8 Chapter 9: Battle (2/2)
She said with an enthusiastic expression
”I see, that's good. Since you're able to feel it, you should be able to control your flow, right?”
”Yes, but it's a bit difficult”
”Don't worry, it'll get better with price”
She nodded
”Ah that reminds me, you were able to see my flow of mana, but were you able to see how much magic power i had?”
”No..” She said as shook her head
She wasn't able to see how much magic power i had huh.. No wonder the receptionist looked trouble when i told her i wanted to use magic. I know that i have a lot of magic power as i'm not tired even after all those casts. And being able to show my magic potential is a requirement for looking intimidating... I'll leave it for the me of the future to think of something.
”I see.. Well, never mind that let's move on to the next lesson.”
”Yes!” She said with dimly lit eyes
”Well, since i don't use chants, i need to have a precise image when using a spell. The same goes for you. Probably.”
”Mn.” She said as she nodded
”Very well. Listen carefully. It will sound a bit confusing at first, but i feel like chant-less magic is only rare because one doesn't fully grasp the concept and the chants replace that part.”
She nodded in response
Understanding the concept will also allow you to create your own spells.
”What causes wind?” I asked.
”Wind.. is caused by a change in the weather?” She replied
”Well you're not wrong, but, what exactly causes wind. The weather is a factor which affects it but not exactly the process.”
”I don't know..” She said with a saddened expression
”No need to look so gloomy, i'll explain”
Her eyes lit up after she heard what i said
”Wind is the flow of gases on a large scale”
”Gases?” She asked
”Yes, gases. Gases are one of the four fundamental states of matter”
”States of matter..?”
”To put it simply, Look at this”
I cast glacies and a sphere of ice was formed slightly above my finger
”Look at the ice. you're able to touch it and it's hard, right? This is the solid state”
Showing a completely interested expression, she continued to listen to my explanation.
”mn” She said as she nodded
I changed the ice from solid to it's liquid state
”This is the liquid state. Think of it like this. When Water is frozen and turns into ice, it's called the solid state of matter. Once the ice melts and turns into water. This is called it's liquid state. and this..”
The water in my had turned into gas
”It disappeared?” She asked while surprised
”Sort of like that. I turned it into gas.”
To be honest i wasn't sure this would work but i'm glad it did
”So, did you understand?”
She looked confused but nodded her head in response.
”Alright, now we can move onto the difficult topic”
She looked excited, completely unlike i expected, she didn't look worried at the possibility of not being able to understand at all
”You see, wind is the movement of air from a area of higher pressure to an area of lower pressure. Air is the mixture of different gasses all around us, but it's so small that you can't really see it, just like how the water disappeared.”
”Mn..”
”Did you understand?”
”Kind of..”
”Well, don't think about it too deeply. Just Imagine your mana flowing to and causing pressure on the air in the direction you are facing. Image the air being under high pressure and imagine it moving to an area of lower pressure. Imagine where you want that area of lower pressure to be and that area which you imagined will be the direction and the area to which your wind will travel.”
Ahh.. that definitely sounded confusing.. Will she be able to pull it off..?
”Mn”
”To increase the power so that it acts like a blade, you need to imagine the shape of a blade, add more magic power into the attack and increase the pressure that is being put on the air”
She nodded and stretched out her hands
After a minute, a transparent blade formed and propelled itself towards the tree at high-speeds.
*Bam*
It let out that sound after impact but it wasn't enough to cut it in half like mine had done. Either way for her first try, that was amazing. She might actually be a genius. Not even i understood what the teachers meant when they first taught me this
She showed an extremely joyful expression after being able to use magic for the first time and turned towards my direction to see how she did
”You did it!”
”I did it!”
We both said as we raised our hands. I got a strange satisfying feeling for seeing someone accomplish something after going through the difficult process of teaching something. Is this what teachers feel like?
”I-i'm glad N-Now i'll finally be able to help you in the fight. T-This time i-i'll be able to protect you when you're in danger..” she said as her voice trembled in between the words
So she was still worried about being a hindrance... I mean i'd understand why. Especially with the incident of the boar.
i noticed that her eyes were swollen and her cheeks were dyed in a bright red colour.
She turned around to wipe her face before saying ”Thank you”
Without saying anything I simply smiled.
”Well then, want to go further into the forest and try out your new spell?”
”Yes!” She replied while she avoided eye contact.
”Alright, let's take a short break before moving further in. I'd like to practice a new spell. Use this opportunity to practice your wind blade to, but make sure you don't use up too much mana.”
”Yes!”