Exploring

6

A few months have passed since the day Adelor learned how to cultivate mana now. And a lot of things have changed on his life.

Even though Adelor still hasn't had the opportunity to see what lies beyond his parents room. He made a lot of progress on his mana cultivation.

Through trial and error Adelor was finally able to find a way to sense mana when he was inside of his mental space. And also found a way to make the walls of his mental space to absorb mana more quickly.

He also tried to have the walls absorb mana while he was putting mana inside of his mental space.

It was like doing two things at the same time but he hadn't had any success up until now.

Adelor would cultivate during the night and during the day he would absorb the mana inside of his body.

But cultivating mana didn't replace sleep so he had to make time to sleep properly.

Also every now and then his *cultivation enthusiasts* talent would kick in and double his mana gains. Adelor was also able to create a new magical skill.

It was called spirit Scan and he created it by accident when he was trying to sense the mana while he was inside his mental space.

Spirit scan allowed him to sense every thing within 10 meters and it only consumed 1 mana , it had no casting time.

But the most important thing that happened this few months was that Adelor was finally able to start crawling.

Now it might not sound like big deal to you but being able to move only through another persons help can be very frustrating.

Plus learning how to crawl wasn't easy by any means. And it requires muscle strength. So he couldn't move very far even after learning how to crawl. And hadn't seen what lies beyond his parents room. Every time he tried to go out, his mom or one of the maids would obstruct his way.

Adelor was extremely curious to see the rest of his home. While the adult part of him knew that there wouldn't be anything special. The child part of him wanted to explore.

So tonight was the night he would go out and see what lies beyond his parents room. He had made the perfect plan. The baby bed he was in was surrounded by bars so he wouldn't fall during sleep. But the bars weren't very high and he was sure he could pull himself up.

During sleep his parents would always close the door but

he had found the solution for the door. Earlier this day he had placed one of his toys on the door so the door wouldn't be completely closed.

So when night come in stead of following his usual routine of cultivating and then going to sleep he made his move.

His parents were sleeping in the bed right next to him so he had to be very quite.

So as he tried to pull himself out of the bed as quality as possible he couldn't help but feel a little excited. This was his first adventure in this new world.

The room was lighted by only one of those strange lights. Its dim light played the role of an bedroom light. So it wasn't completely dark and Adelor could see.

After a few tries Adelor finally was get out of his bed. But not without a big fall in the end. The fall created some noise and his baby butt hurt a lot.

On the bright side though his parents didn't woke up despite

the noise. Adelor tried to crawl as quietly as possible as he was passing beside his parents bed.

After a few minutes of crawling in a sneaky- sneaky way Adelor finally reached the door.

Thanks to the noble sacrifice of his toy the door wasn't fully closed so Adelor was able to open it.

What he saw next was a sight he would never forget in his entire life. Beyond his room was a dim lighted, long corridor. The corridor was mostly empty. With only a few paintings along the walls.

Every thing was quite, in fact so quite that Adelor could hear His heart beats. This corridor was starting to give him a creepy feeling.

And the more he looked at the paintings the more Adelor felt that something was not right. For starts these paintings felt extremely life like. And in these paintings there were mostly portrayed some old man,who were holding different weapons on their hands. But the way the corridor was lighted it gave them a sinister aura.

Also the fact that they, for some reason, felt extremely life like to him didn't help.

{They must be the previous generations of my family}

Adelor thought.

But still, for some reason he felt like he was being watched by these paintings.

Like the figures on these paintings would jump out ,and grab him

{Man this corridor is straight from a horror movie}

Adelor was a little scared but he steeled his heart and started moving. He couldn't go back now.

If he did, who knew when the next opportunity to explore,would come. It was now or never.

After a few minutes of crawling, he finally learned where this corridor leads to. Now before him there were 3 possible directions.

One was going downstairs, apparently he was on the second floor. Or at least he thought so, because the stairs leaded only downstairs and not up.

The second possible way was going to the balcony on the left. But the glass door was closed . Plus what could he possible do on the balcony.

The third way was going straight ahead and he had no idea what might be there.

As Adelor was thinking where to go next. Suddenly his field of vision was lifted up.

Some one had grabbed Adelor and had lifted him on the air. He was scared but at the same time a strange felling rose into him. This feeling was forcing him to calm down.

Adelor turned his head around to see who had lifted him in the air and to his surprise he saw his loyal follower (father).

"And just what you think you are doing outside of your bed in this hour you little trouble maker."

His loyal follower ( father) was watching him with an amused expression on his face.

While Adelor now understood the language he couldn't talk so he tried to make his best baby sad face and point in the direction of the stairs. While his loyal follower (father) was heading back tours his room with him on his arms.

"What you wanna go and do some more exploration ?

Hhaahha OK my little explorer.

How about we go to my study then?"

As his loyal follower (dad) said this he changed his direction and headed the other end of the corridor.

{Finally I am getting to see something else except that room.

He said that we would go to his study. I wonder what his job his honestly}

As they were heading to his father's study he had to put up with all the kisses that he was getting from his father.

{Dammit I am not a toy so you could do what ever you want with me. I also have feelings}

As Adelor was complaining internally, they entered a small but luxurious room. In one corner of the room there were one exquisite table and two chairs in front of him. Around the walls there also were some bookshelves.

What got Adelor's attention wasn't the luxury of the room but the view of the window.

{It's wired how people can get used luxury to the point of not noticing fancy stuff anymore but simple stuff like the view of the night sky}

Yeah Adelor was watching the night sky. It was so full of stars that it was amazing. Thanks to the smoke,this kind of view was never available to him back on Earth.

{I wonder what other amazing things this world has to offer}

"Are you wondering what those lights in the sky are my little explorer. Those light are called stars. They may appear small but in fact they are really, really big.

Its just that they are far away from us"

{ Ohhh really? I thought they were candies thanks for explain them to me}

As Adelor was mocking his father with his thoughts, he continued speaking.

"But that isn't the most amazing thing. Because the most amazing thing his here among us.

Now look closely"

As he said that he made a strange motion with his hands and suddenly his hand started glowing.

"You see this?

This is called magic and when you grow up, if you have the talent for it you will be able to do it too"

His father gave him a bright smile but Adelor didn't even notice it.

That was because his attention was fully occupied by his fathers hand.

He could see the mana inside of his father's body move. The mana was going straight to his head but Adelor still wasn't able to figure it out. Just how was he casting the spell.

Adelor had tried many things but he still wasn't able to cast spells.

No matter what he did.

"Dad is awesome, right?

Don't worry, you too would be able to do this to when you grow up.

Now let's go back before momy find out and then we both wold be in trouble."

Adelor Meseus Glades

Strength — 0.03

Speed. — 0.02

Life force — 0.05

Spirit. — 3.42

Mana pool — 10.4

# Magical skills —

# mana manipulation

# Spirit sense

# Innate talents

*superior mana sense*

*smaller mana pool*

*strong spirit *

* magical genius*