Center Maho

the king rose to a standing position and started walking to Kiyoko and Frederic.

"I hear you've become great friends with Frederic have you?" Frederic tries to contain his laughter by covering his mouth.

"Y-yes sir!" The King walks closer smiling.

"No need to be so formal… Treat me as though im your father, I don't mind" He lightly chuckles as Frederic exhales and leans against the wall.

"Now Kiyoko… I think that's right" Kiyoko slightly nods.

"My name is Aristol III… I heard you could use Time Maho? That's very rare in this modern day and age… What's even rarer is the fact your a Demi-Human… by the way… What kind of Demi human are you?... i find Demi-humans super interesting-" Frederic laughs.

"Dad… your Fan-boying again…" the room becomes silent.

"W-well… it isn't my main type?..." the king looks down at Kiyoko as Frederic stands up.

"What do you mean?... its only possible to have one type of Maho… I mean… there are rare cases but most of the time they get sold off to child traffickers before they can live their lives" Kiyoko looks down and lifts his sleeve showing a white circle on his shoulder.

"Now way… an actual center!?... Theres only one or two every generation!... and your one of them… i cant believe it, im in your grace!" The kind kneels to the floor and bows his head as Frederic is wide eyed standing beside Kiyoko.

"Woah… w-wait a minute… im confused… What is a center?? Why is it so… highly praised…?" Frederic walks over to Kiyoko, the king standing up.

"Well, Kiyoko… Putting it simply… that white circle means your a center… the rarest type of Maho… I think Frederic would be able to explain it better than me" The king takes a few steps back as Kiyoko looks up at Frederic who smiles.

"Don't worry, ill explain the basics and how to use it… kay?" Kiyoko nods slowly as the king returns to sit on the throne. Frederic pats Kiyoko's back and walking him out of the throne room.

The field was huge. It was surrounded by walls on all sides except for the castle behind them. It was covered in tall grass, flowers, and trees dotted about. In the middle was a simple battle training zone where Frederic practiced.

"What is this?… its… so big!" Frederic looks smug as he looks across the field then back at Kiyoko.

"There are two of these fields… this one is mine, the other is Oji's… We use it from training. Kiyoko uses his head to direct him to a booth with a cover from the sun and walking over with him. Kiyoko sits down on the bench beside Frederic who is debating how to describe and explain Maho to Kiyoko.

"Okay… Maho is a term we use to describe supernatural abilities… these abilities fall into 12 sub types… you with me?" Kiyoko nods slowly as Frederic smiles and continues.

"Those in one sub type cant use an ability from another type… specific types don't interact well… and… if one has control over multiple elements, they cant use them in a combined attack…" Kiyoko raises an eyebrow to ask a question but stops.

"The twelve types are… Fire, Water, Thunder, Ice, Flower, Moon, Force, Earth, Shadow, Time, Wind, and light…" Kiyoko counts on his fingers and nodding as as Frederic continues. He looks up at Frederic.

"So then… What's… a center?" Frederic slowly nods before continuing.

"A type of Special Maho in which the user has command over every type of Maho… but the more difficult Tier 1 Maho… is… well… harder to master" Frederic stops and looks at Kiyoko who seems disoriented.

"What… are Tiers…?" Frederic pauses before laughing.

"There are 4 total tiers… the strongest Maho types go in Tier 1 Maho… while Tier 4 Maho holds the weakest… you got that?" Kiyoko rubs his arm.

"I think?" Frederic smiles and stand sup being backlit by the sun.

"You ready to try it out?" Kiyoko's eyes lit up as the two walked onto the field and got in position. Kiyoko slid his foot across the ground a small patch of ice forming underneath of it. He smiles and lifts his hand as more ground turns to ice. He looks up at Frederic who has seemingly disappeared and a massive ice spike in his place. He looks around just as Frederic appears behind him and is about to punch him but forcefully pushes him away into the large ice spike.

"Never loose focus Kiyoko… your fighting someone stronger than you." Frederic lands on the ground as Kiyoko sits up.

"You never know what they're gonna do… I win" Kiyoko stands up walking over to Frederic feeling bad.

"Why… did you push me? It looked like you were going to punch me." Frederic laughed nervously knowing Kiyoko already had a better stance on ice Maho than him.

"I didn't wanna hurt you more than you've already been hurt today… You have potential… And I wanna know if you'll let me help you realize it" Kiyoko's face lights up as he quickly nods.

"Now… I just wanna make sure… Your gonna be on my Royal Knight Training Regimond… It wont be easy" Kiyoko takes a deep breath and nods.

" now, i just wanna make sure, your gonna be on my training, and i wont make it easy" Kiyoko looks around at all the ice Frederic had compared to him and sighs before nodding.

"are you sure?" Kiyoko takes a deep breath and gets ready to speak as a massive fireball erupts from the second field courtyard. everything around glowing a pretty Orange and red Kiyoko in awe.

"is that Oji?" the fire slowly dies down as Frederic smiles.

"yup, his firepower grows stronger every day" he smiles and chuckles before continuing.

"so, are you ready to train?" Kiyoko smiles and looks at Frederic.

"yeah, im gonna beat you one day Frederic"

The bed was comfortable, albeit used to sleeping on the floor, this bed was a luxury for him. he had slept on it a few nights in a row, it still felt like cloud nine, nothing was better than this. knowing he would have to get up early once again for the final test in Frederic's training to see his progress. he cuddled the blanket as the curtains let in light Shining in his face. he shoved the blanket away and slid his feet hanging them off the edge of the bed. he stood up onto the solid floor and walked over opening the curtains letting in all the light from the outside. looking out to the field below where Frederic was practicing his new attack. covering his limbs in ice and throwing punches and kicks. but it wasn't getting anywhere as the ice would always break apart if he moved too quickly. the last few days had been filled with rigorous training by Frederic to improve solely his Ice Maho.

He grabs a red robe and a shoulder pad and puts it on over his clothes. he was excited. he rushed over and grabbed a new eye patch as the old one was dirty. the slash from the dagger now healed into a scar over his left eye but leaving him blinded in the same eye. he rushes and opens his room door and out into the hallway bumping into Oji who was coming to wake him.

"oh, your awake, good… your annoying to wake up…" he sighed as Kiyoko turned to look at him.

"oh sorry for hitting you Oji, didn't mean to, im in a rush" Kiyoko started running down the hall again to the foyer.

"that's 'Prince' Oji to you, ya weakling!" Kiyoko kept on down the hallway making it to the stairs where he exited out to the field where Frederic was waiting.

"aye, its bout time ya got up, i even sent Oji for ya" he snickered as Kiyoko stopped and leaned over exhausted.

"yeah, yeah, sorry for sleeping in" he took several deep breaths before standing back up.

"Don't worry, your good. are you ready, i wont go easy on you, kay?" Kiyoko smiled at him and took a few steps back before getting in a stance.

"yes sir- yes i am!" Frederic laughs

"if you think I've forgotten to practice myself while training you your wrong!" the air around the two turns cold as small pieces of ice form around Frederic. he swings his arms shooting them quickly towards Kiyoko. he dodges a few and knocks a few more away from him as he regains his footing seeing Frederic gone. he spins around and Frederic throws a full punch at him from behind. Kiyoko dodges again knowing he should attack grabs Frederic's arm covering it in Ice, spinning around and slamming him into the ground. Frederic catches himself with his hand turning the ground under Kiyoko into ice causing him to slip. he grabs Kiyoko's legs and pushes him to the ground flipping over top of him and pulling back his fist effectively winning the match. both of them breathing heavy, their breath cold.