Awakening of the Phoenix II
POV Priscilla Glayder
"If it's not too much trouble, could I ask for some information about the boy who is training here with..." when I tried to see who the person who was giving him instructions was, I couldn't help but frown
"Is that the ex-king elf Virion?" I said surprised when I realized who the other person was
"Yes, he wanted to come and see one of his disciples" said director Cynthia conflicted
"Disciple?" My confusion only increased
"Let me explain" after several minutes they told me about the boy's origins
She told me that he was apparently the son of human slaves who got lost in the Elshire forest, but they perished leaving the child alone, the elves raised him for several years
The ex-king elf was interested in his talent and trained him until his early awakening at the tender age of seven
After that he decided to come to Sapin to enter the Xyrus academy in a few years, but to be able to pay the tuition in advance he decided to become an adventurer
During his journey to Xyrus he received the will of a dying beast, so he was staying here at the academy doing the assimilation process
She asked me to keep the matter secret, as it was confidential information that she wanted to keep secret for the protection of the child and I agreed
For my part I told her why I wanted to see the boy and how Kathyln had met him during our visits to Curtis
"Did you say his name is Julian, right?" Varay asked as we approached the ex-king elf and the boy who was listening to his instructions
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POV Julian Kingscrown
"How do you feel" Virion asked
"Fine, although I'm not used to the volume of mana yet, my body seems to be able to handle it without problems" I answered his question
"That's impressive, usually the body shows some resistance when entering the acquisition phase" he spoke in a surprised tone
"Do you know what the inherent abilities are?" Virion asked again
"I feel a strong inclination to lightning and fire magic, plus my senses opened up, it's a strange feeling" I replied checking my body and testing its new capabilities, I still hadn't gotten used to it
"Do you think you can enter the second phase?" Virion asked again
"I think so" I tried to let the will advance and immediately my hair began to grow, its color changed to an ash gray with orange tips, plus I feel that the marks near my eyes are much more pronounced and finally the concentration of ambient mana connected to me grows as well as the feeling of omnipotence
"Don't you feel any burden?" Virion asked
"No, not really" it's probably due to the dragon physique, even if it hasn't developed completely, it's clear that it's allowing me to endure the use of the will much better
"Fascinating, is it due to the will of the phoenix itself?, or is it that you have a really high compatibility with the will?", Virion spoke in an excited tone observing my reactions
A while ago I had noticed Queen Priscilla along with Kathyln and Varay talking to Cynthia, so I decided to focus on the awakening of the will following Virion's instructions
But was it okay? I wanted to keep this information secret, besides, what the hell is the guard doing outside when Cynthia clearly told him not to let anyone in
I also heard half-heartedly the explanation Cynthia gave about my origins, it had many lies in the middle and Virion noticed it too, but he didn't correct anything
"I'm somewhat surprised to see you, ex-king Virion" Priscilla spoke with a nod of her head
"I'm sorry if my visit bothers you, Queen of Sapin, but I wanted to see the birth of a beast tamer that I myself have been training, unfortunately things happened so fast that I couldn't be with him during the assimilation process and that led me to come without warning, I hope you forgive me for coming this way" Virion replied with another nod of his head
"Oh, don't worry, director Cynthia told us about your relationship with the boy and the particular case of his birth, especially now that we are trying to unite the three races, it is a good thing that there are people who allow us to create these bonds between us" Priscilla spoke
"I suppose so" Virion replied
At that moment, when I was about to deactivate the second phase, I feel a sense of crisis pressing against me and in an instant I see Varay moving to my back and invoking several ice spells
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POV Varay Aurae
I was today also in the middle of my duties, being a guard of the royal family
And we were at the academy where I usually came with the queen to protect her while she visited her son
It seemed that today the queen was also looking for a person she met, Princess Kathyln on one of her escapades around the academy
Because of that reason we looked for director Cynthia, she was not in her office so we had to ask for her whereabouts and we were informed that she was in the special training areas
When we arrived at the area the guard took us to the door, but he seemed to have a complicated face, after some persuasion from Queen Priscilla he opened the door for us
As I was hidden a few meters from the queen and the princess I couldn't see who was inside, but I could feel a strong wave of mana
So I immediately placed myself in front of the royal family, to cover them, creating an ice formation in front of us
After the explosion I noticed that this was not an attack directed at us, it looked more like the aftermath of a spell that is being practiced and especially the aura of one of the three people in the room gave me an approximate idea of what that explosion of hot air was
When I removed the ice formation, I saw director Cynthia approaching, I also managed to see who the other two people were, but my eyes were fixed on the boy who emitted the aura of a beast in the room
I could clearly feel his mana core, the central level was relatively high, the age he had was too young and above all I couldn't help feeling a sense of familiarity with him, at the same time that my instincts screamed at me that he was the opposite of me and I knew why; this boy was a kind of natural enemy for me his fire mana was perceptible at this moment in the room
After hearing the director's explanation about his origins from one moment to another, the pressure that enveloped the room grew again, the boy had crossed another threshold of the beast will and that caused a reaction in me, I wanted to fight with him, a strange impulse to want to test him arose, that good material was standing right in front of me to test it
That's why I asked the Queen to let me have a fight with him, she was a little worried because I usually didn't do this kind of thing and I was also surprised with myself, I never thought that someone could awaken this kind of competitiveness in me
That's why I transmitted some of my pressure to the room and placed myself behind his back quickly, activating some of my spells but without launching them
To my surprise, before I could speak, the boy had moved from his position at a surprising speed and was now a few meters away from me while watching my movements.
From what I see, it's not only his mana that is refined, his instincts are also quite developed, I thought as a smile formed in my mind
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POV Julian Kingscrown
"Do you want to have a practice fight with me?" Varay asked in a dry tone
What the hell! If it was just that, she could have told me before placing herself behind me and activating her spells, I felt like my heart almost came out
I turned my gaze to Virion and he seemed to be getting snacks ready to watch the fight, I directed my Miranda to Cynthia and she seemed to be having fun
Am I alone in this? In case you don't remember, I just woke up as a tamer, Elder Virion, I recited in my mind as I looked at him accusingly and he replied with a carefree smile
"Sure, can I know your name miss?" I replied as I looked at Varay
"Varay Aurae, can I know yours?" She replied in a cold tone
"Julian Kingscrown, a pleasure to meet you Miss Aurae" I said taking out my sword from the dimensional ring
Looking at her well, I can understand why she had so many fans in my previous life, she is quite pretty as a emotionless warrior raised in a cold region, but unlike the queen or Kathyln she doesn't give the impression of being a flower in a greenhouse, but her features show fierceness
Is it a bit strange that I feel some attraction to older women than me? I feel like since I came to this world it happens often, is it influence of my mental age of twenty-nine years?
Unfortunately, Varay didn't give me time to question myself about the topic and immediately threw several spells of ice swords at me
Immediately, I generated lightning, but unlike the blue ones that I usually handled, these had a bright orange color and seemed much stronger, it was a clear influence of Yimir's will,
I also activated Laplace, since I wanted to test if it would work with the charge of the will being used and the result was positive, I could keep it although it generated a slight load to the body
I wanted to try using the mana vision, but I felt like I could blow my brain if I did, so I put aside the idea and focused on the feeling of the surrounding mana to read Varay's attacks
And so the fight with another Lance began
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POV Kathyln Glayder
After meeting the white-haired boy again I could see his appearance better, although now he had some strange marks on his face
His white skin and white hair had not changed, but his eyes looked like those of a wild beast, according to what I could understand from my mother, it is a kind of ability that can be obtained from the mana beasts
She explained to me that the world lion that they bought from Curtis months ago could do the same when he grew up and that that boy was very impressive for being able to do it at such a young age, the air felt heavy, but I had managed to recover a little from the feeling I had
After that we started to approach him and Miss Varay told my mother that she wanted to train a little with the boy
How envious I also wish I could do the same and be an awake mage, my mind was filled with negative feelings, my mother seemed to notice it, she stroked my head telling me that everything would come in time and that he was just an unusual case so I quickly composed myself
After that I saw Varay appear behind the white-haired boy named Julian
He immediately moved from his position even before Miss Varay could ask him to train with her
When she asked him, the boy looked very nervous and looked at the one my mother said was the ex-king elf, I felt sorry for his expression of betrayal, but it was not something I could change, since everyone seemed interested in testing Julian.
The boy finally gave in and the confrontation began, Varay threw several ice magics that looked very strong to me, but Julian simply entered into a combat position, while orange lightning came out of his sword
And he immediately moved at an incredible speed deflecting and dodging the spells thrown by Varay and then approached her
When Julian had Varay within his range he threw several cuts charged with lightning, which she skillfully deflected and dodged cutting the ice sword she had made
They were very fast, I could barely see what they were doing, I don't remember seeing a sword fight like this, usually you see a lot of magic in the duels
But in this case the magic was being used very finely and was more focused on highlighting the techniques of both than on their large-scale attacks
The exchange of swords lasted a few minutes, until the deadlock was broken by Varay who managed to overcome Julian's sword technique with physical thrust
She immediately threw several wide-range ice spells that Julian couldn't dodge, at all he had some cuts and burns from the extreme cold
But they began to heal by a mysterious crimson fire, it was not the usual color that symbolized destruction, it was a very light and pure tone, you could feel the vitality coming from those flames
After that the boy disappeared from where he was, where did he go? When I tried to look for him I heard a sound of explosion where Varay was and I saw her retreating after receiving a blow
She was not injured, but she had her brow slightly furrowed and I could see the surprise in her eyes, I heard my mother say "oh my God" as she brought her hand to her mouth
What he did was really amazing, but only my mother, I and Varay seemed surprised
The director and the ex-king elf did not react too much
"exking Virion, how long have you been teaching him fencing?" I heard my mother ask the old elf
"Since he was very young, he was always very smart, learned fast and on top of that he had an incredible resilience to overcome himself" he said while watching the fight
"Not only that, it seems that he grew even more, since he had a practice fight with me when we met" the director spoke after the elf.