Versatile: Alternate World

After our little conversation, I mentally took notes from all the information that was given to me. Well, except for Tsuru who Sigma has no information. With all their personalities, it's going to be either a bit hard to put them in their respective jobs but all of them will be useful so I am not complaining at all.

Night has fallen in the game and it's also nighttime in the real world too so I retreated to my little house and logged out from the game.

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The very moment I opened my eyes in the real world, I was surprised to see rainbow particles in the air. It was too sudden so I didn't expect to see one the moment I open my eyes. I rubbed it a few times to make sure that I am not dreaming or just having a hallucination but I realized that I really am not imagining or seeing things.

Rainbow particles are floating in the air. These particles looked like dust floating in the air but if you interact with them, they will disperse for a bit before forming back again into clusters. These rainbow particles are not just some random dust floating around the place.

It's the Aether. The pure mana found in the air. Before, I only utilized pure mana to make my mana activate in my body. However, they are not the aether, as that is the kind of mana that is the impure and clouded version of it. As for the Aether, it is one of the best mana you can get to flow on your body. It has far stronger effects than normal and it is one of the best to get rid of impurities in your body.

However, I don't have access to the Aether before. Because on Earth, the Aether does not exist. It is one of the things that shouldn't exist on Earth. However, why am I seeing the Aether right now? The answer is simple.

The moment the underutilized mana on Earth is being used a lot by multiple people, the mana on Earth also gets to progress as well, slowly forming Aether as a result. In the past timeline, the Aether became a normal thing after all the people in the world are now capable of using magic spells.

Right now though, I can see that the reason I am seeing these now is that some people around the neighborhood are using magic and utilizing it. The more they keep utilizing it, the more the mana in the air gets pure and the Aether will form. Those who already have mana in their body will see the aether in the air also.

I adjusted it for a bit and decided to check outside my room whether the aether is already thick or just in the middle of forming,

As I came down the stairs the aether is slowly developing as well. It's more refined now as the rainbow dust particles I can see are no longer that clear but it is already integrated into the air. As I continue towards the living room, I saw Rennata and the Pixie alongside Rika currently staring around the air, marveling at the particles moving around.

The Pixie immediately saw me approaching and immediately fly through to welcome me and tell me the current situation.

"Hey, hey! Looks like the Aether in the air has finally developed around us! Do you know what happened? Rennata is still trying to find the main reason why this is happening especially since Earth has a very inferior mana reserve in its atmosphere!"

"Oy, I don't have any involvement in why the Aether has already formed around here. I am busy playing my game back in my room and the moment I went outside, things have already moved here. I should be the one who should be asking the question as to why and when this aether started to form around. I am quite sure that magic spells should not be used for a few more days until the magic power thing quiets down."

Renatta started speaking in elvish words that I still have no idea what she meant and Pixie immediately translates it for us.

"Rennata-chan said that it seems someone near the mansion started using magic spells consistently allowing the mana in the air to continuously get cultivated and lo and behold, it's now the pure aether in the air. As for when it appeared, it only appeared a few hours earlier, after we hear some sort of explosions nearby," Pixie started nodding after she finished her translation.

Rika also steps in just to second the testimony.

"I can vouch as well. It seems a troublemaker using magic spells is currently doing something in the neighborhood, hence, the formation of these rainbow things but what Pixie said is indeed true. It all happened when there were some explosions happening earlier."

"Explosions?"

"Yeah. Although I say explosions, more like the sound of firecrackers exploding. It's not that kind of destructive explosion but because it was kind of loud, it's still something we are not expecting much."

Since they all keep saying the "explosion" happened before the formation of Aether appeared, I decided to investigate outside. Rennata would have been able to check what is happening but because she does not want to expose herself just yet, she refrained from investigating. Since I am already adept in anything mana-related, I search around the air and the surroundings to follow the trail of the "explosions" that the three have heard before.

The moment I activated my senses to track the trail, I immediately got a few clues on where to go to follow the trail. I left the mansion as the trail extends outside the mansion which means it was just an occurrence nearby. I have not seen much of it but the trail is pretty fresh and plain in sight. This trail of mana only appears during the situation the user of the magic is not adept at controlling it.

As I was nearing the area where the trail is taking me, I suddenly heard a few explosions. The same explosions a firecracker does when exploding. It seems I finally found my answer to my question on who was the one responsible for waking up the dormant Aether around the neighborhood.