Demon Laws
Chapter 4: The Way of Magic

The Young Master Idiot of the Rollin family making the erudite teacher leave had become the most famous joke in the imperial capital in recent days.

Many people lack the work of talking about it with pleasure. Who told Earl Raymond of the Rollin family to be awesome? Seeing such a great person hit by misfortune greatly entertained those less-worked people.

In addition, Earl Raymond also made a mistake. He who was then looking for people to get his son to talk had become a novelty - neither big news nor small. That's why Young Master the Rollin Family Idiot is famous. Become a focus that people like to talk about.

Even in the last two years in the imperial capital, many people are accustomed to say, “Oh, men or women do not matter, which is important healthy. Don't give birth to an idiot child like the unlucky Rollin family,” when giving birth.

Today Young Master Dewey again welcomed his father's arrival. Dewey did not like the person who came with the Earl this time around. Because this person was wearing a long gray robe and a gray hat. He also has thin fingers and cloudy eyes.

This person's body gave off a foul scent that made people uncomfortable. In addition, his strong breathing made Dewey sneeze hard.

“Witch Clark, this is my son.” The Earl - vice president of the imperial high command, second in the imperial military - spoke politely to the person next to him. “Please see, does he have a little future in the path of holy magic?”

It seems that Earl is already helpless. This time, the one he invited to teach his son was the famous Witch Clark in the imperial capital.

If ‘witch’ belongs to some kind of profession, then it is undoubtedly one of the most respected professions. Even more fear in the word ‘hormat’.

Wherever, witches were a symbol of noble status, they were on par with any noble and got the best treatment. A powerful magician is comparable to a warrior in warfare. And all witches are people that every leader of the country wants to recruit. Not just because magicians have superhuman abilities, but because they pose no threat to the power of leaders.

A witch spends most of her life studying magic or meditating to gather magic power. Almost all witches have no worldly passions. They are not greedy for money because qualified alchemists can use their magic to turn stones into gems or gold. Precious gems are nothing but magic props for them.

And witches have no desire for power. The greatest goal of their lives is to pursue the mystery of magic. Worldly desires such as magic are not looked upon by them. This is more pleasing to the rulers.

It could be said that in the world of Roland, witches were the noblest profession. They were eager to be recruited by all the rulers and could get good treatment.

But, the Earl did not want his son to become a witch if there was still another option.

Because almost all witches are monsters to be feared. They are inhumane, aloof, strange, do not like to socialize, shut down, and immersed in magical research. No noble girl would fall in love with a monster hiding in a lab all day. No noble banquet would invite cold witches to ruin the atmosphere. No emperor would grant the title to a witch or make her imperial minister.

Dewey was his son, the heir to the Rollin family. Later he needs to fall in love, needs to marry and have children, needs to preserve the family, needs to attend various social events in the circle of nobles.

But who told his son is ‘idiot’ who can't do anything? It seems that if you want to gain a little success, witches are the last option left.

If the Rollin family can produce great witches.

With a hopeful look, the Earl saw the Witch Clark bringing his son into the small enclosed room that had been prepared.

“Already, Nak.” After entering the room, Witch Clark took out a small bottle, poured a bit of gold powder on his fingertips, then drew a large circle quickly in the room before turning around and staring at Dewey. “I've sprinkled a silent spell. We are now talking here, people outside can not hear.”

Is that magic?

The question made Dewey hesitate for a moment. Actually, he is a little interested in this world's ‘sihir’. After all, he knew many incredible legends about magic. But what is magic…. According to Dewey, witches usually chant words like ‘Wind God, please obey my call’ and so on when using magic.

Then, the wind blew fiercely, there was a howling sound.

Seeing this child silenced, it seemed like the question was too deep for a child his age. Clark smiled, then said in a low and slow voice. “Magic is a mystery that Almighty God gives to man to reveal. It is the path of man to pursue the highest power in this world. Is the source to understand yourself, understand the world, and open the greatest gift from God to man.”

Clark's gray-robed voice sounded holy. Unfortunately, this did not interest Dewey. Because those noble-looking words sound pretty pretentious to Dewey.

Dewey's face showed nothing, and his silent action was interpreted as fear by the arrogant witch. He was very satisfied with the reaction of the Earl's heir. The magician then took out a fist-sized crystal ball from his wide gray robe.

“Spiritual power is one of the criteria in measuring whether a person has a talent for magic. Now, let me test your magic talent.”

Dewey finally opened his mouth. He asked his confusion. “Spiritual power? The magic? Isn't it just witches who have magic?”

Clark's eyes bought. “Who told you about that statement? Wonderful, is there anyone who doesn't even have any general knowledge in Earl Rollin's residence?”

Witches are angered by common knowledge errors. “Spiritual power is the designation of an ordinary person, whereas for a witch, spiritual power is magic. Witches can continue to increase and increase their spiritual strength through meditation. It then uses spiritual power that surpasses ordinary people to sense the world, sense the mysteries of nature, and feel the various forces in this world. Only people with strong spiritual power could do so. Continuously increasing the accumulation of spiritual power can make the magician more clearly feel the various magic elements of the world. And magic is to use some tricks that make the magician rely on his own spiritual power to rule or borrow power from nature.”

Dewey sighed. “I already understand..Spiritual power is magic. And magic is actually some kind of lever. Witches use this lever to borrow the power of nature.”

A shocked gleam appeared in Clark's murky gaze. “Hard to believe, you know, a child over 5 years old. You are very smart, but why do others call you ‘idiot’?”

To the question, Dewey simply stared at the witch without making a sound. The arrogant witch Clark would not waste time on such a trivial matter. He was just a little surprised and reflexively asked.

“This natural world contains too many magical elements. Every part and every droplet is a source of strength. Rain, thunder and lightning, blizzards and hurricanes, even the alternation of sun, moon and stars, the blooming and withering of plants. And a great magician can fully sense all kinds of small and obvious changes in the world. ‘Tuas’ that you just said is an interesting parable. Simply put, the bigger the lever you have, the greater the power of nature you can mobilize. If the lever is too small, the power of nature that can be mobilized is very limited.”

Dewey sighed. “So apparently. I think the power of witches comes from ‘magic power’ itself.”

Clark again. “I wonder, who exactly said those stupid things to you? What I said just now is common knowledge that even the dumbest magic disciples know. ‘Power comes from own magic power’? Oh my God, I have to justify. You remember well. Human strength is limited, even the strongest people are limited. Magicians can do things that ordinary people cannot, such as flattening hills or calling storms by shaking hands. But it is not at all the power of the witch herself, but rather the help of the power of nature through magic. And this world was created by God for us, so from its roots, witches use the power of God when using magic. Remember, man was created by God. Nor can man have the power of the Creator. That's taboo. The power of witches comes from nature, the God who created this ‘alam’.”

With his brows furrowed and a low voice he said, “I was very surprised, how the Rollin family could have a child like you who was wrong about common knowledge. If after adulthood you still say things like ‘magic power comes from yourself’, I guarantee you will be burned at the front pillar of the temple. Because your words are basically doubting God.”

Dewey was silent, his gaze went back blank, then lowered his head which happened to be hiding his expression.