My New Life in TBATE

An Auction?

"97... 98... 99... 100!" I huff out as I swing my sword down for the final time, before ungracefully flopping onto the ground in my meditative position. Not much has changed in my routine in these past 6 months since the agreement with Kaspian. However my core now sat at solid yellow and was inching closer to the light stage.

My sensitivity to mana also increased with my breakthrough into yellow, but for some reason I still couldn't figure out how to unlock the deviant forms of wind and fire. My flames I could already increase the temperature to the degree of them turning blue, but lightning seemed to elude me. As well with sound for wind, just knowing how sound waves worked from my previous life didn't seem to help in figuring out how to use it.

However with this intense training also came the benefit of becoming more and more efficient with with my wind and fire magic. Also with my core at yellow the distinction between augmenter and conjurer has shrunk. I can form and throw small fire balls or unleash blades of wind, but they come with an increased mana cost compared to my normal augmenter style moves.

One major thing has changed in these past months though. I've been spending more time with my family, while this does mean not as much training that just means I had to up the intensity. Mana truly is a wondrous thing, exercises and training routines that would most likely kills adults from my past life has become my norm.

Even if you're not an emitter pure mana seems to still have a healing factor to it causing wounds and injuries to heal far faster than someone from earth would think possible. This factor only increases with my core purity, so I've been able to push my 4 year old body to the limit each day. My wind magic has become my best friend for this training.

Weights aren't really a thing here, so besides finding heavy objects to carry around, the only way to get stronger is body workouts. Running against what feels like a heavy wind produces much of the same effect. Same with wind pushing down on you while you're doing push-ups. Needless to say I can use wind to a terrifying degree, it's almost to the point of my mana rotation to where I just use it unconsciously.

I can also technically fly, I say technically because it's more like running on air at the moment. I form these sort of wind platforms under my feet and direct the airflow around me so that I face no resistance. This allows me to leap off one platform and glide to the next. Like I said, not exactly flying but it opens a lot of avenues for not just movement but combat too.

My thoughts are interrupted by the sound of even and measured footsteps, the steps of a noble and steps I've come to know well. My father, Vincent. Standing up I dust myself off before turning around to see him smiling at me, and I return it with one of my own. I got to speak, but check the sky first, it seems it's still morning. He usually waits till after lunch to check on me.

"Good morning father. Is there something you need?" It came out a bit more guarded than I intended, but truthfully I was just confused at seeing him here this early. Sometimes they would sit off to the side and watch, but this is the first time he actually interrupted my training.

"Not quite something I need, but I had a question for you or rather an invitation." He's says sort of vaguely and I can only give a confused look in return before nodding for him to continue.

"Very well, the 6th annual Helstea auction is going to be held tomorrow and I was wondering if you would like to come with us, as a family. I realize we haven't asked you to come to the previous one as you had only been living with us for 6 months at that point and we didn't know if you-" I held up my hand to stop him as he was entering in to one of his rambling moments. I had to quickly start speaking though because his face turned sad expecting me to turn him down.

"No need to be sad, I would be happy to come. You just ramble when you get nervous." I say with a bright smile on my face. His face lights up and he steps forward to hug me, but I take a step back.