- Well I'll explain. To enter into contact with spirits, you need to, simply, release your Prana! When you do that spirits will approach you by themselves and when they choose you as their Contractor, they will touch your prana, and by touching your prana reveal themself to you. Oh, and by the way if your prana touches them but they are not the ones to initiate contact with it it won't work.
- Release our prana?
- It's understandable releasing prana in its pure state is actually quite a hard thing to do. If your body cannot withstand the energy that you unleash it will harm your body...
[The bell rings]
-... Well, it seems like that will be all for today.
[Before the bell rings, with the martial arts group]
- So, you already know me and honestly, I'm not the type to listen to an explanation nor am I the type to do the explaining. So! Do we have a model student who can do it for me?
A student raises his hand.
- hmmm... Aos Lenon?
- Yes, that is me.
- Alright go ahead then.
- If you're compatible with Ki, you gain the ability to gather Ki in your dantian and bend the rule of your body with the use of martial arts. The bigger your dantian is, the more Ki you can store through cultivation.
- Good answer. Now, what about martial arts? Who knows about martial arts type and the different arts?
No one answer nor raises their hand.
- Lumia Parmekia, how about you?
- Fine, I guess. There are two types of martial arts. The first one is the Legacy type. This type of martial arts is martial arts that are practiced and passed within a family. The martial art is or is usually separated into multiple parts and the higher your position within the family is the more of it or them you can learn but only the head and his successor are able to learn the full version of the martial arts. Then there are the normal marital arts, which are martial arts that you can find if, you are lucky anywhere in the world. It could be from a great martial artist that wrote his martial arts in a book, or it could be a common martial art that you learn anywhere. Oh! and martial arts that are passed from master to disciple are also parts of the Legacy type.
- Perfect answer! says Guro while clapping. But there is a third type of martial art that exists.
The student exclaims and Lumia realizes what Guro is talking about.
- Teacher, could you be talking about...?
- That's right! Just like some magicians create their own spells that are called origin spells. A long time ago, there were martial artists capable of creating their own martial arts, their Origin arts. Unfortunately, right now there is no one in the world that has created their Origin arts. Enough of that! Now! Who can explain what arts are?
- I can. says a student.
When the student raises, Lumia frowns. The one who rose is her cousin Wilmo Parmekia.
- Another Parmekia? says Guro. While I understand that they are a family of martial artists is there really nobody else?
No one raises their hand.
- Fine! Go ahead, Wilmo.
- Arts is the name of the different ways one uses their ki and martial arts. To the world, there are three types of arts known. Body Arts are martial arts that focus on the body and physical attacks. The best example would be the palm art that my cousin used during the sparring which is a part of the Body Arts. Movement Arts which is the martial arts that focus on movement. For an example, I would say... hmmm... Ah! Steps! And lastly, there is the Weapon Arts which focuses on learning how to handle weapons and infusing their weapons with ki. While some focus on learning only one Weapon Art, there are others who learn multiples one.
- Really... You Parmekia's are amazing! They teach young ones like you these things?
- Yes, teacher. We learn general martial arts knowledge before our coming-of-age ceremony, however, if you have a mana compatibility then all of that knowledge is useless. Plus our family only keeps martial artists. If you have a mana combability you need to abandon the name of the Parmekia.
- Well, that's the same for every Ducal family, except for the Arcadios. Even though they are from the mage faction, they also have martial artists. Well, to be fair, they always had weirdoes as their Dukes. Weird but strong. Anyway, for our first class, I will teach you the basic Body Art: Reinforcement.
Guro walks up to a tree.
- Reinforcement is a simple Body Art but even high-level martial artist uses it. Do you know why?
- It's because even though it's a common Art and one that everybody can learn it, it is an incredibly efficient Art. Answer Aos
{Guro}
" So this is the dynamics of this class, huh? Lumia, Wilmo, and Aos. These three are probably gonna be at the top of this class."
- That's right. Even though it's a common one, Reinforcement is an Art that you will always use. That I can guarantee.
After inspecting a few trees he stops in front of a tree, in front of the biggest and thickest tree.
{Guro}
"Hmmm... This one will do."
- Ok. Reinforcement is a simple body art that strengthens your body and increases your durability by channeling your ki on your body, depending on how much ki you have the strength and the durability you gain increases. Do you now understand why even though it's a basic Art even the strongest uses it?
{Wilmo}
" I see... The stronger you are the more ki you possess. And when it comes to reinforcement to more ki you have the stronger the technique becomes.
A golden energy surrounds Guro's hand.
- This is ki! he says. As you know mana, when exuded from the body while using a mana spell is blue, prana is green and ki takes a golden color when exuded from the body.
Guro punches the tree which has a strong impact due to the impact a lot of wind is produced which raises some dust. When the dust clears up the students see a tree with a hole where their teacher, Guro, punched it.
- At first, you guys will be able to reinforce your whole body but concentrating and keeping the Reinforcement Art on certain parts of your body is much harder. So all of you try it!
The students start training in their Reinforcement Art. While going around and looking at the students Guro gives them some pointers.
- Unleash your ki but keep it around you! You need to wrap your body with your ki! he yells at the students.
Guro stops in front of Juliana.
{Guro}
" Oooh... This is impressive! She is already able to bring out her ki and is able to wrap herself in it but the density of the ki is lacking, in some areas more than others too, and she isn't able to completely control it her Reinforcement only last for about three seconds. Density and Control, they are the only things left that she has to master to master the first form of Reinforcement. She is incredibly talented but that also shows how much of a genius Noah is. To think he could totally overshadow such talent."
A huge smile forms on Guro's face.
- This generation is gonna be the most interesting of all! he says.
The bell rings.
- Well, that will be all for today! Don't forget to practice! Guro says.
The students leave.
[With Noah and Gancelot]
- So master! What are you gonna do now?
- I gotta go to the library.
- You are gonna attend the explanation session?
- Yeah.
- Alright! I am coming too! says Gancelot.
- You don't have to if you don't want to.
- I want to go! I think there isn't a single first-year that doesn't know about or is curious about the library.
- Well, that is true.
- But what do you think about the rumors, master? Do you really think that it's possible to have a lucky encounter in the library? asks Gancelot
- Who knows? It could be true just like it could be a lie. But if it is true then it's a chance to get stronger. Remember this Gancelot, never let go of a chance to get stronger.
{Gancelot}
" I was right to follow him! He only wants to get stronger. He doesn't care that I am a prince. I will need to talk to sis she gotta apologize to him. "Remember this Gancelot, never let go of a chance to get stronger." Shit... My master is way too cool. "
They both arrive at the library. They open the door and they see the library filled with first years students.
- Waaa... I knew they were interested but I didn't think all the first year would show up.
- It's only normal. For a commoner, if they have a lucky encounter, they can either sell it to a noble student to make some money or points or make a connection. They could also simply learn it, and if they do it might change their life. For a noble, they gain more power, resulting in the increase of their and their family's standing and reputation. If they manage to get the book out of the academy they could even keep it as a family heritage and pass it down to the next leader of their family which would definitely make their family stronger the more time passes.
The librarian walks out of his office and stands in front of everybody.
- Well let's start the briefing session.