Talking with Silvia

POV Julián Kingscrown

I didn't think Silvia could be so aggressive, my body was kneeling almost to the point of putting my head on the ground

The only reason it hasn't happened yet is because I'm using my mana to reduce the impact of her pressure, but it's not enough

When I managed to lift my head and saw her eyes I was surprised, her eyes showed no signs of being up to her aura or pressure, I only saw sadness, sorrow, loneliness and regret

Oh I see "you are too kind Miss Silvia the opposite of your clan" I said while showing a distant smile towards her

"Do I need a reason to fight for the continent where I live?", I replied to her question

"Do I need a reason to prevent your father, Kezess and Agrona, from burning the life of the continents of Alacrya or Dicathen? I questioned her again with another question, just at that moment the pressure that was there vanished in the air

"No, you don't need one, but it's sad, in your case with your rebirth you should be able to live your life in fullness, since in your previous life you didn't seem to have lived too long" she said in a solemn tone

"I wish you could enjoy the experiences you couldn't in your previous life, I know it's naive to think that after everything you told me that would start to happen" she said in a tone about to break into tears

"And yet I know you didn't tell me everything, to not increase my worries, I never thought that a being that my race calls lesser, could have pity on us, the transcendent beings, something I never thought would happen" she said with some tears rolling down her cheeks and tearful voice

Then she got up and gave me a hug, "I don't want you to participate in this war, but I know I can't stop you from taking a step forward, so I'll lend you my help, but in exchange, you have to promise me, that before that moment comes you will live your life, going through all the experiences you couldn't in your previous life, Promise me!" She spoke again this time, but her last word sounded almost inaudible

Corresponding her hug I replied "I promise"

How much Silvia must have suffered when she learned of the atrocities committed by her father, how much determination and courage she had to gather to escape from her clan, to meet again with her beloved

Only to see him crumbled and plunged into deep madness, seeing how he eagerly awaited the birth of his own daughter, only to experiment with her

Imagine the effort and pain she had to endure to escape from both sides, to save, even if only her daughter "Silvia you are the most amazing person I have met in this world" I increased the strength of the hug we shared, over her trembling body, which now seemed smaller

I wanted to try to comfort her, even if only a little, make her feel that she was not alone in this world, that had turned its back on her and left her with no place to return

After a few minutes, after we both calmed down, she got up and returned to her throne

"Well, with the whole issue of your knowledge about me resolved, it's time to start your training, since if what you say is true we have less than a year until Cadell arrives here and from what I see you don't want to meet Arthur yet" she said in a brighter and kinder tone

"Yes, that's right, I would like to learn the mana rotation technique, since I can understand it, but I have to concentrate to do it and that way it's practically useless, if possible also if you have knowledge about a technique from the Thyestes clan, the Mirage Walk" I said giving her an uncomfortable smile, since teaching a technique from another clan shouldn't be something well seen

"I have no problem with the mana rotation technique, but the Mirage Walk is another matter, I only have basic notions, so we have to recreate it" Silvia replied

"No problem" I said making a military pose, causing a smile on Silvia, although with her armor form it was hard to appreciate it

"First sit in meditation pose and tell me what you know about mana rotation" Silvia said watching me

"Also, why haven't they come down yet, the mana beasts that were with you?" we both turned our gaze upwards, then we finally heard some sounds of descent

When they came to my side they looked tense, they were afraid of Silvia, wait those bastards were they scared?, did they let me go first on purpose as cannon fodder?, when I tried to look them in the eye they both avoided my gaze

These damn animals used me, I was sulking with them and tried to get closer and hit them on the head

"You can understand them at a very intimate level, fascinating!, where did you find them?" She said in an interested tone, I could notice the curiosity in her eyes

"mmm well more than finding them, Rex came to me alone and Ingram came after Rex hit her a little, but I know that's not your question, you want to know where these beasts of such exotic appearance came from right?" I said in a confused tone

"Certainly, but more than exotic it's because of what they could be in the future I had never seen them in Dicathen and their potential could allow them to grow at least to class S if given, the time for the necessary growth, but why do you sound so confused?"

"Well, that's", I didn't know if she was going to believe me, but I had to tell her, "they are class E beasts from the Elshire forest" I said showing a forced smile

"What! That's not possible, are you telling me that's a forest dog and a Rapacious Alicanto?" She said in a tone of absolute astonishment and shock

"Yes, and no, after all they emerged after the experiments I did" I replied without looking her in the eye, this time, after all from her perspective, it was something similar to Agrona

"Hah you are a box of surprises, now what are you going to tell me, that you are the ultimate weapon that Agrona is looking for?", she said in an exasperated tone

My body became stiff, cold sweat ran down my back and forehead, were women so perceptive?, or was Silvia seeing my future? Is that even possible?

"Boy, don't tell me that's true" Silvia got up, spoke again in a worried and surprised tone, looked at me as she knelt in front of me and began to observe me more closely than before

"I have the skills he is looking for from the edict of destiny" I said looking at the ground

"And yet, instead of hiding, you want to go to the front line to fight against his servants?" She said in a solemn tone

"I can't allow Agrona to harm the world for his purpose and capture me without resistance" I took a deep breath and said "besides he doesn't know that I am what he is looking for, since the vessel he knows is another person, not me; he also doesn't know what skills the thing he is trying to bring has, until he manages to bring that edict in the future, so I can go unnoticed until then when I can defend myself" I said in a serious and full of conviction tone

"Fine, I'll leave it at that, but don't rely only on your knowledge, because we don't know if Agrona was really the one who brought you" She said giving me a serious warning

"Now let's resume your training" she said in a strict tone this time

That way two months passed where Silvia hit me on the head, when I was learning mana rotation because she said I had to do it with the institute and not with reasoning

I also talked a lot with her and got to know her a little better, she was very kind and her lessons were very enjoyable, besides containing a lot of knowledge that I lacked

"Your progress is fantastic, your mana rotation has made great strides, only a backlash from excessive core use could prevent you from using mana" she said in a proud tone

"That's nothing after all" before I finished my sentence and passed my hand over my nose in a sign of superiority and pride, I received a blow to the head from Silvia "why was that" I said in an interrogative tone, while touching the lump on my head

"Don't be arrogant, many Asuras and maybe some servants of Agrona can do it" she said looking at me with her eyes rolled

"Now I'll explain to you the concepts of the Mirage Walk" she began to explain to me the knowledge she had about the technique and after a month I was able to do it, although she told me that I lacked practice and that I was not yet up to the original, so I had to keep improving

For the beginning of the fourth month we decided to address the issue, of my skills of evolution and manipulation of cores

So I sent Rex to bring another forest dog, while Ingram watched the surroundings of Silvia's hideout, you never know if the story has deviated and Cadell would arrive sooner, so I was being cautious

Also during the course of the three months I showed her the skills I had as a legacy, she was surprised and said it was a huge power, but that it seemed to be restricted, by my current body and that I needed to grow to be able to extract all its potential

Another thing I learned is that I can't absorb mana from Silvia's core, I think it's because of the level difference between us

After Rex brought a bruised forest dog, that clearly came willingly cough!, we started the experiment after telling Silvia what I knew from the previous experiments, while infusing mana into the core of the forest dog

She told me, that naturally beasts had affinities, so I was lucky that Rex and Ingram hadn't died, when I finished infusing water mana I was tired and as I already knew the process I decided to first recover for the rest of the day

To be sure that the load on my body could recover, quickly in case of any emergency

The next day, I tried again to connect with the feeling of that Ether that Grandma Rinia mentioned she saw and this time it flowed much more easily

With anticipation I had asked Silvia, to observe my back, since the response of the evolution was there when I finished the process, I turned to see her face, only to see one in absolute bewilderment

"Do you know that you are burning a small part of your life expectancy by doing that?, no more important are you a descendant of the ancient magicians?, no wait if that were the case, you wouldn't lose a part of your life expectancy and mana" she said in a thoughtful tone

"To your first question, I didn't know I was losing life expectancy, is it a lot?" I said in a scared tone, I didn't know I was paying that kind of compensation for making them evolve

"As for the second, I don't even know if I'm completely human, I just lay down in my previous world and when I woke up I was in the middle of the Elshire forest as a baby" was the only thing I could answer, while raising my shoulders, looking for more details in my mind but nothing came

"Your existence itself screams enigma, if the Agrona of the past knew you he would be delighted to investigate you" she said in a sad tone

Trying to get out of the awkward moment, Silvia said "as for what I discovered about your use of Ether, first you lose a small part of your life expectancy, of the three experiments you did you haven't lost more than a year, this is because part of the price you should be paying is compensated with the mana of nature that you use" she took a pause and continued

"As a second, the branch of Ether that you use is Vivum, but at this moment you do not seem to be able to use it to its full extent and also the use you give it is something completely new to me; since not even my mother with affinity to that branch could do what you did, in fact I think that no Asura could apply what you did and that is due to the legacy that you mention"

"Also, I discovered that the art you have engraved by means of runes on your body and not only that you also have another type of Spatium connected to some place, but I can't see where"