"Wake up, Cassie", I hear a voice calling me.
"Five more minutes, Axel", I beg, pulling the sheets over my head.
"Oh yeah?", asks Axel.
The moment he says that, I sense the temperature of my room rising. I quickly sit up, sweating profusely and see Axel giving me a mischievous grin.
"Rise and Shine!", says Axel, cheerfully. He is wearing brown shorts and black tank tops, revealing his lean but muscular arms with his strange tattoo on his right lower arm and his black guild mark on his left upper arm.
"What did you do just now?" I ask suspiciously.
"Nothing much, just raised the temperatures", he says smiling.
"Seriously? You had to do that?", I ask, annoyed.
Suddenly his face grows serious and with a voice of authority says, "Get ready in five minutes".
"Y..Yes sir", I stammer, terrified of his sudden seriousness.
I have a quick shower and wear my training clothes. I tie my hair in a pony-tail, quickly wear my training shoes and head out. Since its nearly five in the morning, the place seems dark but the meadow is lit by fireflies. Yesterday Axel had told me that since this place is surrounded by cliffs, we wont be able to see the sun until it is fifteen minutes past eight. Speaking of Axel, I see him waiting on the porch. He nods at me and asks me to jog with him.
I successfully keep up with him at the beginning, but after 15 minutes, I start to grow tired and, to make matter worse, Axel begins jogging backwards, looking at me.
"Come on Cassie! Thirty more minutes", he encourages.
"Easy for you to say", I retort back.
He lets out a chuckle and we continue my ordeal for next 30 minutes. By the time we finish jogging, we reach the small clearing, in the heart of the only forest in the meadow. I spot two tree stumps in the place. Axel fishes for a water bottle in his shadow and gives it to me, which I accept thankfully and gulp it down.
"Ok, now do 15 push-ups, 15 sit-ups and 15 lunges on each legs. Repeat the process until you finish all of them three times".
I groan, look at him sceptically and start doing the workouts he asked me to do. After 45 minutes I finish my workout and look around. I see him doing push-ups singlehandedly. He looks at me, jumps up and says, "Do you know why I asked you to wake up early?"
"So that you can make me feel like I am living in hell", I answer sarcastically.
He gives me a 'are you serious?' look and says, "the concentration of magic essence in the atmosphere is high early in the morning and late in the evening. I asked you to wake up early so that it can help you access your dormant magic essence".
"I nod and ask, "what should I do?"
"Just sit on the stump in meditation position". I obey his instruction and sit on the stump.
"Now close your eyes and tune out all the noises and disturbances in your environment except my voice". I start tuning out the chirping of birds, clicking of insects, blowing of the wind etc. one by one.
"Good. Remember, there is nothing technical in magic. Your magic is nothing but a gift of your imagination. Use your imagination. Imagine your magic essence as your blood. Imagine it flowing through veins like haemoglobin enriched blood. Your imagination is the key. Once you get that image, nod twice".
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Romulus : The Rise Of The Demon
Fantasi' I have never seen such a sight before. It was as if the flames were dancing in his presence. It was as if they were overjoyed by him being near them...... Who is he? Is he a warrior who never backs down from a fight? Is he a saviour who would ri...
