[38] The Next Big Time Mage (2)
<span style="font-weight:400">Chapter 38: The Next Big Time Mage (2)
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<b>[Third Person Point of View]</b>
<span style="font-weight:400">Mem-Cho was now sitting on Aqua''sp, as he was helping her motion her hands in a specific manner.
<span style="font-weight:400">Mem-Cho found it a little hard to focus sitting on him like this. Hisrge and protective arms around her as they taught her how to make signs, but she could barely focus. Did he not know it was hard for her in this position?
<span style="font-weight:400">When she met this Aquamarine Hoshino for the first time, she was scared by the aura he released. She thought he was some Hero faction lunatic trying to kill her. She had had the bad luck of encountering a few people like that in the past, her half-devil bloodline was always a curse.
<span style="font-weight:400">"Why aren''t you following?"
<span style="font-weight:400">"Hey, I am trying~"
<span style="font-weight:400">She nudged closer to him as she said that, feeling his breath on her neck. This was the first time she feltfortable doing things like this with a guy, and he was a decade younger than her. Could it be she was kind of fucked in the head?
<span style="font-weight:400">Living in Japan, she was used to old people with young partners. However, after she became influential and got active on the inte, she realized this was not the norm. This was what the rest of the world called pedophilia. Aqua looked old, he had a huge body that made her feel hot, even right now, but wasn''t he just a little boy? Mem-Cho was unsure about her ethics as she knew she was building something for him.
<span style="font-weight:400">A strong, reliable man, who promised her greatness along with her family whom she had been protecting for her entire life. So of course, she fell for him, when he was so active with his approaches.
<span style="font-weight:400">She had always been scared of being around men because if something happened and someone got a clip of that, even just kissing, it would go viral and she''d be in trouble. Sure, she''s not an idol, but popr female influencers are better if their status remains single. Despite that, when he kissed her that day, she couldn''t find herself to resist. She wouldn''t say she had a crush on him or anything, but she liked him, despite him being a yboy. She didn''t mind him doing… things to her.
<span style="font-weight:400">"Your mind is distracted, Mem." Aqua said with a slow sigh.
<span style="font-weight:400">"Ah, my bad, I was just…" She blushed a little, looking back into his eyes.
<span style="font-weight:400">He shook his head, his earlier eagerness had vanished when he began to teach her. He felt oddly different now, Mem-Cho felt slightly afraid all of a sudden.
<span style="font-weight:400">"Commonly, there are three ways to activate this kind of bloodline power," Aqua began to exin. "First is [<b>Chanting</b><span style="font-weight:400">], it''s amon power system shown in any fantasy work, you should be familiar with it already. Then there is [<b>Hand</b> <b>Gestures</b><span style="font-weight:400">], which aren''t just silly goofy Ninja hand signs but also different kinds of motions, like waving your hand and stuff. Lastly, there is [<b>Will</b><span style="font-weight:400">] where you just will for the power to activate, and it does.”
<span style="font-weight:400">"Chanting is statistically mid since it takes longer, you have to talk for it, and it is overall slow. Hand Signs are easier, you can do it silently and fast. Unless you have your hands locked, in which case you can use chanting. The willpower one is the most sought after, you just will it – think about using the power – and it is cast." Aqua finished.
<span style="font-weight:400">"Looks like you''re teaching me the second option?" Mem-Cho asked as she once again began to follow his hands'' instructions to move her fingers in a certain way. "Why not the third? Is it super hard to learn?"
<span style="font-weight:400">"A little," he nodded. "But I''m going to teach you that too. For it, however, you first need to know how it works, right? You can''t ''will'' something you''ve never experienced before, can you? Can you exin to a blind person what it feels like to see? Exactly that."
<span style="font-weight:400">"Ah." Mem-Cho nodded.
<span style="font-weight:400">"I''ll teach you hand seals first, and then the willpower one. I''ll teach you chanting at the very end, you need that as a backup." Aqua exined to her.
<span style="font-weight:400">Currently, they were going through a series of hand potions in slow motion for her to get a gist of it.
<span style="font-weight:400">"Um, isn''t this kinda long? Why isn''t it working?" Mem-Cho asked innocently, but that was a mistake as he sighed. "What?"
<span style="font-weight:400">"You retarded littless," Aqua suddenly grabbed her face from behind, making her Pause as he made her turn to look at him. "That is because you are <i><span style="font-weight:400">not</i><span style="font-weight:400"> following my instructions correctly because you are busy thinking about your current position on myp." He gently smacked the side of her head, making her blink in surprise with her mouth agape at the sudden switch. "Haah. I usually wouldn''t exin, but I feel bad so let me go ahead and help you understand. I am teaching you like this, on myp, with my arms hugging you because you can''t afford to be distracted in a fight, so I am teaching you while you are distracted.
<span style="font-weight:400">"Oh."
<span style="font-weight:400">"Be better. I was being kind until now but you dare call <i><span style="font-weight:400">my</i><span style="font-weight:400"> chantation slow? When it''s you who is a dumb little girl with shit for a brain?" He squinted his eyes at her, and she breathed heavily, biting her lip. "You can''t be serious if you''re turned on right now."
<span style="font-weight:400">"N- No? I am not." She cleared her throat. "I am just a bit surprised that normal Aqua and Master Aqua are so different."
<span style="font-weight:400">Aqua shook his head, squeezing her waist as he did that. "Haah, you''re distracting me too. I have other stuff to tend to, you know? Keep this up and I''ll tear your clothes apart, and then…"
<span style="font-weight:400">"And then what?" She gulped and grabbed his face gently. "Finish your sentence."
<span style="font-weight:400">Aqua opened his mouth and she closed her eyes. She expected him to lean over and kiss her, but to her surprise she was greeted with a finger flick on the forehead.
<span style="font-weight:400">"Oww!" She opened her eyes and looked at him, beforeughing. "What was that for?"
<span style="font-weight:400">He chuckled. "Focus. Don''t lose yourself in the moment. Here, follow my movements again. And make sure to do it <i><span style="font-weight:400">properly</i><span style="font-weight:400"> this time."
<span style="font-weight:400">"Yes, baby." She took in arge breath and nudged deep into his embrace; this was the kind of romance she wasn''t expecting in her life.
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<b>[First Person Point of View]</b>
<span style="font-weight:400">The night was lovely, the leaves on the tree above us were rustling as the wind blew over and the moon shone down at us. The lovely weather helped us proceed with the training smoothly.
<span style="font-weight:400">Mem-Cho wasn''t talentless, I noticed, she was just a bit distracted earlier. After a few more minutes, Mem-Cho got the hang of it. I stopped her from casting it right away and had her stand up.
<span style="font-weight:400">I stood three meters in front of her and spoke, raising my finger. "I am going to shoot you, and you have to erect your barrier in time to slow down or outright stop the Qi bullet."
<span style="font-weight:400">"Oh, alright." She nodded. "You''re pointing your finger at the empty air, right? Because from here it seems like you are pointing your finger at my body."
<span style="font-weight:400">I smiled. "I''m pointing at your shoulder."
<span style="font-weight:400">I changed direction a little and pointed at the tree behind; a small dark orb of cloud leaped out, the <b>Vapor Cloud’s Bombardment</b><span style="font-weight:400"> technique activated, as it rushed forward and left a finger-sized hole in the tree.
<span style="font-weight:400">I pointed back at Mem-Cho, who had wide eyes and a dumbstruck expression on her face. "Don''t worry, I can heal your shoulderter if you fail. Can''t do nothing about the pain though."
<span style="font-weight:400">"Um, Aqua-kun, I think it''s better if-''
<span style="font-weight:400">I shot forward and she screeched, pulling her hand in front of her but managing to make cohesive hand seals as she did that. In a moment''s interval, a circr green barrier erected out of her body, stretching an arm''s reach away from her, just as the dark cloud slipped into it.
<span style="font-weight:400">There, it paused. Bands of runes appeared around the circr orb and spun around it like the ring of Saturn.
<span style="font-weight:400">"Oh." I smiled. "Good girl. Now do the other thing I taught you. If long enough time passes, that orb will disperse into Qi. So, while keeping the time stopped so that it doesn''t move from its spot, make the time faster too so that it eradicates into Qi."
<span style="font-weight:400">Mem-Cho panted as she looked at the orb cloud that was floating in front of her. "Can I move out of my way?"
<span style="font-weight:400">"Good that you''re asking instead of moving away on your own; no, you can''t. Stand on your spot and do it. In that case, your mind knows that failure will be painful." I said.
<span style="font-weight:400">"Ugh, okay, okay." Mem-Cho said as she raised her hands; green tes of magic circles formed on her palms as she gulped.
<span style="font-weight:400">One wrong move and her shoulder will be gone. She knew that and she moved the tes in a certain way. This part was not just hand signs but hand movement in a certain and precise manner.
<span style="font-weight:400">The bands of runes that were around the green barrier moved as she moved her hand, they were precise and careful. Mem-Cho was cautious, the level of focus needed caused sweat beads to form on her forehead that trailed down her brows and down her lovely chin.
<span style="font-weight:400">"You have seven seconds," I snapped my finger as twelve orbs of cloud appeared around me like flying bombs. "If you don''t seed, I''ll be shooting these- ah."
<span style="font-weight:400">Before I could finish my speed, I grinned as I saw the cloud orb inside her barrier disperse into essence and vanish in thin air.
<span style="font-weight:400">"Very good," I nodded my head, as she looked at me in joy.
<span style="font-weight:400">"I did it!"
<span style="font-weight:400">"Let me double this," The twelve cloud orbs around me are twenty-four. "You have to be fast because I''ll shoot them fast."
<span style="font-weight:400">"Hey- but! I can''t move that fast! I am still human!” she eximed.
<span style="font-weight:400">I smiled, tripling the cloud orbs as she got goosebumps. "Here is some free motivation. The current Humanity''s strongest can fight Satans and the Leader of Fallen Angels on equal grounds. Humanity isn''t weak, and you happen to have the powers of Devils too. There are people moving at the speed of light, love, you won''t survive if you can''t even move just your hands fast enough to dodge these."
<span style="font-weight:400">"W-wait, wait!"
<span style="font-weight:400">Then, I showered her with a bombardment of destructive clouds.
<span style="font-weight:400">To my surprise, although she panicked and scrambled her hands all over the ce, Mem-Cho remained unharmed till the end. Well, I mean, it is I who is her teacher, so of course she can do things like this.
<span style="font-weight:400">….
<span style="font-weight:400">Later, I began to teach her the Will-Power Casting. I really wanted to cultivate, but it doesn’t feel right to leave her halfway through. So I decided to finish teaching her the three types first, and then I will move on with my own training.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Let me exin the Will Power type a little. In its earlier stage, you can’t just ‘wish’ for the power to activate it directly. At first, you have to will your Mana and make it circte within you in a certain way, instead, and the certain movement will cause it to blossom into releasing your ability. At its medium stage, you can just will it and it will be cast. At its final stage, you can activate your power on instincts. No dy.” I exined.
<span style="font-weight:400">To give her some visual aid, I showed off a little. My hands crackled with electric energy as I harnessed the power of lightning. My palm faced the sky as bolts shot forth with blinding speed, illuminating the area. The sound of birds chirping filled the air,ing from the lightning. I disyed my control; summoning and recalling lightning at will. The disy was a captivating dance of power and precision, leaving the girl who witnessed it in utter amazement.
<span style="font-weight:400">“You’re just showing off right now,” she scowled.
<span style="font-weight:400">“I am,” I shrugged. “You should be able to do this soon enough.”
<span style="font-weight:400">It took me two hours to make Mem-Cho able to flow her Mana within her channels in the certain pattern that activates her power. She wasn’t perfect at it, but she could make do. I spent five more minutes teaching her to chant it in emergency situations. Few situations would make it so that she would need to chant instead of just will her way through, but it was better to be cautious.
<span style="font-weight:400">I suppose I will build her a [Spell Concept]ter, I’ll have to think about it. For now, though, the both of us returned to the resort. I wanted to fly off to the mountain right away, but we had to attend roll calls to make sure nobody went missing. At midnight, when the kids were asleep, I finally leaped out of my room and into the mountain above.
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