I walked to the King's Chamber again. I knocked on the door before I entered.
I then heard the King say "Come in". I walked in and I saw the King using the Magic Recogniser on Noah.
Then the King said "You have combination magic- Distortion. That's very good magic. I am sure you will find lots of good use for it."
When we were about to leave we saw Lily walking into the King's Chamber. We waited to see what her magic was as we saw the same process.
After checking the Magic Recogniser, the King said "You have Wind Magic. And it looks like it will be a strong one."
Lily then asked, "What are your magic, Mr Axel and Noah?".
I said, "I have the magic Manipulation." Noah then said, "I have the magic Distortion."
Lily then ranted and said "Why do they have such cool magic? I am the only one who has basic elemental magic."
We all had a deadpan expression as I thought we didn't even have magic before. And now she is angry that she has basic magic.
I sighed and said "Maybe because both of us have complex personalities but you have a simple one. You are an airhead."
She had an embarrassed look on her face as I said she is an airhead.
The King then said "Practice and try to use your magic well. In 6 months you all are going to do your first mission."
I asked him "Why six months? Is it the average time someone can do magic?"
The King said "That is correct. Now I have some things to attend to."
We all then left the room to train our magic as told by the book he gave us.
I took the second chapter of the book and read it. It said you should train your mind to have huge mana pools.
It also said that you should try to pick up objects using your mana. First, we have to try using small objects like safety pins, erasers, pencils, books and things like that. After that, we will try to use big objects like tyres, chairs, tables, etc.
As the day was ending I ate my dinner and planned out my new schedule in my head.
The next day I woke up and then I meditated for half an hour. Then I did my morning routine and had my breakfast.
As I also want to develop chi. I did physical exercises like push-ups, squats, pull-ups, etc for 2 hours. Then I ate my lunch. Only after that, I started doing the mana control exercise.
I started using my mana to coat the safety pin and slowly tried to lift it in the air. I tried for 5 minutes. After that I got it. Then I tried to coat the object faster. That was very difficult as it took almost 2 and a half hours. Then I tried to coat the pin without touching it. It rained the whole evening till I ate dinner. Even after that, I didn't get it.
The next day I did the same thing. I did the same mana control exercise. I coat the pin and lifted it effortlessly. Then I tried the same thing without touching it. It did not work even after doing it for hours, it didn't work. I tried this for 8 days. After the 8th day, I could move the pin slightly.
I wanted to murder this pin. After trying for 10 days I could only move it slightly.
I then took a deep breath and calmed down. Think, use your brain Axel. Think of a different way of doing this.
Suddenly it clicked. I was using the mana to spread a net-like trying to catch fish but the net was full of holes. Since my mana's strength was not that great I could not lift it.
But what if I used a spear to catch the fish? What if I used a thin line of mana to lift the object? Maybe that will work.
I then tried to form a line of mana. I didn't get it on the first try. I tried for 20 minutes and I got it. Then I tried to connect the mana line to the pin. Fortunately, the line connected to the pin on the first try. I then tried to lift it but it could only wobble in the air. But that is at least better than before. I reminded myself of that.
I then tried this trick for 2 days then I finished the first mana control exercise.
It took me 12 days to complete it. No wonder the King gave us this much time.
Then I took a break and checked up on Noah and Lily.
Noah's situation was just like mine but he thought of this trick a day before me.
Lily's. Well, she kind of cheated. As she had a Wind Magic she used the wind to amplify her mana and finished the first three exercises. She had an arrogant expression that said bow down to me but I knew she didn't mean it as I could also see her trying to stop laughing as she saw our deadpan expression.
The next exercise was the same as before except trying to lift an eraser. This took me 3 days to do. Then it was pencil and like that, it went on till I finished the last exercise which was to lift myself using mana. It took me 2 and a half months to do all the exercises. To do the last exercise it took me a month as it is hard to control mana while floating in the air. Then it took me half a month to move while floating in the air.
For Noah, it took 2 months and 7 days and for Lily, it took a month and 3 days to do all the exercises.
I guess kids have an easier time controlling mana.
Then I tried to develop my techniques but it was hard as I have not thought of anything.
I took a week's break as I was tired of doing the same type of thing for 2 and a half months. I met with Iris and talked to her. She said that the Undead King escaped to another country. She also said that the government decided to destroy the states using bombs as nukes may have a disastrous effect on the state. It makes the people living in the state have deformities like the people living in Hiroshima.
After learning about this I started to write down my ideas about new techniques in my book.