Prayer

After my mom had calmed down, she sat me down again and started to explain something.

-It seems like you picked the right one, what did it feel like.

I tried to remember what it felt like when I came closer to the bubble.

-Warm and safe

-Good, that's how it's supposed to feel like. I will now give you something you need.

She took a very old looking letter from a drawer and handed it to me.

-Your father wrote it and said to give it to you if you chose the correct one.

I was surprised, I didn't think that my dad had done something like that, I saw him when I was born after all. Or was it even my dad. I opened the letter and read what it said.

Son, if you are reading this letter, it means that you survived the challenge. All members of the Theodre tribe must visit this lake when they turn seven to get their own realm to control. If you intervene with the world without visiting the lake at 7, you will be kicked out and must visit the lake to control it again but will be kicked again and can't visit the lake for another 7 years. But now you don't have to swim every 7 years.

The people that you see are your people. You are a god to them, you can do whatever you want to them spoil or give them challenges, it doesn't matter. And when they get children and believe in you, you will get more followers and more power. Every time a prayer is used that you chose, you will gain more power. Also remember if you intervene with the world too much the amount of power from prayers will decrease. Just don't let them die, because then you will be as strong as a non-magician human.

Good luck.

Dad

I didn't know what to say or think. But seemed the child instinct did because I started to cry. I didn't even know the guy, but I was still cried, mom saw me crying and took me for a hug. But this answered many questions.

Why I couldn't go to my realm after I pointed out the cave or how I can command it, but now I knew. And I could also start to practice it now. After I stopped crying, mom and I ate and went to sleep. She wanted me to sleep with her, so I didn't get to train but it didn't feel bad.

I woke up and started morning like yesterday, mom woke me up, I ate and then went to my room. I wanted to practice this new magic. I had an idea about how to get into my realm and wanted to test it out.

I closed the door and started to gather mana, mana started to course into my core and ring started to spin viciously. I imagined, I imagined the place like, it was me on a couch watching my people like a tv show. After I got clear imagine I commanded mana from my core, into my brain. Then it happened, I became dizzy and passed out.

I woke up and wanted to jump in joy. I had done it; I was in the room where I could help my people. I watched as the same group had advanced greatly. It felt like the document two times faster. Maybe it's to not spend too much time here.

I imagined myself in the form of a bird and it happened. Oh, how easy this is. I flew over and looked how their base looked like. They had made beds and had meat hanging from the ceiling, I was happily surprised about their advances.

They also decorated the room a little. There were some extra furs on the floor and they had painted the same shape that my pupils had on their wall and on top of the door.

I didn't hear or get any thoughts about them needing anything so I left, I hope that this party of 14 will survive. I imagined myself back in my room and I passed out.

I woke up in my room and started to jump in joy like a excited high school girl. I had progressed so much. I couldn't feel my strength growing but I knew that everything was going well. I will visit that realm every day to make sure that everyone is alright.

*Knock knock

Mom was knocking on my door, so I went to open it. Mom was standing there but didn't have a normal outfit on. Instead of skirt or dress she had some leggings type of pants and a long sleeved shirt. I wondered what was going on.

-Change clothes, we will go outside.

Wow, outside I had only been outside once in 7 years so of course I was excited. I quickly changed my clothes and went outside. My mom was standing few meters away from me and had her hands behind her back. I walked towards her, but she tossed something at me.

A sword, she gave me a wooden sword and had one for herself.

-If you really have your mom's genes like you have your dad's I think that you'll be great with swords. So, let's fight now, shall we.

This is great, I wanted to do some physical training at one point but didn't really know how to start training any weapons, but mom helped me. Another reason to stay here and not leave. I raised my sword in front of me copying my mom's stance and stayed on my toes.

Mom looked happy and started to slowly run towards me, I know that she is faster, but I guess she only wanted to teach me and not beat me up. She striked towards my right shoulder and I striked back. She quickly kept momentum from my striking block and spinned around to hit my left side.

I didn't have the strength to strike back so I went down to a squat and tried to strike her foot. She simply jumped but not straight up, she got 3 meters away from me. Surprise must have been on my face because mom giggled.

-You're doing better, mom is just better than you. Of course, you can become as strong or even stronger than me.

I closed my wide open mouth and raised my sword again. I was jumping from foot to foot and after some seconds and planning my attack I started to run towards her. I had my sword down ready for a upwards slash, she countered by leading mu sword away from her. I lost my momentum and had to take a couple of steps to fix my stance.

When I tried to turn around she was already running towards me, with same speed as before. I raised my sword ready to counter her strike. But she did something weird. She threw her sword in the air and I looked upwards to know what she was planning, but there was nothing. When I realized her trick and tried to look for her, she was already in front of me and did a light tap on my shoulder.

She smiled and spoke.

-Let's continue.