(tring….. tring….. tring...)
The bell rang and everyone was in the training grounds circling the teachers.
Kagami-: that was enough explanation for all, everyone continue from where you left yesterday.
At one end of the seating arrangement Rin was practicing his training while Ethan sat next to him observing his training.
Ethan-: Did you get any improvement in your work.
Showing him a paper which Rin took out from his pocket
"let's see if I have actually improved or not"
Ethan-: where did you get it?
Rin-: I was lucky to find it lying on the teacher's desk. Maybe kagami sensei left it unknowingly. Anyway I can't wait to try it out.
Ethan-: yosh yosh, now keep it in your palm and try to direct all your energy at that single point.
He did it exactly as explained by Ethan.
Rin-: nothing is happening, why?
Ethan-: no worries do it once more, no one gets it in the first attempt.
Rin started it all over again, a minute passed by but the paper didn't even flinch.
Ethan-: try try but don't cry, my grandfather once used to tell me this when I was unable to do anything properly.
Rin-: you must had it hard on you such a young age.
He did it again with very concentrated on the paper but still the result remain unchanged.
Rin-: oh, gosh I am tired of this.
Ethan-: atta boy you can do it, don't give up so easily.
Rin-: yea yea.
Unlike the efforts which kept on increasing the results were still the same.
Ethan-: maybe you should take a little advice from kagami sensei, I am far from qualified to teach someone.
Rin-: yeah I should do that.
Rin raised his hands to let the teachers that he needed his helped, in reply kagami called him with a come here gesture done by his hands. All of this was done in silence so not to disturb the other students training. Rin went to kagami sensei, standing in front him he extends his hands with the paper in his hands.
Kagami-: oh this, where did you get it?
Rin-: you forgot it on the desk more importantly I am unable to do the trick like them even though now I could sense the energy or chakra around me.
Kagami-: I see, that's the matter, hold on a sec let's try in a other way.
Kagami called one of the other teachers by gesturing and said something his ears and in return he gave something to kagami. Rin was seeing all this with and hard a cautious look in his eyes. Who knew what more danger he was inviting?
Kagami-: ahh, I got it.
Rin-: what did you get?
Kagami-: potential seeker paper.
Rin-: what can it do?
Kagami-: This paper was made with hilghly concentrated mana and pure for form of magical woods. It is mostly used on newbies or for people who had never used magic or a muggle.
Rin-: yeah but what does it do?
Kagami-: it checks if the candidate have any potential in magic or not. This highly mana concentrated paper can trace even a minute mana particle. now let's check if you have the potential or not.
Rin-: I said I can feel chakra then how it is possible that I can't use mana(magic).
Kagami-: still whatever maybe the reasons you are unable to scratch the normal paper. Come on, have a try. What does it harm to try once on it, if you have the potential you would get to see it right away instead of waiting by practicing with that normal one.
Rin-: it sounds somewhat good lets give it a try, give it to me.
Kagami handed over the paper to Rin, rin focused on it with all his concentration,
Kagami-: wait….. wait….
Rin-: now what?
Kagami-: that's not the way you do it, don't force yourself to control it, let it run free through your body and try it control it with your will not through your physical force.
Rin continues his practice, this time he relaxed a bit rather than forcing himself. Rin took a deep breath and made his mind that he was not going return until he perfects it.
After a few second passed, rin was losing his patience then kagami sensei gestured him to go on doing it, he continued doing it.
Seeing him struggling so much even with the potential seeking paper, kagami thought to himself, that he really need much more training and attention to ne able to use mana.
He lifted his right hand and was about to say "let's stop for now" when he noticed the potential seeking paper chakra was disturbed, it was reacting to Rin's chakra. The mana particles in the paper was running amuck all over the place. Slowly the paper started colouring black at the edges and eventually the whole paper was turned into pitch black colour.
Rin also saw the whole thing and was curious about it, he wanted to know about his powers very badly but before he could ask a thing, kagami sensei took the paper and rushed into the academy.
Rin-: sensei, wait….. what was that, what nature does it belongs to.
Kagami ignored his questions and left for the library.
During the training was on going Merlyn was observing it from the roof of the building while taking a sunbath including the part where the potential seeker was turned black, he knew why kagami left the ground so hurriedly, he even knew where he could find kagami.
Merlyn pinched his fingers and in a flash he teleported to the academy library of Arcadia, he was standing before a highly classified book shelf which was only allowed to lv7 tier magicians or above. He pulled one of it's book and suddenly a secret door opened. Without a second waste Merlyn went inside.
Merlyn-: I knew I would find you here.
Kagami-: you haven't yet left your habit of peeking.
Merlyn-: hahaha.... It's not peeking my child, it is called observing.
Kagami-: more importantly you should take a look on this matter.
Merlyn-: that is why I am here, that thing had already caught my attention.
Kagami-: I have checked through some books but didn't get any information on this but I know some rumours about it. Rumours of a child born in billions who owns the power of
Merlyn-: Anti magic