Just as Nala arrived, she also left. I don't know how much time passed, but if we roughly calculate by the position of the sun, I think it was about 6 hours.
After all, she arrived shortly after noon and left shortly after dusk. She seemed in a hurry, or perhaps the situation demanded haste—I don't know.
But as soon as the introductions were done, she quickly expressed her desire to initiate the process to stabilize the women. Unfortunately, I couldn't figure out how the process unfolded.
Nala handed me back to Hendrina before instructing Mom to prepare the training center. After that, Mom and Abigail led her and the three other women somewhere.
The man ended up being taken along, although Nala mentioned that he wouldn't be useful but should be kept under surveillance. I still don't understand this guy's condition.
He might be dangerous, even if he doesn't appear so. After all, he is still a dragon. And in his current state, he is unpredictable, making him even more dangerous.
Anyway, I didn't see where they went. Before Mom left, she told Hendrina to stay with me while they dealt with the matter. And so it was done. Hendrina did what she usually does when tasked with taking care of me.
She took me to play on the lawn, showed me the girls cooking, trained with me, and even danced with me to some music I didn't understand, but it had a contagious and lively melody.
Hendrina, undoubtedly, has a lot of enthusiasm for play, and I like that. It's a touch of uninhibited joy that is very welcome. But after a few hours, Mom, Abigail, and Nala returned from wherever they had gone.
By the looks on their faces, it hadn't been easy to treat the women. Mom and Abigail were pale and unsteady, while Nala was only slightly pale. However, it was evident that they had succeeded in the treatment, as Nala had a small smile on her face.
However, only the three of them returned—there was no sign of the other three women or the man. From what I understood, the guests ended up staying somewhere between the training center and the Palace, but they didn't elaborate on the location.
I only heard Abigail mentioning that they needed to rest for the time being. By the time they returned, it was almost evening, but it wasn't yet dinner time.
So, they decided to discuss some of the events that had transpired in these 20-something days while they waited. Nala mentioned that it took her a while to find the three women, as they were in an aura dead zone.
More precisely, within a place called the Dead Forest, within Mom's territory. She only managed to find them five days ago but had been monitoring them while gathering evidence and information. Apparently, during this time, they didn't talk, sleep, eat, drink, or move.
It was intriguing and new for Nala, so she wanted to try to learn more about the situation before taking action. It was only after they began showing signs of the Frenzy that Nala decided to intervene. After hearing their story, she brought them to Avior as quickly as possible.
Nala also mentioned that she was heading to Norberta Elstart's territory to take her and another woman named Norume Himekata into custody. The Supreme Council decided to prevent the two from interfering with an investigation, hence issuing preventive detention for both.
Apparently, Nala had some issues to resolve with Norume, and that's why she was excited to meet her. She mentioned that she wanted to check Norume's progress in combat, so she wanted Norume to resist, something she was sure would happen.
I was a bit confused at this point. Nala was happy to know that she would fight someone? She's starting to seem stranger the more I get to know her. Well, at least it wasn't because of me that she returned to smiling like a maniac.
I mean, not for long.
Because her smile went from a small maniacal grin to a big maniacal grin after she discovered the peculiarity of my core. How did she find out?
Mom and Abigail reached an agreement to tell her in exchange for Nala helping set up special training for me, personally training me in combat without causing permanent damage, and the promise not to advocate for Mom if the Council proves 'unpredictable'.
Additionally, Nala would be in charge of providing all the resources and necessities for my training even after I turn 6. She would keep my condition a secret unless it was highly relevant to share that secret with someone.
I thought it was crazy. If I were to accept the agreement, I would try to negotiate some terms.
But what did Nala do? As soon as she heard that my core is special, she went berserk. Literally started laughing quietly while staring at me.
She only refrained from grabbing me out of Abigail's arms because she knew the conversation would continue. But not for long. Even before Mom finished talking, she accepted the agreement and instructed Mom to prepare the contract.
After the contract was made and signed, she immediately asked to see how special my core was. And so it was done. With Hendrina still in the room, my training was conducted in the presence of Nala.
How did Nala react to seeing the hungry state of my core? First, she made the best expression of surprise and astonishment—Nala literally stood there with her mouth open. Then she could only start laughing while picking me up.
While Mom and Abigail discussed the details they had discovered, Nala continued to look at me with even more interest than before. It was as if she were looking at a treasure.
After everything was discussed, Nala brought up the topic of the Great Dragon Lady Tatiana Petrova, the mentor of the woman named Cristhine.
She is a highly recognized Lady in society for being an excellent researcher of training methods and an expert in aura training. Even if she didn't develop all of them, she managed to gather and refine numerous training methods.
This led Tatiana to theoretically master the main ways to reach the pinnacle in all training. Moreover, she had planned to contact Tatiana, as well as the Great Lady Dragon Irina Alphard, since they were the mentors of the three women under custody.
In fact, the two were trying to get information about the state of their apprentices. However, they couldn't interfere in Council matters, so their hands were tied. But now, the situation became a bit more flexible.
With Nala having the apprentices under custody, they could have access to the information they wanted. Nala would inform them anyway, but now she could bargain that information for something only Tatiana could offer at this moment.
Help to create an efficient and extremely safe training method for my hungry core, along with her silence. And as a bonus, Nala would have a lot of fun testing my limits even further and checking my training results.
Another relevant thing is that I'll have to undergo various tests to understand how my body is reacting to my core and to learn more details about my physiology. I don't exactly know what that means, but I'll probably have to undergo medical examinations.
They were concerned when Nala mentioned that my body should be constantly monitored. From what I heard, there are some complications that Aura can affect in a Statera's body. Therefore, it is necessary to be careful with this matter.
I don't exactly know what this means, but it could be extremely relevant to my development. But Mom and Abigail said that apparently, my body doesn't suffer from complications to any degree. They confirmed it themselves.
Nala found this even more interesting. She said that it would be even more exciting when she started the training. But she recommended monitoring any strange reactions in the girls or even Mom because of the bond.
According to her, the complications might be prevented from developing because the core is rapidly circulating Aura, not giving it time to profoundly modify my organism.
In this way, the Aura of my core might be impure to some extent. This could lead to certain complications in those who share my Aura. Therefore, it would be important to conduct more tests to better understand what is really happening.
Additionally, she said it would be interesting to avoid forming another bond with me and another girl. It would already be quite dangerous with only the bond with Mom; if another bond were initiated, it would be detrimental to my physical development and my Aura Core.
This got me very worried because I don't exactly know how to initiate a bond, so I don't know how to prevent it from happening. And above all, I don't want to stay underdeveloped or damage my core.
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