Sorry for the short chapter (In comparison with the other chapters) I drank too much at the after party, and too many smoothies, and buttery popcorn at the movies. Ending with me getting sick and slightly disoriented, preventing me from doing anymore then this without passing out or writing too many errors and nonsense. To make up for the short chapter, expect two chapters tomorrow.

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-Zilla’s P.O.V-

Huh? Rin’s been showing different reactions and other emotions besides his indifferent look lately. Well I can’t blame him, Holding hands with a the crazed, love obsessed, possessive, psychopathe, whom you made a contract that last for life. Anyone would be as nervous and scared as him. But it’s still a matter I need to look into. Moments later...

Ah, he collapsed flat on his back after he untied his hands from the girl’s grasp. But still this boy is rather amazing, lasting this long when his mana was exhausted the moment he summoned the two shadows. Well, now he’s going to get taken advantage of by this girl if I don’t come out and help him.

“Eh? did someone cast a sleep spell on you Rin?” Iris said in a squat position, poking Rin’s unconscious body's side with her finger.

Never mind, that’s not even the problem anymore. The problem right now is Rin’s well being, since the after effects of mana exhaustion can be very devastating if not treated.I can go into his mind to forcibly wake him up , so he can absorb mana before his core has a chance of cracking, destroying ten percent of his mana pool and slow down his progress. But because of something or someone I can’t go inside his mind which is rather worrying and troublesome, but I'll look into that later. Alternatively I could reveal myself right now and give him proper care, such as pouring my own mana in this mana core so there’s no backlashes to his mana exhaustion, but that requires me to touch his mana core, embedded in his heart. But I don’t know how she’ll react when I do so. She’ll either try to kill Rin and I or just try to kill me, due to her possessive nature...And there’s that possibility that she’ll kill only Rin and kill herself turning it into a lover’s death...Brrrr, I don’t even want to think about that.

Whatever, Rin’s condition is more important, and besides I can just protect both, him and I if the situation calls for it. As I was about to appear from Rin’s shadow, Rin gasped for air, coughing violently after.

-Rin’s P.O.V-

Regaining conscious I suddenly gasped for air and coughed violently afterwards, nearly spewing out a mouthful of blood. Damn mana exhaustion is dangerous, Shade must have took some of the load off me so I wouldn’t have any major problems in the long run. Thanks shade, I owe you one, I thought, making a mental note inside my head.

Recovering from my violent cough, Zilla’s voice rang into my head.

‘Hurry up and absorb mana or your core cracks, and you know what that means. After your done with that, were going to have a talk.’

Heeding her words, I wiped my mouth with the back of my hand, and closed my eyes, focusing on absorbing mana.

Absorbing mana is rather simple, the hard part is how much mana you absorb into your body. To absorb mana you first have to sense it. Mana is all around you, in every living and nonliving being, it's even in the air. It takes the shape of a blue orb that gradually grows bigger when denser and looks like a blob when many gather. You then absorb the mana with your mana core acting like a magnet, pulling all the mana particles into your blue veins and into your heart where the mana core is at. You can’t rush absorbing mana and there’s no benefit in it when your training, as it takes months and even years for your mana core to grow. But there are some whose mana cores grow faster then most, and those people are usually called geniuses by the public. If you do rush absorbing mana around you then you could absorb too much for your mana core can handle, leading your body to bloat, your eyes to fire off violent blue light, and eventually explode, leaving nothing but a splatter of bluish red blood. So that’s why you need to train in controlling your mana and the rate of how much mana you absorb, if you want to be successful as a elementalist .

Absorbing enough mana to fill up 50% of my mana pool, I opened my eyes to see Iris squatted down, while intently staring at me.

“Teach me magic too!”

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Again sorry for the short chapter. But thanks for reading!