A few minutes later, everyone that decided to join the sleepover entered Philip's room. The picnic place in the backyard has already cleaned up by the maids and butlers
Everyone is sitting on the floor with the carpet on while Justine and Natsume sat on the bed. Alucard is sitting on a single couch that he brought and Sai sat on his lap. Philip looked at the two of them and smiled internally. Alucard and Sai seemed to be getting along very well
Jude went back to his room to cultivate his Sword Potential, Camille already went to her room to rest more, and Bea went back to the library to continue deciphering the One-paged Book
Philip has placed the fire impurities in vials so that he could experiment with it later on
Philip has his back against the bedframe. Mathilda is to his right, Natsuki is to her right, Natsu is to Natsuki's right, and Mei'er is in between Philip and Natsu. They are in a circle formation with Justine and Natsume on the bed behind Philip and Alucard and Sai sitting on the single couch near the balcony door
"What are we gonna do?"
Natsuki asked in confusion and uncertainty. This was her first time doing something like a sleepover and she only has an inkling of an idea at what to do from mangas and the internet
It was the same for the others. All they could think about doing during a sleepover is telling stories, playing indoor games or digital games, drinking alcohol with Mei'er just drinking juice, pillow fight, or something insane like playing the Ouija Board or testing the Mysticism Age and draw a sketchy summoning circle to make it spicy for everyone
Speaking of sketchy activities, Justine kept looking around Philip's room, at the corners of the ceiling, the floors, and the walls. Sai had her eyes closed while sitting on Alucard's lap. Her expression is serious and she was peeking at Justine with one eye
Philip noticed Justine behavior and he leaned his back that his head is looking up at Justine behind him
"What's up?"
The red tint at the edge of Justine's hair has already receded and her red eyes turned back to blue. The red markings on her arms are slowly fading away like paper being burned
"There's still Demonic Energy lingering around your room... It's avoiding my gaze and I can't lock on it"
"Really?"
"She's right. For some reason, I can't also track it, but I know it's there"
Sai interrupted while she expanded her senses to seek the Demonic Energy. The Demonic Energy seemed to be constantly dodging Sai's senses, like it has a mind of it's own
"Hm... Maybe it's coming from the Sleep Paralysis Demon earlier?"
Philip asked
"Really? Is that the thing I felt a week ago? What does it look like?"
Sai asked with genuine curiosity and wariness
"Yes, it looked like a skull of a goat with black spiral horns, sharp gray teeth, dark void eye and nose sockets as black liquid drips from them"
"Interesting..."
Sai didn't talk any further. She just turned her hand around and Divine Energy swirled above her palm as she waved her fingers
"Let's talk about that later..."
Philip and everyone then turned their gaze away from Sai and Philip started to speak
"Okay then... I'm going to tell you all something regarding Mana. A lot of people might know about this but I don't think that they'll be execute it properly"
"And what is that?"
"It's about controlling and manipulating Mana in a way that you can make or create basic skills to defend yourself or be on offensive"
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Philip decided to tell the basic Mana skills to everyone so that they will be able to control Mana in the near future
Philip predicted that after the five-year mark of the Mysticism Age, the amount of Mana in the atmosphere will be enough for people to directly control Mana in the air, rather than from Mana Stones and from their stored Mana in their Mana Spots
It is also to have others that doesn't have too much offensive or defensive capabilities from their abilities able to attack or defend themselves
Examples of the basic Mana skills that Philip could think of that are easy to manifest are Mana Ball, Mana Shield, and all sorts of creative items that can be manifested
The quality of the items that can be manifested depends on the capability of the person. The stronger the person, in terms of Mana control, the better they can manifest items made of Mana
Of course, the Mana items can't hold their forms for a long time since Mana is made of energy and the items are just a condensed form of energy that has the property of forcing other matter, like Magic
Manifesting these forms of Mana can also be considered Magic since it's a product of controlling Mana from the Spirit medium, the atmosphere, which will change in the very near future as Philip is predicting
"Concentrate and focus your mind. Collect the Mana that's present in the air in your hands without letting it flow through your body. You can use your abilities as catalysts since it also uses Mana but immediately cancel your ability so you have enough Mana present around you"
Philip lifted his hand and Mana quickly gathered above his palm. Everyone followed suit and tried to gather Mana above their palms
Mathilda, Natsume, and Mei'er were the ones wbo are having a hard time after a small ball of Mana appeared above their palms
Natsuki and Natsu managed to gather Mana enough to form a sphere
Sai didn't join in since it's just a basic Mana skill and Magic existed in her world and she could do them without breathing. Alucard, however, tried to form a ball of Mana on his palms. He wanted to try it because Mana did not exist 200 years ago and this is the first time he is trying to dwelve and understand the Mysticism Age
Justine quickly formed a large ball of Mana above her palm because she could directly manipulate Mana with her ability. Even though she could freely manipulate Mana since it's a type of energy and it flows in a vector, she's still curious at what Philip's teaching. She also never thought of using Mana as an offensive or defensive form because she always thought that Mana is some sort of fuel to make Magic
Philip also condensed a ball of Mana on his palm faster than Justine
"After that, just think of something that you wanted to form. Focus on that and the ball of Mana should transform into your desired offensive or defensive item"
The ball of Mana on Philip's palm started to wobble and change as he flexed his fingers and hand
"In my case, I made it into a Mana Ball"
The difference between a ball of Mana from a Mana Ball is that a ball of Mana is formless, only to the point that a literal sphere of Mana can be seen on his palm. Mana Ball on the other hand, is the product of giving the ball of Mana a purpose, which turned into an actual ball
A ball or sphere of Mana can turn into anything else while a Mana Ball can't turn into anything. This follows the concept of Literallity
"This can be thrown like a rock. Once the purpose of this Mana Ball is completed, it will disperse back into Mana that flows in the air"
Philip then threw the Mana Ball into the wall, which caused a small crack, and the form broke into invisible Mana that will flow into the air
"In Justine's case... You can just turn it into a triangle or a bullet and use your Vector Manipulation ability to pierce through everything, right?"
"R-right..."
Justine was speechless. This knowledge was worth something and it shocked her by its capabilities
If she stopped using materials or air to use as weapons to throw at anything and just manifest Mana forms around her, she would become a force to reckoned with
Imagine Justine forming thousands and millions of Mana Pellets around her with Energy Manipulation and sending everything around her with Vector Manipulation, she would definitely destroy a city in an instant. Of course, she could already do it by manipulating gravity, as what she did when she flipped the island and sunk it back when she found the mysterious vials
"Also, you can make several small Mana Balls and make it rapid fire, like the ones in those shounen anime that shoots energy blasts out of their hands. Same concept, but it's slower and it doesn't diminish your own energy since you'll be taking from the atmosphere"
Philip demonstrated shooting several Mana Balls through the balcony door
If Philip could already become a human Mana Gun or Mana Machine Gun, why is he making and proposing the Magic Gun?
It's because directly grabbing unfiltered and impure Mana in the air this early in the Mysticism Age makes it weaker than the Magic Gun. The Magic Gun has Pure Mana inside the Mana Stones, Fibers, and Dust that provides more powerful Mana
There is a reason why the Mana Stones are divided into six types is because of the level and tier of the Mana present inside the stones. Spirit-level, Mystical-level, and so on and so forth
The Mana that is being gathered above their palms is a level below Spirit. Since Philip can control Pure Mana directly, the Mana that he can gather is equal to the level of Spirit, if not, almost Mystical-level
Philip then turned towards Mathilda, Natsume, and Mei'er with their almost non-existent ball of Mana. Their faces are filled with struggle because they don't want to be left behind
"Don't be too hard on yourselves, you three. It's still early to be able to fully gather large amounts of Mana on your palms. Look at Natsuki and Natsu, their balls of Mana is smaller than mine and Justine's. Alucard is also struggling slightly but he is able to create a Mana Diamond woth perseverance"
Alucard was struggling since earlier. It was because he never touched too much of Mana before and the Pureblood is helping him when needed. This time, with Sai's guidance, he was able to gather Mana in a constant speed on his palm and form it into a Mana Diamond
"But! If you managed to gather Mana and it's small, you can infused your balls of Mana with your ability. The balls of Mana will grow bigger and stable and it will become an attributed ball of Mana. Try it!"
Natsuki's ball of Mana bursted into flames and became a Fire Ball that creates flame above it. It was the same for Natsu, which became a purple colored Fire Ball that is flaming on all directions
Natsume's ball of Mana grew bigger and her Fire Ball is extremely stable with no flames. It looked like her ball of Mana is a red hot metal ball that sizzles every so often
Mathilda's ball of Mana became chaotic. It wobbled uncontrollably until it formed into an uncountable curves of a Möbius Strip. Mathilda immediately cancelled the Möbius Strip because Justine warned her that gravity is quickly increasing around the Möbius Strip and the space around it seemed to distort and turn dark and gray
Philip looked at the Möbius Strip with great interest but he doesn't show it on his face. If that Möbius Strip existed in this plane, it would create a singularity according to Philip's guess. It was because the Möbius Strip had an uncountable curves that it doesn't register in this dimension and universe that it was being rejected in the reality
Not even his Dimensionality Formulation was able to measure or count the Möbius Strip since his vision is showing him numbers that constantly goes from negative numbers to infinite. Countless formulas also appeared around his vision that it almost made him blind. Unknown variables, numbers, symbols, and shapes appeared that didn't make sense to Philip and didn't fit into nay formulas. He immediately turned of that ability because it will not help him
It also messed up his Future Vision that it made the instant future black and non-existent for him. This means, the Möbius Strip seemed to have been also messing with time. Fortunately, it wasn't that bad and time held itself together fairly well
It was good that the Fate Timeline didn't change and looked normal. It could only mean that this Möbius Strip does affect the future that drastically
It was then that as soon as he left the Fate Timeline, a transparent crystal butterfly flew in front of his eyes
He was plety surprised and his eyebrows furrowed. He then became restless and worry filled his mind
He temporarily closed his eyes to think if the crystal butterfly has any significance, especially since it appeared in the Fate Timeline, where nothing appears except the lines of the future and the Fate Spheres
Philip reopened his eyes and shook his head from his guess. It was scary to even think about it, especially since the thing that's in question is the Möbius Strip that can destroy the universe
The Butterfly Effect
{𝘈 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘶𝘯! 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵 𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵! 𝘉𝘦𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘦}
This short event made Philip question himself about the consciousness that's living inside Mathilda. Who or what is that? How did infusing Mathilda's ability into the ball of Mana made it into a device capable of destroying the universe, the space-time continuum, and the fabric of reality in an instant?
It was then that Philip subconsciously turned his head towards Sai, to which she's directly looking towards his eyes
Sai did not move nor spoke, she just stared at him without communicating, but her motive is properly delivered to Philip as he read her body language. Not that Sai knew he could read her body language and that she's trying to communicate via telepathy, which Philip is unable to do
'Let's talk later'
Sai seemed to have been thinking the same thing as Philip, especially when that peculiar Möbius Strip showed up
Alucard, however, had his Mana Diamond become red. The red Mana Diamond had red arcs sloshing on its surface and rivers that flowed around the Mana Diamond. His Mana Diamond seemed to have been infused with his Vampire abilities that it became a Blood Diamond
At this result, Philip narrowed his eyes and became suspicious. It was the same for Sai as she was slightly surprised because she felt the same energy signature that the Blood Diamond had with the abilities of the Pureblood
Perhaps there is still Pureblood lingering in Alucard's soul, origin, source, and concept?
Only time will tell
Meanwhile, Mei'er's ball of Mana shone bright that it caught the attention of everyone. The ball of Mana sparked and released colorful lights, but it's mostly white. The ball of Mana became even more formless and floated in the air. It looked like a disco ball
The light is so bright that it blinded everyone, except for Sai, and the light was not escaping through the windows. Justine wasn't able to manipulate the vector of light because this type of light is very different from what she thought
Philip strained his eyes and used Definite Sight, formerly Eye Vision, to look at the source of the light
The ball of Mana turned into a bright white silhoutte of a woman with her clothes and hair floating and fluttering. Mei'er was looking directly at the woman and the woman was looking down at her
The woman then reached her hands towards Mei'er, which she reached back to. Then, the woman turned to Philip and placed a finger in front of her nose to signify to him to keep silent
The silhoutte of the woman then wobbled and shrunk until it became an object. The object was a flower that looked like a crystal with different colors glittering and shining inside it
Mei'er caught the flower and knelt down. By this time, the light dispersed slowly until the light level became normal
Everyone looked at Mei'er in curiosity, especially on the bright shininf crystal flower on her hand. It was then that Mei'er did something that made everyone audibly gasp
"Mom..."
Mei'er spoke for the first time since coming into the mansion. Even Alucard showed genuine surprise from Mei'er talking. Justine and the rest of the girls, except Sai and Natsu, teared up as they covered their mouths
It was because there was an extreme sadness from Mei'er's tone and word that tugged their emotions
They almost went to Mei'er to hug her and comfort her but Mei'er lost consciousness and fell on Philip's left lap and slept. The crystal flower stayed on her right palm as she slept soundly as a tear formed on the corner of her eyes
Meanwhile, Philip also felt the massive wave of emotion that hit him when Mei'er spoke. The wave of emotion was intense enough to jog his brains and stun him
That's not one of his worries for now because he has a problem he's currently facing. Everything around him is bright and he could slightly see the outlines of everything and everyone if he focused hard enough
'God damn it! Why do you have to return back now of all times?!'
Due to him straining his eyes, using Definite Sight, and putting his eyes under the influence of a different type of light, different from Visible Light, one of his dormant abilities from when he was a child has returned and resurfaced
The ability of Night Vision