Chapter 129 - Sophinea Seara

“Now, let’s call your mana name. Say ‘Seara’,” Azriel said.

Sophie hesitated and opened her mouth. “Seara.”

Her mana thrashed and flounced like a rebellious beast. Sophinea’s body abruptly shook. “Ugh, Uhh, Urgh…….”

“It’s alright, don’t fear it,” Azriel backed the girl’s body from behind and poured in some more mana, suppressing Sophie’s mana. ‘Just I thought, it doesn’t readily obey in this condition. Should I change the nature of mana first?’

It was just as Tarbo Tameion did, but Azriel did not want to do it that way. ‘That was a coincidence. A wizard, who hasn’t even confirmed his spell, learns how to change the nature of mana? That’s too complicated.’

There used to be procedures for all children like Sophinea to name their mana, which was not at all simple. Azriel decided to push on the thought she first had in mind. She whispered quickly, holding trembling Sophie tightly. “Sophie, let’s try to keep reciting your spell until your mana understands it.”

“Un, understand, it?” Sophie repeated.

“If only we can invoke magic once, it’ll get easier afterwards. Forming magic means your mana has recognized the spell,” Azriel described.

“Oh…”

“If it doesn’t listen when you call its name, draw in your mana back to your body. After letting it realize that it’s cleared, you can try pouring it out again.”

“I, I can’t, draw, a-all of it, in, so, well…”

“I will help you. It can be difficult, though, and even hurts a little. Can you do it?”

Sophinea felt Azriel who was backing her up strongly from behind and saw Azriel’s hands that were laid on top of her hands and stretched out. The girl tightened her lips. “I, I will, try, it.”

“Yes, let’s try it together,” Azriel pushed down and arranged Sophinea’s mana again as it was about to splash everywhere. “Now.”

“Se, Seara!” Sophie yelled.

Red stars splashed everywhere like oil. Azriel’s mana blocked them. “Let’s draw it in, slowly.”

“Ugh…,” Sophinea’s arms trembled. The red stars that went wild recklessly did not follow their owner’s control. Then, Azriel’s mana drove Sophinea’s mana like a herding dog. “Urgh…”

Sophinea’s mana was a great amount. This amount of mana could break one’s body if it was poured incorrectly. Its owner’s body was not an exception. This was especially true when such mana was nameless like now. Sophinea felt pain as if her whole body was going to break. The mana leaped wildly, not wanting to come back, and beat her body. Her shoulders heaved up and down violently. A cold sweat broke out of her body in an instant. Seeing that, Azriel held the girl’s shoulder and whispered softly. “Esthera.”

Suddenly, the pain was surely reduced. Sophinea looked up at Azriel, with sweat drops on her eyelashes.

“It’s healing magic that relieves pain. You’re almost there. Hold on a little longer,” Azriel said.

Every last star returned to Sophinea’s body. Azriel saw the mana that was seething like an angry beast inside the girl’s body and said. “Good job. Hold on a little like this… until it stabilizes… Good. Let’s pour it out again. But this time, not everything. You do remember what we arranged earlier, don’t you? Just that much.”

“Okay,” Sophinea’s hand grasped Azriel’s hand tightly as if she was scared. Azriel grabbed the girl’s hand back. Sophinea inhaled deeply and released her mana. When the loosened mana was about to pour down like a torrent, Azriel interrupted in the middle. “We can’t do it any more than this.”

“Gasp,” Sophinea’s body shook from that shock. The girl’s face turned pale.

Azriel looked down at the girl, concerned. “Are you alright? If it’s too hard…”

“N, no!” Sophinea violently shook her head. “Let, let me try. Please, help, me.”

Her desperate eyes were shown through her platinum blond hair which was wet from her sweat and stuck on her face. It was as if they were crying, ‘I want to be healed. I want to live. I’ll do anything to do that. I trust you.’ All of a sudden, Azriel recalled her young self who wailed and shouted that she would try harder so that she could stay in Rhema’s house. Azriel used healing magic one more time. “Okay. I will help you to the end.”