The Author's POV

Sitting crossed-legged in the middle of the training grounds, Donna placed both of her hands on my back. Slowly, a purple hue pulsated from her body.

"huuu..."

Similarly closing my eyes, feeling her soft hands on my back, I exhaled as I tried my best to not get distracted by the soft feeling on my back. With her eyes closed, as she circulated her mana into my body, Donna softly said.

"Focus and feel how my mana is circulating inside of your body. Make sure you remember the feeling and try to envision it in your mind"

"Mhh"

Nodding my head, I did as Donna told me and focused on the mana that was entering my body through her hands.

Shortly after, I could vividly feel Donna's mana smoothly entering my body through the channels of my body. It flowed much smoother and faster than what I was used to. It was a weird feeling.

Shortly after, as I felt her mana circulate around my body, a frown appeared on my face.

Although Donna was channeling her mana in my body, right now she was keeping her mana regulated at rank...yet, I somehow felt stronger than before. This came as a shock to me as I was already rank.

It was a completely different feeling from usual, it felt as if I no longer needed to accumulate mana inside of my body before performing the first and second movements of the Keiki style as the mana inside of my body gathered at a much faster pace.

How was that possible?

Seeing that I noticed something, Donna softly said.

"...do you feel it?"

Nodding my head I curiously asked

"Yes, but what's going on?"

Knitting her brows, Donna didn't respond immediately. Thereafter, as she thought of something, she said

"The way you channel your mana is way too crude and unrefined. From what I've observed so far it doesn't even look like you know the proper channels to which you should be circulating your mana in as the paths you use aren't efficient at all. As of right now, the speed at which your mana is circulating is at 70% of what it should be...a big loss."

"As a result of this, it takes much longer for you to channel the mana inside of your body compared to other people"

Pausing there for a second, Donna tried to word her words carefully as she softly said

seems like no one properly taught you how to control your mana, am I right

Donna's question, a bitter smile appeared

"Yes, you aren't wrong"

on Donna's face deepened as she softly

"...Odd"

Odd indeed.

to properly circulate their

yourself inside of your own

to circulate mana properly, but I never once learned how to properly control the mana inside

any of this. Every single time we were taught something regarding mana, I had to learn through experimenting with my body...and let's just say it wasn't the

how to properly channel the mana inside of my body, it simply wasn't the same as Donna directly teaching me through her directly circulating her mana inside of my

focus and properly focus on my mana circulating in

circulating around my body,

starting to understand

to me. The

circulated the mana inside of my body just like Donna was showing me, I

light at the end of the dark tunnel that I was stuck in for

circulated the mana in her body even more as she

is flowing inside of your body. This is the fastest and most efficient path that we humans have discovered after a

and that you can gather mana at a much faster pace than before

I

"Understood"

the next two hours, silence prevailed in the surroundings as Donna and I sat crossed-legged in the middle of the room with

but surely, the mana inside of my body was starting to circulate at a much faster pace than before. I could vividly see myself improving at speeds that I could've only dreamt of in the past causing my heart to

enough

her hands off my back and stood

same

I felt a slight tinge of regret before

"...understood, thank you"

walking to the other side of the room and taking a towel,

end of the deal, it wouldn't be right if I didn't it as

threw at me, an awkward smile appeared on my face as I looked down at

completely drenched in sweat at the moment, and a pool of sweat appeared in the area I was sitting. Because I was so focused on Donna's teachings, I

my awkward face, Donna smiled

so