Chapter 40 - 40: Moment of truth

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*Two days later* It was finally two days later and Grey couldn't wait to head back as he was seen waking up early and packing up his belongings while tucking the small chest he found inside his bag pack. "Finally, I will be leaving here for the human world." Grey said excitedly as he finished packing up. He was currently inside Randin's cave house while Randin was nowhere to be seen. "Where even is Randin?" He wondered aloud as he looked around and then a stomping like footsteps sound was heard coming in. "I'm here!" Randin said as he walked into the cave with a dull looking like chest in his hand and a new sword by his side. "Where have you been?" Grey asked. "Getting your parting gift ready." Randin replied. "Is that it in your hands?" Grey asked as he eyed the dull looking chest. seaʀᴄh thё NôᴠelFirё.net website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. "Yep, your gift is in this." Randin smiled patting the chest on it's lid. "What's in it? Lemme see." Grey said stretching his hand to snatch the chest out of Randin's hand but he quickly withdrew his hand away. "Firstly, I want you to promise that you won't open up this chest here until you get back to the human world." Randin said. "Oh C'mon! Let me just see what it is." Grey pleaded. "No, you need to promise me first." Randin said. "Fine! I promise you. Now can I have the chest already?" Grey asked. "Alright, here it is." Randin said handing the chest over to Grey which he greedily snatched out of Randin's hand and quickly put it into his bag pack. "So how will you leave?" Randin asked. "The same way I came." Grey smiled. "And how did you even come?" Randin asked. "Like this!" Grey said and immediately he started floating off the ground using his wind magic. "Bye Randin! See you when next I come!" He said and immediately, he bolted out of the cave at top speed using his wind magic. Randin quickly rushed out of the cave and he couldn't see Grey anymore. "How fast did he leave? How did he even leave?" Randin wondered. "I guess I won't find out anytime soon then. Bye Grey, till we meet again!" ************ Immediately he had left the cave, Grey entered into another cave but this one was much smaller than Randin's cave with an opening in the top. Walking into it, Grey looked and walked around until he felt a familiar sense of his mana and then he sat on the ground. "I had created this circle just in case I wanted to leave hurriedly so this will save me a lot of time." He said as his hand started glowing white. And then a white energy was starting to form on his hand. This was the pure form of mana. Mana in it's purest form from the user's body. Immediately, the thrust his hand forward and the white light left his hand and went into the ground in front of him and immediately, it lit up bright white. Immediately it lit up, it started churning and a white portal opened up in front of Grey swirling with a mystical and ominous light. Taking a deep breath, Grey dusted himself, picked his bag up and looked behind him. "Goodbye planet bronze land, goodbye Randin. Till next time." He said and then he took a step into the portal. Followed by his entire body. Immediately he entered, the portal snapped shut and Grey felt the familiar sense of warping as all his senses were on high alert. And after a few seconds, Grey was thrust out gently and he found himself stepping into a familiar hidden cave with runes drawn all around, a rock chair off to the corner and dozens of cans laying around. "Well that was a crazy way to spend my two weeks of break." He sighed as he took a seat on his chair while opening up a can of his favorite drink. "Ah! That felt refreshing, I missed this taste." He smiled and then he stood up, took his backpack and then he went towards a wall in the corner of the room. He implanted his mana into the wall then it slowly slid open to let Grey head out into a small cave. "That reminds me, the goblin cave also had an illusion spell like mine. A spell to conceal the real deal while putting out a fake illusion." He said as he looked behind him. 'Is it a coincidence or is a mage really working for the other side? Or am I overthinking things? I wonder if the emperor even knows about the otherworlders.' He thought. "I guess I won't know for now. So why bother stressing myself?" Grey shrugged as he swiftly exited the cave and stepped foot into the outside of the forest and immediately, he felt a change in him. "It's like I can feel the mana in the air more better. I never noticed this in bronze land because they had a little mana in the air but here, mana is quite surplus in the air and I can feel it much better." He said. And then he moved his mana from his core to around his body and finally to his left eye. Then his eye glowed yellow before his view changed allowing him to see the world in a new light. "Yeah, I was right, the mana in the air has become more better to see and I don't think I'm imagining it but it feels like it's even heading towards me and entering into my body." 'But come to think of it, I haven't heard of a mage who mana is attracted to. It might actually just be something that happens to mages that advance high in star.' He shrugged and then proceeded to jog back home while at times using his wind magic to aid him. In two minutes, he was already in front of his door and he could see that it was unlocked which meant that his mum had returned already from her trip. 'Darn it! Has she arrived earlier than me? Has she been around for so long? Darn! What am I going to give as an excuse about where I went?' Grey thought worriedly. "Will you just quit being a baby and head inside already?" Noir shouted inside Grey's mind. 'Will you stop bossing me around you silly familiar! When it comes to fighting, you don't help but it seems that bossing people around is what you do best.' Grey hissed annoyed in his mind. Taking a deep long breath, he pushed the door open and walked inside the living room calmly and he could see his mum unpacking excitedly. Hearing the door open, she turned around to see Grey, her beloved son. "Oh Grey! You are back early from your training. It feels like you know I will be back today so you came back early from your tra…" Clara stuttered as she stared at Grey a little longer. She noticed his smooth his skin looked like as if he had no single blemish on his skin. And then her eyes laid on his hair that had changed colour from the beautiful brown it was to a redish colour. "Grey? What happened to you?" Clara asked as she kept staring at his hair more. Seeing his mother's glare, Grey's hand naturally crawled up his hair and then he remembered that his hair had changed colour. 'Dang! What am I going to tell her now?' he wondered worriedly. "Tell her the truth! I don't know what you have experienced, or why you are fidgeting a lot, but all I know is that she will appreciate being told the truth than being lied to." Noir said. 'Huh!? I never knew you were this sensible.' Grey thought. "My fault for trying to advise you." Noir sneered loudly and then he went quiet. "Mum, I can explain." Grey said as he walked forward and led his mum to a chair and made her sit. Then he also sat down, inhaled deeply before he decided speaking. "Mum! I won't lie to you, I will just say the truth to you. Mum, I have awakened my affinities, I'm now a mage. And not just any mage, I'm a 2 star mage that can control three magical abilities for now." Grey said. "Wh… what?! But how?" Clara said confused as she looked at Grey like as if not convinced. Seeing the look his mum was giving him, Grey just sighed and stood in front of his mum and then lifted his hands. "Fire magic!" He called out and right in front his mum's eyes, his hands burned bright with fire. "Wind magic!" He called again and a small wind was now slowly surrounding his mum lifting her up slightly from the chair she sat startling her a bit. "Earth magic!" He called again and a piece of shard from the wall of the room popped out and appeared in front of Grey. Seeing all these, his mum's eyes widened in shock and then the next set of words she said stunned Grey too. "I knew it! I knew you would awaken it by this time but I didn't know it will be so soon!" Clara said excitedly as she stared at Grey excitedly. "What!!??!!"

Chapter 40 - 40: Moment of truth

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