Chapter 56: An Enticing Offer!
The walk back to the dormitories was exactly what Ren needed. Time to think. Time to process what had just happened and what it meant for his future as the only male weaver in recorded history.
He pulled out a small notebook from his cloak pocket, already mentally cataloging his weaknesses from the fight. His handwriting was steady despite his injuries as he walked.
’Stamina management - need better conditioning. Mind Path weaving - requires more practice, backlash too severe. Barrier techniques - study reinforcement patterns. Chain weapon mastery - explore weighted variations.’
The Mind Blast had been promising, but the toll it took on his mental sea was unsustainable. He’d need to find training methods that didn’t leave him vulnerable after a single use.
Still, he was sure that had the chain Mirabella wire around her neck not been an enchanted item with the ability to block mental attacks, he would have taken her by surprise and won.
Even the necklace had cracked from sustaining that attack and she had also spit blood!
It would have been his win for sure! But there was no point lamenting.
The problem was finding instructors willing to teach him. He couldn’t learn everything on his own. He needed personal and expert guidance.
But most female weavers still viewed him with suspicion or outright hostility so he would most likely have to achieve this benefit with money.
But overall, the current issue wasn’t his combat abilities. It was the political minefield he’d just stepped into as history’s greatest anomaly.
Mirabella’s offer hadn’t been spontaneous kindness. The Frostweave family was one of the most influential weaving dynasties in this Sovereignty.