A Surprise

After about a year and a half of sporadically absorbing the golden orbs, Quill seems to have noticed a pretty sizable change, but he can't quite put a finger on what actually changed.

All he knows is that he feels a bit stronger, and his thoughts process slightly faster.

It was obviously because he has been absorbing the orbs, but he didn't know why now, or what directly caused it.

'Was it just the accumulation of them?' Or was today special? Quill wondered 'Eh, no matter what I'm going to try my hardest to absorb them now.'

Before Quill wasn't putting his utmost effort because he just thought there wasn't much of a point, he had already spent such a long time absorbing them that he thought he wasn't making any progress.

'Thinking back on it now it's pretty dumb to think like that, just because I wasn't making any visible progress, this could have been a major setback.'

Half a month later

'I like to hope that I have made big progress in absorbing the orbs after absorbing them nonstop, but I don't think I've made it that far just yet. I just need to diligently absorb them, and eventually, I just might be able to control the magic as I did in my past life.'

Quill had tried different methods in absorbing the energy, but it was all for naught, the only way he could was with the method he learned in his previous life.

A simple way of explaining is, it is a breathing exercise that sent the mana in and out the body through the lungs. Some mana stays and that becomes the mana that you are able to store and use.

Quill who was sitting at the table waiting for his mom had a sort of reminiscent look on his face.

'Today marks the 5th year I am in this world. It hasn't been too exciting, but it definitely has been interesting the whole way.'

'Apparently, something special is gonna happen today because it's my 5th birthday, something about turning 5 is important I guess. That's what my mom told me anyway, we're gonna just have to see.'

Just as he finished thinking my mother walked into the room, and behind her, there was a tall pale man with light blond hair, long pointy ears, and deep green eyes.

Quills' mother began to speak "Quill, here is somebody I would like you to meet."

Quill and the man make eye contact, and then Quill comes to a realization.

"Dad?"