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CH.146 Level Up!

    CH.146 Level Up!


    <span style="font-weight:400">“First things first. Paulina, you use water and earth magic, correct?” I asked my new pupil. I was already teaching Alice to use telekinesis, so adding Paulina shouldn’t be a problem.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“... yes, but does that matter?” Paulina asked.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“No, not for telekinesis. But for these it does.” I said as I pulled out two cards from collection.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Umiiruka and Gaia Power. I don’t think this is exactly necessary, but they should improve her affinity to those two attributes and make the spells of those attributes more powerful. Or perhaps easier to cast. Or more mana efficient. I’m actually not sure and she is the perfect test subject.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“I’ll install these two cards into you. They should increase your affinity with the earth and water attributes. Are you fine with that?” I asked.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“You mean… you mean you can influence someone’s attributes? Is that even possible?” Paulina asked.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Yes it is.” Alice said. “He did it to me.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Alice? I did hear she learned to use magic, but I just thought her attributes came inte or were weak.” Paulina said.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“No. I only gained one because of Brian.” Alice said.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“... I see. Then Brian, would you. Please.” Paulina turned to me and asked.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Good. Let’s do it. You should probably either stay on your knees or sit down properly. The first install can be a little intense.” I said.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“The second one is as well.” Alicemented.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Well, at least the third isn’t as bad as the first two.” I added.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“... umm, excuse me, but what do you mean by intense?” Paulina asked. She had shifted her position and was now sitting in seiza.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Didn’t you see the way the two of us reacted? When I install a card, a massive pulse of mana surges through your body, causing massive amounts of pleasure. And some pain as well. It can be a bit intense.” I told her. “If you want to back out, now is the time.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">“I… I … I still want it. I want you to teach me. Even if I have to go through something like that for it, I’ll do it.” Paulina said, determination returning to her eyes.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Good answer. Let’s do this.” I said as I walked up to her and held Gaia Power to her chest.


    <span style="font-weight:400">When I installed Mystic sma Zone to Alice, I thought you should not have any clothing on (or minimal clothing), but after Raregold Armor I learned that they don’t really matter. And I had confirmed it with the other installs I’d done.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Install.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">The card in my hand glowed before entering Paulina’s chest.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Aah.” As soon as it did, Paulina let out a sexual moan. I also saw her waver a bit, so I took a light hold of her upper body with telekinesis. If I can float her with it, I can definitely help her stay upright.


    <hr>


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Haa, haa.” After the install waspleted, Paulina was gasping for air.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Big sis? Are you feeling alright?” Alice asked the gasping Paulina.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“I … I … yes. I think I am.” She answered.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Well, that’s good.” I said. “Are you ready for the second one?”


    <span style="font-weight:400">“... I think I need a few minutes before that.” Paulina said.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Sure. That’s fine. Alice, shall we test out Level Up?” I asked Alice.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Yes. Let’s.” She agreed.


    <hr>


    <span style="font-weight:400">I used 2 toploaders<sup ss="modern-footnotes-footnote " data-mfn="1"></sup><span ss="modern-footnotes-footnote__note" data-mfn="1"> of the 6 made in CH.144  already, so I only have four more left in stock. I know I have enough cards to get more, but at the same time, four Level Ups should be more than enough. I hope. At least for the tasting phase.


    <span style="font-weight:400">(There is also level up sickness to consider.) Laura reminded me. (Anything more than 5 levels in one day, and you will get at least some symptoms. Even 4 could lead to mild symptoms.)


    <span style="font-weight:400">(Oh yeah. Thanks for the reminder.) I said back to her. I wouldn’t want to spend two days in aa again, so perhaps I should limit Level Up use to two copies per day. Or even one, depending on the results.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Well, let’s just test it out first and make nster.


    <span style="font-weight:400">(Laura, put a toploader on one of the Level Ups.)


    <span style="font-weight:400">(Already done, Master.) Laura answered.


    <span style="font-weight:400">(Thanks.) I said back to her as I pulled the card out of collection.


    Spoiler


    [copse]


    <span style="font-weight:400">I held it in my hand before activating it.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Level Up.” I said to activate it.


    <span style="font-weight:400">After I did, I felt some power surge inside me, butpared to the installs, this is nothing.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“... Did it work?” Alice asked.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Let me check.” I responded as I pulled open my status.


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    <td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">Name: Brian Wood</td>


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    <td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">Race: Human !</td>


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    <td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">Level: 40</td>


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    <td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">HP: 990</td>


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    <td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">Mana: 1180</td>


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    <td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">Strength: 305</td>


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    <td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">Defense: 525</td>


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    <td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">Magic: 375</td>


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    <td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">Skills:</td>


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    <td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">Pack Opener LV.4 (unique)</td>


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    <td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">Telekinesis LV.1 (extra)</td>


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    <td style="width:100%"><span style="font-weight:400">Summoner’s Unity LV.2 (extra)</td>


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    <td style="width:100%"><span style="font-weight:400">Dungeon Founder (extra)</td>


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    <td style="width:100%"><span style="font-weight:400">Summon Water Spirit (extra)</td>


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    <td style="width:100%"><span style="font-weight:400">Health Conscious (extra)</td>


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    <td style="width:100%"><span style="font-weight:400"></td>


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    <td style="width:100%"><span style="font-weight:400">Mana Control LV.2</td>


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    <td style="width:100%"><span style="font-weight:400">Shining Taunt LV.1</td>


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    <td style="width:100%"><span style="font-weight:400"></td>


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    <td style="width:100%"><span style="font-weight:400">Water Spirit’s Blessing (Greater)</td>


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    <td style="width:100%"><span style="font-weight:400">Language Comprehension (humanoid)</td>


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    <span style="font-weight:400">Yeap. Seems to have worked. I leveled up twice. Mana control also leveled up. Did the card also cause that?


    <span style="font-weight:400">(No. That was your will to use telekinesis to lift a person. It required mana control at a level you didn’t have and your skill leveled up.) Laura exined.


    <span style="font-weight:400">… so that happened. Good to know.


    <span style="font-weight:400">(You shouldn’t rely on it. You were already close to level two mana control. You just made thest push to level up the skill. Just your will alone will not normally level up a skill.) Laura added.


    <span style="font-weight:400">(Well, that’s fine. I have a card for that, right?) I joked.


    <span style="font-weight:400">(Assuming it works that way as well.) Laura said.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“It seeded. My level increased by two.” I said to Alice.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Yes! Me next! Please.” Alice said.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Sure. Just let me get it out.” I said as I traded the now grayed out Level Up with a fresh one that Laura had ced a toploader onto. “Level Up.” I activated it, targeting Alice.


    <span style="font-weight:400">As I did, I saw a soft shining light around Alice. Did that appear around me as well?


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Status.” I heard Alice say after the glow subsided. “Yes. I leveled up. Use another on me.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">“No, let’s not. Just in case of level up sickness.” I said back.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Oh. Yeah. Better not then. But I think four levels wouldn’t give level up sickness.” Alice said.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Still, better safe than sick in bed.” I said. “But on the other hand, I think I will use a second one on you. Just in a different way.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">“What way?” Alice asked.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Well, you have things other than your status with a level, right?” I asked.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“... do I?” Alice wondered.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Take another look at your status.” I told her. “Do you know what that LV at the end of your skills stands for?”


    <span style="font-weight:400">“For level, right?” Alice said. “... does that mean? Can that card also?”


    <span style="font-weight:400">“I think so.” I answered. “But there is an easy way to find out.” I said as I pulled out the third toploader copy of Level Up. “I want to increase the level of my Mana control skill. Level Up.” I said to activate the third copy.


    <span style="font-weight:400">I don’t know if that was actually necessary, but it might increase the chance of leveling the skill instead of myself.


    <span style="font-weight:400">After I felt the cards effect end, I opened my status again.


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    <td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">Name: Brian Wood</td>


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    <td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">Race: Human !</td>


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    <td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">Level: 40</td>


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    <td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">HP: 990</td>


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    <td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">Mana: 1230</td>


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    <td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">Strength: 305</td>


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    <td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">Defense: 525</td>


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    <td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">Magic: 385</td>


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    <td style="width:100%;height:24px"></td>


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    <td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">Skills:</td>


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    <td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">Pack Opener LV.4 (unique)</td>


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    <td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">Telekinesis LV.1 (extra)</td>


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    <td style="width:100%"><span style="font-weight:400">Summoner’s Unity LV.2 (extra)</td>


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    <td style="width:100%"><span style="font-weight:400">Dungeon Founder (extra)</td>


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    <td style="width:100%"><span style="font-weight:400">Summon Water Spirit (extra)</td>


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    <td style="width:100%"><span style="font-weight:400">Health Conscious (extra)</td>


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    <td style="width:100%"><span style="font-weight:400"></td>


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    <td style="width:100%"><span style="font-weight:400">Mana Control LV.3</td>


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    <td style="width:100%"><span style="font-weight:400">Shining Taunt LV.1</td>


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    <td style="width:100%"><span style="font-weight:400"></td>


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    <td style="width:100%"><span style="font-weight:400">Water Spirit’s Blessing (Greater)</td>


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    <td style="width:100%"><span style="font-weight:400">Language Comprehension (humanoid)</td>


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    <span style="font-weight:400">So… it worked. The skill level increased. By one. Perhaps it takes more to level up a skill and the card can only do one level.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“It seeded. My mana control leveled up once.” I told Alice.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“... then, can you use one on me?” Alice asked.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Sure. What skill do you want?” I asked.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Magician’s power. The new skill I got.” She answered.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Sure. Let’s do it.” I said as I traded the third copy of Level Up for the fourth. This is thest one I have a toploader for. Well, at the moment. “I want to increase the level of Alice’s Magician’s power. Level Up.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">After the activation, a soft glow once again surrounded Alice.


    <span style="font-weight:400">After it subsided, Alice once again said “status” to see the results.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“It worked. My skill leveled up.” Alice said.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“By one level? Or two?” I asked.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Just one.” She answered.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Could you show me?” I asked.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Yes. Status open.” Alice said. She really is too easy going about revealing her status. I should probably tell her not to. She is getting some rare skills.


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    <td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">Name: Alice Watchman</td>


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    <td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">Race: Human</td>


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    <td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">Level: 13</td>


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    <td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">HP: 210</td>


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    <td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">Mana: 810</td>


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    <td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">Strength: 105</td>


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    <td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">Defense: 135</td>


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    <td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">Magic: 585</td>


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    <td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">Skills:</td>


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    <td style="width:100%"><span style="font-weight:400">Card Summoner LV.1 (extra)</td>


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    <td style="width:100%"><span style="font-weight:400">Magician’s Power LV.2 (extra)</td>


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    <td style="width:100%"><span style="font-weight:400"></td>


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    <td style="width:100%"><span style="font-weight:400">Dark Magic LV.2</td>


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    <td style="width:100%"><span style="font-weight:400">Mana Control LV.5 </td>


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    <td style="width:100%"><span style="font-weight:400">Magic Boost LV.3</td>


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    <td style="width:100%"><span style="font-weight:400">Quick Cast LV.2</td>


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    <td style="width:100%"><span style="font-weight:400">Fast Mana Recovery LV.3</td>


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    <span style="font-weight:400">Good. Both her overall level and her skill level in Magician’s power did increase. Nice.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Now, back to my other pupil.


    <hr>


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Paulina, are you ready for the second one?” I asked.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“... I think so. It was a lot, but I can take it.” She answered.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Good.” I said as I walked up to her and held Umiiruka to her chest. “Install.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">The card, once again, turned to light and entered into her chest.


    <hr>


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Did your status change at all?” I asked Paulina after she recovered from the second install.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Yes. My water magic rose one level, but nothing happened with earth magic.” She answered.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“I see. Well, you should probably test both of them. And pay attention to things like how much mana you use and how powerful the spell is.” I told her.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“As you wish, teacher.” Paulina said.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“... please don’t call me that. Just Brian is fine.” I said.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Paulina then proceeded to use a few spells of both water and earth attributes, like earth control, stone spear, aqua stream and water control. She seemed to get the most surprised the first time she used aqua stream, as the amount of water that the spell made seemed to be quiterge.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“I think my spells are more mana efficient now.” Paulina said. “I think I’m putting in the same amount of mana as I did before, but the effects are noticeably greater.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">“I see. So that’s the effect that increasing affinity has. Good to know.” Perhaps I should install Umiiruka into Lua as well. You know, so her water magic gets a power boost. Actually, perhaps just normal Umi would do that as well. But I’m not sure. And if I use Lua as a test subject, I’ll need to ask for permission first. Paulina already agreed to be a test subject, so I might try Umi on her one day.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Does this mean I’m ready to learn telekinesis?” Paulina asked.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“No idea. But possibly. Now it''s time to train for that.” I said.


    <hr>


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Controlling mana outside your body? Without a spell? Is that even possible?” Paulina wondered.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“It is. I can do it. A bit.” Alice said.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Let’s just show her.” I said to Alice.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Yes. I can start.” Alice said.


    <span style="font-weight:400">She came up to me and sent a small mana pulse from her right hand towards my left. I then caught it, took it in, let it flow through my body and sent it back from my right hand. And I have to say, with level 3 mana control, this was so much easier than before. I probably could do it entirely on my own, without Laura.


    <span style="font-weight:400">(You know you don’t have to. I’ll always help you with anything.) Laura said.


    <span style="font-weight:400">I know you will. I know.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“... what are you doing?” Paulina asked.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“A mana loop. You know what that is, right?” I told her.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Of course, but you aren’t even touching.” Paulina said.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Well, it wouldn’t exactly be training to move mana outside your body if we were.” I said.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“... so, you can send mana back and forth without touching?” Paulina asked.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Yep. Come join us.” I said.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“... can I? I’m not sure I can do that.” Paulina said.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“I’m sure you’ll learn soon. It didn’t take Alice that long to figure out how to do it.” I said.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Yes. I’ll at least try.” Paulina said.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“No. Do, or do not. There is no try.” I said to her, quoting a line from a movie.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“... what does that mean? How can I do something if I don’t try to do it?” Paulina asked.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“... Well, I’m actually notpletely sure. It’s something that was said to me.” I lied. “I think it means something like, if you only try, you don’t actually think you can do it.” I exined.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Ah. I think I get it. Then I’ll do it.” Paulina said.


    <hr>


    <span style="font-weight:400">I took out the two travel pelts from my fanny pack and used them as cushions for us to sit on and made a circle. Alice was on my right and Paulina on my left. I decided on this order as catching the mana pulse is more difficult than sending it, so I took the position of receiving the mana pulse from Paulina, who was new to this.


    <span style="font-weight:400">At first, we were all holding hands, but with time, I seperated my arm from Alice’s and Alice separated hers from Paulina’s.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Paulina was able to take in Alice’s, but she was hesitating in removing her hand from mine.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“You have to do it. Don’t hesitate. I’ll catch your mana for sure.” I said to Paulina. Honestly, this entire exercise was basically ying hot potato with mana.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“I’ll …. I’ll do it now.” Paulina said, aggressively pulling her hand away from mine.


    <span style="font-weight:400">I was expecting for a mana pulse toe, but nothing happened.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“... did you send it?” I asked.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“... I … I think I did. Did you not receive it?” Paulina asked carefully.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“No, sorry. Let’s go again.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">This is how the practice continued.


    <hr>


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Good. I got it now.” I said after around the fifteenth time we had tried.


    <span style="font-weight:400">We had actually changed the training method a bit. I cut Alice out of our loop entirely and asked her to train with Mana instead. Paulina was surprised to see Alice summoning something and even more surprised to see a human summoned, but I told her to focus on the task at hand.


    <span style="font-weight:400">But her focus was not on the training and that is why I think it took so many tries to get the remote loop going.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Now, let’s keep this up for a few minutes.” I said to Paulina.


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    <span style="font-weight:400">While Paulina did learn how to do the remote loop, it still took her some amount of concentration. Every time she turned her head to check on Alice and Mana, the loop would be cut off. I think the fact that I was able to look at Alice and Mana while keeping the loop was also infuriating her. Of course that part took some Laura hacks on my part. Even if I can do the loop by myself, I have to focus on it.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“I think that is enough for the day.” I said, cutting off the loop.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“I … I see. Thank you.” Paulina said.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“From now on, you should practice like that at least for a bit every day. Your first goal is to be able to do that loop with minimal concentration and minimal mana loss.” I told her. “Once you try telekinesis, there are another 100 things to focus on, so you have to be able to not focus on your mana control when you do it.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">“I … Yes. I’ll do my best.” Paulina said.


    <span style="font-weight:400">We watched Alice sling some spells around. I also saw for the first time the new spell Alice learned before we even left Alewatch. Dark wave. I’m not exactly sure what it does as it didn’t seem to do any direct damage to the targets, so it’s probably some sort of status effect or something. Now she has met the condition that I set for her to get the ck pendant, so I should probably hand it over to her.


    <span style="font-weight:400">After Alice was done, we left the training grounds.
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