Grateful Allegiance's

Ch-21a. Understanding Magic Energy

The magic energy that exists in this world is a gift from Deus, all living beings and even inanimate objects, are able to absorb and store this energy within them. If trained then this magic energy will be called Mana, people who have Mana are usually called Witch/Wizard.

Everyone absorbed his magic energy from the moment he was still in the womb, like a seed embedded, that magic energy would continue to grow and grow over time. Then when we reach the exact age of seven years then we will be brought to be tested for magic power, can flower or not, no one knows.

"Ehh, wait a minute! Stop...."Mada said suddenly.

"What's? What's again? Which part don't you understand, huh!?"Grandpa Happer said annoyed, because Mada must always interrupt himself when he was in the middle of an explanation.

"Your last sentence, what does that mean? I don't understand."Mada Ucap.

"Which one?"Ask Grandpa Happer while grunting.

"The problem could be flowering or not that, what exactly do you mean?"

"Haahh, you already understand about magic energy right? If it's not trained then what's the point of us having that energy, come with me."Happer's grandfather stepped into a window in the corner of the house, Mada jumped down from her seat and followed Happer's grandfather.

Arriving there, there were two pots each filled with soil, grandfather Happer suddenly took out two small seeds and placed them next to the two pots.

"Look carefully, this pot is your body."Grandfather Happer pushed one of the pots in front of him closer towards Mada."This seed is the magic energy you absorb."Happer's grandfather took one of the seeds nearby and planted it into Mada's pot.

"When you're still in your mother's womb you must also absorb magic energy, once it's absorbed it will expand...."Grandpa Happer pointed his palm towards the pot of Mada, slowly a bud appeared and grew bigger, due to the influence of the growth magic belonging to grandfather Happer.

'Waahh, it's amazing.'Batin Mada, he tried hard to hide his shock.

"Two months, six months, nine months, then one year, four years, six years, the more you grow the more magic energy develops."Grandfather Happer calculated carefully, the buds that were in the pot of Mada began to grow in size along with the words spoken by grandfather Happer.

"Then, when you were exactly seven years old...."Grandpa Happer stopped his growth magic, the size of the plant is now quite large, but still not worthy of flowering.

"Aackhh!"Mada retreated one step back, unable to hold back Grandpa Happer's magic energy.

"Note, this is what they will do to every child in Grateful Allegiance. They force open the flower that should not have bloomed, so that you can train magic energy faster than scheduled."Said grandfather Happer, the plant in front of Mada also slowly began to remove the flower stalk, then the flower base, the seed, and then the petals.

"Magic energy does develop all the time, but the power of magic energy itself depends on the body where it is accommodated. If this pot is strong then this plant must also be able to withstand my magic."The longer the flowers in the plant Mada growing, already a third of the way to bloom.

"However if this magic energy is unable to withstand it...."

"Aahh, flowers!?"Mada said suddenly.

The Mada plant that was about to flower suddenly withered and turned black, the wind that entered from the window beside them blew the flower that turned out to have turned into ash, disappearing.

"This!?"

"Don't tell me you don't understand what just happened?"Grandpa Happer asked, he stared intently at Mada.

"What does that mean?"Mada asked hesitantly while stroking the back of his head, Grandpa Happer was staring at Mada lazily.

"I mean, if the flower fails to bloom, or it could be said to fail in holding the test earlier, then the magic energy will disappear permanently from you. Then then, you won't be able to become a Witch or a Wizard anymore. Just be trash, like them...."Grandpa Happer pointed out the window with his thumb, and there were some people there.

"I see, it's like I'm cooking a caramel. It's been heated for a long time and it has to be lifted in time, if it's too fast then the caramel will be damaged and I can't mix it into my cake, then the caramel won't be processed again. Yeah, like it~ There's just a few things that are a little different."Gumam Mada while nodding his head, justifying his own words.

"Then? When is the right time to train Mana? I mean, when will this flower inside me bloom properly?"Ask Mada.

"15 Years."Grandpa Happer replied briefly.