
Next morning.
Even though today was a holiday, I still went to the first year training ground. This time I went there early at 4:30 a.m. My goal came early to the training ground to train Irene when the situation at the training ground was still quiet. Because usually at 5:30, the training ground has been visited by students who want to see me and Irene train match.
"In the end I agreed to Irene's offer when she said she would make me food every day during my time at the academy" I thought.
"But make food ? I don't know why it's like me and he's a real couple. Maybe he's doing this to make other people believe that we're a real couple. Although this relationship is only pretend but he totality once in running it," I thought again.
Then I arrived at the training ground, Irene who was training by herself there. Irene stopped for a moment when she saw me coming.
"Morning, Rid," said Irene.
"Morning too, Irene," I said.
"I'm sorry to have you come here so early in the morning" Irene said.
"It's okay, how about we start training now?" I asked.
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I taught Irene about the ice magic techniques I knew from my parents' books. I taught him one by one that technique, although not all of it. Irene is the type who quickly understands after being taught. He was instantly able to use the technique I taught him in just 2-3 experiments. I also taught him about magic manipulation and mana and Forging magic that I previously taught Noa and the others.
"Do you know how to strengthen which capacity, Irene?" I asked.
"With exercise and meditation?" said Irene.
"Well that's right. Not only exercise, anything that makes your heart better will also increase your mana capacity. Because the heart in addition to being the source of life also acts as the core of mana in living things. Therefore, everyone has different capacities because each person's heart condition is also different. Each race also has a difference in which capacity they are" I said.
"In addition to exercise, there is also meditation. In addition to increasing our mana capacity, meditation is also useful for practicing concentration in ourselves. With good concentration it will be useful for us to use magic or any technique that requires high concentration. But a good meditation to improve our mana capacity is to meditate in places that contain natural elements, such as in forests, waterfalls, in rivers and others. Meditation anywhere when it rains is also good for increasing your mana capacity, because you will feel directly the natural element that is the rain water about your body. But you have to stay focused on meditating and don't let your concentration break because of the rainwater hitting your body" I said.
Irene just nodded while listening. He was like a child being taught. Well I said he's a kid not with the intention of taunting him.
"In addition to those two, there is another way to strengthen your mana capacity, which is to eat the creatures that have mana. When we eat everyday there is usually a menu of vegetables and processed animals such as meat, eggs and others. Eating it will also increase our mana but in very small quantities because the capacity of which creatures we often eat daily is very little. But eating a creature that has mana in question is to eat other creatures that have a capacity of mana which is good enough to high," I said.
"You mean Rid?" asked Irene.
"By eating creatures like Monsters, they are creatures that have a decent mana capacity. I never tried it but he said eating monsters will increase your capacity especially if the part of the monster you eat is the heart of the monster" I said.
Irene continued to listen to my explanation.
"But, the explanation of eating creatures that have mana is often interpreted very broadly, which consequently there is an explanation of eating meat and which core of other races will also increase your mana capacity. Like your example of a human eating the heart of an elf, it will increase your mana capacity. But it's just a rumor because I never tried it and I'll never try" I said.
Irene just focused on listening. He was not afraid of the explanation just now.
"And the last one is to transplant the mana core from another race into your body. For example, you transplanted an elf heart to replace your original heart. That will significantly increase your mana capacity. Your mana capacity will increase just like that of the elves because normally the core where the elves have more capacity than the human mana core" I said.
Irene continued to focus on listening to my explanation.
"Irene was not surprised when she heard my explanation. According to Ms. Karina, the body of an Elf found in San Lucia was the victim of a mana transplant. Does that mean Irene doesn't know about it or she knows about it but doesn't show any excess expression" I thought.
After I explained about it, there appeared my class students who seemed to want to see me battle practice.
"It seems like they've come to see us, let's finish my studies for today. Tomorrow we go on," I said.
"All right," said Irene.
"Then, Irene. How about we now practice match ?," I asked.
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After that, we went back to the dormitory.
"Then I went into my dorm first, Rid. I'll bring you some food" said Irene.
"Alright, I also want to get into my dorm," I said.
We both went into our dormitories.
Moments later, my dorm door was knocked. Then I opened the door and Irene brought food outside.
"It's for your breakfast" Irene said.
"Thank you, Irene," I said.
"All right," I said.
Irene went back into her dormitory as well as I entered my dorm.
I opened the food Irene brought and poured it on the plate. Then I ate the food. I can't believe the food was so good.
"I didn't expect his food to be this delicious. But I did not expect that the daughter of a Duke could cook when surely while she was still living in the Duke's residence, she was often served by her servants. When I visited the dormitory, the dorm was very clean. Maybe behind his flat expression, Irene is very good at doing homework" I said.
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At noon, I decided to go to the library again. Besides today, I have no plans with anyone else either. After I arrived at the library, I looked for books that interested me and read them.
"It looks like Gretta's senior didn't come to the library today. Maybe he's doing a lot of work in Elevrad, "I thought.
I think that way because I usually meet senior Gretta who is reading a book in the library while on vacation. While I was focusing on reading, suddenly someone greeted me.
"Siang, Rid," said the man.
I looked at that guy too.
"Nadine Senior ? ah noon too," I said.
It turned out that the person who greeted me was senior Nadine.
"Are you free now?" asked senior Nadine.
"Well, as you can see, I'm free and just reading books. Do you have to be with me?" I asked.
"Yes, I have something I want to ask you. But before that, '" said senior Nadine.
Senior Nadine flicked her finger then said.
~Silence~
Suddenly the voice I heard sounded silent. It should not be in the library to speak but the voice I heard this time was completely silent.
"Did he get rid of those voices?" I thought.
I looked around and I felt like there was an invisible little dome surrounding me and senior Nadine. It seemed like this dome that made a sound from outside was not audible.
"Well now no one will hear our conversation here" said senior Nadine.
"Is something you ask so secretive that it has to do something like this?" I asked.
"Yes, what I want to ask is...are you really dating Irene?," asked senior Nadine.
"Really a question about this," I thought.
"Why don't you just ask Irene ? you and Irene are cousins" I said.
"I've asked Irene and now I want to ask you the same thing" said Nadine.
"So yes, it seems like he wants to reconfirm the answer from me. He wanted to confirm whether the answer I gave was different from Irene or not" I thought.
"Yes, I'm actually dating Irene. Do you think I and Irene are just pretending?" I said.
Senior Nadine was silent for a moment hearing my reply..
"So yes, Irene also gave the same answer. Then thank you for your answer" said senior Nadine.
"What are you asking that for, senior ? the impression is that you want to confirm my relationship with Irene" said senior Nadine.
"My goal was to meet you to confirm that. Because I want to tell someone this information" said senior Nadine.
"If you may know, who would you like to tell me about my relationship with Irene?," I asked.
"The person I want to tell you about this is Irene's own father, Duke San Lucia," said Nadine.
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