Wallace woke up the following morning to the sight of a man and a woman in black suits sitting beside the chair on his bed. He stretched his body as he felt the pain from the other day has disappeared, he is only feeling numbness in his body.
"Who are you" he asked as he frowned.
"Shh," the woman put her finger on her mouth as she looked at Wallace while smiling.
"Eat first and talk later," She said as the nurse who had attended to him the previous day came with a tray of food. The dishes are just like the one from the previous day. She took a spoonful of each of the food before giving it to him.
"You are quite distrustful for your age," The lady said.
"If it's you that spent your days being a terrorist organization, you will be distrustful" He answered in his mind as he dug into the food. The room was silent till he finished his food.
"We're from the mage association" She answered as she flashed out an ID card before giving it to him. He looked at her strangely,
"Hmm we are responsible for taking people that are not normal or mage into our custody," She said,
"From your information, even though you don't have a mage root yet, your body has a strange energy and your skeleton is different from ordinary people giving you the strength of a peak human being," She said.
"Hmm, what do you want with me then" He asked.
"We are here to proceed with you registering for the mage organization then will help you awaken your mage root if you have one," She told him.
"Looks like I don't have any choice but to join you people then" he answered.
"Yes, we are the ones that keep people that are not normal on the bay and also provide them resources for them to grow. Most importantly, they will be introduced to the supernatural world" She told him.
"Since I have to join you people, how are we to proceed with this matter? And you should know about where I come from" He answered.
"There's no problem about us, we won't use you as a test instrument. It will be in your own volition if you want to contribute to the association to be promoted" She answered surprised at his maturity.
"What next" he asked.
"Let's go to the association building in the city," She said, and minutes later, after processing his discharge procedure, they walked out of the hospital.
This is the first time he is seeing the outside world apart from the lab and the hospital. They are stony roads that are just like the old earth and the buildings are four stories at most with the majority of them being three stories and they are connected by alleys in various parts and shops. People just go on about their business.
He observed the outside world as the car drove through the town. The men were wearing mostly pants and shirts made from silk while most of the ladies were wearing gowns and skirts.
Within ten minutes, the car arrived in the sparsely populated area of the city and arrived in front of a black large gate. The gate was opened and he saw a four-storey building inside. The car pulled up in front of the four-storey building, there were also cars around and people outside but they were sparse.
"This is the main mage association building of the city," the lady told him as they got out of the car and walked into the building.
They entered the building and the ground floor was like a large hall with people walking around. There are various boards with receptionist desks scattered around the place. There are people in two and three in various reception tabless but the people in the hall are not up to fifty.
"These people here are mages, this is the registration ground. This is where mages register to get their identity and also where missions are taken from the board" The lady said. The mages saw her and the man escorting her and they bowed to her. She holds a high position in the organization. They walked into the second floor, the second floor was full of offices. She soon arrived in front of a door where a middle-aged man was waiting. The man bowed when he saw her.
"Welcome milady," The man said.
"Has it been prepared?" She asked.
"Yes sir," The man told her. The three entered the room that looked like a hospital room. There is a bed in the middle of the room that looks like it is glittering.
"We want to awaken your mage root, you just have to lay on the bed," She said. He was full of doubt as he reluctantly walked towards the bed,
"There's nothing to worry about," She said as she smiled at him which reminded him of the smile of a particular lady back on Earth. His foster mother.
"Does she know about the plan of me being killed?" he thought as he lay on the bed and closed his eyes. He felt a soothing energy enter his body and his tense body relaxed. The middle-aged man took his hand as he started to inject his energy into his body.
For the first minute, nothing happened. This is the main process of awakening a mage root. A light elemental mage will inject his light elemental mana into the awakener body and within some seconds, the mage root of the person will be stimulated and awakened. The shorter the duration of the awakening, the less talented the image will be. He continued injecting his mana and five minutes soon passed, the lady furrowed her brow while the middle-aged man also furrowed his brow.
While the longer the duration, the more talented the mage will be but anything longer than three minutes means two options, either the awakener is super talented or he does not have any mage root and the mana will later be discharged. If a person does not have mage root by the age of ten then he is not destined to become a mage because ten years is the optimal age for the full blooming of the mage root.
Ten minutes passed and just when they lost hope, Wallace's body shone with a golden-red splendor and
"Bang Bang" a Firecracker-like explosion sounded from his body. His body shook violently. The man and the lady's eyes widened as they looked excited. After ten minutes, Wallace's mage root was finally activated which shows one thing, heaven-defying talent. The fire cracker-like explosion stopped after a minute and ninety-nine golden red spots that were circulating were shown around his body with a complicated golden red vein-like pattern running through his body in a complex way like they were crisscrossing and they later led to something in his abdomen region.
"Ninety-nine meridians" Their eyes widened. The golden red light receded leaving a faint golden red mark on his forehead. Wallace opened his eyes after some seconds. His world changed as he could see blue swirling energy through his head but it subsided and the mark on his head faded. He felt very comfortable before he opened his eyes as he looked at the two surprised faces in his view. He looked around as something like another sense of his has enveloped the building and a construct of the whole building has appeared in his mind. He could not help but frown as he felt a headache due to the information streaming into his brain but the ability was deactivated.
"Very good," the lady said after some time as she nodded her head vigorously.
"Boy you are good," The lady said while the man also smiled at him after some time. Bring the mana crystal, she said. A blue crystal was soon placed in front of him.
"Place your hands on it, She told him with a smile. He placed his hands on it.
"One hundred percent purity" Their eyes widened as they looked at him as if looking at a monster.
"Ahh, ahh" The lady laughed boisterously after some time.
"The Mage Academy will receive a pleasant surprise in six months," She said.
"Bring the elemental crystal," She said.
"Place your hands on it" He was instructed, he placed his hands on it and the crystal soon shone with four colors, blue color, silvery color, golden color,, and violet color". "A quad-elemental controller with affinity for lightening, water, wood and a rare mental ability" The man voice was a little bit higher when he finished talking with excitement evident in his face.
**Mission complete: Mage root awakened. The life palace mage root. Lightening, water, wood, space, time, and dream ability awakened.
The man only read four elements while he was being told by the system that he had awakened six elements. The two looked at him excitedly and they could not talk for some minutes because of the excitement coursing through their veins.
"Humanity has finally produced another talented mage" The lady exclaimed