As I felt my body heat up, the flames on my figure, shining brilliantly, I saw that my wound was slowly cauterizing. Closing due to the immense heat that I was putting out. But there was no pain, just the calming feeling of a warm embrace. Looking at the cut on my shoulder, I can tell that if I don't heal that properly, it'll scar. With a thought, I draw out Twilight Healing. The process was quite simple, I just thought about recovering from any injury possible, while injecting some of my Ki into my middle fingers. That's where 2 rings solidified. They gave off a blinding light. Over the next 10 seconds, the light dimmed down slowly, until the rings reflected off the sunlight. They were gray. The rings were made of silver and were 3 millimeters thick. They both had a green, emerald gem embedded deep into the top of them. The holy aura the rings gave off was enough to surprise Ur and get her to stop throwing the icicle spears. Raising my right arm up to my left shoulder, making the iconic Vegeta pose after Baeteen did a number on his arm. I channel my ki into the rings and use it to emit a healing wave(?), ray(?) onto my shoulder, causing the burnt part of my shoulder to heal, making it disappear without a trace. My arm felt brand new.
Needless to say, this is my original body, my clones that are out exploring the world, looking for both Erza and Ultear have probably improvised a solution to get close to each of their 'targets'. Rosemary Village is an easy find, but finding that weird research institute will be difficult. The anime never mentioned a name, and so I had to improvise. Looking for context clues the clone would have had to figure out where it was. Not to mention the insane amount of plot armor he would have to have to arrive just as some nefarious plot would occur.
I have been sparring with Ur for the last hour or so. I say 'sparring', but it's me just dodging or blocking her icicle spears. I doubt I can get a hit in on her in my current state. I have split my body into 5,000 clones, leaving me with 100,000 BP. But, as impressive as that power level looks, I'm honestly quite weak. Right now, I'm 100 times weaker than Ur, so dodging is a pain. But to be honest my Ki shields aren't doing too great either. Luckily, with my Ki Mastery ability, I have been able to make ki shields with the fire element as a base. My mastery goes along the line of knowing how to do anything and everything with Ki, but I have no practical knowledge of manipulating it. The basic Saiyan instincts help, but I want to enhance those even further, refining them to a much higher degree. I don't want to rely only on brute force, but also technique so that my movements look elegant while retaining their strength.
"Alright, that's enough for now," Ur says. "You can use fire magic. I saw you reinforce your magic shields with fire magic. I guess you're more like your mom than she thinks. She could use multiple types of magic too. It took her some time to learn, but she got it. Let's see what you can do with Ice-Magic."
"Ok, sure."
'He flipped suddenly. He was like a cute kid earlier, but in a blink, he seems to be the most focused person I've ever seen. I'm glad to see him take learning seriously, but come on, he's a child. He needs to learn to enjoy his time here. I should know, I lost my daughter' Ur thinks to herself. 'I wonder, will he be more like a child if there are more people his age around him? If it can give him a better childhood, or at least, a more normal one, I will take on more disciples.'
While Ur isn't an open book, it isn't hard to guess what she's thinking. I saw the flicker of grief in her eyes and her raised eyebrows when I responded. I could tell that she was bothered by something. Probably something about me having a normal childhood or maybe about Ultear. It could also be about the struggles of her life, but the sadness and the surprise only occurred after she heard my response.
"Sensei, how are you feeling? You look sad." I had to ask. Not to maintain my childish persona, but because I was genuinely worried about her. I don't know if I pointed it out, but Ur was a character I desired. Not for any other reason than to make her forget the suffering she lived through. Her husband casually not being part of the picture, losing her daughter, having two bratty and annoying students, turning into an ice prison to protect them from Deliora, and lastly, living her life as part of the sea. Tragic, truly. I want to change that. And to be completely honest, Her being an absolute smoke show did not hurt either.
As I was thinking about this, Ur was surprised once again. She was certain that she could hide her hurt quite easily since nobody had ever noticed her being down. She was told that she always had the brightest smile. 'Did I let my guard down in front of this kid? I know he's the son of my best friend, but still.' Her thoughts racing, she responded "No, I'm fine. What gave you that idea?"
I don't think it needs translation, especially since her life has been total misery after she gave birth to Ultear but here it is: I am absolutely NOT fine. NOT FINE AT ALL. I NEED HELP.
"Are you sure Sensei? You looked really sad, and now confused? I'm really worried about you now, should I call mom? Did it have to do something with that thing you and mom talked about?"
"Don't think too much, I told you I AM FINE" Ur replies, forcing a smile onto her face. "Besides, you didn't tell me, but what gave you the idea that I was sad?"
"Mom said that the saddest people smile the brightest, to keep their sadness hidden. I don't know why though. When I asked mom, she said that most do it because they don't want to bother anyone. If you really are sad Sensei, I am ready to listen. After all, you mean a lot to me!" I reply. I don't know if this will work, but if it does, I snag brownie points with a 10, if it doesn't, then my next attempt surely will.