System Testing 2

Over the next few days Jerod was slowly weened away from having baby sitters with him all the time. It started by him being inside the house helping his mother with the chores. This allowed her to get to other activities quicker which put him to playing outside for a majority of the day.

'Okay Lindsay, let's go over what we know so far. After looking at everyone's stats we can get a decent idea on what is normal for children. Pull up Jack and Julie's stats for me again.'

Status

Jack (LV. 2) Age 8

HP: 15

MP: 3

STAM: 10/10

SPIRIT: 3

STR: 5

AGI: 4

LUK: 3

SOUL ENERGY: 50

Status

Julie (LV. 2) Age 8

HP: 15

MP: 10

STAM: 8/8

SPIRIT: 6

STR: 3

AGI: 5

LUK: 5

SOUL ENERGY: 50

'So let's start with the differences. First, we don't see an EXP counter for them. However we do know that they have a level of 2. Next, they both have considerably less spirit and soul energy than I do. We still don't know what soul energy does but everyone in our family has 50 regardless of their age or level. So it seems this may be something that is constant for them maybe because they don't have a system? Or maybe it is from the Magic Affinity ability?

Comparing my stats to theirs, I already have the same strength as Julie and almost as much stamina. What we should do is keep an eye on her and see if she picks up anything that causes her to use as much of her strength as she can. Once we see that then we can wait until no one is looking and try the same thing. This will let us know if the stats are equivalent, I want to make sure that 3 strength for me is the same as everyone else. This is a must do test, if they aren't the same then it will affect me in future fights.'

'Good idea Jerod. I will maintain scans in her area to observe scenarios of her doing heavy lifting or strenuous work. I believe that the next course of action is to develop a physical fitness plan. Would you like me to put together a simple workout routine?'

'You know workout routines?'

'Well, I am not a professional of course, but I did spend a lot of time in the gym before I found out about my cancer. How else could I in good conscience take you into the mountains to hike if I couldn't carry you if you got hurt.'

'Uh huh... Um well something simple I can do with this body will be great.'

Over the next few weeks Jerod used his unsupervised time to do the simple workouts that included pushups, sit ups, jumping jacks, and running laps around the outside of the house amongst other things.

'Okay Lindsay let's do a progress report. We have been doing workouts for a little over a month now.'

STATUS

Jerod Lv. 1 EXP 0/50

HP: 10/10

MP: 25/25

STAM: 10/10

SPIRIT: 16

STR: 5

AGI: 4

LUK: 5

SOUL ENERGY: 110

'Awesome! so we were able to raise stamina by 3 points, strength by 2 points, and agility by 2 points. We confirmed that stats are mostly equal numerically compared to other people. No progress yet on raising spirit, luck, or soul energy outside of leveling.'

'Great work Jerod! You have been working very hard. We will be going to see Madam Zell in a few days so we can observe her magic usage for light particles. Maybe you should ask her some questions about magic. Being a curious almost 4 year old you should be able to get some information from her.'

A few days later Jerod and his family made their usual six month healer visit. Jerod was able to convince his mother that he was big enough to have his check up by himself without her in the room and decided to ask his questions about magic before the exam began.

"Madam Zell, could I ask you about healing magic? You are so good at it but I don't ever see anyone in my family do the white colored magic."

"White colored magic? What colors of magic have you seen before?"

Zell was shocked when she heard this terminology when describing magic. Very few people could see the color of magicles (magic particles) and those few people were extremely talented with magic.

"Well, I have seen red colors when my mother starts a fire for dinner, brown when my father works in the fields when he is softening the soil to till, blue when he comes in and cleans his boots, and green when my sister is sweeping the room. I have also seen white colors when you do the check ups on me and my mother."

'MY GOD! He can see all of the element colors? Normally geniuses can only see at most two elements. This child is a super prodigy of magic!'

"Jerod, focus on my fingertip. Tell me if you see anything."

As Madam Zell held up her finger there was a swirl of element particles that started to gather together. This was Jerod and Lindsay's first time to see the inferred black magic particles.

"I see a lot of black colors collecting at your fingers. What kind of magic is that? This is my first time to ever see it."

'He can see it! He really can! This is amazing, someone who can see all forms of magicles. I cannot allow anything to stand in the way of him attending a magic school.'

"Madam Zell? Are you okay?"

"Ah? Oh, yes yes. Black colors. This magic is dark magic. It is used in conjunction with light magic when healing people."

"Oh? How come I have never seen you use dark magic when doing my or my mother's check ups?"

"Great question! Light magic allows me to scan your body to see if there is anything wrong with it. It also allows me to heal things like cuts and bruises. Dark magic is typically used to get rid of infections or other things that we don't want. Not everyone can use dark magic but some common people are able to. When using it in the base form it can be used to clean things like grime from pots etc."

"Oh that makes a lot of sense. I don't think we have had any illnesses that you would have to remove so I haven't ever seen it. How do you use the white and black magics?"

Zell looked at Jerod, scrutinizing the look in his eyes. 'He is asking specifically about only light and dark magic, not about how to do magic in general. Has he already started calling to the element magicles?'

"Little Jerod... I would be happy to explain how to call the white and black magicles. Magicles is what makes up the white and black colors. But I will only show you on one condition..."

"Magicles? Okay, what do I need to do? I would really like to learn."

"Well, make that two conditions... The first condition is, you have to show me what magic you can do."

Jerod starred blankly at Madam Zell. 'Do you think she is able to tell we can use magic?'

'It may be possible. Let's do some small wind magic and see her reaction. If she isn't phased then we can show her some others if she insists.'

"Okay, I can show you what I can do."

Jerod gathered the wind magicles and directed them towards the sheets on the bed nearby to cause them to rustle.

"Little Jerod... I know you can do better than that. If you can't show me the full extent of your prowess I don't think I can teach you how to use the white and dark magicles."

'Ugh.. she didn't seem impressed at all. Should we really go all out?'

'I think you may have to Jerod. It is important we learn everything we can from her while she is here. We haven't made any progress with the white magic and even less progress with the dark magic since this is the first time seeing it.'