I sighed as I stared out the window of my room. Both of my parents were doing their jobs. Since I was six they decided that I would be able to stay at home by myself. It’s true that I could since they had taught me alot ever since I was born. That didn’t mean I wanted to be left in the house alone. I turned and walked out of the room. I was a dark elf with dark red hair and purple eyes. All of those things were unusual.

Dark elves are a rare variant of elves and almost all of them have either purple hair and eyes. The color of someone's hair and eyes is a representation of their elemental affinities. She said that when one becomes a High mage that doesn’t matter though. My mom is simply a low Mage at the beginning stages though. My dad is an Unknown Warrior at the beginning stages. Over half the population can’t even get to the second rank of the mage or Warrior path making them exceptional.

Considering the fact that they are in their early thirties they should be able to reach the peak of the second rank as they said. If they had the resources necessary they could reach the third rank. My mind and body developed far faster than others my age which makes it kind of hard to bond with them. Being a part of the elves makes me taller than others already. I was a head taller than most people my age. My dark skin is rather unusual as well.

‘ Mom said that I should try to feel the mana in the surroundings. Father said I should work on my body's flexibility, stamina, and strength. He gave me a variety of exercises to do as well. The advice mom gave me was to think about the nature of my affinities. Something about them being my true nature. ‘

My thoughts ran through my head as I went through the main room of the house and went to the back yard. It was fenced off as my father and mother had made a garden back here. There were a couple of small trees that were 9 feet in height. My parents got married 10 years ago and these trees were planted here as a symbol of that. Overall the garden that was around 30 feet in width and 30 in length was beautiful. My father has an affinity with earth which makes the garde flourish more than usual.

This is one of the places that I like the most. In the middle of the garden there was a bench and 2 hammocks with one on each side of the bench. I went to one of the hammocks which was connected to 2 trees and laid on it. With me being close to 5 feet there was a lot of space left in the hammock. I closed my eyes and felt the gentle flow of the wind and the sounds of the people walking through the village. Soon I redirected my attention to myself.

After a minute I could vaguely feel my blood flowing throughout my body and the beating of my heart. I lost the flow of time as I eventually felt my organs inside of my body. The flow of blood guided me on a journey throughout my body. I felt the heat of my blood and body along with everything else my body was doing. I could only feel but not see. I got out of a trance-like state as I opened my eyes. Looking at the position of the sun, around 3 hours had passed. I slowly got off the hammock and then stretched my body.

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I sighed in satisfaction as I looked around. I started doing some stretches my father taught me. I held the stretches for a period of time before moving on to the next. They were basic stretches he told me and so were the exercises I was about to do next. Before I started I noticed my blood flowing slightly faster and smoother. I felt slightly better as well. Perhaps the sun had something to do with it though as I was sweating a bit.

I paid no further heed to it as I began some basic exercises. After I did exercises training my biceps I did one training another part of my body. I did a variety of exercises with breaks in between. There were many times when I wanted to stop in the middle of an exercise because of the pain. I didn’t want to disappoint my father or mother so I kept at it. Eventually I could no longer continue as my body began giving out. I laid on the grass and dirt as I closed my eyes and focused on my breathing.

‘ Mom said something about the elements having something to do with my true nature. How do I figure out what my true nature is? Doing what I do regularly isn’t enough. I need to do different things to figure out my true nature. But I can do that later. I’m starving. ‘

I grunted as I attempted to get up after laying down for a dozen minutes. I got a cup and filled it with water. Since I was feeling a little light headed I drank a lot of water.

‘ I’m pretty sure dad told me something about drinking water while training. Guess I forgot that while training. I do feel quite refreshed now. I’m still hungry though. I need protein right? I mix some things with it. ‘

I got some meat and made some salad to eat. My entire body felt weak but I got the energy to eat my food in my room. After thatI just laid in my bed eventually succumbing to sleep. Eventually I woke up and I felt like I was in someone’s embrace. I opened my eyes slightly and saw trees, grass, flowers,and the night sky. I was outside and soon I noticed that my mother was holding me. She was asleep and we were laying on one of the hammocks outside.

I could feel her chest go up and down as she breathed. Her arms were holding me close and my head was held to her just below her neck. It’s hard to describe how comfortable it was but I just closed my eyes and enjoyed the experience for what felt like hours. Eventually my mom began stroking my hair.

“ Good morning Unilus. “

I opened my eyes and stared up at her. She was looking down at me with a small smile on her face.

“ Good morning. “

“ I’m assuming you slept well? “

“ I did. “

“ That’s good. “

She started moving while holding me. As she stepped on the ground and got off the hammock. I noticed she had no shoes on. Then again she rarely wears shoes unless she’s going out hunting.

“ Mom, tomorrow can you teach me new things? “

“ Like what? “

“ I don’t know. I just want to try new things to see if I can find out the nature of the elements and myself. “

“ Sure. The sun will rise in around an hour. Although it’s a bit early I will make something for us. Your father is still asleep in the room and he said that he would teach you some swordsmanship after you can run around the outskirts of the village 2 times without stopping. You can only do so under either of our supervision though. Don’t go off by yourself. “

“ I understand. “

We stopped talking after that but my mother still carried it in her arms. She was rather strong since she was also a rank 3 warrior apprentice. She told me she was 6,3 while my father was 6,2. He was tall for a human. We walked into the house and I focused on what my mother was going to do next. Whenever she cooked I was there to watch her do so.