Next day, due to excitement Kalp couldn't sleep properly the whole night. He comes out of his room to the hall. He sees that his brother Skanda's and his room is on the first floor. Dad Liam's room, open kitchen and hall are on the ground floor. In the hall, there is a rectangular shaped wooden dining table with six chairs and a large wall clock. Near the stairs and dining table on the left side is a kitchen without any door and a Chubby lady working in the kitchen. She is wearing a black frock and Apron. She is 35 years old and her name is Lily. She always smiles and treats Skanda and Kalp as her own sons. Suddenly, brother Skanda comes out of his room.
'Good morning, brother.' Kalp said.
'Good morning, Kalp and how is your head now?' Skanda asked.
'I am good, now, the pain is completely gone after dad using some kind of magic.' Kalp said.
'So, you both woke up?' Someone said coming from outside.
'Oh, it's dad, good morning. Dad.' Kalp said.
'Good morning, dad.' Skanda said.
'Good morning, good morning.' Liam replied. 'Come down quickly, Aunt Lily has made breakfast for you.'
Everyone starts eating by sitting at the dining table.
'Dad, I want to learn the magic like you did last night.' Kalp says.
'Okay son, I will definitely teach you.' Liam says
'Brother Skanda, do you know how to do magic?' Kalp asked.
'Yes, I'll show you after breakfast.' Skanda replies.
After breakfast, Skanda, Kalp and Liam all three go to the garden. There is a tree in the garden, some firewood is placed in one corner and on the other side a wooden target is placed for target practice, just like the one used in archery.
The house is built outside the village and there is an Oracle near the house. There are some vacant agricultural lands around the house and some lands have wheat and rice crops. We can see here a village of many wooden houses. We can see people going to the Oracle and coming back to the village. In the vacant lands, people are using the magic of water and soil for farming. The name of the village is Sanctity.
Skanda extends his hand towards a wooden target, opens his palm and chants the magic spell, 'come forth fire,' and then a red colored circle appears near his palm. The circle is visible just like healing pain of kalp's head by Liam. And then, a fire comes from inside that circle and shoots towards the wooden target.
'Woooow! Brother Skanda. You are awesome, father, what is this circle that has appeared from brother's hand? Kalp said.
'Son, this is the magic circle.' Liam replied
'Okay dad, I want to do that too.' Kalp said.
'Okay son, I'll teach you.' Liam said.
'Good morning, Sir Liam.' Said someone
Liam turns back and sees an old man standing in a white dress like a priest. Who has a short beard, short gray hair and is a slim and fit man. He is a head priest in the Oracle and his name is Father David Clark.
'Oh! Father Clark, good morning, how are you?' Liam said.
'Good morning father.' Skanda and Kalp said.
'God bless you, Sir Liam. Who is this child?' Father Clark asked.
'Father, he is my second son Kalp. He came yesterday from the capital.' Liam replied.
'Okay, hello, young man.' Father Clark says with a smile. 'Sir Liam, is this true that Caldecote village has been attacked by the demon beasts?'
'Yes Father. I also got this news in the morning, so John and I am leaving tomorrow morning.' Liam said.
'Oho! So tragic, God bless them. Sir Liam a friend of mine works in that Caldecott village, his name is Andrew Levis. 'When you go to that village, can you inquire about his condition?' Father Clark asked.
'Of course, Father, don't worry.' Liam said.
'Thank you so much, Sir Liam' Said Father Clark.
'It's okay, father.' Liam says.
After that, Father Clark goes back to the Oracle.
'Dad, what is demon beast?' Kalp asked.
'Son, they are just like animals which have magic powers and the color of their eyes is red.' Liam said.
'Dad, is Uncle John coming today?' Skanda asked.
'Yes, and Nina is also coming.'- said Liam, and Skanda is overjoyed to know that Nina is also coming.
'Brother, who is Uncle John and Nina?' Kalp aske.d
'Uncle John is dad's friend and they do mostly missions together. Nina is Uncle John's daughter.' Skanda said.
'Well, I still don't remember anything.' Kalp said.
'It's okay. Don't worry! Anyway you've never met Nina before. let's do what I am saying, okay.' Liam said.
'Okay dad.' said Kalp, 'come to think of it, I really don't know anything about this world, what kind of God these people pray to and how many countries are there in this world. If there are demon beasts, so it is also possible that there will be various other species as well. I want to know everything about this world as soon as possible.' Kalp thought.
'Kalp, Kalp.' Skanda said.
'Oh, yes brother.' Kalp said.
'What are you thinking?' Skanda asked.
'Nothing brother.' Kalp said.
'Okay, son, this is the basic fire chant, even if you never did magic before, you can easily do it. So first stretch your hand, then open your palm as your brother did and say 'Oo mighty fire, I call you to me fire strike.' Liam said and he shoots the target just as Skanda did. 'Okay, son, now it's your turn.
'Okay, dad'- said Kalp and did the same 'Oo mighty fire I call you to me fire strike.' But nothing happened. 'Dad, nothing happened.'
'It's okay, son, try again.' Liam said.
Kalp tries again and again, but nothing happens, Liam is also shocked to see that Kalp is not doing any mistake, still nothing is happening.
'Never mind son, I guess your Mana haven't awakened yet,' Liam said.
They go inside the house and sit.
'Dad, what is Mana?' Kalp asked.
'Mana is a form of energy that exists within every living thing in nature. It's a source of all magic and without Mana, we can't do magic. We are born with Mana.' Liam explained
'Okay, dad, so how much Mana, we can have in our body.' Kalp asked;
'In our body, there are seven stages of Mana, and every Mana stage has ten primary stages. We are born with little Mana, but through cultivate, we can collect Mana from nature and can breakthrough every stage.' Liam said.
'So, mostly it is like what I read in books in previous life.' Kalp thought.
'So, dad, what stage are you on?' Kalp asked.
'I am on fourth stage and ninth primary stage.' Liam said.
'I am fourth primary stage.' Skanda said.
'So, how do I know which stage I am in?' Kalp asked.
'Today we will go to Oracle and you will find out there.' Liam said.
'Okay dad' Kalp said.
After a few hours, Kalp, Skanda and Liam go to Oracle. They are walking on a narrow path, the width of which is about four meters. The road is made of sand. On the left side of the road are wheat fields and on the right side there are empty fields with small grasses.
'Dad, where is our mom?' Kalp asked.
'Son, your mom is with God' Liam said in sad tone.
'But, H…?' Kalp was about to ask further, when suddenly holding his hand, Skanda signals him not to ask this question. Then Kalp suddenly changes his topic.
'Dad, how will they measure my Mana?' Kalp asked.
'Son, you will see this after reaching there.' Liam said.
They reach Oracle. There are many people, some of whom have come for prayer and some for measuring the stage of their Mana. There is a large statue in the Oracle, which is bluish-white in colour and looks like a human. But he has three eyes and his body is perfectly fit. He is not wearing anything on his upper body, but is wearing red trousers on his lower body. In one hand he holds a weapon which looks like a shadow spear and in other hand there is a white ball, which represents the magic of fire, water, wind, and earth magic together. At the background of the statue, there is a red magic circle.
Some chairs are placed in front of the statue. People are sitting on them and here is the crystal magic stone. People go one by one and touch the magic crystal. Crystal glows on the basis of stage. Head priest sees Liam coming to the Oracle and goes to meet him.
'Greetings, Father Clark.' Liam said then Skanda and Kalp follow him.
'God bless you.' Father Clark said.
'Father, we have a problem. Kalp tried to do basic magic chant, but nothing happened, so we have come to check the stage of his Mana.' Liam said.
'Okay, no problem. There are only five people left here and then you can check.' said Father Clark.
'Father Clark, how do you measure the stage of Mana?' Kalp asked.
'Son, when you touch that magic crystal, it will glow, do you know that Mana have seven stages?' Father Clark said.
'Yes,' Kalp said.
'Each stage has a different color, such as red in the first stage, orange in the second, yellow in the third, green in the fourth, blue in the fifth, indigo in the sixth and violet in the seventh. Each stage has ten primary stages. It will decide by how much the color of the stage will glow.' Father Clark explained.
'All right, father.' Kalp says and looks to the right side. There is a room with lots of books, 'Father, is this a library?'
'Yes son.' Father Clark replied.
'Can I read these books too?' Kalp asked
'Of course son, you can study anytime.' Father Clark said.
'Thank you father.' Kalp said, 'I will know everything about this world, I am wondering what kind of books are here.' Kalp thinks.
'Kalp, now it's your turn.' Liam said. Kalp with great enthusiasm goes towards the crystal and he touches the crystal but nothing happens, not the slightest reaction. Father Clark and Liam are shocked to see this.