as my clothes were drenched and yet to dry, Mordecai gave me a spare outfit he had.
it consisted of a pair of blue trousers and a beige shirt that was a little oversized for me.
the shirt itself was perfectly normal but I wasn't in the best of forms when I put it on and it only being slightly oversized is relieving, it may have been worse.
after buttoning the shirt with great difficulty, I came out of his room and was greeted with a low seductive whistle from Mordecai.
We then came to the door and moved out.
"So where are we going?" I asked.
"We are going to visit my teacher." Agatha replied without much effort.
"Your teacher?"
" Yes, my Ru theory teacher. he taught me all throughout my school years, and he should be able to awaken your Ru core."
"I certainly hope so, I want to know what the feeling of using Ru is like."
"You will soon." Mordecai added a line to seal the conversation.
we continued walking through the village.
looking at the villagers walking all around me, I remembered something I wanted to ask.
my hand landed on Mordecai's shoulder, and I Whispered, "why are the people here so melancholic, I mean look at them they are all wincing."
"It is nothing to worry about they are actually sad because they lost their bets at the golden goose bar yesterday."
"Oh, I see."
we continued on our way.
after some time, we finally reached the teacher's house.
this house looked definitely better than the one we were just in.
it could be surmised that the owner is wealthy.
we went up the stairs and into the house's porch a rocking chair was situated just to the left of me.
the wood that made the porch was black or you could say seemingly black as it in fact was too dark brown that it was nearly black.
Agatha knocked on the door three knocks and called out for the teacher.
"Teacher, it's me your diligent student Agatha!" she said with a cheerful tone.
"I cannot remember you ever being 'diligent' Agatha" an old voice said as the door was being opened, "in fact I will never forget how clumsy and annoying you were during the classes."
Out came an old man seemingly of 60 years of age, he was bald except for some white hairs that refused to let go of his scalp.
he was laughing and Agatha chuckled at his sarcastic remark, it could be said that they passed a teacher-student relationship and they are friends nowadays.
Agatha whispered something in his ear and he nodded, after that he entered in his house motioning for us to follow him with the tips of his fingers.
Agatha went first followed by her brother who was followed by me.
the first impression I had once I entered was that this place was 'holy'.
I don't think that I felt it.
my body relaxed and I felt energetic at the same time.
the Old man looked at me and smirked.
"I hope you like the purifying potion I set up, your lucky to have come here just as I finished concocting it."
"uhh... yeah sir, it really heightens the mood."
"ahahah, according to the books direct exposure to a potion's effect can have detrimental side-effects on Rulesses."
"What do you mean by that?" I asked wearily.
"I mean that you young man are going to have a hard hard headache and skin rash once you return home, note that the higher the grade of the potion the worse the effects on the Ruless."
"what is a Ruless?"
" A being without Ru is a Ruless." Agatha explained quickly.
I honestly became worried.
"Why are we standing here at the entrance? please follow me to the living room." the Old man offered.
we followed him to the living and sat down I took the armchair opposite to his and the siblings took the couch in-between.
The old man started the conversation.
"So you there can call me mister Heidon, and I have been told your name is Samuel?" he pointed at me.
"Yes, that's right."
"good Samuel you are a Ruless, and that is mostly because of your unfortunate circumstances."
"If you have been given the chance since childhood who knows where you would have been now, but we only care about now."
"now you are 22 years of age and you haven't even heard anything about Ru, So let me give you a quick explanation about its inner workings."
"sure, go ahead"
"my student here told me she explained a little bit for you but I will give you a more detailed explanation."
"Ru is everywhere, and it is in every living being. Generally, all beings are born Ruless and they are Ru blessed by the gods and acquire Ru."
"the gods?" I interrupted.
"Yes, the gods. Just as the goddess of harvest and fertility you in Protista pray to 'Mudonia', or the god of power and strength that is worshipped in Redwich, 'Argon'."
"the goddess of knowledge and wisdom worshipped in Arnshwald is called 'toavii', and there is a whole other bunch worshipped elsewhere in the world."
"I am sorry for the question but how does Ru stem from the gods?"
"Ru is but a part of the gods' power and might and because of their grace upon us they give us a portion of their power and the amount of Ru you can use always relates to how they preview you."
"so they determine every beings potential?"
"Yes of course they do. anyways let's explain other technical details before your triangulation."
I was about to ask what that is but he stopped me.
"triangulation is a ritual done to invigorate the Ru residuals inside of you we are going to use a specific rhythm of Ru output and siphon that near your main meridians in triangular shape. So in easier terms we are going to inject you with Ru near your middle back, nape and lower back and at each point we will inject three shots of Ru each shot contains one uor of Ru."
"but firstly I have to explain somethings about Ru."
"mastery over Ru is divided into different stages."
"you start off as at the Ru integration stage which is where your body and Ru are trying to work well together, after that you have the foundry stage, the greater foundry stage, Ru intimacy stage and finally the Ru mastery stage."
"that's all?"
"yes, that's all. Note that each stage is divided into 9 levels so after the triangulation you will reach the Ru integration 1 after that is the Ru integration 2 and so on so forth."
"but how can I raise my level?"
"by condensing and collecting Ru, the more you condense the higher your level will get."
"what are its benefits?"
"Ru can allow you to control whatever you want and do nearly everything as long as you have an understanding of it."
"anyways let's start with the triangulation, take off your top me and Agatha and Mordecai will perform the triangulation."
although I am a bit insecure about the shape of my upper body but doing this is a must.
I took off my top and showed my skeletal form which shocked the three of them.
"oh my.... I- I didn't expect the situation in Protista to this bad." said Agatha in pity.
those words cut through my chest although I am not from Protista but her remark about my current form is hurting my ego.
"ok so lay down on the couch on your stomach and we shall start." said Heidon.
"note that it will hurt a little bit so brace yourself and make sure not to move, because twitching and shivering might cause the ritual to fail."
I nodded to his words and braced myself.
soon after three sets of three fingers touched me at my nape lower back and middle back.
"first pulse one uor output at each finger, starting now!" announced Mordecai.
I took a breath and tightened my skin...
...but I never could have expected it to hurt this much.
it felt as if the tips of their fingers grabbed my spine and dipped it into cold water.
right after that it felt electrifying, I screamed in pain and couldn't hold myself.
"second pulse three uor output at each finger, Now!" I couldn't discern who announced that.
Heidon said that they are going to use one uor right?.
the amount of pain didn't just "triple" it multiplied thirty fold.
the pain caused my brain to bleed and my bones crackle, I could feel foam forming at my mouth and drool dripping out of it.
I could no longer feel my back and my arms went stiff.
my ears were ringing and my body was spasming.
"final pulse 9 uor at each finger, Now!."
I nearly blacked out just hearing it.
my pain was too much that my body couldn't measure it.
I felt nothing but sluggishness in my skull and I couldn't even form thoughts.
These people must be demons.
I could no longer feel anything and my consciousness flickered.
I decided to yield to unconsciousness and flee from this pain.
I could no longer see anything.
I went to sleep.