Chapter 55 – Witchcraft Lesson With Hoaran (5)
It’s been two days since I became Hoaran’s disciple.
So, it’s been two days since I was attacked by a white-haired woman.
Before learning witchcraft from Hoaran in earnest, it was more of a theory class on what witchcraft was.
I felt like I was learning something like the history of technology, which is something that people often start with before major classes.
Hoaran told me.
“The Lord is the wind. A wish, a wish, a wish… Hoping and praying. “To hope and pray for what you do not have, that was the Lord’s beginning.”
A person whose body is freezing from the cold will wish for a warm ember.
Those who are hungry will wish. Food to fill my hungry stomach.
Hoaran said that giving began with wanting what one did not have.
The Lord’s origins revealed to me that they literally began from origins.
The paintings painted on the walls of caves in hopes of prosperity are also a form of worship.
Hoping and praying for a sick child to become healthy is also a form of caution.
It is said that offering a sacrifice and hoping for something is also a type of Lord.
The history of the state that has existed since time immemorial.
Praying and hoping for animals, nature, and all other natural phenomena that I couldn’t even understand at the time.
That was the beginning of the week.
“However, the wind is simple. Hopes are feeble, wishes are but fleeting.”
That’s what it means to wish for something other than yourself.
In the end, it is only he who can achieve something.
What I could gain by begging from others was simple, thin, and fleeting things.
The pictures painted on the walls were just pictures.
Hoping for a sick person to become healthy was just a wish.
Offering a sacrifice and praying for something was also just a prayer.
“The ancient Lord was therefore eliminated. “Nothing can be solved just by hoping and praying, so giving only ends up being a simple consolation.”
Abundance does not come just by hoping and praying.
Just hoping and praying won’t cure your illness.
Just offering a sacrifice and praying will not make the wish come true.
That’s what transience means.
Those who hoped for abundance hoped for abundance because they were not wealthy. And then, he died clutching his hungry stomach.
Those who hoped to be cured of their illness, and those who only prayed for the health of their child, ended up burying their child in the ground.
The wishes of those who pray while offering sacrifices will never come true, so most people prayed for that.
Nevertheless, those who hoped did not disappear.
The one who hoped did not disappear.
However, those who made fleeting wishes did not disappear.
Even if the world changes thousands of times, those people will never disappear.
Those who hope and pray for even simple comfort.
Such people have always existed.
“However, faith alone is not enough. Since it is not enough, someone arose to try to make up for what is lacking.”
Because just hoping, wishing, and wishing was not enough to achieve something.
I put my will into it.
The beginning was small and trivial.
Something that was close to impossible, something that could never be achieved just by wishing.
A miracle that finally comes true.
“By holding on to a wish that should only be fleeting with determination, it becomes form. Giving meaning, shape, and strength to intangible things that were only hoped for and prayed for. Creating something with that power in order to achieve what you desire with your own will. By will alone, I reach the first law of the world. “It was only through hoping and casting that it became a spell.”
And that’s it.
“That is the first thing you must learn about magic. “It is the principle of ‘heart.'”
As is usually the case with all theories.
Even though I heard everything Hoaran said, there was only a little I could understand.
Therefore…
“What can I do? Meditation?”
I’ve heard you talk about willpower, so what do you do with it?
“Hmm, I guess I’d like to hear this.”
Hoa-ran lightly waves his hand at my words.
Then I saw a small rock flying in front of me.
Come on in?
That one?
I don’t know what happened, but anyway, it was the moment when I did as I was told and grabbed the rock standing tall in front of me.
“Ugh…!”
The sudden feeling of weight almost caused me to drop a rock to the ground, and I was barely able to hold on.
“Oh, you didn’t drop it on the ground.”
A small rock.
It was a stone that could be easily held in the palm of one’s hand, and I said, “It feels like I’ve lifted two or three whole bags of rice.”
“What on earth is this?”
Groaning and lifting a rock that kept falling, Hoaran answered while giggling when he asked that question.
“Hoseok, it is also called fox bead. “It is a treasure one of the few in my world that can be lifted with only will.”
“Fox, beads…?”
Hoa-ran is a nine-tailed fox.
It’s not similar to a werebeast or a fox beast. A nine-tailed fox that falls into the unfamiliar category of monsters.
Anyway, the important thing was that the nine-tailed fox was also a fox.
And the name of this stone is Fox Bead.
For some reason, I felt a little like that.
“Concentrate. “Isn’t Hoseok coming down?”
As soon as I could think about anything else, I lifted the fox bead again, which was going down as if its weight had increased.
“Queunnng…”
It’s so fucking intense.
“First, let’s start by lifting that hoseok over her head. “The first training you must do is to hold on to Ilda-gyeong while holding Hoseok up.”
Il Da-kyung.
So… Was it about 15 minutes?
Hold on for 15 minutes while lifting something that feels like it weighs 100kg?
It was really fucking strict training.
“No… Really… You want me to hold this for 15 minutes?”
“It is true. “It’s the foundation of foundations, so don’t be too strict about it.”
No.
No.
Anyway, I’m going to criticize you, so I’m going to criticize you.
As Ho Aran said, he tried his best to lift the fox bead above his head.
“Ugh, ugh…”
Fuck…
The more I lifted, the more it felt like the weight increased. No, it was definitely increasing.
I was definitely able to lift it when it was below my chest, but when it reached my chest, it felt twice as heavy as before.
At this point, it seemed like it would be difficult to lift it above my head, let alone hold on for 15 minutes.
When I glanced at Hoaran after lowering the fox bead, I saw that he had given me the task of lifting the fox bead and was reading a book I didn’t know where he got it from.
Hoaran’s tails are gently swaying.
Looking at Hoa-ran, who seemed to be immersed in reading, it didn’t look like he could even hear a hint.
Or not.
There was no need for hints in the first place.
…What did Hoaran say?
Once again, I remembered what Hoaran had told me.
Will.
Hoa-ran had initially said that the reason why a simple, fleeting ‘spell’ could finally become a ‘spell’ was will.
And…
The first principle of witchcraft, ‘mind’, is also related to such will.
After that…
What did he say when he told the story about the fox beads?
So… You can lift it only with will. Did you say that?
What is will in the first place?
I’ve never thought about something like that in my life.
It was unbecoming of Hoaran to ask him to do something like that and not even give him any advice.
Even Lilith didn’t do that.
In other words, it would be correct to say that Hoa-ran felt that he did not need any more advice than this.
What I already know.
What you already told me.
It meant that the answer was there.
For a while.
After rolling my head, I slowly dropped the hand that was holding the fox bead.
Lift it up.
Just hoping for that.
If my prediction was correct, then it was clear that the fox bead would float even if I let go. If it is a fox bead that can be lifted only with will, then the assumption that it can be lifted by hand is unnecessary.
And…
This was the moment when I completely let go of the fox beads.
Puck…!
A fallen fox bead hit the top of my foot.
That too fucking hard.
“Mother…!”
Fuck, it hurts so much…!
However, I was able to see the fox bead that was momentarily trying to float.
It was said that this method was correct.
That’s true, though.
“Keuuuuu…
In any case, it was an unchanging fact that it was dropped. I felt like my whole body was twisting from the pain I felt in the top of my foot.
However, thanks to this, another thing I was able to realize was that compared to when I lifted the fox ball myself, the pain I felt when it fell on the top of my foot was much less.
In other words, the weight of over 100kg that I felt was a shame.
It wasn’t that there was no weight at all, but if it had really been that much, my feet would have been cramping instead of just hurting.
“Okay… Let’s do it.”
Once again she thought to herself, floating towards the fox orb.
By will.
Just by will.
I just lift the fox ball rolling at my feet.
Ugh…
Then a fox bead begins to float.
Wow, this works.
It’s not like I have any paranormal abilities like telekinesis, but it was a moment of admiration for me as I watched the fox bead being lifted on its own.
Puck…!
The fox bead fell once again, this time hitting my little toe.
“Aaaaahhh…!”
Mom, fuck it really.
