Chapter 1:-
It's a beautiful morning in Hage village. The sun shines brightly on the golden fields of Hage village. A soothing breeze is flowing through the atmosphere. People of Hage village have woken up and have started already. Maximum of them are working on the fields. Few of them are practicing their magic. Aaron is currently sitting under a tree and enjoying the morning. Sitting like this makes him calm and peaceful.
"SISTER LILY, PLEASE MARRY ME." A sudden, loud voice destroyed the calm, serene atmosphere of the morning. Everyone continued working without bothering the sound. They are already used to it as this is a daily occurrence. "Water Creation Magic: Holy Fist of Love." Another voice followed the previous voice. Aaron sighed and murmured, "Oh, Asta," got up, and started walking towards the church. After reaching there, Aaron heard, "I WILL NOT GIVE UP." Aaron entered the church and saw the owner of the voice get blasted by a gust of wind.
Asta is a boy of short height, gray hair, and muscular build. He quickly got up and said in a loud voice, "Why are you getting in my way, Yuno?" The one he spoke to is a tall boy with a slender build. He said in a nonchalant voice, "Because you are annoying, obnoxious, ignorant, foolish, and short. You have nothing a woman would find appealing."
All these words pierced his body physically. Sister Lily, who was extremely sorry about using magic on Asta, said in a gentle voice, "Uh, you don't have to go that far, Yuno." Other kids from the church came out and laughed at Asta' foolishness and commented that a woman of the cloth can't marry. Asta recovers and says, "You handsome jerk, is this how you speak to the guy who grew up with you?"
Aaron was watching all the drama from the sidelines. Aaron is somewhat tall, has light red hair, and is somewhat slender and muscular, but not as much as Asta. He finally spoke, "Good morning everyone." Asta looked at Aaron and said, "Oh, hey Aaron." Aaron laughed mischievously at Asta and said, "You will never do it this way, Asta".
Then he gave a devilish whisper to Asta, "Want me to help you? I can do or teach you some tricks that will seduce sister Lily to give her heart and soul to you." Others who heard these outrageous words sighed and didn't say anything because they were also used to it. Aaron likes drama and loves to tease his brothers and sisters.
Asta screamed, "NO WAY I WILL GIVE IN TO YOUR SUGGESTIONS. I WILL BECOME WIZARD KING AND SISTER LILY BY MYSELF." Aaron said in mock disappointing time, "Ah, so you didn't give in to temptation. Thats unfortunate".
Yono, who has become used to Aaron's dramatic antics, said, "Give up. He is not smart enough to understand anything you are trying to do." Aaron said to Yuno, "Then how about you, Yuno?" Do you want to become the most popular guy among the girls? I can make it happen for you." Yuno said, "Not interested." and sent a strong gust of wind at Aaron.
Aaron quickly said, "{{Wall of Water}}". A moderately thick, translucent-colored wall made of water appeared in front of him. The wind collided with the water and couldn't get through it. The water disappeared after Yuno said, "Tch." He left to do his chores.
Aaron said, "Ahh, he is no fun." Aaron sighed and said to sister, "Sister I have some work to do. I will finish my chores after coming back." Sister said, "Ok. Take care." Aaron left the church.
Currently, Aaron is walking away from the village and has entered the forest surrounding the forbidden realm. He is walking while reminiscing about his past. According to the father of the church, Father Orsi, he was dropped at the church. Asta and Yuno were both dropped off at the church together the same day before him. From childhood, Yuno was gifted with a really high amount of mana. Asta, on the contrary, had no mana. As for Aaron, he has a meagre amount of mana even when compared to peasants. Aaron stopped at a specific point in the forest. This point of the forest is quite rich with mana. He took off all of his clothes and sat on a rock in a meditating position. He calmed down his mind and said, "{{Absorb}}, {{Circulate}}, and {{Compress}}." By these words, the surroundings mana started flowing towards his body. His body started absorbing the mana, and the mana got circulated throughout his body. After 2 rounds of circulation, the mana started getting compressed towards the centre of gravity in his body. From childhood, Aaron noticed his words could change the surroundings. In childhood, he used it to have fun. After he grew up for a few years, he noticed that he needed magic to change the surroundings. How much chance he can have depends on the amount of mana he has. When his mind grows more intelligent, he notices that to properly influence the world with his magic, he needs a proper imagination about what he wants to change. Like with the spell he used previously. He imagined all the mana got absorbed by his body and is circulating inside his body. And later the mana got compressed into a magic crystal in the centre of gravity inside his body. This is the training method he used to increase his mana limit using his magic, which he named "Word Soul Magic."
By circulating the mana within his body, he can increase his body's natural affinity to mana, which is set at birth and cannot be increased easily. By trying to compress the mana into a crystal he can store more mana in his body than the natural mana limit in his body. Currently, the crystal he has managed to create is extremely small, the size of a pea. This is a result of trying to over compress the mana crystal many times. But the benefit he has received is tremendous. Even without his command, mana circulates that crystal on its own, and he can also easily absorb the atmospheric mana. His natural mana amount has also become somewhat comparable to that of a noble. He can also use magic easily now, and the intensity of his magic has also grown tremendously by using the crystal. That's the reason he can defend Yuno's attack even when his overall magic amount is lower than his. That magic crystal can also give Aaron a huge power boost if he decides to use its power directly, but using it that way will exhaust the crystal and make it disappear. So, he doesn't use it. Aaron doesn't know the limit of his magic. But he intends to use every possible thing his magic has to offer.
After {{Magic Training}} 3 hours, he got up. He wore his clothes. Then he said, "{{300% gravity}}". This increased the gravity around him three times. The area of effect is 10 m radius by taking him as the centre. "{{Command-Run}}". He started running with the threefold increased gravity. Aaron uses his method to train himself on the physical side. He found out he will have more results by training in extra gravity. But he used to get tired too easily and always stopped training quick. So he used his word soul magic to command his body to run. This is another amazing use of his magic, Aaron found out. His magic cannot directly affect another living being, as their body will naturally try to resist control from outside with all its power. But he can control others directly as long as his power overwhelms them completely. That's what he found out during experimentation. But then he thought. What about controlling his own body using his magic? This what gives him the idea to use magic to command his own body to train. That way, even if he gets tired, his body will not stop training. This way, he has increased his physical stamina and strength many times over. " {{Command-stop}}, {{Command-push up}}" He stopped running and started doing push-ups. After doing push-ups, sit-ups, and squats and finishing his training, Aaron said, "{{Water veil}}, {{Dry}}." A small water veil is summoned around him. Then it disappeared. The command "dry" dried the water in his body. By using this set of commands, he has cleaned himself of sweat quickly. Then he ventured deep into the forest.
A/N:- Hello Everyone. I always thought that the story never truly showed how much of a broken magic is Word Soul Magic. In the hands of a right user, magic has unlimited potential, but they had given it to that unimaginative Zagred, who never used that magic in its true potential. If Zagred had used his magic properly, then no one would have been able to beat him. I can understand why they did that, as it's a shonen manga, and they can never let a villain win. So I wanted to explore that. Please share how you like this story so far. If you have any advice that you think can help me improve, please do share it with me.