Arthur Leywin
"Can I at least eat din...Ouch!" Mother slapped me on my ass before I could even finish my sentence.
"Of course! Please follow us, Director Cynthia." Mother ushered us, leading Director Cynthia while the rest followed.
My dinner...
Sylvie, who had been hiding underneath the dinner table from the unfamiliar human, trotted behind me, causing Director Cynthia to raise an eyebrow.
"Oh my... What a lovely mana beast. I assume it is your contracted beast, Arthur?" she asked me inquisitively while kneeling down to get a closer view at Sylvie.
"Yeah, she hatched a few months ago. Her name is Sylvie," I simply responded, my mother's hand still grabbing onto the back of my shirt to keep me from escaping, Jayden damn near grabbing my neck just to stop me.
"I have to say, while it is common for nobles to buy beasts to contract, I have never seen a mana beast like yours."
Shrugging my shoulders, I explained, "I'm not exactly sure what she is either. Her mother seemed to be some sort of scaled wolf-like creature. She was already gravely wounded when I stumbled into her nest. She was protecting her egg."
She reached to pet Sylvie but she scampered away and climbed on top of my head.
"Sorry, she's a bit shy around strangers."
"I see. Well enough about her. Let us see if what Vincent said wasn't just exaggeration. He didn't tell me much except that you're an augmenter, saying the rest would be a surprise." She let out a wry smile, making Vincent blush.
We had arrived at the backyard and everyone took seats, giving us enough space, Sylvie struggling to escape the grasp of my little sister, whom I entrusted her with, and Jayden standing up a bit closer to us then everyone else, in case he needed to step in.
"You're not going to use your wand?" I started stretching.
"It isn't very fair of me to be using a weapon when you yourself are empty handed as well, right?" She gave me a wink.
She made a solid point.
I stomped my right foot into the ground and a piece of the ground the size of my body thrusted up. My hands are lazily in my pocket so I kicked the rock at Director Cynthia's direction.
A wind wall appeared instantly in front of her, knocking up the rock I had just kicked high into the air.
Ooh, Insta-casting.
Even without looking, I could tell Jayden was impressed. Maybe he could learn a bit from her.
I guess she wasn't just a director that sat in front of her desk signing papers.
Her brows raised in surprise by the sudden attack I threw at her, but she quickly composed herself. I could tell she hadn't been expecting an elemental attack from me, especially since she knew I was an augmenter.
I willed a gust of wind underneath my feet and propelled myself to her.
Her expression grew even more surprised as I easily jumped up three meters into the air with the help of my Wind attribute skill as a swirling whirlwind enveloped my right fist. Using the boulder that had just been knocked up by the Director as a foothold, I kicked off it to gain enough momentum to hopefully break through her barrier.
The collision of her our two spells created an erratic current of wind, forcing the audience to cover themselves, even with Jayden protecting them with the Aegis Shield. Too slow, huh?
"Jesus, man, chill out!" I heard him shout.
The collision blew me back, but Director Cynthia remained steady on her feet. Before I was able to recompose myself, the director had already finished her next move as gusts of wind swirled and shaped themselves into four twisters the size of small trees. Without even a visible command from her, the twisters shot themselves towards me.
Gathering Wind attribute mana around me, I willed a small tornado to form around me, spinning the opposite direction of Director Goodsky's spell. Using the centrifugal force generated by my cyclone, I began spinning along with it, using my hands to create blades of Wind.
The clash between the four twisters and my cyclone created a small crater but otherwise didn't do me any harm besides making me dizzy as a bitch.
"Impressive. It seems like I will have to take you just a bit more seriously."
Instantly I'm knocked back, my ears ringing and my vision's unsteady.
She was a Deviant... a Sound mage at that.
I steadied myself, taking a glance at my opponent who was staring back at me with a mildly impressed expression on her face.
My head began spinning, trying to think of different possible moves I could take to win, but she had me in a checkmate. Suppressing my pride and stubbornness, I took a seat on the ground, admitting defeat.
"That should be enough for a demonstration, right, Director?" I rubbed my temples.
"Yes... That is quite sufficient," she muttered. There was a long pause as she began studying me with a newly found interest.
Jayden Leywin
No way! So she was a sound mage, huh? I guess it would've been obvious, seeing her core level.
She regained her senses and made her way towards Arthur when I heard Father's voice.
"A-Arthur... You know how to use Earth and Wind attribute spells as well?"
"What do you mean, 'as well'?" Director Cynthia interrupted, her composed look turning into a look of confusion.
My mother continued on for my baffled father.
"H-he, my son, we thought he was a Fire elemental. He's a Deviant as well that can use Lightning magic! And my other son, he's also a Deviant, in three elements."
I could hear Director Cynthia's breath turn short, and for the first time, her expression of someone truly in shock.
"S-surely you jest... you mean to say that Arthur alone is capable of controlling at least three elements? And Jayden the same?"
"Um. I feel like I should interrupt here and say we can both use all four elements," I said as I awkwardly raised my hand, bringing all eyes onto me.
"Arthur, get up." I looked to him.
"Earth and Wind are my weakest elements. I'm a lot more adept in controlling Fire and Water. I also happen to be deviants in both those elements, although I had just began training in them." He got up to his feet, shaking off the dizziness from the previous attack.
Neither of us were expecting a sound user so I can see why he didn't bother enhancing his ears. The director was quite cruel, though. If his body hadn't gone through assimilation, his hearing would have been quite damaged.
"Jayden's not only better at manipulating all four elements than me alone, he's even got better control over the deviants than I do. Whereas I can barely control Lightning and Ice, he can effectively utilize Lightning, Ice and Gravity in battle. He's really quite the monster, you see," he finished.
