The Tales of Draconic Warlock

"Magnus, have you packed everything that you need?" my mother asked for the hundredth time before we set off to the academy.

"Yes mother, for the hundredth time. Stop worrying about these small details. I can just buy at the academy if I have forgotten anything", I replied to her.

She just smiled and rubbed my head.

"Mom, you are disturbing my hair again", I said to her.

Man, every time. I have to comb properly and then she would change its structure. I am not thrilled to comb my hair again and again.

She didn't say anything but hugged me.

Sigh!

Mothers were never good at saying goodbyes to their children.

She knew pretty well that once I left today, there would be fewer and fewer interactions between us. Yes, with the development of the world, there are Mobile phones and we can speak with each other daily but that is not easy.

We would have our own schedules and it would not be easy to speak with each other.

She has seen this four times before me but each time there was another child to take care of at home and she didn't feel that much but with me it was different. There were no children after me. So once I leave, there would be no children at home for her to take care of.

She knew about this matter when I went on an adventure in the wild for almost seven months.

Even if she knew about the matter beforehand, it was still not easy to say goodbye. From now onwards we can only meet each other when I have holidays and that would be in the first two years of the academy. Returning home would be less and less from this point.

I have only seen my siblings a few times in the past few years. It was not the same when I was an infant or before my awakening. At that time, I could see one of them every month but that stopped. It would be the same with me and Mother from now on.

I don't know what she is feeling but I can understand her. So I hugged her back without saying anything.

No matter how annoying her words appear, she is my mother and I knew that she cared for me more than anyone else that wouldn't change until the end.

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After saying goodbye to my mother, my father and I appeared at the teleportation hub. Yes, he was coming along with me, though I clearly told him it was not necessary.

I survived in the wild for seven months, so I am pretty sure that I can take care of myself in the capital. Moreover, it was only two days before the academy's entrance exam, I thought I could survive but that was not at all what my parents thought.

My mother insisted that I either go alongside my father to the capital in order to attend the exam or stay at home. So I have no choice but to keep my mouth sealed.

In my past life, I never had the luxury of enjoying what it was to be a father but I had seen what parenthood is all about. It was not just taking care of the children part but also worrying about them. It was all part of the total package that comes when one becomes a parent.

Anyway, my father and I were dropped off by one of our servants who then took the car back home. We can't bring the car with us into the hub.

There is a way to bring it but it's not worth the cost. Moreover, parking outside the hub would cost money, a lot since the father would be able to return after a few days.

I have used the teleportation hub only once or twice because it was not a journey one likes to have.

Passing through the spatial tunnel was not a comfortable journey. Some people would vomit, so it was advised not to eat too much before using the teleportation. There are also small cases of temporary blindness. This was caused because people would have opened their eyes on the journey.

The energies are not quite pleasurable to sensitive organs like the eyes. It was advised to close your eyes before the teleportation circle was activated.

The longer the distance, the more discomfort one would feel. So it was advised not to be used frequently. The advice applies to the commoners especially.

Not every person in the kingdom can awaken their profession and can rank up. Many fail and many wouldn't have the resources to grow even after they awaken. So a lot of people stay at Tier-0 or Tier-1 their entire lives.

They don't have enough strength to survive the turbulences of the space.

It was discovered that passing through a spatial tunnel would cause changes in the body. It was space magic and could be considered similar to other types of magic attacks. Though the attacks are light and considered passive, going through the process a few many times would not result in a good outcome.

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After entering the teleportation hub, my father went straight to Room 12.

"Royal Capital for two", my father said to the operator and gave a sack of gold coins to him. I have no idea how much it was but my estimation was that it cost a thousand gold each at minimum. I should learn the transportation costs and other costs of living in this world or else I would be duped at every corner.

the operator opened the sack and counted the coins within seconds, "Stand in the teleportation circle and close your eyes", he said.

I could feel the energy fluctuations around me. The teleportation has started. I can feel it because of my connection to the Space element. The energy fluctuations have the presence of Space Element in them.

A few minutes later, the fluctuations started to subside.

I heard someone speaking, "You can open your eyes".

I slowly opened my eyes and saw that we were still standing in a teleportation circle that was inactivated in a similar room that we were in before but I knew that we were no longer in Winter City.

Royal City, I have arrived.