Chapter 140 – 32. Smell. (2)
– The source is the essence.
– Only when you realize that it is the very essence, you can use Source Mana.
However, even after thinking about it for a long time, Master Pattong couldn’t understand the essence of it at all. What is the nature of that substance?
– How can we use magic. In fact, no one fully understands it. Because normal wizards can instinctively feel and use mana.
– Most wizards don’t try to explore the reason. Because it is similar to a philosophical question about why humans live.
– But right there is the essence. Why we can use magic. The reason why you can feel mana.
– Because we are mana and essence.
– Think more deeply about the essence, seeker.
– Open the door of the source.
Elena sighed deeply. She lamented that she was not a genius. …… To what extent did Princess Belver, the genius wizard of the continent and an elegant wizard, realize that this mana was really worth it?
Frustrated, she closed the magic book with no answers even after reading it and looked out the window. It is a dark night outside.
To get some fresh air, she left the room. In the dark hallway, the cold night air was wafting around, and a quiet silence settled.
In the darkness, the patriarch stood still, without movement or sound, like a ghost.
Am I being weeded out like this?
After all, is this my limit?
Sadness became resentment, resentment became resignation, and resignation became apathy.
After standing in the dark for a long time, she finally felt nothing and was in a daze. …… After standing still for a long time, she saw a flickering light under the door at the end of the hallway.
She trudged over there as if possessed by something of hers. With each heavy step, the wooden floor squeaked and groaned.
Elena just stood still in front of the door. She doesn’t even think to knock.
Another long time passed. The only time she came back to her senses was when the door opened and the owner of her room came out.
“…… Elena?”
The owner was Natasha, a gum milk tester. Her face suddenly asked why a wizard woman was here in the middle of the night.
“I wonder… , There is….”
“… Is this a long story?”
“Yes.”
“Come in.”
Natasha gave Elena her entry. The sorcerer moved his feet cautiously into his opponent’s room in a polite gesture.
The door slammed shut, and silence prevailed. The burning candles created a strange atmosphere.
“What are you curious about?”
“…… Perhaps, in martial arts, what is essence?”
The gum milk test couldn’t have imagined that such a high-level question would be asked, so I was speechless for a moment. …… No, even if I had enough time to think about it, it wasn’t a question that could be easily answered.
What is essence
In fact, it was something Natasha had been asking herself over and over again for a long time. Especially when she has a demonic illness. She wants to realize the true nature of the demonic disease and overcome it.
“Honestly, I never thought that such a question would come up.”
“Sorry. Suddenly, out of nowhere, I asked such a question…. However, I thought that if it were you, you would understand my concerns.”
Of course, Natasha was not unaware of the deep struggle that had been cast over Elena’s face at some point. Whether it’s a wizard or a martial artist, everyone has a desire to explore the source. So, of course, I understand her concerns.
In fact, whether it’s magic or martial arts, if you dig to the root, everything is derived from a single source. So ultimately, it must mean that the pursuit of both is the same.
“The essence of martial arts in my opinion is understanding the human body.”
“… Do you understand the human body?”
The female prosecutor began to explain in a calm tone.
“Our existence is, after all, dependent on this body. Some people say that you can overcome only when you get out of your body, but that is not overcoming, it is death.”
Having lived for a long time in a place very close to death, she realized that escape is not overcoming.
Humans could not escape the body. He had to live with the body in order to exist.
“There is a limit to bending joints. Leg movement is also limited. Stretching your arms is also limited. There is also a limit to turning the neck. …… In other words, the human body has limitations.”
Natasha raised her index finger and raised it.
“However… ! Limits don’t mean impossible. … Look at that.”
The female prosecutor pointed to an object on her table with her raised finger. She stretched out her arm, but the distance prevented her object from reaching her hand.
“Now I can’t hold that thing. Because the arms are short. …… So is it impossible to grab that thing?”
Natasha nodded her chin as if asking Elena to answer. Hmmm, she thought, then answered quietly.
“I do not know. … Isn’t that impossible?”
When she heard that answer, she smiled lightly as the gum milk was tested. Then she got up and walked over to the table and put her things in her hands.
“I got it.”
… Ah….
“I don’t just have arms. There are also legs. Arms and legs obviously have limits, but… , When you understand the body, the seemingly impossible becomes possible.”
Elena had a little realization there. It feels like something that has been wandering for a long time is slowly taking its place in her.
“To fully understand this body on which we depend. … I think that is the basis of martial arts and the essence of human beings.”
“Okay….”
“… I don’t know how helpful that would have been.”
“It was very helpful. Thank you very much. …… I think I know something, a little bit.”
Natasha smiled lightly.
“I was still worried about the poor delivery, but I’m glad.”
“Thank you again.”
The two women shook hands.
And the sucker came back to his room and fell into deep meditation.
In order to reach something that is almost impossible to grasp…….
· · ·
A month had passed in the blink of an eye since I listened to the advice of the gum tester.
From then on, Elena locked herself in her room all day, repeating her meditations. She almost refrained from eating and drinking…. It was a will born out of desperation.
However, it kept slipping out of her hands, taking a step back as she took a step closer. Like grains of sand in her hand. I think I caught it, but in the end, when I open her hand, all the sand runs out between her fingers.
Elena opened her eyes. … Night again.
She cautiously left her room and walked around the building’s backyard. The cool night air gently cooled her body, which had been heated by long meditation.
Woo woo.
The gaze that wandered in the darkness rose slowly and looked up at the twinkling starry night sky.
The sky, the stars, and the universe.
Where did we come from and where are we going?
What is mana and what is its source.
However, there were still no answers and only questions piled up.
The gaze that had been looking up at the night sky fell again. It wandered into darkness again. … No, I saw a moth fluttering in a spider’s web.
Life and death.
Elena watched the spider moving toward the moth. As if contemplating life.
………… And, at that moment, I felt something strong hit my temple.
Oh
Ah.
Life and death are one. It cycles and does not change.
Why didn’t I know that
Why didn’t I realize that
Why did I miss something so simple?
Why.
Nothing changed in the first place.
Source manado, manado.
Everything is one
Mana was absorbed into her body and did not change.
Mana was mana from the beginning, and she was also mana the moment she entered her body.
The source does not change. We, who are made of the source, are also the source.
That’s the essence.
Elena hurriedly returned to her room.
And again she started deep meditation.
Nature.
Source.
Mana.
Her hair, which had been shrouded in darkness, was getting brighter.
– Because we are mana and essence.
– Think more deeply about the essence, seeker.
– Open the door of the source.
It was a gray world, neither light nor dark.
There was a door right there.
Elena approached it slowly.
The door was incredibly huge. I can’t seem to open it by myself.
…… No, you can open…… !
Didn’t Natasha show it?
When you understand your body, the seemingly impossible becomes possible.
If she hadn’t realized it, she wouldn’t have dared to try. … But she did. Because you can.
She put her hands on both doors and pushed them slowly.
Amain. Very hard
… But the door didn’t budge. It seems that you still don’t understand your body.
No, again.
Elena tried again.
Hold the door, push……… !
Oh
The door, which hadn’t even budged, opened slightly with a nod. A very thick door… !
…… Then, I peeked through the slightly open door.
ㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡ!!!!!
At the same time, the red-headed wizard opened his eyes again, startled.
…… Apparently, she had opened something more massive than expected.
