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"Lucien told me you wanted to ask me about magic?"
Melian sat on a stone in the garden, watching as George followed behind Lucien and Galadriel.
Nightingales flitted about beside her, singing beautiful songs.
In this world, nightingales could sing, and their songs were taught to them by Melian.
"The Queen is a divine being from Valinor. I wish to learn magic from you, to further enhance myself and prepare for Morgoth's eventual return."
George respectfully bowed to Melian and then explained his intent.
Melian didn't question him further. Smiling, she stood up from the stone and said:
"To me, many of my abilities have existed since I first came into being—just as you naturally know how to eat and drink from the moment you're born.
The Elves simply didn't understand, so they believed it was magic.
But I never actually taught them magic. I only shared my understanding of my own abilities with them. Using that knowledge as a foundation, they gradually developed various spells and gestures, which over time formed what you now call magic.
Lucien and Galadriel have already learned most of what I've shared. If you wish to learn, you can start by studying with them.
If the knowledge they possess isn't enough, you may come to me again. I'll gladly share all that I know with you."
"I see…"
After hearing Melian's words, George's mind raced, and he quickly formed his own interpretation.
The Valar and Maiar were divine beings born from the thoughts of Eru Ilúvatar. Each one possessed different abilities—in George's view, it was as if each had mastery over a specific set of laws or principles.
For example, Manwë, the King of the Valar, governed the laws of wind, air, and all things related to birds. Varda presided over the laws of light, while Melkor held dominion over the laws of darkness.
If one were to gather together all the laws governed by the Valar and Maiar, they would essentially encompass every law in the universe.
Ordinary Elves and Humans, however, could not wield these laws like the gods. Unable to comprehend the deep knowledge within them, they could only mimic some effects through more complicated means—this gave rise to the magic of Middle-earth.
Melian's domain included the laws of plants, so with a mere thought, she could cause countless vines to burst from the ground and entangle her enemies.
But the Grey Elves couldn't do that. Take that Elf, Ellison, for example—he needed to recite incantations and channel the magic within his body to coax a few vines from the earth to aid him in battle.
To put it another way:
A god who has mastered the law of force can manipulate the fall of an apple at will. When he demonstrates this to a brilliant human, that human may glean insights and eventually derive various mechanical formulas from it.
Using these formulas and principles, the human can build machinery to achieve a similar effect.
Other humans, even if they witnessed the god's demonstration, might not grasp the essence. But thanks to that brilliant human's guidance, they could still rigidly apply the formulas.
Magic isn't so different from those formulas.
That brilliant human, in the realm of magic, would be considered a founder of major magical disciplines. Among the Elves, such individuals were the earliest ones to understand and use magic.
The truly gifted—like Lucien and Galadriel—had learned all of Melian's teachings, though they still couldn't fully internalize or match her level.
Those less talented—like Ellison—only grasped the bare basics.
Come to think of it, magic in other worlds probably follows the same principle.
Why else could he now quickly comprehend and master any lightning-based spell he encountered? It was because, back then, through Misaka Mikoto, he had touched upon the very essence of lightning.
Having come into contact with the essence of lightning, it naturally became much easier for him to understand the various lightning-based spells and Daoist techniques that had evolved from that fundamental principle.
However, at present, he had only touched the essence of lightning—he was still far from truly mastering it.
If he had actually mastered the essence of lightning, he wouldn't be at the sub-Father level anymore. With his control over lightning alone, he would already be at the Father-level tier, capable of casually shattering stars.
If one could master all the laws held by the Valar and Maiar in Middle-earth, then creating an individual universe might become possible. At that point, one's power would be at least at the peak of a single-universe level.
"From this perspective, Middle-earth still has a lot of untapped potential!"
Of course, he also considered one important point.
Different worlds likely have slight variations in their fundamental laws. Still, those differences aren't drastic—the core essence doesn't diverge too much.
By collecting the same type of magic across different worlds, he could likely deepen his understanding of that category's fundamental laws. This was his unique advantage.
Take light, for instance—Fairy Tail has light magic, the Harry Potter world has spells involving light, Cardcaptor Sakura has it as well, and in Middle-earth, Varda represents light.
Trying to comprehend a law and ascend to godhood using magic from just one world is extraordinarily difficult. But synthesizing and cross-referencing similar laws from multiple worlds makes the process significantly easier.
And so, in the days that followed, George spent most of his time with Lucien and Galadriel.
Lucien was easy to win over—he only needed to tell her a few short stories, and she would eagerly share all her knowledge and demonstrate her magic for him.
Lucien's most powerful ability was her enchantment spell, which could be hidden within her singing voice. Once you heard her sing, the spell would begin to affect you without you even noticing—blocking your senses was useless.
George had experienced it a few times. Even using his psychic abilities and mental strength to resist, it was incredibly hard to avoid being hypnotized.
The only way to break the spell was to interrupt Lucien's song directly—by attacking her physical body.
Galadriel, on the other hand, was more troublesome. The proud Elven princess loved to challenge him to duels, and only after losing would she be willing to seriously discuss magic with him.
Although Galadriel's magic wasn't as overwhelmingly powerful as Lucien's, her range of knowledge was much broader.
She had not only learned from Melian but also acquired knowledge from the Noldor—gifts from Aulë—and had studied light-based magic from the High Elves, passed down from Varda.
However, her knowledge was too scattered. She hadn't yet digested and internalized everything, so many aspects of her magic remained immature and unrefined.
Given time to fully absorb and integrate it all, she would undoubtedly become a force to be reckoned with.
This was something already evident in the films—Galadriel, the future Elven queen, had resisted the temptation of the One Ring and used her own power to forcibly banish Sauron.
Meanwhile, as George peacefully immersed himself in the study of magic in the Grey Elven kingdom—waiting for their preparations to return to Dorthonion to be completed—he remained unaware that his use of fae law to cleanse the Valley of Death of its dark energy had already caught the attention of Morgoth in Angband.
The crisis was slowly closing in.
(End of Chapter)