1.5 Learning Magic - part 2

"You need to concentrate a little amount of mana in your hand and imagine a small tornado forming on your hand a say 'come forth wind'"

Ronald said 'come forth wind' and a small tornado appear in his hand. It looks as cool as the fireball that Arica created. I tried doing the same. I closed my eyes and tried putting almost the same amount of mana that I used while creating the fireball earlier. I opened my eyes and could see a small tornado that appeared in my hand. It wasn't big enough to do any real damage but it was big enough to make Arika hold her skirt.

"Oh my, it looks like you have an aptitude for wind magic too."

"Yes, looks like it. Lucky me."

I responded to Arica who was holding her skirt. I am not sure how it works for others but this is quite easy for me. I just need to control the amount of mana and need to be careful not to use too much. Rest is just imagining the things based on what Ronald and Arica showed.

"Okay now let's see if you have an aptitude for dark magic. Since holy and dark magic is quite rare and hard to use, relatively fewer people have the aptitude for them."

"What is dark magic useful for?"

I asked since I was not sure what can it even be used for. Arica came forward and started explaining it.

"Dark magic can be used to put curses and summon familiars. It can also be used for various purposes like making magic potions and stuff. I can teach you how to make love potion if you want."

"Thanks for the offer but I am not sure if I even have an aptitude for it. Can you please show me how I can test if I have an aptitude for it?"

"Oh yeah, we were doing aptitude test, right right. So, for this one, you need to put a green leaf on your hand and after passing little mana to your hand say 'come forth darkness'. If the green leaf turns dry you have the aptitude for it."

Arica picked a leaf from the nearby bush and turned it into a dry leaf. It didn't look cool as the earlier two so I don't think I will be using it much but let's test if I have an aptitude for it.

I tried doing it as Arica said. Since I needed to focus on imagination I closed my eyes. When I opened my eyes it had worked and the leaf had already turned dry.

"Very few people have an aptitude for 3 kinds of magic you know. It is considered quite rare."

"Ah, I had no idea."

"Okay let's see if you have the aptitude for holy magic."

Ronald took the dry leaf from Arica and said: "Oh God, grant me your blessing." As soon as he finished that greenish light fell on the dry leaf and it turned green.

"This is how you use holy magic, give it a try."

I used my dry leaf and followed what Ronald did and it worked. The leaf turned green.

"Oh my god, it looks like you have an aptitude for 4 kinds of magic. It is very rare to see people with 4 aptitudes. I have heard a few Royal magicians have it but this is my first time seeing someone having it."

Looks like people with four aptitudes are special around. Well since I don't even know how to use any of them I don't think I should be too happy about it though.

"Yeah, I guess I can learn more about these magics from you guys."

Well, let's not get too much into aptitudes and move on. Since it was already evening we decided to head back to the orphanage. I couldn't test my aptitude for the earth and water magic because I needed to visualize it. Since both of them didn't have the aptitude for those magic we decided to wait and test them tomorrow.

When we reached home I decided to help Nina and Rose with the work again. After we finished preparing food we decided to call everyone for dinner. When we were about to start Arica told everyone that I have the aptitude for 4 kinds of magic and everyone looked at me with surprise. I felt a bit shy to see everyone look at me like that but I decided to use this opportunity to ask everyone about their magic aptitudes.

"So hey Marina, what kind of magic do you have the aptitude for?"

"Umm, I can use water, holy, and fire magic. I am not very good at attack magic but I can help with support and healing magic. I am also studying medicine."

That sounds perfect for her since she is also planning to study magic at the Magic knight Academy. People with 3 aptitudes are quite rare so I think she has a good chance of getting into the Magic Knight Academy.

"I think it's amazing that you can use three types of magic and supports roles are very important, you know."
I told my honest thought and turned towards Nina to ask her.

"And Nina, what are your aptitudes?"

"I can use earth and water magic. Since I am also training to go to Magic Knight Academy, I need to work hard not to fall back because others are very talented."

So, Nina has the aptitude for two types of magic. Since I haven't tested if I have the aptitude for those magic, I now know who can help me in testing those. People with two aptitudes are also considered rare, 1 in a hundred. I think she also has a good chance of getting into the Academy.

"I think you will be able to get into the Academy without much problem. Having two aptitudes is also rare you know." I told my thoughts honestly.

"And what about you Sistina?"

I turned towards Sistina and asked her.

"Oh, I can use water, fire, and dark magic. I have a bigger mana bank than normal people so I am still not good with controlling my magic."

Ah, so she can use the magic but it gets out of control. That sounds like a thing that she could work on. I think she will be able to use it fine if she practices. I mean, even I could do it easily last time. Though maintaining it is still hard.

"I think you will be able to use it properly soon if you train a bit. I have a bigger mana bank than normal too. It almost got out of hand when I tried using fire magic to test my aptitude."

Sistina looked quite sad so I replied honestly. I saw her smile after hearing my reply. She looked very cute. Fox girls are the best.

The only person remaining in the table was Miss Rose. So I turned towards her.

"Miss Rose, what kind of magic do you have the aptitude for?"

"Oh, I am nothing special. God has blessed me with holy magic and I am satisfied with it."

"No no, I think it's great. Holy magic is indeed very special. Andrew saved my life with holy magic when he found me in the forest. I think it is a very special blessing."

After Miss Rose answered my question I replied with my honest opinion about holy magic.

After finishing the dinner, I helped Miss Rose in cleaning and went to the bed.

The next day we went to the library in the morning after lunch. I tried practicing writing while Marina, Sistina, and Nina studied magic books. Since Martha was helping Miss Rose at the temple today, Nina was with us. After finishing studies at the library we all decided to go to the training field. Today, I will finally be able to test my aptitude for remaining two types of magic.

Next chapter: Learning Magic - Part 3