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dea suddenly revealed to sothing I never thought or imagined any being born in this world could figure out on their own.
"Our world… is sowhat strange, have you thought about it? I've read the Constellations. Apparently, there was once a world like ours that ceased to exist, and after eons, our world was born," dea revealed.
"…?!"
She knows the truth?!
She figured it out on her own!
Wow…
Just how amazing is she as a magician to be able to read stars and learn such truth?!
"I see you're shocked," she nodded. "It is an incredible power I possess, not easy to do all the ti though… In that Fate, I read about a world like ours, and people like us once existed, as if these were the mories of an ancient, parallel universe. At so point, paths diverged. One gave birth to this world through diverged paths. The other perished. In that other world… I could never find traces of your existence. Your mother and her family existed, but they never t your father, and so, you were never born… I believe your existence is what has changed our fates and allowed us to continue existing."
"dea…" I was flabbergasted at her words, which all sounded so incredible. "You're amazing for being able to figure out sothing so crazy… but is that even real?" I tried to act skeptical.
"I know you believed the first ti. There's no need to act skeptical," she giggled. "But indeed, how is this possible? I also wonder the sa. I've been trying to seek answers myself. They might be related to many things, but we aren't there yet."
"Hm, I see," I nodded. "Uh, about back then when I hit you in that match, I'm sorry… You were obviously holding back so much and yet I was still caught by my own emotions."
"Ah, you're such a good person," she smiled, kissing my forehead several tis. "You should not worry! It was a match, so I was obviously going to get hurt."
"But knowing how strong you all are… you could've actually beaten !" I said. "So why… why did you hold back?"
"Well, because we love you, that's why," dea smiled. "Wasp and Frankenstein might have a lot of difficulty showing their affection. They're cold n after all but… they care about you more than you can imagine. We wanted to teach you a lesson, but also, we were able to see through your heart and how you cared so much about that boy Frank but also about your father… Wasp was the one who didn't want to accept it but in the end… he's ultimately weak to you, you know?"
"H-He is?" I felt embarrassed. "I thought he disliked …"
"Oh, of course he doesn't," dea sighed. "That man! Maybe we should have a talk with him, hm? He's been too hurtful with you, my lady?"
"Ah, no, no, we're getting along much better now. I think I know how to get to his heart more easily, through martial arts. That's when he finally opens up!" I said.
"Heh, yes, it's his one obsession," dea nodded. "Once we lost against you, you showed us we were wrong. You showed an alternative way to cure your father's hunger and also told us that Frank could be valuable beyond a re resource, perhaps as a future ally even."
"That's right! We might be a criminal organization, but we don't have to try to kill everything, right?" I asked with a nod.
"Fufu, you bring great joy to us all, and your ideas are always fresh," she said, kissing my nose and then my cheeks. "My precious, adorable, little baby! Mooch, mooch!"
"M-dea, stop calling baby…" I rolled my eyes.
"Oh my! Heheh, I went too far? I apologize…" she said, walking toward the great open area in front of us. "Co, I've prepared a seat, so instrunts, and various books and things! It's going to be so much fun to teach you the Arcane Path!"
dea led inside this large open area with a paved floor. In front of , there were three whiteboards she had prepared to write on.
"Alright, so the Arcane Path!" she said. "First of all, young lady, let ask you a simple question. To you, what is Magic?"
"What… What is Magic?"
The simplest answer would be…
"When we manipulate Mana to create a spell," I explained. "By interacting with the world's… elents?"
"You could say that, and most would agree," dea said, nodding, as she began drawing sothing on the whiteboard, resembling a person. "However, everyone will always have their own interpretation of what magic is! So will tell you the scientific explanation, such as that humans can alter the particles of Mana through their own Intent and create chemical reactions and phenona that provoke elents to appear, twist, and even be manipulated… So will tell you that it is borrowing power from other stronger beings beyond our world, and so will tell you it is all about manipulating what's already around us, the world. And none of them are wrong."
"I see…" I nodded, as I saw the illustration.
"This is you," she said, pointing at the drawing. Then she pointed at several lines flowing toward small little spheres. "And these lines are your Mind. When the Realm of the Mind interacts with Reality and its particles, a reaction is created. This reaction is minimal. Ninety-nine percent of people on this planet are not even aware of it. But we are special in that we can influence the world with this Intent. Of course, empty Intent is useless. There has to be Essence, Energy, within it. Martial Artists use their own Lifeforce, Ki. We, practitioners of the Arcane Path, use the Magic Particle, Mana. What makes this particle so unique?"
"I don't know. That it can alter elents?" I asked.
"Yes, but also Mana is unique because it is the only particle that 'responds' to us," said dea. "It is… a living being on its own. A unique phenonon only to Mana itself! Life Force can be shaped like this, but it is obvious because it cos from life itself."
"I see…!" I nodded.
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