It’s been a busy day in the country of Stygia as many events started to make their way into reality such as King Roa’s fake death plan and goddess Clotho’s vessel search. Among those events, the Ascension ceremony of Jin is the most important for Stygia which is currently happening now in its main capital, Sanguine city. Many townspeople gathered around the capital city’s town square just to witness the historic ceremony that is about to take place first time in the country’s history since King Roa founded Stygia.

“Long live the new ruler Jin!”

“Congratulations to our new ruler Jin!”

Many people among the town square repeated cheered these lines as they waved the flag of Stygia zealously. The capital’s town square is a spacious circular area that can handle about 10,000 people easily with a spare space for other activities.

*step* *step* *step*

Countless synchronous steps could be heard along the main road near the town square entrance. They were soldiers parading in their jet black military suits forward the wide road where the convoy of the new ruler Jin would pass through.

*Applause*

Showers of clap from the townspeople accompanied the magnificent march of soldiers that made it more outstanding. This grand display of military might will send chills down to your spine as more weapons are shown and being showcased in front of everyone.

In the middle of all this, there are two soldiers located at the entrance of the town square chatting about the current situation.

“So they started the parade, the convoy must be almost here.”

Similar to those soldiers parading in the main road, he was also wearing the same attire.

“Yeah, you’re right Redi, we better start going to our positions before we get scolded for idling here at the entrance.”

“Then off we go, Flonee. Make sure your sword is ready for the entrance ceremony.”

“I will Redi and please fix your belt, it’s loose and doesn't look good in the eyes of others.”

“Ahaha… I shall fix it now. Wait a minute there.”

The two soldiers talking casually are known as Redi Gravehelt and Flonee Sonnet. Redi, as Flonee described, has a disorganized look that needed fixing. His hair is curly with a light brown color that looked fluffy enough to be a pillow.

“I’m done here, What you think now Flonee? Do I look more presentable now?”

“Hmmmm… Passable.”

She adjusted the red-framed glasses she’s wearing that matched the color of her double roped braided hair. She’s also carrying a magical red book slung to her shoulders like a sling bag.

“Oh, I see… I will try to do better next time Flonee.”

“Here we go again Redi, please have some confidence in yourself and don’t be down by what I say.”

“...”

Redi quickly became gloomy after just a single comment of his attire fix from Flonee. His shoulders slumped down together with his head which just added to his already sad atmosphere.

“Why are you always like this? You must have more confidence in yourself and ignore those negativities around you.”

“I know that Flonee but I can’t just help it and be overly conscious to the impression of others towards me…”

He was really has a low self-esteem and continue to speak as if he did something wrong. He’s just like that boy in the class that’s always silent and thinks of his actions before doing it since he doesn’t want the others to have a bad impression of him.

*Sigh*

“Redi, Listen to me, you’re already good and strong. I mean you’re a practitioner of the rare and forgotten fighting technique called that former ruler Roa and yet to become ruler Jin.”

“But those guys are insanely powerful compared to me Flonee…”

“Then be like them! You already have access to those fighting techniques unlike us who choose the path of since it’s way easier to attain than .

In this world, there are two different set of fighting techniques that you can pursue in your life, The first one is . Just like what Flonee said, is easier to learn because is everywhere and you can have a mentor to teach you how to interact with easily,

“Why is it easier to obtain over Flonee? I’ve asked some people but they can’t say why because they never had the chance to try it. As for me it just naturally came to me so I don’t know why it’s harder to learn.”

He scratched his fluffy hair as he wondered why.

“You’re an exception Redi, you have a natural talent for that but if you’re asking me why it’s hard to learn it, I had a chance to see our former general and now to be new ruler Jin and asked the same question during the annual war games back then.”

“Ehh?! What did the former general say?”

“He said that it’s because you need to learn about your true self.”

“Huh?? What is that suppose to mean?”

Once again, The confused Redi was left scratching his head again out of not understanding what just Flonee said.

“ “Identifying the true nature of your soul”, This is what the former general said when starting to pursue the path of . It means to make sure you have a full understanding of your personality.”

“That is surely very hard to understand but that kind of concept never occurred to me when I learned .

“We will get there why Redi but for now let me discuss what the former general Jin said to me.”

“Alright.”

Flonee was in her teacher mode as she reminded Redi to listen to her. That red glasses she’s wearing really added more charm to her as a mature responsible lady.

“Ok, where did I stop? Right in understanding personality. This also means that you can’t ask others for help as you’re the only one who knows how your soul works and not to mention, the time you spend knowing your true self might take a day or up to years.”

“Really?! That’s really long.”

“Yeah, so in a world where wars are currently happening, learning is not feasible as it will take too much time and effort to train soldiers since each one has their unique personality unlike with , it’s user-friendly and you can have others to teach you as you just need to connect your soul with .

“I understand now… to put it simply is more simple and accessible where is a more complex and difficult technique to learn.”