Four months later…
Ms. Esin was sitting at her desk by the window, organizing her daily paperwork. She would occasionally turn her head and look toward the entrance of the health center. When she saw Nurse Oya and Demir coming to the health center, she put down the documents in her hand and quickly left her room.
…
The second of the bimonthly evaluation meetings had been held three days ago. Dean Noyan, who heard the evaluation results from head instructor Turan, was quite pleased with Demir's development in the four-month period.
As a result of the discussion on what could be done for Demir to develop himself further and understand the power of the elements better, it was decided, upon Ms. Esin's suggestion, that Demir would take lessons from the academy's best element users.
In this way, he would be able to see the true power of the elements and work with his classmates. Ms. Esin's speech, "It is very important for his emotional development to receive training with his peers…" was effective and thus he had earned the right to teach Demir.
She would teach Demir two days a week, independent of teacher Celest's lessons. Although these were only the visible parts of Ms. Esin's suggestion, God only knew what was going through a woman's mind.
Since Ms. Esin was the first to suggest it, she had taken on Demir's education before anyone else. What she actually wanted to do was teach him the element of water while also giving him medical training. She had wanted this for a long time.
She had created her own chance by immediately intervening in the discussion of ideas during the meeting. Being the first person to teach Demir while his character and personality were still intact was a right she had earned completely by her own hands.
Now that she had such a chance, she had to prepare a beautiful presentation to introduce the health department. There was a large waiting area to the right of the entrance lobby. She emptied everything in it and rearranged it. And now it had become an exhibition hall.
…
When Demir entered the health center with nurse Oya, an officer greeted them and brought them to the front of the exhibition hall. Then she left to inform Ms. Esin.
After a while, they started to tour the exhibition hall with the guidance of nurse Oya. The first place they looked was the section marked "Primitive Medicine". There were various tools, devices and medical books in this section. When Demir finished the "Primitive Medicine" section, which did not interest him much, they came to the "Modern Medicine" section.
The tools and devices exhibited here were much cleaner and much more advanced. Again, there were many books in the exhibition. Apart from the other, an introductory film was playing in this section. Demir did not show much interest in this section either.
When they came to the "Natural Medicine" section right next to it, Ms. Esin had come into the exhibition hall.
- (Looking at Demir) I will some take nurse Oya from you. You, continue looking at the exhibition. We will be in front of the door, okay?
- Okay.
Demir continued to look at the exhibition as Ms. Esin and nurse Oya went towards the door. The "Natural Medicine" section was decorated with various plants, various pills and again books. One of the pills caught his attention. This was the "Meryem's Sorrow" pill that he had used before and it had taken its place in this exhibition.
While Demir was carefully examining and trying to understand the name of the pills and what they were used for, Ms. Esin and nurse Oya, who were standing in front of the door, were observing Demir from a distance.
- You said that he had no interest in medical tools and medical devices, but he seems to be interested in the pills. Look, he has been there for a while and has been examining everything. I hope he likes the introduction and we can walk from here and conquer him…
- As you ordered, I told him about the beauties of our health department whenever I had the chance. He listened with interest… (Esin Hanım intervened before nurse Oya could finish her sentence)
- Now he has come to the "Real Medicine" section. I thought he would look at the pills for a longer time. Apparently the pills didn't interest him, much either.
Although Ms. Esin's morale was low, she continued to observe Demir.
Although the process of collecting plants for pills and purifying them with special equipment was very interesting, Demir did not think he could do it for now. The only thing on his mind was to get stronger. When he passed the "Natural Medicine" section and came to the "Real Medicine" section, the video presentation caught his attention.
A woman dressed in a nun's dress was helping someone whose arm had been cut deeply. She extended her hand towards the wound. While her whole body was glowing slightly, she started to heal the wound with water coming out of her hand. After about a minute, the wound was completely healed and there was no trace left behind.
How is this possible? How can she heal him without using any medicine? He could not understand it, but he could not take his eyes off the video. The glowing woman went around to many patients and injured people and healed them. Every time she healed, the woman's body would glow slightly. She looked very beautiful.
Just as Demir was about to call Nurse Oya to ask how this healing was done, Ms. Esin's voice was heard,
- How? Did you like our exhibition?
- Yes, it is very beautiful. But, I could not understand the healing method shown in this "Real Medicine" section.
- Is this? They call it the "Hand of the Saintess". It is a skill that can be used by those who have the elements of light and water. A healing method performed with the perfect combination of mana and water, using the power of light. It is a very natural and very beautiful method. You will not feel any pain during while recovery.
(When he realized Demir was listening to him curiously, he made his move.) You also have the element of light. Also, since you have the element of nature, you also have the element of water. (He paused for a moment and pretended to think.) Actually, you can learn this skill. What do you think? Do you want to learn this?
- Yes, I want to learn it. If I can do, I want to shine like that too...
- Shine? You mean healing, right?
- Yes, yes. I also want to help people and heal them. (A fake smile appeared on Demir's face.)
- Ok, we can talk about this after our lesson is over today. Let's go, Tau is waiting for us.
They left Nurse Oya in the exhibition hall and came to the swimming pool in one of the back rooms of the health center. Demir was surprised when he saw the swimming pool in this very large and high-ceilinged room.
- Most of the employees at the health center are water element users. It's not that surprising that there is a pool here. Like every water user, we need to be close to water and touch it…
- (Tauriel quickly came over when she saw them.) Good morning Master. Good morning Demir
- (Demir) Good morning Tauriel.
- Tau, Demir will be training with us from now on. There is a four-month his have a delay. So I'm going to quickly recap our past lessons. Since this will be a quick transition, it is quite normal for him not to understand the lessons. Don't forget to help him with the things he doesn't understand later.
- Yes Master.
- Now let's go to the edge of the pool and start our lesson.
When they came to the edge of the pool, Ms. Esin directed her mana to the pool. And immediately after, she extended her hand towards the pool with her palm facing down. The water in the pool swelled a little and a mass of water the size of a basketball separated from the pool.
The mass of water was slowly rising towards Ms. Esin's hand while also spinning around itself. When it finally reached Ms. Esin's hand, it had taken the shape of a perfect sphere. When he brought the slowly spinning sphere of water in front of the children, he started his lesson,
- What is water? What is it for? What guidelines and rules does it follow? Do you have any ideas, children? (When the children did not say anything, he continued his speech.)
This is a unique substance that you see. It is a very special substance that was specially designed to be the basis of life and was created for life with all its physical and chemical properties. This unique beauty is a magnificent gift given to us by the Creator...
So, what are we going to do with this gift? How are we going to use it?
When another question that they did not know the answer to was asked, the children looked at Ms. Esin meaninglessly. It was obvious that talking and explaining things was useless.
- Some things may seem meaningless to you now. But don't worry, you have a long life ahead of you. And life is the best teacher. All the experiences you will gain will help you understand things that seem meaningless to you now in the future.
When he finished speaking, he lifted the water sphere in front of him up even higher. The water sphere suddenly froze as it approached the ceiling and then exploded. The exploding ice sphere turned into tiny snowflakes and covered the ceiling of the pool. While the children were looking at the snowflakes on the ceiling with excitement, Ms. Esin's voice was heard,
- Yes, children, I am giving you your first task. You just saw how snowflakes are made. Now you try to do the same and show me your skills.
The children came to the edge of the pool and extended their hands towards the pool. When their meanings penetrated the water, the water of the pool swelled slightly and two separate pieces of water separated from the pool. While the tennis ball-sized pieces of water floated in the air in front of the children, they tried to form snowflakes in the way they had just seen from Ms. Esin.
Demir easily took a piece of water the size of a tennis ball out of the pool. He struggled with it for a while but could not give the piece of water a sphere shape. Now there was a crooked piece of water in front of him. He focused and turned it into ice. Then he wanted it to suddenly fall apart, but snowflakes did not fall apart as Demir wanted.
He tried again and again, but the result was always the same. The ice ball was breaking into tiny pieces and falling to the ground. It was like an uncompressed snow ball. They never spread and spread around, and they never became like Ms. Esin's snowflakes. He tried for a while, but still couldn't. Finally, he decided to ask Ms. Esin.
Ms. Esin, standing aside with her arms folded over her stomach and watching the children, got curious when she saw Demir coming towards her,
- Teacher, I tried but I couldn't succeed. Is it possible for you to explain in detail how snowflakes are made?
- (Is this? Ms. Esin controlled herself and calmly warned Demir without showing that she was angry.) It hasn't even been an hour. And you gave up right away, right? Learning something right away without putting in any effort will not gain you anything. (She made a go gesture with her fingers) Now go and try some more.
When Demir returned without getting what he wanted, Tauriel was struggling with the ice ball in front of him. But she was definitely luckier than Demir. Because her ice ball managed to disperse in the air with a small explosion. Moreover, it even produced a few snowflakes. But most of them were still pieces of ice and fell where they were...
Demir looked at Tauriel with jealousy but he could not ask anything. He couldn't understand how snowflakes were formed. He decided to ask Tauriel how it was done during his lunch break and returned to his seat with a sullen expression.
He took out a piece of water the size of a tennis ball from the pool. Now instead of making snowflakes, he tried to make this crooked piece of water in front of him into a sphere. He wanted to at least give the water a sphere shape. He increased his determination and focused on the piece of water in front of him until midday...