An Incompetent Magician? Like, I will let that happen!

Chapter 3 Part 4.5 (Updated)

Back at the open-ground fields where Kan and the rest of the Dawness are.

"You see, I'll go back to the basics of how we fight and where our strength comes from." Frea quickly dragged out a book and asked us to listen closely.

"In the essence of everything here in Yyssa, there are particles which is the basic form of life that creates everything that we see both visible and invisible. Although there are pure particles which can be harder to find and trace as they are mostly seen in rich environments. A regular particle cannot create a big difference in its own, that's why particles combine with one another and forms mana." She then looked at the Tempest student if he was listening and following along.

"Mana is a cluster of particles uniquely woven together. Mana cannot be the same as it once was which means every mana is unique in its own way. Now that the particles have joined together and became mana it is much easier to affect the laws of the world. Got it?" Kan nodded in reply.

"Your explanation skips too much detail Frea. While a cluster of particles is called mana and uniquely woven together, by no means, every mana is unique in its own way by itself. Mana in itself can only interact to the bigger parts of what creates the world that is elements." Mari tried to explain a bit further.

"Both of you really don't know what you're saying. Listen Kan, you don't need to know how particles came to be because many people have different perspectives of how it is the basic block of life. What you need to know is how these cluster particles called mana, can affect not just only elements." Reina continued on as Mari and Frea sat at the open grass field.

"As they've said mana comes in our environment although we have our own mana pool that interacts with this, 'environmental mana' if you'll give them a name. Mana is one of the basic necessities of every human. Now, that you know where you are getting your mana and how it is important, I'll let Mariko-sensei explain further as I hate to admit, but I also don't have a firm grasp of how mana interacts with elements, aura, physical body and other stuffs." As if waiting for this moment Mariko-sensei nabbed the spotlight and waited for us to look at her.

"Thank you, Reina. This is not only for Kan but for the three of you as well. What I'm about to tell you is the general and fundamental knowledge of how mana interacts with the world. You can use your own understanding but no matter how much knowledge you accumulate, you'll always go back to these general and fundamental key things.

"Mana, in general, is a third-party factor that influences the surroundings whether it be the form of wind, fire, ice, water; that we call elements, the form of aura or spirits, the form of enhancing your body, the form of objects, as well as the form of life. First, let's try to understand how can mana influence these things? They've already mentioned about the relation of mana and particles regarding the fact where we get mana. Now, wind is a form of countless mana particles uniquely structured as an element of wind." Mariko-sensei let out a small amount of mana and controlled the mana particles around her to create a sphere-like ball of wind.

"Listen carefully, this is one way of using mana to control the surrounding mana particles and transform it to an element, in this case, wind." Kan raised his hand nervously.

"Umm, I'm quite confused with you using mana particles and mana, are they different?"

"Oh, about that, I refer to a large amount of mana as, mana particles and mana, as a cluster of particles. It's a bit confusing, I think?"

"It's quite confusing for me..." Kan let out a small voice of concern.

"You can also see it this way, mana particles are a group of same mana with only one power. This power is what can these mana particles influence in the surroundings. In this situation, the mana particles I have controlled are a group of structured wind element. Is this more understandable?"