“That Lightning attack… it wasn’t anything a young magic-user should be able to use. Even Yellow Core users can’t produce such an effect. Yet, with a white Core, you did it… and you’re not even exhausted… fascinating…” Alphonse muttered, rubbing his chin as he spoke.
‘Pfft, the old man was playing coy. Who knew there was this side to him?’ I mused.
He was speaking in circles, but I knew what Alphonse was getting to.
“Do you want to know how I did it?” I asked with a sly grin.
“W-what are you-?!” He burst out, trying to hide his curiosity by masking it with annoyance.
He couldn’t fool , though.
‘I might be a child now, but I was once an old man too. You can’t use your tricks on !’
Plus, I was a very curious fellow in my past life, and I still am, so I used many thods to extract information from people back then. Many of the ans that I used were crafty strategies and acting. Compared to , Alphonse’s attempt to hide his motive was at the level of a noob.
‘Never underestimate the power of shalessness!’
“I can tell you, though. It’s not a big deal for . I simply used Basic Magic Spells and combined them in a way that produced that result.”
Alphonse was stunned, but he composed himself. If I was to tell him sothing so important, he would have to beco the student. After all, he said it himself. He no longer considered his pupil, but a fellow Magic-User.
“Please, tell more…” Alphonse asked with a resolute face.
‘Why not?’
Of course, I didn’t tell him about the fact that I had three Mana Cores, or any of my well-guarded secrets.
The only thing I did was explain the concept of lightning, and how it was achievable through the right combinations. Though it helped that I had three Mana Cores, since I was able to complete the process much faster, anyone could recreate such a phenonon if given enough ti.
“A-Amazing!” Alphonse kept beaming as I spoke.
However, the more I explained it, the more I couldn’t understand the hole in my theory. It should have been perfect, yet it went out of control.
‘Am I missing sothing?’ I had thought to myself.
Well, if that was the case, I simply had to dig deeper. There was no way I would settle for anything less than perfection!
And so, with this resolve, I went to my room and got enough rest, preparing for the spectacular show I would be seeing this night.
To Pass the ti, I practiced a little and went over so of the things I had learned, while also writing down the process of making the Mana Shock dicine.
‘It could co in useful…’ I thought to myself.
Before I knew it, night fell, and it was ti for my appointnt with Alphonse.
I left my room and went to the destroyed courtyard, anticipating the show.
Apparently, Alphonse was more excited since I t him there already waiting for .
“Oh, you’re here. Just in ti.” Alphonse grinned upon noticing my presence.
“Good evening. It’s nice to see you’re keeping your promise.” I smiled at the wry old man.
“Look at this brat. What do you take for?” Alphonse laughed.
I also joined in the rry laughter, grateful that the little awkwardness of the past had vanished entirely.
“Well, since we don’t have much ti, we might as well get started now.”
I nodded, moving close to him.
We were standing at the center of the crater my berserk spell had caused, making wonder what Alphonse had in mind.
“Rember what I told you this afternoon? I doubt there’s any Basic magic that I can teach you at your level.” Alphonse began.
‘I knew it would co to this…’ My mind trailed.
I had far surpassed any Basic Magic regint he could think of. Plus, he also couldn’t teach more advanced magic since I didn’t have enough mana capacity to handle them. At this point, he was at an impasse.
“Your growth rate is phenonal, so I thought of sothing different entirely…”
Upon hearing this, my eyes widened as I looked at his face.
“… Why don’t I bypass all the levels you need to reach and go to the very pinnacle of Magic? The highest level Mage can achieve, since that is the place you desire to stand.” Alphonse smiled at .
He must have sensed my impatience and eagerness. To have co up with sothing like this… my ex-tutor, Alphonse, was simply amazing!
‘Pinnacle of magic… this is…’
I instantly forgot about all the worries and anxiety that enveloped . If he was talking about what I thought he was, then I was about to see sothing truly amazing!
“It’s too much for soone at your level, and we don’t even have enough ti for you to learn it. As you know, our period of training is officially over. Finally, it is sothing exclusive to alone, so this isn’t what anyone else can perform. However…”
‘So it’s exactly what I’m thinking about! Perfect!’ My mind rang.
This was even more than I expected. It was the highest level of magic a mage could achieve. It signaled the maturity and growth of a Magic-User, as well as their resourcefulness. The combination of both mana capacity and research… Original Magic!
“… If it’s you, Jared, then surely you’ll be able to learn sothing from my little demonstration!” Alphonse smiled.
‘Of course. At my level, it would be impossible to make my own Original Magic, plus, I couldn’t imitate his since the magic he would show was sothing he had developed from scratch!’
However… the point of this demonstration was sothing else entirely.
‘To see Original Magic up close, and to learn how it is made… sothing like that will boost my knowledge of Magic Principles even more and allow to see how far this world has progressed compared to the past!’
“Now then, let us begin…” Alphonse smiled.
“Watch and listen closely, Jared. I’ll only show this to you once, so burn it into your mory. I hope it will help in your own research and the creation of your Original Magic.”
‘You don’t have to tell twice, old man!’ I stared in absolute concentration.
My true, final lesson was about to begin!
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