45 Library of Mages 6 (2/2)
”Right. What you think about the school so far? Do you like it?”
”So far it's ok. But I need to pass an exam in a month, which will take a lot from me.” I said. But my words surprised Travis and the rest. Only Emily who was in the same situation as I didn't show any change.
”Why?” Travis asked.
”27 told us to. You could say we got into a bit of trouble. Right! What exam do you think is the easiest? You four been here for months now you should know.”
”I guess, if you only have a month, then the Year one exam. You are in S Class so you can take them any time. Year one exam is a fight with another student, but the point of it is not to win but to show skill. You are plenty strong already, you only need to make a good impression now.”
”…” 27 didn't specify what kind of exam we need to pass, he only said that the exams are in a month and that we need to pass one. This means that we won't need to study our asses off to pass a theory exam. ”You are a genius, Travis!”
Now the only problem will be Emily, she may have a problem with the fight. We have a month deadline, so it should be ok if I train her up. I asked Ike about the exams and requested them to be held in 28 days.
Emily inherited Elemental Essence of the Raven Queen, she could increase it the same way other people with elemental essence, through meditating. During meditation elemental essence starts to grow as long as the mind is calm and empty. Some people are able to achieve that state of mind constantly, but those are as rare as feathers of a phoenix.
What I needed to do is to help Emily get better control over her power, and if possible, help her find other uses of her elemental essence. If all it can do is make feathers, then it would be useless.
Every day I would continue my training with Ike and Emily while helping her gain more control over her power. A week later I figured out how else she can use her power, I got inspiration while working on seals and putting parts of a seal together.
She could do the same with her feathers! Put them together to form something else. And if she manages to connect them together, rather than just put them close to each other… she will have a lot of room to grow stronger.
When I explained my idea to Emily, she didn't seem interested, but as the deadline was closer I wanted her odds to be as high as possible. First, I told her to join two feathers together. While she did that, I continued with my own training.
Currently, I was trying to keep control over the Gliding Blade with my eyes closed. If I can do that while keeping track of its location, then I would call it a success. But it proves itself to be harder to accomplish, I could tell the general location, which was better than nothing, but I needed to make it more specific.