After the four common elemental spells, the next was Light and Darkness.
Being a rare affinity, both of them have different uses than the normal spells.
It was very fascinating to learn about this two.
Light and Darkness type Mana started moving towards my fingers on the bowstring.
—Oooooooong
Starting from the bowstring, an arrow of light slowly materialized on the bow.
After a short while, a black arrow of darkness appeared just below the arrow of light.
I turned away from the targets and towered where my parents were.
Mom was startled to see me suddenly turn around as her eyes widened.
Dad, on the other hand, already knew I would do something like that.
I released the arrow of light first.
It flew just above their heads and burst out in a big boom of light.
It was a (Flash arrow). Mostly used when blinding a weak opponent.
Dad was fine in that big flash of light and mom was wearing some weird-looking… sunglasses?
‘We had sunglasses here? Looks like I… don’t really know much about this world after all.’
Not thinking much about it, I released the dark-colored arrow. It was one of my own creations, in some way at least.
The arrow did not go upwards and instead passed through the gap between mom and dad, striking their shadows instead.
The shadows behind them started to move slowly.
They turned into a pitch-black rectangle first. Then slowly, a picture started to take place on the black canvas.
With the help of white light still coming from the arrow of light; trees, a white moon, and an owl sitting on a large tree appeared on it.
A combination of white and black was good.
It was only a childish drowning for now but, it looked enough to please a parent.
I call this spell arrow (Night’s canvas).
Though it was derived from a (tier-1) spell called (Shadow manipulation), it was much more eye-pleasing.
And just as I thought, let alone mom, even dad was surprised to see the drawing.
Creating a night scene with black and white was a good idea, although I wanted to do something much more than this one.
‘It will take time and a great effort, maybe I will… maybe I could create something close to those masterpieces of my previous life.’
I had a great interest in art so, I wanted to recreate something close to those REAL paintings which, just from a look, could tell many stories and express ’emotions’.
Well, if I could, then it will be a check on my old bucket list.
‘Oh! I will have to make a new bucket list for this world.’
Back to the present, I clenched my fist tightly behind my back.
This… was much more difficult than the previous spells combined.
Even though it looked much easier than the previous spells, it consumed more Mana and willpower than the previous spells.
As if a huge bell was ringing in my head, my head ached.
Even I didn’t know maintaining an image for just five seconds could put so much burden on my mind.
I miscalculated this one.
Dad had an idea about it already. As I looked at him with a small smile, he narrowed his eyes and looked straight into mine.
Small drops of sweat ran down my back.
But just then, mom threw something in my direction.
I almost missed it when it just got caught in my desperate grabbing attempts.
“Mom! I could have missed it! How can you throw a glass bottle like t- ?”
I suddenly stopped shouting and looked at my mom’s angry smile.
There was some worry but even more anger for me.
“Don’t say anything and just drink it first! Fool!”
I flinched and looked at the bottle she had thrown at me.
It was a water-like transparent potion with a familiar cross design.
I recognized that crest as the holy kingdom’s crest.
And the bottle was an intermediate potion for Magic power recovery.
It not only recovered Mana but also the Mental Strength that I lost during casting. .𝘤𝘰𝑚
This was an extremely rare and expensive thing and it was only available in very limited numbers.
The look in her eyes was very furious so I had no choice but to silently drink it.
If I so much as try to say something, I believed that I won’t be able to practice for a long time.
As soon as I put the bottle in my mouth and it touched my tongue, my mind started to clear up.
The effect was amazingly fast. And, after drinking that, I recovered… completely.
As if the headache never existed, it vanished and my Mana also returned to full.
I looked at her with surprised filed eyes.
But, the anger was still there in her eyes.
Those furious, deep brown eyes were… nerve-racking.
A shiver ran down my spine as I looked at her.
But, it vanished after a second.
Exhaling deeply, she returned her gaze to me.
“You dummy! Don’t do stunts like that again.
But… it was good so I will let you off, ONLY THIS TIME.”
She had a face as red as a rose.
Anger and embarrassment were visible on her beautiful face.
Dad glanced at her as if it was cute.
But, mom caught him looking and shot him a furious gaze.
He turned back to the front with his lips tightly shut.
“Yes ma’am! Thank you for your gracious praise,” I shouted. Straightening my back I shouted.
I bowed down and went back to my place.
There were some spells left to show. And, fortunately, they didn’t stop me.
I can’t use many potions at once so I tried to finish it quickly. Proper rest was necessary to recover fully.
For the second last spell arrow, I tightened my gloves.
It was going to be freezing.
Gathering water elemental Mana on the bowstring, I gathered water, condensed it a bit to mold in the shape of an arrow, remove the head, and… frozen it.
Rather than using Ice elemental Mana directly, using the water and then turning it into ice is more simple and more convenient.
This was one of the easiest spells of the bunch for today.
A plane and normal (Ice arrow).
Not minding the process after that, I prepared for the final of today’s demonstration.
Turning my head towards dad, I spoke while smiling mysteriously.
“Dad… I completed THAT one~.”
His eyes widened in surprise. With a shock-filled smile, he shouted back.
“Really!? How?”
The excited smile on his face was very different.
Mom knew this smile as it only appeared when dad was truly excited about something.
“Mom… sorry but, you will like to see this more than the painting.”
I apologized in advance so it won’t be much problem afterward.
-SNAP
She was now surprised but before she could say anything, we both heard a snapping of fingers.
After that, a transparent barrier engulfed the entire house.
And a small one appeared around me too. We both jolted our heads toward dad.
“Don’t worry and go ahead. I believe you.”
He held mom’s hand and smiled brightly.
Mom was startled but, stopped and didn’t say anything.
I nodded and took out a bunch of arrows from my bracelet.
They all had patterns of a different colors. They looked like a rainbow in my hand.
A small square container was attached to each one of them.
Mom flinched as soon as I took them out.
A thought suddenly crossed her mind as she looked at dad’s nostalgic expression.
‘No way… he enchanted the high-level spell (Fireworks)?!
That’s… not possible, right?
It’s a (tier-3) special spell of fire mages!’
I could read the thoughts on her face for the first time. She was that much shocked.
Well, preparing something like this at my level was actually… almost impossible but, my idea to use different color-inducing materials also surprised dad.
It was a good idea but, even he never thought that I will be able to complete the enchanting process so quickly.
‘It should be thanks to him anyways.
If we didn’t do that three arrow combination back then, I wouldn’t be able to master the commanding type enchantments.’
Creating a specific shape and coding detonating time, as well as the distribution of the materials in the small containers, was VERY difficult.
It was one of my best works, completed on a tight deadline.
It was almost twilight right now.
I checked my protection gears one last time and fired the arrows upwards with the help of wind Mana particles.
After reaching a safe point, it blasted with a cracking boom.
-BOOOOOOOOM!
A fine triangular shape appeared in the air. It had purple, blue, and yellow colors.
Just like that, I shot 5 more arrows in a short time of three minutes. But, those three minutes lasted much longer in their mind.
It was more special to them than any other art.
It wasn’t just longing in their eyes, but also admiration.
Seeing these fireworks’ brought back a moment, a cherished sight of the past.
With almost filling mom’s eyes with tears, the show continued.
As if living that moment again, they just stood there. Almost forgetting to even blink.