Two Worlds at a Time

Aric stayed at the library the whole day, only going home for lunch, and left the library in the evening as he couldn’t stay until 8 pm anyway. After coming out, he went to a vacant alleyway and teleported.

He was able to get a general picture of the world after spending so much time in the library. The magical world was basically a place which had landmasses and continents just like Earth. Like Earth, there were confirmed two continents attached to each other. The continent he was currently in was named Azurea, and the other was named Faerunia.

Their continent was again divided into 5 different portions: the North, the South, the East, the West, and the Central. Each portion had multiple empires. Though it wasn’t implied, the general belief and fact were that the Central continent was better than the others.

Very little was written about the continent of Faerunia, but it had a large number of islands and the human population was 55% on the continent while the rest was ruled by magical beasts, elves, dwarves, and other species which the book didn’t provide any information about. Aric was surprised that there were elves here too.

"Why am I surprised? Maybe the interstellar library will have elves too. I need to look for them."

Now came the magic part. This was where it blew Aric’s mind. Magic was very fundamental in the society of both Azurea and Faerunia. In fact, while on his way here, he could see that magic had its roots. As he passed through the stable where the horses were kept, he saw a man close his eyes for a second before waving his hand, which led to the horses getting rid of the dirt on their bodies.

It was a slow process, but he was still amazed by what he saw. Until the age of 15, one could only go and learn the runic circles with which one could perform magic. For example, the one Aric saw at the stable was some form of cleaning magic. In order to do that, one needed to know the runic circle, and the magic would do the job.

In order to learn the runic circle, one could go and read books. Of course, not all runic circles would be available to the public, and some kept this knowledge hidden. One could also invent their own runic circle and sell them after proving that the runic circle was a working one.

So why was the age 15 a big watershed? It was because only at the age of 15 and onwards one could go far and beyond. Until the age of maturity, one couldn’t progress in his or her magical capacity. It was fixed from birth.