Chapter 5: Method to Recovering Mana

Chapter 5: Method to Recovering Mana

Im a three-year-old who can now use magic even indoors.

Suddenly, I woke up to find myself surrounded by doctors.

Thats right, I fainted. The doctor told me to rest for a while since it wasnt life-threatening.

By the way, the maid who was guarding me at night was pale. Thats your fault.

The mana in my body hasnt completely returned but it has returned to some extent. Perhaps people in this world have an organ that generates magic.

Even so I cant believe that I would feel that weak when magic leaves my body Im not missing something important like my soul, right? Im getting anxious.

Ive become able to use magic indoors, but I faint after using it once, so its not very useful.

Is there not a way for me to increase the mana in my body?

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It was really a coincidence.

A few days passed since then and for the first time in a long time, I was allowed to go out in the garden where I secretly practiced my magic as usual.

I was making a ball of light about the size of a candy and adjusting its brightness in various ways, hoping to learn magic that I can use in the dark (or more accurately, lamp magic that wouldnt wake the dozing watch guard). Suddenly, a maid came running up to me.

I was about to deactivate the spell in a panic, but for some reason, I immediately thought, What a waste. Maybe because I had used a lot of mana to reduce the brightness of the ball of light.

Adjustments consume an equal amount of mana, whether its making it brighter, darker, or changing the size.

Anyway, I thought it was a waste, and when I deactivated the ball of light, I imagined mana being in particle form instead of a liquid form.

Then, a little bit of magic element that was released from my palm entered my body.

I was able to take the mana in the air into my body.

I believe I have a talent for magic since I was able to sense it at once and with a small amount.

However, when I absorbed the mana into my body, I couldnt take in a large amount at first. I felt full or as if I was suffocating. Perhaps, the amount of mana in my body had reached a saturated amount.

I think I absorbed enough to last two or three times indoors.

It was at this point that I remembered that the mana in my body was denser.

Next, lets talk about the building I live in. This is a one-story building which means there is no second floor. It is bigger than a mansion; it is a giga-mansion. Apparently, this building is just one of the buildings in the Imperial Palace. I was told that this was a temporary residence until I reach a certain age.

I am told that the Imperial Palace is a collection of several palaces.

Each time an emperor is enthroned, a new palace is built or renovated. It is so massive that people need to move around in horses or carriages.

As expected of a nation called Empire.

This building is part of the palace built by the sixth emperor and was originally the residence of the crown prince of that time. Oh, the crown prince is the late emperor that is, my grandfather.

I dont know what he looks like, but I dont think its a bad idea to live in a place where my grandfather spent his childhood.

In my previous life, by the time I became aware of things around me, I didnt have a grandfather. Well, I guess its true in this life too.

Incidentally, I heard that the unused palaces are used as temporary residences for high-ranking aristocrats such as the Chancellor and the Chief of the Ministry of Ceremonies when they stay in the capital.

Also, even though I didnt hear this directly, it seems that palaces with one-story buildings like this one are called Princes Palace. These palaces dont have second floors because it is impolite to have someone on the second floor (above the emperor) while the prince (in my case, the emperor) lives on the first floor. Well, I can understand their way of thinking. There were people who thought the same in my previous life.

Then, why does the princes room have to be on the first floor?

This probably has something to do with restrictions on the water supply and the fact that he is a child.

This building has a toilet and a bath. Both have running water and a good drainage system. However, the water pressure is quite weak. There are no showers, and although the toilets are flushable, they have a constant stream of water running down the hole.

Perhaps pumps havent been invented in this world yet, and it would be inefficient to have water facilities on the second floor or higher.

And the prince who uses the facilities is a child. So, if the princes room is on the second floor, then he would have to go down the stairs every time he wanted to use these facilities. They must have thought that would be dangerous.

Actually, Ive been walking around as I please ever since Ive been able to move. The maids dont try to stop me. Though, they do stop me from entering the kitchen and other dangerous places.

After all this speculation, all I could think was, I wish I knew how a pump worked. Some people may think its easy, but its easy to forget or not know things that you dont use in your daily life.

I was a Liberal Arts major. Now I realise how fortunate I was in my previous life to be able to easily look things up on the internet.

Leaving that aside

Ah yes, I also heard another interesting story.

Normally, emperors go through the enthronement ceremony after they have been crowned as the crown prince to become the emperor. However, I didnt go through these two stages since I was born as an emperor. It seems the biggest dispute between the Chancellor faction and the Regent faction is when to hold the enthronement ceremony and who will place the imperial crown on the emperors head.

The person who puts the crown on the emperors head will probably have the second highest authority after the emperor.

Well in any case, if Im going to run away, it should be before the coronation.