I Need To Investigate

Yet, Alvin didn't want to talk about it. "You will see when we get to the academy tomorrow. With your ability, it shouldn't be an issue for you to become an independent Familiar, so you will have access to all of these things."

Lucau then looked at the time and patted his son's shoulder. "Alright, jokes aside, it is truly getting very late. You need to take the academy's car tomorrow morning very early, so let's all go to sleep."

Alvin nodded and went to his old room with Felia. Lucau then looked at the wisp, wondering. "Do wisps need to sleep?"

Linfel shook his head. "Not really. However, most races back where I came from also slept. I guess this is an issue for those who have blood and flesh bodies. By the way, I saw Felia retiring to the room with Alvin. Do Familiars need to sleep?"

"I'm not sure, but I believe they need to sleep with their masters. Something about their soul connection making it hard for the masters to sleep if their Familiars are active or whatever. You can ask Alvin and Felia tomorrow," Lucau answered. "Anyway, since you don't need to sleep, just stay in the house and do whatever you want. Just please, don't break anything."

Lucau also retired to his room, leaving Linfel alone. 'Hum... judging by this planet's time, it will be a few hours until they wake up. I guess I'll just focus on understanding this Magic Energy better until there.'

Linfel had just got to use Magic Energy for the first time today, so there were many things he was in doubt about when controlling it. He wanted to take a look at the training methods for humans and familiars, but it seemed like Alvin and Felia couldn't give him that without the academy's authorization.

***

Night gave way to day, and the sun began to appear in the sky. When Alvin first woke, he felt his body quite light, as if he hadn't gotten such a good sleep in ages. His Familiar's core soon activated, having felt it when Alvin got up as well.

They exited the room a few minutes later, catching the sight of the wisp lying on the Living Room's table. Only very feeble waves of Magical Energy came out of his core, looking as if he was once again about to run out of energy. 

"Eh?! Linfel, are you okay?" Alvin heard the story from his father, so he got worried for a moment.

However, those waves of Magical Energy immediately increased several times, returning to the normal output as the wisp rose from the table. Soon, his body took the shape of a familiar again before he spoke. "I'm fine. I was just trying to understand this Magical Energy well, and I can concentrate better if I don't have to focus on anything else; that's why I let go of my floating."

"I see..." Alvin sighed in relief. Linfel was his card for Red Magic Energy, after all. Besides... even though the wisp lacked some... a lot of common sense, he quite liked him. "So, did you find anything?"

Linfel nodded. "Yes, I believe I understand what you meant about integrating Magical Energy into one's core. I don't know what methods you use, but I should be able to come up with something on my own if your methods don't work."

Alvin was impressed. "Really? This is no joke, you know? The techniques to increase one's level as a Magus or Familiar are very intricate. Any small mistake might destroy your entire progress, forcing you to start from the beginning again. There are plenty of stories of Maguses and Familiars who lost everything and had to start from zero because they weren't careful enough."

"Is it that serious?" Linfel wasn't expecting that. "It's truly different from my home then. Since there were no levels, there weren't levels to be lost, so it was all about accumulation and nothing more."

Lucau appeared in the room right after, feeling rejuvenated. "Oh, you guys up already?"

Alvin turned to him. "Yes. Father, the academy's car should be here at any minute, so it will probably be some time until I can visit you again."

Lucau just waved his hand. "Yes, I know. It's fine."

*Plin!*

Suddenly, Alvin's MCON called his attention. He took it out and checked, sighing. "And it is already here. They sure are fast."

Everyone made their way out of the house. Lucau and Alvin exchanged a few words and a hug before bidding their farewells. Finally, they got into the car and left. As for Lucau, he simply locked the door and made his way to the insurance company. He had to get a new boat, after all.

In the car, Linfel looked around as they made their way out of that small town. It was just a coastal city without many inhabitants, so it was very simple. Yet, around two hours later, the sight of another city entered Linfel's eyes, shocking him. "Holy shit! How can those buildings be so tall without falling?"

Alvin still didn't forget the academy's car had vigilance inside, so he warned Linfel. "We can talk about it later. Don't forget where we are."

Linfel nodded, still feeling curious.

The academy car didn't leave them at the academy, though. The student could choose to disembark in the city itself as long as they made it to the academy until the end of the day. That said, he left the car with Linfel and Felia in the city center. Only then did they speak without worries.

"So, no tall buildings back where you came from?" Alvin asked.

Linfel shook his head. "Not really, the biggest ones were usually like pyramids, having very big bases to support the higher floors. These buildings, however, far surpass the ones I've seen." He then looked into the distance and saw one particular construction that went all the way to the skies, hiding beyond the clouds. "Truly impressive. What is that one about?"

"Oh, that?" Alvin knew which one. "That's the Space Station. Any visitors from outside first arrive on those, and if we want to leave the planet, we go there as well to take a Spaceship. There are quite a few around our planet."

Back in Linfel's time, there was indeed travel through different planets. However, they weren't as common as Alvin made it look like. Only the most powerful, including his old friend Horan, had the capability to achieve such feats. Thanks to Horan, Linfel had a general understanding of the Universe he came from, so he couldn't help but wonder. 'Am I still in the same Universe? No primordial energy, Space Travel doesn't seem anything that impressive in Alvin's eyes either, and he is what you would consider an average person in this world... perhaps even below it. I need to investigate.'