Chapter 74: VOL 2 Chapter 19: Ancient ruin.
What truly bothered Erik wasn't the fact that he had hit a wall in the development of runic circles. After all, in his past life, he had experienced this countless times, even having to abandon projects that he had thought were incredible but turned out to be unfeasible in reality. He had even experienced failure on several occasions.
The problem was that this wasn't what was happening now. Erik was fully capable of developing the runic circles on his own. What truly frustrated him was his inability to develop a consistent theory to make it accessible to others.
It was almost like when you forget a specific word but remember its definition perfectly. You could even recite it from memory, but the word itself escapes you. At the same time, you feel as if you're on the verge of remembering it, almost like it's on the tip of your tongue, about to come out, but no matter how hard you try, nothing comes. It was an incredibly exasperating feeling, and Erik felt it multiplied by a thousand every time he tried to develop his theory.
Moreover, Erik had always been a man of applied sciences. He loved to develop and build things, to the point where he couldn't care less how the universe started or whether a god existed or not. The only thing that interested him was taking the knowledge discovered by those great thinkers, who cared about those things, and using it to create things in the real world that were useful or at least fun.
Thus, doing something so far out of his comfort zone, like coming up with a theory to explain something he could instinctively do, only added an extra layer of discomfort to the already exasperating situation he found himself in, which only worsened his mood.
"I get it, it's just so frustrating not being able to explain how something that comes naturally to me works..." Erik commented with a slight sigh at the end, while the scent of Sigrún's body soothed him.
"Hehehe, look at you, dealing with those genius problems." Sigrún said with a beautiful smile on her face as she gently massaged Erik's temples, trying to calm and relax her beloved disciple. Then she added with a touch of mischief in her tone.
"Although, you'd get into a lot of trouble on the street if you said that outside."
"..."
Once again, Erik chose to remain silent and opted to relax under the loving care of his masters, wrapping his arms around Sigrún's slender waist as she bent down to give her beloved disciple a tender kiss on the head.
"But you know, there's something that could take your mind off things and give you new experiences that might spark the inspiration you need."