The first step is to try and remember how I felt when I was almost killed by that lake monster. I was scared that's for sure , when I raised my arms like an idiot I felt like I needed to protect myself. Of course a person with a moonra wouldn't have done that, without casting any spell that would protect him/her they would've died. I did what a normal person would do but somehow that action resulted in me controlling the water in the lake to protect me. Great so now I have to put myself in another life and death situation that'll motivate me to control my magic to protect myself.
Wait a minute!
What am I saying , those with moonras spend their time practicing spells and sometimes in life and death situations they can unlock a new spell. Yet in my case it was different, nothing was unlocked...I think , instead I controlled water, I controlled my magic. CONTROL! is that how my magic work ?
" Claudia we're going to town wanna come ? " Shouted Zoe, I've never went to town casually but as much as I wanted to see how and where they sell mana stones I had to decline " no thank you maybe next time " , " want us to buy you something? " asked Arya. " No don't worry I'm good but thank you" . I laughed when I heard Zoe saying Yeesh she sure says a lot of thank yous. I waited for them to leave and after they did I went to the kitchen and found grandma cooking, " grandma can I have a cup of water please" , " of course my little claw but hurry out as you can see I'm busy here " she sure was.
I returned to my room with a cup of water , I sat on the floor and placed it infront of me. Calestia was sleeping on my bed , I guess traveling got him tired. I placed my hand just above the cup without touching it , I took deep breaths first and tried to clear my mind. In my head I imagined making the water in the cup move in any type of way possible but no matter what shape or movement I imagined it to turn into, nothing happened. I continued doing this for an hour and I decided to stop when I tried so hard that it resulted to farting. What is it that I'm doing wrong ?
I remembered what Calestia said to me " you have so much mana internally and around you" does it have something to do with mana. They say for magic mana is like oxygen and without it magic wouldn't work. Absorbing mana is important , it can contribute to increasing your level by 60 percent while the 40 percentage is training. That is why some people use pills that make absorbing mana quick and easy. Though I attract a lot of mana I never absorbed it so sometimes it forces itself in me and that's why whenever I'm near magic items there's always some crazy reaction. Also , this attracting mana thing is not good. People can sense mana so no matter how good I am at hide and seek I can still be found so I have to learn how to control this err...skill of mine. Another thing that's amazing is how grandma can allow two 9 year olds to go to town on their own, didn't they say the forest is dangerous and what about the town!
She must have a reason cause to me it seems like she isn't worried at all, um where was I again. Right mana, I closed my eyes and searched in me for the intrusive mana. It didn't take that look to actually see it ? Even though I had my eyes closed I saw its form , it was yellow in colour but there were red spots on it making it look kind of unpleasant. I must get it out now before it turns into something ugly, I didn't know where's the exit but I still used all of my mental power to drive it out to the fact that I started sweating. When I felt that I was managing to drive it out I felt sharp pain in my abdomen making me wish to scream but I couldn't afford to make grandma worry , still I didn't stop until it was out. I can't believe I pulled that off ,at the moment it felt like the right thing to do. After seeing my exhausted state I drank the water in the cup , I think I'll continue tomorrow morning cause right now I needed to take a bath.
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Grandma called us for dinner, Zoe and Arya returned hours ago they said they didn't want to disturb whatever I was doing in there. Dinner was rice,fried chicken and sugar beans curry, it was delicious like any food grandma makes. I felt stupid for being surprised that Zoe and Arya were going to go for the guilds try outs just like I had planned, they have magic and unlike me they have moonras. Zoe's is a ring and Arya's is a necklace , I'm curious about grandma's but knowing me I'll never ask.
After finish all the food on the table grandma told us to go to bed , we said goodnight to each other then went to our rooms. Already this place is starting to feel like home and it feels like Zoe and Arya are my first friends, i can't help but wonder how grandma got a son like father and what was he like growing up. Calestia yawned while stretching his body then he asked " so? What did I miss ?" I shook my head at his lazy character and told him everything that I have happened while he was sleeping.
" Kid , coming from a genius like myself you're not that dumb and you were right to drive that mana out cause it sounds to me like it was starting to get corrupted , if you'd have absorbed mana with that mana still in there the mana would've became corrupted without you knowing making you turn to a crazy evil mindless creature or it could've killed you"
"...!"
The way he said it so casually is what scared me , he does know that if I die he dies too right? Oh my god scratch that I could've died or gone insane....
But at the same time this just proves that I should trust and apply my own instinct in what I do but still I could've died. Corrupt mana? There's so much I don't know , gotta visit the library some time soon.