"An entire era ago, when the world connecting spaces opened up in space and magic power first seeped inside our world, the humans quickly learned to harness magic power. We learned that some peoples were able to absorb magic power from their surroundings and energy resources faster than others. At first, due to their capabilities of absorbing energy far faster than others, those people were labeled as talented individuals. However, later on, it was found out that the rate of magic power absorption is directly related to a person's sensitivity to energies."
"Through further research, the researchers found out that a person's sensitivity to energy is directly related to their bodily conditions. A person with a good constitution and healthy body is more sensitive to energy than a person with a bad constitution and an unhealthy body. The experts introduced a chart for energy sensitivity and it was quickly adapted into the three major power systems, namely, magic technique system, transcendental grade combat techniques, and superpowers."
"The chart categorized the energy sensitivity of the humans and demi-humans into hundred grades, with the first grade as the worst and the hundredth grade as the best. These grades are further divided into 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, and so on."
"The average human and demi-human have a grade-1 sensitivity to magic power. A person with grade-2 energy sensitivity absorbs magic power two times faster than the average person. Similarly, a person with grade-3 energy sensitivity absorbs magic power three times faster than the average person."
"Naturally, there are many other uses of having a better sensitivity to energy. However, for now, you guys are not worthy of such knowledge. Now you may enter the booths to get tested for your sensitivity to energy."
Theodore spoke softly, but his crystal clear voice rang in the ears of everyone present.
"Yes, sir!" The examinees exclaimed as they gazed at Theodore with a respectful expression. First off, he was powerful, and secondly, he explained the history of energy sensitivity to the students to clear their confusion about the subject. He immediately left a favorable impression in the minds of the students.
The test began right after Theodore's explanation, and as luck would have it, Nevis was among the first to enter the booth.
"Hello, nice to meet you. Please come up to the table and place your hand on this crystal ball. This crystal ball is called Energy Affinity Crystal. It will reveal your sensitivity to energy once you inject a little bit of your magic power into it," the examiner said with a smile the moment Nevis entered the booth.
Nevis was a young boy with a slender build and silky silver hair, very pale skin, and a beauty mark under the left corner of his left aqua blue eye. His narrow jaw-line and wholesome eyes intensified his handsomeness by a whole level. He wore a short-sleeved black jacket over his long-sleeved white shirt and black pant that went well with boots of matching colors. A twisted horn-shaped amulet made of some type of beast bone hung from his neck. He also wore fingerless black gloves with inscription patterns drawn on the backhand.
"Right," Nevis nodded his head as he walked up to the table with a relaxed and carefree expression.
An inky black crystal ball was placed on the table. It was similar in size to a football and had an arcane feel to it. He placed his palm on top of the crystal ball before slowly injecting magic power into it.
After the passage of a few seconds, the crystal released a mesmerizing blue glow. He was currently staring straight at the crystal ball. The glow reflecting in his tender eyes and shining on Nevis's handsome face intensified. Then, all of a sudden, eighty-eight blue speckles appeared inside the crystal ball.
"Can you announce the result?" Nevis looked expectantly at the examiner.
"Your sensitivity to energy is 8.8 times better than an average person. In simpler words, your energy sensitivity grade is 8.8. You're eligible to know more about the energy system now that you've passed the first assessment. Will you to hear about it?" The examiner asked without a hint of impatience on his face.
Nevis felt pretty satisfied as his sensitivity to energy was better than average. He was still a young man. A human in his prime condition. As long as he consumes enough resources to improve the quality of his body, he'll be able to intensify his sensitivity to energy.
"Yes, please tell me more about it," Nevis said as he looked at the examiner sitting in his seat.
He was a bastard son of the Truemight family and it was hard for him to get his hands on any sort of information. He was royalty yet even the servants of the house bullied him. His mother died early and his father, the head of the family didn't even spare a glance toward his direction. That's the main reason why even the servants dared to bully him. But the masterminds who incited the servants to bully him were his half-siblings.
Nevis wanted to enter the military academy as it was an escape from his life, and it was also a mean of fulfilling his dreams of finding friends and becoming someone truly loved by others. Anyway, he was lacking a lot of information as the people of his family didn't let a child like him who was born out of wedlock to enter the royal library.
"You might never have heard of it, but the speed of magic power purification also depends on a person's sensitivity to energy. In the future, it will be easy for you to purify your magic power from all impurities, evolving it into mana. Mana is the evolved version of magic power. One unit of mana is equal to ten units of magic power. In a sense, you'll be able to contain 500 units of magic power in your heart," the examiner explained before he covered his mouth and yawned.
A human heart can contain 50 units of magic power. That was the limit. But once a person purifies magic power into mana, it's the same as storing 500 units of magic power in the heart. After all, a human and demi-human heart can contain 50 units of mana.
Having a greater capacity of energy means being able to use a powerful form of one's abilities and also magic techniques.
"I understand," Nevis nodded.
"You may proceed to rest in the lobby of the first floor of the tower of clouds," the examiner said as he handed over a white card to Nevis.
"Just show this card to the droids standing guard at the entrance of the cloud tower and they'll take you to the lobby."
"I got it," Nevis replied before stepping out of the booth, and he then headed towards the entrance of the cloud tower. With the help of a droid half his size, he reached the lobby where he sat on one of the many empty sofa chairs to rest. He wasn't the first one to come here as more than five peoples were already here.