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As soon as I finished drinking the potion, my mother returned from her farm. Seeing her approach, I panicked. The potion bottle was still in my hand, and I hadn't put it away yet.

"Oh no, it's Mom. I need to hide this before she sees it and gets angry."

Without thinking, I quickly searched for a place to hide the bottle. I became more frantic as I heard her approaching the front door. I spotted a drawer beneath another one and swiftly opened it, hiding the potion under some books inside.

"Eizan, I'm home…" My mother called as she entered the house. I rushed over to her, trying to act casual.

"Hi, Mom... Hehe, you look exhausted after working on the farm all day," I said, hoping to divert her attention and avoid suspicion about the high-grade potion.

"No... I'm not tired at all now that I see you," she replied. Her words were comforting, even more so than the potion had been.

"Ah... You shouldn't have. Let me help you with those apples. They must be heavy," I offered, trying to take the apples she had brought from the farm.

"No need, Eizan. Besides, isn't your hand still healing?" Oh no, I had made a mistake. "Oh, right, I forgot... My hand still hurts, Mom," I said, realizing I shouldn't have acted so hastily.

"Here, I brought your favorite lemon juice. Drink it and then rest," she said, handing me the juice. I gratefully accepted it.

"Thank you, Mom..."

After receiving the drink, she went to the back to sort the fruit she had brought. I sighed with relief, happy that she hadn't suspected anything. "Huffff... I'm glad Mom didn't notice I drank her potion," I thought, feeling relieved.

Soon after, Sophia and Zayn returned with equipment for training. I stood up and went to meet them. They had brought a lot of wood and padding for practice, as well as wooden swords, bows, and arrows. They had used the horses to transport the equipment.

"Wow, where did you get all this gear?" I asked, impressed.

"I borrowed it from Uncle Sam. He also sends his regards to you," Zayn replied, unloading the equipment.

Uncle Sam is the best, I thought. Meanwhile, Sophia was busy testing the bows, clearly eager to continue practicing.

It looked like our training sessions would be enjoyable. I was excited to improve and get stronger.

A week later...

We had set up our training area in the forest. Zayn and I practiced with swords while Sophia used a bow.

Sophia seemed to have a natural talent for archery. I was amazed when she managed to shoot an apple from 20 meters away.

Zayn continued to work hard, trying to chop down a large tree in front of him. His efforts were intense but not yet successful.

As for me, I focused on channeling mana into the sword I was holding. "Can I do this?" I wondered to myself.

Without hesitation, I closed my eyes and tried to feel the flow of mana within me, concentrating all my mana into the sword.

The first attempt failed. "It seems my mana flow is still unstable. I'll try to calm down a bit more," I thought, closing my eyes again and focusing. This time, the mana began to channel into the sword, and with a whoosh!!

"Whoa, I did it!" I saw my sword enveloped in blue mana. I tried to swing the sword at a tree in front of me.

"Getting into stance to swing at the tree," I positioned myself and shouted, "Hiyaa!"

Unfortunately, I failed to cut down the tree. Instead, I was knocked back, struggling to control the sword. "Argh, it looks like I need more practice to master this sword technique," I groaned in pain.

"Huh, what was that noise? It sounded like a big explosion," Zayn said, approaching the source of the sound. When he arrived, he saw me lying on the ground after my failed sword strike.

Zayn looked at the tree I had attacked. Shortly after my swing, the tree had fallen, proving the power of the strike.

Zayn was shocked, as was I. I hadn't expected my sword swing to have such a significant impact.

"W-What did you do, Eizan?" Zayn wondered, trying to understand what had just happened.

"I just channeled my mana into the sword. I didn't expect it to have such a powerful effect, causing the tree to fall in one swing," I said. It seemed I really needed to practice more to maximize my technique.

Zayn remained silent, unable to believe what he had just witnessed. "How could he achieve that with just one strike? I haven't even managed to cut down a tree properly in a week of practice," Zayn thought, feeling disbelief.

Sophia suddenly appeared from behind the bushes. "Hey, guys!" I and Zayn were startled by her arrival.

"Whoa, you surprised me, Sophia. What's up? You look very pleased," I asked, noticing her proud expression as if she had accomplished something significant.

"You won't believe it, but you really need to see this," Sophia said, leading us to what she had done. Zayn and I quickly followed her.

When we arrived, we were speechless at what we saw. Sophia had managed to devastate the entire area around her. Her bow had unleashed a powerful shot, creating a long and wide path of destruction.

"Sophia, did you do all this?" I asked, still in disbelief.

"Yes, I focused all my mana into the bow in just one attempt. I was surprised at the extent of the impact," she explained.

"It turns out that what I did wasn't as impressive as I thought. This girl is really talented. I can't let myself fall behind," I thought, realizing I needed to work even harder.

Meanwhile, Zayn felt left behind by his two friends. He felt that they were both exceptionally talented. "I can't believe this. How can he achieve such feats with just one strike, while I've struggled with my practice for a whole week?" Zayn thought, feeling discouraged.

Zayn turned and walked away from us. "Hey, where are you going?" I called out.

"I'm going to train harder. Don't disturb me," Zayn replied quietly, running off.

"Damn, I won't be left behind by you two. Just wait, I'll prove that my efforts will yield results," Zayn thought, tears beginning to flow.

"I will work even harder from today on, and I won't see you for two years. By then, I hope I'll be at your level too."

From that day on, Sophia and I didn't see Zayn for two years. We searched everywhere but couldn't find him.

However, I believe that one day, he will come back to us.