小嫂子的味道

"Umm, dad, I misunderstood what the average ranks of people here are, to tell you the truth, my rank is C," I tried to explain myself.

"No son, you don't need to worry about anything. It's not like I won't love you if your rank is average," said Ron as he wiped off his tears with a handkerchief.

"No no, it's not that—" before I could say anything else he leaned toward me and embraced me in his arms.

'I can't clear up this mess now, can I?' I thought while a weird smirk appeared on my face.

I wasn't that connected to my parents before I died so these types of parental love things made me feel kind of awkward.

But when I think about this from the bottom of my heart I…don't dislike this feeling.

For the moment I decided to keep the thing about my rank a secret since nobody would believe me even if I tell them.

Ron patted me on the back and released me from his hands while he continued wiping off his tears. He was a little too emotional when it came to these kinds of things.

Anyway, that was all he wanted to talk to me about. After that, I went out of the room and headed over to a certain place. Mana capacity was mentioned in my status screen so there was a high possibility that magic also exists in this world.

I was excited to try it out but there were many things I was confused about; things as the power system of this world. If I consider the possibility that things in this world happen the same way I've read in novels then there was a good possibility there's should be a power system also.

Also, my status was pretty messed up. Like my rank was C and other stats were D, it was a thing that I find weird.

Like if the leveling system worked in alphabetical order then my rank should be D, not C since the other stats were D.

'I won't get that side quest old man who will explain all things to me, will I?' I asked myself letting out a sigh.

Reality is often very different from fiction; this was a very obvious thing that I understood now.

For now, to check how the leveling system works I'll have to level up and uncover the secrets by myself. There's no other option.

In this world, I didn't have much to do so I was bored but now I think I won't be that bored.

***

I arrived at that "certain" location; this was nothing special but the backyard of my house.

This was the perfect place for me to experiment with no one to disturb me here. If someone saw me now they will find a creepy grin on my face; I can't help it, I was so excited that my feelings were overflowing.

How can I not be excited? I was going to try using magic!

I don't know how magic works in this world so I am just going to try all the ways to use magic I have read so far in novels.

'Hopefully out of fourteen million, six hundred and five possibilities one of them will work.'

"Hehe, this is going to be fun," I mumbled as I rubbed the palm of my hands together.

"Let's start, attempt one."

I closed my eyes and stood straight, focusing on my body and surroundings. I took in a deep breath and exhaled.

I took a step forward and prepared myself for the "thing".

"Crimson-black blaze, king of myriad worlds, though I promulgate the laws of nature, I am the alias of destruction incarnate in accordance with the principles of all creation. Let the hammer of eternity descend unto me!"

"Explosion," I chanted the incantation I saw in a popular novel.

A cold breeze hit me and I heard the sound of rustling leaves but…nothing happened.

Okay, this was a complete failure.

"Attempt two, active magic system!" I said aloud but again nothing happened.

After that, I tried many more times but nothing happened, I even tried drawing random magic circles on the ground with a stick but that also did not work. It was a complete failure overall.

"Okay, one last try," I whispered to myself, this time I was going to try the classic of classics method of using magic.

That was to imagine the whole spell you are going to use, for example; if I want to summon a fireball then first I have to decide where I have to summon it, what will be its size, its temperature, shape, and some other details.

Then I'll have to imagine the process of how a fire burns, it will be better the more I can imagine the process in detail. For example, if imagine the process on the atomic level then the resulting fireball will be more powerful.

This was the process I was going to use for my last try; this is a slightly complicated process so I kept it for last.

As I was about to begin my experiment of summoning a fireball my gaze fell on the house behind me. My house was mostly made up of wood and there were also many trees and bushes in the backyard, seeing all this I smirked a little.

"Maybe I should try with a water ball first," I said to myself.

Okay, so water ball it is then. I prepared myself to try this last method, my chemistry books were going to help for the first time in my life.

I stood straight and stretched out my right hand and started to imagine the process.

The water molecule is composed of two hydrogen atoms, each linked by a single chemical bond to an oxygen atom.

'Concentrate, concentrate…'

I imagined hydrogen and oxygen atoms combining and forming water molecules in front of my palm.

Suddenly I felt the sensation of blood gathering in my right hand.

My blood feels as if it was being squeezed out, and a water ball the size of a fist appeared in front of my right hand.

"Whoa!!"

In an instant I felt a rush of energy in my body, the moment I showed amazement, the water ball fell onto the ground, dampening it.

It didn't turn out as planned but a water ball did appear! The existence of magic in this world is real!

A big grin covered my face as I considered all the things I can do now, but first…

I needed to retry this process, I planned to shoot out the water ball but it failed, perhaps my concentration had been broken when I saw the water ball appear out of thin air.

So I was going to try this once again.

The sensation of blood gathering in my right hand, that rush of energy I felt at that time.

I once again raise my right hand, recall that feeling from before, and imagine it in my mind.

"Brea…the…"

I took a deep breath.

I send the blood flowing from my toes and the top of my head into my right hand, using that feeling to gather power.

And then, have the feeling of firing it out from my palm...

Concentrate, squeezing out waterrrrrrr...

"HUH!" I unconsciously shouted like a monk.

The water ball came out and it flew toward one of the trees at high speed.

Crash!

The branches snapped easily and the tree fell onto the ground. Fortunately, it was not a big tree so it did not shake the ground when it fell.

I quickly looked around, here and there to confirm no one saw me.

This experiment was a success and now there was no reason for me to stay any longer.

'Okay, I don't know what happened here,' I said to myself inwardly and ran inside my house.