"what the fuck is that!"
"how did you do that?!?" I shouted at her.
Mordecai and Agatha seemed confused and exchanged looks at each other.
"uhh what do you mean by 'that' ?" Mordecai asked perplexed.
"how did his face suddenly return to how it used to be??"
"not even a minute has passed!?" I couldn't fathom how such a thing would happen.
"is- is that magic?" I tried to calm down and ask a reasonable question.
"well you could say that but technically it isn't." Mordecai tried to explain politely.
"what? then w- what is it?" I couldn't hide the voice crack in my demented words.
"it is called Ru." Agatha replied calmly.
"Ru?" I asked rather curious than bewildered.
"Firstly I would like to ask you a question." Agatha said while looking at Andre not me.
"uhh sure...sure go ahead." I tried to keep my composure as much as possible even though I could clearly see her tending to Andre's wounds and healing them magically using "Ru".
"where are you two from?" she looked me in the eyes and queried.
"Arn--uhh I am sorry I meant Protista, yeah Protista eastern side."
the effect of confusion seemed to cause me more harm than good.
my tongue nearly slipped.
"just as I guessed, ok that explains why you are in such a disoriented state, you can sit down and I will explain to you in detail." she seemed to understand something I know nothing about.
I just complied and sat down on the armchair that Mordecai sat on before I caused this useless disturbance.
"oh uh... sorry" my body recoiled and I attempted to go back to my armchair when her voice stopped me.
"no please sit there." I looked at Mordecai as if I was asking for confirmation.
he nodded and I went back to the seat.
"Mordecai will you please bring us a teapot and three cups?" Agatha asked Mordecai.
"right on it!" he instantly went to the open kitchen on the other side of the room.
"Anyways before I answer anything I have one more question to ask."
"oh of course, *Ahem* ask anything." I tried to get what I am witnessing in front of me right now out of my mind and concentrate on not messing up anything.
"what is your relationship with this child."
"as I told Mordecai before, he is my younger brother."
" how could he be your brother his hair is as black as midnight and yours is so blonde that it shines." she said sarcastically.
" well you have a point...I knew someone would notice sooner or later..." I tried to slow down my words and sound a bit melancholic.
" he is in fact not my real brother, I found him when I was 15 back at Protista." I confessed.
"he was just a baby at that time and I wondered how he ended up alive in the middle of his ruined city."
"his- his mother and father were already dead, crushed under their own house's weight."
I could see the look in Agatha's eyes.
it was a look of pity and sadness, it was clear that she totally bought my story.
"he even had a sister and she shouldered the impact of one of the walls on her back in order to save him." I began having crocodile tears.
"I- I just couldn't leave that child there...I mean such...such..such a scene was too great for me that I vomited on the spot"
I moved my hand to cover my mouth and made my stomach lurch a little, trying to retch.
it must've seemed as if I was going to vomit right here to Agatha as she told Mordecai to bring some water and a bowl as fast as he could.
"no, no there is *ahem* there is no need."
"it is just that that memory was too graphic for me."
"are you sure you're fine?"Agatha asked anxiously.
"yeah..yeah no problem let's just continue with what we were talking about"
"ok then, what do you want to know exactly?" she inquired.
"so what is Ru."
"Ru is a power that all beings are born with."
"all beings?" I asked curiously.
"Yes, all beings albeit with varying degrees of Ru intensity. some beings are born with an amount that is near zero- but never zero- that they suffocate from the weight of the atmospheric Ru."she started explaining.
atmospheric Ru? what is that?.
"from the puzzled look on your face I can presume that you don't know what atmospheric Ru is, right?"
"...yes."
"Ru exists in all shapes and patterns it can be gaseous, liquid, solid and it can even exist in a fiery state."
"so what differs between other materials and Ru?." I asked curiously.
"they are other materials and it is Ru. you can control Ru and you can't control other materials and elements."
"you are healing Andre instantly...how?"
"Ru is magnificent, Ru is marvellous, Ru is magical."
"what?"
" that was a mnemonic that I was taught as a student by my Ru teacher it is quite popular here in Arnshwald, you see each word that starts with M explains what Ru is and what it can do."
"how so?"I queried
"Ru is magnificent:
Ru it can exist in different shapes and patterns and it exists everywhere."
"Ru is marvellous:
Ru helps us humans in different ways and we don't understand most of them but we can use them like it can turn into flames and if imbued into someone's body it can heal him from all injuries."
"Ru is magical:
Ru is beyond our human understanding and has many many many secrets that we are yet to know and that is the magic in it."
"you really seem eager to talk about it." I commented.
"well of course who wouldn't." Mordecai replied in his sister's stead.
he placed a tray down on the wooden table in front of me.
there was a teapot that emanated steam which in turn permeated throughout the air with such sweet fragrance.
Mordecai held the teapot and poured tea in the three cups that were laid on the tray.
"sugar?" he asked me.
"uhh *ahem* three teaspoons, please." I said a random number.
I never tasted tea nor sugar before how would I know!
he put three teaspoons of sugar in my cup and handed it to me in a saucer.
two teaspoons in Agatha's cup and three in his and after that he sat down.
he took a sip of tea and started.
"Ru is basically magic that can be studied scientifically. I have Ru and you too have Ru."
"me too?"
"yes you too, but I guess you never tried to use it if you were born in Protista."
"there because of their war with that wretched Dodeca kingdom a lot of Protistans were born without adequate education and without awakening their Ru potential." Mordecai explained.
"Ru potential is the amount of Ru you can gather in your Ru center, it doesn't change with age and it never will."
"why would it never do?" I asked
"well you would need to try Ru for yourself in order to understand that."
"anyways why aren't you drinking your tea, Mordecai is an expert at such things."
"oh my bad."
I quickly sipped a little tea.
it was...
it was magnificent!
the tea filled my mouth and its warmth violated my tongue.
and as it went down to my stomach it made sure to bring me a cacophony of pleasure.
and just as it landed in my stomach I felt a feeling I never felt before.
I felt as if I was standing my whole life and I just sat down.
No, it was more like " i feel as if my mind was clear and just now it became even clearer."
"this is magnificent!." I exclaimed.
"I am glad you like it." Mordecai laughed and Agatha chuckled.
"anyways I guess you can't see Ru right now and to see Ru you need to have your Ru center ignited."
"ignited?"
"yes, ignited by driving a specific amount of Ru into your driving at once, your body will be able to sense Ru and your center will be made."
" alternatively you can just stay in a Ru dense area for some time and you will naturally be able to sense it."
"how much Ru does an area need to have to be considered dense." I asked.
"at most 0.5 percent of the air must be Ru 1 percent means immediate death."
"why are there so many restrictions?"I asked while taking a sip of this marvellous liquid.
"I mean you can only have a specific amount of Ru under your control from birth and you can only survive in a specific amount."
"why is that all one can do?" I queried.
"that is just how the world works." Agatha replied.
"who said that?"I asked.
"everyone knows that you are just new and don't know many things, and if you're asking about who taught me all this then it is my father." Agatha replied.
"our father was a genius Ru mage who had the healing ability since birth and at an exaggerated rate he was able to use 38 uor in a single healing movement."
"uor?"
"oh sorry for not clarifying 'uor' is a unit of measurement used for knowing the amount of Ru used or stored."
"what is one uor equivalent to?"
"it nearly equals this amount"
he put his cup on the wooden table and opened his hands. and suddenly water coalesced from thin air and filled both of his hands.
he then poured the water into the now empty teapot and the water filled it to the brim.
"as you can see this is one uor."
"just this?"
"well that is equal to half a kilo of water so it isn't that little."
"I can output at maximum 15 uors while Agatha can do 25 which is above average by 12 uors."
"amazing." I complimented her.
"oh thank you" she smiled at me.
"anyways since we three finished our cups..."
wait what I finished my cup?
I looked down at my teacup and found that I had emptied it.
it seems that I enjoyed it so much that I didn't even notice that I finished it.
"...we can now go somewhere where you, Mr Samuel, would be able to ignite your Ru potential."
"what about Andre?"
"oh don't worry with his injuries healed he has around half a day until he wakes up."
"hmm ok then you lead the way madam."
"I am not a madam Mr Samuel."
"what? but somebody told me you were."
"it is just a rumour but I am still not married."
"oh sorry then miss Agatha you lead the way."
I looked at her as she wore a coat over her blue dress and wondered how can a woman in her thirties not be married.
"she is not that old you know, it just a backlash of using too much Ru."Mordecai read my thoughts.
"she is 25 and I am 19." he whispered
I nodded in understanding.
"anyways come on we are going to go now."
I stood up and tidied my clothes and got ready.
Agatha sterling was in a blue dress underneath a black coat and she tied her black hair in a bun and wore a bucket hat.
Mordecai came from behind and went to stand beside his sister.
he wore a navy blue cloth shirt and a pair of black trouser.
all I wore was muddy and dirty and crispy as it only now dried up from the rainwater.
"*ahem* can you lead me where I can change my clothes?" I coughed.
"oh of course follow me" Mordecai offered.
I went after him to change my clothes.