This world is ruled by magic. Magic is the primary driving force behind everything in this world: Construction, Travel, Production of Food, Military Power. Simple firearms are used in combat, but they’re almost worthless in a war involving Mages. A basic wizard spell could deal the same amount of damage. An Archmage could decimate a Kingdom or two single handedly.

The people of this world go through an Awakening Ritual when they reach 13. This ritual determines their aptitudes towards the various forms of magic: Fire, Water, Wind and Earth. These are the primary elements of magic, however, there are secondary elements such as Lightning, which is made from the combination of Fire and Wind.

I ask my mother about my aptitude:

Fire: 32

Water: 20

Wind: 51

Earth: 15

A score of 70 is sufficient for one to be called a genius, 1 in 10,000 people. While the prodigy of our era, the Crown Prince, wields an amazing 81 points on the Fire Element. Truly a broken character. The average would be about 50 for common folk, and 60 for nobles. SO as you can see, I’m absolutely terrible at magic.

I should touch my body later to check if there’s some cheat I unlocked from transmigrating over.

After some hours pass, my mother finally leaves me alone to rest. I ask a servant to bring over some magic books from the library. Afterall, it’ll be weird if a noble house didn’t have a library, right? There’s no language barrier, so I immerse myself in the reading.

Magic in this world is performed through stimulating the mana particles in one’s body before guiding it outwards, imagining the element you want to use. Once the image is clear in your mind, you chant the magic formula and guide the mana particles according to the formula before releasing it.

There are ranks to mages, you start as an apprentice, climbing from Ranks 1 to 4 before finally becoming a Class 1 Mage. Only when you reach the level of a Class 1 Mage, are you formally recognised as a Mage. The highest level in known existence is Class 8, also known as a Grand Sorcerer.

The highest Class within our kingdom is the king, who is a Class 4 Mage. A Class 4 Mage may be low when compared to the high existence of a Grand Sorcerer, however, there are no living Class 7 and Class 8 mages.

A Class 4 mage is a rare existence in the world, the records show that in a past war, the King emerged during a crucial moment, casting the Rank 4 Great Spell Meteor, destroying more than half of the invading troops. This resulted in a quick loss of morale for the enemy Kingdom, and we swiftly took victory.

I’ve been told by mother that I would be on rest for the next few days, but would need to return to school next week. I can’t say I’m too hyped on the idea of a 25 year old man going to a school filled with 14 year olds kids. Shit, I hear the police sirens ringing already, “I-I’m innocenttttt!”

That aside, I’ll need to learn as much as I can during this period of absence, it wouldn’t be good if any of the previous owner’s friends figure out I’m an imposter. I will need information, a lot more of it.