Brand New Life Online: Rise Of The Goddess Of Harvest

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Tomas life flashed through his mind for a moment, he was able to have another glimpse at his childhood, his early steps as a magician, and how his first master, Gandolf, taught him everything he knows.

Tomas was never very talented at magic, he wasn't the best at it either, where he got at was through sheer effort and practice, constant and without end, every day, every night, for years.

At first he could barely conjure a small, tiny nail-sized ice crystal, so weak it broke when it touched almost anything.

But over time, as he was taught and learned his real abilities, he slowly shaped magic and mana differently, transforming, evolving as a person.

He dedicated his whole life to this, to magic.

Since he was a child that his wish was to join the Magician Guild and become a prestigious mage that could raise his small family from their poverty.

Despite coming from a noble family, he was the illegitimate son of a noble man, and his mother was a maid whose his father had a hidden relationship.

"Mama, when will I meet my father? All the kids at school laugh at me because I told them I didn't have one…"

"Y-Your father? Ah… well, he's… he's a very important man, someone… that is too busy. I'm sorry, Tomas…"

He never saw his father in his entire life, and his mother was always working to keep him well fed. His father only gave him and his mother their house and paid for basic expenses.

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But everything else, such as education, food, clothes, water, and so on, had to come from their own hard work, completely abandoned after that.

"Haaah… My back and my foot hurt so much… I want to sleep… T-Tomas! Did you have dinner?"

As he saw his mother come back tired from working every night, Tomas constantly made his goal to earn money through his magic, to become the best magician.

Gandolf, a wandering magician, became his master after he saw him starving on the streets and was fed. As a reward for letting him live in their house and give him food, Gandolf became his personal magic tutor.

"Thank you for your kindness, son. I have nothing to repay you for your favor, other than my own knowledge and life experiences, however."

"You're… a real mage, right?! Would you become my tutor? I want to become a great magician and earn money for mom!"

Wandering Magicians were different than the Magicians of the Prestigious Tower, they were often times treated as vagabonds, people that wandered from town to town, learning about magic alongside life and experiences.

"Hahahah… So eager… Very well, perhaps this too, is part of my destiny. Let's see where the Flow of Mana brings me to this time around."

They came to the realization that the only way for their magic to no longer stagnate, and for them to discover the wonders of mana, was to experience a life full of adventures and dangers and search for magic around the world.

They followed the doctrine of "The Flow of Mana" a belief amongst Wandering Magicians that Mana had a predetermined "Flow" for every person in the world, and that the Flow of Mana led them to their destinies.

By denying the Flow of Mana, they would be unable to learn more and grow as people and magicians, but if they embraced these little opportunities, and took advantage of them, they would grow, learn and even become stronger.

"Magic is so hard…"

Tomas took a while to even conjure more than the tiny little spell he could create, but Gandolf was an incredibly patient and good-natured magician.

"Patience, patience… Everything will come naturally, the Flow of Mana is always protecting you, Tomas. Believe in it and believe in yourself."

"The Flow of Mana…?"

"Once more, check these books drawings. See these Runes? Your Runic Inscriptions are a bit… well, not good, let's practice by doing a hundred of them today!"

"A hundred?!"

"Do your best trying to copy these Runes! It is within human nature to copy and imitate the other people we see around us to learn, right? That's how we learn how to talk after all."

"Y-Yes… I guess… I'll do my best."

Years passed, and although it was hard at the beginning, Tomas improved, becoming better and better, and ultimately, despite his background, he was accepted into a Magician School, with Gandolf becoming a teacher there to supervise him.

He faced countless challenges, and most of the time, the more talented and richer noble magician students bullied him a lot, Tomas was a very meek and shy boy, he was unable to fight back against their bullying, and only Gandolf could protect him.@@novelbin@@

However, despite all of that, he kept working hard, no matter how others treated him, and eventually, he grew strong, stronger, and even stronger after that.

His magic became proper magic, and his knowledge and spells allowed him to finally give the final step, reaching the tower he dreamed for his entire life.

"Congratulations, Tomas! This is just what you wanted, right?"

"A-Ah, yes… I still can hardly believe it. But what about you, Master Gandolf?"

"Ah well, I've grown rather used to the city life by now, so I've decided to join the Tower for a while, see how the people are over there, maybe make new friends? Before I depart. I want to see you become a full-fledged magician first after all."

"Master… Thank you, for everything."

"It's nothing kiddo. That's just how the Flow of Mana willed it to be."

And yet, although their lives looked to be improving.

It all came down the moment they joined that wretched tower.

"Tomas! Tomas! We have to run away!"

"M-master?!"

Gandolf came running towards him, his eyes full of horror and terrified.

"They're demons! They're dealing with demons, Tomas! The Magicians of this tower are insane! They're a cult!"

"W-What?! No… t-that cannot be!"

"It's the truth! They tried to turn me into one of them, I ran away but- Ah! They're here, we have to get out of the Tower, hurry!"

Gandolf grabbed Tomas by the hand, dragging him away.

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