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2024-10-29 19:42:56"I… I… I DID IT!" Kay suddenly beamed with energy, running around and jumping like a happy fool, leaving the dark elf completely shocked.
'How can this be? The last human who could use Runecraft died alongside the four ancient noble clans… how can this man possess it?' Those where a few of the questions that rummage through the elvish woman head, searching desperately for an answer, all the while Kay was drawing the rune she taught him everywhere, making the mist become more and more dense and almost impossible for any normal human being to see in it, which caused Kay to slip in one of the rocks on the ground and fall face first.
"Seriously kid, how the hell can you use Runic magic?" She asked more to herself than to Kay. The youngster, however, heard her and decided to explain what he knew about how a unique magic is formed.
"Well, when two people love each other very much, they have a child. This child has 75% of inherit either one of the parents magic. The child also has 24,5% of getting the magic of one of it's other relatives, like a grandmother or even beyond that… while the other 0,5% will go to a mutation, combining the unique magic of either father and mother, or father, mother and another relative." Kay answered, to the best of his abilities, expecting to sate the dark elf thirst for knowledge.
"I know that… but do you know the chance of a human child being born with Runecraft, out of all the possible magics it could get?" The elvish woman said, drawing a rune in the air and using it's effect to dispel the mist. Seeing the clueless face of Kay, she decided to elaborate it. "When you humans decided to create the magic circle system, your kin was forced to undergo mutations, so that they could use the circles… you see, the Mana is divided in three different types."
As she was telling him, Kay approached her, and saw her drawing another picture in the floor. It was another rune, which made Kay's attention towards the woman redouble.
"The first type is Jing. It is the influence of all living thing in the world around us, and as such, it is the physical manifestation of Mana." She then begun drawing another rune, close to the one she drew. "The second kind is Qi, or the so called image. It is what one most desire and what characterize that person very self, which could be called as the living form of Mana." She said, finishing the second Rune. Then, she begun the third one. "And finally, the last type of Mana, Shen. Shen is the person essence no, it is beyond that. Shen is present on one's birth and will be there until that person dies. In the end of the day, it is what makes you, well, you. Do you know where each of those are?" She asked, and seeing the face Kay was making, she knew the answer. Sighting to herself, she begun.
"The convergence point, where each energy is more presence, is in the stomach for Jing, in the heart for Qi and in the top of one's head for Shen, however, Jing can be found on one's very fat and muscles, Qi is present in one's blood, transporting the oxygen to the whole body, giving us life… and finally, we have Shen. It is not found on a place you can see with your eyes, instead, it is found in your very essence… it is found in both your DNA and your RNA."
"Wait… what does that have to do with what we were talking about?" Kay questioned, dreading the answer, for he knew where this conversation was leading, and he didn't like it. Not one bit.
"Like I said before, when the humans developed the magic circle system, they had to undergo mutations, so that they could use it correctly. One of these mutations went in their Shen, and they added an extra pair of Chromosomes, completely changing those who received this power in a way that it would last until the end of mankind. Also, since each people can only have one Unique Magic, this completely shattered the chances of a human being born with Runecraft, for Runecraft was the system given to humans with the 23 pair of chromosomes, the normal kind of humans."
"But… this means…" Kay was mouth agape. If this was true, then he…
"It means that you were born defected… an aberration that shouldn't exist in this world." The elf said, already seeing the words that Kay would say and knowing how it could affect his mentality. In a way, what she did was an act of pity, for she knew that sometimes, it's better to hear it than to say out loud.
Kay tighten his hands, his head was hung down and his eyes were covered by his hair.
"So what…"
"Come again?" The elf woman asked. She did understand what he said, but she wasn't believing.
"So what if I was borned defected? I've known I was different, perhaps even less than others since my mom abandoned me! This doesn't change anything… I will become the magic king, and first order of business! I will find out all the secrets that people had kept from me." Kay said, his eyes burning with a fire that the elf woman never once saw…
No, she did saw it once. It was with the last member of the Phoenix clan, a day before he died… a day before the humans took the love of her live.
Unknown to Kay, she saw her lover on the human in front of her, and she couldn't keep herself from smiling.
"Well, to do that, you gonna need a couple of things that you don't have yet…" She said, bringing his attention to her. "First, your going to need to learn more magics, so that you can have a chance at completing this dungeon." She exclaimed, and soon extended her arm towards him. "My name is Liria, and it will be nice to tutor you for the time being.
"Well, my name is Kay… hope to learn all I can from you, Liria!" Kay said, taking her hand and shaking it, like they were partners.
And so, with a new master at Runecraft, and a new objective in his mind, Kay begun his hunt towards the end of the Dungeon, not knowing what dangers await in the next corner.
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