We both sat on the living room sofa, the room was spacious and felt like a mundane Japanese house apart from the lack of electronics since all the light comes from these mysterious crystals attached to the walls and magical orbs of light that float mid-air
"Okay, first question is how did you get me here?" I raised my question
"Simple, I only transported your soul. Your previous body is still there in your past world and still dead." He replied in a calm manner
"Wait so I died?"
"Yes, but only your physical form. Your spiritual form is here and alive since you're speaking to me."
"Wow, okay... So that means people in my ex-world identify me as dead?" I ask
"Yes"
"O...kay, next is where am I or to be exact, what is this place?"
"I've said this before you came here but I'll retell you everything just so you can fully understand me. This is Prandoria, it is a habitable world that I've created so life could thrive and grow. I have selected you to be a part of my universe, but whether or not you influence this universe is up to you."
"Alright, but why me? Why not someone else?"
"Well, for one is that you were nearly going to kill yourself, two is that you were willing to give your life to your "God", and three is that I've gathered enough strength to support an outsider. Also, you were able to maintain your faith despite the experiences you've had in your previous life, it is truly commendable, and yes I have monitored you from birth." he calmly stated
"Next question-" I say but was interrupted by my rumbling stomach "Oh right, I haven't eaten since I've arrived." I say while being embarrassed. Kheil-san snapped his fingers and an all too familiar sense of helplessness from his actions crept up to me but I pay it no mind. "Dig in" he says as he indicates to the feast that appeared on the table in front of us, the food tasted normal, it wasn't extravagant nor was it bad. It tasted like a normal breakfast but with more dishes than normal, after we finished eating we continued our Q&A.
We talked the entire morning and noon after lunch, he said that I'll live in his residence until I'm strong enough to live on my own. I don't blame him since I only know the basics of this world or should I say that I've fallen to pre-school level of knowledge here so I have to stay, I felt bad about it so I offered to repay him by doing house chores and help him out with his blacksmithing.
I laid there on the bed Kheil-san prepared for me in one of the vacant rooms, I was exhausted from the information I've just received 'People using magic as technology instead of electricity, multiple Gods that exists and give rise to new adventurers, monsters roaming the lands. This really is a fantasy realm.' though he explained a lot to me, I still feel like I've just scratched the surface of the iceberg.
"Sasaki-san! Let's prepare dinner!" Kheil-san calls "Okay!" I responded and proceeded to the most generic looking kitchen I've ever seen 'So we're cooking, but can't you just snap your fingers and make dinner instantly?' I inwardly ask "I can but I cannot use my powers as a Creator so freely, I must follow the rules I have made and break them only when necessary so come and help me cook dinner." as he started chopping the ingredients. We prepared beef curry for dinner, the food here is similar to Earth so it was easy for me to assist besides the fact that I messed up from time to time since I wasn't educated of the mana based equipments. I went back to my room and slept
through the night.
Morning came and Kheil-san told me that I'll be training magic at the local park in Felix town.
"You sure that's okay to do?" I reluctantly ask
"Yeah, why not?" He says
"Well, it's kinda embarrassing to practice in front of people." I answer
"Oh, then do you want to go to a dangerous forest to train?" He raises his eyebrow
"No..." I sheepishly reply
"Don't worry, people here regularly go there to train, just try not to look at them since it's rude." he says
"Oh okay" I say as we pack some rags and some snacks.
We proceeded to go to the park with the use of Kheil's teleportation and set our spot near an old tree. Kheil-san then tells me to sit down on the grass "Now that you've sat down, meditate and imagine 'energy' or mana entering your body." as he sits down as well, I look at him confused "Try to close your eyes, relax and focus on the beat of you heart." he says, as I close my eyes and relax and listened to the beat of my heart, I began to feel comfortable as if I can feel energy entering my body and making me energized "Can you feel the energy entering you? That's what mana is." he explains, I nod in understanding "Now try not to absorb too much or you'll overload." he says, I became confused again, "If you relax too much, you won't absorb any mana"
We continued meditating for 10 minutes then he told me that I'll be learning magic now but he first instructed me call my stat card, I did so and was shocked that my [Wisdom] increased by 10 where my (Self awareness) increased by 5 and (Imagination) by 10 as well as [Intelligence] by 10 points as my (Focus) increased by 5 and my (Senses) increased by 5, my mana also increased by 20.
I was thrilled that I was able to improve my stats so much by just meditating "Meditating is a form of training the mind, body and soul. Depending on how well you train and how much you learn, your stats will increase accordingly. Well, now that you know how to meditate let's try to cast simple magic" he says as he looks at my happy face.
"Now in order to understand magic, you have to understand the importance of imagination since it depends a lot on vivid imagination, you have to 'feel' the magic that you are casting just like how you felt mana entering your body as you meditate," he explains, after which he moves the light near me, "Tell me, what do you feel when this is near you?" he asks "It feels warm yet cold at the same time, I can't understand it. It feels 'mystical' that's what it feels like," I reply "Yes, that is exactly what Arcane is. Arcane is the purest form of magic, when you condense magic you create a ball of mana, and if you use that mana as it is with your imagination you will create Arcane magic." Kheil-san then cancelled the Arcane Light and ordered me to cast it as well.
I try to imagine the Arcane Light on my palm... No luck "Try to imagine the mana or energy at a single point near your palm and imagine it becoming bright," He says, I tried again and it worked, it felt magical to have a light source on the palm of my hand without a flashlight "This is so cool!" I excitedly say, the light then disappeared and shocked me out of my excitement "Don't be so excited or you'll lose focus, focus on your magic or else it will stop working. Magic depends a lot on the user's ability to concentrate and skills" he explains, I nod in understanding as I recast Arcane Light "Try to maintain that for 5 minutes, Arcane Light has a duration of 5 for a beginner mage and 10 for a novice and about infinite if you master Arcane Light, it also drains 1 mana per minute so it is the best beginners' magic" he says as he copies me and starts to cast Arcane Light. 5 exhausting minutes pass as I then cancel Arcane Light "Man, do I have to concentrate this long everytime I casts this?!" I exclaim "No, if you master Arcane Light, you can cast it by just saying the name or even just imagining it. Right now you're a beginner so you have to rely on you concentration in place for your lack of imagination. Try to open your stat card again." he says as he calms me down, I called the card and it surprised me to find [Intelligence] has increased by 10 because my (Focus) increased by 10 and [Wisdom] increased by 10 because of (Imagination) 'Wow, that's a lot' I exclaim to myself.
"Try to cast Arcane Light again and see how much better you can do this time," he says, I did as I was told and sure enough, the light felt warmer and maintaining the light felt easier. After another 5 minutes of Arcane Light I checked on my stats again and was disappointed to see that my (Focus) only increased by 8 but I gained 10 points of (Memory) and my (Imagination) increased by 8"Yeah, as your stat level gets higher the harder it will be to train it, you'll have to advance your training if you want to level a stat up in the future." he explains.
We continued to train by alternating between meditating and Arcane Light casting for half a day until we went back home, in the end my [Wisdom] is now 50 from 30 points of (Imagination) and 20 points of
(Self awareness), my [Intelligence] became 50 from 30 points of (Focus) and 20 points of (Memory), and my max mana is now 90.