Learning Magic!

The routine was set, from 6 am to 10 pm, I would remain in the training grounds and learn from the demon lord, sometimes Liza would take her place. We do take few breaks in between, well it's me who needs the break. I would take some refreshments and then again on the training we go.

We would have dinner then from 11 pm to 4 am I would keep working on drawing the manga while trying to control the water that my foot are dipped in order to train mana, aura and demonic energy.

The 2 hour gap is for me to just lie down, sleep? well, yeah, no.

As I said I can go about 5 days without sleep, without facing any problems.

And hey, I can use Elixir to get rid of the problem related to sleeping once I hit the 5 day button!

So, no sleep!

Hahahaa!

Productivity to max!

Fantasy world is amazing!

...But it would be good if I can sleep.

I sighed, one more week has passed since then.

I have gotten good with scythe and I mean a looot good, I beat Liza's ass today.

And let me tell you, it was one-sided beat down.

Ah, the results of my hard work are sure good.

I still don't think I can pull the moves I have seen in the games with my current skills but hey, one day I might be able to.

What? Have you no never thought of pulling the game moves you have seen in real life? I have, so I am gonna do it!

I have also been able to make little ripples in the water, which is a pretty great discovery.

Yes, I am doing good!

My aura and demonic energy proficiency has both risen to G, already. My mana proficiency is same though.

Well, what matters is that I am able to harmonize all the 3 energies.

But the effects of using these 3 aren't as good as it was when I was just doing it without bothering to worry about any specific component of the 'energy'.

Oh well, it's safer, so I can't complain.

"So, let's say energy is like a whole cooked dish" Demon lord said, currently her head laying on my lap as I used the fork to feed her.

What am I feeding her? It's a fruit named, Almiup, similar to apple.

"What type of analogy is this?" I asked as I took another piece of the fruit using the fork and ate for myself.

"Just listen. So, let's say this 'energy' is like a whole cooked dish, made of different spices, ingredients and stuff." she said and I tried to imagine the picture of her words.

"Keep going"

"Like I said, this 'energy' is a complete dish and you are able to eat this dish, that is, use 'energy'. On the other hand other people can't taste the dish for whatever reason, they are only able to taste some part of the dish, that is, mainly mana, aura and demonic energy."

Makes sense.

"Yeah, I understand that. I also got that intelligence is somehow connected to how much you can taste but what are you on about?"

She is only person I know other than me who has intelligence that falls in B alphabet and also the only person who can use more than one component of this 'energy'.

"Shush, let me finish" She said hitting my forehead my her finger which hurts like hell because of the sheer difference in our rank. Damn her.

I rubbed my forehead as I continued to listen to her.

"So, what I am saying is that your ability to taste the dish is actually pretty ...broken. I mean, you were able to cause ripples in that water even if only small one's. That means, you might be able to bend nature to your will once you learn how to use all 'components' of this 'energy', right? Right now, you only just began to use mana, aura and demonic energy, it's gonna be a long road for ahead of you"

"You do realize you can do the same as me if you raise you intelligence, right?"

She is similar to me in that aspect after all. It's weird how she is saying it as if she isn't involved in the matter.

"Well" She said in a whisper as she used her hand to grab mine and directed the fork towards her mouth, eating the almiup and continued "My stat hasn't risen in last 500 years and even if it does raise by a rank now I still won't be B+ but only B rank, so I don't really want to bother with it anymore, I guess?"

....Seems legit.

We remained silent. It wasn't awkward but comfortable.

She was right, I could in theory control nature if I learned to control this energy in proper way without harming myself.

After all the 'energy' has been assimilated with the entire world.

With water, the formula for water is still H2O but it's hybridization isn't the same. The rocks/brick use to made the building have also absorbed the energy.

That's why the world is able to function if it didn't then so many super heroes will definitely end up destroying the whole planet instead but that doesn't mean there aren't some real damage that can't be done.

For instance the demon lord in my lap, if in our training she didn't control her strength then just by swinging the scythe she could damn well split the land, form craters of destruction with just a swing, the sheer air pressure that would be created by just a simple swing of her could cause that much damage...

SSS+ rank.

My goal is to reach this rank within 2 years and then beyond SSS+ rank.

I want to become strong, overwhelmingly so. That's why, whatever this ability is definitely is worth having.

There was only one more thing I wanted to know.

"Hey, grab my hand and try to control my mana and all and destroy it, you said you could before, right?" I asked as I showed her my hand.

Staring at it for sometime she finally gave me a nod as she intertwined her hand with mine.

She closed her eyes and so did I.

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A strange sensation, that's what I felt when demon lord started to slowly control the mana inside of me.

The process was slow, far too slow. I tried to resist her control but maybe because of my incomparably poor proficiency compared to her it didn't work out.

After a long time, I finally felt it, I could tell, in an instant if she wishes for it, my hand could blast.

"Should I do it?" She clearly asked about destroying it.

"No, just try to keep being in control"

I said as I tried to use 'energy', unlike how I have been trying to only use mana, aura and demonic energy, now I tried to go back to use it as a whole to take control of my hand back to me.

In an instant, just an instant the hold that demon lord had on me vanished.

I opened my eyes only to find demon lord staring at me.

"You... this doesn't care about rank, your energy I mean."

"Seems to be the case"

Yup, it seems like this 'energy' didn't care for rank difference. It's simply an absolute power. Otherwise, the demon lord with her SSS+ ranker proficiency should have been able to easily keep the control over my arm.

Gosh, I would celebrate honestly but I still don't know details of it. So, I can't help but be a bit wary.

"If I can do it too, it would be awesome. I wonder how strong I would have been"

Excuse me? What? Didn't you just say you don't wanna? What's with this change of heart?

Besides, if you had any more power than you already have it wouldn't make any sense. Are you trying to topple the concept of strength?

It would be one thing if this demon lord was only SSS+ ranker. But she has mastered all the weapons, I will repeat all the weapons, can use demonic energy and mana. She is also a good mage who can use all types of magic except light and has all the affinities except light.

On that note..

"Hey, teach me magic in next session."

"..You have a magician class?"

"No, it's not like I can't learn without having a class, is it?"

As I have said before, class only provides a boost and of course, makes you type of a genius in whatever field your class is set in.

But that doesn't mean, you can't learn something if you want to. It's all a matter of time and hard work.

If you don't have talent, hard work is only option that's left.

...Except I don't think anyone without magician class has ever learned how to use magic except some rare, I mean super rare cases.

What? Why do I think I can do it then? My initial theory is that one can do whatever even without a class, so I am sticking with it! That's what was return in Noah's diary anyway!

Yes, it's theory but if it fails, well the owner of this body was just writing chunni stuff in his diary.

Ahem Ahem.

Well, the demon lord doesn't have a magician class either but she can do it so better learn from her.

"It's not going to be easy, are you sure you want to do it?"

See, her words imply I can learn magic!

"Yeah, better learn everything I can"

I want to have as many battle options as I can get. Of course, they gotta be cool too like my double sided scythe.

With that being our last conversation for the day, the demon lord began reading the manga and I began drawing one.

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"So, why are in front of an ocean" I asked enjoying the wind hitting my face and causing my hair's to to flutter.

I must be looking cool!

Sad, no one is here to take the picture of my cool, handsome self.

My charm is B+

Of course, I am handsome.

"You asked to learn magic, right? So we are here" Demon lord said with her indifferent tone her hair also fluttering in the air.

In an instant all my self confidence died seeing this SSS charm girl.

Shit, my charm is getting overshadowed!

"What does me learning magic has anything to do with it?" I asked swallowing my inner stupid thoughts.

"For those with magician class it is natural to be able to conjure water, fire or whatever their elemental affinity is, but for those who wants to learn it, it's different for them. You have learn the 'feeling' of water, fire, air and wind if you want to use them and by that I mean, drown in water, burn in fire, get yourself in tornado and the stuff."

...

No wonder, it's ultra rare cases to learn magic without magician class!

Those guys simply got lucky! They were part of tragic accidents! Like how some people gets hit in the head and then become some sort of math expert despite having failing grades until before the incident!

Damn it!

"Oh, just remember, you don't have to learn pain but the feeling. For instance, to learn fire you have to feel it but if the temperature of fire at some point crosses a certain threshold you won't feel how fire is but only pain, so remember that. You have to concentrate on the feel"

Ah, makes sense.

A lot of sense which I don't like.

"I understand"

I started to mess with my brain to block of the sensation of pain, I wasn't controlling the brain completely like before, just removing the problem of pain.

"Alright, in the water we go"

"We?"

"I will watch over you in case you start to drown for real"

"Um.. Thanks"

Wait, what?

Grabbing me by my collar, demon lord made the jump in the ocean.

I thought I just had to dip my head in water!? No one told me about being in deep inside the ocean like this!

Damn it! I should have known better!

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I didn't dare to open my eyes being underwater. I just focused on the cool sensation that I was feeling. Every inch on my body is covered with water.

I will be running out of water soon enough but my body wasn't struggling because I am controlling it using the 'energy'.

If I had to tell the difference of when I use energy and when I use mana, aura or demonic energy then it would be similar to demon lord's analogy of food. Using energy is like eating a dish but using particular component is like only tasting an ingredient of the dish.

Oh, well, it should be fine.

I focused on the feeling, as we keep going deeper into the water, I could feel the increasing pressure all over my body.

'1 minute or 2 more at best..'

I thought, remembering the fact that I am but a mere human not the mighty fish. I need to get outside to catch the breath.

After trying to understand and analyze the feeling I felt inside the water and reaching my limit I tapped on the hand that's grabbing my shoulder.

With a speed that defied logic I was out of the ocean, back on the land as I gasped for air.

"Alright, here we go" Saying so demon lord punched me in stomach.

"Augh"

A lot of water, I mean a lot of water just came out of my mouth.

I coughed again and again, managing to grasp enough air to speak.

"H-hey, I get it you helped me just now but you didn't have to hit so hard that it would leave a bruise on me"

If not for removing the sensation of pain I probably would have been on my knees clutching my stomach, right now.

"Well, we have to do it again, then there's also burning you, throwing you into the wind and lots of stuff, the day has just begun. Prepare yourself, future mage!" She said with a wicked smile on her face.

Oh lord, she looks like a demon.

Wait, she is a demon!

Shit!

And so a wonderful day of my torture began, bless my ability to remove pain sensation.

Becoming a mage is pretty expensive, and the amount of potion I have to spend is gonna be troublesome, well I am gonna use Elixir for most parts so that I can keep continuing and then when it's all over I will use my potion.

Rather than using my potion again and again to heal me completely I just need to heal enough to keep continuing and then use my potion at the end of the day to get back in shape.

Maybe I could enter the finance management department or something, haha...

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After the long and tiring day of getting thrown in the deep ocean, getting thrown in fu*king lava, getting thrown in the damn cyclone and having my body pierced with different sorts of concrete, and getting buried in the swamp and other stuff, I threw myself on the bed.

I have taken a bath already and changed my clothes.

Though for some reason, I really didn't want to take that bath but I still did, conquering my nonexistent fears.

"A few more times and you will learn the feeling, then we can begin on how to conjure the magic" I simply gave a nod to her.

I don't think I will need a 'few more times' but I didn't say that.

"Great, I am living my education to you, take care of me"

"You should start calling me master"

No way.

Why would I ever?

"Whatever, I will just go and start drawing," I said, stretching my hand in the air as I walked towards the desk.

"You should take a rest for today. You are just a kid, you know" she said lying on the bed with manga in her hands.

"I am fine, I took the potion so exhaustion all gone"

I am fit as a fiddle.

"..I see" For some reason, I could sense some form of disappointment in her monotonous voice.

I decided to ignore it and focus on my job.

This wasn't just for demon lord, I am going use these manga pages and publish it in the outside world too, and rack in that cash!

Money is always a good motivation for working hard!