change of plans

Roland returned to his room, it was still raining outside and the thunderstorm wasn't letting up. The time spent in the ascension space felt like seconds to the people outside so not much time had passed. Martha had accompanied Roland to his room after the reveal that his elemental affinities were low. She brought over some tea and decided to let the boy cool off for now.

"If you need anything just call me Young Master, The Baron will be returning to the mansion tomorrow..."

Roland just nodded while being quiet, after he heard the door closing behind his maid he flopped on his bed like a dead fish.

'What is this shit, what am I supposed to do now?'

He hit the bed with his ten-year-old fists while gritting his teeth. After a bout of rage, he jumped right of and ran up to his desk.

'Where is that book...'

He started flinging the books left and right and managed to find the one that explained the elemental affinities in more detail. 

'0% on all of the affinities...this means...'

He already knew the answer, he had gone through these books multiple times, still, he needed to check one more time. He started reading, his eyes going through the information while his brain digested it with astonishing speed.

"Ugh..."

He threw the book he was reading to the side and sat down at his desk, his head moving backward as he looked at the ceiling.

"To change your class to any of the element mages you need to unlock an elemental affinity skill, you can't unlock it if your connection to the elements is non-existent..."

If you wanted to progress further in your life as a mage this was a requirement. He could not go any further, getting that skill required his affinity to at least be at 1%. This was a rare case, a one in a million occurrence. People like him were considered inept at becoming a mage and mostly strayed away from that path.

He was a special case though. All of his stats made everyone think that he would be a talented mage. He had learned the mana sense skill at a young age and his intelligence was off the charts. In the book it said that most mages had an intelligence stat at 20 when they started out, he, on the other hand, had more than double of that. There was no reason to believe that he could be anything other than a mage.

"Something is playing a stupid joke on me... I can't even swap this class till I get to level 25..."

He decided to glance at his status screen, he had even leveled up to the third level of mage due to the buildup of his experience. After the 9th birthday, his father arranged a goblin fight. Just as the first time he would fight a one on one battle each week, earning experience along the way that could be then used when he ascended. The experience buildup wouldn't work for further classes though, this was a one-time thing before the ascension. 

He thought about his status, he wanted to see all the new skills that he had gained as well as their explanations.

Mana BoltSpellA focused bolt of mana energy that deals mana damage to one target.

The damage done depends on the user's intelligence.

 Basic Mana ShapingSkillLets the mage shape mana into spells, gives bonuses to intelligence and willpower.

The higher the skill the better the user is at forming spells.Basic Mana RegulationSkillHelps regulate the mana in the user's body.

Increases mana regeneration by helping absorb ambient mana from the environment. 

Mage class ClassIncreases mana by 20% and increases mana regeneration by 15%Blessed by ManaTraitUnlocked if a person has more than 40 intelligence after reaching the mage class at the first ascension ritual, gives bonuses to MP after each level up.Basic IncantationSkillIncreases spell chanting speed and proficiency.