Chapter 270: Affinity Training [1]
"Yes, I think I already discovered two of my affinities - void and water. But I haven’t learned how to use them yet. I only know how to use void to teleport one time. And its grade isn’t that high."
She nodded in understanding.
"I see. Then it will be easier for us to find out the rest." She mumbled. "And I already can tell one of them. You must have already guessed it yourself, but I’m gonna show you anyway."
She then raised her hand, and small flames began dancing around her fingers, not the previous black ones but regular orange.
"Hold out your hand," she instructed.
I extended my palm toward her, curious about what she planned to do.
She brought her flame-wreathed fingers close to mine. "Feel something?"
The moment the flames came near my hand, something stirred deep within my chest. But... It was a conflicting sensation.
Part of me felt drawn to the warmth, like a sleeping ember suddenly given air to breathe. But at the same time, there was an almost instinctive repulsion, as if something cold within me was recoiling from the heat.
My palm grew warm, and to my surprise, tiny sparks began flickering around my fingertips. But they were quickly followed by small crystals of frost forming along my knuckles.
"Ice and..." I said, watching the strange dual reaction. "...Fire."
Great, another cliche on my list. Ice and Fire, the classic opposing elements that somehow coexist in one person. Though I suppose I should have anticipated such a scenario. Father had a high fire affinity, and I’d used flames in the First Thread.