Mandarahuyo

Theirs was a world evolved.

Karl never knew he was a mahuyo, a rare breed of people capable of controlling one of the four elements, until the day of the militia academy's appraisal test, when his assessment goes awry, and his latent abilities suddenly manifest. As far as Karl knew, he was completely ordinary.

Karl must now be relocated to the upper echelon of the academy in order to get advanced training. All this seems to be happening too fast for Karl. What should have been a good thing is putting a strain on Karl's personal relationships, not to mention there's also the spike in difficulty of his training and education. Can he effectively navigate through all these unwanted changes? But more importantly, could there actually be something more to Karl, something more special?

Theirs may have been a world evolved, but Karl just wants a life unchanged.