Chapter 66: VOL2 Chapter 11: how about a bet?
Several hours later, in the backyard of Sigrún's mansion, Chen and Erik could be seen surrounded by different types of materials scattered on the ground. These formed a strange pattern, with various types of Zazen discipline characters arranged around them or even engraved on the materials themselves.
"It works!!!!"
An excited Chen exclaimed loudly as he watched with great emotion a beautiful dome of whitish light forming around them. Shortly after, what seemed to be swords made of light appeared inside it, floating in the air for a moment before slowly 'turning off' and becoming invisible.
"Yes, it works, but don't you think it looks a bit ugly?..." Erik asked, hand on his chin, looking uncomfortably at the formation on the ground. Chen responded, full of excitement.
"Ugly? What are you talking about? It's the most beautiful thing I've ever seen—it works!! Hahaha, now I can return proudly to the family planet."
"Mmm... I don't know, it seems very ugly to me. Let me change something."
After saying that, Erik, feeling something akin to an OCD attack, could no longer resist the urge to do something about that ugly formation. He quickly deactivated it and went to fetch one of the nearby scrolls, closely followed by Seraphina, who trailed him like the faithful and dedicated maid she was.
Chen looked at Erik, a bit confused by his sudden outburst to change the formation that had taken them so much effort to deploy. But thinking it was just another of his quirks, he began to note down on a magical scroll all the necessary steps, proportions, and specific characters to successfully deploy the formation, not wanting to forget even the smallest detail.
Meanwhile, Eleonora and Sigrún, who were sitting around a beautiful carved crystal table several meters away while calmly drinking tea, began to comment on the situation with different expressions on their beautiful faces. They made sure no one could hear them by setting up a stealthy barrier.
"Here we go again..." Sigrún commented with a sigh as she watched Erik change the position of several materials handed to him by Seraphina, while making notes in a notebook.
"Fufufu, it's really curious how Erik perceives inefficiency as 'ugliness'." Eleonora added with a slight giggle, her gaze fixed on her disciple, who began to change several characters in the formation.