"So, Xuanyuan-kun."

"How can we make awareness as clear as you are?"

"After you talked to me about awareness, I realized that all kinds of fleeting thoughts and emotions did appear in my mind all the time, and from time to time my mind would wander and various images of recalling the past and imagining the future."

"But I can't be aware of them clearly and continuously, and I always feel like my awareness is a little intermittent."

"In some of the papers I've read about the power of the heart, there is a way to awaken the power of the heart."

"The effect of that method varies from person to person, and it is not particularly useful for most people."

Xuan Yuan asked Sinia and found that this method was exactly the method that Seven Sixtytwo had told him when he was learning the power of the heart in the dungeon.

Xuan Yuan smiled:

"This way, I have known it for a long time, and someone has told me once before."

"Actually, in addition to this method, I have two other ways to train awareness, do you want to listen?"

Sinia grabbed Xuanyuan's hand with a look of surprise:

"Wow!"

"Is there any other way to do it? Tell me about it! ”

Xuan Yuan gently held Hinia's hand and said:

"In fact, awareness is an instinct that each of us naturally has."

"The process of training awareness is not to make it strong, but to gradually awaken it from its slumber."

"I know of three effective training styles, one of which you already know."

"Now I'll tell you about the other two."

"Type 1: Concentrate on doing things."

"Whenever you are engrossed in one thing, so focused to the extreme, that you enter a state of flow, awareness is naturally in a state that is being gradually awakened and maintained."

"There's not much to say about this type of training, you can use it when you focus on reading, working, lecturing, cleaning, etc."

"As long as you are serious, focused, and relaxed enough in the process of doing things, and allow yourself to enter a state of flow that feels like only ten minutes have passed, and you look at the time only to realize that many hours have passed, you are awakening your awareness."

"The second type: be aware of the thoughts and emotions that arise at this time."

"Always be aware of the thoughts in your head, always know what is happening in your head? What emotions are rising? ”

"Only the emotions that are emerging at the moment, don't trace them back if they have passed."

"In the process of being aware of thoughts and emotions, remember not to do anything, not to try to interfere, especially not to control the thoughts and emotions in your mind, but simply to know and accept their natural appearance and disappearance."

"It's extremely important not to interfere, and some people always try to interfere, suppress or control their thoughts and emotions, which can lead to obsessive-compulsive thinking."

"Don't think of yourself as an indifferent bystander, which will lead to a split in consciousness, and treat everything as a natural phenomenon, just as natural as you see the wind blowing a few leaves in front of you."

"The moment you know your thoughts and emotions, your awareness is already there, and you don't need to interfere in any way, and don't try to make sure that you're aware at this time, otherwise you'll lose your awareness and fall into the turbulent flow of thoughts and emotions."

"The first type of awareness training can only be used when you need to concentrate on something, and the second type of awareness training can be used in most everyday situations where you don't need to concentrate."

"All you need to do is try to keep switching between the first and second states of awareness throughout the day, as needed."

"In addition to the time of sleeping, gradually let the cumulative time of the first state and the second state together completely cover the whole time of the waking state during the day, that is, let yourself be either in the first state of awareness or in the second state of awareness."

"Both states of awareness can be interrupted and continued at any time, and you don't have to force it to be perfect at the beginning, and at the beginning you probably won't be able to last more than ten minutes at the end of the day, and you will often forget it."

"It's okay, I forgot to remind you, just keep going."

"Gradually, as you switch between the two states repeatedly throughout the day, the total cumulative time of awareness becomes longer and longer, and your awareness will be completely awakened."

"The sign of a complete awakening of awareness is that you can effortlessly maintain your waking awareness throughout the day, and when you can maintain it throughout the day, you will naturally enter a level where you can maintain your awareness even if you forget who you are in your dreams."

"At this moment, it means that your awareness instinct has completely awakened, and you will never fall into a deep sleep again, and you don't need to train deliberately."

"From this point on, your ability to think clearly, your ability to control your emotions, and your ability to perceive changes in the emotions of others and yourself will make a qualitative leap."

"As for the third type of awareness training that you also know, you can practice it casually a few times a week, even if it's only once a week or two, or every day, it doesn't matter much, just follow your preferences and schedule."

"In short, the above three ways are alternated, with the first and second as the main and the third as an auxiliary."

Speaking of this, Xuan Yuan waved his hand.

Pointing out the window, the bright clouds that have been dyed golden in the setting sun:

"Alright, it's getting late."

"Let's talk about this first, we can't digest it if we talk too much in a short period of time."

"When you go back, you can seriously try these three completely different ways of training awareness."

"If there's anything unclear, ask me again."

"If you continue to train for a period of time, as short as a week or as long as more than a month, you will begin to find that your emotional control, calm analysis, and staying calm will gradually improve."

Xinia nodded.

Continuing to hold Xuanyuan's hand, he looked outside and said excitedly:

"Look, the sunset outside is so beautiful!"

The two of them slowly stepped on the boat towards the shore while quietly watching the sunset.

Two pairs of hands, one big and one small.

In a small wooden boat, palms are clasped tightly together.

The boat docked, got off the boat with Sinia, and together they found a nearby shop that sold flying props.

Xinia chooses a flying machine for Xuanyuan that is a couple with her lollipop.

The same colorful lollipop shape, but made into a skateboard.

Xuan Yuan nodded in agreement.

When Xuanyuan was about to pay, he found out that Xinia was a member of this store and had secretly paid for the aircraft through her personal terminal.

Xuanyuan insisted on giving the money to Xinia, but was sternly rejected by Xinia.

"You've taught me so much today."

"With so much inspiration and ideas for my research topic, I want to buy a flying machine as a gift for you!"

"It's your treat to visit the park today, and it's good for me to come once in a while~"

"You're still an adventurer, and every penny counts to you, so make sure you use it wisely."

"When you have money in the future, please invite me~"

Xuan Yuan was very moved and chose to accept Sinia's wishes.

Under the guidance of the clerk, after figuring out how to use it, the two left together.

Find a place and have dinner together.

Xinia only ate three servings this time.

It seems like a lot, but Xuanyuan knows that for Xinia, it is probably equivalent to eating only a few biscuits at dinner to cushion her stomach.

Xuanyuan invited this meal, held hands with Xinia, invited her to watch a movie, and ate some snacks.

Happy times are fleeting,

At night, riding their respective flying machines, Xuanyuan sent Sinia all the way to the gate of her residence.

It's almost time to separate.

Xuanyuan stepped forward, hugged Xinia gently, and said softly:

"You've always been so nice to me, I really don't know what to say."

Sinia closed her eyes, silently enjoying the time of hugging Xuanyuan, and said gently:

"What you said is what I want to say."

After a long time, the two let go.

Xuanyuan told Sinia that he was going to participate in the 7-day closed training program tomorrow, and he might not have time to meet in the next few days.

Sinia smiled and said that after Xuanyuan's training was over, they would come out to play together.

At last.

Xuanyuan waved goodbye to Xinia gently.

When he turned around, he was suddenly hugged by Shinia from behind:

"Xuanyuan-kun, don't be an adventurer, okay?"

"Just like your iron-level trial this time, being an adventurer is too dangerous, and I'm really afraid that if I get up one day, I won't see you again."

"You're now an iron-level adventurer, and you've mastered the power of your heart, so it's easy to find a non-combat logistics job."

"And, I can raise you too."

"Let's live with me, let's be a logistics staff together and live a peaceful and beautiful life, okay?"

Xuanyuan turned around and patted Sinia on the back with a doting face:

"Becoming an adventurer is a choice I made in response to my inner calling, and it is also a destiny that I must respond to."

"Personally, I really enjoyed the process."

"However, I also want to spend the ordinary and warm good years with you, and it is because of this hope that I want to become a stronger adventurer and protect your daily life."

"You know the state of humanity."

"Under the nest, how can there be eggs?"

"If the Adventurer's Guild collapses, humanity will usher in the end times, and our ordinary and happy life will be just a dream bubble at that time."

"If I am really just a completely mediocre adventurer who can't make any impact on the situation, I'm willing to choose the path you say about here and spend the rest of my life with you."

"However, I can become stronger, I hope to protect your daily life, and I hope to improve the situation of the entire human society."

"Even if it's just for you, there's no reason why I shouldn't fight."

"Xinia, you know what?"

"Actually, I didn't have much sense of substitution for the world at first."

"I chose to be an adventurer just because it was fun, and my family in this world is not my real family."

"In this world, I don't have any worries or worries, and even my own life and death are just a kind of cultivation for me, a game to improve my wisdom by blocking my life."

"However, as I came into contact with you, you came into my life more and more, and I connected with the world."

"It gave me the motivation and idea to protect human society, because to protect human beings is to protect your life."

"I know that being an adventurer and continuing to walk will only make me more and more dangerous, and I may be killed on the spot by more powerful monsters at any time, leaving you sad and sad."

"However, as long as I can protect your future good life, I am willing to sacrifice myself for it."

"I'd rather become an unknown adventurer, silently dying in the battle to protect your daily life, even if it will make you sad for some years, but as long as there is a chance for you to spend a happy life without fear, even if you marry someone else and have children in the future, I will die without regrets."

"But I don't want to be with you for a few years of greedy joy and let you experience the despair and great pain of the end of humanity on the way to destruction."

"If that were the case, the moment before death came, I would have felt deep remorse for the choices I had made."

"I'm sorry, Xinia, I'm such a rather strange person."

"I don't know, can you understand a weirdo like me?"

Xinia hugged Xuanyuan, buried her head in Xuanyuan's arms, and said softly:

"It's okay."

"Xuanyuanjun, I can understand, I can understand you."

"Yes, that's what you are, the one that makes my heart pound."

"No matter how dangerous the future, no matter how terrible the darkness, I will not back down, I will face it with you."

"You're never alone."

"Even if the whole world isolates you, I will always stand with you."

(End of chapter)