Arcana Rising is an unpopular never-ending novel with more than seven 7.000 chapters spanning 10 years since its first chapter, with a total amount of about 10.000 views.
To put things in perspective, 7,000 of those views are mine, leaving only 3,000 accounted for by other readers.
This novel was... obscure.
'Fuck, I'm doomed.'
Right when I had come to terms with living in this world as Kang Mores, I'm struck by this horrifying news.
'Of all the novels I've read in my life why did it have to be this!'
Kang wanted to scream in the air to relieve all of his stress and preoccupation, but since the siblings were next to him, he had to contain himself
Lydia, who sat next to him, noticed the blank expression on Kang's face and asked with a worried look: "Kang, are you okay? Have you remembered something about your past? I heard from Mom that you don't remember anything about the accident at the orphanage."
Curt who had not been informed about Kang's situation, also wore a worried expression.
"No, I'm fine. I was just thinking about what my [Arcanum] might be."
"I was just about to get to that point. The first thing you have to do is to channel your Arcanium through your Spiritual Vessels, Spiritual Vessels form a circuit in your Spiritual Body that follows the same path as your Blood Vessels."
"Uhm, I don't know how to do that though..."
"Don't worry, It's only natural for starters. After you get the hang of it, you will be able to do it while sleeping.
The first step to feeling mana is to inhale and exhale. As you inhale, imagine you're drawing in a shimmering, invisible energy from your surroundings.
After this step, in ancient times you had to follow a complex system of breathing, nowadays Arcanists have invented a language that can completely reproduce these breathing patterns.
This language is called Leronian, invented by one of the most famous Arcanists in ancient history Leroniades.
Ah, wait a moment."
He went towards his bedroom and when he returned he handed Kang a thick dictionary and a textbook.
"These books will help you with the study of the language and the Arcane in general"
Kang scanned the two books and then accepted with a nod.
"Thank you, Curt." Kang thanked Curt sincerely.
These books would surely help Kang a lot in the future.
"There's no need to thank me, I have plenty of books that delve deeper into the Arcane, When you finish these books you can return them to me and I'll give you those.
Now, let's get to the important stuff."
He took out a weird bracelet from his pocket and handed it to Kang.
"Wait, Kang interrupted Curt, "how did you know that I had Arcanum? The police officer at the station only said that I had little traces of mana in my body."
"Oh, you also have mana? I guess that we'll also have to figure your magic affinity out." Curt said, taken aback. "It's simple, really. that's because I'm an arcanist myself," he said confidently.
Then, particles of light appeared around his hand, assembling into it. When all of the particles finally disappeared, what Kang saw made his entire body shiver.
"It's an incomplete ancient beast body, the Celestial Qilin, the mythical creature that wields good fortune," he said, his countenance proud and dignified.
Kang was shocked by the revelation.
'How come this guy wasn't even mentioned in the novel? Did something happen to him before the start?'
"Now, quick, let's see what your Arcanum is. Ah- your mana affinity too!"
Curt was clearly impatient by now, so he decided to put the bracelet on Kang himself.
"Pronounce the world Arcanum," he said with impatience
"Arcanum"
Motes of light started to converge above the bracelet and the projection of a word came to life.
Disorder
"What does it say?" Kang asked with anticipation.
Since he couldn't read Leronian yet, he had to ask Curt, who seemed to be an expert in the field.
"Disorder. Congratulations Kang, you have awakened a truly unique Arcanum." Kurt smiled faintly.
But Kang frowned.
"Disorder? As for chaos, mess, derangement, and irregularity?"
From the projection shown by the magical device, there was no evidence of what his newfound power did.
Kurt understood Kang's confusion and told him that he could try his power on him.
Of course, Kand did not hesitate and promptly accepted Kurt's offer.
After memorizing the pronunciation of the word for a couple of minutes he said aloud with Kurt as a target in his mind: "Disorder!"
...
A few seconds passed and nothing happened. Neither of the two boys spoke as they were both too awkward.
Thus, after a while, Kurt finally decided to break the silence.
"Let's worry just about what happened. Hey don't try again!" (Hey! Don't worry about what just happened. Let's try again.
"Huh?" Kang's brows knitted.
"That I want to didn't say!" (I didn't want to say that!)
"Fuck! It must be your Arcanum's effect!" Curt finally breathed a sigh of relief as he felt Disorder wear off from his body.
'So, this is my power' Kang thought while clenching his hand into a fist.
"From my personal experience, I think that your Arcanum is very peculiar. Even though it does not have any direct effect, it's powerful. Who knows, maybe one day it will save your life."
Although his Arcanum didn't sound very powerful, Kang didn't feel dejected.
Instead, he quickly put himself to work, leafing through the Leronian Dictionary given to him by Curt.
Curt, who stood in front of him stayed silent as he quietly watched Kang, who appeared detached from the outside world.
The look on Kang's face was one of excitement.
"Affinity."
Once again, several words that Kang didn't know hovered in the air.
Before Kang could even ask Kurt for their meaning, he understood and promptly said: "You will grow to become a very unique individual Kang. Congratulations, the affinities you have awakened are Chaos and Light."
'2 affinities? Holy shit, I'm so fucking lucky!'
There are only a few people in the world who awaken more than one affinity. Yet, an extra like Kang Xu awakened two!
Flooded by joy and happiness, Kang was over the mmon.
'Today might very well be the best day of my life!'