Chapter 5: Encounter

I woke up and got dressed after a quick shower when I went out to the training area and started my daily training

During my training, it was specified that I should keep to a strict diet containing minimal amounts of food, aswell as keeping to a specific breathing technique

In the book it said that this breathing technique combined with the high exorcise and low food intake would force my body to adapt to low energy conditions, making each of my movements naturally more efficient as my brain autocorrects my movements to be so

As well as this, after a month of hard work I was finally able to do the full work out in a single day, albeit spread across the day like before to allow my muscles to rest, stimulating growth in them

If i'm being honest, I didn't understand half of what I said but that's ok

"Your highness, I would like to ask, what are the purpose of these strange movements you do during your 'training'?" A man behind me asked

It was a random soldier I didn't know, probably just a regular solider

His body was skinnier than most and it's clear to see that he was someone who heavily relied on his bending rather than his physical body

"They are exercises" I explained "Movements meant to trigger muscle growth and increasing strength, I found them within the royal library"

"Interesting…" he says as he moves away, his questions answered

I continued training throughout the entire day

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It was now evening and the sky was a beautiful orange colour and I was covered in sweat

Later I've been taking of my shirt during training due to how hot it gets

My muscles are more defined and As well az that, my stamina feels like it's increased ten-fold

As I was making my way back into my room, I spotted my sister Azula

She was around the same height as me and me and had inherited our fathers black hair and mothers yellow eyes, but compared to me, they were a lot dimmer In comparison

She was further ahead in the corridor and was walking in my direction

Ever since I woke up a month ago, Father has been interacting with me less and less, eventually having the same amount of contact that he has with Zuko

We walked past each other and I saw a smug smile on Azula's face, she must have gotten some praise from Father, the lucky bastard

I have been walking down this route back to my room for the entire month, she must have chosen this route to spite me

"Spirits blessings, sister" I said after passing her by as she froze and turned around, that smile now of her face, but I could still see the arrogance and smugness from her eyes

She had regular features but had an aura of domineering pressure

'Heat Aura, a technique making use of firebending to subtly increase the temperature and artificially enhance a firebenders {Domination}' I thought as my sister replied

{Domination}, the Personification ability of fire, that only master firebenders and extremely talented firebenders are able to use

It allows them to overpower, Dominate and 'Consume' a person, emitting the characteristics of a raging fire

"Nice to meet you Jin, I hope you've been well " she said as she closed her eyes and tried to look friendly, she failed (of course)

I looked back and replied also

"Things have been going great, I hope mother has been treating you well" I said to her as she flinched

Mother always never gave us much attention but just a month ago she came over to my room and cried for me, showing how much more mother cares for me than her

"She has, thank you for asking" she said "You seem to be spending more time training lately, have you finally realised how weak you are? Father would be proud"

It was a weak insult, but something that hit only the places it needed to

'She has gotten much better at this' I thought

"Well, ill be resting in my room, if you need anything" I said turning around and leaving for my room

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It's been a year since I have awakened as the librarian of Babel and I have finally Mastered Soul Magic! I've been putting of actually using it, only learning theory, I promised myself that I wouldn't use it on myself until I felt that I had mastered the Theory

I stood within my room and focused on my body, the feeling of my soul splitting in half

An unimaginable amount of pain coursed through my body as I coughed up blood and gripped onto bedsheets

A small towel In my mouth to muffle my screams

Tears started running down my eyes and just.as fast as the pain came, it left

'That…was…hard…!' I thought, if you think I'm exaggerating then you try doing thousands of complex magical formulae In your head whilst having your soul split

And for those who think I shouldn't possibly have the ability to that, then your right

I shouldn't

But I did

Due to the unique nature of time dilation within Babel and the Sea of Consciousness, what seemed to be a year was actually 10 years for me

[spoiler](A/N

For those who think he should act like an adult now i should probably tell you this, you need experience to grow mentally

Even if he spent a hundred years in there, he will not gain the experience of being a hundred years old as he only spends his time in there reading, call it what it is, me wanting him to stay mentally the same age as normal and using stupid excuses to find a way for that to be possible)[/spoiler]

That combined with the amazing teaching ability of Barbra, I was able to do something So impossible like this

I am Now 7 years old and am a theoretical master at Soul Magic

Cool

But now that I split my soul, something felt wrong

My vision was split, like if I focused I would be able to only see one but if I didn't I saw two different things at the same time

It was weird, but exactly what I wanted

I made use of my Parallel Thought to make my soul self move separately from my real self, and looked around

My soul self looked around to see where exactly where I was

I could see the door but it was pretty far away, the rest of the area is ocean, whilst in the real world i was lying on my bed, i looked at my soul hands and saw that they were semi-transparent, and my movement felt duller and slower, like here where weights on every part of my body, it was the middle of the night so I had decided to go to go to bed, pondering one simple question in my mind

'Why did that feel kinda...good?'