THE MISUNDERSTANDING

= "I am not a Fire Mage, with that, go back from wherever you came from, I wish to sleep." = I tried pushing the boy with the black hair away as it was getting uncomfortable.

I could sleep right now, but I wouldn't be able to enjoy it with another boy mounted on top of my body. Sleeping is one of the few things I enjoy, I will not let anyone mess that up for me.

Holding the boy by the shoulders, I tried throwing him to the side, but I failed? Though I did manage to lift him by a little bit, his resistance was so intense that I failed to throw him away.

One of the best qualities of the maturing body is that my strength continuously improves the more I grow. I am officially five years of age when I am three years old, but my strength is comparable to that of Sol.

But, because I do not trust her or any of the kids here in this orphanage, no one knows of that fact. But even with that kind of strength, I still failed to lift this boy off me.

= "Mmm, I thought you were a Mage because of the intensity the fire carried in your body. But are you a Martial instead? For you to lift me up with {Strady} in place, you must either be a Martial or you have an abnormal gift." = I heard the boy speak of such nonsense.

I do not like this. Little by little, this boy was starting to know of my secrets. To the best of my ability, I copied Von's method of releasing his anger through his eyes and asked the boy once again, = "Get off me." =

He tilted his head and said, = "Do not try to intimidate me, I have no little to no emotion to speak of. I am close to a mannequin that has no emotion so do not bother trying to scare me off." =

The boy spoke with honesty. I looked at those eyes of his with a clear vision my view was clearer than before. I saw his eyes, it was translucent and held no emotions just like he had said.

= "Just answer me honestly and I would get off. Try as you might, I have the capabilities to stay here the whole night." =

I cringed at her words. But as someone determined, I chose to close my eyes and sleep to the best of my abilities. One of my few redeeming qualities was my ability to sleep in any given opportunity.

= "Stay there then, I will be sleeping now." =

I slept without a care for the world. I slept and by the time I woke up, it was already 5 o'clock in the morning. I need to get up and do my chores. The other children wake at 6 o'clock and to not encounter them, I need to wake up earlier.

I got up from the bed and they looked to the side and saw the three roommates I had with me was still sleeping.

Nothing was wrong, but the boy was indeed still mounted on top of me. He was beginning to doze off as sleepiness was beginning to kick in.

His words were groggy as I hear him say = "Speak of your role." =

With his mental state disoriented from the lack of sleep, I managed to put the boy aside and then tend to my chores. The sun came up and I was already finished and was ready to head for the library.

I read some books and began to meditate, I absorbed mana and slowly began accumulating them. I am currently a Silver-class rank-3 and am about to enter Gold-class. My advancement in accumulation is truly slow, I do not know why but something is obstructing the path of cultivation.

Something is inside my body, and I do not know where or what it is. The only thing I know that it is absorbing a portion of my mana every time I absorb mana from the world.

Three hours after I closed my eyes for meditation, I paid more attention to my Mana Core and noticed the now burning fire inside it. On one side of my, Mana Core was ignited by fire.

I was about to continue my training, but first to open my eyes for I felt something weird. I opened my eyes and in front of me was a pair of dark translucent eyes. It was that pesky boy once again.

= "See, I knew you were a mage. The rapid absorption of mana and the steady circulation that happens in your body with a raging flame in your Mana Core. I am right, you truly are a Fire Mage." =

I sighed, and looked at the man in the eyes, = "Fine, that is correct. I am indeed a Fire Mage, but I do not know any spell or incantations just yet so I doubt my capabilities of being a Fire Mage." =

The boy looked at me straight in the eyes and asked me with all earnestness, = "Do you wish to learn and become powerful? Why is the reason why you seek to become more powerful?" =

= "Why do you ask me such questions, boy. You are nothing to me so why should I answer your question?" = I retorted with honesty.

The boy tilted his head and then asked me, = "Why do you refer to me as a boy? Do you mean that you do not know who I am?" =

= "I simply do not know your name. As far as I am concern, I can call you the boy with black hair and it is quite accurate is it not?" =

I heard the boy sigh and he said he had no emotions, I knew it was a lie.

= "My name is Lemiya, and for the record, I am not a boy, I am a girl."

I heard her words and I stopped functioning for a split second and was brought back to that time when she mounted me.

I could remember the missing feeling of a 'bump'… that explains a lot.