197 Cryptic Arts (1/2)
Chulainn looked up at the sky to watch the silver light fading away ”What are they doing? It's Layla and Arima's auras… They're fighting?” He muttered then s.h.i.+fted his attention to the new buildings which were already being built.
It had just been thirty minutes since Jin had ordered new facilities to be built but there was already something habitable. Some large trucks just came and left some strange materials before leaving. The workers put them together to form the frame of the walls and the roof. Then after that, they placed some unknown silk-like material to make the true walls.
There were no floors, doors, rooms or windows but the whole thing was already heated and isolated. Even though the ground was still uneven, the whole structure was still st.u.r.dy. Now, it was the floors which were being defined while the walls and the roof were being optimized with an additional layer of what seemed to be simple wood.
”Technology is a fascinating thing, isn't it? At this rate, they'll finish in a few hours” Chulainn commented. Arister shrugged and just observed the kids sitting down in the yard.
Every teacher chosen by Arima decided to gather every student outside and teach them the very basics before making them watch Arima's simplest lectures. At the moment, they were learning what were the magic circuits and the mana pool. They were going to start serious teaching after that.
”That guy seems to be enjoying himself” Chulainn said as he looked at Rex talking with some students. Hieran had already created a large cave with Earth magic and was sleeping there since he wasn't needed for today.
”Well, I don't think it will be really a problem to teach those children” Arister remarked while watching Arima's former students giving the lectures ”That one is particularly strong” He pointed at Gaodu and Chulainn agreed.
”Yeah, I heard he had Dionysus's inheritance. He can go far with that”
”You're right…” Arister glanced at the giant tree on the horizon ”I kinda feel bad for him though. Out of all of this” He muttered and Rex bent his neck to approach them.
”Don't even make me say it. I don't know what kind of teacher she can be. But in all honesty, being her pupil would be the last thing I would wish for” The dinosaur said and Chulainn laughed.
”Well, for a human, it may not be that bad, you know?” He retorted and Rex tilted his huge head. Chulainn grinned ”In this world, Dryads are quite famous. For many reasons”
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Evergreen had already grown a mother tree and brought Jin inside. It was the same kind of place she had used to welcome Arima before. The floor, roof, and walls were made of wood and the whole room was illuminated by green lights.
Evergreen sighed and sat down on a fancy wooden chair. She wasn't saying anything so Jin groaned before opening his mouth ”So… where do we start?”
”Nowhere” Evergreen indifferently answered ”For now, your job is to stand up straight without trembling” She said and tapped gently on a white orb which was floating around her. When she did that, a door formed right next to Jin.
He frowned and sought confirmation before opening it. When he pa.s.sed through the door, he ended up in the middle of an endless meadow and the room he had just walked out from was revealed to be a small hut. He looked up and covered his face because of the bright sun.
It was exactly like the dimension Seria, the dryad which asked Arima for help before, lived in ”This place is the natural place created each time a mother tree is nurtured” Evergreen explained. She was out of the small hut but was still sitting on her chair, right in front of the door ”Anyway, just do what I asked now”
”What? Stand up? Did you take a clear look at me?” Jin was perplexed.
Evergreen shot him a glare and made him quiet down ”It may be tough for you since your body has already reached its oldest state but as long as you circulate your mana little bit, it's easy. Even with a body like yours”
”When someone uses mana for the first time, his magic circuits will stabilize and undergo some drastic changes. For you, when you will drive your mana for the first time, your life force level will raise depending on how trained your body is, how strong your mentality is, and things like that. From what I can see, maybe you'll reach the fourth or fifth level directly”
Jin inhaled and opened his arms wide ”Fine, then how do I do it? How do I channel my mana?”
”Find it by yourself” Evergreen replied and Jin's expression twitched.
”How am I supposed to use an energy which I've never been in contact with? I don't even know how it is supposed to work”
”I heard our common friend, Arimane, managed to cast a magic the moment he entered the other world” Evergreen told and Jin clicked his tongue.
”Don't compare me to that freak” He retorted and Evergreen snickered.
”Just do it. If you manage to do it by yourself, it'll be a great experience” She declared and Jin looked back at her. She was smiling honestly and although she was kind of rude, she was quietly watching him. It seemed that she was going to observe his progress attentively.
”(Well, maybe she's serious with her job…)” Jin thought and sighed. He closed his eyes and immediately started trying to find the mana in his body. Something which he didn't even know existed until this morning.
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The next day, Jin broadcasted a press conference from the newly established academy and revealed to the world the existence of magic and the Téra which will arrive soon.
Actually, most people easily accepted it. Even some younger ones were simply excited to see the fiction come true. The adults and elders were incredulous but had to believe it when they saw some children playing with magic in the streets.
Usually, people would either panic or maybe even become slightly nasty and try to attack people or even say that magic shouldn't be practiced. But no one even sent a complaint to Aurorae. They were told that children would get taught how to use magic and that adults would also be welcome.
But no one complained. They had been under the rule of Aurorae for an entire generation now. They were used to be given orders but they also knew that Aurorae never acted unfairly for the citizens.
Furthermore, there was a rumor saying that Arimane Blade had reappeared recently. And to be exact, some images of Arima in his dragon form were leaked to the public. But it was, of course, intentional. Arima instructed the organization to leak those images on purpose.
Even if people may think that it is fake, it was enough to make them doubt and fear him. In the first place, on this planet, he was known, not as the Kind Demon but simply as a Demon. There wasn't anyone who didn't fear him for the actions he perpetrated a century ago.