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Chapter 4 : Magic’s Tidbits
🕑 Added 2022-03-05 13:51:27 +0000 UTCTL:SummerPeanut
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Next day.
After waking up in the morning, I brushed my teeth before heading to the living room.
“Good morning.”
“Good morning.”
Zeke and Maria replied in response to my greeting.
Ike seemed to still be sleeping.
“Mars, the thing about yesterday, Dad and Mom decided to teach Mars some magic.
Before we do that, you have to promise me one thing. Holy magic is rare and valuable magic that heals people's injuries and illnesses.
You won’t know what the bad guys will do to you if they managed to catch you. So you must never tell anyone else that they can use it until you grow up... or until your dad and mom say it's okay. Understood?”
“Yes, I understand. Please take care of me.”
“Okay, I'll teach you the basics first. After that, we'll find out what kind of magic Mars is good at.”
“Understood. How can I do that?”
“First, focus your attention on the dantian1, which is a little below the navel.
That's where the magic power is stored. You have to be aware of circulating that magic power through your body.
It will be difficult at first but if you can't do it, you won't be able to use magic even if you have the talent with holy magic.”
“I understand. Father. I will try it!”
As soon as I replied, I immediately understood that the dantian was a pool of magical power.
However, I just can't get it to circulate throughout my body.
After struggling for about 10 minutes, Maria gave me some advice.
“Try to be conscious of the blood flowing from the dantian.”
Mobilizing all the knowledge I learned in my previous life. I managed to visualize it.
Then when it seemed that the magic power was circulating in my body, I started to feel a little hot.
“Oh. It looks like you've done it. And the amount of magic power seems to be very high.
I can't believe it, but I feel it's far above mine and Maria’s.”
“Yes, it's already extraordinary for a one-year-old to be able to talk and walk normally, but I've never seen such a level of magical power. As long as he has the magical aptitude...”
“Right. I bought the crystals last night, so we'll do an appraisal. Let's start with Ike.”
After Zeke said so, he brought Ike who was sleeping in the bedroom.
“Ike, say status open.”
“Yes. Father. Status open.”
Ike's status is then projected onto the crystal.
But not as detailed as my appraisal.
Name: Ike Bryant
Title: -
Status: Human race, commoner
Condition: Good
Age: 4 years old
Level: 0
HP: 4/4
MP: 1/1
Strength: 2
Agility: 3
Magic: 1
Dexterity: 2
Endurance: 2
Special ability: Swordsmanship
Special ability: Spearmanship
Special ability: Fire magic
Zeke and Maria who saw these results.
“Amazing! Ike has swordsmanship and spearmanship, plus a flair for fire magic! I want Ike to train in magic too! It wouldn't be just a dream to be the commander in a knight order!”
“Yes! It's no exaggeration to say he’s a child prodigy. Let’s make sure to raise him right.”
When Ike was told this, he still didn't seem to know exactly what they were talking about but he seemed to understand that Zeke and Maria were happy about him, and thus he seemed happy.
“Now Mars. Say status open.”
“Yes. Status open.”
Name: Mars Bryant
Title: -
Status: Human race, commoner.
Condition: Good.
Age: 1 year old
Level: 0
HP: 1/1
MP: 292/292
Muscular strength: 1
Agility: 1
Magic: 2
Dexterity: 1
Endurance: 1
Special ability: Swordsmanship
Special ability: Wind magic
Special ability: Holy magic
“What the hell... 292 MP...
That's almost five times more than the sorcerers me and Maria,...”
“So this is a genuine prodigy. Besides holy magic, you can also use wind magic... So the myth that holy magicians are so loved by the gods that they can't use other kinds of magic was a lie.”
“One thing's for sure, both our kids are abnormals. With their strength, it might even be possible to conquer the world.”
As expected, I'm pretty gifted after all.
And I don't want to just sit on with this gift, I want to work twice, or even three times harder than others.
I'd rather work three times as hard as anyone else because I believe my real talent is the hard work I inherited from my previous life.
Here, Zeke muttered with a troubled face.
“Hey, how come my and Maria's kids and neither of them have earth magic and water magic? No way... no, that's not possible.”
“Dear. It's definitely our child. I swear to God, I would never have children with anyone else.”
“Well, yeah, that's right. After all that many times we did, of course, they're our kids.”
What are you talking about in front of your kids?
“Father, Mother, I can now circulate magic but how can I use magic?”
“Ah, ah. Actually, your father can only use earth magic and for your mother, water magic. So since we can't use holy magic, wind magic, or fire magic, I'll get you a grimoire later. Mars, you need to learn language otherwise you won’t be able to read the grimoire.”
“Thank you. Then I'll study the language while practicing my magic circulation.”
Afterward Ike said.
“If Mars is going to practice magic, I'm going to practice magic too.”
And they began practicing the magic circulation.
Zeke and Maria happily watch their children practice their magic.
Who wouldn't be happy to see their children doing their best?
Let's work hard to serve filial duty!
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Author’s note:
Thank you for reading.
TL’s note:
This is not obvious in English but both Ike and Mars speak polite/formal language. But I don’t think ‘dearest father/mother, or lord brother’ actually makes sense here so I do them away.
TL’s note:
- You will know if you read some martial art or cultivation novels. The so-called point within our body where life force or some form of energy gathers.
