The Forgotten Creator's
Mana and Natergy

The next day...

As planned yesterday, we were silent in the classroom ten times to receive an additional special training class. I don't know what training he meant. Learn as usual or something else.

One minute after the other students left the class, Pak Aryo came with a book of polio books in red. He stood in front of us and wrote the word ‘Mana’ on the board.

“Mana is an energy used to cast magic. As for other things related to mana, Natergy— stands for Natural Energy. As the name suggests, this energy is only produced from the power of nature or nature.” Obviously Mr. Aryo.

One of the students asked in confusion, “Wait, sir. Why are we talking about Mana and Natergy? Then, what does both of those things have to do with us?”

“Oh, sorry. I forgot to explain the introduction. So basically the human has a mystical power that is unknown to many people. They controlled that mystical power by using Mana or Natergy. As you said just now, only a few people know of mystical powers. One of them is the father and the principal. Over the next year or even more, you will learn from Father how to use that power.”

Everyone was silent and nodded, meaning they all understood Mr. Aryo's explanation. I thought that I did not need to take this additional class because from Junior High, I had researched myself about what Mr. Aryo explained. There was no stopping after school I played with my strength while researching it. The results of his research I wrote in my pocket book and until now still in my grasp.

Aryo continued his explanation. “First of all, I want to test the quality of your Mana and Natergy to see how tough you are. Raise your hands and place them on the table. Then say the word ‘Magic Check’.”

Everything follows the direction of Mr. Aryo including me. I expected a round blue ball of light to come out. Everyone looks the same—sized handful of their hands. But different from me. The ball of light that was in my hand was half the size of them.

Zack who was sitting next to me was astonished to see the different size of our light balls. “Eh, Den. How come you're smaller than the others, huh? Though mine is just as rich as others.” Ask Zack.

“Entahlah. Maybe it will be explained by Mr. Aryo.”

Mr. Aryo looked around to assess our ball of light. When he saw mine, he immediately approached me. “Hmm... It was unusual for anyone to have a capacity where it was smaller than usual. Den, what are your activities at home?”

“Just learn and play. No more than that.”

Mr. Aryo was a little surprised to see my small light. After that he returned to his initial position. “Alright, enough. Kalin can remove the light by saying ‘Fade Out’. Then next say ‘Life Check’.”

Like earlier, we're following orders from Mr. Aryo. But this time it was not a ball of blue light that appeared, but rather a thread-like elongated light surrounding the hand. Things can't happen to me anymore. There was such a long light that it could form a armor around my body. From head to toe.

Again Zack and Pack Aryo were shocked to see the strangeness I experienced. Zack who was shocked because he suddenly saw the golden swordsman beside him, and Pak Aryo who was shocked because he had never seen someone had so much Natergy capacity.

Someone shouted from the opposite end bench to me, “Oi! Quickly turn off the light. Too glare here.”

Immediately I turned off my light by saying ‘Fade Out’. No response from Mr. Aryo. He just sighed while smiling.

...~Π~...

After a long time Mr. Aryo explained about Mana and Natergy, we were finally taught how to control magic power.

Mr. Aryo picked up the book he had brought that had been stored on the table. He seemed to be drawing something because his hand seemed to be moving there. He quickly finished it and his hand moved the paper he had drawn and quickly dragged it out of the book. As soon as we who were originally in the classroom, were suddenly in a vast expanse of land. The chair we were sitting on turned into a tree stump

“Now it's time we train how to control magic power. You take the paper you gave me. Each can be one sheet.” Mr. Aryo distributed a 10 cm x 5 cm paper leaflet with a picture of an owl flying over it.

I don't know what this owl image means because I saw it for the first time. Even I just found out that there's some kind of magic paper.

“Try you to slip this paper between your fingers. Free to which part. Then say ‘Ro Dah’ while focusing on draining your mana into it. Imagine there is energy flowing into your hands then activating the spell paper.”

Mr. Aryo demonstrated what he said as an example for us. When he said ‘Ro Dah’, suddenly the paper turned into an owl and stopped on his shoulder.

Then everyone did the same thing as Mr. Aryo.  Blue-colored air waves flowed all over their hands. Flowing from within them towards the hand then towards the spell paper. Argon's papers are missing, don't know what caused them.

Then Mr. Aryo explained, “Oh yes, I forgot. Every event that your paper goes through, then it will determine what magic you have. For example, Argon suddenly disappears, which means he can disappear.”

All of them reacted to the paper including Zack whose paper hardened like a rock. Some froze, floated, even to the point of being blown into the air. But there is an exception for me. The paper on my finger did not react. This is because this paper is not my creation. My strength is to create things according to the composition of the materials used, then I can change it as I like as long as it is my creation and not someone else.

Again, Mr. Aryo was surprised by my strangeness. He asked me, “Hei, Den. Why doesn't your paper react to anything?”

I answered Mr. Aryo's question while taking out the thing in my left hand. “This paper is not my creation. I can only react my power to things that are only my own. So this paper will not react anything to my power.”

“Bapak is getting confused with you. How can you understand magic. Whereas we just started training today.”

“Simple enough. During Junior High, I  ? spent my playing time researching about the powers I had. I've known that I can create things since grade 6 Elementary School. Therefore after a year passed I was immediately interested in my strength.”

Mr. Aryo then flicked the network accompanied by the disappearance of the view of uninhabited land. We're back in class again. “The father of today's training is quite so because it has exceeded two hours. Please you can leave class.”

Without further ado we all went straight out of class