My body soared high into the sky as the spirit magic that the tiny little fairy activated sent the entire world flipped on its head. The ground below slowly started to side up in chunks, and the sky above slowly started to move down.
I could see the moon above, blocked slightly by the growing trees and the land that came out from the ground, and when I peeked down, the clouds and the night sky was below. Like a canvas flipped on its feet. Like a mixture blended in a cup, everything had changed.
My balance started to break apart as I could tell my up from my down and my left from my right anymore.
Titania snapped her fingers again, and things started to fall back in place. My eyes spun in confusion and dizziness overtook me.
By the time I could blink, the ground was below once more and the skies above once more.
The little spirits that I could previously see were now gone. I could see one of them move behind a tree with a bead of sweat on its head.
"Eugy, did you see?"
"Uwaak."
I puked.
***
After emptying out my stomach and calming down the dizziness, I sat once more on the same rock as before while Titania floated in front of me.
"Do you know what spirits are?" She asked.
"I don't. Not really."
"Let me explain things from the beginning then," she spoke and raised her hands, two fingers stretched out.
"Humans, as a being have access to two primary forms of energy, mana and Ki. Mana is refined further into Arcana, where you are, and Aether where that principal of yours is. Ki, on the other hand, isn't refined, but simply expounded on."
I nodded.
"As we put it in my previous world. Magic comes from the world and Ki comes from within."
"Correct," Titania crossed her arms and nodded. "Even amongst Ki, many stages exist. Charge Ki at the bottom, Aura Ki, Projectile Ki, Manifest Ki, Intent Ki and Soul Ki. Beyond which are people that aren't easy to judge, but we call Ki Kings and Ki Emperors anyway. Just so you know, there's only three Ki Emperors in the world right now."
"Ki Emperor… huh?" I repeated. "Is Kai one of them?"
"The strongest that has ever been," Titania nodded. "I could tell from a glance."
"I am starting to think you're not as Chuunibyou as I thought."
Titania came closer and kicked my head. That truly wasn't on me.
"Then," I spoke, "There's holy energy that angels and priests use."
Titania nodded then.
"Correct, it is also used by the gods in the upper realm. Again, the distinctions you humans have made only exist for you since you're weak."
I puffed my cheeks.
"Aw, not you, Eugy."
Easy.
"Demons use demonic energy. And fairies like us borrow the power of Alfheim itself. That handles all the realms."
"In that case," I asked. "What do sorcerers use?"
"They call upon the strength of the spirits. Beings that exist in every realm and none at the same time, the viruses of the world if you will."
Now that was just rude.
"In that sense, is spirit magic a notch higher than sorcery?"
Titania smirked and placed her hands on her waists.
"Did you not see?"
"Uhk… I saw too well… I might puke again."
Titania then nodded.
"Spirits are viruses, they can mess with things that exist in each realm by overriding it. They manipulate the realm itself, similar to how the strength of Alfheim stems from the realm."
I leaned back and thought.
Demonic and holy.
Mana and Ki.
Spirit… and Alfheim?
"Is it a way the realms balance out the strength of Alfheim?"
Titania flew over and patted my head. "Full points for my Eugy!"
"Of course, I am genius from birth, my dear Titania."
"I bet! Total genius!"
"Hohoho! Now then, we have hit another clue, Titania."
Titania raised her brow. "What clue?"
"Oh dear, did you forget already? What I used and what my mother seemingly was famous for?"
"World's end…"
"And World's beginning."
The two of us stared at each other and smiled.
"If mine is a mixture of two energies, then hers should be the same."
"Then a third would exist too?" Titania muttered. "I never thought of it, your energy was the first of its kind I had known of as well. It would anyway be impossible to merge the two if not for your out of this world control."
There was yet one more facet to things revealed.
I wanted it. This third type too.
"Can anyone learn the spirit magic?"
Titania hummed at my words. "But only fairies or ones acknowledged by Alfheim can use its powers. As for Demonic Energy, you are already able to see it, right?"
I nodded this time.
"How do you think we can go about getting the gods' energy?"
Titania crossed her arms and thought.
"They have authorities too."
"Hey, then what is an authority?" I asked, confused.
"Think of it like your honeycomb defense thing. Can't you just call the skill name and it would appear? An authority is similar, a level of mastery and control formed over generations that they can deplete. For demons its in their horns and for gods and angels, in their halos."
"It's just an application of their strength?"
Titania nodded.
"It's only with the strongest. Ah! Think of it as their tiers, the ones with authority are Ki emperors or Aether users while ones without are everything else. Useless."
That made a lot of sense.
"So, should we start?"
Titania pressed out her chest, and placed her arm atop it.
With a smile, she said.
"Nah, I am too tired after doing that."
"Figures. We're leaving at the break of Dawn anyway."
She slumped over my head and whined. "Let's go back and sleep, Eugy. Let's go back and sleep."
She didn't even wait for us to go back as she went to sleep atop my head.
Hah.
I wanted to sleep too now.
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