Cristhine wasn't in a condition to continue the story. Felicia, who was beside Cristhine, was already trying to comfort the now-depressed woman. Nala noticed this and immediately turned her gaze towards Nendula, who appeared concerned for her friend on the other side of the table.
Despite her worry, Nendula had no choice but to continue the story. She began recounting:
"We were very excited about this possibility. Both Felicia and I wanted to help Cristhine even more in the ascension process. Our training had always been excellent, and we sought guidance from Lady Tatiana, who, as you know, Lady Nala, is an expert in training.
Our Aura training was also good; we always had interesting results, especially Cristhine. We based our training on rotation, always with two of us trying to absorb and release Aura to balance and improve the quality of Aura that the third would absorb.
This would make it much easier to maintain overload and more difficult to lose control. It would make the training easier, less dangerous, and spare Gregory since he wouldn't have to rotate or rest.
It was good training, but to achieve the goal of 20 years or less for Cris's ascension, we would have to train harder and more aggressively. We needed more aggressive and brutal training, along with something to boost her aura synchronization.
So, we started researching more training to make this happen. But they all had one thing in common: a Statera with an Aura synchronization level above 60%. That was the flaw in our plan.
Since we began our Matrimonium, 40 years ago, Gregory always played his role very well. I mean, he supported us, encouraged us, understood us, and listened to us. Even with an Aura Synchronization Level of 36%, he always managed to help us in training.
When Felicia started her Matrimonium 55 years ago, he had an Aura Synchronization Level of 33%. When I accepted to have a participatur Matrimonium 40 years ago, he had an Aura Synchronization Level of 35%.
But about 36 years ago, when Cristhine joined our participatur Matrimonium, he had 36%, and since then, he couldn't raise the level anymore. We have no idea what happened, but he remained stagnant no matter how much he trained with us.
We were always cautious about discussing this matter; Gregory always tried his best to improve and never stopped training with us. I'm sure it wasn't his fault; something was preventing him from getting better."
"I don't want to hear excuses, girl; I want to know what happened. Continue your account without digressing about what you think or wish. Keep telling me what happened and don't leave anything out."
"Yes, Lady, I apologize. Continuing... Once we realized this problem, we held a meeting to discuss and find an alternative that didn't involve... depending... Depending on a Statera.
That's when we asked Lady Tatiana for help again... And she told us how you, Lady Nala, perfected the Unpacified Aura Zone Training..."
"Hahaha, I can't believe she told you that even though we know it is extremely risky. But I can't deny it's one of the most effective training if you don't have a Statera."
"Yes, Lady Tatiana said it would be extremely risky. But she said our regular training, combined with Gregory's level, would be enough for Cristhine to be able to train with an acceptable level of safety.
But for that, we would need to push Gregory to keep up with the training at his maximum capacity, almost reaching the limit of his core.
And this is where everything started to get strange... Gregory simply freaked out when we tried to discuss the matter with him. He said it wouldn't be as easy as it seemed to endure such training. And that he wouldn't wear himself out to the point of using the core to the limit.
At the time, we didn't find it strange; we thought he was trying to stay realistic, after all, it was an incredibly challenging task. Even Cristhine felt it was asking too much, but Felicia and I were blinded by anxiety and expectations.
We knew we could endure the training without any problems; it just remained to be seen if Cristhine could handle it. And the answer was clear; Cristhine had and still has the most training capacity.
As we could already endure the training, we needed to convince Gregory..."
"Let me guess, you spoke of all the things you could do when Cristhine finally ascended. Territory, Wealth, Libraries, Parties, Power, etc. Am I wrong?"
"No, Lady Nala... Gregory loves to have fun; it has never been a problem. Of course, we always gave him plenty of freedom as long as he fulfilled his duties. He liked to go out, buy nice clothes, go to bars, drink expensive drinks, hang out with friends...
We didn't think it was a problem; it didn't interfere with our lives. Occasionally, we went out together, but neither Feli nor Cris liked crowds or going out. They preferred staying at home, reading a book, and eating something.
But since we are only aspirants, our savings are a bit below our dreams. So, Gregory doesn't have as much freedom as he would like, something he has always complained about. But if Cris ascended before 350, she would gain a territory, and it would be only a matter of time until she had enough investments to develop it fully.
It would be better for us to get resources to ascend more quickly and for Gregory not to be so limited by our economies. Everyone would win, and Gregory realized that...
After Gregory agreed, it was a matter of preparing for when an opportunity arose. We were confident that Lady Tatiana would help us again, but this time she would find a perfect Aura Zone for our training."
"Alright, girl. I think you've talked enough. You, Felicia Martin, isn't it?"
"Yes, Lady Nala."
"I believe Cristhine is feeling much better now. I want you to continue our story."
"Yes, Lady Nala. In the next few months, while we were waiting for news from Lady Tatiana, we spent days and days isolated in training, both meditating and in combat training.
We weren't focusing on improving our Aura synchronization level, so we weren't training with overload. Maybe because we didn't want to force Gregory, but also because we wanted to start intensive combat training.
As Gregory had much more free time, he started going out more and having fun. He was excited about the future, so he began to hang out with his friends, spend days and nights out, spend more money than he should, etc.
We didn't care about that; we were focused on training and had little time to regulate his actions. We didn't mind even when he started frequenting inappropriate places for a Dragon with Matrimoniun, much less for a Statera with three bonds.
Nightclubs, underground arenas, brothels, bars, etc. At first, he spent a night at most before coming home and watching our training. Occasionally, he would do the training and synchronize our aura.
But then, it was days, even weeks, without appearing to synchronize our aura. And again, because we were too focused on our training and exhausted emotionally and physically, we weren't paying attention."
"Every Statera likes freedom, I have to admit. Even Lord Akachi likes to travel a lot, spending months away from home. However, not setting limits is dangerous. Something that shouldn't have happened..."
"Yes, it shouldn't have happened. But we were more concerned with training our bodies to be able to improve aura synchronization training. It went on like this until two months ago, while we were still in intensive training, a messenger from Cristhine's master, Lady Tatiana, arrived at our residence.
The message was simple and efficient, as is typical of Lady Petrova. We had been waiting for this message for 9 months since Lady Tatiana promised her help. She had finally found an opportunity for us to enter a Level 4 Aura Zone.
And not just any pacified Zone in any territory; it was a Level 4 Unpacified Zone, the perfect scenario for our training. It was the best news we could receive; that's when we realized how much confidence and expectations Lady Tatiana was putting in us.
To further show her support and her future investment in her, she personally wrote an official letter of recommendation for the research expedition of the Draco Magister Akemi Yunozaka University in the Level 4 Unpacified Zone near the south of Nenvia.
It would be risky in a Level 4 Unpacified Zone, but a Level 3 wouldn't be enough for the training perfected by you, Lady Nala, combined with ours.
After all, HyperVein Tension, the training perfected by you, Lady Nala, is a resistance-focused Long Duration training. And our relay training is also a long-duration training.
Combining the two in an environment with a low amount of Aura would be like filtering a glass of water. We needed to train in a much better place to filter at least thousands of glasses of water.
At our level, and with Gregory's help, a Level 4 Unpacified Zone would be the perfect choice... A golden opportunity for us, 3 aspiring dragons who wants to intensively train Aura Synchronization. That was all we could want at that moment..."
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