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 mana, am I right

a bitter smile

"Yes, you aren't wrong"

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

"...Odd"

Odd indeed.

yet still not know how to properly circulate their mana this was indeed odd...however that's how things were for me as of

happened if you suddenly found yourself inside of your own novel coming

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

taught any of this. Every single

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

lose focus and properly focus on

my body,

I'm starting

me. The things that have been plaguing me since

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

the dark tunnel

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

my mana is flowing inside of your body. This is the fastest

your business, but if 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

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

"Understood"

two hours, silence prevailed in the surroundings as Donna and I sat crossed-legged

to circulate at a much faster pace than before. I could

enough for

the silence was Donna who took her hands off my back and

back next week on Wednesday same

back, I felt a slight tinge of regret before I

"...understood, thank you"

room and taking a towel, Donna threw it at me

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

an awkward smile appeared on

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,

face, Donna smiled as she

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