Chapter 3978

“No. I really don’t.” Elina sniffled, her eyes misted with tears. “I thought there was no harm in teaching the babies a few words. Valeron is already two years old, and Lith learned how to read and write the same winter he became three.

“Do a few months make that much of a difference?”

“For a normal baby, no, but Elysia and Valeron are far from normal. They are already Awakened and very smart.” Leegaain had no idea that Lith had Awakened at birth and had always been an adult in a baby’s body, giving him the wits not to use magic in public or harm others.

“Learning how to read and write has taught the Hatchlings to associate words with symbols, and magical runes are nothing but symbols of power that can be vocalized, drawn, or conjured by a powerful mind.

“Now, every time Elysia and Valeron see a spell or hear a magic word, they don’t just hear a funny sound and see some pretty lights anymore. They notice the structure of the spell as they do with normal words and try to reproduce them with their means.

“Since they live in a house full of powerful mages who use their abilities to do everything they want, you have just given the babies the tools for learning the language of magic with the same ease as they are learning how to speak.”

“Is that a bad thing?” Elina asked.