Academy's Second Seat [part 2 Complete]

Chapter 224: Spatial Magic (3)

At the Astria mansion in the capital.

I sat blankly in the mansion, staring at the ceiling.

'Think of recognizing the points and lines, the space, rather than creating it from scratch.'

Recognizing the space.

What does that even mean?

No matter how much I mulled over Ian's words, they were hard to understand.

According to Ian, the box I created was merely an object formed within the space we inhabit.

It was not space itself but a mere clump of ordinary mana.

Then, what exactly is space?

No, I didn't even need to go that far.

I couldn't even create a single point at present.

Trying to understand space from there was impossible.

I had no choice but to follow Ian's instructions.

Still, the silver lining was that Ian had taught me quite well.

He demonstrated spatial magic directly and explained the theoretical aspects.

His clear explanations made the theory easy to grasp.

But practice was a different story.

'The world is space, and this space is essentially made up of countless points. You need to perceive and feel these points.'

'Spatial magic is not creation. It's a magic that connects existing points in the world, creating lines from these points, and then forming space by connecting these lines. And drawing a boundary between reality and the created space. That's what spatial magic is.'

Although I could understand these words, I couldn't put them into practice.

"What a headache..."

Continuously pondering gave me a literal headache.

How can one perceive what is invisible?

I stared into the void, wondering if I could see the points.

"...I see it. It must be visible. It has to be."

I muttered to myself, glaring into the void.

But that didn't mean they would become visible.

My eyes started to hurt from straining them too much.

"Ugh..."

I rubbed my sore eyes.

Staring into the void wouldn't make them visible...

How can I see the points in space?

Humans have things they can and cannot do with their five senses.

Perceiving space is beyond what can be sensed with the five senses.

Naturally, it was impossible to see with the eyes.

"With the eyes... With the five senses, it's impossible..."

A way for a person to perceive and feel without the five senses.

"...Mana."

I remembered the fight with Jefrin I had before.

An incident where I could sense and understand my surroundings even when all senses were gone.

Reading the flow of mana.

Maybe there's a similarity between reading the flow of mana and perceiving space?

As far as I knew, mana was the only thing that could be perceived without the five senses.