Chapter 2 Unveiled
The Citadel of the Capital City Eldora contains one of the most protected fortresses. Built by the 4th Emperor, Citadel is named after him, Fedrichson Fortress. With the capacity to contain more than 30,000 people, during the peak of the empire, this fortress contained as many as 10,000 elite Imperial Knights, which were divided into 12 divisions, alongside estates and palaces of high noble houses.
Unfortunately, after the decline of the empire, this citadel transformed into a political battleground between the two factions.
At the center of the citadel, lies the Imperial Palace Garden built by Emperor Cardinal himself. This vast Palace Garden housed several of the most beautiful flora and fauna found across the Empire. All of them are artificially built to the smallest details, to showcase the Eldorion Empire's beauty and diversity. Underneath the dark sky, Ginny and Arthur arrived at a spot, deep inside one of such Palace Gardens.
"Please wait here, I'll be back. " Ginny told Arthur, who obediently waited, at the said place.
10 minutes later.....
An invisible barrier was erected, that had isolation effects.
"Woah! What's this thing?! " Asked Arthur in an excited tone, while trying to touch the barrier.
"This is called an isolation barrier. Once you reach my level, you will be able to erect one yourself. " Ginny revealed with a smile.
"Really! I can't wait... Wait! Did you say, I can erect one as well?! " Arthur exclaimed when he grasped her words.
"Smart one aren't you? Yes, Your Majesty, you can use magic you have one of the highest concentrations of mana, I've ever seen in my life. " Ginny said, before turning serious,
"And no one should know about that. Not even Her Majesty the Regent. You are smart enough to know what's around you, right? " She sternly warned.
Nodding his head, Arthur grasped the situation, but still couldn't understand why was him being capable of using magic, a big deal.
Sigh*
"I guess I can't always hide it from you." She said, before moving her hand across his stomach.
*zoos
Suddenly a silver seal appeared, with runes forged on them.
Before Arthur can react, Ginny pours magic into it,
*creek
Half of the seal vanished in thin air.
Suddenly Arthur started noticing changes, especially in his vision.
"This is! "
Bewildered!
Looking at the ethereal blue eyes of Arthur, she recognized it as the source of such a massive mana boost, realizing that those eyes weren't ordinary.
"What's happening Ginny?! " Shocked and panicking, little Arthur was having a difficult time, as the mana suddenly started pouring into his body through, especially affecting his eyes.
*swoosh
With a gentle pull, Ginny manipulated and guided the mana, across Arthur's body.
30 minutes later...
"All done. Now try to sense mana, inside your body. It may be uncomfortable at first, but you'll get better at it, as time goes by. " Ginny said.
Slowly Arthur opened his eyes and started to do as Ginny said.
*hmm
Sensing mana, Arthur's face distorted. Uncomfortable as it is, the mana he is sensing is still pouring into his outer body.
Satisfied with his response, Ginny said,
"Nice work. Now from today onwards, I'll teach you how to control mana, at this same place and same time."
"Hai! (Yes) " Arthur nodded with a serious face, which looked adorable in Ginny's eyes.
But then, his mind reeled back to the question he wanted to ask. Sensing something off, Ginny realized he had questions.
"Ask what you want, and I'll answer it, Your Majesty," Ginny said, looking at Arthur.
"Did you put that silver thing on my stomach? Why did you do it? When? And since when did you know about me capable of using mana? "
Hearing the last question, Ginny raised an eyebrow. She replied,
"Elemental Blockage seal is the name of it. Yes, I did it, to hide the fact that you can use mana. I sealed your mana, three years back, when you were an infant, and had just awakened your mana. "
Looking at his eyes, she said, "You should know, what will happen if the news is leaked of you capable of using mana. "
Hearing this, Arthur's expression turned dark. Though he always sought to do what he liked, deep down he had already realized how precarious his position was.
"Fine." He said.
Ginny's eyes softened, and she said,
"Don't be so down, Your Majesty. For today I will teach you how to effectively control mana. The seal I had put on you had two functions, first was to limit excessive mana from infiltrating your body, and second was to hide the existence of mana inside you. Normally Blockage seal would have stayed active for 15 years, but in your case, the first function had already deteriorated to such a degree, that within a couple of months, the entire seal would have been destroyed. "She revealed.
" So that's why I removed the first function entirely, now seal will only focus on hiding the existence of mana in your body. Even high-ranking magicians can't see through this seal, even when they are using mana vision." She said, before continuing,
"Besides they won't even do it, 'cause it's a strict offense to directly look at Your Majesty with mana vision. "
Saying that, she picked up a leaf, and placed it on Arthur's head.
"Now guide the mana, to balance the leaf for the next thirty minutes. "
Arthur did, as she told. Sitting cross-legged, he started concentrating on mana to balance the wobbling leaf.
25 minutes later, he finally succeeded in balancing the leaf on his forehead, after a few failures.
"I did it Ginny! " Arthur exclaimed excitedly.
Looking at him with mana vision, Ginny came to a single conclusion, 'Those eyes... They are helping him to control mana proficiently. Even a genius would need more than a day to reach this level, and he did it 30 minutes after his mana awakening. More than sees the eye eh? '
"Good job, from now onwards, we will always arrive here for training. " She said, dismantling the barrier.
10 minutes later...
"Let's go! "
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Three weeks later..
At the same spot, covered by the isolation barrier, Ginny and Arthur are training the mana control.
(Arthur's Pov)
"Yes I did it! "
"Good work.. " Ginny said to me, using that mana vision. What a worry wrat!
Finally, my mana control training is ending. It has increased to a level, that I can stand on the surface of the water itself.
So cool!
Anyway my training started since that day, when Ginny removed the Blockage seal, and it isn't wrong to say I had become strong. Very strong!
"Now it's time for you to create the mana core." She suddenly said.
"What's that? " I asked.
"The method to become a full-fledge magician, one must create a mana core. "She revealed.
YESS! FINALLY! I AM GOING TO BE MAGICIAN!
After jumping around, I finally calmed down and listen to her.
"Mana Core, as it is called, is a core that magician creates to store mana. This core can be upgraded, as long as the magician works hard to improve their efficency of their magic spells and mana. " She said, while I nodded my head like an obident student.
"Since I can't give you a proper guide book for the mana control yet, I will have to show you how to do it. " Saying that she showed how efficently guided the mana to her core.
I tried doing that, but failed. Its surprisingly hard.
For next full week I only tried that, while occasionally using mana to fuse with my vision.
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A month has passed since Ginny started teaching me about controlling mana, and a full week since she started guiding me to construct my mana core. It was uncomfortable for me at first, but now controlling mana is as easy as breathing.
Ginny told me that my mana is abnormally high, and my control over it is proficient as well. According to her, it is because of my eyes. Since then, she started teaching me to guide mana to my eyes and fuse them both, allowing me to access the mana vision.
Just yesterday I succeeded in that, but the results were super surprising. My mana vision not only allows me to see scattered mana but also enhances my vision to 'see-through' things, living or non-living.
This further confirmed her suspicion of my eyes being special, maybe something she called mutation, or a fusion.
But I would have to explore these powers on my own.
And what about those damn rats (spies) of those nobles. Well apparently, mana can be used to cast illusion. Those spies generally kept to themselves, and observe me, while disgusing themselves as butlers or maids. They are pretty weak according to Ginny
Those nobles really look down on me huh.
And how do I know about them?
Again it's because of my eyes. Damn what a cheat, I can literally see-through the walls and spy-, no, keep a look out at those spies, who are their to spy on me.
Ginny told me that I am a natural 'sensor' or something, not that I know about it.
Now that I think about it, I was able to 'see' that she was anxious about something. Very anxious. I wanted to ask, but seeing her hiding it, I decided against doing that... Maybe tomorrow when we meet, I will ask her.
Anyway, now that those rats, are not around, let's continue constructing mana core.
Apparently I can't convert the mana into elemental energies, without the help of mana core. I had to create my own mana core soon.
(Arthur's Pove ends)
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After an hour, Arthur stopped his secret meditation, suspicion gwaned on him, as he realized that, the maids and butlers are panicing over something.
'Mana Vision! '
Using his eyes, he 'saw' that not only maids and butlers, even some of his tutors, nobles and Knights are scrambling over something.
Looking around the chambers, he finally spotted a familiar grey-haired man in his late 50s. Observing him, Arthur realized that, this man is walking towards Emperor's personal chambers, towards him.
In a fit of haste and some panic, he scrambled towards any unwanted scattered mana, that might be visible.
Finally composing himself after a minute, he waited for the man to arrive.
*knock *knock
"Come in! " Arthur shouted.
Entered that grey-haired man, in clothing befitting of royalty. With a slight bow, he said,
"It's been a while, Your Majesty. I hope you are doing well. " Words sounding like a gentle breeze, but to Arthur this was like a devil's wispher.
"I-Its been a while Prime Minister, I-I-I am doing fine. " Arthur sluttered, while his face started turning pale.
Because, at this moment, Arthur was clearly 'seeing' the enormous amount of malice that this person holds towards him.
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A/N:- Stones?