Drake opened the door to his room. To
his surprise, he found it slightly littered.
"What happened here? The door isn't
broken, but it seems like someone was
here." He muttered to himself.
Just then, the bathroom door swinged
open, and Xena stepped out, completely
naked. They both stared at each other for
a moment.
"Whaaat." They screamed in unison.
Drake quickly covered his face with his
hands while Xena crossed her arms over
her chest.
"Will you put on some clothes?" He
blurted, peeking through his finger. Xena
grabbed her gown from the floor and
dressed quickly.
A few moments later, Xena settled on
the bed, and while Drake stood across
her, the room fell silent around them.
"How did you get in... Wait, don't tell me
you came through the window." Drake
finally broke the silence, gazing at her
intensively.
Xena turned her gaze away from him.
"Yes." She nodded. Drake slapped his
forehead with his right hand. "Hmm. So
what are you doing here?" He asked,
resting his hands on his waist.
Instantly, Xena jumped on her feet, her
lips tightened, checks puffed out, and her
eyes shaking with an intense stare at
Drake.
Drake recalled the announcement
madeat the lecture hall. "Oh, sorry. Is that
why you left before lunch, telling us that
you had something urgent to do?" Xena
nodded silently. "Don't you think it's too
much for two people of opposite sex to
live together in a room? Especially at the
academy dormitory."
Xena instantly jumped off the bed. "But
the school had supported it." She placed
her right index finger on her chin. "Since
you don't like that at the academy, maybe
I should tell him to get us a room outside
the academy." She tried to leave through
the window when Drake grabbed her
waist.
"Wait, there's no need for that. Alright,
let's share the room together." She
turned, smiling at Drake with her eyes
glowing for joy. She bound onto the bird
with the exuberance of a bird taking
flight.
Drake folded his arms, looking at her as
she flapped her legs happily on the bed.
"Okay, since we're living together, don't
you think it's necessary to introduce
yourself and your relationship with Lena,
that big sister of yours?" He frowned his
face at her slightly.
Xena lay down; her head rested on her
right hand. "Ahyoooo, fine. My name is
Xena, commonly known as the Flame
Dragon Monarch."
Drake heard this, andhis memories
instantly flooded back, recalling
information he'd overheard at the inn
about a ladylike figure who had razed an
entire village to the ground.
Xena continues. "Xena is just
considered as our big sister." This made
Drake a bit more curious about her
words.
"Then that means there are more
dragons out there besides you two,
right?" He inquired.
Xena, already lying down with her head
resisting her arms, nods. "Yes, there are
two more dragons, Zena and Rena."
Drake held his chin with his right thumb
and index fingers.
After a few seconds of contemplating,
"How did you find me so easily, and how
were you sure it was me?" He received
no response.
He turned to Xena, realising she had
already fallen asleep. His mouth and
eyes widened in surprise, looking at
Xena snoring; his surprised expression
quickly changed back to a smile as he
watched her sleeping. He adjusted the
blanket covering her body, then pulled
out the book he had brought back from
the library.
Essence sight codex: Tiberius Victor
wrote this book when he was researching
about himself on an ability that people
called a curse. To use it properly,
focussing on mama and breath control
are necessary. This allows mage to
visualise their internal energy pathways,
mana or aura cores, and elemental
affinities. By sensing the flow of their own
essence, they can identify the blockages
and improves their mana efficiency.
Drake followed the methods illuminated
in the book diligently. He adjusted his
sitting position, spreading his legs to
cross them; his hand gestured from
resting on his laps to clasping across his
lower abdomen following the discretion
he read from his mother's novels,
incorporating them into practice, but still,
his mana pool remained inert.
This made him realise he had been
invoking spells without conscious control
of his own mana. Despite this, Drake
didn't stop attempting.
The reverse scale in his heart suddenly
glowed, as if sensing Drake's intentions.
It channelled Drake's mana seamlessly,
blending it with Drake's controlled
breathing.
Drake's consciousness was pulled
inward instantly, finding himself within his
own body. seeing all his body interior
system magnified vividly around him.
Drake whirled around, marvelling at the
interacted working of his body system.
He could hear the sound of each cell
down to the systems like a factory's
machines.
He was still amused by this when he
heard a faint turbine noise, following the
sound, he discovered it was coming from
his heart. He moved towards it, gazing at
the large rings revolving around it. As he
stepped closer to the ring, a chill ran
through him.
He took a magnified look at the large
ring and saw three micro rings spinning
on their own axis. He watched them spinning until he remembered he hadn't
checked the source noise. He dove into
his heart, where he saw a large crystal
surrounded by a faint, spherical mana.
The crystal started glowing as if it
wanted to convey a message to him. He
walked closer, trying to touch it, but his
consciousness was instantly drawn back
out of his body system, his pupils
dilated, and his vision blurred as his
eyelids twitched, making him realise he
was out of mana and fall asleep.
The next morning, Drake felt a wave of
energy coursing through his body as he
regained his consciousness. He slowly
opens his eyes, trying to adjust to the
light. He tried standing up when he saw
Xena perched on his abdomen, her
hands pressed against his chest,
transferring some mana. Drake carefully
stood up, gently removing Xena's hand.
"What happened." He pressed his hand
to his forehead, trying to recall.
"Your body suddenly froze up from lack
of mana, so I decided to share some of
mine." Drake instantly remembered
everything from the previous night.
"Thank you very much." Xena's face
flushed red, and she quickly averted her
gaze.
"Don't mention." She mumbled, then
suddenly leaped onto Drake, crossing
her legs around Drake's waist with her
hands around his neck as her boobs
pressed against him. Drake's cheeks
flared like embers, and his heartbeat
echoed the tumultuous emotions that
rose within him.
"That is the benefit of living together."
She whispered. Drake cleared his throat
and tried to steady himself.
"Will you come down and let's prepare
for class?" Hearing this, Xena's eyes
narrowed, the corner of her lips slightly
downturned. She jumped down
reluctantly and started getting ready for
class.