[— A'ight! I'm sick, af too. So I'll be kinda slowing down on uploading this story until I get better because somehow I've contracted pink eye on both my eyes and it's hell just having them open and can't write due to the sharp pain in eyes, light sensitivity and discomfort.]
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*Knock* *Knock*
Two knocks sounded on his door, he immediately knew that it was his mother.
He could tell between when her and Scott were knocking, though Scott would just barge in most of the time which was why he kept his door locked...most of the time anyway.
So he cut his mana flow and watched as the orb of swirling green and blue dematerialized , he could still feel and see the specks of nature mana alongside his throughout his room.
Seeing that it was dark outside he grunted, he had taken longer than he initially wanted on his training.
He made his way to the door and opened it to the sight of his mother's smile, he noticed that she seemed flustered and nervous about something though.
" Uhmm- Markus! H-hey! Hi!" She muttered staring at everything but his eyes which didn't help her much due to him being half naked, he was only dressed it sweatpants leaving his chest bare.
He really needed to start wearing clothes inside his house more often.
" Hey, mom." He said ignoring her flustered words with a smile." You need something?"
" Huh?" She exclaimed, confused before her eyes widened." Oh! Yeah! Scott just borrowed my car to go to this party, he said that he'd be picking up a friend on the way."
To that he raised a brow, he could guess as to who this friend was but he simply shrugged.
" Okay, and?" He asked, a grin on his face as she tried meeting his eyes only for them to fall back to his chest which didn't seem to help her as her nervousness only grew.
" Well I was wondering, if you were also going?" She asked to which he gave her an inquisitive look." I mean! If you are then I can ask for Scott to give you a ride, afterall you are all going to the same place...that is if you're going at all."
Seeing the mess that his mother was in, he almost felt like chuckling, he didn't know what was actually on her mind but he could guess.
This morning's 'blunder' was probably still on her mind, maybe she thought that he'd be upset that she barged in on him almost entirely naked, but he really didn't care.
Though he made no attempt at easing up her worries this time, call it his petty revenge at her barging in his room if you will.
He felt like teasing her on it but refrained, afterall this was his mother, so he let it go.
" Oh! actually I'd appreciate that, thanks mom." He told her, he'd need a ride as it was getting dark outside, and it was a full moon.
Walking alone would probably be a bad idea, even though he felt like he could defend himself if it came to it now.
" Oh- uhmmm sure." She said before stuttering again." Oh!- I-i m-mean yo-you're w-welcome."
He almost chuckled right then and there but stopped himself, not wanting to embarrass his mother further.
" Okay, mom. I'm gonna go take a bath, just tell Scott I'll be down in 20." He told her after seeing that she wasn't budging from his door.
Hearing that her eyes once more widened before she quickly scurried downstairs quickly.
Finally he was able to let out a chuckle at his mother's antics, shaking his head he closed the door and quickly stilled his expression.
He had a lot of plans for today, hopefully he could achieve them and if not then he'd have to improvise.
Afterall, today would be the start of the day that he killed a supernatural creature.
He hoped atleast.
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It didn't take long for him to quickly take a shower, comb his hair stylishly and get dressed.
He wasn't much for fashion but he could dress himself up if needed.
So why not dress to impress while factoring in that he may have to fight today.
So that's why he wore a black shirt, two buttons unbuttoned to show his rather impressive physique, his sleeves were folded back up to his biceps, just for the flare and also because he liked how it showed his veined muscled.
Some grey pants that wouldn't obstruct his movements and black boot's just because he didn't want to slip like an idiot if he had to make a run for it.
And with all that he was done.
He didn't look too shabby so he went with it. Another thing he did was hide his [A Bend In Magic] book on a hidden compartment on his wardrobe.
He'd need to find a safer place for that soon, for now though, it was enough.
He quickly made his way downstairs to find Scott with an unamused scowl, his foot tapping on the floor while he leaned on the door.
Their mother was drinking coffee on the kitchen, she was the first to see him come down.
" What took you so long? We'll be late!" Scott practically growled out, aggression clear in his face.
The moon was already taking effect, sighing to himself he simply shrugged at the boy.
" Calm down short breath, I didn't even take that long." He said with a roll of his eyes.
" Let's go." He said quickly not wanting to get into a shouting match with him infront of their mother.
" You!— fine, let's go." Scott muttered, still upset for some reason before opening and walking out the door.
Sighing to himself he just waved at his mother with a smile, she reciprocated, so he walked out and got in the car by the driveway.
He made sure to sit on the backseat, he didn't want to take the brunt of his brothers rage afterall, plus he knew that they- Scott was picking up Allison.
The car started as quickly as he got on and they were on the road.
All the while as they drove, Scott hadn't talked to him once, simply tapping on the steering wheel while he drove, a scowl on his face.
But he took the quiet time he had and opened his status, wanting to see where he had improved.
[—Name: Markus McCall.
—Race: Human(Awakened)
—HP - 100% | 100%
—MP - 100% | 100%
—[Stats]—
—Strength - 15
—Dexterity - 16
—Stamina - 17
—Perception - 11 [44]*
—Mana - 45
—Charisma - 20
—[—]—
[—Perks - Genius Comprehension | Loved By Nature | Aura Control | ]
[—Skills - Sports[A-] | Computer Programming [B+] | Academics[A-] | Acting-[S+] | Aura Enhancement Technique[C+] | Cooking[SSS+] | Cooking Magic[E-] | Water Magic[F-] | Mana Control[D-] | State Of Matter Magic[E-]
[—Abilities - ]
His control of mana had skipped the E Rank and straight to D.
He was a bit proud of himself, but just as he was about to remove the screen something caught his eye.
His mana stat.
It had gone up by 5 points.
He hadn't noticed it at first since he didn't think that they would improve at all, but then again it made sense that it would.
He was using mana a lot and it only seemed sensible that it would grow with said use.
' Just another thing I need to watch out for, and if able, grow further.'