Chapter 4: Chapter 3: Mana Circuits

""A world without BETAs (Oripathy)...""

 

Kals'tit and Kouzuki Yuuko mumbled subconsciously. They would be lying if they weren't envious of the other two girls' worlds where everything is peaceful. 

 

"Ahem. So you're also from a parallel world?"

 

"I think so. I haven't heard of "Mascara" nor saw it in the TV."

 

Takanashi Touka replied to the younger girl that kind of reminder her of her own little sister.

 

'It's like I've only been frustrated by her delusions yesterday.', Touka thought. She is the only person left in the world who would care for her. She always played along her sister's delusions since she only wanted her to be happy.

 

"So you're saying that you knew him from a game?"

 

"That's right. My friend told me something about the guide of a game being one of the strongest character in a game."

 

"If there's a Causality Conductor, or someone that might possess abilities similar to it, then it is possible to create a game based on another parallel world..."

 

Kouzuki Yuuko went on full concentration unknowingly.  She continued deducing some possibilities and couldn't wait to verify it at her office.

 

'Magic Circuits, Mysteries, Reality Marble...'

 

Shiro recalled some things that he had just learn right now. These things surprised him a bit, especially the existence of Reality Marble. In his magic system, it is similar to a "Domain". Though, Reality Marbles can be used as long you master your "Origin" while Domains could be used as long as one is in the Grand Mage Realm.

 

'My origin, what is it?'

 

To a person whom his identity isn't even known by him, it is similar to a way in which he could know more about himself.

 

At the same time, Romani is marveling at a magic system that didn't involve the collective unconsciousness of people. There's no need to do various measures to protect the remaining Mysteries left after the Age of Gods had ended.

 

This doesn't matter if he was the "King Solomon" before, but now that he became a human, having enough power to fend off against the final boss would be really nice.

 

"Magic Circuits... Something that resides within the soul and is a pseudo-nervous system. Meaning, they manifest through the body."

 

Shiro scanned his entire body with mental power, but he couldn't find it. Then, he came to a sudden realization that he hadn't tried "running" mana on his body yet.

 

Due to the different natures of Mana and Aura, the body would simply sustain damages when they encounter each other. He was about to do so when Romani interjected beside him.

 

"Whoa, whoa, wait a minute. Are you planning to inject Mana on your body while having another energy inside it? You are more reckless than I thought."

 

"No, thank you. I'm confident enough with my control."

 

He spread his mental power yet again, but this time, he focused more on his body. He clearly saw Aura flowing in it, which is very similar to blood circulation. Who asked him to develop an Aura technique that could do this?

 

For this operation, he only needed to do one thing: stop this Aura circulation for a while. 

 

Once it stops, he'll be able to control Mana more finely and search for the Mana Circuits. As expected, he succeeded and is now spreading his mana all throughout his body.

 

Romani, who watched this by his side, was surprised at how finely he controls his mana. It seems to border being comparable to True Ether as well.

 

'I'll try that later.'

 

In no more than 3 minutes, magic circuits started appearing all over his body. Though most of it were blocked by his luxurious white robe, light still shone on some places such as his hands, face, and feet. Once it appeared, he experienced the feeling of being cooked in an alchemy burner.

 

His Physique attribute that far surpassed normal humans made him able to handle this kind of pain, but still, it slowly turned red. 

 

At the same time, Shiro felt his body absorb mana at a faster rate. 

 

'This mana capacity is already comparable to a Grand Magician!', he thought. From 10-30, it's within the range of Rune Magicians. For 31-80, it is comparable to a Circle Magician. Lastly, 81-150 mana attributes is the capacity of a Grand Magician.

 

[Magic Circuits successfully activated.]

 

[Circuit Count: 130]

 

[Mana: 31 (+130)]

 

"O-one hundred thirty?!"

 

Shiro was really surprised when he saw the additional 130 Mana attribute on his panel. Since the increase of his mana before is more of a qualitative than quantitative (due to his rank), his entire mana capacity is still the same as a 4th Rank's. Though, he can use lower mana as its quality increased.

 

However, the Mana in the Magic Circuit functioned more like an additional mana capacity, which surprised him by a lot.

 

[(Chat Group) Hidden Quest Complete! Awaken the Mana Circuit during the first meeting Reward/s: 3 Random Thaumathurgy (Full Mastery)]

 

[Hidden Quest Complete. Activate your Mana Circuits upon coming in contact with it for the first 1 hour. Reward settlement...]

 

[+2 Magic Crests (100% Adaptability)]

 

Shiro got an unused reward yet again.

 

"Congrats, I guess?"

 

Only now did he realize that his surroundings had been very silent.

 

"Well, thank you. As a meeting gift, how about I activate the Magic Circuits of everyone here?"

 

""?!""

 

"Hey, no need to be surprised. You'll find this out later on through the store."

 

"The one that requires the use of points?"

 

Shiro looked at the feline woman and nodded.

 

"That's right. The basics of each system that corresponds to the members who have supernatural powers can be bought at the store for negligible price."

 

What he meant here are the common sense on Kal'stit's, Romani's, Shinji's, and Shiro's power systems. They correspond to the following: Originum Arts, Magecraft, and Rune Magic/Aura Control.

 

Though, what Shiro exchanged to Romani and vice versa are the knowledge that isn't in that pack. They haven't bought this stuff yet, but the two of them were confident that its worth their price.

 

He thought that they'll be quite hesitant to do it as the activation looked quite scary earlier, but he underestimated them.

 

"I'll go first."

 

"Doctor Kal'tsit?"

 

He was a bit surprised when she volunteered to be the first, but he didn't pay attention much. It's just that he couldn't read her expression, as if her face was paralyzed.

 

He asked him to sit comfortably in the couch before he started the operation. This time, it was successful. Green lines started appearing all over her body, signifying that her Mana Circuits were awakened.

 

"It's over."

 

Her cat ears trembled after she finished awakening it. Surprisingly, her Mana Circuits were deactivated the moment it trembled.

 

"What a weird way of deactivating it..."

 

Romani saw many ways that people could activate and deactivate their Mana Circuit, but so far, this is the first time he saw someone deactivate it using her cat ears.

 

Hearing this, a blush appeared on her expressionless face. She ran away as swift as she can to hide it.

 

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"Ahem. Who's next?"

 

"It is this queen's turn!"

 

As for Kuroneko, it went well for her as well, though the quality and quantity of her magic circuits are worse than Kals'tit.

 

Shiro watched her deactivate her Magic Circuits and asked, "How is it?"

 

"Thank you, Supreme Magus-san!"

 

"Just call me Shiro."

 

"Then, thank you, Shiro-san!"

 

She ran off the corner to play with her newly-found powers. Next is Yuuko Sensei's turn.

 

"Mana? Is it similar to the dark matter?", she asked curiously.

 

"What is dark matter?"

 

"In simpler terms, it is an invisible matter that takes up the majority of the universe."

 

She realized that Shiro must've been on a purely magical world, thus she explained it in the simplest way possible.

 

"If it's like that, then yes, mana is similar to dark matter."

 

"Interesting..."

 

After a while, Kouzoki Yuuko activated her magic circuits as well. Shiro sensed that it must be around 25 main circuits, which is only above average, but the quality that each of them could hold is great, thus she didn't lose much against the earlier two.

 

Lastly, it's Takanashi Touka's turn.

 

"Uhm... Will I really be able to use magecraft after this?", she asked with a slightly excited tone. After all, she could tolerate Rikka being chuunibyou as she had gone through that phase herself before.

 

Like, who wouldn't have childhood fantasies?

 

"Yes, you will. Even if you don't have any Magic Circuits, you could still practice my Rune Magic instead."

 

"I understand."

 

After going through the same process as Kals'tit and Kuroneko, green lines appeared on her body. As she awakened her circuits, she instinctively knew how to deactivate it immediately.

 

"Synapse Break!"

 

She shouted out some incomprehensible words before her magic circuits got deactivated. Embarrassment could be seen on her face, but excitement overwhelmed her, making her not pay too much on it.

 

"Thank you, Shiro-san."

 

"No problem. You saw the "Quest Complete!" on your side, right?"

 

"Yes. The rewards are three random spells?"

 

"That's it. You can open it now or later. Though, I have to say that you possess a huge potential as a mage."

 

"That's right, that's right!", Romani commented. He further added, "EX Rank Mana Circuits is enough to label you as a genius!"

 

Rin Tohsaka, Zelretch's disciple, has 40 Magic Circuits. She can carry a total of 1,000 mana units through it. This talent is enough for someone who's a Magician (True Magic Holder) to accept her as a disciple.

 

As for Takanashi Touka, she might be able to hold more than 1,500 mana units based on their conservative estimate.

 

"What about you, Shinji-kun?"

 

Shiro didn't felt any magic circuits from him, so he thought that he's still an unawakened one.

 

"N-no. I'm fine."

 

Seeing this, he sent out a mental transmission to him.

 

"Really? Or there's nothing in your body?"

 

Hearing this, his eyes widened. Though, he calmed down after seeing that he's solely talking to him.

 

"How did you know?", he asked. Shiro learned a lot of things from Romani earlier, including some facts that are considered as not well known in his world.

 

"You didn't have any mana in your body and you refused my help."

 

"That's it..."

 

He looked down after being reminded of the cruel truth. Shinji Matou is originally a child who lacked parental affection, so he always strived to be the best in all fields. In his Elementary School, he's the number one student. 

 

Only, he was devastated as he discovered that he didn't have any Magic Circuits in his body.

 

'I could do better even with a broken one, so why', he thought so before. He believed that with his hard work, he could still achieve something that could make both his grandfather and father proud of him.

 

"Ahem. It's not impossible for you to learn magic."

 

"Really?"

 

"Did you forget? My system is different from your world. This means, you still have a chance by taking another path."

 

Controlling his mental power, he decided to directly stuff some basic knowledge of being a Rune Magician and an Aura Knight to him as the kid really looked pitiful.

 

Shinji experienced some headache, but it didn't matter as he saw another possibility within him.

 

"Thank you, onee-chan.", he spoke through the mental link established by Shiro. He thought that she's a girl given his voice, so it is understandable to be misunderstood.

 

"I'm a man, so call me aniki instead."

 

"Eh?! Shiro-aniki?"

 

The group members stayed for another hour before returning to their respective worlds. Just as they were about to leave, Romani suddenly asked Shiro, "Can you show your face to us if you're comfortable with it? I just became curious with something."

 

"..."

 

He thought really fast and realized that they'll be more often, so he thought that he should settle things with them.

 

He didn't speak, but he slowly lowered the oversized black robe as well as the luxurious white robe. There, they saw the power of max-level charm.

 

""CUTE!""

 

"You remind me of someone..."

 

"You're really not an onee-chan?"

 

Shiro's face blackened as he heard Shinji.

 

"I'm a man, remember it!"

 

They were engulfed by the white light before they returned to their respective worlds.

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