Chapter 6: Acquiring an Element (Part 1)
AN: Next chapter will be on wednesday~ that’s all I can say… and also, for the next few chapters… one or two chapter after… we’ll finally move on from this introductory stuff. Well, much earlier than EA which spent over 8 chapters just for introduction. Haha…
Anyways… Have fun reading!
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Waking up once again bathed in the light of the sun, I hurriedly prepared myself of everything that I need in order to be as ready as I can for whatever’s about to come.
Today marks the second day since I’ve entered the Room of Essentials and also, today marks the time when I should choose an Origin Element for myself.
During the last two days, I’ve spent my time learning more about these essences or elements. I did all that I can in order to familiarize myself with all the necessary information that I might need in order to become successful in the path I’m about to tread on.
Two days ago, when the thought about my father struck me like a thunderbolt, I’ve realized…
I still want to become like him.
Admired and respected by everyone in my clan, my father was someone I’ve always looked up to.
Many people, kin and commoners alike, like him to a point that I could even imagine that these people are worshiping him.
It was as if he was a gift from the gods to humanity whenever I ask more about him from the people around me.
A person that helps who are in need.
A person that protects his people and his country.
A person who have uncountable merits yet still humble.
Yeah, he’s just like a saint… perhaps he is a saint.
Even as a father to me, I knew that he was the best I could ever hope for.
Well, it was something that I’ve grown accustomed to as I grew up within the confinement of my former home.
With the songs of praises, stories of greatness, and my own interactions with him, I’ve learned to live my life as someone who always dreamed to be someone like him.
It was even to a point that… even if I hated him or hated my whole clan for kicking me out, I still knew that he was still a person worthy to admire.
Perhaps the reason why I’m at this point… perhaps the reason that I could still live through while accepting that everything was my fault.
Well yeah, that might perhaps be it. Influence? I’m not really sure. But still his effect in my life is something that I could never deny.
Leaving all of the things about my father aside, many questions about my future, about my talent, and about my potential as a mage occurred in my mind.
As an aspirant, I’ve always dreamed to wield magic, bending the elements to my will and become as powerful as I can ever possibly be.
I’ve always hoped to become a prominent figure and show everyone how genius myself is.
Well, that’s all in the past. I mean, those things, those ambitions, all of them were about the time when I was still in my former home.
Seeing that I’ve been kicked from that clan, a thought that all of those things were all pointless occurred to me during my journey.
But now that I’m once again presented with this kind of… chance to perhaps once again pursue some of those ambitions, I realized that I still really want to do my best.
Even without having the chance to prove myself to those people who were once around me, I still wanted to implore myself to become someone I could be proud of.
I still want to achieve my goals, I still want to have a name whom people would admire, and of course, I still want to be someone who’ll be acknowledged as a person who has achieved something.
I mean, it all comes down to this. You know, dreams are never lost and dreams are never forgotten.
There are just some that find themselves as something that will never happen but all in all, these dreams will still continue to live on and exist within our minds fueling our desire to live even more stronger.
And with a decision to live my life to the fullest, yeah, all of it once again reappeared in my mind and as of this moment, I found myself even more prepared to face the future ahead of me with everything that I got.
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While pondering about these dreams and aspirations, I have once again arrived in the library. Greeted by that same serene sensation every time I came here, I hurriedly walked towards the counter.
Once I arrived, Grandma Meng looked at me once again with that same familiar expression she had since we first met. Well, right now, I’m more than used to it.
Putting the brown book that I’ve been holding on for the past two days on top of the counter, I greeted, “Goodmorning Grandma Meng.”
As I finished speaking, I noticed how she looked at me from head to toe as if inspecting my body. Naturally, I didn’t mind it that much but somehow, I still felt a little bit edgy.
It was like she was not looking at my body but looking at something deeper… as if she was staring directly at my soul...
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After moments of a rather uneasy silence, she suddenly spoke, “More than ready eh? Follow me.”
As she finished speaking, she immediately left and walked towards that certain part of the library where the Room of Essentials could be found.
Once we arrived at that place, she once again waved her hand and just like that of two days ago, a wooden door appeared on the wall and we entered her laboratory.
Once inside, she instantly pushed open the golden door which perhaps leads to the Room of Essentials.
At this very moment, I have already steeled myself so as to be as prepared as possible for whatever is about to come.
I was about to step inside the Room of Essentials when her voice suddenly resounded, “Sit.”
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As I heard her voice, a look of confusion clouded my face. What did she mean by sit?
Sit here? Or enter inside and sit?
“Sit right where you’re standing. I’ll give you a brief description of the Room of Essentials.”
While I was lost in thought, her voice once again resounded and once I understood what her words meant, I hurriedly sat on the ground prepared to listen to whatever she will talk about.
After ten or so seconds of silence and anticipation, I finally heard once again speak, “The Room of Essentials is a special place for aspirants. As for the reason why, it’s simply because instead of having nature decide an aspirant’s elemental attunement, the aspirant can choose his own element for himself..”
Listening to her, I started to vaguely understood more about this Room of Essentials. It’s true… being in this situation, the only thing I could think of is that I’m lucky.
Well, there's still that question about why she's doing this for me but nevertheless, this situation is still very good no matter how I look at it.
“Within the Room of Essentials, the essences of the six Origin Elements will appear once an aspirant enters. With the appearance of these essences, an aspirant can try to acquire the essence of the Origin Element that he wants to be attuned to. Once acquired, this essence will then be absorbed by the aspirant into his body and afterwards, the aspirant will enter the second phase of becoming a mage which is something for later. For now, you should first succeed in choosing your primary Origin Element.”
As she finished speaking, my mind was filled with instances and situations telling me of what I need to do later on once I entered the Room of Essentials.
As explained by Grandma Meng, everything seemed so simple but some of her words, mainly those ‘can’ words, tells me that this isn’t really as simple as that.
Maybe there’s a catch. Maybe there’s something that I still don’t know about it. Damn, right now, I’m getting really nervous.
“Well, you’ll know soon. Enter.”
After a long pause, her voice once again echoed in my ears. As she said enter, I hurriedly stood up, took a deep breath, then stepped one of my feet inside the Room of Essentials.
As nervous as I was, it took me another moment or two before I could place my other feet and my whole body towards the Room of Essentials.
At that moment, a certain sensation of being pulled towards something I couldn’t really understand enveloped my body.
In the next moment, I once again find myself lying on the ground and having nothing to see but darkness.
Remembering the last time I entered this place, I once again entered the Lotus position and in the next moment, I could feel again the essences surrounding my body.
Opening my eyes, I was once again filled with a fleeting sensation just like the last time…
Ah… this place is truly beautiful.
Once the full view of the flickering colors of the different Origin Elements appeared in my eyes, I started to search for a certain element.
Looking left and right, the myriad of the colors of each balls of light continuously fill my vision.
RIght now, there’s only one thing I need to see and there’s only one kind among these balls of light that could tell me that it’s what I want.
No… not this. Nope, not that either. Searching for that certain color, I immediately stood up from my lotus position and started to walk.
There…
Towards a certain direction, two familiar balls of light colored black and white flickered incessantly.
White for light, black for darkness...
Walking towards it, thoughts about my decision entered my mind.
Looking back from two days ago, yes, I have finally decided about the Origin Element that I will stick with for the rest of my life…
It was the same element or as I’ve heard, being used by my father.
An Origin Element that is famously known for its capabilities to bring forth chaos and entropy…
The Origin Element represented by the black ball of light...
Darkness...
Heading towards the direction of the both the white and black balls of light, I recalled of the instructions or perhaps, just the words given to me by Grandma Meng…
I can try to acquire huh…
As her words resounded in my mind, I have finally arrived directly in front of these two balls of light.
Without any hesitation, I reached for the black ball of light.
But the moment when my hand was about to grasp it, suddenly, it moved towards the direction of the white ball of light and in the next moment, the white ball of light was suddenly the one that my hand grasped.
Looking at the white ball of light being held by my hand, my expression grew a little bit odd. Looking at it more closely, the only thing I could mutter was...
What the hell just happened?
Well, to my surprise… at the very next moment after muttering that certain question echoing in my mind… everything turned white...
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