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The main character's origin can be traced back to the following: Wizard series
In Hunger You'll Find
Great Balls of Fire
Day 1977: 5 Minute Freewrite: Wednesday - Prompt: ginger tea
Despite earning the title of Grand Wizard earlier among his peers and even accomplishing the Harrows of Hunger not long after that, Elexius can't deny the pull of time with how his hair has started to turn grey, and how his steady fingers, which once held his staff true, now had a slight tremble to them.
Perhaps it was about time he took on a protege, he mused as he took a sip from his ginger tea, inwardly chuckling at the fact that there was a time he'd rather prefer ginger beer during his younger years.
Speaking of days gone past, he pulled up the scroll containing this year's fledglings' names, one in particular had stood out as she only started honing her magic capabilities quite later than her peers. Although Elexius trusted the mentor who scouted this particular late-bloomer, he couldn't quite help feeling curious about her current disposition. That curiosity would only cement into astonishment the moment he witnessed the magic that came from her hands.
Sparks of electric energy still fizzled from the previously rampaging monster as its body now lay dead in the middle of the town's square, and the dealer from which this deadly damage came from was none other than the said fledgling herself, who he just so happened to encounter moments before the incident happened.
A watched bloomer doesn't bloom, Elexius had recalled from somewhere he had read, then maybe this time he would let fate unfold for the next Grand Wizard who'll take his place.
My books are now available:
Never Bother
Don't You Cry No More
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