Chapter 110: How Beautiful
Iris didn’t stop what she was doing. She continued to train her eyesight until she mastered it. After almost five minutes, she looked back at Gavriel.
"I’m ready! Please open this barrier..." Iris said as she closed her eyes, ready to control her hearing ability.
Soon after, a loud noise assaulted her eardrums, but she endured it while focusing her mind. She asked her mind to limit her hearing ability to only what was happening near her in this cafe.
However, it was not as simple as she thought. Unlike her eyes’ ability, which allowed her to see in a single line of sight, the deafening noises came from every direction, making it challenging to handle. She could feel her eardrums hurting as if they were pricked by thousands of sharp needles. Her hands clenched tightly as she endured the nameless pain attacking her eardrums.
’Focus, Iris!’ She faintly heard Gavriel’s cold voice reminding her. ’Ask your mind to focus on what you want to hear. Ignore the rest, and don’t fight the pain; it’s just an illusion...’ Gavriel added.
Iris gave a slight nod with tightly closed eyes, confirming his guidance. She tried once again to breathe calmly.
After several seconds, she finally understood what Gavriel was trying to convey. She figured out how to select what she wanted and didn’t hear. The noise that had been torturing her ears slowly faded and then disappeared. Now, all she could hear were a few voices of people talking. Earlier, she couldn’t make out their conversations because all the voices seemed to overlap.
But now, she could hear them more clearly. And, the sounds of vehicles were no longer as overwhelming, the coffee machine’s noise had faded, and other nearby devices no longer assaulted her eardrums.
Still, this wasn’t what she desired. She couldn’t yet focus on what she wanted to hear. Iris refused to give up; she tried again and again...