____Being good-looking is not a good fit for a spy. The ideal quality for a spy is to have the most ordinary and unremarkable appearance. This makes Phantom feel unhappy. It seems that he can never go back to his old career.
____Unfortunately, it seems that Phantom's love for the sisters and priests is not so pleasing to his fellow church members. When the sisters and priests are not in his sight, Phantom is often bullied and hurt by the orphans. At the mildest level, he is verbally abused, at the medium level, his food and personal belongings are stolen, and at the worst, he is physically abused.
____Since childhood, Phantom has always had bruises from being abused. However, Phantom is not given much attention by the sisters and priests in the church. They are kind and gentle, but in the end, they do not love and care for the children as their real parents do.
____Fighting was a common occurrence in this church. If there was no fatal attack, the bishop and the others would not come out to protect any child. Moreover, choosing to protect one orphan would not only not end the matter, but would only fuel the hatred of the orphans even more. In the end, the result might be a small war within the originally peaceful church. For that reason, the sisters and priests often ignored the violence that occurred in this holy place of God. Phantom knew this very well. No matter how much he was hurt and hurt, he would keep it to himself and not tell the bishop. Even though it often meant that the little boy had to keep the pain of his broken bones to himself.
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____As a former top secret agent, Phantom had been trained in many different fields of study that could not be learned in general classes. In addition to advanced combat skills, which Phantom had taken several courses with the special forces, he had also studied linguistics and cryptography. These skills were very useful for infiltrating foreign countries and stealing cyber information. Luckily, one of the languages Phantom had learned was the official language of the current Aurora Empire. In fact, it was the language of his native country, so Aurora was easy for Phantom to learn.
____The important thing is that this world has magic, although it is very little, but there are some people who can use magic. Strangely, the magic language that the people in this world use to cast magic is the Latin of his world that Phantom came from. It just so happens that one of the dozens of languages Phantom has learned is a dead language, Latin. Latin is one of the roots of many languages on his original world. The Latin course is there to make learning other languages easier. It also helps to crack secret codes easier. It is necessary for a spy like Phantom to learn Latin, but he never thought that it would help him understand the magic language of this world immediately.
____People in this world do not truly understand the language of magic. They memorize and cast it through ancient magic books that record spells and verses.
____Since the day Phantom was raised in this church, he had seen the magic of the priests in this church. In fact, he was no longer surprised because Phantom had seen the use of magic since the day he was born. Whether it was lighting a fire to boil hot water, controlling the wind to blow away the dust from the carriage, summoning water to cleanse the body, controlling the land to become a bridge to connect the two sides of the wide river, he had even seen the use of healing magic. It was truly an eye-opener for the little boy to see a new world.
____Since the first day that Phantom came to St. Maria's Church, he had the opportunity to be close to and observe the magic of the priests all the time. Phantom thought that this might be one of his mother's intentions. The priests were busy with their work all day long, and they used various kinds of magic to help facilitate their work. Phantom had observed, this world had no such thing as modern science or mechanical industry at all, not even a steam engine. At most, they might have a windmill, because the world at that time should be in the Middle Ages.
____This amazing magic truly opened Phantom's eyes. Before this, Phantom had studied many different subjects in the world. He had even practiced psychic powers and meditation, but Phantom had never practiced magic before. Seeing the red, yellow, green, blue and white lights floating around with the waving hands and body movements of the priests was a new thing that excited the baby's heart until it started pumping.
____Every time Phantom saw or heard someone casting a spell, he would look and listen intently. Since Phantom was just a baby at that time, he could do nothing but lie down and try to find out the magic techniques of those people.
____After memorizing the incantation, Phantom secretly tried to cast a spell when no one was around, but unfortunately, it didn't work. Phantom knew what magic felt like, as there were people who used magic while holding him in their arms, and some even used magic to heal him when Phantom was sick with a cold.
____But when he tried magic himself, he was never able to use it. Even though he knew at that time that he would not be able to succeed in using magic easily, it still disappointed Phantom's excited heart to learn new things time and time again.
____After four years, Phantom still could not use magic. Phantom was certain that there must be other magic techniques besides the correct incantation. For example, Phantom often saw priests and nuns using magical tools when casting magic, such as scepters, wands, orbs, gems, swords, and even bracelets. When the caster used a magic tool, those objects would emit a faint magical glow. Phantom also heard some bishops and priests discussing magic casting techniques. What he understood was that it was the use of mental will to control and manipulate natural energy into magic.
____Although most special forces and spies are not interested in the training of psychic powers and meditation, Phantom himself has also trained in these things. It may be because Phantom accidentally learned that psychic users really exist in the world. Due to his infiltration work, Phantom learned that there are many superpowers who are interested in psychic powers and their training. Those people with special powers really do exist, but their identities are kept top secret. Moreover, they are few in number and usually only reside in the secret research labs of the superpower governments. Therefore, these stories are rarely leaked to the outside world.
____His work gave Phantom the chance to learn secret methods and techniques for cultivating his psychic powers. While it didn't turn him into a true psychic, it did give him keen senses and animal-like reflexes, and allowed him to control his mental state very well while on top-secret missions.
____After four long years of failing at magic, Phantom suddenly realized that he had done something wrong. He no longer rushed to cast the spell, but instead closed his eyes and meditated. Phantom blocked out all disturbing thoughts, focusing on the image of the wind swirling around him. Phantom imagined himself becoming a tornado, destroying the universe. Phantom did not know how much time had passed. It could be hours, days, or eternity. After a long time, the boy's mind finally became extremely calm. Nothing remained of his mind, not even his worries or his happiness.