--AN) One more on the way!--
"I then tried cutting the runes in half and pasting them together, but this only resulted in the magic circle doing nothing. Even when activating, it did not even glow as if it was broken." Joy pursed her lips. She had split the runes up multiple times, trying to replace each part one after the other with another rune, but nothing worked.
"I have been stuck at the fusion process for quite a few days now and have no idea what to do," Joy explained.
"Hmmm… I think we will need more runes in order to merge them, but the question is which runes will truly merge the two spells together to make fire ice." Blake began to ponder. There were millions of runes used in magic. There were many supporting runes, and each one added its own kind of function, like causing the magic to form a certain shape or pushing the element that appeared forward.
Just as Joy said before, the runes used in creating the element were not needed if you know how to control the output of magic going into the spell, which was why just creating a flame only needed two runic markings.
In each spell, you would need at least a single activation rune if you are unable to use Blake's style of magic. This is what allowed one to create magic at will. Without the activation rune or Blake's method, you could not make the magic circle even do anything. Sadly the runes were not like a language where you could just shove any string of sentences together but more of a string of commands that told the magic circle how things should work. Like, move forward. How to shape things. He, too, could turn an ordinary fireball into something more spectacular by just shaping the spell.
"Papa?" Joy had been staring at her Papa for a few minutes now while he was lost in thought. She was holding on to some hope that her Papa had some ideas.
"I just realized that out of all the runes that I know of, there is not a single rune for merger. I think if we want to create fusion magic, then we will need to truly merge the elements together, and to do that, we will need a new rune or runes to merge the two spells. Fusion magic is magic that is merged together to form a new kind of element. But it's different than, say, using fire magic with wind magic to create a firestorm. True fusion magic is the process of merging two opposing elements together.
"But I think without a rune that will merge things together, there is no way to actually merge them. I could be wrong, but I think we will need to create one ourselves." Blake could only come to this conclusion. Other elements could easily be cast together using the same concepts as Joy had created. While she did it in a much more simpler fashion compared to others which kind of faked it.
But this idea made Joy excited because she was really interested in the ways runes worked. "I had thought of that, but I did not know where to start!"
"We just need to go through the runes one by one to see how they are put together and then try to make a rune based on these runes. If we can truly build a rune that merges the two elements, we will be able to merge any element together and then create many new kinds of spells. Such power goes against the laws of magic that we know at this time." Magic had its own kind of physics, so speaking in the sense of laws of what it can and can not do was not wrong.
But it was breaking these laws that were made up by the smartest brains that allowed humans to progress so much. Only by thinking outside the box could you eventually progress and create new things. This was Blake's way of thinking anyway.
"Go through each rune….. But Mama Noa said I can't go through each rune because I am not old enough yet…." Joy also wished to understand each rune, but Noa was afraid they would hurt themselves by trying something crazy.
"Your Mama Noa is just worried you will hurt yourself, but you have proved your ability to understand safety when dealing with magic. Or else you would not have been able to keep your research a secret this entire time. Joy, while you may be younger than Destiny and Hope and younger than some of your other sisters, this is only year wise. As a dragonic, or more like as a member of the dragon race altogether, you are were at the mentality of a four year old at the time you are born. You and Destiny will turn into little women soon. You are both already doing things you want to do." Blake could only sigh internally that his baby girls were growing up a little too fast for his liking.
"Mmm! Joy, Papa has also helped me set up a space in my room for creating my golems. And you have turned your room into your own lab. I think this alone shows your dedication. If you ask Papa, I am sure he will make a new room for you that is protected by magic so you can truly test out your theories and creations just as he has for me." Destiny walked over and took Joy's hands, and smiled. She wanted her sister to know that their Papa was someone who supported his daughters' dreams.
"Really!?" Joy turned and looked at Blake, who smiled and nodded. "As long as you continue to be cautious and do not overdo it. If you get hurt, how would I live with myself?"
"I promise! I will not allow myself to get hurt!" Joy quickly nodded her head. She was very excited!
"Alright then, after working on this for a few days, we will make you your own personal lab." Blake wanted all his daughters to do what they loved most. He did not push anything onto them. Lillia taught them how to read and write as well as doing magic, while Noa went into more finer details and taught them history. Tina taught them about human society before the apocalypse. Each of his wives pitched in one way or the other in their daily teachings. While he…. He was their emotional support and the one who helped them realize and support their dreams to the fullest.
