#CHAPTER 139: Magic in the Land

MILA The rest of my trek down the mountain was dark and cold. I was too nervous to summon any sort of transportation magic, so I just slid my way down. I did make the decision to magically conjure a pair of thicker boots, however. My leggings and oversized sweater could only shield against the cold so much. Once at the foot of the mountain, night falling around me, I decided to try my hand at a portal. It took a great deal of concentration, but I was able to summon those glowing portals I had seen so many times before. It was an odd sensation to use magic–it started with a buzzing in my fingertips and made its way out of my body in a warm glow. I experimented with a few short-distance portals as I made my way west. Fresia and the castle were on the opposite side of the castle from me, and though I wanted to see Felix more than anything else in the world, I also knew that I needed to finish my own journey first before reuniting with my husband. As pa