Chapter 2

"Hey, Belial," I called him.

"What?" He asked annoyed.

"Why do you look like a black cat with four horns?"

It's been a day since I was sent to this world and it seemed that I fainted because I used too much mana and I could have died (according to Belial)

"Well my dear, You can't possibly suggest that I show my real form to you lowly humans! And just so you know, Humans would die by the very sight of me!" He said while floating in mid-air.

"So I had to disguise as a spirit." He continued looking proud of how he looks.

A spirit?

"Yes, a spirit! They are some sort of familiars that mages, witches, and wizards use a sort of pet."

I see, So you're my pet now.

"Are you looking for a death wish?"

I immediately kept my mouth and mind shut.

"Wait, how are you still hearing my thoughts even when you aren't in my head?" I asked,

"That's because you are my incarnation now, I have chosen you and only you so do feel honored." 

I see so we are somewhat connected since you sent me to this place.

"Precisely." 

I looked around my 'room' and sat on the bed. 

After fainting, the people couldn't just stand idle with me on the ground so they made a tent for me to sleep in since the remaining empty houses were all broken due to the fire.

The tent was quite cozy despite the fact that it was a last-minute call. They didn't have enough time to make a bed so they whipped up a hay bed for me and a spare wardrobe.

I looked at the wardrobe and noticed that there was a mirror on it.

"You changed my face?" 

"Why, yes. I figured that I should give you this as a gift, to make you feel special, of course."

"Without even asking me?!" 

"Well! I only changed your hair color and your eyes! You should be thankful that I made you even prettier!" 

Whatever I guess it is.. pretty...

I walked closer to the wardrobe and looked at myself, My hair had a mix of pink, white, and grey while my eyes had a bit of silver and pink color. 

I couldn't help but feel... captivated by my reflection's beauty.

"Ooh~ Quite a narcissist, are we?" 

I ignored Belial's remark and kept staring at the mirror.

"She's quite pretty." 

"Hmm.. Well darling, 'She' is you and for your perusal, I didn't change a thing about your face and all, I only changed the colors to my taste. So in other words, you are beautiful before I changed a thing." I felt a strange lump in my throat.

Nobody said that about me other than my mother.. 

"Don't be so dramatic, I was only telling the truth. Anyway earlier, I was a tad bit surprised about your little stunt earlier."

I looked at him confused.

"I thought that you wouldn't even understand what that boy had been talking about and here you are." He continued,

Oh right! Who was that kid? 

"Hm? That kid that you were with? If my knowledge is right, that kid is a child mage." 

A child mage? 

"A child with studying magic at a very young age, most child mages had become A or S rank mages." 

That's quite amazing even if I don't understand a little bit of it.

"That's fine, I'll teach you everything you know." He smiled at me and started his lesson.

Belial's magic lesson!

I sat on my bed and waited for him to start his lesson.

"Well! Alright, Let's start! Please do listen carefully because I will not tell you this again." 

I nodded. 

"Alright, so you do understand what magic is now, right?" He asked and shook my head.

"What? But you did the basic water spell just fine." 

I don't understand 'magic' entirely, I do understand however that they make water. 

"I see.. This will take a while.." He mumbled and I felt a bit embarrassed.

"Nothing I can't handle, Anyway, magic is a type of... particle as we call it.." 

Huh? A particle?

"Exactly! It's a lot like air, You breathe it in to gather magic in your core to create things such as earth, water, wind, fire and other more things. You can also use it to increase your strength and speed to greater heights."

That seems very amazing.

"It is." He said nonchalantly, "Right, As I was saying, magic can do many things but not many people can do it. To use magic you must be able to learn a technique to breathe in magic particles in the air."

And how do you do that?

"But first you must obtain the skill, Magic Perception to see magic particles, It's a necessity to learn magic."

I looked at belial and he smirked at me.

"Well how do I get this skill?" I asked him.

He went closer to me which made me move back but I couldn't get back anymore and I was already on the wall.

He chuckled before speaking, "Don't worry I don't bite~" He said.

He's in a cat form but he's still... scary!

He put his index finger on my forehead and I immediately flinched because of the sudden pain on my head but in a second, the pain went away.

Huh...?

"Hehe~ I apologize for the pain I inflicted but it was necessary for you to obtain Magic Perception." He said and smiled warmly.

I felt.. a weird tingly feeling in my stomach...

It might be.. happiness.

I smiled back at belial and suddenly he looked away.

I looked at him confused.

I wonder what got him to look away...

I was gonna walk towards him and ask him what's wrong buy a strange blue light fell on my nose.

'What is this?'

'Some sort of... particle?'

I immediately realized that it was a magic particle and tried to get it but it won't get off my nose so I tried to get the other particles that were around but I can't seen to touch it.

"You won't be able to touch it." Belial said.

"So how exactly do I 'use' it?" I asked with my eyebrow raised.

"You breathe it in."

It wasn't a metaphor?

I sat on the floor, closed my eyes and calmed down.

I didn't feel any different from before I got the skill but I do feel a slight difference.

I can feel the presence of magic all around us and.. I can see the difference of the magic particles.

The blue one earlier felt a bit cold and slippery, I thought it was Ice but it wasn't really solid and cold enough so I concluded that it was water.

The red one was fire, I know because of the heat it gives.

The green one was obviously earth.

And the gray one was air.

There were other colors such as dark blue, baby blue, silver, white, violet, purple, lavender, crimson, ruby, jade, and black but I didn't really know what it was.

Right, breathe... I took a deep breath a few times but I didn't feel anything.

I took a peek on belial but he quickly covered my eyes with his paws.

"No peeking, remember, breathe in. Try to feel the different magic particles and bring then to you."

What does that mean? Well, whatever. I might as well try.

I held my hands together and relaxed my body and took another breath.

I felt the cold relaxing air particle going through my lungs, The water particle, The burning fire particle and the earth particle.

"Good, now gather them to your abdomen."

I did what he said and gathered the particles to my abdomen, it was quite easy but it was pretty hard holding them together for a long time.

"This is one of the basic techniques of gathering magic, It's not my most recommended technique but we can work with that, I suppose."

I felt a cold sweat on my forehead because it was getting harder to hold it in.

"OK, What now?" I grunted.

"Just like what you did earlier, Imagine wind this time but don't shoot it out unless you want to break this house into pieces."

What does he want me to do? I sighed and just imagined the wind flowing with the waves in the sea..

Ah, memories... the nice sand getting wet because of the waves softly hitting it, The beautiful blazing sun shining and the wind that blows through you as you watch the beautiful horizon...

I felt a strong wind just as it was in my memories and I felt calm.

How nice.

"Well, I'll be... This is better than I thought."

What?

I immediately opened my eyes and I saw all four elements flying around me.

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