Rising of the Weakest Mage

Vol 4/Ch 40 - A Rose Without Thorns

From the beginning of the sunset to nightfall, William had all of them focus on their mana. This was the part of the Club Training Camp they agreed to so they would be allowed to go.

Mostly everyone struggled to grasp what William wanted them to do - detect their mana from within. This was no easy task, but once you got the hang of it, it would prove most useful.

Out of everyone participating, only Rose, Thomas, and Alice were able to detect their mana, but only a little bit. Thomas had the most success out of the three of them.

Allen figured Thomas' arm strengthening ability is a byproduct of using his mana. Thomas had always said he used his earth magic to do so, but even he wasn't entirely sure how he did it. Perhaps he is able to subtly control his mana without realizing it?

Either way, during William's lesson, Allen concentrated on his own mana. It was always difficult to do so, since he had two different types of mana - fire and air.

Since his fire mana was always overpowering his air mana, it was always difficult to control his air mana, from the beginning. He could easily move his fire mana, but had to be really careful. Otherwise, anyone mana sensitive like William could detect him and he could be in big trouble if they were to report him.

"Why can't I get the hang of this mana thing?," Thomas yelled and flailed in frustration.

"Just try harder," Cecily suggested.

"Cecily, I am trying as hard as I can!"

"Shut up and get back to it then," Rose remarked.

"Student Council President!," Thomas pleaded.

"Is anyone else having success?," William asked out loud.

"Not really," the others responded.

"I can't find my mana? I thought having more mana would make this easier?," Stephen complained.

"Having more mana actually does the opposite," William advised him. "It is actually a lot easier to use and regulate your mana when you have less"
"Is that why Allen accels at using his?," Stephen asked.

"Thanks Stephen," Allen rolled his eyes.

"Happy to help anytime," Stephen grinned.

"Any progress with you, Charles?," William asked, looking over at him. He had been sitting in his own little area, away from the main circle of everyone else.

"No," he sighed. "I'm trying"

"Well, all of you keep at it. We only have a bit more time until the sun goes down," William reminded them.

"Okay," everyone responded.

They kept up with their training until nightfall, as William had them do. Once they finally reached nightfall, it was time for them to go to bed, as they were leaving early the next morning to go back to London, as they have classes the day after tomorrow.

"Alright everyone, training time is over. Time for everyone to head to sleep so we can leave early tomorrow morning!," William announced.

"Aww, can we train longer? I am on the verge of figuring this out!," Thomas exclaimed.

"Nope! It's time for all of you to get some shut eye!," William responded as he went over to the unpacked stuff from the carriage.

"Where will we be sleeping? I don't suppose we'll be sleeping on the sand, will we?," Rose asked.

"Nope! We have these great things called 'sleeping bags'!"

"Sleeping bags?," everyone asked, curious.