The surroundings were dark and silent, Only a humming sound could be heard, The humming sound only grew louder and louder, Like the humming of a high voltage electrical current passing through a small conducter, but suddenly with a flash of light a wide space showed up, It was glowing with a white light of low intensity, but the space as whole was empty.
'Finally! I sensed my magicas sea, I've been trying to do it for 6 hours now, I haven't even eaten anything besides breakfast', He was sitting cross-legged inside an old looking room, The walls were moist, The door couldn't be shut completely so the wind was able to seep through the gabs, and the window was narrow and from of it one can see the moon hanging in the sky, 'It's already past midnight, I better go to sleep, tomorrow shall be another day of hardwork', Antara thought of that with a grinning face, He was realist, He knew with his average luck, Good results only came after hardwork and time, Persistence mattered the most, Even if you were born talented, It was of no use if you didn't have a strong character and a persistent spirit,
Antara laid on the flat mattress with his head on the pillow that was hard as a brick, The wind could be felt from the gaps of the door, Stinging with cold, Looking out the narrow window towards the moon, He muttered:
"you do not need a bed of down
to give you sleep at night,
A counter pane of pink and brown
and pillow soft and white,
You do not need a pretty room
all dressed in dainty blue,
Where soundest slumber health may come
With pleasant dreams, to you."
The next day came and Antara woke at 6 am, Now that he is an academy student he no longer had an assigned breakfast every morning but instead had an allowance of 10 copper coins each week, The mystical arts lessons were held every 3 days and in between students received physical training and martial arts, The instructor was a middle-aged man with a muscular broad body and a tanned skin, He was currently screaming at the kids urging them to run labs around the yard inside the academy, Antara was looking forward for this, As he is a reborn man in his past life he served in the military, Accomplishing great feats and using wars to climb the social ladder towards the top,
'Once the physical spars begin, I would begin to show a part of my abilities to attract the attention of the higherups, A young rising talent with no backer nor family, Some elder would surely like to recruit me, I would then be under the system no longer free but at least I would get more resources, In a world where people can summon weapons out of thin air there surely are way more powerful abilities, And I'm burning with excitement to acquire them', Antara said that smiling to himself, but then he started coughing, Exercising for this long, It was a huge burden on a 12 years old kid, Especially a malnourished child.
Once the morning exercise finished the kids scattered, Those who had a family went to see them as for the orphans some gathered in circles, Others stayed by themselves, "Hey Antara, We're going with big brother Qais to get breakfast, Want to come along"
-"No thanks brother Jalal, I'm not really hungry, but thank big brother Qais for the invite"
-"Alright Antara, but beware, Us Average Grade Aptitude need to stick together and find a backer, Since big brother Qais turned out to be a Good Grade Aptitude he would surely be recruited by an elder, by then his faction which are us would soar with him!"
-"Thank you brother Jalal, I'll keep that in mind, goodbye!'
'Tsk Naïve, After all they're still kids and still don't understand, Yes surely Qais will be recruited by an elder, but after that you'll either eat his breadcrumbs or even be forgotten about completely, For me I want the whole loaf for me, NO SHARING!'
Antara went back to his shack, He was intending to go eat breakfast but now that he refused the invitation, He went back to his shack and delayed breakfast to lunch, Instead now he was going to practice using his Spirit Vision to improve his sense towards his Magicas Sea. By the end of the practicing session he can now immediately sense his Magicas Sea as soon as he concentrates on his abdomen, No longer needing the guide of the humming sound, he opened his eyes after feeling his stomach aching, He hasn't had any food beside yesterday's breakfast and now looking out the window, It already is in the afternoon, So he went on a stroll around the town to find something nutritious, He found after a while a food vendor, Selling white rice, After having a bowl Antara was thinking about his future plans, 'After being reborn, I didn't want to work hard, instead I wanted to live peacefully, Enjoying life slowly, Maybe have a family, But after witnessing the power of the mystical arts I want something bigger now, My consciousness is urging me for something bigger, The desire to climb the world and get to the top, Damn it! After witnessing the Razor Edge Sword Emblem my curiosity grew, To witness the heights of this world, If a rank three mystical artist can do that, then what can a rank six mystical artist do? and why only six? The world can't restrict me!, That 'Them' individual can't as well! I will reach the heights of this world! AND EVEN BEYOND'