F-Class Talent

"Haha, Katarina, congrats! Dad's thrilled you're following my path at Vollen Academy."

"Mom didn't expect you have S-class talent, Red Thunder, that is much stronger than Dad's. See the officials' surprise when they learned about it."

Adam looked at both his parents, who were in a happy mood, praising his talented twin sister. He understood that the family dynamics would change after the mage talent assessment day. A week ago, representatives from the Vollen Academy came to the city of Fiora to test the mage talents of children under 12 years old.

Before the assessment, Adam was always given priority and affection in this family because his parents thought he would inherit his father's mage talent. However, unexpectedly, he only possessed an F-class talent, Bond, while his twin sister possessed an S-class talent, Red Thunder.

'I thought I am the protagonists like in the online novels, but turns out my sister's the protagonist,' Adam mocked himself.

Since birth, Adam inherited memories from his past life, which led to faster mental growth and development compared to others his age. This made both of his parents consider Adam special, assuming he must have high mage talent.

Adam himself didn't expect this outcome. After reincarnation, wasn't he supposed to have exceptional talent? But reality slapped him in the face. His twin sister, whom he always considered foolish, turned out to possess exceptional mage talent.

In this world, a mage's identity carries high regard. Parents hope for their child's strong mage potential to elevate family reputation.

"Adam, nothing to say?" Katarina asked, smirking. Before their mage talents were revealed, Adam always ignored her and looked down on himself. Katarina now wanted to see her arrogant brother acknowledge her superiority.

Reluctantly, Adam congratulated, "Accepted at Vollen, your future shines."

Katarina smiled satisfactorily at her brother's words, believing this was just the beginning of her dominance over her arrogant brother.

The celebration continued for a while until it stopped as the night grew late.

Adam returned to his room. He sighed softly as he lay on the bed. Initially planning to become a great mage, it seemed he needed to change his plans.

"Alpha, check my status."

[Status unlocked]

[Name: Adam de Brown]

[Age: 11]

[Physical: Excellent]

[Talent: Bond]

The holographic screen in front of Adam wasn't like the systems in the novels he read. When Adam was reborn into this world, he found that the bio-processor in his brain had followed him into his new body.

Adam originated from Earth in the year 3056, where bio-processors had become commonplace. The bio-processor allowed humans to store and process data in the brain more efficiently and quickly.

Adam found Alpha's database empty when he reincarnated into this world. This led him to immediately copy all his memories of his past life into the Alpha database. However, what he remembered about his past life was limited, so Alpha didn't record various modern sciences he had forgotten.

Now, Alpha had activated direct recording mode, meaning it recorded visuals, auditory senses, and everything Adam felt from the moment he was a baby until now. All recordings regarding these five senses were stored in the Alpha database.

"Alpha, display explanations regarding mage talent from various recorded sources."

At that moment, Adam felt his surroundings shift as he sat face-to-face with his father, who was explaining mage talent to him.

According to his father, mage talent is the potential to control, manipulate, and create certain things according to one's abilities. Essentially, each mage has horizontal limitations.

For instance, many individuals may have the talent to control water, yet the water they control can never turn into ice or vapor. There are temperature limitations within that water.

Adam's focus shifted back to when officials from the Vollen Academy further elaborated on mage talent.

Their explanation was essentially the same as what Alphonso had stated, but the academy officials added details about classifications. The classification of mage talent is something conducted by the International Mage Association. Their way of classifying talent is simple: based on the strongest mage among the possessors of that talent.

In essence, it means all talents might potentially reach higher levels, including Adam's F-class talent, Bond. However, that's only a theory. In reality, it's extremely challenging to surpass the limitations of mage talent itself. The history of mages spans over three thousand years, with recordings on mage talents starting two thousand five hundred years ago.

Hence, there's a clear reason why, after thousands of years, the bond mage talent is still recorded as an F-level talent.

"At least there's still hope for me," murmured Adam. Though highly challenging, Adam believed with Alpha's help, he could elevate his talent's strength beyond the F-class.

There are approximately over ten thousand recorded talents by the International Mage Association. All names and explanations of these ten thousand talents have been released across eleven different books. Fortunately, Adam's father owned all eleven book series, stored in the family library.

The next day, Adam hurried to the library, seeking the book detailing his mage talent, Bond. After flipping through pages for a while, he finally found the section explaining his talent, Bond. As the name suggests, the possessor of this talent can forge bonds with specific individuals.

Based on this, the possessor can influence the bonded individual. However, being an F-class talent, the influence bestowed is not particularly strong. Any command or desire conflicting with the target's own will fail. If too forceful, the target becomes aware of the influence by the talent possessor.

The current limit on targets at one time is ten, meaning the talent possessor can influence up to ten individuals simultaneously. Due to various limitations and weaknesses, this talent can only be categorized as an F-class talent.

Unfortunately, there are no notable records about the owner of this talent or their techniques. Usually, the International Mage Association also records two things: renowned talent possessors and their techniques. However, as an F-class talent, it means there were no former owners remarkable enough to be recorded in this book.

Adam closed the book, sighing, "The explanation is too vague; I need to try it myself."