After Cyrus's explanation, Eve was very impressed with this method and urged him to show her. As someone with Sword Wisdom, as long as she saw anything related to the sword, she'll know whether it was worth all those praises or not.
Cyrus was also counting on this exact thing. He never practiced this method since no one had ever tried it, and his weapon by choice was not a sword either.
But with Eve, he'll know the moment he performed the Element Splitting whether it was just a sham.
"First, we need to allocate the elements to each strike of the Hymn of Awakening I'm going to perform. If I followed the colored figures system had shown me, then the first strike would be Water, followed by Fire and Earth.
"Since these are basic elements, then let's fill the gaps with basic elements; the fourth strike will be wind, then wood, metal, lighting, dark, and light."