Klause wakes beneath a clean linen cover in the Larent mansion’s infirmary. Pale morning light filters through blue glass, and the sharp scent of crushed herbs hangs in the quiet room.
Klause larent
My side aches, but the pain is no longer spreading.
Rebecca sits beside the bed, one hand resting over a shallow bowl of glowing water. Her silver-blonde hair is loosely tied, and fatigue shadows her luminous face.
Rebecca Larent
There you are. Do not move quickly. Your father carried you here, and I spent the afternoon mending the bruising.
Beyond the half-open door, Jacob’s broad silhouette shifts in the corridor. His practice clothes are changed, but one sleeve remains stained where Klause struck him.
Jacob Larent
He woke? Good. I stayed close enough to hear, though your mother ordered me not to disturb the healing wards.
Rebecca Larent
The assessment at Elara can wait until you are fully recovered. For now, breathe steadily and let your body tell us what it needs.
✓ Quest Accepted
Recover fully from the training injury
“Ive decided ill go to the academy when I become older like 17, im 12 right now and need all the training I can get so I want to get a magic tutor, one my age, I say looking at my mother and father”
FAILURE (Mediocre Persuasion, rolled -1)
Klause larent
I have decided to attend the academy when I am seventeen. I am twelve now, and I need all the training I can get, so I want a magic tutor my age.
The infirmary grows still. Rebecca’s fingers tighten around the glowing bowl, while Jacob’s broad silhouette steps fully through the half-open door and studies Klause carefully.
Rebecca Larent
Waiting until seventeen is sensible, and I will honor that choice. But a tutor your age is not something I can safely promise to find.
Jacob Larent
A child with your power cannot be trained by another child simply because you would prefer the company. The risks are too great, especially with offensive magic.
Rebecca lowers the bowl, and the water’s glow dims. Her answer closes the requested path, but the wards around the bed brighten as she begins considering another arrangement.
Rebecca Larent
I will not seek a same-age tutor. Instead, your lessons will remain with me, supervised by a qualified adult mage, until you are old enough for Elara.
Jacob Larent
Your plan to wait stands. Your training will continue, but under stricter guidance, and no more uncontrolled force exercises while you are recovering.
✓ Quest Accepted
Train under a qualified adult mage
“Ive decided ill go to the academy when I become older like 17, im 12 right now and need all the training I can get so I want to get a magic tutor, one my age, I say looking at my mother and father”
SUCCESS (Mediocre Persuasion, rolled +1)
The decision settles over the infirmary like a sealed vow. The bed’s warding runes flare once, drawing warmth from Klause’s body and leaving his injured side sharply sore.
Rebecca Larent
Your wish for greater training is granted, but not through a same-age tutor. I will teach you, and a qualified adult mage will supervise your progress.
Jacob Larent
At seventeen, you may enter the academy if your discipline supports your talent. Until then, you will train without rushing the years between.
Rebecca touches two fingers to the warding circle. Its light steadies, revealing fresh strain in the healing pattern where Klause’s mana answered the household wards.
Rebecca Larent
That flare is the cost of forcing your ambition through a recovering body. No offensive practice until the bruising has fully healed.
Jacob Larent
When you can stand without pain, we resume footwork. Until then, study, rest, and learn why patience belongs to every protector.
“Fine I say getting up and walking to my room”
SUCCESS (Good Agility, rolled +0)
Klause larent
Fine.
Klause pushes the linen cover aside and rises from the infirmary bed. His injured side aches sharply, but the healing wards steady his balance as he crosses the quiet room.
Rebecca Larent
Slowly, Klause. You may walk, but do not turn a successful recovery into another injury.
Rebecca lifts the bowl of glowing water and follows close behind without touching him. The warding circle dims as he passes beyond its edge.
Jacob Larent
Let him go, Rebecca. Reaching his room under his own strength is part of learning his limits.
Jacob steps aside in the corridor. Klause walks past his father’s stained sleeve, through the mansion’s pale morning light, and reaches his room without falling.
Rebecca Larent
Rest there, then. When you are ready, we will begin with study and recovery, not force.
“I rest in my room making a glowing ball in my room tossing it in the air”
SUCCESS (Great Arcana, rolled -1)
In his room, Klause settles onto the edge of the bed and gathers a thread of mana between his palms. It condenses into a small, glowing sphere.
The ball shines with a gentle blue-white light, bright enough to paint the walls and ceiling. Klause tosses it upward, and it hangs briefly before descending.
He catches the sphere, sends it up again, and adjusts the flow each time. The motion remains smooth, with no strain tugging at his healing side.
Klause larent
The light stays stable even while it moves.
Outside the open doorway, Rebecca pauses with her spellbook against her chest. She watches the harmless exercise, then notices the steady pace of his breathing.
Rebecca Larent
That is suitable practice while you recover. Keep the shape simple, maintain control, and stop before your body asks twice.
The glowing ball continues its quiet arc above Klause’s hand, illuminating the room as the mansion settles into the calm rhythm of morning.
“I study recovery techniques from Rebecca’s spellbook”
SUCCESS (Great Arcana, rolled -1)
Rebecca opens her spellbook beside Klause and turns past the defensive chapters to pages marked with blue thread. Diagrams of restorative circulation fill the parchment.
Rebecca Larent
Recovery begins by listening to the body’s mana. Do not force the bruising away. Guide warmth around it, then let the tissue mend at its own pace.
Klause studies each layered diagram, tracing the route from the heart through the injured side and back again. The spellbook’s ink briefly glows beneath his attentive fingers.
Rebecca Larent
This technique eases pain and restores circulation without consuming your reserves. It is not a replacement for rest, but it prevents healing from becoming stagnant.
Under Rebecca’s supervision, Klause shapes a thin current of mana and follows the illustrated pattern. The warmth moves gently through his side, reducing the ache without disturbing the healing wards.
Klause larent
The recovery current must support the body rather than command it.
Rebecca Larent
You understand the principle. Mark this page, Klause. From today, recovery itself is part of your protector’s discipline.
Quest Complete
Train under a qualified adult mage
Skill Upgrade: Arcana Great→Superb
“Thanks mom, im going to the village today”
SUCCESS (Good Agility, rolled -1)