Aethernea : Soulbound [Book 1]

Episode 23 - Acupuncture

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Previously on Aethernea:

Kiel realizes his mana tolerance is not as high as he would like it to be, preventing him from getting a perfect score on the entrance exams. He is momentarily discouraged before he remembers all his hard work and is determined to work even harder. To increase his mana tolerance, he would need to temper his body with mana. This process would be faster if he had some healing elixirs or pills.

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Kiel didn't have any healing elixirs on him - needed to visit an elixir and pill shop. He opened his eyes and looked at the blood red sunset. Would they be able to make it to a shop before the closing time?

He got up quickly. When he noticed the drenched state of his clothes, he used a temperature manipulation spell to heat them up until they were completely dry. That didn't make him clean, though. The smell of sweat made him scrunch up his nose. He couldn't go to the city like this.

He needed a cleansing spell.

He looked over at Elaru, thinking about how to ask her for a cleansing. He noticed she was looking at him too.

Kiel decided to explain his thoughts about buying some healing medicine first, and then nonchalantly mention a cleansing. Yes, that way he'd retain his pride.

Before he could fully explain his intentions of getting some healing medicine, Elaru interrupted him.

"Healing the damage caused by going over mana tolerance isn't as simple as healing other types of damage. Since your cells were damaged by mana, you need to heal them with a medicine that has natural, gentle healing properties. If you use a medicine that relies on magic to heal then the density of mana inside the medicine would cause further damage to your body which was already damaged by mana. It would be like trying to heal burns with a hot ointment. You need a medicine refined from something with innate healing properties or specialized pills used to temper the body with mana."

Kiel wasn't familiar with healing and medicine, but what she said made perfect sense. She seemed to know what she was talking about. He stroked chin and then nodded. "Then I'll get that."

Elaru smirked. "Can you even afford something like that?" Kiel froze.

He was a noble, he had plenty of money, right?

Not quite.

His family was rich - not him. The bastards never sent him any pocket money. And even if they did, he wouldn't have accepted it. He wasn't on good terms with the rest of his family and he wanted nothing from them. Anything that they might give him would either be filled with obligations or mockery. He would be selling himself or catching a few coins like a beggar.