A mixture of jewels and pebbles

When we take a moment to look at the things around us, we see that rather than being still, they are made of cycles, of movements back and forth, of highs and lows.

Even if it is not directly visible to our eyes, light and sound are waves that also have an oscillating motion.

That being said, this does not mean that things are fixed either: more positive elements can raise the average state toward the positive.

It was with this state of mind that the Espers were now working for the renewal of Esperia.

The situation was not simple for them: accustomed to the intense and unlimited use of their magic, which they had mastered over the past centuries, they now had to try to rebuild their society while limiting its use.

Indeed, the Chaos War had revealed that the use of magic consumed the Aether, the life source of their planet.

In just a few years, this excessive use of magic had considerably damaged their ecosystem.

And just as balance can be found in everything, their planet had one too: it would take several centuries for the effects to become visible to the Espers, but the balance of Esperia had been changed for good.

And while the use of magic might have seemed like jewels to the Espers, it was in fact pebbles thrown at the rest of life on their planet…

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