Supreme Magus novel Chapter 2335

"I promise that I'm going to make Thrud pay. If the Kingdom falls, I have no reason to keep my identity a secret. I'll move to a different country and live openly as the Master. You guys will be always welcome to join me."

A snap of his fingers and Vastor Spirit Warped away.

"What have you done?" Now that they were alone Orion managed to clear his head.

"I told you already. What needed to be done." Jirni replied.

"Don't you remember what Lith said about Awakening? It will take you months to get stronger and years to learn magic properly. What point does this have?" He asked in bewilderment.

The room had started to spin like a top, but he couldn't stand still anymore.

"The point is that even though I'm still powerless, at least now I can grow stronger." She replied. "Our daughters are Awakened, Orion. I didn't care for magic because I thought I could always protect them.

"Yet what can our money and political power do when something like this happens?" Jirni clenched her hands while grief tightened her throat until her voice was reduced to a whisper. "What will we do when another monster walks up to our door and takes another of our children?

"I'm not going to stand still and beg someone else to do the dirty work for me. Not again! I can't live like this one second longer. When our babies need us, I want to be more than a meat shield. I want revenge!"

"And so do I." Orion sighed. "But again, it will take us years. It's pointless."

"No, it will take me years whereas you need to strengthen your body enough to Awaken. You heard Quylla, you can retain the power of your violet core. On top of that, you already are a skilled mage.

"I'm sure that it wouldn't take you long to get used to true magic, Spirit Magic, and body casting."

"Even if the cost is Forbidden Magic?" He asked.

"How is it different from selling yourself to Salaark?" Jirni replied with a snort.

"You knew?"

"Of course I did. I didn't miss your disappearance nor that of your entire life's work. There's no other reason to take so many tomes away with you. I don't know why she turned you down but I'm certain that at the next crisis, her answer will be the same."

"Are you sure you want to do this?" Orion looked her in the eyes while holding her hands.

"I'm not going to ask you anything, dear, but I have to do this. I can feel the madness creeping inside my head already. The next time something like this happens, I'll die if I stay like I am." Jirni replied.

"Also, there's another reason I wanted to Awaken."

"Which is?" Orion asked.

"I want us to have another baby." Jirni was in her early forties and even though still possible, a pregnancy would have been difficult to achieve and risky. "Awakened keep their fertility until they die. Think of Fyrwal or Tyris."

"This is insane!" Orion said in shock. "First, there's no guarantee of the gender of the baby. Even if it is a girl, she could never replace Phloria. This is just the grief talking."

"No, it's not." Jirni shook her head. "I don't want to replace Phloria nor am I fixated on having another girl. I just want a second chance. I want to give this baby everything I failed to give our Little Flower.

"On top of that, I need this. I need an anchor to this life. Without someone who really needs me, I don't know if I can keep going on. Our other children are all grown up and ready to settle down.

"Awakening will allow me to have the energy to be a good parent and give me the time to see them happy. That and the power to protect everyone. I don't plan to live forever, I'll die right after the last of our children."