The Taste of Seducti Chapter 239: Break it

Right after they ate lunch, they rested for half an hour before Austin told redith that they should continue their training.

He had told her that he will teach her other ways to use her magic in such a way she could use better focus and control. Once she does that, she may be able to get a better grasp in breaking the rubber balls before she attempts to break the big chain.

As the hours passed, Austin taught her how to focus her energy and control her magic. He showed her how to cast spells, summon weak spirits, and even levitate objects.

However, he was also very strict with her despite being a proud teacher with her progress. He warned her that magic was dangerous and that she had to be careful.

As she was busy levitating three items at the sa ti, she rembered about the ritual of breaking the soul tie. She rembered that she was told that it was held during a full moon and that she needed extre focus to break a chain.

That's oddly specific to her and so, she turned her head to look at Austin and ask him about it.

"Why should the ritual be done on a full moon? Was the ritual to have a soul tie also done on a full moon?"

"Yes, also done on a full moon," Austin replied, further explaining to her the details of the ritual.

He said that the full moon was the most powerful ti for magic, and it would give her the best chance of success. Hearing this, redith now understood why magic and rituals were mostly done at night—even in movies that she watched with Aaron.

"I see! Now that makes sense," redith said, nodding her head slowly. "And what of the chain? Why is it that we have to break the chain?"

"It's a 'soul tie', is it not? It is represented by a chain. You need to break that exactly because in your training, we follow the energy pattern of the object in order to break it, right? That's why I gave you this training."

"I see," she comnted, blinking her eyes a few tis as she wondered aloud. "So, the chain… is one that I could see in the subconscious of Marcus?"

"Correct," Austin said matter of fact, throwing in another object at redith to make it levitate so she could maintain her focus while they are talking. "But rember… it is a big chain. In the subconscious, it could be a pretty different experience."

She creased her brows together. "What do you an?"

"You see, as you try to break the soul tie, the chain instilled would try to fight off those who try to destroy it. Unlike the chain that you are going to break tomorrow, it will only be stagnant."

She widened her eyes. "You an… the chain can… fight?"

Austin shook his head. "Not literally fight," he said, further explaining what he ant. "There will be struggle, of course. A soul tie is not that simple. It will have another magic laced on it for protection. But with proper training, it will be possible to break."

"I see. Then I can do it," she replied, a small smile on her face as they continued their training.

"You can… but rember, you need intensive focus and control. After this training, we go back to the rubber balls. I think you'll have a better grasp at it already."

Austin still warned her over and over that she had to control and improve her magic focus until she was able to break a chain with her mind for her to be ready to conduct the ritual. He could sense the impatience in her again and with him as her teacher, he would have to put her back on track.

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It was already late in the afternoon, the sunset soon coming. She rested a bit, taking a drink of her cucumber lemonade that Atlas brought to her. As beads of sweat ford on her forehead, she wiped it off with her forearm.

"Damn… I can't wait to take a bath after all this," she mumbled to herself, now standing up from her seat and putting down the glass on the garden table. "I'll try it out now."

"Alright," Austin replied, leaning on the table that was behind him as he waited for her to start so he could watch her progress. "Go ahead."

They already ended their training a mont ago. As she felt that the lessons she had with Austin a mont ago had already prepared her to pop the rubber balls, she felt a sense of confidence surge from within her, ready to attempt it again.

She got a rubber ball from the box beside her. As she stood firmly on the ground, the ball on her left palm, she looked at it for a mont, took a deep breath, released it slowly, then closed her eyes.

Her senses were clear; it was doubled since the training a mont ago. It had helped her get a better focus and control of her magic, sensing the energy pattern of the rubber ball.

The mont she opened her eyes, she followed its pattern and applied pressure at the sa ti, successfully making the rubber ball pop.

"Woah!" She turned to look at them, a wide smile plastered on her face. "Did you see that; did you see that?" She raked her hand through heir hair, still couldn't believe what she had just done. "I made my first rubber ball pop!"

She picked up another one and quicker than the first attempt, this ti, she was able to make it pop the second ti.

"Goodness! I did it!" She turned to Austin and showed him the second ball she just popped. "I just did it! Again!"

"Good job," he complinted, crossing his arms in front of his chest. "Now this ti, I'd really instruct you to pop all of the ball sin that box so you get to have a better grasp before we call it a day for the training today."

"Alright!"

redith got a third ball, the fourth, the fifth… successfully popping it quicker and efficiently.

As the three n watched her, they decided to have another heavy al prepared especially for her, so she can replenish her energy tonight for tomorrow's big training.