Hidden Potential

"𝘐 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘬, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘯𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘱𝘶𝘴𝘩 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥, 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘥𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘐 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯, 𝘪𝘧 𝘭𝘶𝘤𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯, 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘥𝘰 𝘪𝘵, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘺 𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘦, 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨."

Novis takes in a deep breath, concentrating his whole core into his sword, and not just that, his entire mind and being into it.

"If you're just going to stand there closing your eyes then you make yourself an easy opponent you know?"

The teacher reinforces her leg with Rock magic making it more durable and definitely more lethal, she directs her anger at Novis ready to knock him out in one last blow, as her leg is about to hit his side again, Novis opens his eyes.

He directs his sword to her leg just in time to block the blow, but she persists and uses her whole body in this one singular attack

"I WON'T HOLD BACK ANYMORE, STAY DOWN NEXT TIME"

Slowly Novis's sword starts to crack just a little as the teacher pushes Novis ever so slightly.

"NO. I WON'T STAY DOWN I WON'T DO ANYTHING YOU SAY, I'LL WIN THIS RIGHT HERE RIGHT NOW, I DON'T CARE IF YOU THINK I CAN'T I DON'T CARE IF EVERYONE CALLS ME WORK NOR IF THEY THINK I'LL NEVER SUCCEED, I'LL PROVE YOU ALL WRONG RIGHT HERE AND RIGHT NOW."

"WE'LL SEE ABOUT THAT"

Novis's sword gains more cracks within it, imminent death slowly glooms over him.

"𝘔𝘢𝘺𝘣𝘦 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯'𝘵 𝘥𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴, 𝘮𝘢𝘺𝘣𝘦 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴, 𝘮𝘢𝘺𝘣𝘦 𝘓𝘶𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘦, 𝘐 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘺 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘶𝘱, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦'𝘴 𝘯𝘰 𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵, 𝘯𝘰 𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨..."

He starts to let the grip of his sword go little by little giving up all hope.

"𝘕𝘖, 𝘐 𝘋𝘖𝘕'𝘛 𝘊𝘈𝘙𝘌, 𝘐 𝘚𝘈𝘐𝘋 𝘐𝘛 𝘉𝘌𝘍𝘖𝘙𝘌 𝘈𝘕𝘋 𝘐'𝘓𝘓 𝘚𝘈𝘠 𝘐𝘛 𝘕𝘖𝘞, 𝘐 𝘔𝘜𝘚𝘛 𝘗𝘜𝘚𝘏 𝘍𝘖𝘙𝘞𝘈𝘙𝘋, 𝘐𝘍 𝘐 𝘊𝘈𝘕'𝘛 𝘋𝘖 𝘛𝘏𝘐𝘚 𝘛𝘏𝘌𝘕 𝘐'𝘓𝘓 𝘕𝘌𝘝𝘌𝘙 𝘉𝘌 𝘈𝘉𝘓𝘌 𝘛𝘖 𝘚𝘌𝘌 𝘓𝘜𝘊𝘌 𝘛𝘏𝘌 𝘚𝘈𝘔𝘌 𝘈𝘎𝘈𝘐𝘕, 𝘈𝘕𝘋 𝘐'𝘓𝘓 𝘕𝘌𝘝𝘌𝘙 𝘐𝘔𝘗𝘙𝘖𝘝𝘌, 𝘐𝘍 𝘐 𝘞𝘈𝘕𝘛 𝘛𝘖 𝘎𝘌𝘛 𝘈𝘕𝘠𝘞𝘏𝘌𝘙𝘌 𝘐𝘕 𝘓𝘐𝘍𝘌, 𝘐𝘛 𝘕𝘌𝘌𝘋𝘚 𝘛𝘖 𝘉𝘌 𝘙𝘐𝘎𝘏𝘛 𝘏𝘌𝘙𝘌 𝘈𝘕𝘋 𝘙𝘐𝘎𝘏𝘛 𝘕𝘖𝘞"

Novis grips his sword with all his might and strength left within his body for a final attack against the teacher's blow

"YOU MAY MAKE FUN OF ME AND PUT ME DOWN, BUT IF THERE'S SOMETHING I WON'T TOLERATE IS BEING MISERABLE IN FRONT OF MY FRIEND EVER AGAIN. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH"

Something changed in Novis's sword, he didn't notice it but subconsciously his body adapted to the situation, if he wasn't able to slice through or cut the teacher's leg, then he needed to improve something but what?

His sword gained a new edge, the average human eye wouldn't be able to see it since most of the blade looks the same it's all just water, but the fool and some others noticed something peculiar, on the very edge of the sword a ton of tiny little sharp edges were formed, alone they would do nothing, in fact it wouldn't really change the weapon, but the moment Novis screamed a burst of water was released from the hilt directly to this newfound edge. It worked exactly like a chainsaw.

It was a bit too late when for the woman to notice, the saw-like sword went deep into her flesh clawing it away as if it were paper.

"HOW DARE YOU HARM ME, ESPECIALLY THIS MUCH." She quickly stops her attack and dashes back with a large wound inflicted on her leg.

All Novis could do was just look at the fool in the crowd of students and raise his fist "See? I did it."

He immediately collapsed to the ground with all of the students in disarray of what even had happened, to think out of all the students that Novis would be the one to land a strong blow against a teacher. It was almost insane to even think of.

"WHAT ARE YOU ALL DOING, CALL THE DOCTORS HERE, NOW."

"YES, MISS."

The doctors came rushing in to check the teacher's condition and hoped that the wound wouldn't get infected or cause any permanent damage, they quickly stitched it together with her groaning in immense pain, they operated on her right in front of everyone, and as efficiently as possible, none of the doctors even dotted an eye at Novis.

The fool was giggling at the thought and sight of Novis being able to create something so smart and powerful, he then walked down to him.

"I'm so grateful to have you, you really are something, something very dear to me."

He touches him directly on his back

"𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘦, 𝘐 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵, 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘮𝘦 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘶𝘱 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘭𝘺."

A slight amount of the fool's Light is poured into Novis's core, an amount so minuscule it could reach the size of atoms, after it is poured, he starts touching him in various places all around his body and suddenly, he gets up.

"How long was I passed out for?"

"Oh just about twenty minutes, I would've healed you up sooner but I was thinking about everything you did and all the possibilities."

"What I did? What exactly did I do?"

"You know, with the sword and everything."

"What about it?"

"Do you seriously not know about what you did?"

"No Luce I have no idea"

"𝘋𝘪𝘥 𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘰 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨? 𝘋𝘪𝘥 𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘹? 𝘉𝘶𝘵, 𝘛𝘏𝘈𝘛'𝘚 𝘚𝘖𝘔𝘌𝘛𝘏𝘐𝘕𝘎 𝘖𝘕𝘓𝘠 𝘐 𝘞𝘖𝘜𝘓𝘋 𝘋𝘖."

"Come on. Get up." He helps him up as fast as he can.

"Can you walk? Good come quick we gotta go."

"What's with the rush?"

"We can talk later just quickly."

"HEY, HOW COME HE LOOKS COMPLETELY FINE, I HIT HIM REALLY HARD YOU KNOW"

"Obviously I healed him."

"THEN HEAL ME TOO"

"Why would I?"

"I'M YOUR TEACHER"

"You almost killed your student, and you still ended up being weaker than him, you're useless to me, and the only thing you'll ever end up doing your whole life that actually mattered, is helping a sixteen-year-old boy get stronger by just a fraction."

"I'VE DONE MANY THINGS YOU KNOW THAT."

They both just walk towards their dormitories

"HEY, LOOK AT ME IN THE FACE WHILST I TALK TO YOU, HEY, SOMEONE STOP THEM, HEY"

One student tries to confront the fool.

"She's a little beat up could you help her a little?"

All he does is glare straight into the poor boy's soul, with enough intent to kill that he ends up fainting.

"Quickly Novis here."

"What did I tell you about using your strength on people weaker than you?"

"Yea yea, he'll be fine but I'm in a rush."

"Why are you being so quick about this?"

"Because. You opened up a new door of opportunity, in fact, the door is so big it could fill this entire school. No. This entire Kingdom. No. The entire world as you know it."

"There is no way I could make anything that big."

"Well guess what, you can now, that is if you train with me."

After a little bit, they arrive at their dormitory.

"Sit on the bed for a minute and face the wall."

"Alright, whatever you say."

"Take your shirt off too."

"Alright, whate- HEY WAIT A MINUTE, MY SHIRT?"

"Yes, yes come on, I need to see something."

"F-Fine but only for five minutes."

"Sure that's plenty of time."

"Sometimes Luce sometimes, I'm a little too comfortable with you and your requests."

He takes off his shirt with a bit of muscle building on his back.

"Perfect."

The fool touches Novis's back which links directly to the core, and with it, he's able to see his potential and how much it can increase.

He starts giggling a little "Oh you are so so special, you know that, just as I expected it's greater than I thought."

"Could you not say this whilst I have my shirt off?"

"Oh, you'll be fine not like you mind that much. anyways you can put your shirt back on."

"Thank you."

He gets up from the bed and gets dressed again.

"So, what did you check?"

"I never really got a glimpse of your core, but after that fight, I know you can grow a lot more from everything."

"Really? Do you really think I can become strong like you?"

"No doubt about it, and your magic is so versatile too. You may not be able to imbue yet but your ability to create is so impressive and complex, not any mage can do that, especially in the heat of the moment."

"I still don't know what I did though. I thought I just sliced into her?"

"Exactly, that's what makes you even more special, you were able to do all of this with your subconscious and reflex alone."

"So what exactly did I do?"

"On the edge of your sword, you made tiny little blades and linked them together, and then at your final breath you propelled water from your hilt and gave it a super high-speed edge essentially making it a chainsaw sword."

"I-I did that? Did I really, I really have made it this far already, thank you, Luce, just, thank you a lot, I wouldn't have been able to get this far nor strong without you."

He ends up hugging the fool tightly and crying on his shoulder.