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Well, in my first year I allowed myself to moonlight as a dishwasher and a waiter in a pub, but I gradually learned that wasting so much time to earn scraps was an unacceptable luxury. Now, tell me how a student dark mage is supposed to develop his skills-not to mention some cash on the side-so needed by every college student?! ThatвЂ™s why we are all conscripted to serve in the army and almost entirely employed by the government thatвЂ™s why dark magic is often shamefully called вЂњcombat.вЂќ Our craft is not a good job for idiots! Zombies, vampires, invisible beasts, ever-burning fires and an epidemic of lethargic sleep are some of the most innocuous consequences of our mistakes. This is fair: while a white idiotвЂ™s mistake results in scorched cookies or hail instead of rain, a screwed up dark spell will trigger a disaster. Therefore, the situation currently is like this: a genuine, professional dark magician is a very respectable man, but any self-taughts and amateurs are heavily persecuted. At least their descendants have realized it and repented. Such was the consequence of an unwise policy of previous years that impaired that particular heritage in the nation. Therefore, a dark magician is a highly paid and scarce specialist in most counties, for every twenty and even thirty white enchanters, there is only one dark mage. Commoners want safety and security that is unattainable without the dark magic power.

#Illstarred gets cautious thumbsup full#

Our world is full of odd, inexplicable powers and chilling phenomena that white wizards are helpless against. Please do not think that I am making excuses dark magicians are really very respectable people! And well provided for, by the way. But who would write about its prose?вЂќ - From the unfinished treatise вЂњAbout PowerвЂќ (Have you ever attempted to repress a dark magician? DonвЂ™t even try!) In reality, our life is pretty boring and mundane.

Usually we either boast of our incredible toughness or complain about repressions. Translated by Irina Lobatcheva, Vladislav Lobatchev