152 Dream (1/2)

Seiji Haruta had been Visualizing for an entire night.

This caught Mai Houjou completely off guard.

She never anticipated that her junior could Visualize to such an extent!

Not even counting the fact that this was apparently his first time, doing it for so long was already an incredible accomplishment.

As far as Mai knew, her master... Natsuya’s longest ever record for Visualizing was only slightly over two hours. Natsuya was already considered outstanding among the young generation of Yin Yang Masters.

But this boy from the Haruta family had already Visualized for an entire night, or more accurately, nine hours!

And he still hadn’t finished.

Mai felt shocked to her core at this.

She knew quite clearly just how difficult Visualizing was, and it had stringent talent requirements.

She herself was unable to do it.

At a very young age, she was appraised to have no talent for Spiritual Power. Although her Mana level was quite high, her Spiritual Power was almost non-existent, which meant that she would be unable to progress as a Yin Yang Master.

The younger Mai was quite despondent over this unresolvable problem, but later she managed to accept her lot and stop worrying about it.

She worked extremely hard to improve her Mana. Although she couldn’t compare with an actual Spirit-branded Retainer or legitimate ability users with high reserves of Spiritual Power, she was able to achieve the limits of her potential and surpass an ordinary person’s level.

As for Haruta-san... she inspected him from the very start with her Mana ability and saw that he had both low Spiritual Power and low Mana.

If one were to judge him by his innate spiritual talent, he could only be deemed as completely useless. It was easy to understand why he had been discarded by the Haruta family.

Mai felt a sense of sympathy towards him.

Although her spiritual abilities weren’t completely useless, she wasn’t much better than Seiji. It was merely the difference between low quality and terrible quality. Only someone like her master Natsuya was chosen by the gods.

Her sympathy turned into a favorable impression of him after learning more about his personality and way of life.

Supposedly, Seiji Haruta had become a completely depraved useless scumbag in the past but changed himself after experiencing something unknown.

At the very least, the person that Mai saw was an outgoing, gentle, and sunny tall and handsome boy.

She was moved by his sincere care for Shika Kagura and how far he went to help her.

Mai liked this type of boy and wanted to do something for him.

That was why she told him so much and even agreed to lend him the Spirit Image.

And as a result, she witnessed... a miracle!

An entire night of Visualization.

Mai inspected him several times with her Mana ability and discovered that his Spiritual Power was definitely increasing at a rapid pace!

Although he was still at a low level, if he was able to maintain this rate...

Just imagining it caused Mai’s heart to start pounding rapidly.

It was as if she had picked up a treasure!

Just walking normally down the street and suddenly discovering a piece of gold on the ground... No! It was more like discovering a huge, shiny diamond!

Mai had trouble grasping the full extent of Seiji’s transformation, but it was an indisputable fact... and after she finally managed to accept it, she felt delighted!

‘Calm. I need to calm down.’

First she needed to report this to her master.

And then she would recommend that her master should... form a closer relationship with Seiji Haruta by setting up a formal alliance with him.

Her master would be able to help him increase his power more efficiently. When he became truly strong in the future and returned to his family, he would repay Natsuya’s favors.

Yep, this was a perfect win-win situation!

Mai was quite clear that her master was direly in need of allies, as well as true friends that would help and protect her in dangerous situations.

Mai definitely wouldn’t let such a high-quality treasure like Seiji Haruta slip out of her hands!

Wait a moment... the two of them were the same age, and Haruta-san’s looks and personalities were both excellent, so after they both became adults, they could definitely become a couple!