Chapter 38 I Got The Magic, Magic, Magic 3 (1/2)

In the following days, Inna was regularly visited by Solomon in her room.

In the first few days, they would end up bickering for hours before they can finally have a decent conversation. But slowly, they got used to each other's irritating attitudes and presence and learned to coexist.

Solomon would usually deliver her meals and stay in her room until the afternoon.

There, he would give Inna some handwritten books about the common knowledge behind magic. Then he would sit by the couch to further explain the things that were written in the book. With his guidance, Inna was actually able to grasp the basics and small theories behind their ”Magic.” And aside from magic, he also taught her a bit about world history.

Apparently, this world is centered on a religion called Eriden. Eriden is believed by the whole world and is the only religion accepted and believed by the masses. The Eriden church was also the reason as to how their common language, Eridoan, was made. In fact, Eridoan is what they call the 'language of the world' since, aside from a few smaller countries, everyone else only speak Eridoan to honor their beliefs.

Eriden is a religion that believes on one Supreme God. And this lone god has noble servants that acts as his eyes and hands. They grant divine punishments and miracles in order to preserve balance in the world. They are what the people call the Immortals. They are called that because it is rumored that they never age and have been there since the beginning of their world.

One of the reason why Eriden was whole-heartedly accepted by the masses is because Eriden gives an explanation on this world's beginning.

According to its religious history, this world was created by the Supreme God. He had created many animals and plants with his abilities. He formed everything he can think of and made them beautifully.

Now, he wanted to make a being that can take care of his creations while he rested. He figured to make a being similar to himself. That 'being' was the first magic-user in history. They call that being, 'Mana.' Mana was granted the God's ability to create as an independent entity with free will. But the condition is that he can only create things that have died. This way, the number of plants, animals, and things in this world, will not change but there will still be a sense of cycle between life and death.

But after a few decades, Mana saw this kind of life as boring. So he defied the God and secretly created another being like himself. But he was unable to fully duplicate himself and ended up making another inferior being entirely different from what he imagined. It was a woman with a set of features different from him. He called his creation ”Chi.”

After spending centuries with Chi, Mana saw the beauty of creating new things and the feeling of pure dominance over his creation. And so, he began creating more and more beings. He was completely addicted that he created so much and it starts to disrupt the original creations. And he didn't stop with just men and women. He used the different animals and plants as his inspiration and made 'modified' and 'better' versions of it.

And he claimed to have 'improved' all the creations God has made.

These gave birth to magical beasts and magical plants. But the magical beasts were far superior to the original animals and it resulted to these inferior animals getting eaten and preyed upon until extinction. As a result, it heavily disrupted the balance in the world.