4 Chapter 4: Arthur's progress
Im now two years old, I kept having the same routine as before, just drinking from mom's breast and doing my usual baby activities.
I also learned to talk and to walk, my tongue used to feel heavy for me but after a few months I started talking which was a unique and special feat alongside walking at such age.
The weird thing is that only two months after me Arthur has done the same, this scared me and made me question a lot of things. While our parents that are supposed to be adults didn't find any of this suspecious or weird, my hair was going white from thinking.
I tried my best to ignore these things even though it was hard. While Arthur during these two years aside from playing with me occasionaly, he would pass most of his time in the study room.
On the other hand, I was training my mana core in order to make it stronger and breakthrough, after all the stronger the mana core the stronger the spells and magic you make.
During these the year and a half after the awakening, I managed to reach dark red stage. I know its not a very big progress but still im very happy and proud.
I was also secretly trying my magic and it appears I have affinity only to fire. It is really disapointing but if we look to the bright side it is better to be a master in one thing other than being average in everything.
As I said I grew familiar with my fire using it secretly in my room, or whenever I was alone in the house with Art or father since he's stupid and forgets to even check on me from time to time.
Arthur during those past 2 years was very interested in books. He is a baby after all our mother wouldn't allow us at all to leave the house at such early age so he was just copying me or I dont know what, I don't know anymore.
And just like always, our mother was scolding father for breaking one of tge many trees he broke in the front yard of the house, I was in my room meditating in order to make progress in my mana core. And Art was in the study room probably playing, Until...
*BOOOM*
A big explosion, not as big as mine thought, came from down stairs, exactly from the study room that destroyed again most of the house. Thank god I have this strong body of a demon and also I was practicing mana so my body was protected by a layer of mana. Or else, things could've get ugly.
Also im grateful our parents were out because I wont be able to handle losing one of them. I grew to love them and cherish this family because of the wramth and love they provided me. I longed for this type of unconditioned love.
Mom and dad went running to check what happened there. Dad came running upstairs to find me in the second floor that was still intact and standing. After 30 secondd mom came out from the destroyed room with Arthur in her arms, she walked with tears running down her cheeks.
She thought she lost her sons, and this is the worst things that can happen to a mother. She wasnt here when I awakened my mana core so it was her first time experiencing something like that.
"Its the same thing that happened with Melidoas! I found Arthur floating in the room without a single scrach!" Mom was crying and words barely came out of her mouth.
"Oh my god! He awakened his mana core too! Of course this is a great thing, but thank god no one was hurt." Dad said with a sigh of relief.
Meanwhile my parents were having their conversation about what we should do, I was having a death stare on Art because I finaly understood.
If these actions went unoticed from our parents, they didnt when it came to between us brothers since now im 200% sure that he was isekai'd just like me. He definetly had a life before this one. And he knows about me too because of the same looks he gave me when I awakened as well as many other things.
He tried at any cost to not meet my gaze by looking around the wrecked house. 'Shit! To think of all those times we were naked in front of each other, its fucking embarassing!'
"Sorry mom, dad..." Arthur was sad and felt guiltty for destroying the house we rebuilt that time.
"Its okay baby, as long as everyone is safe this is what matters." She patted both our heads.
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As soon as we turned three, my mother began giving us lessons for a set time, teaching us how to read and write. Playing the role of genius sons, we pretended to learn quickly. Now Arthur could read harder books in the library without drawing suspition to himself.
These last couple of weeks passed by in a flash. After awakening, my father taught us the basics of mana manipulation and how to start training it at the best he could.
He tried to simplify it as much as possible so that a toddler could understand, I guess, but if it weren't for our adult-level comprehensive abilities, I don't think we would've retained much.
The basics are as follows:
An easy way to know measure your strength lies in the color of your mana core. Starting off, the mana core would be black, due to the body's blood and other impurities mixing with the mana particles as they formed into a mana core.
As the mana inside the person's body becomes purer and the impurities get filtered out over time, it'll change into a dark red color. From there, the colour of the mana core would get lighter; from dark red, to a red, and then to a lighter red.
The order goes as follows: black, red, orange, yellow, silver, and then white.
From the red mana core until the yellow mana core, the colors split into three shades (Dark Orange, Solid Orange, Light Orange). Rule of thumb, the lighter the mana core's color, the purer one's mana core was and the more power they would have access to.
While the lessons with my father proved useful, we were getting impatient at the pace we were moving at. Arthur asked mother a couple days later, "Mom, can I get books on magic?"
I wasn't really interested in magic since I will have 'HellBlaze' wich is a extremeley strong and hot black fire with a fade of purple as well as my fire affinity.
Also a formidable technique for such a world known for its magic usage, it's 'Full Counter' it allows me to reflect magic attacks aimed at me, back at the enemy, but with much greater power; therefore, the stronger the opponent's powers are, the stronger the rebound becomes.
Also the fighting style of Meliodas is not too much based on magic, but more on physical attacks and martial arts. I will have to train hard to reach and surpass myself and learn how to perform those techniques. I need to practice them more to gain expereince and grow my muscles.
"After all, Practice makes perfect, SIUUU!"
"What was it honey" Mom asked me from the kitchen.
"N-nothing mom!" I scrached the back of my head with a goofy smile.
A typical day would involve reading for Arthur and writing lessons from mother and augmenting training with my father. After we covered the basic theory and application of augmenting, we started physical training where I clearly was more invested compared to Art.
Seeing how our bodies were too small to start sparring, we opted with running, and body workouts.
Arthur was having quite the hard time, as for me workout and physical activities were just pieces of cake.
When I'm not taking either of these lessons, Arthur usually stayed cooped up in the newly improved library reading while I meditate to further condense and purify my mana core with him joining me after finishing his reading sessions.
As the years passed by with not much happening outside of my typical schedule, we never talked about ourselves and our reincarnation even though we were sure about each other, we just ignored it and kept our healthy twin brothers relationship, chatting, playing, training and pranking each other until the day my father decided something while we were having dinner one night.
"Honey, I think it's time we get the kids a proper mentor."
TO BE CONTINUED --->
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