Two years have passed.
Lucen grew, though slowly. He was quiet, observant. Other children laughed and played—he sat and watched. His parents worried, but he was healthy. Just... different.
The first sign came when he was just 5months old.
He had followed his father, Travis, to the field behind their house. A pair of mana goats had broken into the crops again, and Travis prepared a weak repel spell with a crude staff.
"Lucen, stay back," Travis warned, voice firm.
Lucen nodded and stood near the fence.
As his father cast the spell, Lucen felt it.
A pull. A whisper.
Not in his ears—but deep in his chest.
The moment Travis released the spell, Lucen staggered. His heart raced. The energy—the mana—it had brushed against him like wind...
No.
Like it had been drawn to him.
He looked down at his hands.
They tingled.
It happened again two days later. And again, a week after.
Each time someone used magic near him, a sliver of it—barely noticeable—slipped away from the caster. Into him. Not enough to weaken them. Not enough to notice.But Lucen noticed.
His mother sang lullabies at night, weaving minor light spells into the air. His room always felt warmer afterward.
Until now.
Now the light flickered.
Dulled.
"Lucen?" Olivia asked one night, eyes narrowing. "Are you... feeling cold?"
He shook his head. But deep inside, he knew something was wrong. Or right.
He began to test it in secret. Whispered chants, flicks of his fingers. No magic of his own. No spark.
But he could take it.
Not to use. Not to wield. Not yet.
He didn't know what it meant.
But Vyroth stirred.
And Lucen felt the cold spark again.
Moments after he fell asleep.
In his dreams Vyroth appeares.
He whispers .
"My..... vessel....what is....your name...."
Lucen said "Its Lucen Trava . What is your name? And why do u call me your....vessel?!"
"Lucen...im...Vyroth.....and.....you are...my-"
Lucen wakes up at mid night.
Olivia and Travis came to check on him.
"Are you okay child?", Olvia said.
Lucen nods.
Olivia sang a fantasy poem with dragons in it.
Lucen didn't care about all the other stuff rather than the "dragons".After a minute Lucen falls asleep.
He woke up before his parents.
Lucen crawls upto the library.One of the books got lucen's attention.
Lucen opens the book :- continent Thaldras.