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After Cale's conversation with Phanes, he began to embrace the use of his magical abilities more openly. His magic became an integral part of his daily life as he utilized it to assist the church and the villagers. With each application of his magic, Cale noticed a noticeable improvement in both his control and the strength of his magical abilities.
He seized the opportunity to wield his magic more frequently, disregarding Father Orsi's reprimands about his excessive use of magic.
And so, he took it upon himself to teach Asta and Yuno how to read and write. The father, Orsi, and the other priests were occupied with their duties and didn't have the time to educate the two boys, so he stepped in to ensure that they received the necessary instruction.
Asta was still finding it challenging to write and read, but he was making progress. On the other hand, Yuno seemed to have a natural talent for reading, although he also faced difficulties with his writing. Despite their differing struggles, both of them were determined to improve their skills.
Not long after Yuno first used his magic at the age of 7, he discovered that he had a wind affinity, which was notably strong. However, Asta seemed not to possess any visible magic, and even Cale, who could sense magic, couldn't detect any magical power within Asta. Despite this, Cale chose not to bring up the topic with Asta.
He began contemplating the concept of magic that transcended elemental properties, exploring the various potential abilities that Asta might possess.
On a particular evening, Asta approached me with his eyes visibly swollen and red from crying.
"Asta! Why are you crying? Did something happen?" I left everything I was doing to comfort Asta in my arms.
"Cale nii-chan, why don't I have magic? Yuno got his magic but only I don't" Asta mumbled,
"Oh, Asta, my sweet brother, I have heard that some people's magic was discovered later or you have a different magic than me and Yuno, you see I have blood magic while Yuno has wind magic, both are solid magic, but you might have different magic than both of us" Cale explained Asta who was silently listening.
"So until you discover what is your magic don't give up okay?" Cale added, Asta sniffed as he brightly smiled at Cale,
"Then until I get my magic I'll train hard as Cale nii-chan and will become stronger!" Asta shouted energetically, Cale only smiled at Asta while he went to Yuno who was with a small Recca.
"Time does pass quickly" Cale mumbled, as he returned to chop the woods,
Night came and Cale started to read the books Phanes gave him, his ability sucks the information into his brain without leaving any information behind.
The first book he got from Phanes was about his Blood magic, it was a pretty thick book with lots of information but it didn't take long for Cale to read and absorb all the information,
The second book was about the previous saints and saintesses of Phanes, there were a lot of abilities each one of them possessed but every person in the book had different abilities, no one had the same abilities as the other one,
That means Cale would possess different abilities from these people in the book, after reading both of the books he checked on the eggs he got from Phanes,
When he returned with the items he got from Phanes, Father Orsi asked where I got the eggs, he only answered he found them in the wilderness,
Cale didn't want Father Orsi to see the weapons so he hid them under his bed, which is not a good idea but he was running out of hiding places around the church so he didn't have a choice but to hide them under the bed.
As night came and after everyone slept Cale left the Church to train his magic, his magic control improved every time he practiced his magic,
He was sure that his magical power was better than average people's.
"What other ways can I use my magic and abilities? Creating, healing, defense, and attack... maybe I should try to enhance my body capabilities by manipulating my blood" Cale muttered,
"Can I use my blood as a teleportian? Maybe I should start working on poisons as well, but where can I buy poison? And if Father knows I'll be in trouble..." added Cale, he thought for a while, "Let's start with enhancing my body capabilities maybe starting with strength or speed is the best."
Cale experimented by practicing other ways to use his blood magic and his special blood abilities from his Mother's family, everything went normal like any other day until-
Waaaaah!
Waaaaanh-
Waaanh!
A crying noise was heard nearby around his area,
"A child's crying noise?" Cale muttered before going the way to the crying noise.
It was not that far away from where he was practicing, there was an infant in a basket like any other his sibling abandoned the child behind the big bush near the church,
"I believe I have never seen a basket when I left the church a few hours ago, so does that mean this child was abandoned just a few moments ago? Or was he always here?" Cale took the child in his arms, he saw the child's name written on his fabric,
Nash,
It was the child's name, and since he was already abandoned he had no reason to leave him here instead of taking him back to the Church, and he was sure Father would be alright with another child in his care,
"Nash, what a nice name, from now on you're my sibling, Nash, Welcome home," Cale said as he headed to the Church with the infant.
That day Cale got another family member, a little boy with brown hair and light purple eyes, such a nice combination.
But it didn't end there,
3 years after Father Orsi found a child in front of the church one morning, a young girl with black hair and pink eyes, when Father Orsi found her she didn't even have a name so Orsi named her Aruru,
Not to mention Asta and Yuno's new dream, A Wizard King, those who heard Asta say he'll become a Wizard King and prove that a magicless boy can become a Wizard King,
A year later a young woman named Lily Aquaria joined his family, she was a beautiful and kind woman,
Sister Lily helped him a lot of times and Cale was grateful, she started to look after the kids, allowing Cale to have more free time, so during that free time he would go around the village's libraries, practicing his magic and body, earning money for the church and saving a few for his journey he'll soon leave and hunt around the forest.
Currently, he was sitting outside with Father Orsi beside him on the bench looking at the children playing around with Sister Lily,
"Did something happen Cale?" Orsi asked if it was weird for him to ask Orsi to talk alone with him.
"Father I don't know how to tell this but... when I turn 12 I want to travel around the world." Said Cale, at that Orsi, looked at Cale in surprise.
"Travel you say?" Asked Orsi, 'Cale wants to travel? But where? It's dangerous but it's the first time Cale asked for him something...'
"Yes, I want to go around the world know more and want to get stronger but I'll be back when it's time for Grimoire Ceremony," Cale promised,
"Before your Grimoire Ceremony, does that mean you'll be gone around 3 years, of course, I'll allow you to leave but have you spoken to the kids? They would miss you" Orsi said.
"I'm planning to tell them later, and thank you for allowing me to leave Fathe- Dad" Cale smiled gently at Orsi before moving away to play with the children.
He didn't see the tears falling from Orsi's eyes, 'ahh! Cale is such an innocent and kind boy, how did such a kind child be abandoned, such a cruel world we live in'