Vale wakes up on a cushion at the corner of training hall. Right after waking up a strong gust of wind blows at his face and he sees Odessa approaching him. "Are you awake my prince?" Odessa says in sarcastic voice. Vale looks at her for a moment and replies "yes, and you can call me Vale. It's not like i'm having any privilege of such title" while getting up from the warm cushion.
While getting near him Odessa says "I am Odessa Nevail Organda a castle mage, his majesty Sir.Ares assigned me as your new mentor and from now on you will be practicing aura manipulation more then sword training". Vale bitterly smiles as it means a cut on his rest time for more training. Just as Vale thought the beautiful lady in front of him was actually someone very strong. Her short brown hair, clear ivory skin and small stachaure make her seem as a young noble lady in her 19's however Vale knows more than that. For being a castle mage one has to cross ascendation and reach the level of red core and if she had achieved such accomplishment in such a young age she wouldn't be caretaking Vale.
'She must be around 25' Vale thinks while looking at her.
"Since we are already in the training hall let's start with aptitude test" Odessa suggests. Vale nods and follows her direction and places his hand in her shoulder and regulates his aura. "Humn, pretty impressive considering you only awakened yesterday and haven't started cultivating it" Odessa comments with calculative voice.
After the aptitude test Odessa gives him the blue gem provided by king Ares. "Careful, that thing you are holding is more valuable then my life" Odessa says to Vale while handing it over. "Is that so? then is it a dungeon core?" Vale questioned. "No, but it is a core fragment of Abyssal tower" Odessa replies.
Vale takes the gem with him back to his room with great excitement.
After attempting for a few times Vale finally manages to absorb some mana form the gem. 'Feweee.. that was hard' Vale comments in his mind and tries to absorb some more mana from the gem.
Night turned into day and Vale returns to the training hall in exhausted state. "So boy are you forgetting me after finding a cute mentor" Zyrus Vale's sword instructor says in teasing manner. "No master Zyrus you will always be my number one mentor no matter how ugly you are" Vale replies in same manner.