Progress

After graduating from the Academy of Magic, an identification system is made to know what level the student is.

Adventurers recognized by the academies use insignia that show what rank they are in.

The order of the badges from weakest to strongest is: Bronze, Silver, Platinum, Gold, Diamond, and Emerald.

I still haven't had the opportunity to read about any Emerald Badge adventurers; maybe my language knowledge is still low.

Basically, these are the basic things I know about this world.

In the future, I want to be more knowledgeable about Mythology and Academies, but my priority right now is unlocking my mana.

After 5 days, I wake up, and an unexpected event happens!

Today is my brother William's birthday. To be more specific, the 16th of Marchenwind, the third month of the year. He is completing his first year of life.

In the morning, my parents made a little surprise with a vanilla cake with some purple fruits on top and a toothpick representing age.

We celebrated in the kitchen, and my parents sang a song I had never heard before. It must be the "Happy Birthday to You" of this world.

I don't know if it's very healthy to give cake to a 1-year-old, but I can't do much...

Not to mention, the cake was delicious!

I didn't eat much because I don't want to have complications with diabetes in the future...

Now that I realized, I was born in the first month of the year.

During these days, I've been trying to unlock my mana through that training that I developed myself.

Apparently, it's working!

I can feel the mana getting stronger, but it's still very weak.

One thing I've been noticing, which is not new today, is that my mother, Hera, is very clumsy and even chaotic.

She constantly trips, gets agitated, and bumps into furniture unintentionally; it's pretty surreal and absurd. It even seems on purpose!

A month after William's birthday, I have been continuing to train my mana release.

I can feel it more clearly; it's like I'm increasing the opacity of a drawing little by little...

Sitting on the grass in my backyard, I seek the deepest concentration. The sun is setting, the breeze is on my face, and the temperature is mild.

The grass touches my crossed legs and parts of my arms that are relaxed on the ground.

The sound of birds passes over my head. The noise of the leaves is constant and soft.

I can visualize, no, feel, the trickle of mana running through my body...

"Hey." I hear a child's voice.

Slowly opening my eyes, the light blinds me for a moment, but I get used to it.

The sky is a late afternoon red and orange color.

In front of me is William, the one who interrupted me.

"What are you doing?" he asks me looking at me with a doubtful expression.

How do I formulate this sentence?

"I, training, release my mana." Did I say it correctly?

"Can I try?" he asks.

"Yes."

William sits down next to me, legs crossed, the same way I am.

"What do I do?" he asks me expecting me to give instructions.

"Close eyes and concentrate... on the wire..."

"Wire?" he asks, closing his eyes.

How am I going to be able to explain this to a child when I don't even know!?

" Hmm ... I think I understand." William speaks.

You must be kidding. Did he really understand?

"What do you feel?" I ask.

"It feels like there's a lot of water running past me." he says with his eyes closed in his thin voice.

I don't know if he's really succeeding, but I don't mind having company in training...