"Huh? What?"
"Just give your hand."
Kain shook his head slightly, he didn't wait for ra to return but pulled her arm to him, then his fingers began to gently massage it.
Kain didn't just knead randomly, but was intentional with certain positions on the arm.
Very quickly, ra felt her arms suddenly beco much lighter, the stiffness and fatigue from the training sessions seed to disappear in an instant.
ra waved her arm, which was now free of obstruction, in surprise.
"That... aweso! Kain, how did you do that?"
"Acupuncture point."
Kain explained, massaging ra's other hand, then did the sa to the back of her neck, making the pain around ra's neck disappear.
ra tried to move again, she couldn't believe how quickly she recovered. However, Kain opened his mouth to warn her.
"It's not that miracle, your energy is being released now so you feel full, but after a while it will be gone."
"If you want to truly recover, you should still rest and eat properly."
Suddenly, ra asked a question.
"Kain, sorry if this question is too sensitive, but I'm really curious."
"What's wrong, just ask."
Kain tilted his head, looking confused.
ra took a deep breath, and her voice rang out.
"How do you know so much, Kain?"
Others might not understand, but as soone who had been to Kain's village and knew a part of his past, ra knew that that peaceful place could only nurture a kind Kain, and absolutely could not bestow that knowledge upon Kain.
"I… don't know."
Kain's eyes rarely revealed a look of confusion.
Yes, that knowledge had appeared in his mind very early, so that he could understand and apply it skillfully.
However, Kain did not know whether it was a blessing or a curse.
He turned to ra, who had been staring at him for so ti.
"Why do you ask this question?"
"Because you've shown your weakness, Kain."
Kain was stunned for a mont.
He showed his weakness? When?
Kain's mind began to flash back, but that was unnecessary since ra had already spoken the answer.
"This morning."
"You failed to perform [Fire Magic] again. In that mont, I seed to see you… doubt, perhaps you were doubting yourself."
"That's right."
"I've always been very confident in my intelligence, you know that, right?"
Kain smiled, but it was filled with fatigue.
"But when faced with this, there was nothing I could do. There was only failure upon failure, and intelligence was of no help."
"To the point that I doubted whether I was really as smart as I thought. Because this was a problem that was beyond my scope of knowledge, I could not consult it, nor could I verify it."
"I thought this was a puzzle, and I would figure it out like always. But no, I'm still stuck at the starting point."
"So in that mont... I thought if I didn't have this knowledge, would I…"
ra interrupted Kain.
"No, you'll still be smart."
She said in a firm tone.
"Although there are many things that can influence a person, human nature is not one of them."
"You are smart because you are Kain, not because you have those knowledge. Even without it, I believe you would still be as wise as you are now."
"It's like my sister and I, sa living conditions, sa knowledge, but in the end we are still different. External factors can change us, but what shapes us in the end is still ourselves."
ra whispered, her voice fading.
"That weird, isn't it?"
"No ra! You are a genius!"
Kain suddenly beca unusually excited.
It seed like the knot that had been tied for so long had been untied, it seed like the hunch in his head had exploded.
The pieces of paper, the information frantically arranged in an instant. In Kain's mind, a wall was built from imagination, a total of 138 pieces of paper filled with words were quickly combined and arranged. Finally, all were arranged into a circular grid with the only missing part in the middle.
As always, Kain when reaching this step will simulate failure and the image will collapse, however, Kain now knows what the missing piece is.
Ego.
By this ti, the whole thing was connected into one line.
He found what he wanted.
"I know I'm so smart."
ra puffed out her chest and put her hands on her hips, feeling very happy to be praised by Kain. Although she didn't know why he was praising her, ra didn't care, as long as she was happy.
The two of them then left that spot and walked towards the center of the park.
There was a rather large fountain, with a raised center section of ticulously sculpted statues spouting water.
"I heard if you make a wish and throw a cent into the fountain, your wish will co true. Wanna try?"
"Maybe, let's do it together."
Kain took out a Cent, ra also took out a Cent.
Both of them closed their eyes for a mont, then simultaneously tossed a coin into the fountain.
Actually, Kain didn't have any wish. Because he didn't believe in such things.
But, when his gaze glanced at ra beside him at that mont, when she closed her eyes sincerely, the corners of her lips curved up as if rembering sothing happy…
Kain suddenly wished that this mont could last a little longer…
…
It was already late, so Kain took ra back to the academy.
When Kain returned to the dormitory, he still hadn't gone to sleep. He rearranged all the pieces of paper on the wall like in his simulation. Then he took out a new piece of paper, wrote the words "ego" on it, and pinned it in the middle.
Just like what ra had suggested to him, sa circumstances, sa knowledge, but different in the end.
Isn't this just describing how magic is different for everyone?
And thanks to that trait, Kain was able to deduce the reason why a Magus could be completely proficient in one magic but completely ignorant of another.
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