Chapter 22: Awakening

When spring arrived, time suddenly changed.

I followed my mother and sister to the field to sow seeds.

Watching my younger brother cry and scream, he will crawl in bed.

Watch as Kate joins the ranks of trainee warriors and undergoes formal warrior training.

As the sprouts sprouted, the troll merchants came to the village to buy the first prey after the beginning of spring, the dried vegetables and dried meat that had been stored for a winter, and a collection of weapons and trinkets that were not as rich as those of the goblin merchants.

Watch as Grandpa and Dad steam the excess wheat, seal it in a vat, and start making the new year's ale.

Watch as spring slowly passes and summer slowly arrives.

Watching my brother go on a blind date with the girl from Bezu Village, and watching my mother and father discuss whether or not they should agree to the marriage proposal of the young warrior of Duodi Village.

Watching my grandfather come to the village as a guest, I discussed with my grandfather about my younger brother Alan inheriting the druid lineage......

As the heir of the shaman, I learned shamanic skills from my grandfather, and embarked on the path of cultivation step by step, learning more and more things, but I felt more and more that I no longer belonged here.

Leo also said: "It's normal, the younger you are, the more you feel that time is long, and a happy afternoon of playing games, when you grow up, it looks like a whole year...... What about when you grow up? If you are not careful, a whole year has passed in a blink of an eye, and I don't remember the long afternoon when I was a child......"

He's still so mouthful.

But there is always a little bit of truth.

I constantly reminded myself to be wary of every word he said, to discern what was useful and what was a trap, and before I knew it, I had finally learned shamanic mantras, learned how to settle accounts, and learned to carve amulets, totems, and incantations myself.

In the end, I was only one step away from controlling the elemental energy with my mind and communicating with the spirits of nature.

Ideas are new things that my grandfather gave me.

To be exact, it's something that doesn't make sense, or rather, it's not something at all.

The mind, presumably, is where the senses pay attention.

For example, I see elemental energy in the air around me, and I stare at a certain place, and where my eyes are staring, is where my mind is.

But at the same time, my senses of touch, hearing, and taste are also where my thoughts reside.

For example, if my eyes are fixed on the person in front of me, but my hand is stroking the cup next to me, and I touch the pattern on the cup with my fingers, my mind is on my hands, not on my eyes.

For another example, I watched my grandfather concentrate on carving a rune, but my nose smelled the fragrance of my sister's cooking, and then I was attracted by the fragrance, and my mind drifted to the kitchen with the smell of my nose......

It was a bit hard to understand, and Grandpa said that as long as I could keep my eyes on the elemental energy in a certain place and make it move according to my needs, it would be successful.

Unfortunately, I can't do it yet.

At this time, Leo said another key sentence: "Don't think about it so complicated, it's actually very simple, you close your eyes and imagine that there is a hand, well, an invisible hand, the kind that can fly everywhere, and then, you control it to do anything...... For example, to drive away the elemental energy around you, such as to take that cup, oh no, that one is too heavy, pick up that little stick! ”

I said, "How is that possible?" ”

Leo smiled: "Try a few more times, and it will always work." ”

He really got it right.

Summer arrived, and the first rain fell in the sky.

On this day, I was fine, standing under the eaves, looking at the white rain and mist outside in a daze.

With a little concentration, I could see the blue water elemental energy mixed in with the continuous raindrops.

Leo suddenly said, "Try it!" ”

Actually, I've done it many times before, but I still can't do it.

This time, I didn't think about it, so I did what he said.

I squinted my eyes and imagined a floating hand floating in front of me, and then, like a curtain of open, I tossed the curtain of rain.

I never thought it would work.

However, the rain in front of him suddenly deviated from the falling line and was pulled aside by the invisible hand!

Leo shouted happily: "Ha, haha! It worked! ”

I looked at it in a trance, I couldn't believe it.

I was distracted, and the rain fell in a straight line.

Leo shouted, "One more time!" ”

Without a reminder, I'm already "acting" again.

"...... Uproar"

There was a soft sound, and the rain in front of me was once again swept aside by an invisible hand.

It's like someone holding an inclined plank and reaching out into a rain curtain to direct the rain to the other side.

Leo laughed.

I "forced" to hold on to the big invisible hand, afraid that it would disappear.

After a while, I felt a little dizzy in my head, as tired as I had run dozens of laps in circles, so tired that I just wanted to sleep......

Then, my eyelids began to fight up and down, and I narrowed my eyes.

In my sight, the rain that was gradually blurring was also restored to its original state.

I poured backwards uncontrollably as if I had stolen my father's wine.

Vaguely, I heard Leo shouting, "Hey, what's wrong with you, Bihon!" ”

Then, I heard him say, "Mental overdraft? Blue I'm going, so soon it's out of blue? ”

Then, his whole back hit the wall, his legs went limp, and he sat down.

The rain wet my hooves, and a chill made me sober up a lot, but I was still weak and couldn't exert my strength at all.

Leo shouted anxiously, "Hey, hey, it's okay!" Feed! Bijon! Maverick, can't you have an accident? It's too exaggerated to hang up as soon as you wake up, right? ”

He seemed to be in a hurry.

I can't think about it so much.

I just want to sleep.

……

When I woke up, I saw my sister's panicked face.

She was about to cry.

She shook me anxiously and cried out, "Mom, grandpa, come on!" Brother, he fainted! Bijon fainted! ”

Leo shouted: "Silly girl, don't shake it, if you shake it again, your brother will be shaken out of the concussion by you!" ”

Of course, my sister couldn't hear what she heard, but I did.

I don't know what a concussion is, but it certainly doesn't seem like a good thing.

I took her hand and said, "Sister, don't shake it...... I'm dizzy......"

My sister shouted in surprise: "So you're fine, Bihong!" Great, you're alright! ”

Looking at the tears in the corners of her eyes, my heart was warm, but I always felt a little uncomfortable......

She is my dear, but I have to leave her.

It's all because of Leo who is locked in the right corner.

At this time, Leo was still saying, "It's okay, it's okay, just go back to the blue slowly!" Bihon, be careful next time, don't run out of blue bars all at once! ”

My sister was crying and laughing, Leo was speaking inexplicably in her native dialect, and my eyes looked over my sister's shoulder to see the rain falling rapidly behind her.

It seems that not much time has passed.

I asked Leo, "Did I sleep for a long time?" ”

Leo said, "Two minutes, well, that's about one hundred and twenty breaths......"

One hundred and twenty breaths, which is not very long, I am a little relieved.

Mom and Grandpa both rushed over.

Mom held her brother in one hand and shouted, "What's wrong, what's wrong?" ”

Grandpa was very calm, he came up directly to pull my sister away, reached out and touched my forehead, and said, "It's okay, my spirit is a little overdrawn......"

Immediately, his eyes suddenly widened, and he shouted excitedly: "Bihong, you, you used your mind power just now!" Isn't it? ”

I still couldn't get enough of it, and I forced a smile.

Grandpa laughed excitedly: "Hahahaha, great! That's great! I got my mind in such a quick way! That's great! ”

My sister and my mother looked at each other strangely, and my grandfather happily touched his beard and said, "Rada, hurry up and carry Bihon to my house!" ”

My sister hurried over and lifted me up with my grandfather.

Leo also said: "Look at you, if I had occupied this body, I would have awakened a long time ago!" Do you have to wait until today? ”

I said, "You're talking a little too much today." ”

Leo said, "Happy...... Well, it looks like the new training can be brought forward......"

I said, "Do you still have shamanic training methods?" ”

Leo said, "Pretty much ......"

My grandfather and sister put me on the empty bed in my grandfather's room.

Grandpa said, "Lada, go out, don't worry about us for dinner!" ”

My sister obediently went out.

Grandpa started to make a fire.

There was a stove in the corner, not for cooking, but for boiling herbs.

While preparing the herbs, my grandfather asked me, "Are you tired?" ”

I said, "Yes." ”

Grandpa smiled: "Be careful in the future, you can't waste it like this, it's very dangerous if your mind is overdrawn, and if you don't get it right, you will lose your memory and even become a fool." ”

I was shocked!

Grandpa said again: "Haha, it's not that serious to scare you, you can rest first." ”

I closed my eyes in reassurance.

By the time I woke up again, it was already dark outside and the rain had stopped.

Grandpa handed me a bowl of black herbal soup and said with a smile, "Come, drink it!" ”