Slime the Last Airbender

My father then dismissed us, and that was that.

By that time Mark and Nev had already entered the tutorial game that leads into the main VR game.

The game was the reason that my parents only saw us a certain amount of time out of the week. There were obviously many people who didn't spend all of their time within the game, but that is because they reached their limit of power. Every person who enters the game has what people call a "limit of power". The limit of power is the level that a person will eventually get stuck at within the game and have a hard time moving past.

Once people realize they have reached their own personal limit of power, they stop playing the game so much.

Our parents had yet to reach their limit of power, so they still played the game as much as they could. They decided they wanted to have children one day, so they realized they would need to take at least a few days out of the week to spend time with them until their children could join the game themselves.

I didn't get to see much of Mark and Nev until I turned 15 and joined the game myself, but when I did it was never good after that day.

Nev still treated me relatively the same, but Mark acted completely differently.

He seemed to hold a deep resentment towards all of us because we could possibly take what he always believed was rightfully his.

It was a valid reaction to the situation, but it still hurt my feelings a bit to see my beloved older brother turn on me so easily.

Nev was still kind outwardly, but I could always tell he didn't really see us the same anymore either.

My older sister Lilian was the only one to continue treating me the same. Even the twins started to distance themselves from the rest of us.

I don't think my mom and dad could have predicted this would happen, but if they did they never showed it.

They didn't intervene even when Mark would randomly lash out at the rest of us.

I tried to treat my siblings the same as I did before that day, but I couldn't help but distance myself from all of them but Lilian.

Lilian always understood me and vice versa. We have always gotten along well and had similar interests.

Lily entered the tutorial game a little over a year ago, so I haven't been able to see her much since then.

Luckily, today is my day to enter the game, so hopefully I will see her and my other siblings again soon.

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Knock! Knock! Knock!

"You ready?" Mom asked after knocking on my open door.

"Yeah, let's go." I responded.

I closed the diary that I had just started writing and put it back on my desk.

I then stood up and put on my coat jacket to leave.

Today is the day I get my nano injection to enter the game.

I am wearing a black three piece suit that is normal for me to wear when going outside. Being one of the Princes of Vendar I must keep up appearances when going outside, so my mother dressed me up very nicely like she usually does.

My white hair that naturally flows backwards doesn't need any other care to look nice so I didn't worry about it.

I left my spacious room to follow after my mother who was wearing a pale green dress that matches her eyes.

It took over 10 minutes to finally leave our house because of how big the whole thing is. It would be more accurate to call it a large mansion.

My mother put her fingers up to her mouth and blew.

"Pheeee!"

A large creature with wings flew around the corner in answer to her whistle.

My mom is a Beast Master, so she has an arsenal of exotic creatures under her command.

"Screeee!"

The Griffin cried out as it landed in front of us.

The beast was a weird, but good combination of two animals. The front of the beast from the head to the mid torso was that of an eagle. The middle and back of the beast was that of a lion.

"Take us to the Center, Monte." Mom said as she hopped on the back of the griffin.

I climbed on top of it and sat in front of her.

She grabbed the reins from in front of me and pulled them towards her, wrapping her arms around me while being able to steer at the same time.

"Kyaaa!" My mother snapped the reins and made a sound to indicate to Monte that he should start moving.

The beast flapped its large eagle wings and lifted us off the ground.

I could see the large trees surrounding our mansion much better this way and it was a beautiful sight. This wasn't the first time that my mom had taken me flying on one of her tames, but it was incredible every time.

"I can't wait till I can fly."

"You'll get there soon enough. Remember, because of how your anatomy works you'll have a much easier time doing things like that once you get control of mana." Mom responded.

"Sigh."

My mother reminded me of another problem I would have as a member of the Slime species.

Most species are able to control mana internally and create spells and such that way. They are then able to make mana cores as they gain power. Slimes are different.

Slimes cannot create mana cores, nor can they manipulate mana internally. We are creatures born from mana, so to internally manipulate it would be to alter our bodies.

However, that doesn't mean I can't use magic. I can still manipulate mana externally, unlike others.

The problem is that internal mana manipulation doesn't require anything other than spell chants or the magician directly manipulating it. External manipulation is different as it requires actual movement from the magician.