" so what am I - um how do I absorb mana" I asked Calestia,instead of giving the answer he yawned and continued sleeping, is he really not gonna help me and surely there's more to life than sleeping. I sighed " I guess it's another thing I have to figure out by myself".
I pealed myself from bed at it's warmest hour and sat on the floor , the obvious thing to do would be to clear my mind and concentrate. I closed my eyes and took deep breaths to calm My mind and body , focused on feeling the energy around me. It didn't take that long for me to see a yellow energy approuching and surrounding me. There was nothing to command or stress about , the process happened naturally it was like I was breathing it in but not quite. I could feel it, it felt warm with a tingling sensation, there was so much of it entering me. I stopped when I felt that my body had reached its limit for today. I could definitely say I felt different, like a bridge was created between me and my magic...if that makes sense? But should I put it to test? Of course I should !
Yesterday's empty cup was still here I never returned it to the kitchen. I held it in my hand wanting to test something I noticed yesterday. I placedy other hand over the cup and imagined that water was being poured into it , I gasped when water materialized underneath my hand pouring into the cup. Blue and clear in colour , for a duration of 10 seconds I stood there staring at it . This is amazing , when a person who has moonra performs a water spell water will materialize or appear out of thin air. I was able to do that without any spell but back at the lake I controlled the water in the lake.
I don't like this , this magic of mine is very mysterious meaning I won't have it easy. Not only will I have to train and get stronger I also have to stress on trying to figuring it out. Still it's no use complaining atleast I'm now level 0 also called the bridge. Zoe and Arya are both in level 1 , I'm curious about grandma's level especially Calestia who I have asked and he answered by saying " kid all you need to know is I'm superior than all ".
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" How much did you make from those low mana stones of yours " asked grandma , " well grandma we were able to make 140 and after splitting it up we each got 70 silver coins. Unlike Zoe who bought herself unhealthy food and spicy garbage I bought myself a diamond necklace " said Arya , I was amazed that a diamond necklace could be bought with the price of 70 silver coins it's probably fake. " That's so dumb , it's not like you're going to wear it on top of your moonra " said Zoe and I watched as Arya's face slowly showed realisation and that made Zoe laugh at her. " Didn't I tell you to either save or spend it wisely? " Asked grandma and it was weird seeing their interaction, back at home we never had this kind of atmosphere. When having breakfast or dinner it would be just eating then going different directions afterwards. I need to stop thinking about all that and focus on what's infront of me.
After finishing our breakfast , Zoe and Arya went hunting , grandma started knitting and I was standing outside infront of me there were two buckets. One was filled with water and one was empty. Right now it's time I got serious, I held out both my hands and imagined water filling the bucket. Slowly the bucket started filling up with water but I only ended up filling it half. I'm not done , with my mind I made the water rise and tried to change its shape to a ball but halfway there my hands gave out making the water fall on the ground. I still have a long way to go but even though it's not much it's still something that brought a smile to my face.
I focused my intentions towards the bucket filled with water, although I haven't rested enough I didn't have the patience to wait that long. In my head I thought this would be easy , it won't be any different from how I performed to the other bucket. Yet again a surprise awaits me.
It starts with deep breaths of course, i imagined the water in the bucket swirling and as I expected something to happen...nothing did. Okay maybe I should wait a little longer cause these things are different. I started again , this time putting more patience and focus into it. Seconds passed , 1 minute , 2 minutes , 3 minutes , 5 minutes still nothing happened and it had gotten depressing by the minute. When things are just going great this happens. " Um Arya has she forgotten that she doesn't have a moonra" I almost jumped when I heard Zoe's voice , they've returned already.
" Zoe we talked about this , but really Claudia are you okay?" Asked Arya and it made me wonder how long they have been standing here. " Yes Arya I'm fine" god this was embarrassing, just the look on their faces states that they got here while I was on the second bucket. They look concerned like I'm losing it " that's no the question you're suppose to ask , ask what is she doing? " Said Zoe , Arya slapped her on the shoulder and with an uneasy smile she said" What Zoe was trying to say is you can tell us anything and who knows? Maybe we could help"
" No one can and will help me in this path I'm taking , so please I would like to continue " they nodded very slowly convinced that I'm not okay but I don't care cause I know what I'm doing. " We'll head inside then and uh...leave you to it!" I sighed when they closed the door. No matter , they'll see once I've figured it all out. I think the best thing to do is focus on what I know , again I filled the empty bucket and spent two hours with breaks inbetween furthering my control.
When I got inside lunch was ready and as good as the food was I could sense the weird atmosphere. Zoe and Arya seemed to be having a conversation with their eyes. It went on until Zoe couldn't hold it in " Grandma we have something to tell you, Arya tell grandma what we saw" said Zoe and I almost laughed at the look that Arya was giving her. " We saw Claudia trying to do a spell to a bucket full of water , she did that for more than five minutes and I'm sure she wasted more hours doing that after we went inside".
I was so calm right now that I'm actually proud of myself.
I looked at grandma who had a frown on her face. She asked " Claudia is that true?" , "Yes grandma but I wasn't trying to do a spell". " Then what were you doing " blurted Zoe , " I was trying to control the water "
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" Bhahahahaha, sorry to burst your bubble there Claudia but there's no such thing as controlling water" laughed Zoe , " yeah Zoe is right Claudia. Also more importantly me and Zoe we've been thinking that maybe you'd get bored when we go out and hunt so you can come with us , we'll protect you. Your just will be to carve the mana stones and when we've collected enough we'll give you your share".
" No thank you I'm fine " shock was written on both their face more especially on Arya. "Because I am going to continue on what I have been doing and when I start hunting I'll be doing that on my own so understand this I know what I'm doing and if you two can focus on your own things it'll be very appreciated ". I looked at grandma who had no ounce of shock and wasn't saying anything " grandma thank you for making us lunch I'll go continue with what I've been doing hopefully without any interruption" I said the last four lines while staring Zoe and Arya.
I still couldn't believe I said all that , I was actually standing up for myself! Maybe it's because they aren't as scary as Victor and Father. I need to find a quiet place where I won't be disturbed by those two , where I can train freely but I'll have to talk to grandma about that. Another thing is visiting the Library, if the nearby town even has one. I'll have to do all that later right now let's continue with strengthening my control...
" I'm proud of you kid, finally showed those inferior humans their place"
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Okay I guess Calestia had his own take in this whole thing , he only cares about Superiority and inferiority over things and even people.