Chapter 17: Chapter 17: Babies are life’s big mystery. You never know when you’re going to get crapped on.

An important part of being a baby is working out what your job is going to be for the rest of your life. I had zero years’ work experience in magic and inscribing, my connections didn’t exist, and I probably couldn’t afford a high-class education.

Classic baby problems.

On the plus side I didn’t need to pay for dental operations. I was due to get new teeth in six years. Or maybe I wasn’t. I still wasn’t sure how old I am. I wonder if my parents knew. That would be a question to ask them once I could talk. I really missed my ability to communicate.

There was an easy way to pass the time, practice magic. I still had six days until I was going to visit Indra. The other Zodiac members hadn’t returned. That surprised me. I thought battles were quick. Then again, the closest I ever got into a real fight was playing video games.

I hope I never meet what they’re fighting.

I fired dirt into the air as I thought about the Zodiac members. I think I could be a magician and an inscriber at the same time. I had time, and dedication. A memory made me hesitate.

That was a real big monster they were fighting. It was like nothing I’ve ever seen in my time on earth. A dark shape that towered towards the sky.

It was confirmation of something that I’d suspected ever since I accepted that I was in a new world. Monsters existed here.

Would I have to fight something like that if I joined Zodiac?

That was a lot of pressure. What if I don’t have what it takes?

Then again, all the nature magicians had stayed behind to look after the wall. Marv said that the city had been peaceful for over fifty years. Maybe it would be peaceful for fifty more.

For now I would focus on both jobs at the same time. I had earth creation and earth manipulation, and Indra had told me not to learn any new skills. I could learn the symbols by looking at them and talking with my father. There were things for me to do at every opportunity.

I fired a final dirt ball into the air and felt my mana running low. I definitely had to ask Indra about mana drain. I laid down and closed my eyes, preparing for meditation. My stamina was already running out.

 

Earth manipulation: level 1. Experience 5.8%

Meditation: level 1. Experience 70%

Mark of the Crijik: level 1. Experience 3.4%

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