My Elf System

35. Grimoire [2].

“Why do I need to memorize a magic circle?” Orion asked Evelyn and she smiled.

Then she sat beside him to explain. “You see sweetie, magic circle and magic spells are connected to one another,”

“When chanting a spell, a magic circle could serve as a focal point for mana, which can be used to amplify, direct and control the mana used for such a spell. Let me show you,” Evelyn positioned herself to face Orion.

She aimed her palm towards Orion’s face and muttered a spell “Aero, lenis, fluo,”

She chanted a tier one wind magic spell called ‘Breeze’.

A small magic circle appeared in front of her palm and a cool gentle breeze blew out of the circle to caress Orion’s face.

“Do you understand now?”

“Yes, I do,” 

Orion was able to understand what Evelyn was talking about.

When Evelyn chanted the spell, the mana flowing within her body moved straight to her palm before passing through the magic circle.

The magic circle helped in not only aiming the cool breeze towards his face, it also amplified the breeze caressing his face when Evelyn increased the amount of mana flowing out of her palm.

“Is it difficult for mages to chant spells higher than Tier Three because it requires a high amount of mana?”

“Yes dear, it is difficult but not impossible,”

“So, most mages can chant high tier spells but once they do, it will be extremely difficult to replenish their depleted mana?”

“That’s correct, but this isn’t the only reason why I want you to memorize a magic circle,”

“What other reason is there?” Orion asked.

“If you’re able to successfully memorize magic circles of a particular magical affinity, you’ll be able to cast spells in the future without chanting,” Evelyn explained and Orion’s eyes widened in surprise.

He relaxed a bit and pondered on what Evelyn said.

‘Come to think of it, until now, I’ve never seen Mama chanting words when casting a spell,’

‘She’s always waving her hand a bit and the spells would be cast,’

‘However, while we were in the Grand Hall yesterday, I heard several nobles chanting spells to help them perform basic tasks like filling their cup with drinks. The maids and butlers were also chanting out spells yesterday too,’

Orion wondered in his thoughts but Evelyn explained further and Orion was able to understand the benefits that came with memorizing magic circles rather than the spells itself.

‘If I’m able to cast spells without chanting, I’ll be able to interrupt an opponent’s spellcasting even before they finish,’

‘I’ll even be able to alter the effect of a spell and to counter or possibly neutralize an opponent’s spell with ease,’

Orion would be able to do this because once he had mastered several magic circles, he’ll be able to recognize any magic circle he comes up against, allowing him to be able to easily neutralize the spell before his opponent could even begin to understand what had happened.

‘Memorizing magic circles is indeed a formidable and more deadly approach if you consider the benefits it yields in the form of casting spells without chanting them out loud,’

Spells of tier Three and above are long and the spells are longer as the tiers becomes higher, so it will take at least ten minutes for mages to cast them .

However, with a skill like [Chantless], Orion will be able to cast Tier Three and above spells within seconds while others will need minutes just to be able to do this.

‘It sounds easy but-----” Orion looked at the magic circles in the grimoire.

‘These magic circles look extremely difficult to memorize,’

Each magic circle had at least twenty to thirty different sigils, runes, signs and symbols in them.

‘And these are just magic circles for a tier one spell, I’m certain the magic circles for higher tiers will be a lot more complex than this and maybe more arduous as well,’

‘At this rate, it will take years before I’m able to fully memorize the magic circle diagrams of tier one elemental spells,’ Orion thought to himself while releasing a depressed sigh.

But he wasn’t going to let this discourage him from memorizing the magic circles.

‘I bet there’ll be other mages in this world who would be able to cast spells without chanting them too just like mama,’

‘They’ll be extremely rare but they’ll definitely be among the strongest mages in the world and I can’t wait to become one of them,’

Orion’s mind was made up and he couldn’t wait to get started.

“I’m ready Mama,” He said while looking into his mother’s eyes.

With a smile and a look of pride gracing her face as well, Evelyn nodded her head in understanding.

She showed Orion the simple patterns and symbols he needed to memorize first.

Orion also took interest in memorizing the spells as well. After all, there was no harm in learning both ways of casting a spell.

A few hours later, everyone walked into the dining room.

Orion and Mia took the lead while Evelyn and Elena walked behind them.

Earlier during the day, Orion spent a couple of hours learning new spells and memorizing magic circles with the help of his mother.

Evelyn limited what she taught to him so as not to overwhelm his little brain which was still new to the concept of spells and magic circles.

However, she also did this because it was also Mia’s job to teach Orion the magical spells she had learnt from her mother in the spirit realm.

As a spirit guardian to Orion, it was the least Mia could do to carry out her role as his guardian.

So, Orion summoned Mia just before eating dinner with Elena and Evelyn and he informed her of his desire to learn magic and to carry out some combat training in the future with his goal being to win the noble elf tournament coming up in the next ten years.

Of course, Mia instantly understood his reasons behind wishing to become stronger and she vowed to do everything in her power to help him grow stronger.

This also meant that she would train harder with her mother in the spirit realm so as to become worthy of being called Orion’s spirit guardian.