A Little Competition

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Like that, mother activated the second Cauldron and then told us to do the things ourselves. We started with trying to repair the knives, the smallest and easiest to repair items. She gave us one ingot of steel alloy each, and we had to use it to repair the knives cleanly. That way, we would pass this exam.

"Let's see…"

As I saw Aquarina doing her best, I quickly got to it myself. I began scribbling the magic circle inside of my mind, imagining it, and then projecting it bit by bit as if I was writing it myself but in the air.

"Compound Fire… Compound Water… Compound Wind… Compound Earth… Four Elements, Combine… Synthesis, Connection, Fuse, Repair…" I stared to chant each Rune as I arranged them slowly into the magic circle.

BBZZZ!

The magic circle, however, started to tremble, it was about to get undone because I was taking too long to make it. Damn it!

CRASH!

And there it goes, gone.

"Ugh…"

CRASH!