A day had passed since Mark had found the technique of his dreams.
There was something Mark wanted to do using this technique, but it required knowledge about human biology.
So before he tried anything, he wanted to make sure he knew how human and animal bodies worked.
That's why Mark was currently in his study, observing the sweaty biology scholar before him.
"I need you to answer some questions for me."
Mark politely smiled at the man before him.
The scholar nodded, a little too desperate to please. A while ago he was told to explain whatever Saint Mark wanted to know.
But here's the problem: Mark was a three-year-old child, a three-year-old celestial dragon child; it was debatable if he even knew how to read.
'Please ask easy questions, please ask easy questions.'
The scholar was praying to the sun god that Mark doesn't ask him senseless questions and then gets mad, when he doesn't understand the answer.
They will have his head if that happens. After all, it can never be the celestial dragon's fault, only his.
"Yes, I shall ask, and you shall answer."
"Now tell me this, scholar."
Mark folded his hands.
"I have noticed that the animals in my zoo just eat and sleep, but they still have powerful bodies."
"Both their adults and children are full of muscles."
"How is that possible, what exercises are they doing secretly that I can't see?"
Mark asked something in a very celestial dragon way, ignorant and proud.
The scholar was a little terrified hearing the question; he knew the answer, but he didn't know if Mark would get it.
"My liege, animals don't need to train to gain muscles or strength; they gain it naturally."
Mark tapped the table in thought while the scholar twisted in his seat.
After a few minutes of thinking, Mark looked up; he asked again.
"Explain what 'naturally' is. What exactly is happening to them that doesn't happen to me?"
"Baby animals have strong bodies without trying, then why don't I have it?"
The scholar widened his eyes; he finally understood what this was all about.
The celestial dragon kid wanted to have muscles and was confused as to why the animals in his zoo had them while he didn't.
Sadly, animal and human bodies worked in different ways, but he can't say that now, can he?
Celestial dragons were supposed to be gods, not humans.
'Sigh, my head is gonna roll today; I can't escape anymore; bye-bye world.'
Even as the scholar accepted his fate, he still had the dignity of a scholar; he would answer everything truthfully, for knowledge isn't afraid of anyone.
"It's a biological process, Saint Mark; that is how the animal bodies decide to function."
Mark nodded and kept asking.
"So if my body also decided to have muscles, will I get them?"
The scholar thought for a while as he answered.
"It's not impossible, Saint Mark, but your body cannot decide to do that."
"Human body slowly builds muscles when it needs them, then breaks it down when it doesn't."
"But that's not how animal bodies work."
Expanding on this further, the scholar gave an example.
"Think of gorillas; they have a humanoid shape, but they gain muscles right from childhood."
"They don't do any weight training, nothing at all but eat food and sleep."
Seeing that Mark was seriously nodding while frowning, the scholar decided to say a little more.
He was gaining courage after finding that Mark was being serious about this.
This celestial dragon child obviously wanted to learn and wasn't blaming him; in that case, it was his eternal honor to teach someone like Saint Mark.
Clearing his throat, the scholar gave Mark an example he just thought of.
"You can think like this: Gorilla bodies have decided to keep growing muscles even if they don't train."
"But your body has decided to grow muscles only when it is necessary; that is, after training."
Mark remained silent; he was thinking about the details given by the scholar and trying to understand if his idea would work.
Clicking his tongue, Mark stared at the scholar and he asked about the plan he had thought of before.
"Scholar, say, for example, if my body somehow decided to grow muscles."
"Or I somehow made it think it needs to grow them; will it work? It's basically like the gorillas, right?"
The scholar was rightfully amazed at how bright this 3-year-old child was; he not only didn't get angry, he also understood and put forward some interesting points.
So thinking about it for a while longer, the scholar gave his reply.
"If you can command your body to do something like that, say by medicine, it indeed is theoretically possible to do it."
Looking towards Mark, he diligently explained.
"But I would recommend against it; bodies have a very delicate balance; if you break it, the results aren't pretty."
Mark hummed in a non-caring fashion.
"I see. I'll call for you if I have any further questions."
Waving his hands, he gestured towards the scholar.
"Leave."
The scholar bowed heavily and left the study with pride filling his steps.
'A celestial dragon child was so smart; regular children aren't even comparable to him.'
'Maybe they indeed are gods? They just happen to look similar to us? Something to think about. '
The scholar walked away with pride, feeling he knew something more today.