Chapter 6- circles and stars

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Thalia POV. The ticking of the clock echoed in my room in silence as the rattling of the window from the snowstorm occurring outside began to get louder. The small book in my hand containing law information didn't seem to get into my head as I sipped my tea. Well, it's not like I couldn't understand it...it just felt like I couldn't focus. "Bella..." "Yes..my lady ?" She replied with a stammered expression. She always had low self-esteem, but that was what I liked about her. "Do you think I'm going down the wrong path ?" "...what...what do you mean, my lady ?" "...well ....our genius younger brother said something I never thought of before. He said something along the lines of 'obtaining power to protect what is ours...'...I never thought of it that way". "...my lady, if I may... everybody's destiny is different..." "...yes....but to be unable to protect what is mine doesn't sound pleasing....imagine if I was not strong enough to protect you, Bella" ".....there's no need my lady...because I shall be the one doing the protection..." "....that's right...you're a 7th circle magician..." 'Honestly....most of our maids are mages...and if not mages then swordsmen....I'm honestly surprised how we haven't started a war with this kind of power...." "...does...does my lady want to learn magic ?" I stared at her quietly. She saw through my questions. 'Yes...swordsmanship...looks like something I wouldn't want to learn...the sword is a beautiful thing but...I don't have the time and patience for that...magic on the other hand requires understanding...that is what I want' "...yes..seems like I'll have to take a short trip to Fiona's room". MeanwhileNôv(el)B\\jnn Fiona's POV. "...wh...wh..what did you just say ?" I had to repeat the question. It was a question that I had to ask because of the statement that my younger brother just made. He was currently in my room and without my permission. I turned towards my maid, Isabel, and quickly notified her to leave. "You...you want to get yourself killed ?" He shook his head rather adamantly. "Creating a mana circle...I want to do that". He repeated his earlier statement. Though my curiosity as a mage took the better of me, my worry as his sister was much stronger. "You can't have both...it's impossible". "....what if....I tell you there was a way...." "...what ?". "Though... I'm simply bringing up the topic to you now....I truly wish to form one" "..what method do you have in mind ?" I couldn't help it. My curiosity got the better of me. "The reason why it'll be impossible to form a mana circle and an aura star in the same body is because of the conflicting energy's purpose in the body. Where the star is to form aura which swordsmen use for fighting...the mana circle is used for magic...to make the impossible the possible" "Well...obviously..." Raffaello chuckled. "You're too nice" "..I'm not..." she stopped skimming through it and dropped it. "Fiona was right...I understood it easily" "...well..you are a genius" "Nonsense". She waved her hand for him to quit his compliments. "Alright". He picked up the book and opened it as well. "You....you shouldn't push yourself so much....why do you want to learn magic ?" ".....I can get stronger with magic and swordsmanship" "....you already possess a trait though..." "...you shouldn't be satisfied with just one thing when you know you could have gone for more..." Thalia stared at him and sighed. "You...are you even 10 years old ?" "...who knows" he giggled as he stopped at one part of the book. "...I want to start practicing this...can you call for Fiona if anything goes wrong..." She stared at him and turned towards the book. "....don't...try anything you can't handle" she muttered slowly while taking a meditating position. "I'm going to try it out as well....and I'm sure Fiona will come if she notices something bizarre occurring... " "....well...true..". They closed their eyes almost immediately to begin the mana breathing. It was a simple yet difficult process where they had to feel the flow of mana in the air, then try to incorporate it into their body and slowly move it to their heart, where the first ring slowly forms after circulating it for a while. Stabilizing it was also a difficult process. However, it was a whole different thing for Raffaelo, who already had an aura star in his dantian. He had to incorporate mana into his body around his heart to form the mana circle while substituting the latent energy with aura from his stars so they could balance each other out. He was in the middle of the process. The mana had penetrated his body and reached his heart...this was where the difficult part started. Raffaello POV I could feel the mana gather around my heart smoothly but then the conflicting aura from my stars had begun to fight it out. It's a natural process that would occur, but the pain it caused was tremendous, and the mental fatigue caused was exhausting. I had to take heavy breaths just to maintain my current position. 'Now...what comes next....'. Extracting aura from my stars and moving it to my heart to substitute for the mana that my body won't accept. I felt blood dribble down my lip as I clenched my teeth to the pain. I was almost done. The circle began to form from the aura stars and it began to surround my heart carefully. I was already feeling relieved that the process was about to end when my heart suddenly thumped and the mana trembled. My hand gripped my chest as blood spurted out from my mouth. "RAPH !" I could hear Thalia's voice as heavy footsteps rushed towards me. "Idiot ! your mana isn't enough!". I suddenly felt an influx of mana rush into my body from one of my sisters. The pain began to subside and the mana circle was stabilizing more. "Quickly...form the circle !". I sat back up and quickly stabilized the excess mana in my body to my heart. A circle formed instantly but there was still mana that roamed freely in my body. 'If I stop now..then this excess mana...' I gathered them around my heart again and using my 2nd star, I formed a 2nd circle. The mana left wasn't enough to form a third so I distributed it equally around my stars until it stabilized. I panted lightly as the pain slowly ceased. 'I....I did it...' My mind slowly went blank as I fell limply on the bed. "RAPH !" Thalia screamed again. "Relax...he's just exhausted...this kid...he did it.." the second voice I heard was from Fiona. 'I guess her curiosity as a mage took the best of her in the end' My lips curled into a weak smile as their voices slowly faded away.

Chapter 6- circles and stars

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