[38] The Next Big Time Mage (2)
Chapter 38: The Next Big Time Mage (2)
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[Third Person Point of View]
Mem-Cho was now sitting on Aqua's lap, as he was helping her motion her hands in a specific manner.
Mem-Cho found it a little hard to focus sitting on him like this. His large and protective arms around her as they taught her how to make signs, but she could barely focus. Did he not know it was hard for her in this position?
When she met this Aquamarine Hoshino for the first time, she was scared by the aura he released. She thought he was some Hero faction lunatic trying to kill her. She had had the bad luck of encountering a few people like that in the past, her half-devil bloodline was always a curse.
"Why aren't you following?"
"Hey, I am trying~"
She nudged closer to him as she said that, feeling his breath on her neck. This was the first time she felt comfortable doing things like this with a guy, and he was a decade younger than her. Could it be she was kind of fucked in the head?
Living in Japan, she was used to old people with young partners. However, after she became influential and got active on the internet, she realized this was not the norm. This was what the rest of the world called pedophilia. Aqua looked old, he had a huge body that made her feel hot, even right now, but wasn't he just a little boy? Mem-Cho was unsure about her ethics as she knew she was building something for him.
A strong, reliable man, who promised her greatness along with her family whom she had been protecting for her entire life. So of course, she fell for him, when he was so active with his approaches.
She had always been scared of being around men because if something happened and someone got a clip of that, even just kissing, it would go viral and she'd be in trouble. Sure, she's not an idol, but popular female influencers are better if their status remains single. Despite that, when he kissed her that day, she couldn't find herself to resist. She wouldn't say she had a crush on him or anything, but she liked him, despite him being a playboy. She didn't mind him doing... things to her.
"Your mind is distracted, Mem." Aqua said with a slow sigh. CHeCk for new stories on no/v/el/bin(.)c0m
"Ah, my bad, I was just..." She blushed a little, looking back into his eyes.
He shook his head, his earlier eagerness had vanished when he began to teach her. He felt oddly different now, Mem-Cho felt slightly afraid all of a sudden.
"Commonly, there are three ways to activate this kind of bloodline power," Aqua began to explain. "First is [Chanting], it's a common power system shown in any fantasy work, you should be familiar with it already. Then there is [Hand Gestures], which aren't just silly goofy Ninja hand signs but also different kinds of motions, like waving your hand and stuff. Lastly, there is [Will] where you just will for the power to activate, and it does.”
"Chanting is statistically mid since it takes longer, you have to talk for it, and it is overall slow. Hand Signs are easier, you can do it silently and fast. Unless you have your hands locked, in which case you can use chanting. The willpower one is the most sought after, you just will it – think about using the power – and it is cast." Aqua finished.
"Looks like you're teaching me the second option?" Mem-Cho asked as she once again began to follow his hands' instructions to move her fingers in a certain way. "Why not the third? Is it super hard to learn?"
"A little," he nodded. "But I'm going to teach you that too. For it, however, you first need to know how it works, right? You can't 'will' something you've never experienced before, can you? Can you explain to a blind person what it feels like to see? Exactly that."
"Ah." Mem-Cho nodded.
"I'll teach you hand seals first, and then the willpower one. I'll teach you chanting at the very end, you need that as a backup." Aqua explained to her.
Currently, they were going through a series of hand potions in slow motion for her to get a gist of it.
"Um, isn't this kinda long? Why isn't it working?" Mem-Cho asked innocently, but that was a mistake as he sighed. "What?"
"You retarded little lass," Aqua suddenly grabbed her face from behind, making her Pause as he made her turn to look at him. "That is because you are not following my instructions correctly because you are busy thinking about your current position on my lap." He gently smacked the side of her head, making her blink in surprise with her mouth agape at the sudden switch. "Haah. I usually wouldn't explain, but I feel bad so let me go ahead and help you understand. I am teaching you like this, on my lap, with my arms hugging you because you can't afford to be distracted in a fight, so I am teaching you while you are distracted.
"Oh."
"You have seven seconds," I snapped my finger as twelve orbs of cloud appeared around me like flying bombs. "If you don't succeed, I'll be shooting these- ah."
Before I could finish my speed, I grinned as I saw the cloud orb inside her barrier disperse into essence and vanish in thin air.
"Very good," I nodded my head, as she looked at me in joy.
"I did it!"
"Let me double this," The twelve cloud orbs around me are twenty-four. "You have to be fast because I'll shoot them fast."
"Hey- but! I can't move that fast! I am still human!” she exclaimed.
I smiled, tripling the cloud orbs as she got goosebumps. "Here is some free motivation. The current Humanity's strongest can fight Satans and the Leader of Fallen Angels on equal grounds. Humanity isn't weak, and you happen to have the powers of Devils too. There are people moving at the speed of light, love, you won't survive if you can't even move just your hands fast enough to dodge these."
"W-wait, wait!"
Then, I showered her with a bombardment of destructive clouds.
To my surprise, although she panicked and scrambled her hands all over the place, Mem-Cho remained unharmed till the end. Well, I mean, it is I who is her teacher, so of course she can do things like this.
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Later, I began to teach her the Will-Power Casting. I really wanted to cultivate, but it doesn’t feel right to leave her halfway through. So I decided to finish teaching her the three types first, and then I will move on with my own training.
“Let me explain the Will Power type a little. In its earlier stage, you can’t just ‘wish’ for the power to activate it directly. At first, you have to will your Mana and make it circulate within you in a certain way, instead, and the certain movement will cause it to blossom into releasing your ability. At its medium stage, you can just will it and it will be cast. At its final stage, you can activate your power on instincts. No delay.” I explained.
To give her some visual aid, I showed off a little. My hands crackled with electric energy as I harnessed the power of lightning. My palm faced the sky as bolts shot forth with blinding speed, illuminating the area. The sound of birds chirping filled the air, coming from the lightning. I displayed my control; summoning and recalling lightning at will. The display was a captivating dance of power and precision, leaving the girl who witnessed it in utter amazement.
“You’re just showing off right now,” she scowled.
“I am,” I shrugged. “You should be able to do this soon enough.”
It took me two hours to make Mem-Cho able to flow her Mana within her channels in the certain pattern that activates her power. She wasn’t perfect at it, but she could make do. I spent five more minutes teaching her to chant it in emergency situations. Few situations would make it so that she would need to chant instead of just will her way through, but it was better to be cautious.
I suppose I will build her a [Spell Concept] later, I’ll have to think about it. For now, though, the both of us returned to the resort. I wanted to fly off to the mountain right away, but we had to attend roll calls to make sure nobody went missing. At midnight, when the kids were asleep, I finally leaped out of my room and into the mountain above.
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