It's already dark outside. Jason's date should finish by now. I wonder how it went? I hope he succeeded. He looked so happy before the date.
Well, I should worry about my date tomorrow. Where should I take Carla to? I don't have much money on me, so nowhere expensive. Hmm, arcade? Hey, what was the date of tomorrow? It's September 28th.
There is a festival in the next city tomorrow. They will be celebrating the birthday of their war hero of the previous war. We can spend time there. The name of that city is Izolis. There is a bus from here to Izolis in the morning. It takes about forty-five minutes of travel by bus.
Well, now that I have some sort of plan for tomorrow, I messaged it to Carla. I know that I left the choosing part to her but I kind of felt guilty about it. But turns out she had the exact same plan. We thought the same, huh.
The dating stuff is taken care of. Now it's time to st
"I can feel it!" My Aether Organ is finally completed! My body is filling to the brim with mana! It's awesome! This feeling is incredible! I woke up with a feeling that something filling my whole body. It was a difficult feeling to get used to. But I was somehow able to get used to it and get over my shock. Waking up with a feeling of something foreign filling your body was discomforting. The Aether Organ continuously loads mana into my body. It wasn't at the level of Akane. It is very much like a glass of water if Akane's mana reserves are ponds of water. It just completed, I'm sure it will grow with time. I sat cross-legged and focused on my Aether Organ. I want to understand how it works. I can perfectly and easily sense it thanks to its mana-rich structure. First of all, how does it produce mana? I can sense it does process some of my nutrients. But it also draws small amounts of Aether f
(Why did the title of this chapter sound like a light novel name?)I changed my clothes and prepared for the date. We are going to meet at the bus station. The ride from Daxhoull to Izolis is forty-five minutes. We would spend like five or six hours there. And maybe some more time when we return."I'm leaving mom!""Take care of yourself. And don't be late.""Don't worry. I won't be late, mom."I left the home and start walking towards the station. It's rather close by. About fifteen minutes of walking from my house. There are about forty minutes till the time we agreed to meet. Better be early than late.The weather is nice today, sunny and warm. We can leisurely spend our time without worrying about sudden rain or anything. When I arrived at the bus station it was filled with people. They were waiting for a different bus, I think. And yes, about a minute later a bus came and everyone
(Third person POV)"Are you okay? You are acting weird for a while now.""Hmm? Yeah, I'm okay. It's just... this is the first time I'm on a date so I get nervous. Especially with a cute girl like you had here with me gets me quite nervous.""C-cute?! *cough* C-can't be helped then. Shall we sit at some cafe to catch our breath?""That would be great."Oscar and Carla went to a nearby cafe. The festival place was huge and there were many cafes around it. There were a lot of tourists coming to see the festival and many of them were couples.The cafe they were sitting at was called White Blossom. It was one of the most popular ones around. They were able to find seats just by luck. Inside was crowded with couples. Similar to them. The reason for the popularity of this cafe was their sweets. They had a special sweet that no one else knows how to make. Its name was 'Lisamarine'. Named after the Saintess L
It happened when Carla went to buy some apple candy. She was so eager to try them that I leave her to go and taste as much as she wanted. I'm not that good with apple candy after all. I just can't stand them. My gramps tried to make me eat them when I was little. Even after all these years I still can't stand them.I was just wandering by myself in the crowded street. There are numerous stalls on both sides of the street. I wasn't far away from Carla, so she could easily find me. She easily lost track of her surroundings. I usually stand next to her but those apple candies make me sick. I can't even get close to them. But suddenly I felt the very core of my being furiously shook. Even when I first saw Kairi, I didn't feel like this. I felt death looming over my neck.I slowly turned my head back. There I saw him. A tall man with black curly hair. He wasn't someone I could easily describe. He wasn't handsome nor ugly. And yet he wasn't averag
After my date with Carla, I went to the church. It's kind of weird. Why did no one try to restore this church? I mean this place is at the very least couple of decades old. Maybe even a century. You can't find this kind of architecture in the other buildings of Daxhoull.Daxhoull was established about a century ago, nearly at the end of the rebellion towards the old kingdom. I remembered the lesson our history teacher explained to us."After the rebellion of Duke Nanbu, a large battle erupted in the province of Vley. Records said that battles were so fierce that locals had trouble with surviving. On the night of the 13th of January, rebels attack the capital Ariostin. It was the first victory of rebels. They invaded the capital and killed thousands of innocent people.Because of the difficulties in the battle zone, many families start to immigrate. Two of these families come to a land far away from conflict. According to
Ugh... I'm sleepy. I studied magic runes all night. I couldn't sleep much because of it but thanks to it my arsenal of magic runes grew well. Aside from the water runes, I have ten runes now.From these ten runes, four of them are those I previously studied. Float, rotate, shape and force. For the new ones I have; fall, exchange, coat, sharpness, durability, and attraction. From the new magic, runes Exchange was the hardest to learn.The Exchange allows two different things to exchange their positions. It can be said to be some sort of teleportation. It requires injecting mana into the thing which will be used as a substitute beforehand. If I can study the whole process I might be able to learn Space Magic.The fall is the exact opposite of the float. It makes things fall. The principle behind this is to apply gravity until the target hits the ground. Its usage is vague but if it's used correctly it is a deadly weapon. U
"I think, I'm cursed by the fairy of the water. Wherever I go, water drops drop to my hair.""Nah, it is just your imagination.""You think so?!"Jason said to me with his hair completely wet and sticking to his forehead."Yeah, I am hundred percent sure."It was me, Oscar! I went overboard and now Jason is afraid of some imaginary fairy. Maybe I should be nicer to him.The rest of the day was monotone, usual classes, mana string practice, and messing with Jason. Because of the tiny amount of mana I have, I can't practice much, yet. As time passes my Aether Organ grows and with it, my mana reserves will grow too.There is a separate building for the clubs in our school. It is a four-story building. Because our school care for students, it gave them permission to form their own clubs. Therefore there are a lot of clubs in this school.The first f
After we joined the club we talked for a while. We just chatted, nothing serious or important, just casual talk. I realized that moments like this bring comfort to my mind, I need them more in my life.I didn't realize how much I pushed my mind for these last two days, three if I count today too. I constantly think of a way the use mana better than before. Not just this, after the encounter with the trio that searching for mana stone I have been on edge.I am just a kid. I need more time to relax. Maybe I should do meditation from now on. Anyway, I am hopeful of this whole club thing. Just talking with them made me feel refreshed.After our little chat everyone left for home. Right now is early September so there is still some time before it gets dark. I'm planning to practice more about mana string tonight. I put water drop training on hold for now. Mana string is more useful to me for the moment. But I have to find a w