Chapter 20: Counseling
Training with Terrius wasn't fun, but it yielded results faster than Claude's way. On the third day of our training, I was able to use my ability in a blink in a specific range.
"Have you been practicing meditation and breathing control?"
"Yup. You told me my ability may be linked to my emotional states, so meditation will help regulate involuntary activation. I've been doing it in the Sanctum ever since."
It was the perfect time to take advantage of the whole place since the owner was gone. Once the captain returns, I won't be able to meditate in silence.
Terrius praised me for my diligence, which I never expected from him. He would always grimace whenever he saw me, and if not for the captain's order to train me, I bet he wouldn't even try to talk to me using more than two words.
I also adapted to his presence. It was in the middle of summer, but I wore a jacket during training.
On the first day under the vice-captain's training, he made me stand near a low-energy power source—a mana-infused torch that ignites a flame on its own once it comes in contact with a vortex atmosphere.
The Adaptation core imitated a vortex, so the torch was ignited. Due to Claude's way of training, I shut off the core instead, but Terrius patiently explained to me how to learn control.
He just asked me to disable the torch and not the core. Just like removing the icing on the cake without damaging the shape. Took me a day to perfect it.
Looking back, Terrius was really patient with me throughout the whole training. I messed up plenty of times, but he never looked at me with boredom or shouted at me for repeating the same mistakes despite his proper explanation.
"What did you use to do before the disaster happened?"