Alphonse is almost two years old now. He has blue eyes, silky blonde hair like his mother and he is about 100cm tall. He is a bit chubby as he was indulging in his mother's cooking. He can understand most of his parents language now. The language is close to old Germanic language but some words have different meaning here. The grammar rules are familiar with the language in earth. Alphonse clearly realized that this isn't any strange coincidence but someone from earth has been here in the past and spread the language. If the other person has spread the language here means he also retained his past memories. He could also be an irregular. Alphonse thought that he should find more details on this later when he is older.
Alphonse is now outdoors, in the small garden at the back of their home. Talking about home, this isn't ordinary home made out of bricks. It seems to be made from stone, not brick size stones joined together but like one big stone. Architecturally this is a proper house with beam columns, pillars and all but just made out of stone. Even if the world has magic, buildings can't stand without any pillars. Alphonse thought at least the laws of science has to be followed whatever reality he is in, which is a good thing. He would always take something that is certain rather than something uncertain although at the core of science, the world at 10^(-12) is very uncertain.
Alphonse came back from his thoughts and looked around. He is bored. He is the kind of person who always does something and all this free time is just too much for him. He thought about his new found mental power which is kind of psychokinesis. He wasn't even sure if he is human or do all humans from all over the universes have this strange power? Is this strange mental power because of some kind of evolution with mana? He wasn't sure of anything. He was only science enthusiast in his past life, not a scientist. Alphonse was overwhelmed with the unknown in his present life. What would Carl Sagan do in this kind of universe? That would be really interesting, Alphonse thought.
Alphonse didn't let his thoughts go wild. An empty mind is devil's workshop, Alphonse thought. He decided he would play around with mana and with a single thought, he gathered as much mana as possible from the surroundings. He tried to squeeze in little more which was hard for him. He could sense the mana particles gathered on top of his palm and he thought that he should compress the mana particles as much as possible and see what happens. Alphonse took his other hand out and put it on top of the mana as if he was pressing tangible thing. This doesn't really compress anything as his powers are not in his hands, it is mental. It is only for his comfort as it would help his imagination if he was pressing something.
As Alphonse started compressing, something happened to mana particles. In the center of the mana where there is high concentration, there were some red dots. He wasn't sure what it was, maybe mana particles are merging together. Soon, there are more number of red dots in the mana and the mana around the red dots is being consumed to produce these red mana. After a couple of minutes and adding more mana to the existing pile, Alphonse gathered small amount of red mana particles packed tightly around ordinary mana. He contemplated what would happen if this red mana comes into contact with the air. He slowly let small amount of red mana outside and to his amazement, it lit on fire.
Alphonse could see tiny red flame burning on top of his palm. It was only there for 15 seconds before it was vanished. The surrounding mana was not consumed by the red flame. It seems like red flame need red mana and oxidizing agent to burn. Alphonse found this interesting. So that's how one makes flame.
Alphonse heard his mom calling for lunch and went inside. After he had his lunch, he went to his room and was thinking about red mana. This isn't something that could be said to others because there will be more follow up questions. Alphonse mulled over what would happen if consumed the red mana. Would he burn or it would be helpful? No matter how much he pondered, there isn't any probable solution other than to try and see it for himself. Alphonse exactly did that. He gathered as much mana as possible and turned the mana into red mana tightly packed with ordinary mana which looks like tiny red ball. As he inhaled the red ball into his lungs and he could feel warm sensation around his lungs. It wasn't painful but warm with effects of ordinary mana.
'Well that wasn't so bad', Alphonse thought. If he could take more of this red mana, he could certainly have some kind of resistance with fire and can also play with fire more readily. Alphonse finally has something to do. He craved for work and he doesn't like doing nothing.
One week has passed since Alphonse discovered red mana. Nothing much happened in the past one week. His father came home from hunting. He used to tell all kinds of stories about the hunting and the kind of magical beasts in the forest. Alphonse is fascinated by the strange creatures of this planet. He wondered how long it would take for him to go hunting. Alphonse sighed and got back to his red mana cultivation. With continuous practice of making red mana, he got little better in making and also faster. Alphonse also realized that the more amount of red mana he is inhaling, the less difficult it is in making red mana. That's interesting, Alphonse thought.
Couple of months have passed and Alphonse is now slightly over two years old. During the past couple of months he has mastered the red mana. Alphonse has observed some changes in his body. His body now doesn't feel refreshed when he takes in ordinary mana. It seems like his body is rejecting ordinary mana. Alphonse don't know if this is good or bad. The red mana is good for now would it be the same in future? Alphonse came to conclusion that he should study the red mana more and see how he can improve.