Chapter Three Mana affinity and stats_RE:Summon

Hello, Author here. I'm sorry about the code that appeared in front of everything in the last post. This is the re- post to solve that problem hopefully. Also my parents just told me that the computer was fixed, go figure. sigh. anyways as you can see I decide to use bold instead of all caps now. I was also trying to show my drawing of Chandler but that failed... I also still don't know how to use textboxes, so hopefully it won't turn out the same.

Anyyywwwaaaysss..... Here's the story.

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I spent that night thinking about how many things I was told about that day and about why I got summoned in the first place. I though about how this world has magic, which is pretty cool. I wonder what that's gonna be like? The Emperor also said that there was a status crystal as well. Is it gonna let me instinctually let me know how strong I am? Or is it gonna be like a game? I also thought about how I would never see the kids from the orphanage again, never see my friends ever again, and how worried Tsubaki and the caretaker lady must be. There isn't even a way back... Not for another hundred years... What the heck... At least I get a longer life span out of this... Ha... Haha... Thinking about all these things I finally fall asleep.

I say waking up, after hearing an enthusiastic good morning. I wonder who it is. I know it's not Tsubaki... Which of the the orphanage kids is it? That's what I was thinking before I got up rubbing my eyes before hearing

someone in front of me says, snapping me out of my stupor, which makes me open my eyes real wide and see a girl near my age in a maid dress. She's looking away from me, making me realize that I am still naked... And you guys should know what happens to a man's lower member in the morning... My face became really red.

I say hurriedly covering up my privates.

she says jokingly which makes me even more embarrassed.

she asks slyly.

she says while smiling knowingly, then leaves the room.

After she leaves I hurriedly grab the clothes and put them on. Ugh...! Sigh... Why did that have to happen!? So embarrassing! During my inner turmoil, Ms. Maid knock on the door and ask if she is allowed to come back in, which I then tell her she can.

She comes in and fixes the clothes that I was given, to how they were supposed to be worn. She then proceeds to tell me that the emperor has called for me and that we should get going. She asks me to follow her and we both leave the room. We walked through the giant halls of the castle, where I learned that her name is Flem and that she was very good at telepathy magic.

Anyways we walked through all these halls passing a whole bunch of rooms. They're all so big! This place is huge! Anyways, when we got to where we were supposed to be I see a pedestal in the middle of the room with a dull grey orb on it. Next to it there is a tall man and the emperor talking to each other. They both see us and call me over. Flem bows silently and then leaves.

he says with a sad smile on his face. That makes me realize... I didn't see a prince when I was summoned. OH...

the tall man clears his throat.

the emperor says. (Khraghm is pronounced gram)

<... W..w... What did you call m...me?> I stammer, my face ears immediately going red. As you can tell this is not my comfort zone. I mean, who would be comfortable with being made fun of for being seen naked!?

I say so lightly they can barely hear it. Yep I'm going into denial. I was summoned naked? No way!

I say

the emperor says jokingly.

khraghm says with a wry smile on his face, and then gestures towards the orb.

I say, crack my knuckles, then excitedly place my hand on top of the orb, which earns me a smile from the mana master.

the emperor mutters under his breath. He said so it so silently that no one heard it, while wearing a sad weary smile. We were all too focused on the orb to notice though. The orb slightly glows dull grey for a moment then goes blank again.

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I finally manage to choke out. Am I not going to be able to use magic at all?

khraghm says worriedly. What does that mean...? I really can't use magic...? How... How unfair... I... I am forced to come to this world that I know nothing about... And I can't learn magic to defend myself..? After another ten minutes the mana master finally says something that almost makes me cry.

<...................... It seems that you really don't have any affinity towards magic > he says. He sees the look of utter defeat on my face and hurriedly says

which makes me feel better, but not by much. Hah... Haha... I laugh weakly in mind. There goes the Mage route... I'd rather not have to do melee fighting with fantasy creatures, the ones I've read about in novels are scary as fuck!

After that major disappointment the emperor tells me that we need to go get my status crystal with a weary look on his face, I guess he is as disappointed as I am, he did summon me. I was going to ask him if the status is like an mmo type, but then I realize that they probably don't have that here so I keep my mouth shut. We go outside the castle and into a market looking place. I guess the emperor has guards hidden here and there... Oh there's one ... Anyways, we walk over towards this shady looking person with an eyepatch... He has an eyepatch! He's the villain! Hahaha, oh how cliche that would be. Jokes aside, he does look pretty shifty.

shady guy says. (Trying to make him sound uneducated but failing...)

the emperor said with the brightest smile.

when Guile said this, the king started to pout. No... I'm serious here. He really started to pout. After a minute of this Guile finally gave in and started to have an animated chat with the emperor, when the talk between them finally ended Guile said

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Guile runs off into the back of his shop to grab something.

the emperor says. That guy is the guild master? The strongest one at that?

Guile says carefully handing a small black box to the emperor. What, is he proposing to him? Just kidding. Anyways, after we get the status crystal I introduce myself to him and he asks me jokingly to join the guild if I am strong and then we leave.

When we get back the emperor and I both go back to the room I was summoned in. I wonder why. Guess I'm about to find out.

< Chandler, can you come over here for a moment?> the emperor says.

< umm. Is this about the status crystal..? This isn't going to hurt is it?> I ask worried.

< Unfortunately yes, anything that attaches itself to your body through mana will painful. Especially when it comes to things with magic. There is something I can do to lessen the time you have to endure it though.> I ask what it is, because if I don't have to go through pain then I won't. He tells me how the crystal will absorb surrounding mana to fuse the crystal to my body and blood bound mana is absorbed the easiest. So he'll have all the magicians surround me and pour in mana. He also tells me that he won't be in the room because absorbing so much mana will exhaust whoever is in the room. Sounds like a pain... Literally... Do I have to...? Well yeah they are trying to help me survive so I guess so...

We start with status crystal binding by opening the box that has the status crystal in it and it flies out onto my sternum ! and damn does it hurt!!! Why can't it be quick and painless...? I hate pain! Aahhhhhh!!! OwowowowowowowOW! Fuck! Why the fuck does everything have to be painful!? After what feels like an eternity the pain finally starts to fade away.

said a very tired looking khraghm. When did he get here? Oh if course. He must have been one of the magicians brought over to help. Sorry khraghm...

Afterwards, everyone but the emperor clears out of the room.

the emperor asks.

even though I kinda figured it would...

psychological studies? I thought this world was going to be like Europe , before the renaissance based on how the knights are dressed, but they're surprisingly educated? Oh yeah summoning heroes... Maybe they used their knowledge? Also, how come I get the feeling that he's gonna keep a lot of secrets from me? I will need to be more cautious about how I do things here... I can't be too trusting, or I might end up dead or terribly injured...

khraghm said irritably.

khraghm said and then left. What was his problem? I know he used a lot of mana... Oh, there's the problem. I remember him saying earlier, something like mana is bonded to the blood. Maybe whenever you use magic, it also spends some of the blood...? That would make sense seeing how exhausted he looks, because when you suddenly lose blood, that can make you disoriented, tired, irritable, or if you lose enough blood could make you organs shut down! How scary!

the emperor says thinking I'm worried, when I'm just sitting here thinking how scary it would be to use magic.

[table]Tier OneTier TwoTier ThreeStrengthPowerBrutalitytr]AgilitySpeedNimbleness[/tr]IntelligenceReasoningPerceptionWisdomKnowledgeLogic[/tr]

tr]VitalityVigorLife[/tr]DexterityEfficiencyFinesse[table]

There is also a special type of growth to these attribute that will appear as a symbol on the status crystal and will also appear as your alignment on the status screen. I will now tell you the names of these marks, what they look like, and how they affect your growth. Here they are:

The knight- appears as a Knights helmet with a shield behind it on the status crystal and is also known as the "power" type growth. People with this symbol on their status crystal are gifted with excellent growth in strength and vitality.

The thief- appears as cloak with a large dagger behind it on the status crystal and is also known as the "speed" type growth. People with this symbol on their status crystal are gifted with excellent growth in agility and dexterity.