Rishi had finally found a way to start the process of inscribing a Rune to his heart. He activated his extreme focus and started to understand everything in detail. He was also thinking of how he could improve the process or make some changes that were favorable to him. After thinking about it for some time, he was now ready to start.
The process was complicated; it required high Mana and Spiritual energy control. Rishi closed his eyes and entered a meditative state. He waited for some time and gathered all his focus. He then used his Spiritual energy and started to observe his heart.
Soon, he was able to feel it. He saw how it was connected to the body by the arteries and veins. He also saw how it pumped blood inside him. He then took a deep breath and started. He first used the Mana inside his body to create a thin layer of Mana over his heart.
He took his time and had to be gentle and careful while doing it. After fifteen minutes, he was done. He now waited for some time to check if everything was correct. Then he created a small bullet-shaped thing inside his body from his shadow energy. He then controlled it and brought it towards his heart.
Other Mages used Mana to create an inscription pen, but Rishi decided to rely on his Shadow energy, as his control of his Shadow Energy was way ahead of Mana. He also had to inscribe some runes on the inscription tool, which was very hard to do with Mana. The last reason was that anything made up of Shadow Energy could easily move inside his body due to his Shadow Spirit.
He carefully controlled the tool and brought it near his heart. He then looked at his heart again before starting the process. The first thing he did was to divide his heart into five segments that were about equal in size; he had marked these five areas on the layer of Mana above his heart.
The next step was to choose one of these segments and start to inscribe the Rune there. Rishi chose the one in the center and started. He controlled the tool, surrounded its tip with his compressed Mana, and started inscribing. He started very patiently.
He felt pain whenever his tool scratched the surface of his heart; he waited for his passive regeneration to regenerate that area before moving to make the next stroke. At first, he thought he had to create the Rune on the layer of Mana, but soon he realized this was not the case.
He had to inscribe it on his heart; his pain made him numb. He wanted to cry, but when he thought about Kajal, he decided to control himself; he didn't want to show this side to her. He also thought she would make fun of him by saying something like, Didn't I warn you before, idiot?
In this world, being a man is hard; he can't show tears. All he could do now was hold his mouth and try to calm himself. If he had to inscribe something on his skin, he would have felt less pain, but his organs were still susceptible to pain.
Drawing a Magic Rune outside was very different from inscribing it inside. He had to use all his focus and ensure everything he did was perfect. He patiently carved out each stroke. Now, for the first time, he realized how complex it was to inscribe a rune.
After finishing, he came to the surface and lay down on his back on the water's surface. As he was swimming on his back, he thought about something when a soft, furry creature jumped on his chest. Rishi was about to get angry, but when he saw the cute Daisy, he could not control himself from petting it.
All his anger washed away, and he started to feel better. In all this tension, Rishi had forgotten something. The girl on the other side occasionally used her Soul Link to get information about Rishi's state. This cute fox was acting as a double agent.
The girl on the other side had a complicated expression on her face. On the one hand, she was holding her mouth shut not to laugh out loud when she heard from Daisy about Rishi's situation, while on the other hand, she was worried about him. She looked at herself and didn't know what to say; she had never felt this conflicted about her emotions before.
She was always sure about her feelings for others, but Rishab was a mystery; no matter how much she tried, she could never be on guard against him. Everything he did for her looked selfless and different from other people; she never saw anything similar in him. He was a big puzzle in her life, but somewhere inside her, she was happy. At least she now had a well-wisher outside of her family.
After getting the cuteness treatment, Rishi was ready to finish what he had started. He carefully controlled the small branches-like things coming from his mana core inside his heart and connected them to the Magic Rune one by one. This process was more complex than the one before, but Rshi liked this one as he didn't feel any pain.
The Magic Rune that he had inscribed in his heart was still not working, and to make it work, he had to connect these small branches made up of Mana to it. He carefully connected many small branches to it, and with the addition of each branch, the Magic Rune became more active.
Soon he finished everything, but the Magic Rune was still not working. He then remembered that he had cut the supply of Mana to these branches before he started. He carefully started supplying Mana to the Rune. His heart started shaling and shining, and soon he felt as if his heart was beating faster. This time the pain was too much, and he could not stop his cries.
He felt so much pain that he was thinking of ripping his chest open and taking his heart out to stop the pain, but before he could do so, he started feeling dizzy, his body started to become hot, and his eyes were becoming too heavy to open. In such a condition, when he was at his lowest, he drowned in the water.
A soft thing touched his hand. He felt like he was drowning inside the Abyss, and someone had caught him. He tried to open his heavy eyelids one last time, and what he saw was something he never expected. He saw a familiar face with a worried expression holding his hand and pulling him up.
Vakar noticed everything in the sky and chirped; the clouds around the pool turned into a hard surface, bringing them both to the surface. Rishi looked at the situation and relaxed before the darkness appeared before his eyes, and he lost consciousness.
The last thing he heard was Kajal asking Rishab, "Wake up. Are you alright?" If it were anyone other than her, he would have used all his strength to reply, 'Do I look alright to you?' but he never realized when he had a soft spot for her inside his heart. He was happily resting in her lap. Her wet hair touched his face, but he ignored them and enjoyed the moment.
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