ETHAN ASHER P.O.V:
This man, he is really strong.
"I...can't move!!"
He trapped me with his earth magic, and I couldn't use my mana to fight back.
I managed to get my hands through the cage's bars, but he made me sink in the mana of the mud cage. He abruptly began to walk slowly towards me.
If this is father's teacher, then was father going easy on me all these time? I suppose I should have known better. Ahh.
I was watching what that man would do next, wondering what I should do to counter him. But I'm not sure why this man is walking so calmly towards me. He even sighed slightly. Am I that disappointing for my age?
"Don't bother kid! What ever you do, you can't pull your body from that cage's pit!"
"Haaa...There..are infinite possibilities! I can't say anything...without trying first....ahhh!"
"You are certainly matured and wise for someone of your age. I will give ya that. But, you stil lack in aspects that don't even know. My only guess is, you don't see mana and magic as some kind of powers rather, you see them as some kinds of experiments!"
Well, he has a point, because I really don't know anything about magic other than I have read about with Mother and Father.
"Erm! Kid, are you willing to admit defeat?"
I'm not sure if he's asking for real. And, well, I'm not in the mood to give up so easily. What am I supposed to do?!
"So you don't huh?" he asked me as he finally stopped in front of the cage.
I geustured no with my head, with my teeth grinding.
The man turned to my father and asked, "Aya...Edwin, I will take him! is that okay with you?"
I'm not sure what that was all about, so I just kept watching and thinking about my counter.
My father smiled at me and nodded to the man, assuring him of something.
Is this some sort of prank? What are they talking about?
As the man turned again facing me, he asked a single question that I am aiming for. He asked, "Kid, Do you wanna become strong?"
It was a simple question, yet it meant so much to me in so many ways. It is not my destiny to want to become strong; it is simply my desire to protect those I hold and will hold dear in this life.
I looked at him with all my desire, and yelled my soul out.
"YEsss!!!!!"
As I responded, the man laughed. "Well, kid. It seems our journey has begun. Sweet dreams now!" he said.
Sweet dreams? "U, uaahhh!!" What the hell....hm
The man reinforced mana in his hands and swung towards my neck. causing me to lose consciousness
As I feel the strike on my neck, my consciousness fades into darkness.