85 Stupid (1/2)
”The first reason is pretty obvious; people usually refrain themselves when they use Time magic, unconsciously. Why? Because most of them can't actually see Time as something they can interact with” Arima said.
”Of course, I just showed you that it could actually be interacted with, a lot easier than you may have thought. But I'm sure that's not enough. The problem is that people think too much about consequences when they use Time magic, and sometimes, they do it the wrong way”
”Let me explain. The consequences one may think about are things like paradoxes due to time travel, this simple thought stops them from using Time magic. Because they tend to think that if they mess up somehow, they will create a parallel line or a paradox. But it's only an a.s.sumption and a self-destructive move” Arima declared.
”Things like paradox are most likely possible, same with parallel timelines. And that's the problem, no one has never experienced something like that, not ever tried. But people still think that they know what will happen. That's what hinders your Time magic” He explained.
”Stop thinking about it when you use Time magic, because thinking about a theory of which you have no proof and don't really understand the process is the best way to make fail your magic” Arima smiled and a raised a finger ”That's the first reason”
The students sighed, they were already sweating. Now they were patiently waiting for the second reason, the first one was simple enough, but the same wasn't definitely true for the second.
”Don't worry, the second reason is not that complicated too” Arima said and everyone looked at him in relief ”Well, it's pretty simple, when you use Time magic, you shouldn't try to control it” He declared and the audience tilted their head.
”Time is definitely something that can't be controlled by humans. It would be like trying to control a higher dimension. The only thing you can do with Time is work with it. Cooperate, in another word. Contrary to s.p.a.ce, Time doesn't compose us and we are not part of it, Time is simply something that practically dictates our lives”
”Time also recovers everything. If you want to control it, you would need to be some kind of omnipotent being. That's why instead of controlling it, you should basically create a connection with the s.p.a.ce-Time kind of ask for its help” Arima explained and the students thought that it made sense.
”There's also a misunderstanding for most people, the most useful way of using Time is slowing or accelerating the flow of time. But when they try to do it, they imagine that everything around them will slow down or accelerate, which is wrong. How could you affect the whole world by yourself?” Arima smiled.
”The correct method is to gather the s.p.a.ce-Time in your body and disrupt it to transform yourself in a sort of semi other-dimensional being. Of course, it puts a lot of strain on your body, so you can't use it for a long time” He said ”You should always remember that Time is to be communicated with and be gathered, not controlled”
”That's it about Time” Arima said and his students were surprised. They thought that Time magic was a lot more complicated than that ”Of course, Time magic is still hard magic to master, even with all of this. But if you keep in mind everything I told you, you will be able to sense Time a minimum and then improve yourself naturally” He added and students nodded seriously.
Arima stood up and smiled ”Well, we did the most of the work already, now I only need to teach you about three things, the spiritual forces and a non-elemental magic that I created by chance” Arima announced and the students were shocked by the last part.
A self-created, new magic, they were astounded but extremely curious at the same time ”From now on, for a few days at least, I will train you with all of the different magic I taught you about. Don't hesitate to ask me about anything during that time”
Arima said and the forty students started to leave, except his picked up cla.s.s. Then, from that day onward, Arima started training them rather than teaching them.
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In the Time Garden, Lilis was watching the image depicted on the pond. She was following Arima as he grew up in the orphanage.
Arimane was a smart child, since the day he entered the orphanage, he kept wanting to learn new things. His thirst for knowledge and the way he memorized it so easily even at this age, attracted the attention of the staff.
Arima soon became a topic for them, he was the kid that was left strangely in front of the orphanage and he also turned to be the smartest they ever saw.
As he aged, Arimane started to talk to some others orphans in his division and he soon made friends, after all, it was a simple thing to do at that age.
At the age of four, Arima could already speak like eight years old and his thoughts, although not that deep or complicated, were not something corresponding his age.
The same week he turned four, he was transferred into another section of the orphanage, with children between the age of four and ten. The lessons became a bit more advanced but nothing complicated for Arimane.
A few days after he entered that advanced cla.s.s, some people wearing white coats came in and gathered all the children who had just transferred, so all of the four years old.
Then, one after another, the kids were injected with something ”What is that?” Arimane asked when it was his turn.
The woman making the injection smiled ”That's Nanomachines, they will make your body stronger and your mind a bit clearer” She explained and brought the syringe to Arimane's arm ”Nowadays, children who reach four years old in this orphanage, are all injected with this” She said while making the injection, also to keep Arimane's focus.
In the end, Arima felt nothing and looked at his arm in daze ”Done” The woman smiled ”Now you'll be able to live even longer” She said.
Arimane blinked and nodded, before leaving and let the next kid go. The next day, when Arimane woke up, he instantly felt something different, he was sure that something was different, then he remembered the injection he had the day before and came to a realization. It was the Nanomachines working.
Actually, ifs the scientists that came to make these injections knew that Arimane felt the changes the next day, they would have been stupefied. Obvious effects shouldn't even be felt, the Nanomachines could only improve the physical prowess and its internal defenses very slowly during the entire aging process of an individual.