The truth about mana

Zyun slowly walks towards a gigantic oval arena with no rooftops swarmed by trees from each side. He sees Fanny standing there and waving at him at the stadium entrance.

"Oi, over here, senpai" Fanny shouted.

As always Fanny is energetic as ever.

"Let's go inside! fast" Fanny exclaimed excitedly.

"Calm down, Fanny. How long have u been here?

"Hmm...I came here at 11 am so 3 hours by now'"

"That long? what have you been doing here all this time?

"Exploring this place ehehe. anyway, come in quick let me show you something. I am all fired up today "

"Yes, yes"

Fanny then runs inside the stadium field and within no time he reaches the other end of the stadium and shouts "Here!"

But no matter how many times I look at this building, I just can't stop being intrigued at the sight of the architecture.

Damn, this is one hell of an arena, it is gigantic and breathtaking. The field of this stadium probably stretches more than 1500 acres. there are audience seats everywhere on the terrace, properly segmented, and the chairs are properly lined and organized too. I wonder for how long it has been standing here.

to be honest, I think this is my first time getting close enough to see one of these. it is hard to believe more of these actually exist all over the world. no one knows who built it but research states that these stadiums probably date older than 500 years. that is like before the primordial beast, Telol walked to the land.

"Senpai here!" Fanny shouts.

Ok then let's get this over with so I can get some actual rest for tomorrow. And I can tell it is going to take a heavy toll on me.

"So, what is it you wanted to show me"

"I figured it out senpai, why didn't my invocation spell work properly last time. Is probably cos I wasn't concentrating enough. you also told me right, senpai if you don't concentrate on your work, you will fail"

"Um, yeah." I hesitantly replied. but I don't think that analogy kinda works here.

"This time I will really... really really stay focused. Anyway, here I go."

Fanny takes a long breath and closes his eyes, as he breathes out, the look on his face turns serious as if it is trying to focus to cast this spell. without breaking his posture, he starts weaving the sign for the invocation flawlessly.

I can feel his pressure till here... he is really serious about this

"Art of invocation style number 6: Memento of Zephyr hazard" With a shout Fanny claps his hand in confidence.

I wait in anticipation for the spell. I wait...I wait... and I waited but nothing was coming out.

"Ehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh" Fanny screeches.

"Why..why..why.. is nothing happening? I put all my concentration here but why didn't it work..is it because of my mana? ...no, I haven't used any of it today..ahh I am confused" Fanny starts to complain in despair.

Well, I kinda expected half of it to happen like this.

"Fanny, you okay"

"Should I have stretched my leg a bit more towards 90 degrees... what about my weaving signs.... maybe I should have weaved it slowly..."

"Fanny...Fanny, listen" as he says that, Zyun starts walking toward Fanny where he is too focused on mumbling towards himself.

"Ouch" Fanny let out a light scream as Zyun lands a light chop on his head.

"Oi... You are mixing up everything. what you need to fix here is not your mind but your body to be specific the mana inside your body."

"Mana inside my body, even Fyo was saying something about mana like that yesterday...? Fanny replies while rubbing his head.

"Yeah, and most importantly the art of invocations is not some spells that can be mastered in just day one. it needs lots of practice over, again and again, to perfectly cast one of them." Zyun replies

"But... I still don't understand what should I have done..like as the book says I weave the signs perfectly and should have enough mana to conjure it" Fanny exclaims in disappointment. "And what do you mean by fixed my body? senpai"

"No doubt you have perfectly cleared the first round but there is one important requirement that you still need not to just activate the invocation spells but to perform different kinds of powerful spells as well"

"Different kinds of powerful spells? what is that"

"It is the control of the flow of mana inside our body" Zyun proceeds to explain. "All mages when they begin with have the turbulent flow of mana inside their body. the direction of the mana shifts momentarily every time, making their body unstable to conjure any kind of difficult spells.

The difference between a high-rank wizard and a beginner is the control of the flow of mana. of course, the amount of mana inside the body is important. But if you can't control the flow of magic inside your body then it is useless"

"Oh. that sounds cool. is there a way to see the flow of magic inside my body, senpai?"

"No. but there is a tool to detect it also all mages participating in the wizard tournament that is held by the magic council every year need to be testified by that tool to clear the preliminary round"

"Oh~ senpai... teach me how to control the flow of magic. hehe... I can't wait to see the face of Kazu when I surpass him soon."

"Let's see for a beginner the best way to start is by doing meditation"

"Meditation? that's all?"

"Yes..meditation.. meditate every day and then you are off to a good start"

"Roger...Yosh...I'm going to meditate from tonight in bed"

That is not meditation.

"By the way senpai can you show me an invocation spell. I want to see it from you. Try that one style number 9-"

"No." Zyun flatly rejects Fanny's request coldheartedly. "Aye then since we are done here... time to go back home..."

As Zyun tries to leave he feels his left hand being dragged back. he turns his head only to see fanny pulling him back.

"Fanny, what are you doing?"

"Please..please.don't be stingy and show me."

" Stop...I have to go. I have other works to do"

"No..never..you don't understand how important this is to me... I won't be able to sleep tonight"

"Ugh..." Zyun grunts. "No. I'm going home..let.. go of me" Zyun said as he desperately tries to pull his hand from Fanny's grips.

a few moments later, both of them find themselves playing a tug of war. Fanny using all his strength tries to stop Zyun from going until...

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"ughhhh..." Zyun looks at Fanny with a disgusted face.

"That is me... hehe..me hungry. I have yet to eat anything since morning"

Fanny's sharp eyes soon catch the sight of the lunch box that Zyun is holding in his other hand.

"Is that a homemade lunch box?"

"ahh,..this. yeah, I got it from Aymi"

"Can I have it too please... remember what you said senpai sharing is caring?"

Eh? When? I never recall saying that to him.