CHAPTER 4 : ANALYSIS

It's been a few months and I am finally able to crawl. I won't say that I am particularly proud of doing something as mundane as this but it's still good to see that I can at least move from one place to another and not just be confined in the crib like an animal.

Once I could crawl, I made my way to a mirror lying on the ground without a frame. For the first time, I saw my new features - long light brown hair and dark silver eyes. My name is Alex, and my father's name is Mike Ford. He's a well-known merchant in the town of Zaar, located in Valden City in the northern region of Sapin.

I smirked, yes, we are rich, although not as rich as nobles, but richer than most of the commoners.

My mother's name was Alexa. And She was a housewife.

Even though I'm far from being able to form my core, I've been pulling and experimenting with mana all this time.

In this time frame, my mind was filled with a plethora of questions. Why is it that people are only capable of perceiving mana as white elements, while Arthur can see it in its elemental form when in reamlheart? Is it due to his utilization of runes as a means to sense or visualize mana? These inquiries have piqued my curiosity.

What if I tattooed those runes on my body as well? Will I also have realmheart? well.....it doesn't sound practical. If it were true then Sylvia wouldn't need to give Arthur her beast will, she could just tattoo those runes on his body and he would have been able to use their abilities without the will. The most important of question is what's even the origin of those runes?

'Hm', I furrowed my brows in thought. but I already had the answer in my memories.

Insights, They are the origin of the runes. So, does nature itself carves runes for you if you get insights into mana or aether? well, it would be interesting to see if it does. Wouldn't that mean nature have consciousness?

Well back to the topic, how do I get insights into mana or aether? Or what are even insights? The second question is how the fuck people in this world are even able to control mana or feel it. And what are these affinities?

I have a theory about this. My assumption is that our soul possesses an energy that enables us to manipulate mana. This energy could be referred to as "mental energy".

As for why I'm referring to the soul instead of the brain. The answer is quite straightforward. Humans understanding of the brain has been extensively explored on Earth, and it does not possess the type of energy I'm referring to. The other reason is obviously because now I know that the soul actually exists and is not any hypothetical concept.

Mental energy and mana are attractive in nature, by redirecting mental power, one can basically control mana as well, utilizing this attraction.

So, how exactly can a mage convert their mana into elemental mana? It's actually done instinctively through their mental energy, which varies from one person to another. It seems likely that the soul is linked to both the core and mind through some sort of passageway. This allows mental energy to be supplied to both, causing mana to change its nature in the core due to high exposure of mental energy. This process is what ultimately leads to the development of affinities.

The affinity of a person depends on the nature of their mental power. Then what if I change the nature of my mental power? wouldn't I'd be able to get any affinity I want? even aether is not impossible, right? well, this should be studied further.

Even though my thoughts are based on assumptions, as a scientist, it is in my nature to make sense of everything. While I may be proven wrong in the future, I will continue to have faith in my hypothesis for the time being.

Now, In order to learn about mental power, I first need to know how to even use it effectively. To achieve this, I have devised several methods.

Multitasking can help strengthen the connection between the mind and soul while also exercising mental energy. Similarly, practising the manipulation of atmospheric mana can strengthen the connection in the mana core while also exercising and improving mental energy.

While the latter sounds nearly impossible. I don't wanna manipulate atmospheric mana, just use it to exercise and improve my mental energy and strengthen the soul connection.

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It's already been 7 months since I've come to this world. Although I already know how to read and write from from fate visions, I'm still gonna ask my mom to teach me to avoid any complications that might raise my parent's suspicion.

I was just about to go to find out where Mom was when she suddenly came from behind me.

"There you are! Al, baby, are you feeling sleepy? let's go to your little cradle, mama will sing my baby a song, "It seems my mother noticed I was focusing with my eyes closed and confused it with me being sleepy.

My mother was a kindhearted and warm person, almost angelic in a sense while my father was very intelligent and charismatic. As a businessman should be. They both love me very much. And the feeling became mutual after several months.

I am never gonna tell my parents that I'm a reincarnate like Arthur did because it does not matter if I'm or not as I am gonna treat them as I would my real parents anyways.

After 9 months of coming to this world, I finally spoke my first word which was "mama" after which my mother started dancing in euphoria with me in her arms. While my father tried every way he could to make me say dada and I did not disappoint him.

My mother often took me around this rural town called Zaar, with me strapped to her front side. Tests stood on both sides of the dirt trail with merchants and salesmen selling all sorts of things, from everyday necessities to weapons, armour and...weird glowing rocks? People carried weapons freely. One man of roughly 170cm was displaying an axe bigger than him. Mother seemed to talk to me often, probably to enhance my understanding of the language. I found myself falling asleep fairly quickly.

She also brought me to my father's shop one day. I was aware that he was a businessman, but I didn't know he sold weapons. His shop resembled a large supermarket, with various types of weapons displayed on the walls.

My mother also taught me how to read and write after I became a year old, and gifted me a book with rhymes and poems and an expensive-looking quill.

After nearly five months when I showed my mother that I was able to write, I asked her to buy me some more empty books and quills, not asking why she just did what I asked as she was too happy that her 1.5-year-old son was able to read and write

It took me a month to start practising the exercises I created for myself. I also made sure not to neglect my core and gradually focused on attracting mana to it too.