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 how to control your

bitter smile appeared on

"Yes, you aren't wrong"

me nod in confirmation, the frown on Donna's face

"...Odd"

Odd indeed.

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 for me

you suddenly found yourself inside of your own novel coming

circulate mana properly, but I never once learned how

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

inside of my body, it simply

lose focus and properly focus on my mana

mana circulating around my body,

starting to understand

starting to make sense to me. The things that have been plaguing me

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

the end of the dark tunnel that I was

Donna circulated the mana in her

This is the fastest and most efficient path that we humans have discovered after a lot of trial and

gather mana at a much faster pace than before when you're trying to use a skill of something that

head seriously, I fully focused on the mana

"Understood"

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

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

enough

the silence was Donna who took her hands off my back and stood up. Stretching

next week on Wednesday same time. We will resume your lessons

I felt a slight tinge of regret before I exhaled and

"...understood, thank you"

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

the deal. Since you held your end of the

smile appeared on my

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

face, Donna smiled as she shook her

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