I closed my eyes and felt the flow of mana enveloping my body.
Tears flow from my eyes.
Wen I opened my eyes I saw that purple and blue light were entering my body.
"Ugh! My head!" I felt a pain in my head.
The pain was so bad that I rolled on the ground for some seconds.
I could feel how I bleed from my eyes and ears.
"Endure it! Endure it!" I repeat in my head.
After some seconds, the pain was finally gone.
I managed to stand up with great effort, I checked out my body.
"Nothing feels different"
However, deep inside me, I could feel it, the flow of mana running through my body.
"Come out, wex" I murmured.
With a movement of my hand, a small purple ball appeared floating at my sigh.
"Woah" I was impressed by the small ball.
I tried to touch it, however, to my surprise, my hand passed the ball like it was a gas.
"This is amazing! Can you see it too!? Hope?" I asked back to Hope.
"Zzz"
However, to my surprise, Hope was sleeping soundly.
"She must be tired"
I hugged her so she doesn't get cold, she smiled warmly.
"Let's see, If I must suspicion is right, I can add two more balls" I closed my eyes once again.
"Wex, wex, wex" I murmured
Three purple balls floated at my sides; the sight was very cool indeed!
"And now, for the final touch…"
"Invoke!"
*Tzzz*
The three balls made electric sounds while I felt an urged of power coming from inside of me.
"Yes! Here is it! The [EMP]!"
Like this, I played with my three balls for almost three hours.
"So, went my mana is dried out, my head starts hurting"
I wanted to do this experiment, as far as I know when a hero in Dota doesn't have mana, they restored based on their intelligence, however, there isn't any side effect for not having mana, however, things were different in this world.
"The absents of man make the body heavier and make the user felt nauseous, is a very critical condition"
However, the smile on my face wouldn't disappear.
"I moved one more step to go back home"
I looked back at Hope.
"And to give you the life you deserve"
I closed my eyes and fall sleep
.....................…
I open my eyes, it was early in the morning, it was still a little dark, however, the first rays of sunlight were appearing and I tried to lift my body, however, I noticed that it felt heavy.
"I can't move" I though.
Why?
I tried a few more times, however, nothing…
"Maybe is because of my mana?"
I tried to feel the flow of mana, it was there, it was a lot less than before, however, I don't what it means, I don't know anything about mana, I only now that is what you use when you use a power, but nothing more.
"Auu"
I look down, it seems that Hope has woken up.
"Right, this is not the time to wondered about this, first I need to find money, to feed Hope"
I remembered that the Quas, Wex had their own attributes, the Quas attribute regenerated the bar of life of Invoker, so, I tried to use it before I fall slept yesterday. It was a small success.
"I don't feel hungry anymore, however, I feel exhausted"
Anyway, that's a problem for later, right now, I have two tasks to do.
First, lets find out if people can see these balls floating around me.
"I mean, they are as big as half of my body, so it should pretty obvious"
I went out of the alley and head to the street, I walk around with Hope on my back, it seems that nobody notices it because nobody is screaming or looking weird at me.
"Okay, that's good, then, the next one is the troublesome one, get food"
What can I do get some food?
"The right answer would be to work, however, nobody wants to hire me…do I smell that bad?"
It was not my fault, I have lived in garbage for most than a year, I already lost sense of cleanness.
Mmm… No good, I can't think of anything.
"Let's just knock some doors"
I went to a stand nearby.
"Hey, uncle, you don't need someone to help you with your business? I only want some milk as payment" I asked.
"…You stink" Said the man.
"…"
Rejected, huh?
I walk to another stand
"Aunty, can I- "
"Go away, sho, sho, you are driving the customers away"
Like this, I went knocking I don't remember how many stands.
I went farther than what I usually walk, after twenty something minutes, I arrived at a small stand who sold meat. In this stand, a man with white hair and white bear looked at me, I found someone that actually accepted me.
As for why?
Well, it had to do with the kind of job I had to do.
"Listen, stinky, go to the back and take out the entrails of the animals, do that and I will pay you with food" Said a tanned man.
I nodded and went on my way. I put Hope on another side so she can't see the entrails, also, the odor was too much for a little girl like her.
"Ugh, I had my adult hands, this would be much easier" I though.
Like this, I did this for a few hours, after finally finishing.
Although I do feel exhausted, is not that bad, I could still walk.
"Here you go"
The man gave me a basket with a lot of food.
I was touched.
"Thanks, thanks a lot"
"Give the little girl the milk, and you" The man put his hand on my shoulder.
"Eat something too, today, you didn't eat anything, if something happens to you, who will be look after the girl?" Said the man.
"Thanks a lot… I will remember that…ehhh"
"Just call me Chris"
"Thanks a lot boss Chris"
"Come in two days, there will be much work to do" Said boss Chris before going to back to his stand.
"I will definitely come back!"
Finally, a way to get food!
I left the place with a smile on my face, I put Hope on my back went back to my alley.
"Look Hope, I will put you some of the clothes that those bad guys left yesterday"
I grabbed some clothes and changed Hope.
The small dress was a little bit too large, however, in two or three years, it will be perfect.
"…" Hope didn't say anything and just smiled while hugging me.
"Okay, now that this is settle, let's make some plans"
Now that this thing actually did something, I can think bigger.
"The first step is to travel towards Flurial Town, in there, the enrollment to the mage academy will begin"
This was a well know event, every year, all kind of children go to Flurial to prove their luck,
"If I go walking, it will take me seven days to get there"
As for a carriage…
Forget it, I don't have money for that luxury.
"Now that I can use spells, there shouldn't be any problems to enter the mage academy, right?"
There are only two reasons why I want to go to the academy.
"The first one is for Hope to have a home, I heard that the academy gives mages a paid for their services, with paid comes of course money, and with money, I can give Hope the life she deserves!" I said.
"The second one is for me to investigated if there is a way to go to my own world, I mean, is a magic academy, they must have something like space travelling or something at least that gets near it, right?"
I can only pray that's the case.
If Its like that, then fuck Yellow and his nemesis stones.
By the way, yellow was the name I gave to that creature that send me here.
It was that or bastard.
So, I go with the first one.
"Anyway, now that the plan is set, let's think how do I get out of here"
I opened the basket and see three pieces of meat, a bread, four apples and a bottle of milk.
"Boss Chris is surely a good person" I though.
I gave Hope a quarter of the bottle of milk plus the bread.
I don't know why, she refuses to eat, why is that?
"Come on, little girl, don't be picky, look here, brother will show you, here ahh~"
I took a bite to the bread, is really good.
I had the urge to eat all by myself.
However, that cannot do.
After seeing me eat a piece, the small stomach of hope grumbles.
After some efforts, I managed to feed her.
"This will last for three days, If I work a month in Boss's Chris stand, I will safe enough food for my travel, yep, that's what I am gonna do"
After seeing a light in the darkness, I felt much more relaxed.
I play with Hope for some time before going back to rest in our house version 2.0, well is a 'house', but at the very least, it shelters us from rain.
The night quickly fell and the town was quiet.
I was sleeping as usual, went a sound woke me up.