Chapter 3 - Training and teaching magic to Lilith and Matthew!

(3rd Person POV)

Arthur wakes up early in the morning at sunrise and goes to brush his teeth as the horse masked God had told him. Then he starts his daily routine of absorbing the Ethernano from the air for about one hour.

Now it's time he started doing physical exercises.

The regime he has currently decided on is doing 100 squats in 5 sessions of 20, 100 sit ups in 5 sessions of 20, 50 pushups in 5 sessions of 10 and running at least 5 kilometers. The running will probably be done in sessions too since it would be weird for a 3 year old to be able to run a full 5 kilometers without passing out from exhaustion even with magic.

(Arthur's POV)

After I ate the breakfast my mom prepared for me I asked her to let me go outside to play in the backyard and she let me.

"Oh! Arthur if you haven't forgotten Lilith and Matthew will be coming to see you later." My mother reminded me.

"Yes mom I know, just tell them to come find me outside"

I walked out and stood beside the big apple tree in the center of our backyard. We have a fence and along it on both sides there are roses and other flowers but mostly roses.

"Well then before I start… {ENDURANCE UP}! "

Ok now let's start with doing squats! And 1 and 2 and 3 and... 20!

Phew! Now it's time for the sit ups… 1.. 2.. 3.. 4… 20!

And pushups! 1… 2… 3… and 10!

*pant* *pant* Damn! Ok this is actually a little harder than I expected! Even though I upped my stamina with Word Soul magic! But with enough time I should be able to do this training more easily.

After I finished all five sessions I sat down and am now I'm resting.

During the training I tried to absorb the Ethernanos from the air but it proved to be very difficult. I couldn't even absorb as much as 1/10th of what I usually absorb in the same amount of time! If I had to compare it to something then it would be about the same amount I could take in via meditation when I first started out as a baby.

(A/N: As he grows he can absorb more and more Ethernanos into his body.)

I'll need to find a way to increase it if I want to be able to do both my magic power and physical training at the same time…

For now I guess I'll meditate until I'm fully rested and those two come by.

(30 minutes later)

"Hey Arthur! What are you doing? Are you sleeping?" It would seem that Matthew and Lilith have finally come to visit me.

"I'm training my magic power capacity by meditating… Well basically I'm training my magic." I answered them truthfully since it's no big secret after all. My parents learned about it when i was about a year old. They were suprised to say the least.

Besides I want to get them interested…

"Wow really?! So then does that mean that you're a mage!?" Lilith got really excited at the thought of me being a mage and looked at me with stars in her eyes. I guess even kids from another world love magic huh?

"Yes, I am and if you interested and want to learn I could teach you guys how to use magic" I say with a smile.

(A/N: Should I use this form of writing when multiple people talk?)

Lilith: "Yes, yes please! I want to learn how to use magic!"

Matthew: "Me too! Teach me how use it too! I've always wanted to be able to use magic and fight evil!"

Arthur: "Okay, okay then for starters I want you both to sit down and cross your legs. First you'll have to do some meditation."

Matthew: "Why do we have to meditate?"

Arthur: "Ah! That's a good question my dear Matthew! You see in order to put magic into operation, magic power is necessary. Also you have to materialize the magic power that's inside of you and release it."

Lilith: "Oh, so because we don't have magic power we need to meditate in order to obtain it?"

Arthur: "Correct! Wow you're smart… Anyway as I was saying meditation is the most effective means of absorbing Ethernano which is the building blocks of magic power."

Lilith and Matthew: "Ethernano…?"

Arthur: "That's right. They're in the air and as I said can be absorbed into the body. The Ethernanos that you absorb become your magic power!" [Poor Asta couldn't do this though...]

Lilith: "I have a question Sensei!"

Matthew: "What, are we in school now?"

Arthur: "Go ahead and ask away Lilith."

Lilith: "I understand that Ethernanos are the source of magic power. So is it that the more you take in, the stronger magic you can use?"

Arthur: "Well with Ethernanos the vessel determines the limit of each mage's magic power, so the amount you take in varies. But even if the magic in one's body is exhausted after being used extensively, the body will automatically absorb Ethernanos from the air and after a while the vessel will be full again. In other words, magic power is something that can be replenished."

Lilith: "Wow! That's amazing! You're so smart Arthur where did you learn all of this?"

Arthur: "Haha well… I learned it from a book I read! Yeah…[Well I'm not lying technically…] Anyways there's actually one more important thing!"

Matthew: "Oh there's more?"

Lilith: "An important thing?"

Arthur: "To use magic, it takes more than just transforming the magic power in your body. There's something else that is indispensable. And that is… The strength of a mage's feelings"

Lilith and Matthew: "Strength of feelings?"

Arthur: "Yep. Unless you have strong feelings in your heart and draw upon them, it won't be easy to employ any magic."

Lilith: "I see…"

Arthur: "Now then. Go ahead and start concentrating on your meditation and absorbing Ethernanos from the air. Just remember that it's not about trying to absorb them with your will, but setting your mind and heart free!"

Lilith: "Yes sensei!"

Arthur: "Well then I'm going to go and train while you guys are at it. Good luck"

Matthew: "Thanks Arthur! I can't wait to be able to use magic! Hehehe"

(A/N: If you got what I did for the lesson conversation then props to you :>)

After I left the backyard and went outside through the gate on the fence and started stretching to get ready for my running.

"Okay let's do this… {ENDURANCE UP}! And off I go!"

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(1 hour later)

*Pant* *pant* *pant* I finally finished… *pant* … Well let's go see how Matthew and Lilith are doing on their part I guess.

Let's see let's see... Ohhh! That's amazing! They're still at it. I thought they might give up after failing to absorb any Ethernanos but they're able to absorb it already? It took me hours to get it right the first time I tried! I guess they have the makings of wizards huh? Very talented indeed. I guess I'll go ahead and join them while they're at it!

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(4 Hours later)

Whelp I'm pretty much done for the day so it's time to wrap things up.

"Okay everyone I think that's enough for today! How are you feeling? Can you feel the magic power inside of you now?" I asked my two students

"Yes, Sensei! It's really amazing! I feel like really refreshed for some reason too!" My ain't she excited?

"So what are we doing now?" Asks Matthew.

"Well since you now have magic power… Try to manifest and release it. You can throw it at me as your target." It's about damn time I showed them how cool Sensei is! Hehehe!

"Are you sure? Wouldn't we hurt you if we did that…?" Lilith is concerned about me it seems but don't worry I have an ace up my sleeve. *smirk*

"Nah don't worry 'bout me! I can take pretty much anything you two can dish out!" An arrogant taunt usually works in these situations right?

"Oh, really now? Sounds like a challenge! Let's see if you can take this then!"

Sweet! Matthew is all fire up now! Just like I expected him to be… All according to keikaku!

"Here we go!" Matthew raised both his arms towards me and opened his palms then electricity started to form until finally he shot a lightning strike towards me!

So he has an affinity for lightning. That's pretty good I guess? But… And I'm sorry to say this…

"{BARRIER}!" After yelling out the word a blueish orb appeared surrounding me entirely and blocking Matthew's lightning strike.

"WHAT!? What is that magic?! That's awesome! No wonder you were so ċȯċky just now!" Matthew seems impressed. *smirk* I smirked again.

"Don't be so smug about it! Come on! Tell me what exactly was that?"

"Fine, fine… That my students was my Word Soul Magic! And I'm pretty sure I'm the only one person in this whole world that can use it!"

"Wow… That's incredible Arthur!" My flex was successful!

"Sensei is amazing! Okay then… now let me try using my magic… Get ready sensei!" Lilith is getting ready to use her spell, I wonder what she'll use? I'll block it anyway but at least she looks happy about herself.

"Taaake… THIS!" Lilith slashed her hand across the air and a black wave of magic went towards me! It's looks like one of those energy sword slashes you see in anime! But dark and almost… Lightless?

"{BARRIER}!" I used the same barrier spell and was enveloped in the blueish orb again. Now I just need to leisurely wait for her spell to be st- *Crack* *Break*

Hey wait a second did she just BREAK my barrier?!

I paniced and jump to the side in order to dodge Lilith's attack but it still bȧrėly grazes me on my shoulder and cuts deep into my flesh! Damn it this HURTS!

"Arthur are you okay?! Lilith what was that magic you used just now?! It went straight through Arthur's barrier spell!

"O-oh my god A-Arthur! A-are you okay? I-I-I'm so sorry I didn't think I could break your barrier! I Really I didn't mean to hurt you!"

"I'll go get aunty Elizabeth! Lilith you stay with Arthur!"

"W-wait! I-it's okay Lilith, Matthew I'm fine. Look! {HEAL}! *Wound closes up* See? As good as new!

"You healed yourself!? You can even do that?!" asked Matthew suprised

"Well yeah my magic allows me to manipulate my surroundings through speech so basically whatever I say happens. Let me fix my clothes and clean the blood off...{FIX}! And now... {CLEAN}! There we go."

"Are you sure you're okay though? I really didn't mean to hurt your Arthur I'm really sorry…"

"I'm fine! Didn't I just explain to you that I healed myself? You even saw me do it! If you're feeling apologetic don't, this was my fault for trying to act cool and have you use me for target practice. I was being ċȯċky that's all…"

"Well I still think you should at least go and get some rest now. We should all go home for today. Come on Lilith let's go back to the inn"

"Umm okay… Well then Arthur we'll be going home for today now. Make sure to rest up okay?"

Both of them are concerned about me. How cute.

"Okay then. We can meet each other tomorrow at the big tree on the outskirts of town. You can't miss it, it's bloody huge. We'll continue our training there. Oh! Also as I'm sure that you already have an idea but as you just saw… You can't go around using your magic on other people unless it's completely necessary! Since you could injure them very badly or even kill them with it. So don't get any ideas of using it on someone who is bullying you or something minor like that okay? Promise me that." That's the damn Cliché for students at least…

"We promise we won't use magic on other people unless necessary!" Both of them said at once.

"Sweet! That settles it then! We'll see each other tomorrow. Oh and if someone DOES bully you... Just tell me okay? Cya for now!"

We wave goodbye to each other and I go home while they go back to the inn. I have lunch with my mother and I told her that I had allot of fun teaching my friends magic today. Obviously I skipped the fact that Lilith nearly killed me… Later on my father came back home for dinner after helping Lilith and Matthew's fathers with the construction of their house.

Now I'm in bed and thinking… What was that? That magic wasn't normal… Lilith might be talented in magic but even so she has a lot less magic power than me… And even if she didn't and we were equal my Word Soul magic isn't something simple that can be broken that easily…

No wait!… I could be overthinking this but… That lightless slash... Could she?...

Could she have used Dark Magic?!