Meeting Lady Seers

Artus was sitting at the edge of the training field crossed-legged, his eyes were closed and his hand on his knees.

When woke up this morning he was feeling better, he talked a bit with his family and then went to the field.

"What's done is done, no need to dwell on the past".

"I should focus my attention on improving my magic power".

"At least now I had secured a spot at the academy at the Scholar's division".

"When I get there, I will figure things out".

In his inner world, in the complete darkness, he could see several light blue dots moving randomly, they were the energy particles that he had gathered with the help of NuroFusion.

Using NuroFusion to passively gather energy automatically all the time was a massive breakthrough in his pathway to becoming a mage.

He could continue to gather energy without the need to focus all his attention and concentrate, in fact, he could gather energy while sleeping, eating or training with the stick.

"Hello, Artus"

Maggie was walking around the training field when she saw Artus, she greeted him and sat down beside him.

"Hi, Maggie"

Artus greeted her back in a calm voice.

She did not say another word, she was staring at her front, lost in thoughts.

"Don't be sad, Artus".

"There will be always other chances".

"You are smart and hardworking, you know lots of things, you are bound to succeed in the future….so cheer".

She immediately ran away after she said these words, she was very embarrassed, it seemed she had mastered all her courage to say these words.

"What a kind-hearted child".

Artus said with a hint of a smile on his face.

"A lovely child, Isn't she?"

Suddenly he heard a person's voice.

He jumped up, grabbed the wooden stick, and started looking around.

"Master Artus, the source of the voice is coming from above"

Artus raised his head to look at the sky; his eyes widened in surprise.

A gust of wind blew by his face.

A young lady with dark brown hair in a dark green cloak was levitating in the sky above, her clothes were flattering in the wind.

She slowly descended to the ground, her leather boots made a soft voice when she landed on the ground, all the wind around her calmed down.

Since Artus came to this world, he has been very curious about magic, he read a book about it, heard all kinds of stories about it, he even started practicing it.

But this was the first time in his life that he saw a mage.

"Hello".

"You must be Artus".

The lady said in a kind voice.

Artus was still tightly grabbing the wooden stick, her voice was gentle, she did not seem to have any malice, In the end, if she wanted to do something to him, no one in this village would be able to stop her.

Artus calmed his mind, he loosened his nerves.

"Hello, young lady."

"I am indeed Artus, how can I help you?"

His voice was composed, his lips were raised in a subtle curve.

In his mind, he instructed NuroFusion to analyze the lady.

"Oh my! What an unusual child!"

"Not only you were able to discover my existence, but also kept calm and collected despite seeing a person flying in the sky, also this must be the first time you have seen a mage!".

"Extraordinary indeed!".

"Young lady, may I know who are?"

Artus ignored all her words and asked directly, he was sure now that she would not do any harm to him.

"Pardon me! I forget to introduce myself".

"I am Seers Galehart, a mage at The Royal Arcanum Academy"

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Under the shades of the trees at the edge of the training field, Artus sat down on the ground, beside him a young lady in a dark green cloak sat elegantly.

"So Artus, as I told you, the energy of the world is called Aether".

Seers was teaching Artus about energy and its relation to magic and other classes of practitioners.

"Aether is the basic energy of the world, it's the light blue dots that you saw".

"Both warrior and mage start their path by practicing Aether gathering".

"So, to feel and sense the existence of the Aether is a fundamental step to becoming a mage or warrior".

"Although, it has to be said that mages need a higher affinity for Aether than warriors".

"Warriors use their bodies as a medium to transform the energy of Aether to the aura which they use to perform arts".

"While mages on the other hand form a core by transforming and condensing Aether, they feed Aether to the magical core".

"The core is used as the main energy source and catalyst to cast different spells".

"The same principle applies to other practitioners".

"They gather Aether, then transform it in various ways, to perform certain acts".

"So that's it, thank you, lady Seers, for explaining things to me".

"Now things have become much clearer".

"Artus, don't worry, I mean no harm".

"I can tell you are very smart and mature for your age, so I will not treat you as a child".

"I can see that you have already started gathering Aether".

"To do so while not having enough knowledge or materials…."

"You can say I am interested in your talent".

"I will help you enter the magic division of The Royal Arcanum Academy".

"Lady Seers, there's no free lunch in the world"

"Please tell me what you want in exchange for that, what price should I pay?"

"As expected of you, you don't like beating around the bush, direct to the point".

"Ok, I will tell you".

"I want you to do a favor for me in the future, I will tell you about it when the right time comes".

"At that time even if you could not do it, I will not blame you"

"I don't have much of a choice, when I saw you, I said to myself that maybe it could work out"

"Honestly I have nothing to lose, it's a gamble that I am willing to take".

"Lady Seers, thank you, I will do my best to return the favor in the future, I will not disappoint your trust in me".

At that time Seers did not know that her action would change the future of the world.