Chapter - 3

Since that night, a productive year has passed, during which I was finally able to understand the history of the world, my people, better understand magic, and get out of the palace. But to begin with, after that night, my QI circulation channels were fully formed, and in general, they were no different from those of my sister and mother, and as it turns out, everyone has QI, not just magicians.

With a fully formed circulation system, the sensitivity to your own QI has increased significantly, not to mention the ability to control it. From that day on, my progress in fire magic progressed by leaps and bounds, and I often had to complain to my father, because the teachers were not able to work with someone with such talents. My grandfather finally got the message, and he called my father in for a conversation, after which I was taken to a formal meeting with the Fire Master the next day.

I had to show my skills in fire magic, in front of Azulon and other important and prominent people of our country. Poor Mummy was so worried about it that I had to gently put her to sleep with a sleeping pill that was obtained through my father. Ozai himself was also worried, and it is not known what more, either he was worried about the possibility of falling out of favor from his father, or the possibility of falling out of favor with me from my grandfather. The only one who was worried about the company was little Azula, but she believed in her older brother, who assured that everything was fine and he would show his grandfather his power.

When we entered the hall, we immediately found ourselves in the crosshairs of a huge number of views, but if my parents easily endured it, as I did, then my sister, although she tried to keep up a good fight, still firmly squeezed my and my mother's hand. We were dressed in formal clothing, which stands out with a large number of beautiful, but useless details, with the obligatory presence of gold. Grandfather sat on the throne, which was not very convenient to view, because of the flaming wall of fire that separated the ruler from the others, it is probably convenient for him to see everything, since the throne itself stood on a hill.

Coming to a special place, we stopped and began to listen to the herald, who in his speech used phrases that put me in the position of an absolute and infallible genius, able to defeat the Master of Fire in Agni Kai, even now. Agni Kai, this is a duel of fire, a special kind of duel adopted by fire mages, and has all the functions of medieval duels, namely the solution of a conflict situation, with less sacrifice and effort.

Judging by the way the face of my grandfather, Uncle Iroh, and my Father twisted, there were internal intrigues involved, it would seem a trifle, but if I disgrace myself, my father will lose a significant share of influence. When the speech ended, I somehow escaped from the grip of my sister and mother, and then went to the center. Turning to face my grandfather and performing the traditional bow, I began to show my abilities, which were outstanding, especially considering that I am 3 years old, and I have been studying for six months.

The biggest emphasis, I made in continuity, where a new technique begins immediately after the end of the next, it should look quite impressive, because from the outside it will seem that my flame is released constantly. When I finished my act, which I dragged out by repeating the techniques used for the transition, the audience was impressed.

After the end of my review, we were invited to a joint dinner with my grandfather, at which he expressed his admiration for my talent, and he did not fail to praise my father and mother, seasoning it with a command for my sister and me. When I and the fair sex left the dining room, Ozai stayed to talk to Azulon, where my father was able to gain full access to the human resources allocated to train me and my sister.

On our way to our quarters, we ran into Uncle Iroh, Ozai's older brother, and his son Lu Ten, who was four years older than me. Unlike my father, my uncle was a more inquisitive and versatile person, who liked to have a fun chat or drink jasmine tea. During a short conversation, we found out that they will go with us to Coal Island, where we will go to rest.

After a pleasant stay on the beach and swimming in the sea, as well as a trip to the theater and fun games, we returned back to the capital. At first, after returning, I began to feel very capricious child, as I was often forced to change teachers, but the realization that I really understand better what I need, saved me from such naming. It was a good thing my father, who was concerned with my education, didn't accuse me of being capricious, although I doubt it was just a matter of believing I was right, he just indulged me.

After three months, I got tired of all this, and I switched to self-study, spending most of the day in the library, while the rest of the time was spent studying magic, or spending time with my mother and sister. And both ladies were not very happy with my schedule, my sister because I pay little attention to her, and she wanted not to leave her brother at all, then my mother blamed my father for the fact that such loads are too much, and so it is not the case to mock her son. The most ironic thing was that at first even my father tried to dissuade me, saying that I was driving myself at this rate, but my stubbornness won out, and then the facts proved me right, but no matter what Ozai said, Ursa would not believe him...a political marriage, to be sure.

This world turned out to be quite unusual, and through and through fantasy, if you take the concepts of my past, it is worth understanding this at least because of the presence of magic, and there are Dragons, flying bison, huge swimming snakes and mole-badgers. Each of these animals is an innate owner of magic, dragons-fire, bison-air, snakes-water, mole-badgers-earth. But after all, in addition to living beings, there are also Spirits, which are an inseparable part of the world, once upon a time people shared territory with spirits, until the first Avatar, did not separate the world of spirits and the world of people from each other.

The avatar is a symbiosis of a person and the spirit of order and harmony Rava, who is engaged in maintaining peace and order, and is also a connecting bridge between people and spirits. The funny thing is that the Avatar who represents the good, is the most that is a dictator, who sets the rules imposed by the Spirit, adjusted for his character. Although I'm not entirely sure about it, I would like to find more information...

And so back to the Avatar, the cornerstone of this world, it was he who set the direction for the stagnation in the world, and it was he who supported it. In general, the main feature of the Avatar is the ability to use the power of the spirit of Rava, which exceeds the strength of any person, in addition, he has the ability to use all four elements, while the rest are limited to one. With the Avatars themselves, the concept is a bit confusing, because they say that each new one is a reincarnation of the previous one, but for some reason they are all different, and therefore this is a different person. Most likely, all Avatars are different people, who become them depending on the choice of Rava, who may even absorb the souls of all past Avatars, thereby acting as the incarnating magician of the four elements.

To sum up, there are spirits, magicians, and magical beasts in the world, as well as people who are divided into four countries: the Land of Earth, the Fire Nation, the Southern and Northern Water Tribe, and the Air nomads, now deceased. Order and peace in the world is monitored by the Avatar, a person from birth endowed with a symbiote in the form of the spirit of Rava, which gives him the opportunity to possess the four elements, as well as use the powers of the spirit itself, which surpass the powers of people. It's an interesting world, and I'm on the side of the villains....

Reading the scrolls in the library, I was filled with respect for the technological progress that the fire people managed to make during the absence of the Avatar, which is not to say, but war is a good engine of progress. Harnessing the power of steam and mastering metallurgy has raised the fire nation's military power to a high level, at least at sea, even water mages are not as deadly and dangerous as our fleet. Although history says that Sozin started the war because of the famine of the fire people, I strongly doubt it, in the absence of other more selfish reasons.

Although I do not approve of the genocide of the pacifist people, but I can understand the motive and reason, the Avatar is too dangerous as a combat unit that can destroy both the army and the leaders, and it is on individuals that the vector of the movement of peoples is built. If Sozin's Avatar had been killed, the war would have ended, for his heir was forced to retreat for survival, and it was fear that forced his great-grandfather to commit genocide.

The only thing that I do not understand is why my grandfather is still fighting with the water tribes, it is not clear why he started the war, he was afraid of the birth of an Avatar. I almost forgot, the Avatar is born in each of the nations, in a certain sequence of Fire-Air-Water-Earth, and it is in this order that he must study magic. So the great-grandfather destroyed the air Avatar, and decided to destroy his next incarnation by destroying or capturing all the water mages, but he did not succeed, although the Avatar itself is not visible for 100 years.

It will be necessary to think about this issue later, to make peace with the water tribes, it is much more profitable than to fight, plus it does not make sense to win these icicles, unlike the opportunity to get healers. To be honest, I don't understand why we don't already have our own small clan of water healers who have been raised in the fire nation and are loyal to it...most likely it is the mentality of the people, which was formed over 10,000 years of the tyranny of the spirit of Rava, for example, I am sure that the whole world hates the people of fire, for the organized genocide, which was an exceptional case in history.

It seems that I will have to follow the path of violence that has been going on for a hundred years, because to end this war with a retreat would be the height of stupidity, since it would look like a devaluation of everything that was done for this. If my people step back and stop this war, it will mean that the genocide did not make sense, that the blood spilled over a hundred years will become worthless, and everything was IN VAIN....

"Well, you're out of luck, I'm willing to do a lot for my family, and you're forcing me to go against everyone to protect them. I hope the Avatar is found, the victory over him will be a good help, I would like to know how to finally put him to rest....