In the middle of the forest, you can see a boy of around 13 years of age practicing magic.
He had black hair that flew over his eyes and he was levitating a rock.
'So the amount of mana I spent depends upon the weight of the object I'm levitating.'
'That rock must be around a hundred kilos at least
The rock was covered in a purple hue and was flying at a seemingly good speed and followed the wave of the boy's hand.'
'Wait, can I use this to levitate myself too?'
The idea he got was preposterous but at the same time was making him too excited.
Augustus willed the man out of his body and conveyed his emotions and desire for it to cover him. The Purple hue covered his body and he started levitating a few feet up the ground. But he got too excited and lost control over his mana making him fall over his butt.
'Ugh, should've probably worked on my control first before trying this again'
He knew that he was behind his peers as he only awakened his magic yesterday but he was not a bit worried about that.
He had faith in himself that he could pass them even with starting so late.
'I should try making weapons out of my mana'
I also had to check their durability.
The first thing I made was an arrow
It was a purple arrow that looked almost like a real one. There was purple smoke lingering around it. After making the first arrow I aimed it toward the tree that was around 20 meters away from me,
The arrow went and destroyed the tree making a big hole in it and then disappeared.
I was standing still due to the shock.
The most I expected from it was to just nail itself into the tree. Never had I thought that it would destroy the tree itself.
I cannot believe that little arrow was so powerful. Not only the speed but the destructiveness was also great.
I just closed my eyes and imagined what it would be like if I could make hundreds or thousands of arrows or weapons. The result of that would be catastrophic.
I tried a few more things before returning to the orphanage. It's almost been 9 hours since I've gone by and I was exhausted. Although I did take a few rests in between, it was still tiring to practice that much. I mostly practiced and recorded the amount of mana that was required of me to do certain tasks.
I think I'll start reading seriously today if I want to leave the orphanage and become serious about my future.
Just when I was walking towards Sophie's room, I heard someone coming from behind me.
I turned only to see a pair of red eyes staring at me.
I knew who was that. That was a devil. A demon.
The one who always liked chaos.
Just when I was about to say something.
The Little black-haired demon child ran over only to bump me into my stomach making me fall.
"Gus, where were you, I was searching for you all day. You have to give me 3 candies to make me forgive you now.' Said the 5 years old little girl sitting on Augustus' stomach while pouting.
She was Grace, quite an ironic name if you ask me. She had black hair and ruby-red eyes. She was astonishingly cute but that was only on the outside as she was a little sadistic demon in the eyes of Augustus.
'Hah, here we go again'
"Do you want me to spank your little butt again huh,
You already have the other kid's candy right, yet you want more"
I replied knowing she took all the kid's candy in the name of protection.
'Who was even teaching these kids that? Maybe she was an underground gang member in her previous life and retained some traits.
"Anyways get off me, I'm busy right now I'll play with you later". I said.
"You owe me 3 candy". She said making her stance and showing brave eyes like someone going to war.
I looked at her and smiled in my heart.
'She was the supposedly big sister of all the small kids in the orphanage.'
I took a few orange candies from my pocket and gave them to her which she snatched like she was a cat.
"Shoo, Now off you go," I said watching her drooling before taking off.
'What a peculiar child' I thought.
I made my way into Sophie's room and knocked on her door.
"Come in". A voice from inside said.
I went into the room and looked at Sophie who was watering the little plants she liked to keep in her room.
"I want to go to the library. Can you give me the keys?" I asked her which surprised her a little.
As I was always nagging about reading anything that was not related to magic.
And when I say library I mean a little room in the orphanage with a little over 20 books about history and culture. There were a few books about magic too but they were all basic and I already read through them'
"Here, you can keep it but make sure to eat before sleeping tonight or Cassandra will probably kill you," she said with a harmless smile on her face which made me sweat.
'Are perhaps all women like that'. I shuddered at my thought.
"I promise to eat it later," I said with a righteous expression.
I went out of her room and made my way to the library with was locked.
I opened the lock before turning the lights on.
I read over the books before choosing the one I should read.
I sat on the chair and looked at the book in front of me.
'THE HISTORY OF NEXUS'