Friday night
inside the mindscape
Kael Michihiro POV
As soon as I fell asleep I was immediately greeted by an endless white space wherever I looked
Instantly, Ars appeared in the form The handbook that floated up and headed towards me "It's good that you are here now so, I say welcome to the mindscape made by me"
Being here feels foreign but also familiar with my surroundings
"So I'm in my own mind?, I don't know what to say but this place is pretty empty" I said after looking everywhere in the mindscape
"I guess should explain how this place works, mindscape is the manifestation of a person's mental state becoming land inside his mind and the reason it's still empty is because I made it in default mode until you found your element affinity so this place is still empty until you find it"
After hearing Ars' explanation about the mindscape, now I just have to find my elemental affinity "So how do I find my element affinity?" I asked to be clearer even though I could see a rough idea
"Every human has mana in their body but not all of them can use it, Mages are born with the ability to control one of the 7 Elements. Elemental Magic is just as the name sounds: the ability to control one of the 7 elements. Most Mages only possess the ability to control one element and usually mages can know what affinity element is closest to them on an instinctive level but because I am a Grimoire with a celestial aspect and the cosmos so it's more likely that your element is Aether" Ars explanation about the basis of magic, So the DxD magic system uses the law of the 7 elements and also narrow down possible elements that I have
"Aether elements? isn't that the element that binds the 4 elements in ancient science"
"As you know the 7 elements consist of water, fire, air, earth lightning, light, and darkness. However, there are several super rare cases where humans or creature who have mana do not have an affinity for the seven elements mentioned earlier they are usually called aether element " Ars explain it in more detail
"Humans or creatures that don't have possession of any affinity with elements, why could that happen? As far as I know almost all creatures with mana have an affinity with a certain element" I asked to Ars how could that happen
In response, Ars just sighed "No one knows and this case is very rare that you can find unique races like yokai nekoshua more rather than those with the aether element"
"So about this aether element, based on memories from my previous life is the designation of the 5th element in classical literature, the element that binds water, fire, earth, air right?" I recall from past memories
"Right aether, a powerful and unique celestial element said to flow throughout the universe and existence, and also binds the four classical elements: water, fire, earth, and air together. Commonly recognized as the essence breathed by gods in the same way humans breathe air, Aether is a power and force that allows control over elemental, cosmic, spiritual, transcendental and primordial forces. Regarded as divine power, users that can control Aether are considered god-like, essentially becoming virtually invincible Like infinity dragon ouroboros Ophis"
“So basically those who have the aether element can have the same power as gods, right?" I asked slightly confused in terms of gods and divinity
"it's not like that dummy, those with aether elements cannot be directly identified as gods and you have to remember aether is an element is not divinity though on the surface it's almost the same, divinity can exist because enough people have faith in something"
so those who have the aether element can have powers like those of the gods, but what distinguishes it between creatures with the aether element and gods is the existence of divinity
“I guess it's enough to know the base of the elements and we know your element type I guess” Ars seen still a little doubtful about my element
“Next you have to determine how to apply your mana to become a magic, meaning finding the mental trigger to use your mana”
"Mental Trigger ? I thought every mage only needs to do calculations and imagination to create a spell"I'm a little surprised that magicians only need to make formulas such as calculations and imagination to do magic
"you only half right about the need for imagination and calculation in making spells but for what to have a genius beyond Einstein and such imagination who made Bob Ross like a street painter if you can't control and release your mana" explained Ars regarding triggers
"You have a point but how do I find my mental triggers" So if magic triggers follow the laws of magic like in the fate/nasuverse series it must be like stabbing the heart with a knife or hearing the trigger of a firearm go off
'Hmm...Trigger Trigger Trigger Trigger Trigger…'
As I started to fall into a trance, I suddenly remembered a strange yet nostalgic memory. the moment when I soaked in hot water for the first time in the bath after work hours, I still remember when I soaked instantly all the unpleasant feelings disappeared instantly.
*Beep*
I opened my eyes, realizing that I had activated my Mana. That worked out pretty well. I found my mental trigger, which was me for soaking in hot water . Now that I think about it, that sounds pretty tame compared to what some of the characters imagine in the Nasuverse.
And in my hand appeared an floating irregular spherical shape with a rough, semi-crystalline surface
"My guess turned out to be correct that you have the aether element and it seems to be Glintstone type magic, how lucky you are because I know all Glintstone type magic" Glintstone magic? isn't one of the magics from the game Elden Ring.
I still remember playing that game and choosing the Astrology class because I liked playing as a mage character
Ars seem amazed to see crystallized chunk was in my hand “Not only that you can use magic glintstone without a staff or catalyst” Ars seems to be increasingly focused on this
Before I said anything, Ars seemed ready to return to the original topic “Alright, because we know what your element is aether and what type it is, glintstone. Now I will give you the simplest glintstone type magic, glintstone pebble"
Immediately my head was filled with various kinds of knowledge on how to use this simple magic heh, for a magic that is basically throwing stones it's quite a lot of knowledge just to be able do it
"I'll give you the knowledge about how to use it, the rest you just have to find head and tail for yourself"
The way to do it looks quite easy, just need to doing my mental trigger to gather mana in my hand and when a mana crystallization appeared floating in my hand and just need to shot it away to my target
Immediately blueish crystal stone quickly went in the direction I was aiming for .
To someone who had a previous life who was just an ordinary person who could be found anywhere to be able to do something like this has a unique experience, I mean it just shoots rocks at subsonic speed with crystallized mana and can be done continuously until it reaches my limit.
But as a wise man said, 'everything starts with something that seems insignificant, but if you are persistent you can make something that is insignificant into something that you are proud of' Without realizing it, I smiled
"For someone who tries to be inconspicuous you have the expression of someone who is about to do something that will put them in the spotlight"
Instantly I returned to my neutral expression "Don't blame me because this is my first time doing magic so it's a unique experience to be able to do that"
Ars chuckled slightly at my response "I think I've teased you too much but you're the type of person who always wants to be teased, Oh……look it's time for this basic learning to be over for now and you will soon wake up from here"
"Wait, isn't time in the mindscape usually slower than in the real world?" I was a little surprised to hear Ars' words because it felt like I had been here just about 15 minutes
"You're wrong about that, time in the mindscape is always faster than time in the real world, but if you can control it, you can control how long you stay here."
So If I can control I can set it up time to be faster or slower.
I can control the mindscape without Ars' help with a big sentence 'if' I know how to control it
"So you're saying I can create a mindscape without always depending on you, but how ?"
"Remember what I said at the beginning where the mindscape can change if Mages have found their element, since you know your element, you only need a little adjustment to able to control it without relying too much on me But you still need help to create this mindscape at the beginning until you can make it by yourself"
Even though it feels like I'm here in for a short time, in the future I'm sure I can make this mindscape last a long time if I can control it
"I think it's time to get up so see you at the next time" Ars said goodbye Immediately my body felt pulled away from the mindscape and suddenly I woke up in my room.
The digital clock shows thirty minutes past six in the morning and Saturday.
When I tried to get up from my bed, my little sister immediately hugged my left arm rather hard.
She always hugs something whenever she sleeps and that's also the reason why she has a large Teddy bear just to be a hug pillow .
I tried slowly to remove his hug from my arms without waking him but I think my efforts were in vain because my sister let go of her hug and opened his eyes even though she still looked sleepy
"Good morning, big brother," my little sister said in a slightly sleepy tone
"Good morning too sister" I replied to him, immediately my hand stroked his head I don't know why I did it, maybe it was because of my habit since she was 5 years old
For an moment my little sister put on an unhappy face because I stroked his head for too long,seeing my little sister's displeased expression, I immediately stopped and started walking out of the room
"If you don't like being petted, just say, I'll try to stop stroking your head if you insist"
hearing that,my little sister's facial expression immediately changed to a little panicked
"it's not because I don't like it or anything, just let me know if you want to headpat me" She said with a sullen expression
"Okay, we better get up soon for breakfast." I immediately went to the bathroom to shower, leaving my sister in the room who was still sleepy even though she was awake
After taking a shower Morning activities are still the same as before, going to the family's small library, reading some random history books and telling stories to my younger siblings
But during the day something unexpected happened " Son, your friend coming have visited our bakery with his parents to find out about your condition and they choose to visit a little later in the afternoon " Oh man I didn't expect them to come this fast
I'd better get ready for my meeting with the main character and hopefully it doesn't change something without me realizing it
TO BE CONTINUED……
Interesting start, cannot wait for more.