— At 5:00pm it was finally time for him to learn some magic. Myra took care of that aspect, she taught him elemental magic and how to control his mana usage. Since shadow and darkness magic were somewhat similar at the beginning, her knowledge was a big help in better understanding of his element.
He pulled that stunt in awakening on a whim easily, since he was basically surrounded by shit ton of mana, so converting that into his element was easy, but now even trying to get a wisp of black smoke looked like a hard job to him. As the author of that novel explained, during awakening when someone is surrounded by a high density of mana, they would have an easier time learning about their element and trying to use it.