'So mana can be used this way too,'Luan thought as he silently walked behind the patriarch that had "convinced" him to join his family.
The moment he felt the mana begin to weigh on him, he felt that he could command the pure mana immediately around him to leave the contents of the attack, making it as useless as a splash of water against him, but he was intrigued by the patriarch's way of utilizing his mana to put an unseen pressure on his shoulders.
Another reason why he hadn't bothered to invalidate whatever the patriarch had done was that he had always planned on joining the Lunderwell family anyways, and the appearance of the patriarch just made everything easier for him.
The patriarch didn't speak, perhaps viewing it unimportant to speak to someone he had just coerced into his family, but Luan preferred it that way.
He wanted human interaction, sure, but he still preferred it when he was alone with his thoughts.
