"So before you ask something useless let me just say, don't try to judge or understand this new world from your understanding of the previous one. Although many things are similar and your knowledge will be certainly useful but still...you get the gist right. The elemental plane as the name suggests is an amalgamation and interaction of the various elements of nature and here you will bear with some affinities and talent and some gifts if I deemed you deserving". the old man said authoritatively.
"Just moments ago you told me my body is perfectly fine on Earth so where does this talk of being born coming old man" Axel panicked.
"Don't sweat the small stuff I just said that to avoid all the drama. And what's with all this cowardice if you behave like this forget about the gifts".
'what the hell is wrong with this geezer, he is playing with me' Axel thought. "Ok so kindly carry on, " Axel said politely.
"Now that's the spirit. So as you have chosen the School of cognition I will give you a choice either be born with all your memories or choose a weapon or element affinity that will make it easier for you to comprehend and use the element or weapon of your choice, for example, if you choose the light element or daggers(schools offered are in line with talents already existing) with your already existing affinity you will be a genius the said field " old man explained.
"Is there an element of darkness?" Axel asked. Although mature Axel's personality is full of curiosity and a sense of adventure and freedom and having read a lot of fantasy novels he had some expectations.
"Nope, darkness is the absence of light not an element in itself, although there are other things that are similar to what you are thinking, I am not gonna divulge that information,o, n," the old man said cautiously, afraid Axel might catch onto something.
'Things aren't that simple, he is Cleary hiding things and he is someone with some motives otherwise why so much attention Axel thought but didn't show it on his face. "I would like to keep my memories intact " Axel answered.
"Hmm.. are you sure" the old man asked.
"Yeah" Axel answered 'Although I have no idea what is going on and I am not in control of anything still my memories will be helpful ' 'Shit man I don't even who this fu***r is and how safe is the world he is talking about. Do I have no other choice' many thoughts were going on in Axel's head but he kept his poker face.
"Ok then, I will give you a gift a sort of system screen that will try to quantify and simplify the things that you experience but don't be overly reliant on it, most of the things are not easy to be quantified, things like levels and sort are utter bullshit" Old man said. "Oh yeah, one important thing that I almost forgot is to choose your element very carefully from the time you first use an element that element will fuse with your soul and most people only comment your case might be different you should choose light as the element you have the design choose one more ... hmm it will be interesting to see a dual Elementalist huh".
"What are these elements that you keep talking of I get it on the surface but still shouldn't you explain a bit more and is dual Elementalist rare from the novels that I read it should be common for people to use various elements isn't that the case, " Axel asked as he sighed, he felt this old man wasn't reliable at all, doing things on whim.