Before they knew it, it was two hours before lunch ti. As Marcus and Atlas returned to the kitchen to ask Austin's chamberlains to prepare a hearty and refreshing al for all of them, the training continued on.
redith continued to get a feel of slicing in half, and pulverizing to smithereens, small rocks in the garden to get a feel of it so she can do it quicker and efficiently.
Before Austin could even joke about the rocks next, she stopped and playfully rolled her eyes at him, making him laugh as he knew what she'd say.
"Co on… I stopped," she began, already excited for the next part of the training. "Now… the rubber balls? I hope you have plenty?"
Austin couldn't help but chuckle when she said she hopes that he has a lot of it. With a snap of his finger, a box of rubber balls appeared on her side, surprising her with what he did.
"That kind of teleportation magic… will I be able to learn that, too?"
"Of course," he said, proud of her progress. "With how you are able to use your magic due to your quick progress, you could get the hang of it in no ti."
She couldn't help but smile. With her reaching out for a rubber ball from the box beside her, she knew that she had to finish learning this first before learning new spells from him.
"Alright… now how to do the rubber ball?" she asked, knowing that there is an introduction coming from Austin before she tries it out on her own.
"Right then," he said, getting a ball from the box even though he was quite far away from it. With a light gasp coming from redith, the ball flew from the box and was caught by Austin's hand with just a wave of his finger for its movent. "Rather than tearing it in half, you have to make it 'pop.'"
She looked at the ball on his hand. As Austin focused on the ball at hand, he stood still for a solid five seconds. He closed his eyes and the mont he opened it, the ball popped and it deflated in an instant, making him drop it to the ground the mont it was destroyed.
"It looks simple, but it is actually complicated," he began, putting his hands back in his pockets and leaned on the garden table behind him. "I'm going to tell you this so you can start on it imdiately. It will really take you ti before you can get the hang of it. But once you do, the final one will be easy."
redith blinked her eyes a few tis, thinking that the rubber balls would be the last.
"There's one more?"
"Yes."
A long, heavy chain like it holds a ship's anchor appeared slowly in front of them as he waved his hand. The item followed his movent, the chain now levitating before them the mont it completely appeared. He then continued talking.
"The breaking of the soul tie requires you perfect, undisturbed control and focus. The training I'm giving you know from the leaf, to the rocks, to the rubber balls, then this one heavy chain… it will prepare you for the ritual."
redith silenced, absorbing what he said.
"Alright," she said, nodding once as she fully understood what she signed up for. "I can do this."
"You can, and I know you will," Austin comnted, the woman sighing as she didn't agree to what he said next. "But after you train for today with the rubber balls, you need to rest."
"Austin, no!" She shook her head profusely, disagreeing with him this ti. "We have less ti before the full moon starts; we roughly have three days! My progress… isn't it already good enough?"
"It is, redith. And I am proud with your progress."
He then walked towards her, putting both of his hands on her shoulders to further explain why he decided for her.
"But rember that you shouldn't rush everything, redith. You just started learning. The rubber balls would take a toll on your energy, I'm telling you. You need to replenish your energy the whole evening today before you try breaking this big, heavy chain tomorrow."
"But Austin—"
"Gwen, your mother, the most powerful witch, will tell you the sa," he interrupted, giving her a small smile. "I know that you are her daughter and that your ancestors are great… but they did not rush to be one; they did not rush to perfect everything."
The mont he removed his hands from her shoulders, she was quiet for a mont. As she reflected on his words, he does have a point, her frustration and impatience slowly fading a way as she took a deep breath and released it.
"Alright…" redith gave him a small smile, now squeezing the rubber ball that was in her hand. "I'll do my best, then."
"Good," Austin replied, now going back to where he stood a mont ago and continued his explanation. "Now for the rubber ball, it requires both ways. How you tore the leaf and how you broke the rock… they go hand in hand for you to pop the rubber ball."
Indeed, it does sound simple but it's actually difficult to do. With combining two concepts of how her magic focus and control could work, she furrowed her brows as she closed her eyes, trying to do her first attempt.
She saw that the energy property of the rubber ball was light brown in nature and it was moving in a circular motion, clock wise. As she also rembered that she has to follow the pattern with her focus, and apply the pressuring sensation to break the rock, she knew it would not be that easy.
It's like asking to move your left arm up and down and your right arm circling at the sa ti, maintaining the focus for the two to make it work.
"Tsk!"
She clicked her tongue when she noticed that she followed the pattern first and did the pressure the second. She knew that she had to do the two at the sa ti so she can make the rubber ball pop.
But how?
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