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

like no one properly taught you how to control your

Donna's question, a bitter smile

"Yes, you aren't wrong"

confirmation, the frown on Donna's face deepened as

"...Odd"

Odd indeed.

someone to have been able to enter the Lock and yet still not know how to properly circulate their mana this was indeed odd...however that's how things were

what happened if you suddenly found yourself inside

how to properly control the mana inside of my body. Nor which channels

channel their mana since young, I wasn't taught any of this. Every single time we were taught something

to properly channel the mana inside of my body, it simply

focus on

my body, I lowered

see, I'm starting

listening to Donna's explanation, everything was starting to make sense to me. The things that have been

body just like Donna was showing me, I could already envision myself and my arts drastically

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

the fluctuations in my emotions, Donna circulated the mana in her body even more as she softly

body. This is the fastest and most

you follow this path I am currently showing you...you will find that your mana will circulate faster and that you can gather mana at a much faster pace than before when you're trying to use a skill of something that requires you to accumulate mana...if you can get a grasp of

Donna explain things for me, nodding my head seriously, I fully focused on the

"Understood"

prevailed in the surroundings as Donna and I sat crossed-legged in

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

that's enough for

off my

week on Wednesday same time. We will resume your lessons

I felt a slight tinge of regret before I exhaled and nodded my

"...understood, thank you"

of the room and taking a towel, Donna

holding onto my end of the deal. Since you held your end of the deal, it wouldn't be right if I didn't it

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

drenched in sweat at the moment, and a pool of sweat appeared in the area I was

face, Donna smiled as she shook her

a couple of hours so