6 Endeavored (1/2)
Usually, the rising sun wakes me, I was hoping that I could sleep far past it's first call as I spent little time sleeping last night. As I drifted peacefully through a dreamless sleep that came with exhaustion, I was forcefully pulled from my blissful realm by an outside force.
I awoke groggily and disoriented, I looked around trying to find my bearings, light poured into my room through a small window. ”Ah, it's just dawn, I'll answer your call in a moment. Let me have a few more moments rest.” I say lucidly at the sunlight streaming through the window.
I try shutting my eyes again, willing my mind to retrace its steps to the realm of sleep I was torn from. Something pulled me from my rest again.....small pokes on my cheek. My eyes open, the fog of sleep lessened somewhat, and I focus on a figure that laid on my chest.
”Good morning Sir Christian, the sun has risen and dawn is here, do you not usually rise with the sun? In any case, it's time for you to start your day.”
I groan slightly while taking my cover and putting it over my head, Aliece jumps from my chest to avoid being trapped by the cover. ”I had hoped that I would be able to sleep in today, your highness,” I say pointedly. ”Since you forced me to play until near daybreak, just because faeries don't need sleep, doesn't mean that I don't.”
She says with her arms crossed pouting. ”I cannot help that it is boring without you Sir Christian, anyway, I forbid you from using such formalities. Please refer to me as Aliece when we are in each other's presence.”
My mood brightens slightly, I remove the blanket and admire Aliece's pouting expression, she's just so darn cute when she pouts like that. I sigh, moving to get out of bed while saying.
”As you wish your hi..... Aliece.” I catch myself. ”I only ask that you would let me sleep next time you force me to perform an all-night concert.”
She nods reluctantly. ”My, this sleep is so troublesome, why is it that you humans haven't created one of those...Nǻlဧӭus [Spells] for it.” She says in fae, not knowing the equivalent word for English.
I look at her confused. ”What do you mean, Faeries are one of the few species that are able to absorb mana particles, that's the reason they don't need food, water, or sleep and why they have much longer lifespans than most species. Is it that you didn't know how your race was able to do that?”
She looks at me with an even more confused expression, then asks. ”I'm sorry these, how you say....Mana Perticlez, they're a foreign concept to me, what are they?”
My inner teacher awakens at her question and I became thrilled at the chance to explain some of the knowledge I have, ”I don't have Common Knowledge Lv.5 for nothing.” I think proudly to myself.”
”There are two types of mana that can be generated, mana from creatures, and mana from objects. Mana from creatures is the energy that is created by their bodies, this is usually done by converting food into energy and that energy into mana. Mana particles are created naturally by the world, it's actually quite a debated subject, we still don't really know for certain where mana particles come from, but the most widely accepted belief is that trees create them.”
She nods with understanding, this makes me very happy for some reason. She asks. ”But what does this have to do with faeries?”
I think for a second, trying to find a way to explain it in a way that she can understand. An idea comes to mind, I connect to my mana and say illuminate all [Holy Light] a ball of luminous white light appears floating above my hand. As it fades I connect to my mana and do the same thing, but mentally casting the spell instead, there was no change.
”Usually if I cast that spell with an incantation the light would be brighter, but you seem to be absorbing a large number of mana particles, so many in fact, that incantations have no effect of spell performance.” She worryingly looks at me fearing she's done something wrong, I quell her fears by saying.