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

observing, it seems like no one properly taught you

bitter

"Yes, you aren't wrong"

frown on Donna's

"...Odd"

Odd indeed.

know how to properly circulate their mana this was indeed odd...however that's how things were for me as of right

yourself inside

Ren knew how to circulate mana properly, but I never once learned how to properly control the mana inside of my body. Nor which channels

wasn't taught any of this. Every single time we were taught something regarding mana,

channel the mana inside of

on my

feeling Donna's mana circulating around my body, I lowered

I'm starting

sense to me. The things that have been plaguing me since reincarnating here became much

was showing me, I could already envision myself and my arts drastically

finally see a light at the end of the dark tunnel that I was stuck in for the past two

mana in her body even

the exact paths my mana is flowing inside of your body. This is the fastest and most efficient path that we humans have discovered

mana will circulate faster and that you can gather mana at a much faster pace than before when you're trying to use

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

"Understood"

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

faster pace than before. I could vividly see myself improving at speeds

that's enough for

her hands off

Wednesday same time. We will

back, I felt a slight tinge of regret before I exhaled

"...understood, thank you"

other side of the room and taking a towel, Donna threw it at

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

an awkward smile appeared on my face as I looked down

in the area I was sitting. Because I was so focused on Donna's teachings, I

Donna smiled as she shook

a couple of hours so take a shower and rest up until then, I'll see