Chapter 8

[ Time Skip , 2 Years Later - 1981 ]

[POV MC]

While the talks of the Harry Potter defeating Voldemort were reaching the ears of Europeans I was busy with dealing the mad beauty called Umayşa .

She was my next master after Yıldızsar . I had completed the basics with Yıldızsar within 2 months. I didn't know teachers could have this much initiative but I should have guessed since there was no real curriculum . If you were a fast learner there would be some changes according to your speed .

Not to slow you down , opposite of it , there would be additions or they would increase the quality of the lessons basically .

Within this 2 months I had improved my friendship with a few people , we had become a clique on our own . This little clique of ours consisted me , reverse harem girl , Asia , the beaver that bit the hand of his guide when he was found . We were good friends with an another clique that is basically nerd herd that consisted the milf hunter guy and two other boys as well . I liked the guys quite a bit .

Now coming back to the situation at the hand .

After I was passed to my next master who is Umayşa I was occasionly being taken to outside for the practical side of the lessons . She was a huntress type . After a considerable growth in my prowess . She had taken the initiative and decided to train me until my naming ceremony . During that time I was basically an assistant and an errand boy , taking this and that to other shamans .

But since she was a huntress we were mostly hunting . She was leaving the easy work to me while supervising me and I was witnessing the greatness of an adult shaman from the sides while she was dealing with troublesome monsters .

I learned a few hierarchical things from her , she was still considered a student and I was a basic homework for her . While not dealing with me she was busy with her main work which was handed down to her from her mentor .

Having a mentor was the end of the road . After you were recognized by others you would be the mentor . A mentor would give you longer-winded quests with the rise of your level and slowly you would become a master while gaining some wisdom from the mentor.

There was about a month to the naming ceremony for our dorm group . Though it was an individual event we were having it at the same place . I had limited knowledge about it but it was probably some kind of monster of hunt , maybe , not too sure ?

With the knowledge of that I was here sweating trying to hunt a creature called 'çor' [=chor] .

It was a species of 'the körmös' which was something similar to 'the demons' we all known yet not the same .

It was a creature that had a hunched back , It was bald and had gray skin . It's feet was facing towards the opposite of where it should . They were either a corrupted water or forest iye .

Umayşa had apperated me to some forest beforehand .

In the forest we had found the çor near a pond and since it was near the pond we didn't know about it's abilities . If before it was a water iye it could swim fast and if it was a forest iye it would move fast in the forest .

I was waiting with my bow turned from stick in hand . The plan was Umayşa distracting it and me shooting it . After I was taken by the huntress I had started training in weapons . I wasn't a master of any but I would be able to shoot it from this far . I was waiting in some bush .

Since I had magic it was stupid to think this as a normal bow .

To hunt the monster my preference would be dipping the arrowhead in some blood and making it have some cursed effect with a chant . It was like that wand thing when you wave it and say 'abracadabra' or something . But it wasn't in some old Latin or Greek and it was with a bow and arrow .

The way of basic spell making was easy if you know what you want . An example , let's say I want to paralyze the monster , but how ? The answer is ,let's say, I want to cause it muscle spasm so it won't be able to move or you can mess with it's nervous system . To do that I need a basic ritual in which I make the item a spell carrier .

And how can I do that mister magic man ? Some might ask , the answer is not that clear for that but blood works , I'm not sure about non-magical creature blood but it might work too if we assume the magic is connected to genes somehow . But there would still be a problem using non-magical blood since I would probably need more than usual . So it's a subject for another time ...

While she was distracting it I was prepared , since blood smell would draw it's attention I wouldn't use it but I had no intention of trying to hunt a körmös with just a mere normal arrow .

So some magical herb extract would work the same hopefully . I took a few beans that was taken from a magically butchered plant , the plant was a monster plant that drains life from other plants nearby .

I was about to chew the beans to turn it into some smearable form then changed my mind quickly since I didn't want to be somehow magically drugged just before a fight .

I took the beans and made them a paste with a stone nearby .

After smearing the thing on a few arrows I readied my bow and arrows in the bush .

I made a magical signal to Umayşa , I whistled or chirped you can say since being a magical means having the talent of removing the difference between them .

*Chirp*Chirp*Chirp*

A sound was heard and she jumped in front of the creature , she didn't have any fear since it was a child's play for her , literally since I was a child and it was in a way toy or rather a tool for my education .

Types of magic I planned to shoot were firstly a stamina draining one since it was the most suitable with the smear . Secondly a paralyzing it would probably paralyze it for a while .

And lastly a shocking arrow . It would finish it for sure . Even after the second arrow I could go and stab it without fear but I would prefer to have some distance with my target . Better have time to run away than mess up and die .

There was no need for people to tell epics about me since I wasn't a hero .

After Umayşa distracted it I shoot my arrows one by one in about a half a minute . Time would take longer of course if it was sniping , just hit and run with no real running .

The first one hit the chest and enraged the creature but it didn't notice me as fast as it should and it was hit by the second arrow . It was paralyzed . Then the last one , a shocking . It wouldn't exactly kill it but it would get hurt enough so that it wouldn't be a problem in a near future maybe even in the far future .

It was shot but not dead .

I got out from my hiding spot and turned my bow to a spear with a sharp side . Whispering the words that would make it as durable as steel and as sharp . I stabbed the creature while it was squirming on the ground .

I had to stab it multiple times so it would stop its possible fight for retaliation as soon as possible .

After it was dead the real annoying part started , harnessing .

I shrunk the spear to a size that it resembled the wands of the Harry Potter world and started butchering the monster .

Ah , right! It IS 'the Harry Potter ' world that I'm actually in , I sometimes forget about it since it is my reality now .

Think about it , I had never had an Oculus or whatever the name of that VR devices were but it would probably feel realistic playing Beat Saber or going to VrChat etc. and how do you think it would feel if you were in another world ? Exciting , scary , grand ? Maybe at first you would feel like that but later ?

Later ...

Later , it was just normal .

A new normal , sure . But a normal is normal , a routine is a routine .

I wake up everyday with the knowledge of magic being real , the emphasis is on 'everyday ' .

Sure magic was great and all , fascinating , something I would want research for life etc. but it did neither made me the best nor unusual .

What was unusual was my character , personality . Also it was the thing that would take me to a higher place in this world , not being born as a magician. There were many who accomplished nothing with the tool they were handed .

I was looking from a different perspective , there were no magicians in my past life but there was still an explantion for the everything that had happened .

There were no spirits , no banshees no undeads but their stories were told yet they had their explantions .

It would be foolish to think magic as something all mystical , simply because you can't interact with something mystical in truth . At most your observation would be hindered . But since you are able to experience it with your body there was a way to dissect it .

I had harnessed the çor's body . It was time to go a bit deeper into magic theory . There was a month left to the naming and since I had learned a bit magic it was time to lock myself and theorize about magic .

[A month later - The Naming Ceremony ]

The time had finally came and we were taken to an open air area that was full of people .

For some reason I was hearing other languages too . I was able to recognize a few word from here and there . There were Russian speakers , a few Africans and other langueages that I wouldn't be able to understand .

There were many shamans and maybe druids too from other parts of the world . Children were just dumped to the place they had arrived , Umayşa was already out of my sight .

While some children were trying to find some other children that could understand themselves I understood that there were children from other parts of the world too .

I saw Külgöz and approached her , she was talking to a man in English .

Külgöz was saying ,

"Where were you , you didn't even send one of that stupid birds for years ? If you were sleeping with other women I'm gonna rip your balls ."

Maybe because they didn't think I would know English they didn't bat an eye to me .

Guess she didn't see the parts that my English teacher was torturing me .

The man she was talking to answered

"No of course not ! You know how was England , Dark Lord and stuff . "

"I hope it is not an excuse . So how was there , are you finished with your vacation ? "

"I say it was not a vacation I was trying to save my friends ."

"I wish I will see that friends of yours one day , my dear husband ."

So she was married ! Maybe she even had a child , that might be the reason of the mommy vibes !

I interjected "So you are from England ?"

"Huh , who are you I don't remember Hogwarts sending their children here ." he said and looked at Külgöz questioningly .

"You know English ?" she asked to me .

"No I don't ." I answered in English it was a roundabout way of telling I did .

"He is one of us ." she answered to the man .

"Is he a mixed ? How rare ."

"No he isn't , he just knows the language ."

"Kid who did teach you , your pronanciation nails it ."

I answered "I don't know maybe he isn't even born yet ."

He stopped at my answer and took time to understand what I meant .

"They finally invented a good time magic , you are from the future ?"

"No he isn't I will tell you later ." said Külgöz .

I shrugged . Will I beg her to not tell it to anyone , no .

"So you are from Hogwarts ? What are you even doing here ? "

"He is my husband , kid . Introduce yourself to kid will you ? He is a curious one . "

"Name is Arden Graywood and yes I studied at Hogwarts . The surprise is you being interested in it."

"Well I know about there a bit . But why are you at a shaman gathering ?" I said and looked at Külgöz "Husband pass ?" she nodded .

I continued "How did you two even met ?"

"Long story short I saw her at a place called Knockturn Alley . At that time I was an auror , magic police , trainee . I followed her and she was already aware of me following her . She caught me , bound and brought me all around the place . After she bought this and that she raided the Auror Office . "

"Why ?" I asked looking at Külgöz .

"To test their skill level ."

"Are you perhaps suicidal ?"

"No , but I trust my abilities . Talk to your elders with respect ." she warned .

"Then what happended ?" I asked to Arden .

"Then she challenged all and defeated them . She had dropped me and was about to leave but I clinged to her and asked her to take me with her . It was a crazy decision but I was blinded with her power and beauty and since she didn't kill anybody I knew it was worth the risk at that moment."

"Later I learned the language and studied under the shaman . And this and that happended , now we are married ."

I nodded . It was a miracle for this man to marry her . If he does anything wrong to my self-claimed fake mother I must kill him .

"Don't dilly dally here kid , go find your friends . " she said .

"Okay ." I said there was no need to listen to this couple for forever . Better leave the love birds alone .

There was a dialogue going on between them I wasn't aware .

After I left ,

"Should we adopt the kid ?"

"That kid , why ? We are young . Or is there something with the kid ?"

"YOU are young , you are just 47 . I'm at the age for children , I'm 201 this year ."

"Hmm , after I listen the thing you said you would tell to me about him let's think about that . It is not an easy choice ."

If I had heard this conversation my eyes would pop out and my opened mouth would roll open on the floor like a long red carpet .

After ten minutes of looking around I found the first of the gang , the Beaver .

"Wassup ?" I said . He was trying to converse with kids from other countries . Some spoke the same language with us 'technically' but it was hard to converse with them since the dialects varied a lot .

I took the kid with me saying we will be looking for our friends .

Looking around we found the girl duo together with the reverse harem girl drooling on the boys they were talking to . It was quite a comedic situation .

She was saying meaningless words she heard from here and there , trying to keep them from going away .

The boys were looking at the cute girl at stars in eyes . Only if they had known the monster inside , future virgin eater .

I approached them . Saying "Hi~"

Beaver said

"We were looking for you ."

"Can you help please , she isn't leaving these guys ." Asia whispered to us .

We took the message . But what to do ?

Hmm...

I glanced at the stick at my arm , I had shaped it like a snake spiralling my arm inside my black robe -ish cloth . I really hated waving rituals for magic but what can I do .

I waved my hand while making hand gestures unknown to boys .

Later I started hearing loud sounds from their stomachs . Hopefully their misery will teach them the importance of household spells such as ,I don't know , ass cleaning ?

After their urged leave harem girl had a face of a religious old man that saw someone with slightly short skirt .

After boys left I asked them

"So how are the studies going ?"

Since Umayşa was constantly training me we hadn't saw eachother for a while .

"We are good , how about you ? You are the one that isn't coming to the dorms . "

"Hmm , mine is good I suppose I'm dealing with basic monsters ny myself."

"By yourself ? Already ? I'm still just setting up traps ." said the blondie .

"Me too ." Said the beaver .

"I hunted my first one 2 days ago ." Asia said . Well she was talented at sword , she was using her stick like one while I was using it like a spear .

I said I was hunting by myself for a while but it still changed from monster to monster . Sometimes you would get assisted sometimes not . But there are many easy monsters .

The reason they were behind me was because their basic trainings took more time than mine .

"It better be not too hard." I said .

"Yeah I don't think I can deal with monsters."

After chit-chatting for a few moments there was a sound heard .

It was like a giant stone dropping on the ground , it's waves reaching us and being felt on our skin .

"Attention ! Attention !" said a sound . "Gather around ."

People gathered towards the source of the sound .

"Silence! " said the sound , making the noise around drop to minimal .

"Listen well !" "Each one of you will be taken and will be told your missions . You will complete the missions and come back . We will be watching you but don't be too much of a fool ."

"There were deaths before . "

...

"So don't do something you will mess up ."

"And finally there won't be a time limit . After you come your names will be granted ."

"Return proudful our children !"

Voice stopped speaking and adults started herding children . On every child's head there appeared a runic symbol .

Mine was

'𐰔𐰇𐰏𐰠𐰜'

in historical text it was written from right to left or from top to bottom . But we were ,as the shaman community , writing it from left to right for convinience's sake.

The word was 'Külgöz' and it was no wonder since she had said she would make my naming harder.

After waiting a moment I found myself teleported . I was in front of Külgöz but not just me , there were a few other kids too .

She took a kid and said something to her and made him drink something . I didn't understand even though I was not far away .

There was an area effecting spell cast . I couldn't even read her lips they looked like they didn't move .

After she talked to every kid and apperated the away I was the only one left .

Finally she come to me and told my mission .

"You will be taken to cave , A Cave of Ancestors . There lives the spirits of our long lost heroes .

"There are various monsters that infected the cave . You are to clean the cave and bring a pair of short swords . You are to take the sword from the hero's coffin . He won't hand it to you willingly , convince the spirit and bring them with you. Don't die ."

"Now drink this, it will awaken your aptitude inner magic after a while . It is strongly connected to your inner self . When it awakens grasp the feeling and magic, you will need it . Others 'might' need it but you 'will' need it . "

She warned me and apperated with me to the cave's enterance and left immediately .

When she returned back :

"Well it might be a bit harder than you last left ."

Külgöz heard after appareting to monitoring area. In there were various magical devices and monsters . Some was looking through monsters' eyes some were using different methods .

"What do you mean ?" she said . Asking to the owner of the voice , an old man .

"Well I raised the level for him a bit , you are protecting him ."

"I do protect him , so he doesn't die ."

"Ohh come on , don't undersell him to me. I too am not trying to kill him ." "It will bring up his true potential , I have been watching him for while , since he is not a fool he will do well ."

"How much harder ?"

"About ten times. "

"T-ten !? It was already hard enough !!!"

"Don't lie to me . You are hardly pushing him . What are you his mom or teacher ?"

"I-i ..."

"Don't worry I trust what I saw ." he said , his eyes shining red . He was smiling like a hungry hyena .

At the same time an eyeball too was shining in red with a pair of bat wings and a single claw like a bird's on the enterance of the cave . It went in a moment later .

[Partial F. 07.08.23]