Chapter 68: Biases
"Okay~ We'll stop for today."
"Nn."
Charlotte and I end up leaving Luna's lab before meeting back up with her in the dining area. It's been a bit over a week now since the visit at that facility and things have been going well I'd say, and just recently I'm now able to look at Luna in her eyes without a sudden spike in heat in my chest, which also left her not worrying about combating against my mana.
"How'd it go?" Once we entered the dining area, Luna greeted us while looking over some documents.
"Still the same." Charlotte gives a response to what we did in the lab.
With Lisa now in charge of what we do, she decided it was best for me to focus on controlling my mana rather than going out to do jobs, which is exactly what we've been doing this past week. Unfortunately however, I still have no idea how to control it as I have yet to kill a goblin, I can't even make a scratch.
"Sorry..." I end up apologizing to Charlotte, knowing that I'm taking up time.
"It's okay~" But just like the days before, she pats me on the head, replying in a sweet voice.
Even now, I still get that warm sensation when Charlotte's with me, with or without the mask now. Our relationship has more or less gone back to how it used to be, but that night during the celebration was the last time we shared a bath.
I've come to understand it a bit better though. It's the same thing as kissing from what Lisa and Luna have told me. It's normal to share a bath with siblings or your parents when you're young, but when people are around my age, they tend to only share baths with very close friends or lovers. And that's where my mind's been at since then, wondering how exactly I see Charlotte. I like to think that we're close friends...
It's a bit frustrating since I know for sure I want to take a bath with her, but I wouldn't say I'd want to kiss her. It's not that I hate the idea, but it's still hard for me to see the point of it. So then would that make me somewhere in between? I'm not sure. Either way, Charlotte seems to be happy so I shouldn't worry too much over it.
"I've made tea for you two, but I do need to attend to the front." Luna chimes in, already presenting us with two cups of tea, of course with blood mixed in.
"Thank you." We both say our thanks at the same time as we watch Luna walk out from the corner.
I didn't know this before, but this building Luna is in charge of is actually a store, something similar to the place where Charlotte bought my clothes. But instead of selling clothes, it sells blood.
Apparently it's not just vampires that require blood, but is also used for other species as well. I also learnt that apart from humans, all species have mana inside them, including their blood. Vampires are able to harness all the mana from the blood they digest, but apparently it varies with other species. Some might harness only half or even a quarter, with humans being unable to harness any at all. It's because of this that the people that do come visit Luna's blood lab are demi-humans. Of course those customers aren't allowed where Charlotte and I are, so it's safe for me to keep my mask off.
"Don't worry about it too much, okay? It took me months to finally figure out how to even make a small flame." Charlotte spoke while sipping at the tea, which I also did the same.
"Can everyone make a flame?" I ask this simply because that's all I've seen so far.
Back during Charlotte's fight with that Furor group, they used fire magic as well. There was that woman who also water magic as well, but since she was in a park, I figured maybe she didn't use fire magic because of all the grass and trees around her.
"Technically yes. Everyone can use any element of magic, however people are born with biases. For example, if someone is born at a lakeside, they tend to develop water magic much easier."
Hearing that explanation leads me to believe that maybe because I grew up in darkness that maybe I don't have any of those 'biases' that Charlotte said.
"So then, can you also use other elements?"
"A bit." She then puts down her cup before lifting her palm up, and in the next moment, a ball of water gradually grows out of thin air, hovering over her palm. "So far all I can use is fire and water magic. I grew up with the bias of fire, but I figured I needed to learn water magic in case something bad were to happen."
"You mean if your flames were to spread?"
"Exactly" She replies as the water ball vanishes in her hand as she picks up the cup once more.
"Is there a way to tell what bias I have?" It's a shot in the dark on my end, but maybe there is a way.
"Hehe, no. As far as I know, people can't read what kind of magic people have."
"But your mom. She could sense my mana." Back when she first examined me, she could tell that my mana was extremely volatile, right?
"Ah~ That's just reading someone's aura using mana sense."
"Mana sense?"
"We can get around to it later. We still need to get you to be able to use magic first, hehe."
Yeah, that's the goal right now, but I'm a little excited to learn more about this 'mana-sense.' Still though... It took months for Charlotte months to make that flame? At least now I have some sort of idea how long this will take.
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