The crisp morning smell of summer. Linus breathed it in and smiled. Summer is wonderful, green trees, the sun stays up until midnight almost. Everything becomes so green and colorful compared to the dull Swedish winter. The sun shined on the lake at Gray manor.
Since coming back from Britain, the days had been used to train. New spells, more potions and even some herbology. I have started doing some transfiguration and charms, but it's nothing I am too interested in, but transfiguration is a very good thing to bed good at, in both normal aspect and combat. I have been dueling with Astrid some, she's good. But since I have some broken system that gives me help, I can overwhelm her with spells. I'm not complaining. I have been thinking about the unforgivable curses too, I'm not sure what to do. It would seem wise to learn them and at the same time no. going to have to think about that a bit.
Taking a sip of his tea. He picked up a letter that he'd received this morning. Acceptance letter from Durmstrang, it felt good. Like the start of something better. Since the whole Veilborn thing began I've been constantly thinking about it, so getting this and knowing I'm going to school felt relaxing. Almost like a vacation. Hati was sitting beside me, seemingly also enjoying the sun.
*Ding: quest received eliminate the poacher gang 'Harke' reward upon completion 3x specific rewards (not random) *
Oh?
[do you accept Yes/No]
I'm not going to say no to that [yes]
Hunting some poachers and getting a good reward from it is a big win in all ways. Now then what is this Harke gang.
I walked inside the manor finding Astrid in the living room drinking coffee.
"Astrid, could you find some information for me about a poacher gang called Harke?"
Astrid looked at me. "of course, that shouldn't be too hard I've already heard quite a bit about them" she explained that the gang had been hunting a lot in southern Sweden, and all items being sold on the black market. But they were good at hiding their traces. But that issue would be easy with the spy network the Gray family possessed.
And just an hour later Astrid strode into my office. "Here is a report about suspicious movements I the forest of Guldhog. And also here is a report about a unicorn being sold, after one disappeared from Guldhog forest."
"Thank you, Astrid, I will take it from here. I might go and handle these idiots myself so don't be surprised if a go away soon." Linus looked up from the papers to look at her.
"Are you sure Linus, some security would be wise to bring." She was worried
"Thank you for worrying Astrid but if I'm going to attend one of the harshest schools in the world, I will need experience of these sorts of things." I pointed to my brooch on my shirt. "I will bring this as well, so if I get into trouble, you will know." She seemed a little relived and smiled.
"Of course, Linus, good hunting" she said with a smile as she left the office.
Looking down at the report, this gang had been doing work. Why haven't the ministry stepped in yet? Corruption wasn't a thing to worry about.
Alright let's go kill some poachers.
Linus took a broom from the Gray storage and flew off. It's been a while since I last flew on a broom. My brother and I used to do it all the time. The broom soared threw the sky, a faint whistling sound coming from the broom as it went faster and faster. The forest below him flew by, lakes and hills passed in a blink.
Linus flew for 2 hours trying to find the place marked as most possible area for the gang. Hovering above the forest he looked down, he didn't see anything, couldn't hear anything either, nothing. They put I silencing charm around this area, I should be able to hear animals, birds and such but its too quiet. The broom descended into the forest. Linus looked around searching for his pray. Linus now stood on the ground in the forest, tall pine trees surrounded him. Linus Listened, looked and smelled.
"Blood…" he murmured to himself.
Linus followed the scent of blood, the smell grew stronger. There was a big boulder, Linus went around it and saw it, a chimaera.
"Wtf is a chimaera doing in the forests of Sweden…"
The wizards and witch had surrounded it, it was bleeding heavily. Poor thing.
"We got it now, its weak!" the witch screamed she shot another spell into the beast.
"come on get it down!"
Alright I'm not letting that happened. How should I do this…
I stood up from my kneeling position and started running towards the wounded beast. I ran past the poachers standing around the beast.
"Hey, who the fuck is that! Kill him!"
I kept running until I was close to the beast.
"Protego diabolica!" as the word left my mouth a ring of fire fore around me and the beast. A couple on unlucky poachers were caught by the sudden fire and were consumed by it.
Looking back at the beast, it was laying on the ground and growled slightly when I looked at it.
"Hey don't be like that, I'm helping you"
The poachers were panicked but collected themselves after a moment. Fire ring of fire blazed. Outside the witch stood and looked at me.
"What do you think you are doing boy!" she screamed "That is our kill, we hunted it first!"
She has the temperament of a 9-year-old. "Well, I'm not hunting it I'm saving it, my prey is in front of me" I smiled towards the witch
Let's do this, I aimed my wand at the nearest wizard.
"confringo" the spell shot out and hit the wizard straight in the face, his head pooped like a balloon spells started flying after that.
They aren't very good at combat against other wizards it seems. "Glacis" ice sickles shot out in every direction hitting some and other missed. Screams ran out in the woods. Some fell.
"Protego" I said as I saw a spell flying towards me, the spell bounced back on the wizard who casted it killing him instantly. "Bombarda" my spell shot into a tree shooting fragment into two wizards standing near it.
The battle continued for 5 minutes, they really had no way of winning.
I looked over the battlefield, wizards lay scattered. Some missing limbs. The witch that I had seen before sat against a tree, holding the wound on her stomach.
"fuck you" she said grunting.
I aimed my wand on her. "Says the poacher, hopefully your new life is better than this one" I said, lets try this now then
"Avada kedavra" dark blue light flashed and hit her chest, the body fell over instantly. Wasn't the light supposed to be green? Oh well.
Walking back to the wounded beast, the fire of the Protego spell had stopped, the beast still laying there. I'm not sure how I'm supposed to help. I looked at the beast. I stat down in front of him, I took out my Gray family spell book from my system and started looking for a healing spell if there was one.
10 minutes passed and I think I found something but its weird. Says ancient and only some can cast in, its wandless. Lets try it.
"Hey, I'm going to try to heal you, okay?" I held my hand out towards the beast, it didn't even seem to care. My hand came closer and closer to the beast. And finally, I touched it. My hand laid on its stomach. Alright lets try this.
Looking at the spell book. "Sanaflamma" nothing happened, let's try again "Sana-Flamma" a blue glow emitted from my hand. Oh, a little pause between Sana and flamma. The blue glow hummed. The wounds on the beast became smaller and smaller. "wow..." after 3 minutes it was all healed.
The beast stood and looked down at me sitting on the ground where it had just been. It bowed its big lionhead down, as if it was saying thank you. The beast started walking away slowly, it walked past the bodies of the wizards.
What a beautiful beast.
The forest had a smoked smell now, some spots of small fires smoldered here and there. Some of the clothing on the poachers where burning. It smelled like burning flesh.
Standing up it really looked like a slaughter. Blood and internal organs could be seen.
*Quest complete reward 3x granted*
I'll open that later, right now I should return home.
Linus got his broom out and took off.
As Linus soared through the sky, the wind rushed past him, cool and sharp against his face. The smoke and scent of blood faded behind him, replaced once again by the fresh summer air. The adrenaline of battle began to ebb away, leaving only the thrum of power that still pulsed faintly in his hand — the same hand that had cast Sana-Flamma.
He looked down at it. The faint shimmer of blue magic still lingered on his palm like the afterglow of moonlight. "What… was that?" he murmured to himself. He had read about ancient magic before — things lost even to modern wizarding knowledge — but feeling it, channeling it, was something else entirely. The spell had answered him, as if the world itself had lent him its life force for a brief moment.
By the time he reached Gray Manor, the sun had already begun to set, bathing the estate in hues of gold and crimson. The tall oaks swayed softly in the evening breeze. Linus descended near the main steps and dismounted, brushing soot and pine needles off his robes. Astrid was already waiting for him at the door, her expression half relief, half reprimand.
"You're alive," she said flatly, though the corner of her mouth twitched with a small smile. "I take it the poachers were… handled?"
Linus nodded. "Handled," he said simply. "They had captured a chimaera. Poor thing was dying when I found it."
Astrid froze. "A chimaera? In Sweden?"
He nodded again. "Yes. Don't ask me how. But I saved it."
Linus returned to his bed chamber, falling onto his bed in a crash. He laid there looking up at the celling. Let's get some rewards.
*Reward received: Trait Ancient born of the veil (Ancient magic flows inside you, you now use ancient magic)
Memory fragment (Veilborn archive)
Amulet of the first flame (???)
The candle flickered as if in reaction to the words appearing before him. Linus leaned forward. "The First Flame…?" he whispered.
As he touched the amulet, an intense warmth spread through his fingers, pulsing like a heartbeat. For a moment, the world around him faded — the manor, the candlelight, even the air — replaced by a vast void filled with swirling blue fire.
And within that fire… a figure.
Ancient, tall, cloaked in light, with a voice like wind and thunder.
"Child of Gray," it said. "You walk the path once sealed by your ancestors. The flame answers only to the Veilborn. Guard it well… for its light draws both salvation and ruin."
Linus gasped and blinked. The bedroom returned. The amulet lay in his hand. It was hot and a dim blue light came from it.
So, I'm a Veilborn? Then those who attacked are fake or are they also? So confused. And this memory fragment? Holding it did nothing, It was like a ball of light. Should I eat it?
Linus looked at the ball of light and it started hovering above his hand. It flashed.
A flush of memories rushed into his head. Spells, events. And then he saw it the Veilborn. An ancient order using ancient magic to protect the Veil against any who seek to destroy it.
I don't even know what or where the veil is. How am I suppose to protect something that I don't know where it is?
And that new trait, does that mean I don't use normal spells anymore? Lets just try it.
Linus grabbed his wand "Lumos" nothing happened. Huh.
"Lumos" nothing again. "glacis" nothing no ice sickle that he had used so man times. How do I use ancient magic then.
Getting out of bed he stood in the middle of his bedroom. He held his wand in his right hand.
"Alright think, what did it feel like when i healed the beast." Thinking back to it, he knew he needed to heal the beast. Alright so maybe emotions or intent. Let's try this.
Holding his wand upward, he started thinking about Lumos how to used to light up his room. The wand suddenly gave of the same light as Lumos once did. So I can cast things just by thinking them. He looked at his wand, he felt the ancient magic moving inside him, it was warm.
"I feel… powerful" holding his wand he aimed at the cold firewood in the fireplace. Thinking it needed fire. A shot of fire shot out and made wood in the fireplace ignite. Making a comfy fire withing seconds. Sick.
*Ding, with the discovery of your ability to use ancient magic, your hidden bloodline will now show Veilborn*
Oh how nice so it was just waiting.
{status window}
{Title: Head of House Gray
{Linus Gray}
Age 11
Bloodline: Pure-blood (Gray), Veilborn,
{Attributes}
*Magic power: 6 (ancient magic)
*Leadership: 7
*Potions: 4
*Herbology: 3
*Charms: 3
*Transfiguration: 3
{skills}
Wolfs eye (much easier to see other in the dark an in general will also highlight people friend or foe)
Berserker (increases pain tolerance, health and stamina for 5 minutes, spells also become more powerful during this time)
{trait}
Nordic cold (resilience against cold weather and magic, also help user keep a cool mind) Rune-sight (Ancient symbols are easier to read) Born leader (The people respect you, hold your head high) veilmark (grants resistance to illusion-based magic and mind magic) ice wolf (ice magic deal more damage and spells are cast faster) Cauldron bonded (dormant) Ancient born of the veil (Ancient magic flows inside you, you now use ancient magic)
{items}
Gray family book of spells SS tier, Gray family book of potions SS tier, silver ward charm, Charmstone x1, cauldron of Nordic ice S tier. veil fragment, Veritaserum x1.
Linus was excited, the things I could to with this…
The next day Linus spent training, he needed to master how to use this new magic. He spent hours casting spells, bombarda, confringo, Protego everything. He also needed to make it so it seemed like he used normal magic. To do this I just say the incantation as normal and use the spells the new way. That way it shouldn't raise too much suspicion.
Linus spent the next week mastering this new magic. This magic was powerful, the spells hit harder, faster and there is more to it, he learnt that the spells could be used so fast that there was no break in between. For example, I casted three confringo at the same time yesterday. And all off the three spells hit different targets. This I so strong how would anyone compete.
There were still questions I needed answers for, why did the Veilborn attack if the Gray family are Veilborn, or have I misunderstood something. I need to prepare for school too…