(Book 6) Hayden Mackay and The Third-Eye of the Pancharatna

"Mrs. Zutshi, how different was Zarina Khan from you? She was a clairvoyant, that makes her a witch too, right?"
"Mages have their own history, Hayden. They have categories too. Since the time of Lady Chandrika's authority over the sections of the people born with magical abilities, there had been much variety of stories about them. You do know that besides a Diamond user, she was a famous mage too, right?
"Can everyone from the Clan of Maya do the magic stuff?"
"Yes, and no. You asked me the difference between me and Zarina, so here it is. Zarina wasn't from our clan but from the Clan of Khanets. It's very rare for a person from a different clan to be born with magical abilities, and it is something that shouldn't be happening. It's considered a sin."
"That has something to do with the country's orthodoxy, is it not?"'
"No! It is based on the analysis of events that occurred in the country. Centuries ago, mages born in the different clans were banished from the families because they were the least controllable and highly troublesome to society. As if Almourah's atrocities weren't enough, these mages started a different kind of a fuss. As in, stealing, murdering, using glamour and hallucinations to swindle money from the riches. And before this section became a bigger threat, the High King of that time went against his own rules and ordered to annihilate them once and for all. Their reign of terror ended then and there."
"So Zarina was believed to be such immoral witch, seeing her desire to gain more money."
"Which she was," said Ira, "Mages born anywhere besides the Clan of Maya can never be ethical or honest..."
"It makes me laugh," I said, "That Zarina actually predicted Nazira to be.."
"I know!" Ira drawled. "What a lunatic! Believe me, if Nazira was anything as such I would have known. Only a mage can determine the true identity of another. Pruthvi Krishna should be given an award of the century for killing her!"

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