Royal Princess Of Blood

Chapter 46: Basics of Magic (1)

The book in my hands began by explaining what magic was. It was said to be miracles granted by the gods through giving their powers to the world. And what they gave unto the world and blessed unto its creatures was mana, the fuel of the miracle called magic.

All creatures who walk in this world have mana, whether they be feeble or substantial, they vary from creature to creature, but mana nonetheless. Mana can be found within beings, and thus can be controlled by the being storing the mana.

However, how much they can achieve depends on the amount of mana they possess. As for the question as to why a few had a considerable amount while others small, the answer was unclear.

Others say it came from their ancestors, from exceptional beings. Others say they were favored by the gods. Some say it was only random.

However, with great mana comes power. Perhaps that was why most of those above in the hierarchy whether in aristocracy or something else was positioned high because of their power.

Hm. Maybe that's why nobles in Wisteria were said to have more mana compared to commoners.

The book then went on talking about magic. Magic was a product of imaginations and wishes. Creatures wish light, so can magic bring light. One imagines a blue fire, came the existence of blue fire. All was achievable by expending mana.

Those who have no experience in magic cannot manipulate their mana yet. One needs practice. Like how a baby at birth doesn't know how to stand and walk, but as they grew, they would learn. Like how you can't sew clothes perfectly at first, but with practice one can perfect such skill.

I was slightly concerned about this. It made me wonder, if mana was already there inside the moment you came into existence, then are the people in this world instinctively familiar with mana?

I am not originally from this world. Therefore, it was a bit concerning. All this magic and mana was completely foreign to me after all.

Doesn't matter, I'm trying it at some point anyway. Only then will I know the true difficulties.

The book then went on to explain what a Spell was. A spell, basically, was magic given form and purpose. So I took it that a spell was a specified type of magic given shape or something like that, so the term Magic was more like a general term used when talking about something that had no specifications.

I then saw an illustration of a human body. It somewhat reminded me of Leonardo Da Vinci's drawing of the human body. The one that had its arms spread out. Except this one had some sort of veins spread out throughout the entire body.

In modern terms, I see it as some sort of circuit. They gave the circuits the term "Mystic Medium". An intangible medium where mana passes through which one can freely manipulate. That said, it was also mentioned that the center of mana couldn't be finalized. That was because none can determine the central point of their mana.

Therefore, it was generally theorized that the Mystic Medium was the center as a whole.

Woah wait, why the hell is there theory all of a sudden?

I expected this book would head straight to how one can control mana and do magic and stuff.

Whatever, this might prove useful when being practical.

It then went on to say that one's Mystic Medium was not final and mentioned it can grow. Some may be born naturally with a feeble amount of mana, or vast, if they nurture their Mystic Medium, they can grow.

The more you strive to make it grow, so will your mana. It was explained that the medium grows figuratively larger, so does the container of mana, and the medium which mana uses to flow through.