Chapter 26

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After a short tour of the house, I was walking behind Bulma toward my new room.

"This is your new room, Arlic," Bulma said unenthusiastically.

Bulma then pointed at different doors and said, "The room in front belongs to Mom and Dad, that room on the left is mine, and that right one belongs to Tights,"

"I understand, thank you for the tour, Miss Bulma," I said with a smile.

I turned around and opened the door of my new room.

I was only halfway through the door when I heard Bulma's voice, "Why did you come to our house?"

I sighed and turned around, then asked her, "What do you mean by that, Miss Bulma?"

"I mean what I'm asking, why did you come to our house?" Bulma asked again, but this time it had a serious tone.

"I have already told you the reason, Miss Bulma, I came here to be your father's assistant, I wanted to learn under him, but things took a turn midway, and your parents suddenly decided to adopt me on their own," I explained

"But worry not, I have yet to accept their request, however, I don't think they will wait for too long as your parents are too determined to adopt me," I said while shaking my head.

"Yeah, they are like that, both of them are too nonchalant and carefree, but once they are determined about something, they don't back down from it," Bulma said as a small smile bloomed on her emotionless face.

"Alright, I accept your explanation," Bulma said with a smile.

"Huh, just like that, I thought you would ask me more questions?" I said with confusion.

"Hehe, what I did earlier was just a small test to know whether you are a good person or not," Bulma said with a smile and I titled my head confused.

"If you were a bad person, then you would have started your boring evil monologue about how you would take over the whole Capsules Corporation the moment I asked you about it," Bulma explained.

"An Evil person wouldn't have felt threatened in explaining his evil plan to a vulnerable and powerless girl like me," Bulma said with a proud face.

"It seems you have done this quite a few times, right, Miss Bulma?" I asked.

"Yeah, I have done it many times, my parents sometimes get too casual in these kinds of scenarios, so I have to step up and protect our family," Bulma said and raised her chin with pride.

"It's great that you do this to keep your family safe, but still, you shouldn't call yourself a powerless girl when you are holding a small cylindrical weapon in your palm," I said and smirked.

"Whaa… How?" Bulma stuttered.

"When your father called me a Master Magician, he didn't mean it as a mere swindler, I am a genuine Magician, Miss Bulma," I said, and my suit started to change into casual clothing.

"My Master has taught me the art of Constant Vigilance, and therefore, my Magic sense works all the time, I sense everything that is around me," I said with a smile.

"Woah, how in the hfil did you do that? That was mind-blowing," Bulma said excitedly.

"You don't feel intimidated while standing in front of an unknown guy with supernatural powers, Miss Bulma?" I asked with mixed feelings of confusion and wonder.

Bulma smirked and replied, "As I said before, if you were an Evil guy then by now you would've already explained your whole plan to me"

"And even if you had known about this small laser shooter, I would have activated the home security system I had installed in case of emergencies like this," Bulma said, and her chest puffed up with pride.

"By home security system, do you mean those laser shooters and guns installed in the ceiling?" I said and pointed at a trap door just above me.

"Haha, you're certainly something else, I can't believe you even deduced things through a highly reinforced material, this house is made up of a special material that can even repel harmful EM radiations,"

"How were you able to see through this material that not even X-Rays can penetrate?" Bulma asked curiously.

"Magic is a versatile thing, Miss Bulma, if you can imagine something, magic can do it for you, you just need to have the right image in your mind," I explained.

"Amazing," Bulma said in fascination, "Please tell me more about magic, I want to know more about it, it is opposite to my field of expertise, so, it fascinates me too much?"

"Sure, I can, but only if you accept me as your friend," I said and put forward my hand for a handshake.

"Sure, but only if you start calling me Bulma," Bulma said with a grin and took my handshake.

"Then why don't you come inside, Bulma, Magic is a vast field," I said and gestured towards my room.

"No, let's go to my room, I have a big whiteboard, it will be useful during your explanations," Bulma said and gestured toward her room.

"Sure, but before that, it seems like you have some muscle sprains, so, let's fix you up shall we," I said and raised my hand towards Bulma, and a green glow covered her whole body.

"Woah, what is this green light," Bulma said amused, and then her expressions turned to that of bliss, "Aahhn… it feels so good,"

"Uhh, are… you okay, Bulma?" I asked awkwardly.

"That was frikin awesome, my body feels so great, It feels like I have an entirely new body," Bulma said excitedly and came near me, then clasped her hands on my shoulders and said while looking me straight in the eyes, "That Magic, was that some kind of Healing Magic, or Rejuvenation Magic?"

"He… Healing Magic," I answered.

"Tsk Tsk," Bulma clicked her tongue in irritation, "Then do you know how to cast Rejuvenation Magic?"

"N… No, I don't know how to use that Magic yet," I replied.

Bulma made an annoyed face, then smiled brightly and said, "Arlic, I want you to learn Rejuvenation Magic as soon as you get the chance, do you understand?"

"Y… Yes," I nodded, and Bulma's smile brightened.

"Come, let's go to my room now," Bulma said happily and started walking towards her room.

'Women and their desire to stay young forever is scary,' I thought and sighed, then followed Bulma toward her room.

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{A/N:- This scene was just for comedic purposes, so don't consider him a Beta male because of this interaction,}

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{At Night}

Bulma and I were talking while going toward the family garden for dinner.

"So you're telling me that Magic is so advanced that it can convert energy into matter, that's a far advanced groundbreaking technology which is not even possible with the current scientific methods," Bulma said, completely immersed in the topic.

"Yeah, even I was astounded by this technique when I first comprehended it, reversing the matter-energy conversion process might sound like a tough thing to do, but performing it using Magic makes it quite simple,"

"The process first needs an image of the item you wish to conjure, then release the Magical energy into the shape of the item, and then the Magic starts doing things on its own, it begins collecting the subatomic particles and then combines them into atoms and then those atoms join together to form your imagined item," I explained to Bulma.

"So, if we use magic to bring two subatomic particles together, we can combine them, amazing, to think Magic could neutralize the natural repulsive forces,"

"Yeah, amazing, isn't it?" I said with a smile.

"Yeah, it's astonishing how we can use magic to become completely self-reliant with everything, and we can even recycle waste materials by transmuting them into different useful substances," Bulma said while nodding.

"Say, Arlic, how is Magic able to do all this? These astonishing things that are presumed to be absurd by the logic of science," Bulma asked curiously.

"Yeah, you see… hey Bulma stop," I exclaimed and quickly placed my hand in front of Bulma's face.

"Huh, Whaa…"

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[Thump]

Bulma's head hit the family garden's door, but she didn't get hurt because of my hand covering her face. Bulma then embarrassingly backed off from the door.

"Ehehe, sorry, I was so immersed in the subject that I forgot to look where I was walking," Bulma said with a blush.

"Don't worry, it happens, I have been through this same situation many times," I let out to lower her embarrassment.

"Thanks for saving me," Bulma thanked me and turned around to enter the code to open the door.

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[Wheeze]

The door opened, and we entered the family garden.

"By the way, the password to the garden is one 1 two 2 three 3," Bulma said.

"Got it, 122333," I replied with a nod.

"Okay, now answer the question?" Bulma said impatiently.

"Hehe, okay, okay, calm down," I said with a chuckle, "So, as you know, everything in this reality is operated under the natural forces, and Magic is one of those natural forces, which is why, Magic can manipulate things according to its Casters imagination," I explained.

"But, then won't Magicians like you be able to do anything, and become Godlike entities?" Bulma inquired.

I chuckled and said, "Yes, it's true, we Magicians can manipulate magic using spiritual means, we, however, can't use it to manipulate reality,"

"With my current knowledge, I am not aware of how Magic manipulates things, but, what I do know is that magic has limitations set on it by the nature itself, as long as we stay within the limits a Magician can use his Magic however he wants, but, as soon as we touch the limit the magical energy disperses instantly,"

"As you can see, I can conjure any material I want thanks to magic, what I can't do is conjure something alive, I can transmute it into organic matter, but I can't give it life, my Magic stops working as soon as I touch the limit," I explained.

Bulma nodded to my explanation, "Then, is there no way to bypass those limitations, a way to oppose nature itself?"

"There is," I nodded, and continued, "There exists an even higher form of Magical energy that can bypass these limitations, I had a chance to sense it once before, but, due to my lack of knowledge, I am unable to acquire it at this moment,"

"I see, so there is something that can even make impossible possible," Bulma said while nodding.

As we were walking while talking over the subject of Magic, I heard someone call me.

"Bulma, Arlic, come quickly, the dinner is ready, it will get cold if you take any more time," Panchy shouted.

"Sure, Mom, coming," Bulma replied, and we both increased our pace.

We soon reached the table and sat down at our seats.

"Arlic dear, Mama has organized this feast, especially for you, so make sure to eat until you're full," Panchy said with a smile.

'I should never let her know that everything that goes inside me turns into energy, if she learns about it, she'll make me eat everything,' I thought as I looked at the table filled with different types of delicacies.

"Yeah, everything looks delicious," I answered her with a smile.

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[After Dinner]

'Man, I ate almost two people's worth of food, I hope she didn't get doubtful about my food intake,' I thought, as I took my first bite of pudding.

'Whoa, it's delicious, I think I need to free some time and spend it in the kitchen too,' I thought as I changed my schedule slightly.

"Arlic dear, did you like the food?" Panchy asked with a smile.

"Yeah, it was delicious," I replied.

"Yes, Mama is happy that you liked the food, you're still in your growing phase so eat as much as you want," Panchy said and chuckled.

"Hey, Dad, what did you find after dismantling the Spaceship?" Bulma asked Dr Brief.

"It's a wonderful piece of technology, Bulma, it has an even more advance gravity engine than the Spaceship of that Alien friend of yours,"

"Moreover, it also has a photon forcefield generator in it, I think it is to protect the ship from external damage, but, it has many flaws in it, so, if we work on it together, I think we can make something that would be at least 10 times better than it is currently," Dr Brief explained.

"Oh, there is one more thing, that ship has a small energy cell that is completely made up of unknown elements, and its capacity is far more than what we could ever make using elements found on Earth," Dr Brief said excitedly.

"Really? That's great, we can use that to create high-capacity batteries, and what about those items inside the small seat compartment?" Bulma asked again.

"I have placed them safely in my lab, they are currently on hold, I want to study the Spaceship first," Dr Brief replied.

"I see, then can I skip school for some days, so we can work on the Spaceship together," Bulma asked and then showed him puppy face eyes, "Please,"

"Sure, it's only school, it's not that important," Dr Brief shrugged.

"Yay," Bulma cheered in excitement.

"And, Arlic, tomorrow I will assign you to one of my assistants, they will help you learn from the basics," Dr Brief said.

"Yes, I will do my best," I replied with a smile.

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{Current Power Level - 20 Raditz}

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The next chapter will start with a 2 year and 9 months time skip, we are finally starting the canon.