"Not one bit of it is."

"Humans are very smart, yes? They know so many things and work with the elements of the earth to make this possible."

Apollo tilted his head, his eyes glowing yellow as he talked excitedly.

"They figured out how to make things the gods couldn't dream up when creating the universe! Wonderful, isn't it?! They use technology and it's amazing!"

Apollo went back over to his papers, picking them up from the ground. He scribbled some kind of strange symbols on the bottom of them. He muttered something, and the letters burst into puffs of blue smoke.

"Humans are incredible."

Blue smoke puffed up beside Apollo. Apollo plucked a small pad of paper from the air.

"Huh, that was quick! Hmm..."

He looked up at Elaine and said, "You want to learn magic, right? Care to help me do a spell?"

Apollo quietly thanked Frances, put his phone away, and said, "First, we have to set up... This symbol!" He quickly scribbled down a symbol on a piece of paper and showed Elaine.

He pulled out a couple pouches from his bag, handing one to Elaine. It had gold powder in it.

"We need to make this symbol on the ground with this powder."

"Good idea! Lead the way, then."

He handed her another drawing of the symbol.

"Help me make this symbol on the ground using the powder," Apollo smiled. He started to put powder carefully on the ground.

"It's for teleportation. My servant will draw the target symbol on himself while we are putting the location symbol. Once we activate the spell, he will be teleported here. Pretty cool, right? He's one of the friends I mentioned who can teach you magic."

Apollo grinned, continuing to put down powder.

"I think you'll like my servant. He's a good kid, real talented in magic. He was raised by humans, taught human magic."

"Not exactly, he's eighteen," Apollo said. "He reminds me of a kid, though. He's babyfaced, too."

Apollo lightly laughed.

Apollo smiled at her, "I'm nineteen, so honestly anyone younger than me can be a kid."

I mean, yeah, but also no-???

"Plus, it's not his age that reminds me of a kid, it's his actions and attitude."

Apollo watched Elaine put the powder down. He done about half of the symbol already, so now he's watching to see if Elaine can fill in the rest.

"The spell is easy. We need to chant 'Come forth' five times," Apollo explained.

"Sweet, simple, and to the point!" Apollo nodded. "So chant with me! One... Two... Three!"

"Come forth..."

"Come forth..."

"Come forth..."

"Come forth..."

"Come forth..."

The powder symbol glowed, the dust starting to move. It spun into a small tornado and then took shape into a human-ish figure. Out of it stepped a young, pretty man. He had black, glossy horns and a metallic, lizard-like tail. His eyes were a pale orange, his pupils a milky white. He wore loose-fitting clothing with golden accents and jewelry, gold strings, jewels, and chains hanging off his horns.

He quickly came up to Apollo and knelt onto his knees.

"My Lord, I am ready to serve," the boy said.

The boy doesn't answer until Apollo said, "Oh! It's okay, you can get up and speak now."

The boy stood up, putting one hand on the hilt of his sword. He turned his head towards the direction of Elaine's presence.

"Ruin. Do not touch me nor my Lord."

He's a bit threatening, a small scowl on his face. His tail swished a bit.