Chapter 2: Arrival
I opened my eyes and found myself sitting on a patch of grass, leaning my back against a tree.
"So, this is my new body..." I muttered as I inspected myself. I definitely looked like a 12 year old, I was way shorter, and I seemed to have way less muscle too. But, this was natural for a 12 year old's body.
I was wearing a sleeveless leather shirt, baggy pants, which were quite comfortable, and mountain sandals. Next to me on the ground, I saw a book.
The book was titled "Phelena's Tutorial" so I supposed it was a guide the goddess gave me.
It was written in English and it had information about all sorts of stuff about this new world. I started reading the "Magic" section, which gave me a pretty good base on how to cast basic spells and explained how magic worked in general.
From what I read, a lot of people in this world were able to cast magic freely. However, the difficulty and power of the spell depended heavily on the experience of the caster.
Anyone could create their own spells, as long as they had enough power and magic control. But even then, it seemed that creating spells wasn't a common thing in this world. Instead, they had a pretty long list of "well known" spells that people used as a guide when learning.
"So basically, magic works with imagination... If I can imagine it and have enough power to recreate it, then..." I muttered again as I kept reading the book. After finishing about half of the "Magic" section, I tried to put it to practice.
"Let's start with something basic... Fireball!" I yelled as my palm pointing towards a tree was enveloped in flame for a moment, then shot straight to the tree, making a scorching hole right in the middle and knocking it down.
"Uhh..." I was speechless. I mean, that was pretty powerful. It just knocked the entire tree down when I just expected to burn it a little.
'Maybe I added too much power?' I pondered as I took another glance at the "Magic" section of the book.