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“Haha, it's finally time!” Red yelled in the Soul Space.

It had been a day over a week, and their internal mana had finally settled down.

“Yeah…” Lilly looked over to the short Red, she was smaller than her and White, and looked extremely familiar to another figure they all knew…

“Let’s just get to it, everyone, let's control the body.” The three of them hopped into the pool together and examined the body’s condition together.

After a couple seconds of silence, White declared amazed [Our mana… is three times as big as the average person’s.]

The amount of mana an individual had only slightly varied between different individuals, so obviously having three times more than the average was a big advantage.

[I mean, that kind of makes sense? People said mana regenerated because of the soul, so we got three of them?] (Red)

[Technically it’s a little over three people’s worth… by about another 18%.] (Lilly)

Ideas quickly flashed through White’s mind, [... Lilly, what are thy-your thoughts on the mana our mana supply?] White asked, [Any specifics? Red, don’t do anything with our mana, I’m going to use some of it].

[Understood.] (Red)

They were home alone, so they didn’t have to worry about being caught but White was still being careful. She created a non-obvious small moonlight haze along the ground, one of the few non-healing techniques she knew.

…Lilly’s mind stayed on the flow and quality, as White used their mana.

[The regeneration speed is also three times faster… than a normal person… The amount of mana we have also seems to be purely quantitative increase, so having multiple attributes or three souls hasn’t changed the form of the mana.] (Lilly)

Mana flowed evenly throughout the entire body at all times, without staying within any one location. However, certain people who could control their mana, could keep it in certain areas and concentrate all in one location if needed.

[Thank you for the observation] Said White, before asking, [Lilly as well, do you know how to increase one’s mana?]

[Magic items?] Lilly answered, before her light grey eyes flashed, [Hypothetically… with the right method, it is possible to increase one’s mana supply, but I don’t know how one could do that without bringing danger to oneself.]

White nodded and then Red spoke, [Yeah, is possible.] Which caused Lilly’s eyes to widen in excitement, [But it’s attribute specific, so if your luck is rotten you won’t be able to increase it physically].

[One of those private knowledge things] Anna (Lilly) frowned.

[Kind of but not exactly Red, and yes Lilly, it’s all kept private by one or another.] White spoke up, needing to clarify some information.

For most people, increasing one’s mana supply was done through magic items. Rings, swords, bracelets, whatever they could store mana in was a gem for any frequent user of mana. Due to the price, this method was mostly used by nobles, which was an issue when it was the most common and known method.

[There are three main ways to modify one’s body to store more mana.

First, condensing one’s mana. This is extremely difficult and should only really be tempted by those with high mana control.

Then there is, dyeing one’s mana with an attribute. Technically not increasing the supply, but it makes the cost of using one’s mana less. However, this has the drawback of using that mana outside of anything that attribute related becomes nightmarishly hard.] White said firmly, [We won’t ever be doing that.]

[Fair enough, third?] (Red)

[Third is by expanding the body's natural storage. This can be done by slowly stress expanding the amount of mana inside the body, however, this tends to have a hard cap of about 15% and takes many years. Or a more efficient way, is by storing mana directly in parts of the body, it’s why you hear about “Mages” having a “Core”] Anna (White) rolled her eyes, [There is another version of this, that is not exactly the same as making a core, but it is limited by certain attributes, the attributes that relate to the body are perfect for this, as they are basically already set up to store mana.]

[Huh, I did something similar, I could store mana within my blood, but only temporarily and for about five hours tops.] (Red)

[What… is the exact difference between the first and third method?] (Lilly)

White sighed, [Truthfully, I don’t know, I’m just going off what the books I read said, and they could be entirely wrong for all we know. But speaking to a few people who made a core, there is a difference between compressing and condensing… Some sort of fundamental difference.]

White looked to the floor, and the moonlight haze vanished, [I only used the dyeing method… so I can’t speak of the others. Besides the fact they are all much harder to accomplish.]

Red smiled, [So technically, we could do all of those methods, besides dyeing anyway.]

[......] (Lilly)

…

[Red, Lilly, how did it feel when I was using my Moonlight earlier?] (White)

[Ermm, I could feel you using it? But I’m pretty much doubtful I could do anything to influence it. However, I could still use Fire and Blood at any time.] (Red)

[Same opinion.] (Lilly)

They did a few more testing, Red using Blood and Fire, and White using Moonlight.

[You want to test out Space as well? I haven’t met a space gifted before.] (Red)

[Maybe another time… It’s complicated to use.] (White)

With their testing finalised, which Lilly opted out of. Red asked, [So what are the main points?] She wanted everything to be summarised.

[That our mana is shared between us, but we only control our past attributes…. And our mana supply and regeneration are about three times faster.] (Lilly)

[Neat.] Red jumped off the bed and began to walk through the kitchen to go stand outside, [So what are we supposed to do now?]

[Wait for Jen and George to get home?] (White)

[I mean future. Long term] Red opened the door and received a gust of fresh air.

[Like what? Don’t desire the farmer's life?] (White)

[Do you?] (Red)

[...I wouldn’t mind it, as long as I have my own free time.] (White)

[I’m fine… just going along with whatever you two want…] (Lilly)

[You need a bit more enthusiasm, Lilly.] Said Red, [But yeah, I’m fine with it, but being strong enough to deal with any situation that happens would be nice. I’m not sure where we live, but I do know it’s on some kind of border, which means danger is possible a step away]

[For that, I agree.] (White)

[...So we have no overall plan?] (Lilly)

[For it seems so] (White)

[Yep] (Red)

[...] (Lilly)

…

[I mean school is an option? I have never been to a proper one.] (White)

[Neither have I, but can’t say I’m excited to go.] (Red)

[Spent over half my previous life in schools…] Lilly muttered.

[You… were pretty young when you died, huh?] (Red)

White asked surprised, [Asking about the past now?]

[No, just making a comment. It’s just sad after all, I hope it wasn’t painful.] And that was all Red said about that topic and Lilly didn’t respond.

With their current goal completed, their past was still basically a secret from each other and no big set goals for the future. They guessed it was just time to relax and train and enjoy what their new weird life has offered them.