world on fire with my strength which I can't discover.
It is also stated that negative emotions tends to look stronger, but they just blow up, destroy and pull out, are hard to control, but are easier to master.
As for positive emotions, they are harder to master, easier to control and last longer.
,,Well I wonder, which way am I going to master sooner ... I am afraid of losing control"

,,Ryu? I think I am not fit to control the candle fire yet ... Can we just do something else for my training?"
,,Well if you give up so easily, there is not much to do, but we can start with basics of music if you want to.. I thought all those books are going to be enough learning but, if you are not ready there is nothing else to do."
,, Yes, learning instruments is something I feel I ready to."

Then we went to the library and he tought me the chords, notes, and any other basic easy stuff. It took me a month to be able to play at least simple melodies on the piano, but it's a step forward.
As for my studies, I have shorten my to do list with 4 books, which is better then I thought. I already know the underworld creatures and memorized how to defeat them. Today we are going to fight a few of them, I am nervous but, there is no learning without a practice.

Tianji got a letter saying that nearby low leveled demons are gathering in the forest not too far from us. So he decided to have a look and took me to gain some experience.

,, There they are, look closely at them, what types of demons do you see?"
,, Mmmm the one with a horn is a shifter demon, this one can take human form and the only way to see though him is with a magical sight. The other one with the curved sword is the possessed type, he used to be human, but made a pact with a demon, at the end of the pact he turned him into one. The last one is the wish demon, the one that offers deals to human."
,, Very well, now, what would you use to defeat them? What spell or what magical weapon?"
,, Demons needs to be purged, so summoning heavenly or blessed weapons would be the way, as for spells, they need to be heavenly arcana or holy punishment."
,, Good memory, but you forgot something, the divine spells and weapons can substitute heavenly or holy weapons or spells, it's just harder to master it. Okay now, let's be quiet, I wonder why are they standing and not moving at all, what are they waiting for?"

We kept observing them within a distance so that we don't get caught, it seems like they are all waiting for someone or something, I wonder how long are we going to wait.

Ryu: ,, Finally, it seems something is coming"
Something came indeed, I haven't seen this monster in any book so far, I only read about demons and underworlders, this creature had a body of a woman, but all covered with red flames, even her hair was a pure fire."
,,I am afraid, we might encounter a little bit difficult opponent, the thing you see is an Aaro, they are a strange form of life, usually separated from outside world. They have their own towns hidden because their weakness is hydro, and electric magic. The color of their flames points the rank and their strength, this one is level 2, which is powerful enough to burn down the whole forest with our secret base just in a few seconds."

,, What do we do then? Call for back up?"
,, No, we watch and see. Let's get a little bit closer so that I can hear what are they talking about."
We got a little bit closer, close enough to hear, and far enough to be seen. I didn't't really understood what were they talking since I haven't mastered any of the other world languages. But Ryu's reaction gave me a feeling that something wrong is going to happen.
Without a warning in one moment he starred a fight. He jumped to  fight the Aaro and fought it with hydro magic. With just one slash with his divine weapon, we killed the demons and fully focused on the Aaro while I have been hiding undercover.
,,What do I do now?, Aaro is dangerous and I don't have any strength to help him out."
I watched his moves, he has been quick as a lightning, but the Aaro managed to dodge all of his attacks. I have a strange feeling that he is going to counter attack very soon and Ryu's life will be in a grave danger.
I touched my pendant and something came up in my mind, my servant... But how do I call him...
,,Aura please help me!"
Then the chained up servant appeared bofere me and asked me: My lady, how can I help you?"
,, There is an Aaro, I need strength, quickly, please!"
She looked at the Aaro and sight.
,,There is not much we can do with your current power, but you know my name, we can summon one water wave but, it will cost you a lot of energy, and if you miss, your life will also be in a danger."
,, I am ready to risk, just help me with the spell and aim."
,, Very well"
She summoned a cloud and touched my hands, I felt like a small wave of energy.
,, The energy is low, you are not ready, but this could be just the right distraction that will help your companion to win."
Then it came out, I don't really understand how, she held my hands and aimed them towards the Aaro, then the energy in my hands shapes into water and hit the Aaro with a small wave splash. Ryu then made an use of the distraction and slashed the creature with a powerful lightning bolt. Then he looked my way and gave me a relieved look saying : ,, You did well girl"
Then I passed out, even the small borrowed energy wave from Aura made me too tired to even stand on my feets.

A few hours later I woke up in my bed with Ryu and our master watching me.

,, What are you guys doing here?"
,, Ryu: You are finally awake, you made me worried sick there you know."
Master: What happened? How did you do that?"
,, Well, Tianji told me the fairy tale about the new servant of the old musician... It seems, the story is true... I just tried to call her name and, she borrowed me s peace of her strength.".
Both of them gazed at me and left speechless. Then Ryu just said :,, If Aura is his magical servant, is it true that the musician wasn't a mage from the beginning?".
That's a question I can't answer for now, It seems I can't summon Aura again, the master says it's because I still don't know her face.