"Alpha, What should I do now?"
Alpha then waved her hand, making a small platform and asked Alex to sit down on it. A few moments later, he went up to the platform and sat down on the cusion in the middle. It wasn't either too comfy nor uncomfortable; it was just right.
Then Alpha sat down beind Alex putting her hands on his back.
"Now I'm going to circulate my force throughout your body starting with a small amount. So close your eyes and try to get a feel for it."
"Alright, I will"
That was the last thing Alex said before he felt a force invading his body. No, it was not invading. It was as if something that was dormant and flowing cluelessly around his body suddenly started following a proper, systematic path.
Alex understood that she was trying to make him feel and control his power better. He also gave his full concentration to the feeling so as not to make Alpha's effort go to waste.
He felt like endless power was coursing throughout his body as he felt at first when he fused with his force. The force that he was restricting was let loose all around his body. He felt drunk on his power. It was like he knew everything and could do anything. Unknown to Alex, his humane feelings were getting distnant from him bit by bit.
Sensing this, Alpha decreased the injection of her force before making it come to a complete stop. This made Alex come out of his reverie, and he felt conflicted about the feelings he felt while he was in that state. It was like everything was meaningless and had no worth in front of his eyes.
"Alex, I am sure that you have felt what this power can do to the mind of a mortal being. So having good control over power is essential. Don't ever forget that."
"Alpha, what just happened to me? Why did I feel like a different person?"
Alex asked while giving her a complicated smile.
"Although your soul is unique and can bear my power, that still does not mean you have complete control over it. I myself am the representation of this force, so I know better than anyone how hard it is to control this power.
As you use the force, your mind may get assimilated into the 'force' if you are not in control. This makes you lose your sense of self. Hence, you must learn how to manage and use your force while maintaining your self-awareness."
"So is that what you were doing while activating the force inside me?"
"Indeed. We have to keep practicing for at least a few days for you to get the hang of it. So try to be in control in your mind when you are utilizing the force.
Don't worry Alex, I'm sure that you will pick it up after some tries."
Alpha said while giving a pat on his shoulder. Following that, Alpha started to inject force into him again.
----------
Alex had a hard time coping with the feeling at first, but he was able to eventually get used to it. Now he could stay in that state for a considerable amount of time without any problem, much to Alpha and Alex's joy.
This training continued for a whole week, starting in the morning and ending in the evening. During this week, Alex was in a state of mental fatigue after every training.
Alpha informed Alex that it was not only mental fatigue but also fatigue generated from the soul, as it is deeply connected with the force. She also said that even though she could relieve him of his mental fatigue, as for the soul, she could not do much about that.
During his training, he got to know many new things through Alpha. Evidently, even though she was the strongest force ever to exist, she revealed that some matters regarding the soul were still a mystery to her. Although she could manipulate the soul to a certain extent, beyond that, specially the origin of soul, she had no idea.
In addition, he also found out that he could just give himself abilities using his force so that he would not have to use the force of Alpha time and time again for the same thing, as it was tiring to use it continuously.
To explain it more clearly, let's consider the force as an electrical grid. When he directly uses the force, the whole energy runs through him, even to do the simplest work. But when he uses it through an ability like [[[Energy Constructs]]] , the strain he has to bear becomes negligible in the face of using the full power of the grid, as he can already bear the full force for quite a while without losing focus due to the training given by Alpha.
For now, he added an ability for protection and named it [[[Absolute Protection]]]. He decided to add other abilities aside from that when the need arises rather than adding every ability he could think of.
She speculated that it may have a relation to something of higher order than her. But she had no idea what it was since she never found anything related to it. Alex was utterly surprised, knowing that there might be something even Alpha didn't know. This made his determination surge as he wanted to become stronger and find the secrets of the universe.
But all of it was far away from him. Therefore, he decided to start with baby steps and develop from there, as being too hasty doesn't help and may even cause him to lose control without him even realizing it.
Finally, it was time for Alex to return to the real world, where the life of the academy awaited him. At first, Alex was reluctant to leave Alpha alone. Alex was only convinced after she told him that she could perceive the world just fine and could even talk telepathically.
After giving Alpha a quick kiss on the cheek, which she happily accepted, Alex willed himself to return to the real world. In the blink of an eye Alex found himself at the inn lying on his bed.
"Although not a second has passed in the real world, I think I have arguably had the best time of my life."
Alex muttered after remembering his time with Alpha.
"I had fun too, Alex. Also, I thought of making our world a bit lively, so contact me when you need me."
Alpha said suddenly, going silent after that. A smile could be seen throughout Alex's mouth for a while after hearing her message.