A Modern Society in a Fantasy World

A Lesson in Magic

The world of magic and fantasy had been retold in movies, books, and TV shows. But there had always been one piece of the story that had never been told. The modern society of a world filled with magic and fantasy. Probably because it's just not as exciting. The modern society of a fantasy world had bigger issues than a fantasy world during the Old Days. They have rent, job applications to fill out, babysitters to call, school, and everything else a modern society must worry about. They don't have time or the money to drop what they're doing and spend their life wondering the world to explore. In fact, even this new society fantasizes about the Old Days. A popular show among the children is called "The Knight of a Dragon" which told the story about a brave mysterious knight who hunted powerful dragons because, why not. Housewives enjoyed watching "Night Elf Curse" which is a romantic drama about a night elf who was cursed to be an immortal that tries to not fall in love knowing it cannot last. As for the men, they pretty much liked any show that was full of action and magic.

But none of these shows are close to being accurate. Because of people's obsession of the Old Days, an historian was a valid occupation. Their job is to accurately collect and verify relics from the past and be a sort of bookkeeper to ensure that information from the past isn't forgotten. Historians were known to be a source of reference for big entertainment companies that wanted to deal with the Old Days. But only one historian was known as the best in the whole world.

"Ah, you must be Rok. I'm Ryu, we talked on the phone." A man said as he made a quick glance towards the door upon seeing a large person entering his shop.

With a deep shallow voice, the large person replied. "I believed I had an appointment with someone named Egg, not Ryu."

Ryu made a large sigh and he brought his hands together in front of his mouth. His eyes widen as if he wanted to say something but didn't want to be rude to his guess. It's as if this wasn't the first time this had happened.

"Nope," Ryu replied with, "Egg is me. That's is sort of the name everyone knows me by. But I'm pretty sure I said over the phone my name was Ryu. You're not Rok are you?"

The large person removed his hood to better show his face and unzipped his jacket revealing a plane gray shirt. He had long pointy ears, short blond hair, fangs that were so large that they peeked out of his closed mouth, bright blue eyes and green skin; typical traits of a half orc half elf, also known as a green elf. "Rok is my brother, I'm Gollik. My brother couldn't get off work in time, so he asked me to come instead. He was referred to you by someone he knew. You're apparently the best at stuff from the Old Days." Gollik revealed as he searched through his pockets looking for something.

That explains them knowing me by Egg, Ryu thought to himself.

Gollik eventually pulled out what appeared to be a rolled-up piece of paper and handed it to Ryu. Ryu guided Gollik to an empty table as he unrolled the scroll and began examining it. "Do you by any chance know why we refer the past as the Old Days yet in our history book we have names for different eras of the past?"

Gollik, thrown off by the question replied with, "I never really thought about it before."

Ryu, not taking his eyes off the scroll continued, "Of course not. From the time we are born we are taught that we call the past the Old Days so we never think twice about it. The term Old Days comes from a popular radio show during the 1800s that referred to the era of when magic was popular as the Old Days. Magic had existed during the Dark ages, Middle Ages, Stone Age and so on. But it's easier to just refer to any era when magic was available to the mass as a single place in time, the Old Days. "

"And you're telling me this because?" Gollik questioned, as he rolled his eyes and jerked his head to the side.

Ryu, ignoring Gallik's comment continued, "For some reason we never did any proper documentation of magic. Which is why so little is known about the Old Days. My theory is we took magic for granted and when restrictions were implemented, history of magic just faded away." Ryu then walked over to Gallik and handed back the scroll. "So, forgery of magic books, scrolls, or anything that pertains to magic has a high price from us historians and government. We're done here."