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°•○● ELEMENTA- The Tale of Immortality - Chapter"9" -/ T
"First Fight " °•○●
-After a month-
A little boy sitting by the seashore turned to the tree next to him and sighed. He wasn't sure who he could show his happiness at that moment. While he was laughing, he was also thinking of Laughing Pandora's smile. While celebrating his success, he imagined Nuren in the place of the tree.
"It would never have been this easy without you. Thank you."
The little boy was trying to get used to the ripple and slight movement he felt in his stomach. He was finally able to draw energy into the area under his belly for the first time. He pulled out his book from among the many layers of clothing he was wearing. He opened the book with his little fingers in no time.
He had finally succeeded in the energy withdrawal process described on the first page of the book. Once he had succeeded, it was easier for him to repeat the same thing from now on. Because in the last month he had realized that almost everything about witchcraft was about feelings.
The difference between knowing and not knowing this feeling was already making someone a magician or preventing them from being.
If Ren wanted to become a powerful mage in the future, he had to be someone who could effortlessly draw magical energy from nature into his body. It would be great if he could do this even while sleeping. For now it was a good start that he was successful even just during meditation.
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All the words in the book that he didn't understand before were now meaningful. Nuren had gone over all the terms with Ren before she left. Moreover, she corrected all the deficiencies of the technique in the book. Now the book contained an energy technique that was tens of times easier and more effective than before.
Though she had left it to Ren in another technique so he could work. But boy, at his current level, it was impossible for him to use such a powerful technique anyway. Also, Ren was not allowed to practice this technique unless he was one of the most powerful people on the planet.
Nuren had told him that if he learned the technique early, he would not die but would become a cripple.
Therefore, Ren planned to work on the book for now and change his energy technique depending on the situation in the future.
Ren went over the writings on how to read the energy accumulation process at the bottom of the page. He memorized everything in the book and what Nuren wrote later, and quickly hid the book as before.
In the past, he wouldn't have cared much, but now this book also carries the memory of Nuren. He couldn't afford to lose or have it stolen.
With the sound of footsteps coming from behind, he took his attention away from the technical information he had engraved in his mind and gave it to his surroundings.
Ren hadn't spent much time in the Clan's Villa for a while. That's why he frowned when he saw what was coming. Both of those who came had the surname Gan. Those who came were Thon, one of the boys with the surname Gan, and the other was Sirius.
The whereabouts of Munaka, who was always after these children was unknown. Ren looked at the arrivals, his eyebrows frowning, uncompromisingly complacent.
Ren didn't want to cause any trouble if the two went off without any trouble.
"I heard you always work here. It's a nice place."
Ren nodded, surprised at what he had heard. He was taken aback by what Sirius had said now. [Maybe he isn't as bad as I've always thou-] "..of course, as someone who's going to die, I wonder what the hell you are doing here. Tell me, how does it feel to die?"
Ren had an awakening as if cold water had been poured over his head. He had known for a long time that both of these children despised his family. And now it was childish to think that they would change just because they heard that Ren was sick.
And Ren had no time to live like a child!
He stood up and glared at Sirius and the other boy, who was a head taller than him. When he walked towards them, the two of them were surprised by an unexpected reaction. They had always thought that Ren would sit back and devour the insults they were saying. If it weren't for this initial surprise, Ren would have easily been beaten up.
The two boys Ren was walking towards thought he would suddenly start running and run away. That's why they were surprised when he swung a fist on the contrary. Even though Ren couldn't quite get his fist in Sirius' face, it did hurt the boy.
Ren placed his fist particularly well on the chin. But he didn't feel satisfied because he couldn't give all his strength. He ignored the initial inexperienced sensations in his body. He turned to the side and tried to attack Thon this time.
He was sure that the children before him had never experienced fighting. It didn't matter that the boy named Thon was bigger than Sirius. And for some reason, Ren was starting to feel very controlled and experienced at that moment. He waved his left hand and made a fake gesture. It made the boy's gaze look the other way. It is a simple deception generally used in street fights or kick bocks.
Before the boy knew what had happened, Ren leaped forward like lightning and buried his head in the boy's nose.
It was the best move a tall but skinny boy like Ren could do.
Feeling great satisfaction and relief at that moment, Ren felt Sirius approaching behind him. He was approaching her with a bleeding lip and a very angry face. Before he could even turn around, he leaned even closer to Sirius with his body.
This naive boy with bleeding lip faltered. Someone came towards him, waiting for him to take a step back and straighten his posture. With one last sudden movement, Ren snatched Sirius' leg with his own, causing the boy to fall to the ground.
He used a little balancing act that people usually use to each other in simple squabbles. It was such a simple act that normally it could even be childish. But at that moment, Ren didn't look childish at all as he knocked his opponent down.
"So I'm dying ha!"
At that moment, Ren was extremely emotional and angry. If Sirius hadn't dressed so thickly, it would have clung to his neck. But she was very lucky and was wearing a lot of clothes because of the cold weather.
Because Ren could only hit Sirius in the face he remembered the other boy he had left behind. He turned around, but saw Thon holding his bloody nose without interfering with anything.
With a cruel coldness in his eyes, he shook Sirius from the ground and left him where he was. "If you ever speak a word to me again, I will change the shape of your face!"
All his happiness and this peaceful evening had been shattered. After looking at the tree for a second, he started walking towards his house.
"You shouldn't piss off someone who's already on the brink of death. Fools! (You fools! - Veg*eta - xd)"
Ren only realized that his hand was hurting so badly when he got home.
Although he shook his head, he was secretly satisfied with his performance in his first fight.
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Gan Villa is built on approximately 38 acres of land. It is a little small for about 800 people to live together. It has a central system large enough for each family to have a standard house with an average garden and a few rooms. But that's why the houses were so deep and cramped. There are no side streets except for two main roads.
Every winter, firewood is distributed in bulk, the sick are treated at the clan's health centre. While the clan meets both shelter and basic needs, it only expects the clan to not have disorder. And of course a regular work routine six days a week.
The number of people with fixed jobs within the clan is almost 1 in 3. Except for those with some special skills like Ren's mother Aya, only those who work as tailors, blacksmiths or product inspections consistently do the same thing every day.
The number of warriors, the number of which does not exceed the fingers of both hands, is responsible for the safety of the cargoes.
The operation of the clan has been established with excellence so that the commercial structure won't disturbed and the marketing is developed. The Gan Clan isn't a military clan that hires soldiers for wars or just a simple commercial clan that buys and sells things. It was also an alchemy clan with a very good reputaton.
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