Chapter 38: In the Meantime (1/2)

The diap in the deep burgundy curtains right overmy crusted eyes, I took a s The Helstea Manor wasn't built with attackers in mind, so the exposed stone walls were rather thin, instead, allowing for e but hardly lavish, with only a large dresser to occupy the center of one wall and a desk situated in the corner of another The only luxury I indulged myself in was the fact that I hadI realized to be truly rare in this world

shi+fting ure of Elijah sprawled out beside me in bed, I shook my head with a smirk The pillow fort that one out of trend Whether it was due to the fact that he had beco a pilloall every night seeetting out of bed, I gently stroked Sylvie's head, erly stretch out like a cat My bond had ended up sleeping for four days straight before eventually awakening She explained toforms like she had a few days before would put a bit of a toll on her body, which was the cause of her deep slumber

Sylvie stirred awake for a few seconds before letting out a yawn and curling back besidea thicker robe to wear overair that I had become unaccustomed to

It was only a little past dawn so thewith maids and my little sister was still very peaceful, with the only noises co ready for the day Not bothering to wash up, I made my way to the backyard where I felt fluctuations inthe S class beast core I had retrieved fro, I found a place to sit next to hi his aura My father, Reynolds Leywin, ex-party member of the Twin Horns, was stuck at a bottleneck—unable to exceed past the dark orange stage

Over the past few days I'd been back ho the mana circulation in my father's body, as well as Elijah's

As expected, Elijah'satmosphere, were incredibly wide My father, on the other hand, had much more developed mana channels, the arteries that allowed diverse distribution of menter However, while its been developed to its limit, it was hardly exceptional

"Ah! You're up early today, son Why didn't you say anything?" My father got up, wiping the sweat off of his face and neck with a towel he had on his lap

"I didn't want to disturb your training, Dad How are things going?" I got up as well and began stretching

"It took a few days, but finally finished absorbing the rest of the beast core For soh, the core didn't crumble" He handed the S class core back to me with a curious look on his face Usually, after the purified mana stored inside the beast core is depleted, the beast core would cru it peculiar myself, I put it intolittle else except eating and sleeping for an hour or so during the process of absorbing the beast core At first, notat his aura now, I could see a noticeable change

Noticing my inquisitive look, he shot me a smirk and tossed me his dirty towel "Your father has now passed the dark orange stage into the solid orange stage"

I gavehis muscles in derats, Dad Now that you're at solid orange stage, I think it'll be okay to teach you so around with" I tossed the towel onto a nearby chair

Giving me a curious look, he beckoned fora tiny bit of ht hand, I will a snite "Here is the most basic flame attribute technique you learn, Ember" I shoot the s off the nearby metal chair

As expected, the set, was so diluted that all it left was a tiny black soot mark in theabout menters, since we produce mana from within our bodies, the farther the mana travels away from us, the more diluted and weaker it beco to deedmy head, I willed another snited another flaht red, this one was orange "Noatch, Dad" I shot the small flame, that was the same size as the previous flame, at the towel once h the towel

My father didn't show much of a reaction "Didn't you just add er?"

Shaking my head, I explained "If I added er Dad, did you notice the color of the flae" He scratched his head, trying to piece this puzzle together

"That's the key! What I did just noas a technique that is considered a high level spell used by conjurers" I grew excited as I began explaining it to him

"You see, fire's temperature—or more accurately—the rate of cos: the aen in the at burned, the oxidation of the fuel and so on The so-called 'fuel' being burned, in this case, is fire attributearound with it is how versatile this 'fuel' can be That orange fla it even stronger" I stopped to take a breath

My father shoots me an expression as if I had just talked to him in Hebrew but he seemed to have understood the last portion ofthe same amount of mana, I can produce an even hotter flame for