Poison [part 2]

The potion had done its duty, saving me from certain death.

"How do you feel?" she asked, her voice gentle and reassuring.

"Strange," I replied, trying to find the right words.

"It's like I've been reborn. But there's still so much I don't understand."

The nanny nodded.

"It's normal to feel that way. Purification is an intense but necessary process. Now you are stronger and purer."

"Anyway, can you now explain to me why this purification and body reform takes place in this underground location?"

So, the nanny, seeing that the purification process was complete, began to explain why the place was soundproof, dark, and underground.

"First of all," said the nanny, "this place is soundproof to prevent your screams of pain from being heard outside. The purification process is extremely painful, and your screams could alarm anyone nearby. We cannot allow anyone to interfere or interrupt the process."

"As for the darkness," she continued, "it is necessary to minimize visual distractions. During the process, your body and mind are subjected to extreme stress. The darkness helps you focus inward, allowing the mana to work more effectively without you being distracted by your surroundings. Additionally, it must be dark because light can interfere with the delicacy of the dehydration potion as some substances used react to light and may lose their effectiveness."

"Finally, the reason we are underground is to ensure a stable and controlled environment. Underground, the temperature and humidity are constant, which is crucial for the proper functioning of the potions. Additionally, being underground protects us from external interferences, ensuring that the process can proceed without interruptions."

"Furthermore, there is also a matter of secrecy," added the nanny with a more somber expression.

"The place we are in is extremely confidential. Very few know its exact location. This is to protect you and anyone else undergoing this procedure. The knowledge and resources needed to perform a purification like this are precious, and every Great Family, Noble Family, along with the Imperial Family, have a similar process but use different resources. If one of these methods were to leak, there could be political upheaval."

"In addition to these reasons, we had to keep this place secret to prevent anyone from discovering the process and interfering. Secrecy is essential to ensure your safety and the success of the purification."

"For this reason, you were brought here in this way, to ensure the secrecy of the place."

I looked around, trying to assimilate all the information the nanny had just provided. The underground, dark, and soundproof place now made sense. It was a safe haven, a sanctuary where I could undergo purification without external interference.

"I understand," I said slowly, still reflecting on everything I had learned. "But what happens now? What do I have to do next?"

The nanny looked at me with a serious expression.

"Now that you have been purified, we need to go to the main estate to perform a test to verify your affinities and other parameters, such as vitality and the level of soul activity, and based on them, you will be given a refinement technique."

Refinement techniques are unique training methods with strict requirements but will provide a faster rate of improvement.

They offer many advantages over traditional training methods because they have been modified over time by the various ancestors of the family.

And although they are perfect for those with royal bloodlines because with them the bloodline can be fully utilized, they are also suitable for those without a bloodline as long as the techniques use the same affinities.

The advantage of discovering affinities early is that you will be more prepared for what it will be and training will also be faster.

While training in the refinement technique as soon as possible will make it easier to use the affinities possessed as a Transcendent.

And possessing multiple affinities will provide access to faster training options, provided that all talents are utilized.

After saying that, the nanny took my hand and led me to an adjacent room where a teleportation platform was located.

It was a complex device, with pulsating lights and a smooth, metallic surface.

"This is the teleportation system," explained the nanny.

"It will allow you to travel instantly to the main estate. Here's how it works from the user's perspective."

I positioned myself on the teleportation platform. The nanny explained that advanced sensors would detect my exact position and analyze my molecular structure before activating the system via a control panel.

I felt a slight hum as the device powered up.

The system began with a complete scan of my body, mapping every molecule and atom.

I felt a slight vibration as I was dematerialized, that is, converted into a stream of quantum data.

The quantum data was sent through a spatial tunnel, a sort of "corridor" that connected the starting point with the arrival point.

This tunnel was created using advanced technologies that manipulated space-time. Once the data reached the destination, I was rematerialized on the arrival platform. I felt a slight jolt as my body recomposed.

The nanny explained that teleportation was extremely expensive for several reasons.

The technology needed to create and maintain a spatial tunnel is incredibly advanced and requires significant resources.

The process of dematerialization and rematerialization requires an enormous amount of energy, which must be generated and managed efficiently.

Therefore, teleportation systems must be constantly monitored and maintained to ensure they function correctly and safely.

Ensuring that the teleportation process is safe for the user requires advanced and costly safety measures.

The nanny also warned me of the risks associated with teleportation. If someone were to break the spatial tunnel created during the process, the consequences could be disastrous.

If the spatial tunnel is interrupted while the quantum data is in transit, the user may not be able to rematerialize correctly, leading to disintegration.

The breaking of the spatial tunnel could cause an energy backlash, releasing an enormous amount of energy uncontrollably.

This could severely damage the teleportation infrastructure and cause serious or fatal injuries to anyone nearby.

The quantum data could be lost or corrupted during the tunnel interruption, making it impossible to rematerialize the user.

In addition to this, there are also other types of teleportation, but they use laws.

"In this case, in fact, the law of space is used to manipulate it and allow passage."

However, space is very strong, in fact, if it were not so strong, reality would be fragile.

It is strong, so it takes a lot of energy to overcome its resistance and manipulate it.

That's why this type of teleportation is very expensive, even more so than the previous one, so much so that a single use of a teleportation device can be more expensive than the teleportation device itself.

However, the cost of transportation is not the only consequence of the rigidity of space.

If someone breaks a spatial tunnel created during teleportation, they must withstand the backlash of such an attempt, so they forcibly manipulate the fragments of the broken spatial tunnel, bringing them to a liquid state to teleport to an anchor present within another space coefficient, then they should be ready to be taken through a "blender" of pain.

With this information in mind, it is clear that teleportation, whether quantum or magical, is a complex and risky process that requires a great amount of resources, skill, and precautions to be performed safely and effectively.