( There's so much that she's found interesting. Historia was a lover of stories, whether it's fictional or not. In that past, it was because she could lose herself in whatever worlds she could find within books. That love is something that merely didn't die as she grew older.

But, to narrow it down to something useful: )

There were schools dedicated to helping those further their learning for magic. I haven't found anything forbidden, persay -- but, it's clear that magic was much more powerful then then it was now.

Maybe it has to do with the fact that we're not from this world. We're still learning.

( But... entire kingdoms... She can't help but wonder if the darker history of magic has to do with the fact that those kingdoms were not longer around now. )