4 Chapter 4: Awakening (1/2)

There i stood beside Ariel at the gates of the kingdom. They were pretty big. I mean it is the main gate so i guess this is what you'd expect..?

It's only been a few hours since i came to this world and the sun is still out, but i have a feeling it's going to go down soon. And i doubt spending a night in the forest is safe. Hell I've never been in a forest before. Not even in my previous life.

But that's what makes this even more exciting. Hehe.. if some people heard of my situation they may think i'm over reacting or acting to carefree. but what do you expect. You put a boy in the middle of puberty in another world. You think he's gonna stay quiet and start panicking? No! This isn't the society we live in.

I explained to the gatekeeper that we were heading off to the forest to complete a quest and he let us through.

After following the road we arrived at the forest. Although it's called a forest. It doesn't really look like ones i've seen on the net. There are trees but it doesn't feel as exotic as a forest. It's more like a plain with trees and bushes.

This terrain is much better though. In forest we could have faced threats such as giant monstrous snakes attacking us or little poisonous snakes. either way it would suck.

But since this is an open spacious area with trees and Flaura growing. i won't have to worry about being attacked in a blind spot.

We entered the terrain and went around searching for the herbs.

Surprisingly enough after what seemed to be 30 minutes. We were able to find 10 Herbs which in my opinion was really good. We also didn't encounter any monsters which was also a lucky boost. but if we did encounter one and beat them, i'm sure we'd get a pretty good reward from selling the body parts.

But i mean we are kids. there's no way we can take down monsters. My initial objective for becoming an adventurer was just to secure enough funds to buy us food and get us a place to sleep.

At least that was the case.. Until i learned about the existence of magic.

”Ariel, lets take a break. I want to test something out. Remember how i asked the lady how to use magic?”

”Yes, she said that you needed to have an aptitude for it and you needed a tutor to teach you to how cast spells.”

I froze. Ariel said a sentence? Does this mean she's feeling less shy around me?

”Is something wrong?”

”Ah. N-no i was just curious surprised that you managed to remember. You're pretty smart aren't you”

”Thank you” She said with a satisfied smile on her face

”Well about that, i'm about to try out what she said”

Let's see... magic is the foundation of the world. It is everywhere.. so i guess i should start by trying to feel it?

I let out a deep breath and closed my eyes. I concentrated as hard as i could and focused on using every ounce of my sixth sense

It was amazing. It was as if my eyes had been opened to a new world..

However that was only the gist of it. I was able to feel the flow of mana within my body and i was able to feel Ariels. To be specific. Through her flow of mana i was able to detect where she was.

”It worked! I did it! I was able to feel the flow of mana!”

”Really? You did it!” Ariel happily exclaimed as we subconsciously hugged each other in excitement

”S-Sorry!”

”N-no, it was my fault...”

We both felt awkward and slightly embarrassed after that hug so i tried making things lighter by changing the subject

”Apparently, I'm able to sense the life force within a person, the trees and the plants. I'm also able to sense the flow of mana. And judging by what i saw, you have a lot of potential.”

That's right. Ariel mana capacity was pretty big from my perspective. the receptionist said that most people don't have aptitude but from what i saw she has a lot of potential. Unfortunately I wasn't able to see my capacity. I was only able to see my mana flow.

”I'll be able to become a magician?”