Chapter 28: Chapter 28 Learning Stone Armor

Things have changed a lot in the Vanderbilt estate ever since Michael revealed his true magical aptitude to his parents. His daily life consisted of an early morning tutoring session with his mother in Earth magic, cramming all kinds of information into him in an effort to make his Earth mana the best out of the four elements. She treated it as if it was a competition. "Fufufufu…you're soaking up all the information! As expected of my little genius." Despite being forced to wake up early in the morning, Michael didn't mind the tutoring sessions. He learned a lot of new information about Earth magic and spells that he wouldn't have known otherwise. "Earth mana is strongest early in the day since that is when the flowers, plants, stones, and animals wake up to soak all the energy in their surroundings and convert it into Earth mana…," Lylia continued to explain. It was interesting to learn that Earth mana came from the beings living in the world. The best way to explain it would be to compare it to the natural cycle of life. Plants soak up light from the sun and convert it into energy. Then, animals eat those plants and use them as their source of energy. Some of that energy gets used up while some of it gets thrown away into waste…and also Earth mana. She also taught him how to properly meditate. The purer mana one could gather to fill their core, the higher magic output they could achieve. Mana gathering or meditating was a practice that all mages needed to master first and foremost. And since Lylia was a genius at Earth magic, she was excellent at meditating Earth mana. The best way to teach a kid the proper technique was to embrace them and gather mana for them, sort of like a proxy. She was so excited to teach him about mana gathering, but was quickly saddened once she realized that he was already quite adept at meditating. Earth mana as well as the other three elemental mana revolved around Michael's tiny body like a tornado. It didn't take long before everything got sucked up into his cores, increasing its size by a tiny bit. It was all thanks to ChatJK1, of course. His personal AI assistant was in charge of gathering mana for him, even while he was asleep. With nothing left to teach him, his mother then demonstrated a few spells for him. "This is a 2 - star spell called Stone Armor," Lylia said as she spread her hands, with a brownish aura glowing around her body. Michael watched as pieces of granite stones manifested in the air above his mother's skin and stuck to her like a magnet. It formed a skin - tight armor on her body, protecting the torso, head, arms, and legs. The granite armor made her seem like a Norse goddess ready for battle.