Real Beginning From Inside Out - 2

If I talk about the development of the area and its people, it reminds me of Earth. Not the modern Earth but somewhat similar to the past generations. As I left to explore this new world, I observed most of the details. When I looked at all of them, my pupils were leaving my eyes while I was gawking at them in astonishment.

There's no way I am getting bored since there are many manga stores in the region and they are just as amazing.

Everything's almost the same except for two factors. The difference in the generations of the respective world and the presence of magic here.

Of course, I don't see people using them in their day-to-day lives since having an affinity for magic is rare, even here. Below our television, there's a table, more like a small cupboard, which has a lot of books present inside it. One day, I investigated that cupboard in curiosity and you won't believe what I found there.

Dancers, singers, models, sportsmen, and some other famous celebrities looking at me from those huge bundle of magazines. I felt shy as my eyes met theirs…sigh. The entire shelf was filled with unnecessary things and I had a hard time finding something useful. Nonetheless, there were some things that I could get my hands on.

It seems like before I went to that long slumber of three years, I have been studying in a wizardry-affiliated academy. When I asked mom about it, she kept it brief but did fill me up with some useful information.

She told me that I was critically injured after a truck hit me and was in a coma since then. I mean…for real? But I did attend that academy for the first few months so I had the textbooks from there in the cupboard. Should I call myself fortunate enough for having these remnants or unfortunate for not having a memory of anything that this body has lived?

Absolutely nothing. I touch my chest and feel the slow beating of my heart. Basically, I am starting from zero.

In those textbooks, I was able to learn quite a few things. No physics, no chemistry, nothing at all. It is obvious that the laws of nature are somewhat different here but it's not necessary in this world since we have a replacement for it, magic.

At first, I thought that all I need is to do some cultivation and bring out my body mana but it's completely contradictory to it.

The entire body of humans here works on crystals. Not just magic, but even the life force of the people is present in the form of crystals.

For all the living beings, their entire life maneuver on those crystals. And when the person dies, what's left is just an empty glass filled with the experiences and memories of that person.

So, there are different types, meanings, and varieties of these crystals but I am not that knowledgeable about those things right now. I will learn about those things as time pass by so not much of a problem.

Now that I am already here and there's nothing wrong with me, why don't I start going to the academy?! I had this thought a few days ago but my almighty mom cleared it all up. Seems like, I never took a break from school. Mom has been paying money to the officials of that academy for the last three years. I don't know the reason for that since I could have entered once again and start from the basics. But because of this fee payment, I have lost these three years of mine and those school officials are eating all the money since then.

I live alone in this house with my mom since the father of this body had passed away, few years after the marriage. That's why I feel like people are exploiting her resources since then.

But she's quite smart and reliable in that case so no one can do a damn thing in front of her firm appearance.

"Ah, damn! That's embarrassing!" I suddenly remember something related to mom. That's her straight-up personality. Sometimes, she says what she thinks without thinking twice and then I need to think that what was she thinking when she said that. Whether it's something 18+ or direct insults, she speaks them normally as people converse with each other and since I live with her, I have been hunted many times by those comments.

Coming back to the point, my academy life has ended but since I was lucky enough to wake up in this time period, I will be able to attend the selection process performed at the end of graduation of students.

Yeah, the Selection process. It's also mentioned in the textbooks. This is where they select the ones who are able to attain the affinity for magic after training them for all these years. If I have to explain it in simple terms, the ones who are able to manifest their crystal out of their bodies will be able to use its power for different purposes, therefore, selecting their career options accordingly.

It doesn't seem any different than normal college graduation but that magic part makes the difference.

And the most important thing, the date of that selection process is tomorrow… which means I won't be a child anymore after this and will become a full-fledged seventeen-year-old boy. Yeah, this guy's age is also seventeen years. Coincidence can be goddamn freaky.

It's a really big day for me tomorrow since I will be able to explore something more and something new after all these weeks.

I am excited.