Ancient Imperial Calendar Year 1802
Ricardo was now 7 years old. In the past two years, he could use an abnormal amount of aura compared to his peers. He was at a level where he could defeat someone a few years older than him in a one-on-one duel. His master Richard was normally required to train only for aura for two years according to the Kislavein training system, but Ricardo had only created the aura he could create in those two years in a period of about a month. So Richard gave Ricardo lessons in swordsmanship as well as aura. Ricardo had surprised his master once again during his training. Ricardo had mastered the Kislavein style sword arts very quickly. In his previous life, he had already fought in countless battles for 50 years with larger, heavier and sharper swords.
Aura is something that is always present in the human body, every person has it, but only a certain group of people have a dense amount of aura and they can reveal it, these people train for decades to be able to use the entire aura in their bodies, but a select few among them could only reach their full potential in ten years, and Ricardo was a select person even among these select people. According to Ricardo's calculations, when he was 10 years old, that is, in 5 years since he first started training, he would reach his full potential, but since his body could not withstand all this aura release, he could only use a certain part of his aura. When he was 18, he would be able to use his entire aura.
According to the tradition of House Kislaveyn, Ricardo would have a magician to teach him since he was 7 years old, but his mother was a Middle-Rank High Tier level mage and would soon receive her High-Rank Lower Tier Certificate from the Mage Association.
Before her marriage, Seliarnevre was a Middle-Rank Lower Tier mage, if she hadn't had to deal with the machinations of the Kislaveyn Palace, she could have even been equal to House Lord Orsman, who is currently a High-Rank High Tier mage, who knows, maybe Orsman didn't want Seliarnevre to surpass him, or maybe he thought that the child born from their union would be a very powerful mage, who knows.
Seliarnevre was appointed as Ricardo's son's magic master, now he could spend time with his son again and pass on his own knowledge to his son, the palace intrigues had not ended in the past two years, four more children had died in the palace, and four assassination attempts against Ricardo had been thwarted by Seliarnevre and Richard.
Seliarnevre took Ricardo to the Garden for magic training, this was a garden as large as the palace, the Kislaveyn children who were 7 years old would take their first steps into magic here, mana was needed to perform magic, mana was found in the oxygen we breathe in the air, in other words, everyone has mana, like aura, but not everyone can transform mana into magic, you need to have the right body, mind, talent and lineage, and Ricardo has them all.
Ricardo never used magic in his previous life, he had the ability but he preferred to fight hand to hand. According to him, real men did not use magic behind their backs and fought to the death with their swords. Of course, this thought remained in the past. Maybe if he had continued his magic practices and improved his magic skills by using magic in battles, he would not have been killed by King Frank II of Fresfurt in the last war. Frank II was not as skilled a swordsman as Harloumen VIII, he did not have as much life and war experience as him, but he had a unique talent in magic and he practically poured this talent into the duel, thanks to this he was able to defeat the last emperor of the Ancient Empire, who was the best warrior and duelist of the era.
Now Ricardo didn't want to make the same mistake, if he had a talent for magic he would use it to the fullest anyway, his mother's side, the Payrist House, were known for their inclination towards magic, Seliarnevre was the most powerful ice wizard of her era.
Seliarnevre took Ricardo to the Palace Garden and looked at her son and smiled
"I have waited for this day for 7 years, I am so happy to teach you magic Ricardo"
Ricardo looked at his mother and smiled, he had a sweet expression on his face
"I am very excited too mom, let's start right away"
Seliarnevre leaned over and patted Ricardo's head with her hand, she was as excited as her son
"Don't rush Ricardo, sorcery is a long way, on the other hand, considering your enormous aura amount, you can store a lot of mana, the amount of mana is balanced with the person's aura level, so your master and I have high expectations"
When his mother finished speaking, Ricardo said with a serious expression
"Don't worry mother, I will exceed your expectations"
Seliarnevre didn't want to waste any more time and started her magic training
"First sit in a comfortable position Ricardo you will be breathing mana consciously for the first time you should be relaxed close your eyes clear your mind and breathe in and out use your aura and feel the mana in the air then separate it and move it towards your heart and concentrate it there"
Ricardo followed his mother's instructions to the letter the mana began to concentrate in Ricardo's heart and in a short time a very dense mana accumulated in Ricardo's heart Seliarnevre was now aware that she was at a very critical moment one wrong move could cause the mana to burst the heart and cause Ricardo's death
"Ricardo, don't get excited, stay calm, compress your mana tightly and surround it with your aura, then compress your mana even more with your aura, calm your mana and fix it to the point it is at, disperse your aura, and thus you will have created a mana heart inside your heart"
When Seliarnevre finished her words, Ricardo created the Mana Heart in a short time in seconds. Seliarnevre was proud of her son, his son had a unique potential both in aura and in mana, and what she was most curious about was how her son had reached his full potential.