Elemental Summoner 1 D. Levesque (beach read .txt) 📖

is hinting at. “You think that my language can trigger magic in those who don’t have it?” I say in astonishment. If that is true, holy fucking hell! Would I be able to give magic to someone?

“Would it hurt to try?” she asks me intently.

I study her face, and I think of the look she had on it when her brother said that the Gods did not pick him for magic. It wasn’t pity. It was sorrow.

I glance over at Marken and notice he is looking at me with a tentative expression. “So, how about it?” I say, over my shoulder. “Want to see if we can try to teach you magic?”

Chapter Twenty-Two

“You would teach me this magical language without asking for anything?” Marken asks me in amazement.

I look up at Leeha and ask her softly with a smile, “Can you sit next to me, so it’s not so awkward with your family?”

Leeha bends down and kisses me on the chin, smiling at me before getting off and sitting down next to me. Marken comes around and sits beside his parents, and I can tell that he is nervous and somewhat afraid.

“So,” Marken says hesitantly, “you are asking for nothing in return?”

“Do you wish me to ask for something in return?” I ask him with a smile. Honestly, I wouldn’t even know what to ask for. I mean, I don’t even know if this will work.

“I honestly have little to give,” Marken sighs heavily. “What I have on me is all that I own.”

Nodding, I tell him, “Don’t sweat it then. Let’s see if this works first. Now, the first thing is, what Elemental would you like to try to access? I don’t mind doing this, but I think it only fair that I give you only one, right?”

“Sir, if you can give me even one, I will be more grateful than you can imagine!” Marken says fervently.

“How about you call me Alex? According to the Gods, I am your brother-in-law now,” I tell him with a grin.

Marken looks over at his sister who is sitting next to me and says to her, “I cannot believe, sister, that you married a human. But if this hu—” he starts but then shakes his head. “If Alex can do what he says, not just with me, but if he can make things right again, I will be honored to know he is your husband.”

Turning back to me, Marken takes a deep breath. “I have always loved the way that fire looked. So I wish fire to be my choice,” he says, his back straight and his shoulders out.

“Very well. Now, I have no clue what we should be doing—closing our eyes, standing, sitting—any of that. So let’s go with what is easy. Let’s stay the way we are now,” I tell him with a laugh.

Honestly, I am at a loss to even know where to start. Once I show Marken fire, if he can do it, what then? I can’t train him. While I’m sitting there thinking about it, they must start worrying about how long it’s taking me to say anything, since Lahana speaks up.

“Is something wrong, Alex?” she asks me softly.

“Well,” I start, rubbing the back of my neck, “if I can teach him how to bring out an Elemental, I don’t know what to do next. I can’t teach him about Fire or spells,” I start, but then she nods and reassures me.

“Ah. Do not worry. We have teachers who can teach him, even at his age. He shall not be the first late bloomer. If this works, we can hide the fact that it was you who gave him the magic, as I am sure you do not wish this to get out?”

Nodding, I tell her, “Yes, at least for now. If I wish it to get out later on, I don’t mind. But right now, I don’t want a hoard of people coming at me trying to get magic if this works.”

“Very well, then we shall keep it quiet. I know that we two,” Lahana waves to herself and Maxil, “shall keep it quiet, as you shall be giving a gift to our son. I know your new wife shall as well. And as for Marken,” she says, looking at him pointedly.

“I will keep quiet!” he says quickly, not wanting to lose his chance, I am sure.

“Good,” I say, nodding. “Shall we begin?”

Marken nods excitedly, and he is almost shaking with excitement. “I was thinking. If there is anyone I would want to try this with, it would be with Leeha’s family. So, I will try to teach you all the word for fire in my language to see if it triggers anything. Before you say it, Marken, let your sister try it so we can see if the Gods in this world will allow it, all right?”

“You want to see if I can use more than one Elemental?” Leeha says eagerly.

“Can’t hurt to try,” I tell her with a grin. “Though,” I say, getting more serious. “We might be trying something that won’t work. But if I am to learn if I can pass this on, why not with you?”

“Makes sense,” she says with a thoughtful look, gazing up at me. “How did you want to do it?”

Turning so that I am facing her knee to knee, I say, “Hold out whatever hand you normally use to call up your Water Elemental, and call it up.”

Leeha holds out her right hand and her Water Elemental is there. “Now, hold out your left hand, and I want you to repeat after me,” I tell her, putting out my right hand and saying, “Fire.” A Fire Elemental appears in the palm of my hand, but instead of a globe, it is man-shaped. It turns to me and nods. What the fuck? I nod back to it automatically.

I glance over at Leeha and she is staring at the Fire Elemental in surprise. She looks down at hers and