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"It's interesting that wind mages would choose to be pacifists," Wardes said conversationally, gently easing the subject to something slightly less traumatizing. "Water mages are healers, but wind mages specialize in transportation. I'd say they are second in importance in war, only fire mages are more valuable due to the damage that fire spells can do.

"Aren't earth mages important for building and destroying fortifications?" Louise questioned.

"War is won by logistics more than combat, my dear Louise," Wardes explained to her.

"We may not be able to heal, but our culture isn't based on what we do, but what our element stands for," Aang explained. "Air is freedom. As airbenders, we want to live peaceful, simple lives away from trouble and violence."

"A philosophical rather than practical view, how interesting," Wardes mused. "You certainly are an intelligent young monk."

"Eheh…" Being compared to a kid by someone younger than any of his kids would never not be weird to Aang. "It actually is practical. Bending comes from physical and spiritual harmony. The motive behind why someone bends influences how their bending comes out."

"That is an interesting mindset," Wardes said simply. "I'm sure there are some scholars who have had similar debates on the effect of Willpower on a mage's spells."

The viscount had a pretty good poker face, but Aang could tell that the man wasn't fully believing—or understanding—what he was saying. Still, he decided to try to give Wardes some helpful context.

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Yeah, be super suspicious aang.

Watch your back.

Who will win.

The wind mage or Airbender.

I love Aang knowing politics, brining up how Tritlstian would become province of Germania.

And learning about how Henrietta letter would be seen as marriage oath.

This is why Aang was currently running across the courtyard in a full sprint, doing his best to avoid Kirche's outstretched arms.

"Come here, little cutie! I won't hurt you!"

"I'll pass, thanks!"

Aang knew that Kirche wasn't malicious. He knew that she was very competitive. He knew that she had no concept of personal space, especially when it came to him. He knew that this was all a game to her.

He also knew that he didn't want to get caught.

"Come and tell Kirche what makes you tick!"

"Please, don't refer yourself in third person! It makes this even weirder!"

"Kinky, just the way I like it!"

Kirche would be the death of him. She would chase him to the ends of the Academy. One time, Aang got tired of the chase and let her catch him. She latched onto him like a pythonaconda around a fire ferret and refuse to let him go until she felt satisfied. Which, as one can imagine, was a long time. From then on, Aang vowed to never let himself be caught again. He may be currently twelve—or thirteen, he couldn't tell—but he still had some memories of being an adult. Being smothered in the grip of someone with a body as alluring as Kirche's was a tempting and dangerous situation.

Katara would kill him.

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Lol

Yes she would.

Avoid them.

Yeah, Kirche don't breathe properly like Aang.

Well, he makes a good impression at first wiht the chef with his know how... sneezed. Whoops.

Awww, Louise saying he won't be alone. D'aaaawwwwww

Seeing Louise nod in understanding, Aang continued, "Bending uses Chi, the natural energy in our bodies, as a source of fuel. It's not too different from how you use willpower to fuel your magic. But while mages need a focus, benders use the different parts of their body to channel their internal energy."

"But you used a staff for your magic earlier," Louise pointed out.

"I can use my glider as an extension of my body, but there's no chi that flows through it. Does that make sense?"

"No," Louise stated bluntly. "Magic is magic. You can't channel willpower through your body. If that was possible, we would have done it already."

"But I've done it. Multiple times." Aang twirled his finger, summoning a light breeze that blew on Louise's face and fanned out her long, pink hair. "See? I'm doing it right now."

Despite the evidence before her, Louise still looked conflicted. "But the Founder didn't set up magic to work this way. In the six thousand years of Halkegenia's history, no one has done magic in the way you described." The argument sounded weak even to her own ears. She had learned that the Founder's magic and the church's teachings were absolute, but the person comfortably sitting next to her was physical proof of the contrary.

"I'm using bending, not magic," Aang corrected. "And it's been passed down in my people for about ten thousand years."

Louise stiffened. "Ten thousand years?" she echoed.

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Yeah, age seems to have trumped them all here in regards to lineage. Lol

Well, they have it half wrong, no royalty, though aang is pals with royalty.

But I do agree with Osmond and Colbert, Aang needs protected.

"As his people were nomads, that might be the case," said Colbert. "However, his background suggests that his people were killed by fire mages, and only in Halkegenia could one find enough mages to slaughter such a community."

"It takes very few mages to set fire to a town," Agnes spoke up. She fought to keep the anger down as she spoke from personal experience. "Any group of mage mercenaries or soldiers could do that."

"This was a tribe of wind mages," Osmond explained. "From what we've learned from Miss Valliere, there were no survivors except the boy himself. No small number of ordinary fire mages would be capable of such a feat."

"Aang has not revealed how he survived, but he did stress that he dislikes violence and abhors killing. It is most likely that he used his abundant magic to escape, and now feels that using violence against a person would be the equivalent of committing genocide," Colbert added.

"That is concerning," Henrietta admitted. Her polite smile shifted into a more serious, contemplative expression. "But he is under the care of Louise, and there is little chance of him running into danger right now. Even if war was to come to Tristan, the boy would likely be taken care of by the Valliere family."

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Yeah, agnes would synapthize with Aang.

Oh, webtoon, I want to see a graphic novel you'd help with!

Also, aang is slightly less powerful with his bending as he was when previously alive it appears.

Yikes. Now avatar state

Louise's eyes widened comically. She glanced around to make sure no one had overheard Aang's question before pulling the boy off to the side. "It has everything to do with being a noble!" she said in an urgent whisper. "Why do you think we are nobles?"

"Because you were born into nobility?" Aang guessed. That was the way it worked in the Fire Nation and Earth Kingdom. There were also ways to become nobility through merit, but that was an extremely rare occasion.

"That is only partially correct," Louise informed him. "While we do have the blood of the Founder flowing in our veins, magic is our proof of rule. To have someone unable to use magic enter the nobility would be blasphemy against the Founder." She said this with a trace amount of bitterness.

"Wait," Aang said with a frown. "Are you saying that all benders—mages—are nobles? Using an element is all it takes to be a noble?"

"No," Louise denied. "All nobles are mages, but not all mages are nobles. Some mages have been cast out from their family; others have been demoted for their actions."

"That sounds sad."

"It is," Louise agreed with a solemn nod. "To lose the right to a noble family name is a great loss."

"Not that," Aang said with a shake of his head. "People without magic can't rise in status. Ruling should be based on someone's ability to lead, not their powers over an element."

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I gotta agree with aang, but it's different for Louise world.

Oh yes, can't forget Aang is vegetarian, no meat.

Only frit and veggies.
Or unfertilized eggs.

I gotta read the light novels, if I can find them

All I've seen is the Anime, but not the Manga either.

"He was glowing and floating during the rune branding process!" Louise exclaimed in exasperation. "That didn't make you think that he might have some magical ability?"

"You create explosions on a regular basis, and that's not magic," Guiche pointed out. "Besides, he was producing wind back then, when he's clearly an earth mage. How was I supposed to put the two together?"

"Actually, air is my primary element, and earth is my weakest by a long shot," Aang admitted.

Guiche stared at him.

The crowd stared at him.

Louise facepalmed.

"Oh…" Aang said sheepishly. "I wasn't supposed to say that, was I?"

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Lol

He sure showed Guiche.

But I agree. Topher would be impressed, or not impressed with how Guiche made those valkyries.

Founders Foot Fungus indeed.

Yeah, aang looks like a kid, but scolds the real kids a a adad for mocking huiche and guiche behavior.

Oh, they pulled the honor card. Lol

I for one do believe you wrote the first chapter terrif, deserving all the praise.

A comedy of error, well, I'm sure they'll grasp the truth close wards the middle, like before the whole meeting tiffania maybe.

Not gonna lie, feel sad for Louise, summoning a familiar who's master of all elements and she doesn't even master one.

He was not too proud to admit that he had not been the best father to his children. His air-bending son and youngest child, Tenzin, had been given the responsibility to rebuild the Air Nomads and preserve their legacy. This burden gave the young man a distorted view of the world; he struggled to adapt to the changes of the future. And the time Aang spent with him was time taken out of his time with his two older children, Bumi, a non-bender, and Kya, a water bender. While Aang may have saved the world and united the four nations—and helped found a fifth one—he had failed in fatherhood.

His failures weren't just limited to his parenting. He had made crucial decisions in political, social, and military atmospheres. Some choices that he made would have a lasting impact that would reach long after his passing. He had lived long enough to see some of his mistakes, but he knew that time would tell if he truly made the right decisions in his lifetime.

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At least he confesses it.

But ooh, Aang startles all with avatar state.

And sneezes

Well, he blew Louise away with his wind power.

Hmmm not bad tbh. Hopefully we get more character development and other mysteries

is Guiche... this world's Zuko?

trauma? this is the most retarded plot have read in this series's fic wtf

Glad to see the store is still going on. Can’t wait to see what happens next in Albion.