<Ding! Class(Sealed) resonates with the actions of the host.>
<Ding! The host is entering the enlightenment state.>
While Callius was focusing on everything on the feeling he got from the mana, there were some notifications coming from the system.
However, he wasn't able to understand or hear the things system was saying.
At that moment, the only thing on his mind was mana and mana alone.
Inside Callius' head, he was slowly starting to understand how the mana works and how everything around the world reflects mana.
It seems like I was looking at mana from the wrong perspective.
The mana is not something like particles in the air or some sort of material.
It is more like an energy that affects reality itself.
In a sense, it is more like the essence of the world.
With mana, one can affect or change everything, be it time, space, environment, or even things like souls, death, and life.
One can change everything by using mana.
However, then why one has the attributes, and what do attributes affect?
Attributes are like the sub-categories of mana, or you can say little babies of mana, and if one has an affinity with fire attribute, it is like those babies of mana like to go around them.
That means affinities are like a magnet that pulls the attention of the specific attribute.
Then this brings us to another question.
What is my attribute?
I must be able to sense it, shouldn't I?
However, the answer is no. I am unable to sense my attribute.
But the weird thing about that is I am able to sense mana, but I am unable to sense my attribute.
All of the attributes and types of mana are coming to me and clinging to me right now.
I am breathing all types of mana from the environment without a specific type.
That means either I have an affinity with all those attributes or my attributes are something different.
We will see about that when I awaken my class.
And just like that, I focused on my sense of mana without stopping until I lost my consciousness.
While Callius was focusing on the mana, there was a change in the atmosphere and his aura.
At that moment, in the place his core should be, there was a vortex absorbing all kinds of colors around the environment.
And this went on just like that for almost 2 hours or so until Callius fainted.
And he woke up after 15 minutes or something.
"Ugh, my head. It feels like the time I worked for 10 hours before the exam."
He said and started going to the bathroom to wash his face.
'Anyway, let's check the things that changed inside my body as well as the system.'
'System, what happened just now? Why did I suddenly get into a trans mode?'
He thought and asked the system inside his mind.
<Host, you don't need to be stressed. At that time, you entered the Enlightenment state that only talented magicians can enter. And you did that on the first try as well.>
'I see. As expected, I entered the Enlightenment state, huh? In the game, it was mentioned as an overly high-sensitive state, and only a handful of people entered it. And they all described that feeling as something ethereal, something. metaphysical. To enter such a state means Callius is not just a simple villain in the game.'
He thought.
'System, explain the Enlightenment state.'
<Understood host. An enlightenment state is a state that one can communicate with the will of the universe. In this process, one's all other senses would be closed, and their consciousness would leave their body to the astral realm. Therefore, one would be unable to feel the changes in their environment or any other things. Not everyone can enter this state, and not every person who enters this state would be able to keep their sanity intact. Most people would be overwhelmed by the things they had seen. This is the basic explanation of this state.>
System explained while Callius was also looking at the system panel that appeared before him.
Magic: 1.5 –> 2.0
"What?"
At this moment, the only thing he could say was that word.
'Wow, this improvement is insane. This must be stemmed from the enlightenment state, but still, isn't this a bit much?'
He thought and left his room to go to the kitchen.
'Anyway, right now, I need to show my face around the mansion to make everyone feel like I was here all day. I don't want to attract any attention while making everyone think I escaped or something.'
He thought and reached the kitchen.
After he ordered breakfast with another high-quality 2-star monster food, he started observing everyone's status pages, trying to improve their mastery.
'Huh, it seems using my art on the same people over and over again won't give me much mastery over it. I should use it in the city.'
He thought and started eating the meal he ordered from the chefs in the dining room for the members of the family alone.
"This meal tastes really bad, but I shouldn't waver right now."
He muttered and kept munching the food; after that, he went to the library to pick up some books about magic and magical spells.
'Wow, I am impressed. Although the technology in this world is not that developed, they still have some sort of scanner to recognize the authorized people.'
He thought since, while entering the room, one puts his finger on the artifact in the front door, and if the said person has the authority to enter, the door will simply open.
After he entered the library, he picked up the books related to magic and the history of the world itself and left to study them in his room until it was lunchtime.
When lunchtime arrived, the maids brought the food he ordered to his room, and he started eating while reading the book related to magic as well as geopolitical information about the world of Aeris.
After finishing another tasteless meal, he ordered a maid to clean his plates and kept studying until it got dark.
'Just like I have expected, the magic in this world is simply commanding the particles with one's will. The usage of chants or magic circles is all intermediary things for one to connect their will with the mana. And it is highly effective since, without using those things, almost everyone is unable to use mana, and this seems to be the case for me as well. Right now, I don't have magic but just simply imagining the chemical reaction of combustion is not enough.'
'However, I have a mage rank and a forged core right now, so I should be able to use some attributeless spells right now.'
Callius thought and tried to use the spell [Clean].
"With the power of my will and the magic within, I banish all filth and dirt and all stains of sin. Let this space be clean and pure, a heaven and cure."
With a mighty tone, he chanted the spell, and suddenly all the dirt and stains around this place were cleaned with a relaxing air current, and the environment started smelling very good.
"Wow, it seems I can use the attributeless magic spells right now since I have a core. This is good. Then let me try some water magic to see if I can use the attributed spells."
He said and started chanting the magic spell [Water ball].
"By the power of the oceans, the rivers, and the rain, I call forth a ball of water."
With that chant, he tried to use the magic spell [Water ball], but there wasn't any reaction from the environment.
There wasn't any water ball or any water suddenly appearing out of nowhere.
"I see, so my theory is correct. I will probably be able to use all the elements when I awaken my class, so until then, I shouldn't try using attributed magic."
With those thoughts, he kept looking for information in the magic book until the sun started setting.
"Huh, it was a pretty fruitful day, and I learned quite a lot about the magic of this world. But the meeting time is getting closer. I should start moving."
He muttered and left his room to eat dinner.
'Normally speaking, everyone would eat the meals together when Austin was alive; however, since right now Austin is not in this world anymore, no one is in the mood to eat their dinner together. But this won't stay like this for a long time. After the funeral ceremony is finished, Adelyn will start taking control of dukedom and this territory, as well as the mansion, and she will probably start eating her meals in this dining room as well.'
He thought and started eating another meal prepared by chefs with 2-star beast meat.
After he finished his meal, he started looking for the person he will disguise himself as, and not after looking for too long, he was able to find the said person watering the floors.
Yes, it was Noah.
In a sense, this guy must be close to finishing his daily work for today, according to the things he said yesterday, but still, it is good to be sure.
With that, Callius put on the disguise he had yesterday as well, the same commoner clothes and facial structure, and approached the gardener boy.
"Hey, Noah."
"Ah, Liam. Hello."
"Wow, I was just passing by and saw you after finishing my work, but how come you are still working?"
"Ehehe, I just… Well, I just couldn't put my mind to work today, so I am a bit late. It is fine. I will finish it in 5 minutes at most."
"I see. Then, I will wait for you since I will also change my clothes and leave."
Just like that, 'Liam' accompanied Noah until he finished, and they went to the personnel room used by the personnel to change their clothes or other things.
/THUD/
"Huh?"
However, the moment they entered the room, Callius suddenly knocked Noah down and put him in the wardrobe.
After doing that, he pulled something like a syringe from his pockets and injected it into Noah.
'This will do at least for today. Since Sloth's Solitude will make him sleep an almost full day, and even after he wakes up, he won't be able to relate the things with me.'
With those thoughts, Callius started using his skill.
This time he pictured Noah's face inside his head and used his skill.
But this time, he only changed his face, not his clothes, since he needs every bit of mana in the process, and he can't afford to use too much mana.
After wearing the commoner clothes of Noah, Callius started leaving the mansion estate.
He reached the back gate and just bowed his head to the guards. But not before using his art on them.
STATUS
Name - William
Class – Warrior
"It seems today, mister William is on the night watch. Good luck with work."
He said cheerfully and started leaving the mansion ground.
"Thank you, Noah, have a good rest."
With that, he finally left…
This 𝓬ontent is taken from fre𝒆webnove(l).𝐜𝐨𝗺