Extra And MC

(Aiden's POV)

"[Flame Series: Fireball]"

I watched as a tiny sphere of fire manifested and flickered in my hands.

"[Aqua Series: Water Bomb]"

This time, a tiny ball of water manifested in my hands and exploded as soon as it formed.

I kept summoning other spells as such as [Wind Scythe], [Dust Sphere] and [Light Wave] while watching mini versions of them continuously form and destabilize at the palm of my hands.

Considering how mana gave abilities to so many people, you'd think people would be able to perform a multitude of spells with ease, but that was far, really far from what you'd expect in this world. At the age of 8 to 10, after mana has accumulated at a certain level in the body, a child would awaken to a mana core and a specific type of magical ability.

These magical abilities granted you the ability to have control over certain things, but as if serving as a limitation which was forcefully imposed by mana itself, you couldn't just control anything at will and spells were required to activate a specific phenomenon.

Spell books are a good way to learn and use spells but the best way to learn and use spells is to actually create them through your imagination, and this required the creator to have enough mana to back up the creation and activation of said spell.

Some family members even awakened to similar magical abilities, most probably due to having similar set of specific genes but it wasn't always the case. Sometimes it usually suited them, even to perfection at times but for some people, it was almost a waste because they wouldn't be able to manipulate it according to their imagination or will.

Usually before that time, a child is unable to perform spells so they had to diligently wait till they were of age. In return for awakening to a specific type of magical ability, other spells became extremely hard to use or maintain.

This was why everyone basically focused on their awakened magical ability. It was also the reason all these spells kept destabilizing without even lasting a second in the palm of my hands.

'Haaaa… How nice would it have been if we could use more than one main magical ability' I thought to myself with a sigh as I leaned back on the chair while staring at the ornamental ceiling.

I was presently in our family's library. I had originally come here to read a few fun novels if I could find some or a comic book to at least while away time but instead here I am with a magic spell book.

The quiet mansion didn't help with the atmosphere either, especially considering how there were no maids or workers present in this big mansion.

I could go train, but then again, it's actually detrimental to consistently train without breaks in between. It could sometimes even slow an individual's progress down if they somehow injured themselves while either training their arts or mana core.

While thinking of all these, I swiped my smartwatch off the table as I switched on its holographic function and navigated to a video streaming platform to find something to waste my time on before I went back to training again.

After having seen a bunch of videos which elicited various emotions on my face ranging from laughter to annoyance to downright surprise, I put my smartwatch down while eyeing a can of drink that I'd originally brought along to quench my thirst if I felt parched while reading.

I took the can and downed its content after which I stared at the empty can which was now in the palm of my hands.

'[Gravity Series: Compression]'

I watched as the can present in my hands began to scrunch up and press down in a distorted way after I coated the can with mana while thinking of the spell in my mind.

I smiled at what I did. Why wouldn't I smile? I was literally using magic! Sure I should've been excited before but those weren't the magic that was suited to me. This was mine! Been able to control gravity is such a busted ability. At least I think it is.

By now, the can had almost completely compressed into a flat shape. As I was watching the can with an oddly familiar yet new feeling, I slowly realized that the chair I was sitting on was floating too, albeit slightly off the ground and moving backwards slowly.

'I didn't use [Zero] though so what the heck is going on?'

As soon as I thought that to myself, I jerked my head backwards to see Flynn using his hand to levitate the chair I was sitting on. As soon as he saw me, a wicked smile crept up on his lips.

"Oh Flynn come on"

"Too late bro"

Immediately he let out those words, he raised the chair even higher off the ground before finally removing his hold on the chair. This caused me and the chair to crash down on the ground as the jolt of suddenly hitting the ground from that height with that much force caused my butt to seriously ache me.

"Ouch! What gives man?!" I said while throwing a glare at Flynn.

"That's what you get for not hearing me call your name after so many times. You were so engrossed in compressing that can that you didn't even hear me come in" Flynn replied while smiling as he leisurely walked to the opposite chair on the table and took a seat.

"A light tap would've been nice" I said, wincing a bit and dragging my chair back to its original position.

"It WAS a light tap. To your butt that is" Flynn replied while chuckling.

"You happy now?"

"Very"

"What am I going to do with you" I replied while pinching the ridge of my nose after which I followed up with a question

"Anyway, you're home early? The annulment went off without a hitch?"

"Yeah. It did" Flynn replied nonchalantly as he scanned through the books present on the table.

"Hmm… That's interesting…"

"What is?"

"Well, considering how much of a prideful young lady Amelia is, I doubt she'd just let you go like that"

"She did try to stir some trouble and I didn't respond to her at first but considering how she kept bugging me even after I signed the papers, I had to at least respond to her once. It'd be a serious pain in the ass if she kept pestering me because of it"

"And how exactly did you respond to her? You do know she's super relentless. She did absolutely everything she could to get Lucas Elfire to date her again even after they broke up you know?"

"Very, very formally. Also, that won't apply to me. I'm not the one she's in love with. Besides, I gave her what she wanted, right? Pretty sure I'm totally out of the picture now"

"Well I hope you're right"

"The annulment of my engagement aside, have you had the healing potion appraised?"

"Yeah. Ivelia was right. It came up as 95% efficacy when I used the appraisal ring"

"It's still very weird though…" Flynn said, his voice trailing off as he placed his hand on his chin. He seemed to be thinking about something

"You think so too huh" I replied, slightly curious about what he was thinking of.

I knew what Flynn was concerned about. Considering how late in the story the potion was introduced, along with the potion that increases mana core rank, the potion was never supposed to even be at that level this early.

Although the level at which the potion was now was very beneficial to both us and this world in general, it does raise the question as to why it was never known to the world much earlier.

'I guess we'll find out at some point or the other. No use dwelling about it.' I thought to myself while watching Flynn still pondering over it.

'Maybe he's on to something…'

While thinking about that, my eye caught the can that I was originally testing my magic on but it was almost so flat that it seemed to not even resemble anything relatively close to its original structure. I bent down to pick it up while placing it in the palm of my hands again.

"[Gravity Series: Zero]" I muttered while coating the can with my magic.

Immediately I said it, the can began to float into the air and I watched in amazement. It soon hit the ceiling and just stayed there while slightly gliding around since there was nowhere for it to float past. It was guzzling down my mana though.

'Does it float endlessly as long as I have mana?' I inwardly said to myself

That would be relatively difficult to maintain for extended periods of time though. I might have a large mana pool but it didn't mean I had an infinite mana pool.

This spell would probably also work on a person, but, as I'm still just a B-ranker without the mana pool to maintain floating a whole human body for extended periods of time, especially considering that the mass I could raise would be proportional to the mana it would consistently consume, I should be wary of how I utilize it.

'I need to learn how to use this wisely' I inwardly said to myself once again.

I then heard Flynn let out a sigh as he spoke up.

"Haaaa… Oh well… we'll find out soon enough" he said as he began to watch what I was doing.

"Oh, that's a pretty nifty spell you got there Aiden" Flynn said as he watched the can floating around the ceiling.

"I know right? It's guzzling my mana though…"

"Well that's what you get for getting cheat-like abilities. The law of equivalent exchange favors no man"

"Yeah, tell that to Amael and Beelzebub" I scoffed while responding to Flynn's comment.

"Also, telekinesis is just as busted but I'll still mop the floor easily with you Flynn" I followed up on his comment, this time with a smirk on my face.

This time I decided to provoke him. I'm glad it worked as Flynn got up while immediately taking up my challenge.

"Do you wanna test that theory of yours out?" he replied while equally taunting me.

"Sure. I'll even hold back a bit" I replied while getting up from my chair.

Both of us then made our way out to the backyard, excitement present on our faces as we trained and sparred with each other for hours on end.