[Elena's POV]
It's been a few hours since Lady Seraphina has arrived and I'm not sure why, but as I look at her teaching Jake about Magic, Affinities and the like... I can't help myself but feel this burning desire to be the one in her place.
I didn't want to admit it.
But I was getting jealous of her.
I wanted to be the one to teach him, get closer to him, have fun with him. Even if this marriage is a ploy to have him as my guard inside of the Royal Academy, I could feel myself slowly falling for him. It was just a thought of mine that was very well hidden, or at least, I thought it was.
Nevertheless, I knew there was sothing wrong with when I felt a little bit of anger as I saw Seraphina touch him. It wasn't anything sexual. She had just touched him and I found myself frowning as if she had just sothing absolutely insane.
I shook my head, trying to get my mind off from him, but all I got was mories of the two of us flirting late at night inside my bed.
'Ugh... this has never happened to before... Why am I falling for a man like him?'
***
Things were going well. Very well.
I wasn't sure yet. But it felt like Seraphina had begun to understand that I could copy her and the way she casted her spells.
For the past minutes, she had been using Blink over and over again before , telling to pay attention. She didn't say anything in between of the use, she only briefly glanced at before doing it again and again.
After a few minutes, she had cast the spell over one hundred tis and my Comprehension of the Spell had definitely increased by a large margin. However, for the past 50 tis, the percentage had completely stopped increasing.
[Theorical Comprehension of the Blink Spell: 4% -> 20%]
It had been completely stuck there for the past minute, which is why I knew I had to do sothing. We needed to change training thod, only observing her wouldn't work.
"Can I try using it?" I asked as Seraphina imdiately stopped what she was doing and headed in my direction.
She nodded with clear anticipation in her eyes. "Yes, show what you can do."
Seraphina stared down as if expecting to perform [Blink] to its absolute perfection.
I gulped, nervous.
I placed myself in a running position just like she had done before, slightly leaned forward, my chest facing the ground. I then cald myself down just like before until the world around began to slow down and only then did I began sending out my Mana through my Mana Circuits, using the exact sa Mana Path as her.
Seraphina was no longer surprised by that fact as she continued to stare down.
I took a step forward, and the very next mont I found myself face first on the ground, two ters before .
I had failed.
I hadn't been able to use it.
My Comprehension of the Skill was definitely too low. I needed to get it up. But that required a lot of ti which was the last thing I had.
[Theorical Comprehension of the Blink Spell: 20% -> 21%]
Though, the percentage had finally gone up by one after practicing the spell. It was now ti to go practice mode until I would get it down.
And with a talented mage like Seraphina next to , it was only a question of ti before I grasped it.
"It's not bad. However, you need to be in control of your balance. That's why you fell on the ground. Anticipate the trajectory you want to take. You need to imagine the path in your mind, only then will you be precise about the location you will appear next."
I listened carefully to every word coming out of her mouth. I knew that she was the one with all the knowledge and imdiately [Arcane Assimilation] reacted.
[Theorical Comprehension of the Blink Spell: 21% -> 26%]
A 5% jump.
That was not sothing that I could deny. It was huge in the grand sches of things. For the past twenty minutes, the percentage had not even gone up. We were definitely doing the right thing right now. It was only a question of ti before I mastered [Blink].
***
Three hours later, the sun had already gone down.
It was close to midnight and I was still at it.
I had hit a plateau.
And the worst about it all was that I had not succeeded even once in using [Blink]. I would always fall, unable to recover after moving through Space.
My theorical comprehension had increased by another 14%, which gave a 40% Comprehension in a few hours.
Seraphina seed to think that it was good in a single day to have understood so much about a rare spell like that. However, I wasn't of the sa opinion. I knew I could do better. I knew I had to better.
"Go sleep. There's no point in continuing. Let's start again tomorrow."
It was the fifth ti she had said this very sentence. But I wasn't about to give up this close to my goal.
I placed myself in the sa position as before as I transford my Neutral Mana into Space Mana, sothing that I was now able to do with my eyes closed.
I then placed myself in the position and began sending out Mana through my Mana Circuits.
The use of [Blink] was now very costly in term of Mana. It was just very hard to use because of how precise one had to be.
However, I had a feeling deep down that I would be able to do it.
I opened my eyes and watched Seraphina's arm movents slow down.
It was ti for to take a step forward.
I visualized my trajectory inside of my mind, seeing myself five ters before and only then did I take a step forward.
I felt the space around warp and the very next mont, I was standing five ters in front of .
"I did it!" I shouted out loud, managing to land correctly on my own two feet.
I looked over to Seraphina who was absolutely mindblown.
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