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

taught you how to control your mana,

bitter smile

"Yes, you aren't wrong"

me nod in confirmation, the frown on

"...Odd"

Odd indeed.

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 as of right

yourself inside

previous 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

mana since young, I wasn't taught 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

to properly channel the mana inside

on my mana circulating in your

around my body, I lowered my head

see, I'm starting to understand

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

was showing me,

dark tunnel that I

fluctuations in my emotions, Donna circulated the mana

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

you're practicing as that is 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 what I'm teaching you, in the next

things for me, nodding my head seriously, I fully focused on the mana that was circulating inside of

"Understood"

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

to circulate at a much faster pace than before. I could vividly see myself improving at

enough

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

week on Wednesday same time. We will resume your

back, I felt a slight

"...understood, thank you"

side of the room and taking a towel, Donna threw

end of the deal, it wouldn't

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

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

face, Donna smiled as

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