Skills and Abilities

{ 2 years Later, somewhere on the Island }

[Leo's POV]

It's been two years since I started doing my Mana training, I was successfully able to feel

mana in my first attempt but to intake mana from outside & to control the mana inside my

body was surely a hard task. I can see why it takes two years to complete this training.

Well now that I have completed my training it's time to see what my elemental type is,

whether it is fire like my father or water or earth like my mom or wind like my grandpa. I

can't wait to find it out.

Ok let's try fire first, I gotta imagine how a fireball looks like & slowly release my Mana

outside my body & chant "Fireball", I can imagine the shape & structure of it & am also

able to release a bit of my Mana outside, now.... "Fireball !!"

....uhhh well tough luck seems I am not a fire type like my dad, sorry father you won't be

able to teach me fire art now. Now let's try Waterball, imagining the shape & structure

done, releasing a bit of mana outside done, now... "Waterball !!"

...umm it's not even water, tch it would have been cool to use water, I could have learned

from my mom, well I still have a chance with Earth, imagining the shape & structure done,

releasing a bit of mana outside done, now... "Stone bullet !!"

Ehhh !? Not even earth, damn I really wanted to have atleast one of my parents type so I

could learn from them, damn now wind is left please atleast lemme have my grandpa's type,

imagining the shape & structure done, releasing a bit of mana outside done, now... "Air

Disc !!"

Huhh !?! Not even wind ?!? What the heck is happening ? I am sure I read that these four are the most common types. I have done all the steps properly & I don't think i have made

any mistake, I have also seen my parents do the same, so I am sure I am doing it right.

Well cheer up Leo Dark type & Light type are still remaining, maybe you are a rare dark

type user which would be very cool & I am sure my parents would like it or maybe just

maybe I can be an ever rare light type user. Well I won't find out until I try it.

Now imagine a dark orb, round & pitch black, release your mana, maybe a bit more, ok

now... "Dark Orb !!!"

....not even dark type !!?! Ok now only Light is remaining, I have read it in the book before,

that there are sometimes people who are born without any elemental type & they can only

use their mana to improve their physical prowess, but I really wanna be able to use

elemental arts.

Come on! Are you kidding me ?!? I who has come from a world where elemental arts

doesn't exist, I sooo want to use it. Wait Leo don't sulk just now there is still Light type

remaining.

"Either I am a very rare light type user or a person without any elemental type type" let's see

which one it is…

"Yosh let's get it done with"

Imagine a ball of light, like how the sun looks emitting light around itself, release your mana

outside, yes this much is enough, now... "Light Orb !!!"

Ha...haha... seems I can't use any of the six types. Ughhh damn !!! I sooo wanna use

elemental arts !!...but seems I can't.

I have not step a foot outside this island & I am happy that there is no one beside my family

here, it's more safe but I wonder how long it will be like this.I have finally found a family & a place I can call home, I can't afford to be weak I gotta be

strong, strong enough to protect my family & home.

I guess all I can do now, is enhance my physical prowess using my Mana & learn to fight &

use weapons from my father.

I gotta keep strengthening my own Mana so I can enhance my physical prowess the most to

fill in for my lack of elemental arts.

I guess it's time for lunch now, I should ask my father to train me after lunch.

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{Same day, after lunch, inside home}

"Thanks for the food"

"Hey Dad, umm can I start training with you from tomorrow ?"

"Huh ? You wanna start training with me ? Why ? You are still too little you know."

"Uhh well, I was reading this book the other day named 'Differences between Skills &

Abilities' & I found that we can learn any skill we want & I wanna learn a lot of skills so I

can help you & mom & also You look so cool while training, I wanna be cool like you too

Dad"

Indeed I had read that book 'Differences between Skills & Abilities', the most important

difference between them was that Skills were something that a person could acquire by

learning & practice, while abilities were something that were granted as a blessing & an

individual could not gain them no matter how much he learned about them or practiced.

My father had the ability Merge, through which he could merge non living objects like

rocks & other metals together but he couldn't merge natural things together like fire or

water or earth.My mom had the ability called item box, where she could store anything that she wanted, in

a limited item box with a capacity of 125 m³.

My parents abilities were good, not so flashy or great but their skills were amazing, my

mother's cooking, farming, sewing, and other daily use skills were very helpful & my father's

weapon using skills & fighting skills were no less than an average knight's I think.

"You cheeky brat, where did you learn to flatter your dad like that huh ? But well I can't

turn down such an earnest request from my son, & it's not cause you are cute when u flatter

you understand !?"

"Sir Yes Sir !"

"Oh, don't call me Sir, just Dad is fine"