The new house in the capital had an adequate space for training and additional rooms for workers. Everything was prepared and I was ready to receive my tutors to train me. It was decided that being at the tender age of 7, it was not possible for me to live within the military block because the environment is not conducive. I was instead to be trained at our house which had more than ample internal and external space for that. My tutors would be provided with rooms and meals at the behest of the king. That guy is not leaving me alone at any time it seems. I later came to find out that a lot of the tutors were competing for this job. This was because it would add a feather to their cap having trained a white eagle. The Dark Talon chose 3 tutors who were the most qualified for the job a lady and two gentlemen.The lessons are going to start from tomorrow, I cannot wait. I received a general outline on what consists dark magic. Dark magic is divided into 3 sections, Body Magic, Beast Magic and crafting. Body magic involves transforming your body structure through mimicry and evolution. Beast Magic involves taming creatures allowing you to use their strengths and finally crafting magic which allows development of new spells. That is the rationale behind having three tutors at our home. The periods were divided into 3, I would learn about crafting magic from morning to noon, body magic from afternoon to evening and beast magic from evening to the early periods of the night. That is a really tight schedule if you ask me. I wonder if I will have time to establish the carriage repair branch. In the worst case scenario, I can always ask Nathan to open it for me s long as I provide the funds and expertise once in a while.As planned the crafting lessons started early in the morning. I received around 4 books to refer to incase I needed to learn more. The tutor, Miss Lavender explained to me that crafting magic in theory is only limited by availability of mana and not by creativity. As such anything you could think of such as a spell for turning objects into other forms is possible. She gave a demonstration by turning a piece of paper to a piece of cloth of the same shape and size. This was a very interesting class the only unfortunate thing was that I needed to master the basics before trying it. The next period was about body magic. This was going to be a practical lesson so I was outside. Mr. Albert explained to me that body magic consists of two areas. Enhancement through evolution and mimicry. Enhancement is where you improve the state of your body through continuous exercise while mimicry is turning the properties of the body to that of a similar object. He provided a demonstration where he turned his arm composition to that of metal and broke a couple of nuts he held by simply closing his hands in to a fist. "Wow can you teach me to do that?" I asked. "No way kid your body is too weak. You first need to strengthen it. Run some laps around the compound daily until you feel tired." He concluded. And so I did, I ran for about 2 minutes before my body gave out. Mr. Albert provided me with some water before encouraging me to continue once I had rested. That is what I did till evening, running for a few minutes, resting and repeating the whole process again. After I was done, I went and took a warm bath and went to Mr. Arnaud to learn about beast magic. I learnt about the importance of taking care of animals to build a bond before trying to tame them. I was given a puppy to care for as a training exercise. I was going to be responsible for all its needs.The learning process proceeded like this for the next two months day in day out without failure. The noticeable change is that I can now run for 30 minutes nonstop. As Mr. Albert explains it, the dark magic attribute is subconsciously strengthening my body every time I hit my limits. At his level, he can run for a whole day before getting tired. I have not yet conducted any magic consciously or deliberately but this changes today. Mr. Arnaud believes that I have formed a deep enough bond with my puppy that now it is possible to tame it. Ooh man I am so excited. I am now carrying my puppy with me to meet him. "Aright kid. Today you are going to learn how to tame. Place your forehead next to his and close your eyes. Try to imagine yourself petting your puppy but don't do it physically. In a moment you should see a blue light in your vision. Once you see that you have successfully completed the task." Mr. Arnaud said. "I can't s.. Wait there it is. I can see it, I can finally see it. Do I open my eyes now?" I asked. But there was no answer, instead I heard a computerized voice. [Conditions met. You have now achieved keen smell, night vision, lightning manipulation and increased your speed by 20%]
[I am your companion. Negative I am not human. He is standing 2 meters north northwest of your position.]
[I am an existence bound to your soul from your point of inception]
[Affirmative. I have been with you in all the previous worlds that you have lived in. The condition was met when you tapped into your spiritual powers]
Wow, multiple worlds. What am I even supposed to answer to such an outrageous statement?
[Caution. I suggest keeping my existence secret. If you have any other questions, ask me when you are alone.]
That makes sense, there is no need in having extra attention. It has been a hustle chasing away various nobles trying to offer me their daughters hand in marriage. If word got out that I have another unique ability, I might as well say goodbye to my private life for good. "Hey kid are you okay? You have been in a trance for around 2 minutes." Mr. Arnaud asked. "Yes, I am perfectly fine, how did I do?" I said looking down on the puppy. Why is the fur dark purple in color? I am quite sure that it was light brown when I carried it here. "Mr. Arnaud, do you have an idea of what is going on…" Why am I in bed? The last thing I remember is me talking to Mr. Arnaud. I should go out on check what is happening. "Hey easy there young tiger. You should remain in bed. This is normal to Dark Mages when we intentionally use our powers for the first time. You have nothing to worry about." Mr. Arnaud said as he was entering my room."Your results were certainly impressive. You managed to evolve the young fox, a secret art that has been lost for the last 600 years. How did you do it?" He asked. Hell if I know, I just woke up. "I don't know what happened. I closed my eyes, opened them and bam that happened." I answered. I assume that it is probably the work of my 'Companion' not that I will say that though. I explained to Mr. Arnaud that my vision at night is very clear as I looked out the window. I am not going to say anything about lightning though, he will ask me how I know I that could do that.I proceeded with my usual training however something was different. It might be because I gained the 20% speed boost because now I find it easier for my brain to grasp information as well as ease in my body movement. Mr. Arnaud explained to me that normally, after taming a beast you get one random physical characteristic of the beast. However it seems I gained all notable ones from my beast. This will be an interesting development because next week I will be starting the practical bit in Crafting Magic and I cannot wait.I am compiling a list of questions to ask my 'Companion'. I will probably ask it when it is online. I have tried various methods such as meditation but I cannot communicate with it.