As an Arcanist mage specializing in wind-element magic, Charlotte had always been surrounded by arcane magic throughout her daily life. Since her days as an apprentice, she had constantly interacted with those invisible arcane factors drifting through the air.
Astrid was right. What the world least wanted wasn't certain elemental particles, nor wind, water, or earth that fluctuated due to mountains, rivers, and climate, nor light and darkness that naturally transformed with day and night, nor even fire and lightning born from nature's mighty forces. What truly remained ever-abundant no matter how many arcane spells mages released was the omnipresent arcane factor itself.
They were like the ocean, while mages were merely fish living within it. Even if they stirred the water with fins formed from magical power, they couldn't affect the entire sea.
