Supreme Magus novel Chapter 2813

Chapter 2813 Still Burning (Part 1)

Lith's shadow had become identical to the monster the other boy had left after his death, and now he was also holding Elysia, but in her Abomination form. Whoever the unknown boy was, he was still alive. Whoever he was, he was still burning.

Leegaain took his hand off Raaz's shoulder and the vision fell apart slowly, replaced by reality.

Lith was still in his Abomination form, smiling and playing with the little girl. A wisp of darkness was twirling around his index finger and dancing in front of Elysia's face. She grabbed the wisp and brought it to her mouth, munching it in curiosity.

Elysia spat the darkness out in the form of a Chaos projectile the size of a bead that only the arrays of the Verhen's household neutralized before it could pierce through the walls and hurt one of the farmhands. _{freёweɓnovel.com}

"Bad, Elysia! Bad!" Lith scolded her while pulling his finger away. "What if that thing hit someone?"

"Ba?" She repeated, not understanding the problem.

"Yes, bad!" Kamila joined the scolding. "Magic isn't a toy."

Lith charged his finger with a cantrip and aimed at a big fly that was buzzing through the room.

<nulli>'Fuck, no. I'm not going to introduce the concept of death so early in her life.' He thought about pretending to shoot at someone and made them play dead, but that was even worse. <nulli>'Either she'll think that we are monsters or that people can actually resurrect.

<nulli>'How do I explain the "do no harm" concept to a baby too small to understand the difference between violence and self-defense but smart enough to be emotionally scarred?'

To buy time, he reverted into his human form and Elysia followed suit. The Abomination was comprised of pure darkness, making it easy even for an infant to conjure a spell whereas as a human, magic required a finesse that the baby girl lacked.

"Kami, I know you don't like it, but can I use the Dragon scales to teach Elysia self-restraint?" Lith knew how she missed that particular ability and the connection it granted between parent and child.

"You are not showing off, you are making sure that everyone around Elysia is safe and that she doesn't do something that she would regret her whole life. You don't need my permission for that. But thank you for asking."

Kamila hugged him from behind, doing her best to hide how hurt she felt. The problem wasn't Lith using the Dragon scales so much as the awareness that she wasn't able to raise Elysia properly.

<nulli>'I've tried using mind links to explain complex concepts to her. Yet if I keep it simple, Elysia doesn't understand and if the conversation goes on for too long, she starts suffering from mana poisoning.' Kamila inwardly sighed. <nulli>'I just can't make it right.'

Dragon scales allowed for communication without the exchange of mana so Lith could express his worries about her actions to the baby in detail without risks. He showed her a vision of the Chaos projectile hitting Raaz and wounding his arm.

Elysia knew and understood pain, even though just in a limited, childish manner. The images of her grampa unable to hold her and forced in bed until the wound healed saddened her but that was it.

Lith furrowed his brows, repeating the images and changing the point of view until Elysia realized that she was the one shooting the Chaos spell. At that point, he had the imaginary Raaz cry in pain.

Only once sadness turned into guilt did Lith interrupt the flow of images.

"Ba?" Elysia asked, her eyes veiled with tears.

"Yes, sweetie. Hurting your family is bad." Lith kept his tone neutral and smiled.