Genta and Shizu were still on the top floor of the guild but were namely at the guild's library. At this point, they had almost finished the recitation they had started at the window where they watched Kazuya and Orihime train under Kenpachi...
"Very good," the master remarked, "but why?"
"Yucca Bugusca. "The spell is also used for controlling inflammations, but it is mostly used for treating internal inflammations rather than surface ones," Genta replied.
"Excellent!" commended the master, "and Z?"
"Zeamaya Cornsilica. "The spell is used for the relief of pain among people with internal inflammations," Genta replied.
"Impressive, Genta," the Master commended; "usually every student I teach forgets the healing alphabet in less than a year, especially just after writing the exam on it." But even three years after your exams, you can still recite it off the top of your head. I'm impressed."
"Thank you, Master. But I still cannot do all the spells correctly; I've tried several times, but they just don't work. "Whenever I put my back into it, I either end up sad or exhausted, and sometimes both," Genta admitted, suddenly looking sad about it.
"Now is not the time to beat yourself up over your shortcomings." I have told you before that some of those spells are way too advanced, even for a master apprentice like you. Your current task is to master the spells I give you. As long as you only focus on that, every other shortcoming wouldn't matter," Shizu said to her. "For now, we are going to focus on a new technique—one that would come in handy during any mission among multiple adventurers with you as the only healer available." "It is effective, efficient, and easy to implement once mastered."
"What healing technique is that?" asked Genta, unsure of where the Master was going with this. It sounded too good to be true. If she did not know Shizu, she would have taken the Master to be either a charlatan or a snake oil salesman trying to promote a technique by making it sound a lot more valuable than it is.
"I'm glad to ask Genta." "I am going to teach you the multiple kaifuku," Shizu said.
"You mean the technique for healing multiple remote people at the same time?" Genta asked. "But that is way too advanced to master in less than a week!"
"You will not need more than a week to learn it, given the circumstances," Shizu said. "Out of necessity, you will master it before the week runs out." It is for that same reason that I left those two in the brutal hands of Kenpachi—so they could learn as much as possible within a shorter time frame. So with that in mind, I am going to be a lot more thorough with you.
Genta nodded her head as Shizu brought forth a large book from the shelf, opening it to a particular page before giving it to her to read.
"Try reciting the spell on the second row of the right page with your eyes closed," Shizu instructed.
Genta examined the spell and recognized it immediately. It was indeed a spell of the multiple kaifuku, one that she didn't know about but could recognize based on the spell pattern.
"I recognize this spell," Genta replied, "but what should I use it on?"
"Great question," Shizu replied as she thought about a better way of going about this quickly. She needed a quicker way of teaching the technique to her, as they did not have time for spell memorization and the elementary fundamentals of the technique.
They had to get straight to the practical aspects of the technique, and Shizu had to figure out a way for them to do so effectively without missing too many vital points of the mastering process.
Shizu sighed as she got an idea.
"Alright, excuse me," she said after closing the book and putting it back on the shelf.
Then she left and came back shortly with two flower pots. Each of them had one flower, which had just passed germination and so looked very young and small.
"What are these for?" asked Genta.
"These are little yellow roses, as you know," Shizu replied, "and you are going to grow them into maturity right now."
"What? "How is that possible?" asked Genta.
"Through the magical prowess of the multiple Kaifuku." "Let me explain," she said to the young mage. "The prowess of the multiple kaifuku goes beyond the realm of average magical healing energy; it is an advanced technique in the realm of life energy. It is through that life energy that you would be able to grow these flowers, as they rely on life energy to survive.
Genta's imagination began to run wild. "You mean this technique can give so much life energy to something that it can suddenly advance in growth and development?" she asked.
"More or less, yes," Shizu replied.
"So that means that it can be used to grow people as well?" "I mean, we also run on life energy, right?" asked Genta, going through all of the possibilities in her head while Shizu laughed.
"Why don't we start by teaching you how to grow these flowers, shall we?" Shizu replied, wiping a laughing tear from beneath her eyes.
She understood Genta's curiosity but replied, "Don't worry, I believe after you have mastered this, you will understand why it is seldom used among advanced healers today."
Genta nodded and said, "Alright, Master." "Whatever you say," she replied, "so how do we get started?"
"You can start by focusing your healing magic on the plant, but this time without touching it," Shizu said, knowing it would be challenging for Genta to do. "You have to project your magical power towards the flowers." Only through accurate projection can it be converted into pure life energy, and it has to be done from a distance.
"Why does it have to be from a distance?" asked Genta, as she wasn't used to using healing magic on anything without contact.
"Because that is how it works, Genta," Shizu replied, indirectly telling her that she didn't know either. "Now try projecting your magic onto it."
Now the flower pots were about six feet away from Genta, and she stretched out her hands towards them, breathing calmly as she tried projecting her magical energy toward them.
It was at that moment when she realized just how difficult it was to heal something from a distance without touching it, as it drained a lot of magical energy from her.
Shizu, who was an expert on hidden magic, could see Genta's magical energy spilling out of her hands in a disorganized fashion, not even going in the direction of the flowers but just spilling aimlessly into the environment.
So she quickly brought forth her long wand and whipped Genta's hand with it, and the sudden pain caused the young mage to bring down her hands, clenching them quickly.
"Ow!" Genta cried, her eyes beginning to water. "What was that for?"
"You are wasting your magical energy! "At this rate, you would be dead by the time you start making progress," Shizu said.
"Yes, but you didn't have to hit me with that!" Genta whined, tears welling up in her eyes.
"I did tell you that I would be a lot more thorough with you, didn't I?" asked Shizu.
But Genta still looked angry about it, so she continued, "When you saw how brutal Kenpachi was with your friends, did you think there was no necessity behind that?" Or did you think your training would be an exception simply because you would be under my tutelage? Now stretch forth your hands and do it again! If you have the strength to get mad at me, channel that energy towards making those flowers grow instead!
So Genta took a deep breath and stretched forth her hands towards the plants, and sure enough, she couldn't pull it off yet, and she got flogged again for it.
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Sometime after, Kenpachi was beginning to have a hard time training Kazuya and Orihime, as they were starting to get used to his movements and defense patterns. The duo, despite their disfigured faces and bleeding head injuries, were getting all the more vibrant and persistent with their attacks.
Multiple times, Kenpachi wanted to call off the training session for the day, but by always recognizing their zeal in the current moment, he couldn't bring himself to do so.
He would always keep blocking their attacks and then strike back with everything he had, sending the both of them flying in different directions and causing them to bleed even more. Then the two of them would get up again and resume the session.
Kenpachi noticed that every time they fell in defeat, the ensuing session would be more difficult than the previous one, and he was gradually getting both impressed and overwhelmed by their quick adaptation to his fighting styles and movements.
He knew that if given enough time, they would knock him out, so he stopped holding back against them, and sure enough, they were struck by his swords again, each falling to the ground with an additional injury.