The Teachings And Variations Of Magic.
"When it comes to building a strong connection with magic, the key focus on attaining it involves mana and a strong understanding of it. In order to achieve the ability to conjure up magic the individual must obtain enough mana and understanding to be able to successfully create and execute magic spells."
"In many individuals, their mana core begins to develop anywhere between their early adolescence and mid teen years. This development allows the individuals to detect mana, makes it easier to store and maintain mana for most people in their early years without any additional steps required for the beginning stages of acquiring mana."
"However, in some cases if a person cannot detect mana they may not have a mana core and will have to develop it by starting and going through the Mana Core Awakening phase themselves. However the individual will need professional assistance, as it is extremely difficult to pull off and successfully achieve. Even if professionals do try to attempt this, the individual will only be able to control a small portion of power due to their mana core being weakened."
The Mana Core Awakening Phase:
"Mana Core Awakening is the process of gathering world energy in order to build up enough to create one's mana core. Normally this process occurs automatically for most without any need for outside assistance. But for those who haven't gone through the Mana Core Awakening Phase either need to manually start the process, or are simply born without having the capabilities of possessing a mana core."
So not everyone is able to possess a mana core. That would mean there's a possibility that if I wasn't born with one, I would have to develop it with help. And since I cannot detect any mana around me I would assume that I don't yet possess a mana core.
"Flip"
"To begin the Mana Core Awakening Phase, one must start off with meditating in order to clear their consciousness and their subconscious. After this is done the individual must strongly concentrate on the atmospheric energy and the surrounding mana. This will allow the person to create and feel an energy barrier combining with the surrounding mana. If the person is successful, they will begin to experience a mana and energy flow which will begin to build up inside to form their mana core."
Hmm, it wouldn't hurt to give it a try. I push myself up off my stomach and sit upright. I hold my right arm out in front of me, with my palm facing forwards, while gripping my wrist with the other hand and focus. Alright, let's try this. Nice and steady.
I slowly close my eyes and breath deeply. I repeat this in a constant slow manner, emptying my mind to the best of my abilities. My thoughts, emotions and feelings begin to dissipate. After a while of sitting in silence I start to concentrate on both the atmospheric energy and any surrounding mana.
Nothing. No sense of energy or mana. Not even a sound. I wait patiently for anything to happen. I concentrate harder and wait.
Then it begins. I small gust of air begins to circle around me. I slowly open one eye to peak at what's happening. Many bright colourful rings spin around me, seemingly creating a barrier. I open my other eye in shock.
Around all the different colourful rings, are many orbs surrounding the corresponding rings. Green, blue, red, white, black. All glowing so brightly. Then it all hits me at once. Every orb, flowing straight through me as the rings continue to spin faster and faster around me. They glow brighter and brighter, stronger and stronger. Sensational energy surges through me powerful as it combines with the mana.
W-woah. This feels, so strange.
After a while I begin to feel a palpable sensation deep within me. As the combined energy and mana builds inside my body, my mana core is slowly being created. I feel it growing stronger and more powerful each second as more and more energy mixes with the mana inside me.
As my mana core is near completion, my breath becomes heavier. When my mana core reaches completion the rings around me all disperse forcibly with enough strength that it rocks the entire library. Books drop to the ground, tables and bookshelves rock back and forth. Then, silence.
"H-h-haaa, h-h-haaa, h-haaa, haaa…" My heart pounds as I breathe heavily. That…was intense. I start breathing deeply to try and stabilise my shaky breath.
Rapid footsteps approaching the library catch my attention and I look towards the door. It slams open and my father enters with a few maids behind him.
"W-what the hell?!" He then spots me on the ground with my hand frozen in place in front of me. "Damian?! Are you alright?! What are you doing here, you're supposed to be in…" My father stops once he notices the open book next to me. He slowly walks towards me and crouches down, picking the book up and inspecting it. "No way." he looks at me in shock. "Did you, do this on your own?!"
I slowly nod my head. He looks back at the maids, which all have the same shocked expression. Then my mother comes rushing in.
"Lawrence, what's going on?!" She then looks at me. "Damian? W-what? Why is he here and what what happened?" She worriedly says as she approaches us. My father shows her the book and she grabs it confused.
"He did that Evelyn. He…did that, on his own. Damian actually did the Mana Core Awakening." My father blurts out in shock.
"H-how is that even possible? There's no way. Nobody has successfully done that in years. H-how…did a baby, our son, do this?" The both slowly look at me. Was it really that difficult that no one could pull it off? Did I mess up by doing that?
I look back at them, unsure of what to do. If this is what happens when I've only read a small portion of the book, what the hell can I achieve once I fully finish reading it?