In response , Ren just smiled mysteriously
At the first glance , Ren could tell that's something is wrong , thus , he used one of the most common spells for spiritualist apprentices : Hypnosis Dream
As a beginner's spell , it's efficacy is greatly limited, especially towards those with equal power or stronger , however, Ren could tell that's this 'cat's' soul is suppressed by something
The 'cat' unknowingly was dragged into a series of dream, the dreams contained fragments of the 'cat' daily life
Being served by multiple elves maidens , living a spoiled life inside a inferior version of the world tree, on top of that , Ren could tell that he was a high elf
According to the elves customs and traditions , High elves have a higher status than other elves , as long as a elf posses the blood of a high elf , then he is granted the position of royalty an the right to contend for the throne , after a king is elected , the other contenders will be given a noble status based on their achievements
Back to the subject , after a period of silence , the mood in the room turned awkward
After gathering his courage, the 'cat' decided to break the silence and said
"W-what are you going to do to me?"
Ren maintained his calm gaze and said in a serene manner
"i'm going to write a non-hostility and privacy contract, as long as you agree , you can continue to live here"
After hearing his answer , the 'cat' was relieved
Ren didn't idle , he used a normal paper and pen and started drawing mysterious symbols , said symbols emitted a faint mana fluctuation
After finishing , the residual mana started gathering inside the mysterious symbols , the black symbols turned into white and started emitting faint light
Ren injected a his spiritual energy and passed the paper to the curious 'cat' sitting in the ground
The cat slowly read the contents , making sure there is no loophole
In summary , non-hostility stated that no one of them was allowed to attack the other one , the exception is if it was unwillingly, the privacy part stated that they aren't allowed to tell others what happened , and that's the 'cat' isn't allowed to enter Ren's room without his permission , of course , there is the same exception as the first part of the the contract
The cat inserted a bit of his spiritual energy too , The contract transformed into two balls of light , one dashed toward Ren , and obviously, the other one dashed toward the 'cat'
None of them bothered to dodge, the light balls successfully entered both of them and settled within their bodies, if one of them broke the agreement, the ball will explode
The 'cat' took a breath out of relief
Ren picked up an apple from the fridge
"I will be in my room , you can sleep wherever you want" Ren stated before leaving with his apple
...
Ren was sitting on a meditative pose on his bed , he was considering his next steps on his path
The sudden appearance of the time element greatly startled him , After all , even in his past life, when magic was on it peak , 'Time' never was proved as something real, it was considered just a tool of measurement
Now that he discovered that it indeed existed and he have the possibility to accessing it, along with the boundless possibilities that it contained , it's normal for him to be excited
The start is often the hardest part , no matter what , the system that's the magic of different types was the fruits that's resulted from the effort of countless generations
He was practically clueless for how to start studying a completely new element, he doesn't have any reference nor any prior knowledge that he can rely on
Blind guess isn't efficient either , but it's his only way
Ren started remembering the legends of how humanity discovered magic
Humanity was the weakest among the myriad of races , the frail humans could only relay on their intellect to try to survive in the harsh world, after countless deaths, the first humans noticed the mysterious patterns that appeared in the bodies of the magical beasts that could control the mysterious power of nature , copying the patterns , the humans started to harness the power of nature , still , it was too crude in comparison to what other races have, so they took a different approach
The draconic tongue of the dragon tribe
The spirit arts of elves and fairies
The rituals of the demons and devils
The magic patterns of the magical beasts
The engineering and use of materials that belonged to the dwarves
Using all of those , the humans managed to create their own power system , Magic!
At that moment, humanity started rising, from their previous status that was lower than goblins to one equal to dragons , of course, the other races enjoyed the benefits of the appearance of magic, they managed to refine their own power system
'Still, This is completely useless to me isn't it? there was never a spirit or beast with the ability to affect time , nor a tongue that could do so, as for materials, i only heard of legendary sand of time , but i never got my hand on it, nor did i hear any one get it, so i doubt it authenticity, sigh , do i really have nothing to start with? wait, maybe ..."
Realization struck Ren , he suddenly remembered something, didn't he see a clock when he his affinity was being tested? maybe that's the answer!
Ren entered a meditation state, he was trying to visualize an ancient hourglass and a modern clock,
Slowly but surely, he managed to draw an outline for a hourglass, successfully creating a rune that's represented the hourglass, but he failed of doing so for the clock
in the end, he urged his mana and created a similar rune to the one in his mind,
Ren noticed that the space within 2 cubic meters of the rune started moving faster, as if catalyzed by something
Ren heart skipped a beat
It's a success !