Chapter 130: Calm Before the Storm
"Yes, you can only practice making a few runes on this parchment at max. But you—you on the other hand, were making nine. Of course, it will explode." She softly chuckled.
Orion spread out his hand, "Then what am I supposed to do? I feel like I’m doing it the right way, but I can’t be sure."
She gave a wry smile. "You weren’t wrong in your formation—it’s just that the medium wasn’t made to handle your scale of output. This is why real Affinity Runes are formed directly inside the Sea of Consciousness. There, your mana capacity sets the limits, not the material."
"...Then what should I do?" he blinked.
She reached into her desk and handed him a stack of high-grade training parchment, laced with mana-stabilizing veins. "Try again with these. They won’t explode... unless you do something really wrong."
Orion grinned, feeling like a weight had lifted off his chest. "Thanks, Grandma."
"Of course," she said gently, her smile softening. "Now go. I expect you to burn that beard of your grandpa when you form your affinity rune."
Orion speechlessly looked at her and shook his head, "Then I will head back and practice with these."
Saying that, he quickly exited the room before she asked him to burn off Eldric’s hair as well.
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As he reached his door, Orion exhaled and stepped inside. Feeling at ease, he gently placed the fresh stack of high-grade parchment on his desk, the surface now cleaned and fresh by Fiora after the last few attempts.