The hours passed. Tobi could only check on Bella from time to time. Neither he nor she could afford to lose focus or getting tired. Until her awakening was completed, Tobi preferred to be around her.
"I think I have learned Mana Technique! Bella suddenly said. "I can feel a warm flow of a subtle breeze entering my body."
"It's Natural mana, and don't lose your breathing rhythm!" Tobi almost scolded her. "When the process starts, you need all the concentration needed. If not Mana Technique stops working!"
Bella wanted to rebuke, but realizing Tobi was just worried about her, she moved to Mana Accumulator instead. Now she could clearly feel the world around her, the soft but cold air brushing against her skin, the leaves dancing with the tree.
But she kept her focus high, visualizing a vivid the sensation of her core transformation from phantom to vivid, giving her a prickling feeling as the natural mana slowly revolves around it.
