The next day, Tauriel, Eiderd and Durualp went to the department they were assigned to. Demir came to the formal education building. While they were waiting in the classroom, Teacher Ayla entered and took Demir to another education classroom to study. Celest, the only nature element teacher in the academy, welcomed them there. She was a little shorter than Teacher Ayla. She had dark green straight hair that was cut in a blunt shape at shoulder length.
- Hello Teacher Ayla, (turning to Demir) You must be Demir too. Nice to meet you. My name is also Celest. I am your nature element teacher. From now on, we will have a long training period together, so let's get along well. Okay?
After the introductions were over, Teacher Ayla left the classroom. Teacher Celest introduced the class and started talking about the education they would do.
- As far as I know, the awakening of the God blood that should be done at the age of six and the Element test has just been done.
- Yes, teacher.
- I know you haven't made any contact with the elements. That's why I prepared this education classroom for you. Come on, let's go and get to know the elements up close...
As the duo headed towards the middle of the classroom, Demir started looking around. This classroom, which was quite large and had a high ceiling, had no windows. In fact, there was nothing in the classroom, only four altar-type stone bowls were placed in the middle of the classroom.
The altars, which were placed at the corners of a square, were empty. But as teacher Celest introduced them to Demir, elements began to fill into each of them.
First earth, then fire, then water and air. When all the altars reached their elements in accordance with the shapes on them, Celest brought teacher Demir to the middle of the element altars. She slowly turned towards Demir,
- You see the elements around us, don't you? Now watch carefully…
Teacher Celest spread his arms wide and moved his hands slightly. At that moment, all the elements in the altar bowls came out of the bowl and started floating in the air. Demir's astonished looks attracted the attention of teacher Celest.
- You don't need to be so surprised. This is just the beginning.
Now… Fire and water elements require balance. If you cannot maintain both your internal and external balance, it will be very difficult for you to control them.
Teacher Celest turned towards the water element and took a comfortable stance with her feet shoulder-width apart. Then she raised her hand and made a come sign by moving it slightly, and the water element started to flow towards Teacher Celest as if she had found a stream bed.
When all the water element on the altar bowl came in front of Teacher Celest, it took the shape of a round water ball. While teacher Celest was playing with the water polo in front of her, she was also giving information to Demir.
- You should be gentle when using the water element. You should understand its soft and balanced nature well and act accordingly. The water element gives life and health. Remember that the blood of God, the source of life, is also a water element.
(She gathered her attention and turned the ball of water in front of her into a circle. Immediately afterwards, the circle of water in front of her started to turn into ice.) Water has three states. These are solid, liquid and gaseous states. You already know the liquid state.
(The circle had completely turned into ice) This is the solid state of water, that is, the ice state. In order to turn water into ice, you need to be angry with yourself. You must direct this anger and rage within you into water. The angrier you are, the colder your water element will turn into ice.
(Teacher Celest turned the ice back into water and sent it back to the altar bowl.) Finally, the gas state. If you concentrate hard enough you can feel the water vapor in the air. If you put them together and add some of your inner anger, they will immediately return to their liquid state.
Teacher Celest slowly closed her eyes and focused all her feelings and thoughts on the water vapor in the air. After a while, a fog cloud began to form at the level of her eyes. Moisture grains in the fog cloud, which was increasingly increasing and condensing, began to combine with each other.
And finally, when the dense fog cloud turned into a water sphere the size of a small marble, Teacher Celest opened her eyes. Then she caught the water marble that was calmly hanging in the air and showed it to Demir,
- There is very little water vapor here. That's why we couldn't collect much water. So how are we going to turn this water into vapor again?
- (Demir, who watched the whole process in astonishment, returned to reality when asked by the teacher.) Steam state again... We must warm it up, teacher.
- Well done. Yes, we should warm it up. For this we need fire.
Teacher Celest turned her attention to the puddle of water in her palm. The surface of the water moved a little and then slowly began to turn into vapor. Finally, all the water vaporized and mixed back into the air.
- Fire comes from within a person. Some think this is due to determination and perseverance. This is a correct approach but not a complete definition. Fire is born from determination and perseverance and is strengthened by arrogance and self-conceit. The more arrogance you have, the greater the power of your fire.
After teacher Celest finished speaking, she turned towards the fire element and started to control it. After dealing with the fire element for a while, she placed it back in the altar bowl and turned its direction to the earth element.
- The earth element is the strongest among them. Do not think of the earth element as sand and soil grains. They can consist of large and small pieces of stone and rock. Therefore, you should stand as solid as the earth element and be as strong-willed as the earth element. Poise, determination and willpower are the features required to use the earth element.
Teacher Celest took a solid stance by spreading her feet a little wider and played with the earth element for a while. Finally, when she sent the earth element back to the altar bowl, she turned towards the air element.
- Many people think that the air element is the weakest element among all the elements, but I do not think so. There is air in the natural elements of water, earth and fire. Especially fire. If there is no air element around you, you will not be able to ignite the fire and create flames. Therefore, all elements are equally powerful and need each other.
(She stretched her hand forward and opened it with her palm pointing upwards. Immediately afterwards, a small flame appeared in the middle of her palm.) You cannot ignite the fire inside you and bring it back to reality without the air outside.
What I want to say is that all the elements are compatible with each other. And they have the same status as each other. It would not be right to separate one from the other or to portray one as weak and the other as strong. Remember that, okay?
We are the nature element. All elements should be in equal position for us. This is our strongest point. (She looked at her student, who was listening to her curiously, and spoke a little boastfully.) Yes, what do you think about the elements? Have you ever seen someone using elements like me before?
- No, I have never seen it, teacher. But my father had mentioned that there were people who used elements in the past. When I see you using such elements, I can now understand how right my father was.
How can there be people who use elements against such heavy gravity in such a magnetic world? No matter how much teacher Celest thought, he could not understand. Even she wouldn't be able to use the elements if they weren't isolated from the world. What kind of powerful beings were these that they could use the elements under such impossible conditions? When teacher Celest's astonishment suddenly turned into curiosity, she asked.
- Who is this father talking about? I was very curious.
- They are our prophets. They are our religious elders. (Then he holded his fingers one by one.) Prophet Solomon who used air. Prophet Moses who used water. Prophet Abraham who used fire. Prophet Jesus who used earth. Prophet Jonah who used darkness. According to my father, all prophets can use the element of light. Just like Buddha...
Teacher, you can also use the elements. Can you also be a prophet?
- What! No such thing. Most people in this academy can use elements. It's a normal thing. It has nothing to do with prophecy.
- (With his bright eyes, Demir accepted the teacher's denial.) Okay, my teacher.
- Fine... Okay... I can understand your joy, but if you understand what I mean, we're okay. Now, without getting off topic any further, let's continue our education…
After the environment became quiet and calm, teacher Celest continued her lesson.
- In order to use the elements, you need a lot of energy and a strong body that can handle it. Your body will develop over time with physical education and practice lessons. What we need to do is increase your energy in parallel with the development of your body. First of all, we need to open the energy channels in your body for this.
People are born with their energy channels open. But as time goes by, some of these channels begin to close. That's why the sixth year of childhood is very important. All energy channels can easily open again at this age. You are nine years old now ... (She took her hand to her chin and scratched it lightly.) We'll just try a little harder, that's all.
Teacher Celest, who walked around with her hand on her chin for a while, finally found a way.
- You should know that there are two energy centers in the human body. One of them is the lower energy center just below the navel, and the other is the upper energy center behind the head. (She showed their location by touching just below Demir's navel and then the small depression behind her head) Here they are ...
What we need to do is compress these energy centers and direct the energy within them into channels. In this way, we can open the blocked energy channels with this energy flow. Come closer to me. Now you will do what I tell you and we will see what the outcome will be.
First, take a deep breath. Then keep your stomach tense as much as possible and don't let go. This tension will put pressure on the lower energy center and ensure that the energy collected there flows towards the channels.
This flowing energy will go downwards, towards your legs. You too shift the tension in your body from your belly to your hips. Then to your legs and from there to your feet.
When the tension reaches your feet, stand up on your toes. And stay tense like this for a while. Then release all your tension with your breath.
When Demir did what his teacher said and released himself, pains in the form of thin lines began to appear in his legs along with a tingling.
- How? Can you feel the energy channels?
- How so. Are these thin line-shaped pains on my legs energy channels?
- Yes, they are your energy channels. Now we will do the same for the upper body. This time we will take the energy from your belly upwards. If you're ready, start now…
After doing this exercise three times, Demir became so weak that he could no longer stand. Under the guidance of the teacher Celest, he sat cross-legged and focused on feeling the energy channels inside him...
After waiting for a while to the side and observing his student's meditation, the teacher Celest came to Demir to help him. "Now I will give you some of my own internal energy. This way, you will understand the energy channels and their distribution better," she said and reached out her hand and touched Demir's head.
At that moment, an incomprehensible anxiety and fear of death fell on the teacher Celest. She immediately pulled her hand back and checked if there was any danger around ...
It is an empty classroom. A safe academy. Strong and reliable friends. What kind of danger could there be? The teacher Celest laughed at herself for having such a panic attack. Then she gathered herself together and channeled her inner energy into her fingers. Just as she was about to touch Demir's upper energy center, everything suddenly went dark...