a beginner

" So how do we do this? "

Lenmio questioned as he sat down on the grass of the castle's backyard, feeling this new planet's wind hitting his body, and dragging the flowers and leaves along.

" Well, tbh, you're like an Infant when it comes to this, so it's really hard to explain to you how to activate your sanctuary energy "

Emma said, as she stared at the Alien in front of her, scratching the back of her elf ear as she did so

" Well, how am I going to learn then? "

Lenmio questioned, as Emma then began to think, whilst being watched by Netty, Yuyen and Ana

" Well, when I was younger Master Fu had me imagine my sanctuary energy as something physical "

Ana said trying to help the two out with a little suggestion; everyone there but Lenmio and Netty was practically born to control sanctuary energy, it was like breathing to them, they couldn't really explain it, they just did it.

" Yeah—-yeah, let's try that; close your eyes "

Emma ordered as she would then place her hands on Lenmio's face, covering his eyes with them, just for Lenmio to smile a little

" Whats so funny? "

Emma questioned as Lenmio simply shook his head

" N-nothing it's just that your hands are so soft and small that I couldn't help but laugh "

Lenmio replied, to which Emma simply squinted her eyes, sighing a little before shaking her head

" Whatever, just focus. Try to..try to picture yourself in a small room "

Emma whispered, as she would then close her eyes, thinking about the place she was talking about along with her new alien friend

" There is a painting on the wall; it's dead deer, it's been shot by an arrow, and all around the room are small tables with dead animal faces…. "

" A Lion's head, a tiger's, bird's etc. It goes on infinitely, and at the end of that infinite massacre—— "

" Uh, excuse me miss, but I don't know any of the Animals you just mentioned… "

Lenmio said, brutally interrupting the woman who would then open her eyes and would then move her hands away from Lenmio's face, staring at him with a look of pure annoyance

" Well, try to picture animals from your planet, they don't have to be the ones from here "

She said, offering the alien a simple solution

" Anyway, let's continue "

And just like that, she placed her hands back on his eyes

" And at the end of all those heads, you see a nice little pet, and above the pet there's an orb..an orb that feels unfamiliar to you "

She continued, as everyone else who was watching closed in, becoming interested in this weird place Emma was coming up with

" You exit the small room, and leave behind all those heads, just to meet up with the pet— "

As Emma continued to talk, the three girls watching started a conversation with each other

" I guess the animals symbolize the flesh "

Yuyen said as she scratched her chin a little, watching the situation unfold

" Then the orb and pet would symbolize a new beginning? I guess because when you start using your sanctuary energy one no longer relies on the flesh? "

Ana added, to which Yuyen agreed, giving her a few nods whilst Netty simply stood beside them

" Then there's Shu "

Yuyen whispered, which Ana chuckle a little

" Well I guess that's true, but Shu doesn't count he's a completely different breed even for a Himura. Plus, if memory serves, is he not half demon or something? Don't they work differently then we do? "

Ana said, to which Yuyen nodded, rubbing her chin a little

" I guess you're righ— "

As the two continued to talk, Emma began to pure a bit of her sanctuary energy into Lenmio's skin, piercing through his cells unconsciously.

While that went on, in his head Lenmio began to approach the pet and the orb; the pet had jumped on top of his shoulders, walked around and finally sat on his head; but then the room behind him began to shrink, into it eventually couldn't keep everything inside, and then it popped.

Blood came pouring out, as Lenmio simply watched the river of blood approach him; he opened his eyes a little and then stretched his hands out, gripping the orb as his then began to glow.

The orb cracked and so did the imaginary world he created, it began to crumble, and get smaller around him, till his body could no longer withstand it; and then he got squeezed and killed, being held inside what seemed to be a flying orb exhaling energy like fire.

Lenmio then opened his eyes, finding himself floating a few inches above the ground; his eyes were glowing and his hair was levitating

" Beginner: The name of the starting stage, here a person gains a core through which his sanctuary energy can flow through easier, and the strength of their very being is multiplied so that they could withstand the strength one will later build up "

Emma said, as Lenmio simply stared at her; his glowing eyes disappearing and falling on the floor as he did so

" You did it, congratulations "

Yuyen said as She would then pat the man on his back, smiling a little as he simply sat there; he felt odd, different then how he normally felt, but it felt good, really good. So this is sanctuary energy" he thought

" So how do you feel? "

Ana questioned, smiling a little whilst everyone around him stared at him fondly, even his queen

" Yeah, tell us, we've basically lived our entire lives with sanctuary energy, we practically don't know how it feels to suddenly change like that "

Yuyen said, encouraging the man who, looked over at them and then down at his hands, and over at his legs, thighs and stomach

" I—I feel like I'm not me anymore, like I've been changed down to my last atom "

He said as he would then look back up at them, giving them a confused look