The bright sun rays fell on the campus and gave a warmth that everyone liked in the cold climate.
Students could be seen moving along together, leaving their hostels to join their classes. Among the crowd were two guys who got attention from others.
Both wear the uniform like others, but their faces were covered in masks. "Which course have you selected?"
"I picked the ones about fighting as a mage and about using your summons effectively. What about you?" replied the red-masked boy with a ponytail.
"You are saving your contribution points? I selected Aura Mastery, PvP Fighting, Mana Veins Mastery, and Advance Rune Inscribing." replied the blue-masked boy.
"That's quite a lot; I think you forgot about Assasin Class," said Vinay.
"I didn't; it's just that I don't have any contribution points left. I saved some to purchase a good ice transformation technique," replied Rishi.
They discussed some more things before they had to go their separate ways. They had different schedules.
Rishi's first class was about aura mastery. He needed it urgently. He could not master his sword aura like others; the reason was simple: he didn't use only swords.
He felt as if his Aura had transformed. It now gave a decent buff to all his weapons, but that was not enough. He wanted it to become stronger.
He appeared in the class. It was inside the park, in nature. He removed his mask because he didn't want to attract unwanted attention.
His primary reason for coming here was to learn.
When he appeared near the venue, he saw many students waiting there, all sitting with their legs crossed and backs straight. All had a small mat below them.
Before, there was a tree with a circular veranda around it. Not attracting any attention, he pretended to take out a mat, as he used his shadow energy to create one before using illusion runes to make it appear similar to the other mats.
All the students here stood at their places, not moving or making any sound. Time passed; five minutes had passed, but the instructor was still not there.
Others didn't react as if it were natural; he and some newcomers didn't know what was happening, but they decided to be patient.
Ten minutes and fifteen minutes passed, and one of the impatient newcomers left the class. He felt like it was a waste of time and contribution points.
It was already half an hour, and the other new students had also left. However, the old students stood at their place, waiting patiently.
Rishi was in a dilemma but listened to his heart and didn't leave the class. More time passed, and just when only five minutes were left, an elderly man could be seen approaching.
He had long gray hair tied in a ponytail. Sunglasses covered his eyes while he wore a safron-colored tracksuit with a black border.
He walked at a snail's pace with both hands on his back. No one moved or greeted him when he was finally in front.
"If your Aura is water, then what is your body? If water can change, can Aura too?"
"Water can be compressed, and so can Aura. Different waters can mix; can Aura too?"
Everyone paid attention to every word he said, and Rishi also found that his words contained profound wisdom.
"Oh, we have a new face here." He laughed as he looked at Rishi, standing with twenty other students.
"As you are a new member, you will get the chance to ask one question. Ask when the time is running out," he said.
Rishi stood up and summed up his Aura. A bright-colored fire appeared in it. He asked, "I awakened Sword Aura, but later, I started using multiple weapons, and it changed."
"It's in the middle of a transformation but cannot complete it. Is it possible to change it to an aura that can be used with all weapons?" He asked.
"Ho Hoo, An interesting question," said the old man as he rubbed his beard. "Water in the sea is salty. How do you make it like regular water?"
"By removing salt," replied Rishi, as he looked at him in confusion. I was not able to understand his point.
"Aura is like water; everyone adds his own things that change its property. Without these thoughts, what's the difference between them?" He replied before he started leaving.
Rishi had more questions, but the professor had already left. He got the answer to his problem, but it was confusing.
He would need to think about it by himself before he would be able to find a clear way. This class was weird; this professor took only one class a week.
He also came late and charged very high; he didn't know how these students were still willing to continue this class.
'I need to think about every word he spoke. Maybe I will learn something if I understand them.'
After attending his class for the Aura Mastery, he went back to a quiet place and sat cross-legged, closing his eyes and meditating.
Recalling what he had heard,
"If your Aura is water, then what is your body? If water can change, can Aura too?"
'Aura and water are similar in nature,' he said, trying to make sense of what he had said. 'Like water is contained in vessels, my aura is contained in my body.'
"Then does he want to say that our bodies are like vessels that contain aura?" He asked as he tried to think about it.
Slowly, he started to understand what he said, and as he thought more, it started to make sense.
"While we can mix different types of aura, some combinations might make it stronger while others might make it weaker."
He then remembered his answer to his question: "Did he want to tell me Aura is pure, but each Aura is mixed with the emotions of its user, which leads to different and unique Auras?"
"My Aura is like this due to what it contains. If I remove the emotions and thoughts I added to it, then it will be able to transform."
"However, I only want to remove the part where it is connected to the sword. The first time I summoned it, my Aura appeared like that due to it."
"But I have changed a lot since then. Maybe I should think of a way to remove the condition of my Aura, which makes it a sword aura."
"This will take a lot of time and effort," he sighed. His Aura had been something that he had not been satisfied with for quite some time, but he didn't have the time nor the way to solve this problem.
"It will be my main focus other than training my contract beast for now. These two things are something I have ignored for a while." He said this as he clenched his hands, making a decision.
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