The pressure on Kain was enormous.
Kain's path to finding magic was like a maze, he had gone down countless dead ends, each ti he had to backtrack and start over.
It's like a cyclical process of trial and error.
However, if it was a process then at least progress could be seen, but Kain didn't even know where he had gone wrong.
"After all... what am I missing?"
Kain muttered, staring at the wall that was now covered with torn pieces of paper from his notebook.
These pieces of paper were sorted, separated, and then arranged, forming sothing like a matrix. The order and arrangent also showed how chaotic Kain's mind was at this mont.
Hardy sat on the other side of the room, afraid to move, but his eyes still found it difficult to take their eyes off Kain, or rather, the paper-covered wall he was standing in front of.
Hardy had never seen anyone study as frantically as Kain.
Those pieces of paper were the teacher's lectures on magic, all copied down without missing a single word.
In Kain's hands, they were the pieces that would help him uncover the true nature of magic, and Kain was only a step away from the truth.
But this last step is impossible to take. All the roads he built to get to his destination were always missing a step.
Because it is lacking, it is impossible to pass through. He cannot step on sothing that does not exist.
Kain pondered, theories building and collapsing in his head at a rate asured in seconds.
Magic, originally defined as follows.
The human body is a lock, and magic of different systems is a different key. Only when the key is suitable can the magic potential be unlocked and the person can use magic.
This also perfectly explains why so people have extrely good talent in one type of magic but cannot perform another type of magic. Even though all magic is equal and does not differentiate in difficulty.
The question here is, why do they inherently have no distinction between high and low but beco differentiated when "falling" into humans?
What makes Magus special?
Kain only needed to answer this one question.
But he still had no clue.
He had even investigated cases where people without talent for this magic were still able to perform it. But their experience was even more obscure than Kain's.
Kain sighed, another day without any results.
Suddenly, ra sent him an invitation.
"No need to wear uniform."
Kain frowned, then looked at the sky that had completely turned black, montarily unable to guess why ra called him out at this hour.
However, he still went out.
At this mont, Kain saw ra standing downstairs, wearing a long dress that reached past her knees, looking simple yet very elegant and youthful. She waved to Kain.
"This is…"
Kain asked suspiciously, ra didn't say anything but pulled his hand. Reluctantly, he had to follow.
It wasn't until the two of them left the academy grounds that ra let go.
"Okay, can you explain to what's going on?"
"Of course it's just going out."
ra smiled, then calmly raised both hands to caress Kain's wrinkled forehead.
Her soft fingers moved, making Kain feel slightly comfortable.
Seeing his face relax, ra spoke softly, her tone as if she was blaming him.
"See... I just did this and you're already... Don't you see you're pushing yourself too hard?"
Even though it was a reproach, one could hear ra's regret expressed in it.
Kain fell silent for a mont.
Yes, of course he knows, right? But what other choice is there?
ra's voice rang out.
"I know you are a very opinionated person, you won't change your mind and everyone respects that. But... I will still help you in my own way."
The young man's heart suddenly beat fast.
"Alright, let's go out. Don't think about those things today, just have fun."
ra said softly, Kain nodded unconsciously.
So, the young woman took the young man's hand and walked down to the bustling street below.
The place ra led Kain to was a famous entertainnt street in the city.
As soon as he entered, Kain was stunned by the sight before him. Long lines of people moving on the street, colorful lanterns hanging in the air, many food stalls giving off a nose-aching aroma,...
While he was bewildered, ra pulled his hand again.
"What are you standing there for, let's go!"
The girl smiled, like the focal point of the entire beautiful painting. The young man was also stunned by this, then smiled as well.
It seed that in this mont, there was no longer the strategist Kain, nor the hunter Kain, only the teenager Kain.
Whatever magic, whatever pressure,... suddenly disappeared. Kain and ra just wandered around the streets, occasionally buying street food to enjoy and then exclaiming how delicious it was.
Kain was also very gentlemanly when paying for everything, after all, since entering the academy until now he had been eating the food provided by the academy, and this was free so he had not used a single cent.
The two of them played around until they were bored, and finally walked to a park.
After choosing a comfortable seat, the two sat down next to each other. ra murmured.
"Fun, huh?"
"Yeah, fun."
Kain also responded.
The two of them just stared at the night sky for a while in peace. Suddenly, Kain spoke.
"Is the training hard?"
"Still can't fool you."
ra smiled, but her eyes flashed with fatigue.
Kain noticed ra's state as she moved differently than usual.
"Is it physical training or combat?"
"Maybe... both."
ra hesitated, but Kain saw nothing shaful in this.
Unlike Myra, ra had almost no physical training before coming here, so it was normal for her to not be able to keep up in the beginning.
However, Kain believed that the girl who had been rolling around in the Dungeon would eventually catch up.
"Give your hand."
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