As we start walking towards the dragon mountains, we immediately find a great problem. Zey has little to no stamina. Perhaps that skill also affects his stamina. We'll have to train it along with his magic.

«As I'll be the one teaching you magic, I'll tell you how I came to understand magic. Then, I'll have you reproduce it and then perfect it. Understood?» (Me)

«YES!» (Zey)

This is the first stop of our traveling days.

-I'm going to teach him "air shot" and see if he manages to get a grasp of what magic is like I did.-

I write down the chant for the spell. I use the chant and shot an "Air shot" at a tree in the distance.

«Do the same.» (Me)

His face looks lightly displeased.

«I'm already able to do this. I need more spells to become stronger!» (Zey)

«That's incorrect.»

I gather my mana and create a perforating air shot like I did back in school but this time larger, and threw it at a tree. Half a dozen trees fall to the ground instantly.

«See?! That spell is strong!» (Zey)

«That was an air shot though?» (Me)

Noemi giggles from afar while Laura almost fainted and Gonzo thanked god that we were allies.

«Huh?» (Zey)

«Yes. The only air spell I ever learned was air shot. From then on, I could create any spell at will. You can do so as well. You just need a good grasp of the basics.» (Me)

Zey is dumbfounded. All that he thought was powerful and weak was getting destroyed and rebuild.

«Can I really do any spells from just air shot?» (Zey)

«Yes.» (Me)

For the next two hours, Zey just recklessly used air shot over and over again until he could no longer stand. To do it for so long, it shows that he has quite a lot of potential.

«You are doing everything wrong!» (Me)

«Eek! Why?!» (Zey)

«I told you, you had to understand the basics, didn't I? You are just training air shot! You need to understand what magic itself is!» (Me)

I just gave him a hint as I said that while pointing to my head. I took a few minutes to understand because of my high-grade magic skills. He has really good ones but just below mine so he should take a few hours.

When I finished talking his face lit up like a firefly.

«Visualisation! That's it!» (Zey)

I try to hide my satisfied smile as I turn to Noemi and leave Zey to his discoveries. In the end, even though he managed to get a better grasp of it, he still just used air shot over and over again. This time without chanting so he only lasted half an hour. Still, it's really good progress for just the first day. He really has the talent for this.

I sit down and Noemi sits on my lap and lays her head on my shoulder. I end up holding her on a whim again. She smiles and lays her hand on top of mine and slowly falls asleep to the sound of Zey trying to get up to train more air shots. I was so focused on Zey that I didn't notice that it was night time already. Laura was already asleep, held by Gonzo. She must be very scared after all. No matter what, we have a hard mission.

*SPLASH*

I wake up in the morning all wet. What happened?...

«Zey... I don't mind that you are enthusiastic about your talent, but please... DON'T WAKE US UP!!!» (Noemi)

«I'm sorry! I'm very sorry!» (Zey)

Zey seems to have adapted his air shot training to his water element...And fire... and earth? I notice that he made a campfire out of earth magic and then lit it up with fire magic.

' What the hell?! '

(Devouring monster)

' I got my hands on quite a dangerous boy... '