Master (Chapter Five)

Fateful encounter

After handing over his test to Paul, Dave was a bit shaking because he thought that Paul might have caught him cheating but to his surprise, he was saved. Paul then asked the students some questions about their life. 

They were a mix of personal and academic questions. After judging their answers, he found out that Dave had an ample interest in studying Chemistry. David even told him about the stories of the Alchemists who were the old generation "Chemists" and the scientists who were working on the Elixir of Life and the Philosopher's Stone.

Paul asked Dave to meet him outside the school during the weekend.

"I want to teach you something that cannot be taught in the classroom. It is something related to Magic."

"Magic?", said Dave

"Yes, David. And do you know what Magic is?"

"It is something that is not real."

"How do you define something real? Do you think that the world we see, and what we perceive, does that seem real to you?"

"I believe so."

"No, it is not. Have you read about Plato's Theory of Forms?"

"If that is something related to Philosophy, I haven't taken a single Philosophy class yet. So, I don't know anything about that, sorry!"

"Don't be! Your first task would be to do some research related to the Theory of Forms."

Then Paul went to his car and disappeared in a flash.

Dave reached his home and was in his bed. He was reading a magazine when the words of Paul disturbed his peace.

"What is the Theory of Forms? And more importantly, why does he want me to learn magic!!", thought Dave and went to sleep.