c23- The Awakening part.2

C23- The Awakening part.2

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'Lights...

Lights everywhere.

Some colorless, some white, some black, and so on...

A myriad of balls of lights... how strange...

Where am I?

Where is my body?

I was meditating...

Warm...comfortable...

The colorless lights are coming to me...

Where is my body?

It feels like I...am dead...did I die again? Haha ha

Strange...how can lights not have colors?

Hm...wait...WAIT!!!! STOP!!!! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH'

Watching as the colorless lights drown me, my consciousness faded away....

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Mary quickly entered the room and the first thing she saw was Alvis lying on his bed stained with blood, as well as the surroundings.

*Sigh*

As she looked at the scene, she couldn't help but sigh.

'Well, he really is a genius.' Thinking of this, she walked to a sofa and sat down while continuing with her work.

Of course, she wasn't worried. It is normal for the body to expel blood when awakening is accelerated. After all, mana is forcibly stuffed into the body, taking up space and, logically, something needs to come out for that.

But well, considering the twins' states, an accelerated awakening is the best choice. Since they haven't expelled the inherent mana, circulating it through awakening is the best thing to do.

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*breathing*

Opening my eyes, a familiar ceiling reveals itself before them.

"Are you awake? Well, congratulations on your awakening. You're probably feeling some discomfort but don't worry, it will soon pass. Come on, I'll clean you up and then explain to you about the awakening."

Hearing a familiar voice, I see my mother sitting on the sofa as she smiles at me.

'She's proud' I thought.

WAIT!!!!

WAIT ONE MOMENT!!!!!

DID SHE SAY AWAKEN? GAHAHAHHAHAHAH

I'M FINALLY GOING TO LEARN SOMETHING ABOUT MAGIC!!!!+

In the last few months, since I learned to read, I've been going to the library every day to try to find out something about Magic, mana, and anything related. Unfortunately, the only thing I discovered was that you have to wake up first. Since every time I tried to read a book on the subject, the nannies and servants stopped me. Saying something like 'Ah, I'm sorry young master but you won't allow you to read this book' or something like that. Of course, it wasn't that fruitless. I couldn't read about anything related to magic but I learned a lot about the literature of that world and about military strategies. Oh, why do I read these books? Well, they indicate the culture of this world and allow me to indirectly analyze magic. I mean, how is it possible for a single human being to stop an army of millions? And what are soleil's? I have no idea but military books contain a lot of nonsense like this. At first I thought they were fantasies b-

"Alvis? Are you okay?"

Interrupting me was my mother's voice. Damn, I got lost in thought. This happens a lot lately. I think too much. Is there something wrong with me?

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We are currently sitting in the living room. I mean, I was scared when the smell of iron hit my nose and I realized I was covered in blood. Anyway, back to the present, after washing me, my mother brought me to the living room.

*Sigh*

"Ever since you learned about magic, you've been asking me to teach you. When I couldn't, you turned to your father, then the maids, your tutors, and finally the library."

"That...hahaha" I smiled embarrassed at my mother's speech. I mean, you can't blame me, I was anxious.

"Fufu, you're still my adorable baby. But well, don't worry. Anyway, like I said months ago, you weren't ready. But now that you've woken up, it's time for you to learn this. You'll start training your body and learn about mana. But that's for later.

For now, I will explain to you what awakening is."

Pausing for a moment, my mother looked at me and sighed again. Good? I think she's surprised? Well, it doesn't matter.

"What we call awakening is the process of the body absorbing mana, causing a mutation and allowing the body to strengthen. Mana permeates throughout the universe. It is constantly everywhere. When we breathe, in addition to oxygen and other gases, we also absorb the mana. And in this we have awakening.

You see, the normal process works as follows: a human being is born and with him comes the inherent mana, that is, the mother's mana. This mana will protect him and strengthen the baby for a maximum of 3 months until the inherent mana dissipates. In this case, the body will gain tremendous resistance to mana. And it will be like this until, more or less, 10 years of life. Around this age, resistance will have decreased or even disappeared and the body will begin to absorb mana again. We call this mana baptism. And this is where the division between awakened and non-Awakened is born. The mana will strengthen the body and develop it. For the unawakened, the body will slowly gain resistance to mana. But it won't be 100% resistance. If a non-Awakened absorbs 100 units of mana, 90% of it will dissipate while only 10% will be retained in the body at best. For those who are awakened, the body will not gain resistance, but rather strengthen and adapt. In other words, every time you breathe, mana will enter your body and be retained in your veins. This will continue until your body adapts and retains enough mana to circulate through your veins. The Awakened, in other words, is the individual whose mana circulates through the body just like oxygen. At that time, the individual becomes a level 1 Awakened."

*exhales*

Releasing the air in my lungs, I hadn't even noticed that I wasn't breathing.

I understand. So I became an Awakened...wait!

10 years?

"But mom...I'm only 1 year old."

My mother looked at me as she smiled.

"Yes. As I said, the 'normal' process. Now, your case and your sister's are different. Rarely, instead of the inherent mana dissipating, it is retained in the body. But it does not circulate. At first this is good since the baby will develop faster and its affinity with mana will be much greater. But later it will start to cause damage to the body. It will be like poison. Since the inherent mana is not yours. That's why there are three things that can happens: the first is to call a specialist to remove the mana. This is usually what happens.

In very rare cases, the brain will absorb mana unconsciously, forcing the individual to awaken and indirectly dealing with the problem of inherent mana as it will mix with their own mana. And we have your case... which was something only theorized since there were no records of this happening before, just rumors about it. And that is: meditate. Even though mana makes babies develop faster, it is not enough to allow them to understand meditation. The most basic meditation is simply getting into a comfortable position and focusing on your breathing. Feel your consciousness and pull mana into your body. Calm and patience is essential as it takes a long time for mana to be attracted. But for babies...doing this is simply almost impossible as it is in their nature to play, explore and so on. Not to mention that affinity is essential."

Listening to my mother's explanation, many answers to my question were answered. But at the same time....several others were raised.