Encounter

After finishing the video, Paúl managed to clear most of his doubts, however, now he was facing a big problem, what to do with the child? While he was thinking about what decision to make, Paúl stopped and stared at the glass from the capsule where he could see the silhouette of a child suspended in a liquid although the child's face could not be distinguished very well, you could see that his hair was gray and his skin was quite white, even though he had passed For a long time without eating, he did not seem malnourished, rather he looked like a very healthy child.

After a few minutes of contemplation, Paul decided to open the capsule, after placing his hand on a panel located on one of the sides of the capsule, a small click sounded and the glass began to open, after it was open, Paul managed to see the boy, his features were quite refined, with a fine nose and medium-sized ears it could be considered quite adorable, after opening the capsule, Paúl took the boy and took him out of the liquid, dried him with a towel and took him to a room where there was a bed in which he left the child, then he got up and went to look for some sheets and some clothes that he had previously bought.

When Paúl re-entered the room he noticed sky-colored eyes that were staring at him, apparently as he left the room the boy woke up, Paúl slowed his movements and placed the sheets and clothes next to the boy slowly not to assure it, however, I notice that the boy was not scared in any way, rather he seemed curious about everything that surrounded him.

When he finished placing the clothes and the sheet next to the boy, Paul decided to try to establish communication, "Hello, my name is Paul, tell me what is your name", the boy just looked at Paul with a somewhat surprised face but did not answer in any way, " Tell me do you understand what I am saying ", the slightly surprised child suddenly opened his eyes a little and nodded," Do you have a name? The child moved his head from left to right indicating a negative answer, "Well? What if I call you Abel, do you like it? ", after listening to Paul the boy stayed still for a moment then opening his mouth a little with a childish voice, he tried to pronounce" Aaa..Bellll ", several times in a row until he managed Say Abel, seeing all this, Paul smiled a little, "very good Abel, you must be a little hungry, I'll find you some food."

While Abel was eating, Paúl was somewhat surprised, currently Abel was eating his fifth plate of potatoes with meat, although it was a fairly simple dish, the potatoes used for the dish were genetically modified to have a high nutritional content, Paúl thought it would be A good idea to give Abel nutrients since he had gone several days without eating, after Abel finished his meal, Paúl tried to ask Abel several questions, however many questions were left unanswered apparently everything was confusing for Abel, so Paúl he left the room for Abel to rest.

A month after Abel woke up, Paúl was watching Abel who was immersed in a book, the cover of the book said, Basic calculus for beginners, Paúl was quite surprised by Abel's learning ability, it only took him 2 days to finish To understand the language, the official language of the federation was English, despite the fact that many cities and families retain different languages, all the races belonging to the federation spoke English, so communication was not a problem, after learning English , Abel became extremely curious about everything, always asking how this worked and what is that, in the end Paul chose to give Abel books to entertain himself, however Abel's memory was absurd and he only needed to read each page once to be able to remember it, considering to his understanding, any problem that any other human being would cost a good explanation or reading was abnormally absurd. r were nothing more than child's play to Abel.

The enthusiasm for learning more and how diligent Abel was greatly moved Paúl, it reminded him of his years at the Institute, after graduating Paul was always at the forefront of any conflict that occurred with other races for which he never decided to create his own family Despite having many marriage proposals on the table, he remained single to this day therefore he had never felt the sensation of taking care of a child.

One day while Paúl was ordering some army documents, Abel ran in the direction of Paúl "Teacher, teacher look, I managed to solve the problem", while Abel ran with his hands in the air holding the book and pointing out a problem, Paúl opened his eyes as if waking up from sleep, after Abel learned to speak and understand the language well, he began to call Paúl teacher, apparently Abel understood that Paúl was not his biological father, when Paúl saw the problem that Abel was referring to, he was stunned by some minutes, the problem was nothing more than an equation that showed the relationship of a magic matrix with the consumption of mana, until today no type of answer was known for this equation, and generally to be able to calculate the magic consumption Any magic matrix would have to be done by trial and error, therefore this equation was of utmost importance to the entire magic field.

After Paúl carefully reviewed the paper with the answer to the equation, he took Abel by the shoulders and in a serious tone said "Abel, this is going to be our secret for now, and any other problem you want to solve ask me first, you understand ", Somewhat confused by Paúl's words, Abel decided to agree and then he went to continue playing with his books, when Abel left Paúl sighed, he knew very well that this equation would create an uproar throughout the solar system, however, He was afraid of not being able to protect Abel from the uproar that would form, therefore he decided to sit down and think how he was going to proceed, seeing Abel's potential it was only a matter of time before he surprised him with something else.

Today Abel was three months after he woke up, all this time it had been a complete world of discovery for Abel and today he had discovered television, currently television was actually forming a small device the size of a completely flat ping pong ball , it was like a decal that was placed on any flat surface, then you could choose the size and the entire designated surface was transformed into a television, Abel was completely fascinated when he discovered the device, however, at this moment he was completely focused on the programming, they were broadcasting the Annual Meeting of Magical Institutes, the tournament consisted of different competitions. Where each representative of their respective Institute could demonstrate their talents in the use of magic, the most striking competition was the assault on the fort, it consisted of each school sending a group of 10 students who had to defend their fort and capture the strong enemy .

However, what really caught Abel's attention was magic, although he had already read some books that talked about magic, when Abel witnessed what magic really was, he was completely hypnotized, on the screen, he could see a student with a blue uniform, pressing several times a kind of bracelet on his right arm, then he extended his hand pointing to the front, and red circles began to appear around the arm, finally a 2 meter fireball came out of the hand of the student, the fireball traveled from the student's fort to the fort of the opposing team, this only started a shower of various spells between both forts, both offensive and defensive magic could be seen throughout the battlefield.

Seeing this, Abel was completely fascinated by magic, something inside him wanted to be able to exercise that kind of power, without any purpose, he just wanted to be able to do the same as all those students, when the program ended, Abel ran to look for Paúl and ask him if he could teach him magic.

When Paúl heard that Abel wanted to learn magic, he really felt somewhat concerned, the more time he spent with Abel the more he understood what Robert mentioned in the video, with Abel's compression capacity and his magic power he really feared a little in the power that Abel could develop, (sigh) "Tell me Abel, why do you want to learn magic", somewhat confused by the question Abel replied "I want to be the same as those people on television."

Seeing Abel's innocent response, Paúl couldn't help but laugh and remember the day he decided to develop his own magical power, at that moment he was equal to or more excited than Abel, with a sigh Paúl took out a book from one of the cabinets of his desk and gave it to Abel, "Very good Abel start reading this book, when you finish we will talk again."

Abel took the book without asking and went to the library, during these three months the library became Abel's sanctuary, the place where he spent most of his time reading all kinds of books, when he arrived at the Library he sat in a sofa and began to read the book whose title was History of Magic Power.

The book explained how magic power arose, more 1000 years ago the sun began to radiate a new type of energy throughout the solar system this energy was named mana, the manna functioned as a biological stimulant which promoted changes in all kinds of life forms on earth, in turn, It affected the structure and atmosphere of the planets of the solar system causing enormous changes, for example the earth that previously had 6 continents now only had 1 called the new Pangea, apart from the earth most of the planets in the solar system did not show signs of life However, with the advent of magic, life began to emerge on all planets, which caused the solar system to be filled with life.

The change also affected humans, the mana caused the lifespan to increase to more than 300 years and in turn gave the ability to develop different forms of magical power, at first it was total chaos on earth, humanity was not united and therefore when acquiring a new power the differences exploded causing a massive war in turn the weather and the magical beasts led humanity through an era of chaos, however, in the end humanity managed to unite and overcome their differences and retake the baton as the leading race of planet earth.

Some time later, portals were discovered that connected the planets to each other, and humanity found other intelligent humanoid races, this meeting ended in a war between races that dragged the entire solar system, after years of being at war the inhabitants of the solar system They realized that the war would take them nowhere and in the end, they decided to create the Solar Federation, despite the fact that for more than 500 years there is relative peace among the inhabitants of the solar system, every year there is one or another fight Between the races, the fight for territory or resources will always be present for which each planet continues to develop its warlike power

The book also mentioned that after discovering the magic power conventional weapons became somewhat obsolete thanks to their expensive price, a missile that costs thousands of federal credits has the same degree of destruction as a spell cast by any magician that only requires being educated and fed, therefore, a nation half its war power by the amount of magical assets its army possessed.

After a whole day of reading Abel finished the book and returned to Paúl's study, when Paúl entered I received him with a smile, and asked him, "So Abel tell me you still want to learn magic after reading the book", with a look of determination Abel replied "If teacher I would like to learn magic", "and tell me you don't mind turning yourself into a human weapon that in moments of crisis has to go to the battlefield", "If some kind of danger comes I prefer to have the power to defend myself that the need to hide behind others "," Very well then rest for today tomorrow we will start with your training ", with a smile Abel ran to his room to rest.

With a sigh, Paúl stared at Abel's back, he knew that it was impossible to prevent him from learning magic, with his learning ability it was possible that he could learn magic on his own, so he preferred to train and educate him to prevent Abel from derailing In recent months, Paúl has grown fond of Abel so he was determined to raise him to become a good person.