Chapter Fifteen

After a tasty and hearty breakfast, I joined Lady Helen in the forest for some private instructions on how to be Lady Margaret, as well as to give her an idea of my magical powers and wisdom. She was more than a little surprised to discover how limited my knowledge was in comparison to my potential.  I did my best to explain what life in the twenty-first century was like and how the magical arts became an underground fad over the centuries; only to start resurfacing as acceptable a few years ago.  Even with the resurfacing, the acceptance was still not widespread, but at least no one was hanged or jailed for practicing it.

My tutor was overcome with emotions as she embraced the concept of being able to perform magic and worship in the open without being hanged and not exercising that right.  It was something she just couldn’t fathom.  The thought of people taking for granted the gifts of the gods and goddesses was almost as distressing as being hange