He opened his mouth in awe while still glancing at his right palm, he was thinking of running toward the gate and blasting a part of it with the flame...but the flame wasn't on his palm again?

..As said, he still had a long way to go when it comes to making use of his power.

See, he couldn't even hold flame on his palm for too long, it disappeared in minutes.

"What is this? What just happened now?". Aiden muttered to himself while still glancing at his palm.

He decided he'll make another flame, run towards the gate, and blast part of it. He must accomplish his aim, he doesn't plan on backing out. He began transferring mana toward that palm again. Right now, mana was passing through his right hand heading straight to his palm.

And by the time he had transferred enough mana toward his palm, fire began igniting on it. Only small flame was on his right palm currently...and it wasn't increasing.

According to how far he's gone in making use of his power, the flame was supposed to increase though it started small just as it happened minutes ago. But the small flame on his palm remained small...it didn't increase.

..Another one? First, the bit of large flame he was able to create on his palm went off...and now, the flame he's created was small?

Aiden was like, "Ugh, what is this? Why isn't it increasing?".

Well, this wasn't the first time something like this was happening, he's created numerous small flames on his palm before. What was surprising him was that he was able to create a bit of large flame on his palm minutes ago...why this now?

What can he do? He'll have to create another one. He made the current flame on his palm disappear, then he began transferring mana toward that palm again...this time, trying to increase the amount of mana flowing through that hand.

Flame began igniting on his palm again, it was appearing and disappearing as if someone was trying to start a fire on his palm. Then a fire finally appeared on his palm, a small one...then it started increasing.

..Things were different this time, the fire started small, but was increasing now.

A bit of large flame was on his right palm currently. He glanced at the flame, then glanced at the gate, and his lips curved in a smirk again. It was time to go blast part of the gate with his flame, it was time to see if he'll succeed in that aspect of channeling.

He began running toward the gate, and on getting close to it, standing some meters away from it, he threw the flame on his palm as it began heading toward the gate.

..But according to what Aiden was seeing...it wasn't heading toward the gate, it was heading toward the fence.

Wrong channeling, he had a target, he had a spot he wanted to hit with his power, but he couldn't channel his power well to hit that spot. Yes, he tried in one aspect of channeling, at least, he was able to transfer mana to his right palm and even cause flame to appear on it.

But he couldn't channel the flame well to hit a certain spot. And now, the flame was heading toward the fence...IT WAS HEADING TOWARD THE FENCE!!

Aiden's eyes widened, not only did he fail in one aspect of channeling, he was about to get himself into trouble. Once that flame touches one side of the fence, it would cause a black stain to appear on it 'cause the fence was painted in a light color.

..And it would definitely be noticeable...one of his parents would notice it, and problems might ensue.

There was nothing he could do about it, he'll just have to stay and watch the flame hit the fence. The flame had gotten so close to the fence when it went off...it didn't succeed in hitting one side of the fence, no black stain appeared on that spot.

And Aiden breathed a sigh of relief at that moment, problem wouldn't ensue, the fence was free of any black stain. But then, a thought ran through his mind,

'So I didn't succeed in blasting a certain spot with my flame? The flame didn't end up hitting the fence. So that means if I had channeled it well and it was heading toward the gate, it wouldn't have blasted it. Gosh! I am a failure, I still have a long way to go when it comes to making use of my power'.

..Yeah, he had recognized it, he had recognized it a long time ago, he still had a long way to go when it comes to making use of his power.

He decided to try again, he doesn't plan on backing out yet. He began transferring mana toward his palm once again, he wanted to blast the gate with his flame...he wanted to succeed in doing it.

Another bit of large flame was on his right palm again, and his gaze was focused on the gate. If the thing that happened seconds ago repeats itself, he was gonna land in trouble...most likely.

If the flame heads toward the fence again and blasts it, that black stain would appear on it, and what he was trying to avoid would come to him. He thought of it but still wanted to do what his mind was telling him to do.

He wanted to succeed in blasting the gate with his flame...he'll feel a kind of satisfaction once he's succeeded in doing it. Just as he was about to throw the flame toward the gate, the gate opened, and Ethan rode one of his horses into the compound.

Now, while Aiden was glancing around searching for what he'll blast with his flame, he sighted the two horses on the compound. They were supposed to be three, but Ethan had ridden one to work.

..He didn't dare think of blasting one of the horses' faces with his flame...that would be like igniting Ethan's wrath.

Yes, it would be so cool blasting one of the horses' faces with his flame, but that would be a very foolish thing to do. Now, Ethan had just ridden the remaining horse into the compound.

..And again, why did he come home so early? It's been a long time since he arrived home by this time.

The moment Ethan rode the horse into the compound, he sighted the flame on Aiden's palm but didn't say anything as he kept riding the horse toward where the other horses were.

And Aiden just stood there glancing at his father with his mouth opened in awe. By now, he had put off the flame on his right palm, and the thoughts running through his mind were,

'What if I'd thrown the fire toward the gate before my dad rode the horse into the compound? If the channeling goes well, the fire would have ended up blasting the horse's face or moving past it. Damn! That was close'.

Ethan rode the horse toward where the other horses were, parked it well, came down from it, tied it, and began walking toward Aiden as Aiden was walking toward him as well.

Lydia wasn't aware of what Aiden had been doing since 'cause she was inside the house. She had no single idea that Aiden has been trying to blast the gate with flame...she had no idea he almost caused black stain to appear on one part of the fence.

She has no idea what Aiden had been doing on the compound. She could have sighted him from the window to confirm what he's been doing. But she didn't care, she doesn't want to know, she was minding her own business inside.

Both father and son were walking toward each other currently, and Aiden hadn't even reached Ethan when he voiced out,

"Dad, you came home really early today, it's been long since you last arrived home by this time. Or you heading out again?".

"No, Aiden, I've come to say, heading nowhere else. I was able to round up things quickly today, decided to come home immediately. I even reached the king's palace before heading here". Ethan responded.

"Hmmm, that's nice, it's been a long time since something like this happened, you arriving home by this time". Aiden voiced out once again...by now, he and his dad were already standing close to each other.

"I saw flame on your hand when I rode into the compound, making use of your power again? How far have you gone, are you learning new things? You know, self-training is really good, it helps. It wouldn't help in learning to make use of your power properly. But at least, you can discover new things with self-training".

..And this was Aiden's answer to Ethan.