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Chapter 3 - Strong as the earth, gentle as a leaf.

Eren woke up in the middle of the night, tears in his eyes and fist gripping strong. The room he woke up in was dusty and very untidy, he stepped out for a walk as his mind was blank with only one thing that's bothering him in the dead of the night and that was about the dream he had. The only thing that illuminates the corridor is the crescent moon. He then saw light coming from a room. He went there opened the door only to see the Grand Magus in bed with a beautiful woman. "Excuse me", said Eren and ran from there to his room. The Grand Magus rushed after him and explained to him that the woman who's with him was his wife. "Her name is Michelle. Gorgeous isn't she, just like her name.", said the Grand Magus, "Don't you dare hit on her, I'll kill you if you do. You hear me boy?" Eren laughed and said, "As beautiful she may seem, she is the wife of my teacher. I wouldn't dare to hit on her." Both laughed for a while and suddenly the grand Magus realized, "He just called me teacher, didn't he? Well, things sure are getting exciting.", said the Grand Magus, "Take one day's rest and meet me tomorrow at 5 am sharp and be punctual. That's a strict rule."

That morning Eren went to see the town. As he set foot out of the grand Magus house, he saw a cat that is the same as the one Delliora transformed into. He then recalled that the grand Magus mentioned his daughter had a cat that had the same life form as that of the ear of Delliora's grey cat form. From all these, Eren Deduced that the Delliora he knew was the daughter of the Grand Magus and he was sent into a timeline where Delliora was little. But he then recalled the grand Magus stating he doesn't know any other person named Delliora but him. He was again confused about the situation and decided to let things be for now. He then went on his way to explore the town. It was quite a cheerful and lively one. He even met a bunch of people who were kind enough to share information about how this country's economy works and everything necessary for survival. As time passed on, he got to know more and more about the country. Tired of roaming all this time, he decided to take a seat on a bench near a water bridge. The sunset he viewed from the bridge was like one he had never seen before. He sat there for a while to calm his mind off of everything that he had been through these past two months. He then saw a sparrow flying towards him and resting beside the bench he was sitting on. It was a peaceful evening and he had his mind rejuvenated by bathing himself with the red sunlight.

Later that night, Eren went to his room, and to his surprise, he saw Michelle cleaning his room. He thanked her and asked her if she was a mage just like the grand magus. She said, " Yes, I am. I am the one who helped him cure you. Now enough with the talk, get some sleep, tomorrow is a big day for you isn't it?". Saying that she stepped out of his room and closed the door.

The next day, Eren was called to the backyard. The grand magus was standing with a table in front of him, waiting for Eren as he approached the grand magus yawning and half asleep. "How was the night boy?", asked the grand magus, "Are you well rested?". Eren nodded his head half asleep. Suddenly Michelle uttered, "Into the depths shalt you go!! Demonic pull!!". A green pentagram appeared on the ground where Eren was standing. Moments later Eren felt his body being pulled into the ground with hundred times as what he normally weighed. Everything that is in a circle of a small radius with Eren as the center had fallen to the ground including the birds and insects that flew above him. The ground that had been flat until then, became a pit of 10 feet in depth. The air in that circle had become as heavy as Mercury itself. He pleaded, "Stop this, I'm unable to even breathe. I'll die if this continues." Michelle then canceled her spell with a smirk on her face, "I'm guessing now you can answer the question properly." "Yes ma'am, I'm afraid I won't be able to sleep for a week after what just happened.", said Eren. "Hahahaha!!! feisty as ever aye Michelle, that's one thing I love about you." said the grand magus, taking the boy to the corner, "Careful boy, If I am afraid of anything in this world, that'd be her." "May I know what you both are up to?", said Michelle. "It's nothing dear, I'm just making sure that he was ok for the magic circulation test after what had happened." "It's nothing to be concerned about, after all, I only used a fraction of my basic spell that I use to kill goblins.", said Michelle. "Wow, I thought I was gone case for sure and she's saying she used a fraction of her basic spell. I won't be living to take that spell the third time. I feel bad for those goblins though.", Eren thought to himself. "Alright, enough talk, let's get this boy the magic circulation test." said the grand Magus.

After a 10 minute rest, Eren was able to walk to the table. In front of him, we're 6 spheres. Eren was asked to hold each one of them at a time and try exerting his magic into the sphere. Of those all six spheres, the green one glowed the brightest and then the black one glowed. As you can all guess, the green and the black represents earth and dark attributes. The rest of the spheres glowed faintly. After this is done the grand Magus reached out to his pocket and showed Eren 3 cubes, one black, one white, and another grey. He asked Eren to do the same with those three cubes. He exerted all his magic onto these cubes but nothing happened, not even the faintest glow. He then gave them to the grand magus. The white cube glowed as bright as the sun in his hands. "This is one of the three legendary attribute spheres. Unlike other attributes, these three attributes aren't acquirable with hard work. The one that just glowed in my hand is the time cube and Michelle possesses gravity attribute which is grey. And the last one who lightens the black space cube has passed away in the summer due to some unforeseen circumstances. Although the time and space attributes being the dominant ones at the beginning, I'd say the gravity attribute has the highest potential but is highly difficult to master. Hypothetically speaking, if someone fully masters the gravity attribute, they can manipulate the other two legendary attributes to their will. But no one has ever done that in the history of mankind. Even Michelle here had mastered only 2% of the entirety of the spell arsenal of gravity magic. As far as I know, the only way to get these legendary attributes is by killing the one possessing these attributes."

To be continued...