*Next day in the realm of the elements*.
Thomas had a great time with Aunt and Uncle Millers. The moment they teleported into the café, all eyes were on them. Thomas was proud of his powers and wanted to show off as much of them as possible. After a few hours with the Millers, he came home and talked to Samantha until he fell asleep.
Thomas woke up late. He had to rush to the town hall as soon as possible to train with Grey. Thomas thought that maybe the training with Gray was no longer necessary, so instead of sleeping relaxed that night and played computer games. But then, in the morning, he realized that even without training, he had to meet him to get his mage/mutant badge. Besides, Thomas wanted to surprise Grey with his mutation. He wondered what his face would look like when he found out that a mutation as powerful as his could still use magic.
The moment he entered the hall, he was met by Samantha. She already knew from their conversation that he was mutated, but seeing is believing. She stared at him with admiring eyes. Thomas grinned and decided to surprise her even more by creating a blue fireball in his palm.
She could no longer believe her own eyes. She touched Thomas's ears, thinking Thomas was role-playing or something. But to her surprise, his ears were real.
Thomas blushed, "You know, I have a dick too. Do you want to touch it?"
"Really? I can?!?" She was extremely excited. Thomas was a good-looking man even before his mutation. But now he looked cute as hell. She touched his cock for a full minute until Thomas told her to stop.
Then they went into the empty hall where Grey was already waiting for them. He had prepared some books about energy control and the elements.
Grey began to collect water energy from the air. Then he gathered this energy in his palm and created a water ball. "I may not be able to show you too many types of spells, but I can show you a few elements of water and darkness and the basics of energy control. Water and darkness are two types I can use."
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Thomas watched, realizing that he could not learn the spell immediately due to the system update. But that was fine, and he could still understand it manually. First, he gathered water energy and created a large ball of water.
Grey saw that Thomas was not copying his actions exactly. Instead of gathering energy from the air like Grey, Thomas used it from his own body. Grey was a little envious. Unlike Thomas, who had an unimaginable amount of energy at his disposal, Grey's mana was limited. But even so, it would be useful for Thomas to learn how to control natural mana. People could only use some spells if the energy came from nature. One of those types of spells was 'search' magic.
"Thomas, can you try absorbing energy from the air instead?"
Thomas nodded and tried. But it was more difficult than he thought. But his immense strength clouded his sense of the tiny energy in the air. But he kept trying. Grey watched and understood what the problem was.
"I thought to myself that this might be the case. First, you must reduce your magic as much as possible. To do this, try to make it as transparent as possible. Of course, it will not disappear, but it will sharpen your senses to the natural energies," Grey instructed him.
Thomas did as he was told and began to sense a small amount of magic in the air. He tried to observe it, but his body was like a black hole. The moment the energy entered his body, it disappeared and merged with his body.
Even Grey was shocked. He could not realize how powerful Thomas' body was after his mutation. Then they both decided to focus on the magic he could use with his energies.
*A few hours earlier, in the castle of the royal capital of the Elemental Kingdom.
The Elemental King walked through the garden of the castle. He was waiting for the report from the Adventurers' Guild. Yesterday the King learned of the existence of a new kind of mutant who was ranked S not only in energies but also an S rank talent to use them. If his advisor had not told him this, he would never believe it, but this man has never kept a secret from him or lied. He prided himself on the loyalty his subordinates showed him, and that loyalty was always rewarded with gold, spell books, and skill books. Normally, people work for the royal house who greedy people can bribe, or at least some of the subordinates are corrupted. However, because of the generosity of the Elemental King, a bribe would be a great loss to them. Not only could they be caught and imprisoned, but even if they did not, they would be guaranteed to lose their position in the castle.
The King decided to rest and sat down on the bench. He stared at the beautiful crystal flowers that grew in his garden. The elemental kingdom did not normally produce these flowers in the gardens as it was almost impossible to pick them. These flowers were as sharp as a sword. At that moment, his vision was blocked by a shadowy, cloaked figure. The person in front of him knelt and bowed his head.
King stared at him with a poker face and commanded, "Speak."
"Your Majesty. The information about the new species of mutants is indeed true. A person said that both the adventurers and the capital's town hall had admitted it," a person said. It was a young woman with pure black eyes, and she was a shadow and darkness mage that was perfect, both as an assassin and a spy.
King just smiled. Then he nodded. "Then that is indeed good news. I suppose I should invite that person to the castle. A man like him would be the perfect candidate as a husband for my daughter!
An Assassin listened to the King and immediately told him.
"Your Majesty, the man's name is Thomas Walker. I have checked his background. Coming from a simple family and has two siblings, the twins Arthur and Monica. Arthur has average B-rank energy and an even worse talent for spells. On the other hand, the girl has S-rank talent and B-rank energies of four types.
Also, I am sorry for being so bold. I do not think a person like Thomas is right for Princess Margarita.
The King frowned. It rarely happens that his opinion is rejected by one of the subordinates. And when it does happen, it is always for a good reason. That is why he has decided to demand an explanation." And why is that? Because he has a common background? Jessy, of all people, you should know that it is not backgrounded that is important to the kingdom. It's the power. Power and knowledge. Or would you rather one of the other kings make a move and use one of their daughters to seduce Thomas?"
"That's not the point, my liege." Jessy realized her presumption. But she still could not agree that her mistress Margarita should be married to such a man, so she persisted. "The man called Thomas was not awakened. That is why he was abused for five years. He has mental problems and has already tried to kill himself. I looked at the hospital records, and they noted that Thomas had started to mutate, but they were not sure if the mutation was complete or if it just ended halfway, so they did not warn the parents. Doctors also noted that while Thomas does not suffer from depression, he has a personality disorder and anger problems. He was locked away three times at the hospital for beating up patients who called him worthless or powerless. He also beat up his own family shortly after he left the hospital. Except for his sister. They were all hospitalized."
Jessy continued to stare at the King's feet and told him, "Because of the abuse he experienced earlier and his power now, he is a walking time bomb. He should be forbidden to learn magic, and those who want to teach him should be punished. For to teach such a person is to raise an S-rank monster!"
This situation lost the king in his thoughts. What Jenny was telling him made sense. However, there was a problem with this solution. "Jenny, you just said he had an S-level talent. Or am I wrong?"
"You are exactly right, my liege," Jenny admitted.
"Jenny, I took you out of the orphanage even before mana awakened you. And I took a lot of time to educate you. Tell me why I have concentrated so much on your education?"