It was another sunny day and Alphonse was in small room playing with his new found skill of red mana. After taking in lot of red mana into his body, now he can produce as much red mana as he previously produced normal mana. Alphonse didn't understood how is that possible. His mental abilities haven't improved but the red mana which is in his body is somehow making it easier for him to produce more red mana. Previously the mana was colorless and couldn't be distinguished from normal air visually but now he can visually see mana. He can also use this mana to make red fire with mana and for next couple of weeks Alphonse tried all sorts of things with red mana. He discovered that he could play with this fire as much as could imagine. He could make the fire into different shapes by controlling red mana.
Alphonse also discovered that red mana is not the end. He could combine the red mana together as he did with ordinary to produce orange colored mana. This is same as the colors of flame corresponding to their temperature. Alphonse tested this hypothesis and let the orange mana out of the mana bubble and soon he could see orange flame. He could sense from the heat it generating that it is at higher temperature than red flame he produced earlier. Alphonse was right and he had an idea, "If it is like this then there would be yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet mana. Why don't I just absorb the strongest flame instead of making each kind of mana and absorbing it."
With this in thought, Alphonse started practicing. As he was still a small child, no one bothered him much and he had most free time. It took him couple of days to produce green flame as it requires much concentration and mental power to pressure the mana. From green mana to violet mana, it took him staggering three months of time to produce just a tiny amount of violet mana. It is just the size of rice grain and months of effort. On the way to make green mana, Alphonse learned some things about his mental powers. He powers improved a lot if he could imagine mana particle and do what he wants to do with them in his imagination. The better imagination he has about how all mana particles behaved, the better his control would be.
Alphonse rested for a bit and locked the door so that no one would disturb him while is absorbing the violet mana. Alphonse took the tine violet mana through his nose and to his lungs. He made sure the violet mana is still tightly wrapped around the ordinary mana. After it reached the lungs and absorbed into his blood, he felt as he took a big shot of caffeine mixed with red bull. The energy inside his blood is going crazy and it went on for five minutes. As the energy has been completely absorbed, Alphonse felt incredible. He had this kind of feeling when he first took in mana. This violet mana is at least ten times more powerful than the red mana. Alphonse excited at this new challenge. He want to absorb and convert all his mana into violet mana.
One year has passed and you can see Alphonse who is now 4 year old boy. He still looked the same as always but a bit taller now. During the past one year he has converted all the mana in his body to violet mana. It has been crazy experience but it is worth the stress because he is lot powerful. He can now control violet mana as he could control normal mana. Even his mana control has improved because of his imagination. He now imagines each mana particle as point in three dimensional vector space. Alphonse laughed sarcastically and he is finally using vectors in real life. Now that his body has been refined with violet mana, Alphonse is now immune to all kinds of fire.
The other day he tested the violet mana to see how powerful the flame is. He went to the back garden and looked around if there is anything that he could test his new powers on. There is nothing in this garden that is strong enough to test his powers on. All he found was an old pick axe near the large tree in the garden. Alphonse went near tree and pick up the axe. It seemed light to him maybe because of his training. He thought for a while on how to use his powers on this axe. If he used inappropriate amount of mana, it would melt the axe and his parents would be worried. He doesn't want his parents to be worried over him. Alphonse had an idea, he raised his index finger and instantly there was a small violet point on top his finger. He directed the violet mana towards pick axe's metal part and as he released the violet mana particle, it formed tiny hole in the metal as it burned the axe and melting it. Alphonse was impressed. He know the violet is powerful and is something one has to be careful when using.
Today is big day for Alphonse as his father will start teaching him martial arts. He wondered what kind of martial arts the people in this world used. As he got ready and went out of his room, his father greeted him and told him to follow him. They reached the back garden and Herald looked at his son and said with a smile on his face, "Alphonse, are you ready for training? This is going to be hard."
Alphonse who was already excited about his training, immediately replied, "Of course father, train me as hard as possible. I'm ready!"
Herald heard his son's reply and he thought, "Alphonse is at impressable age who still doesn't know how gruesome fighting and wars are so he is excited about getting stronger. The stronger you are, the more burdens you have." Herald sighed.
Herald looked at Alphonse who still looks chubby, "Boy, we first need to work you out. You are too chubby."
Alphonse felt bit embarrassed when his father said that. His mother is really good cook and he has been over indulging food. He still missed the good ol' Chinese and Indian takeaways back on Earth. He looked at his father and said, "sure, let's start".
Herald nodded and retrieved a pouch from his chest pocket. From the pouch he took out four thin strips of paper. There are some weird symbols on this paper and at the centre there is something written in it which is larger than the rest of the symbols.. It is a single word. Herald looked at Alphonse's puzzled face and thought he should explain this.
"Alright son, these are magical items with spells inscribed on them. They are popular for training people in the central continent although they aren't cheap so be careful to not lose them. The spells on these are special gravitational spell which can only be inscribed by those rare people who have the ability to manipulate gravity with their mana. We don't have anyone on this continent. What they do is increase the gravity around which they are tied to so you will have to exert more force to move."
Alphonse listened to his father carefully and understood what they do. He looked back at his father and said, "I see. I guess you will tie them around my waist and ankles right?"
Herald looked at his son who caught up quickly how they work and replied, "Very good Alphonse, that's exactly how these are used." Herald then sticked those strips of paper on Alphonse's wrists and ankles. After he tied them to Alphonse, he sent mana to them thereby activating them. Alphonse is fascinated by how mysterious these spells work. He wondered if he would ever get the chance to learn these spells. After the spells are activated, Herald smiled at Alphonse and said, "Now you are all set to start your training. Your first task is go to your room. Good luck." Herald left saying that.