Chapter - 4 - Mana

(did she leave the room?)asked Schwartz to he system.

[Yes master,the maid Anna has already left the room]replied the system to Schwartz.

(I see...Now!Tell me about this world!)said Schwartz to the system.

Even though it had been 2 weeks since he was born in this world he didn't knew much about this world.

[Yes master...this world contains mana which means this world is a magical worl-]

(WAIT!WAIT!WAIT! DID YOU SAY MAGIC?!THIS WORLD CONTAINS MAGIC ,LIKE THOSE WE SEE IN ANIMES AND MANGAS?!)said Schwartz in shock.

[Yes master,you are right. In this system you can even check your status and there is even a shop]

said the system to Schwartz.

(W-woah...is that so?Can you show me my status?)asked Schwartz.

[as you wish master]said the system.

*DING*

NAME: SCHWARTZ VON GRANTZ

STATUS: IMPERIAL PRINCE OF GRANTZ EMPIRE

STRENGTH:2

STAMINA:1

INTELLIGENCE:100

MANA : 1000

SKILLS: NONE

AFFINITY:*LOCKED*

PHYSIQUE:NONE

LEGACY:NONE

SHOP

(w-woah it's really true...)said Schwartz in wonder.

Schwartz was looking through his status and then suddenly his eyes fell in his mana status...yes mana not intelligence as he had an rough idea that his intelligence was high since he was an adult (17 yrs)as his mental age was matured.{NOTE:1 POINT OF INTELLIGENCE =1 IQ}

(Wait...why is my mana status so high..?) though

*DING*

[Host it's because your compatibility with mana is high] replied the system.

(huh?but I am not even a year old?)said Schwartz as he thought the reason why his compatibility with mana was high.

[It's because master has me the system to help him]replied the system.

(ah I see...)said Schwartz. Then he asked the system to tell him more about this world.

[ Human's mana affinity can vary on different levels...Master has C rank Mage's mana capacity which is higher than 70% of the world population]

(woah...is that so?Tell me different levels of mages)asked Schwartz.

[the different levels of mages are as follows:

e-rank (lowest)

d-rank (2nd lowest)

c-rank (medium)

b-rank (higher medium)

a-rank(second highest)

s-rank (highest){human limit}

ss-rank

calamity

catastrophe

supreme

every rank is 10× stronger than the rank before but things change after a-rank, s-rank is 20× stronger than a-rank and ss-rank is 50× stronger than s-rank.The same goes for magical beasts] replied the system.

(huh?what about the others?And why s-rank saying human limit when we can clearly go higher?)said Schwartz.

[master...you are still too weak to know about the others.]

(huh?what do you mean?)said Schwartz.

[master I have some restrictions on me and I am not allowed to talk to you about something which is beyond for the current you.]replied the system.

(huh?Who gave such restrictions to not answer to me)said Schwartz.

[it was my previous master]

(y-you has a master before me?)said Schwartz .

[yes master... although he is no longer alive...]replied the system...but there was some sadness in her voice.

(I-i see please forgive me...)said Schwartz as he also felt bad for the system.

[but now you are my one and only master who I will serve my entire time for]said the system.

(haha...i see...)said Schwartz a little embarrassed.

(now...can you answer my second question?)

[ the answer to the reason why s-rank is human limit because after s-rank...]

(after s-rank?)said Schwartz.

[a person has to give up on his humanity to become an ss-rank...]

(huh...)said Schwartz a "little" too surprised.

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(what do you mean...)said Schwartz ,shocked.

[it's as I said master, a person has to give up on his humanity to become a ss-rank mage] replied the system.

(how does a person lose his humanity?)asked Schwartz.

[Master I am currently not allowed to answer that question]said the system.

(so when will answer my question?)asked Schwartz serious.

[when you turn into an s-rank mage]answered the system.

(hmm...I see)said Schwartz and didn't tried to ask about it any further as he had faith that the system won't do anything to harm him.

(what about the beasts?)asked Schwartz.

[The beasts features and skills change after turning into a ss-rank and some are also able to change into human form and have high intelligence... sometimes even greater than an academic headmaster...]replied the system.

(hmm... it's quite a blessing for them I guess?)

[yes master you can think of it like that]

(huh...And why did you mention a academic headmaster?)asked Schwartz.

[Master, it's because an academic headmaster is a very strong and knowledgeable persons who are respected in all the three continents] replied the system.

(I see...wait there are 3 continents in this world?)said Schwartz not surprised as he already heard many things about this world making it impossible to suprise him with something"minor" like an existence of an continent.