I see. So that's how it is.
"Hmm. Hmm. That's right."
That's exactly how it should be. Just , and then perhaps if we do something , then it might just-.
There was a protective shield around me so I didn't get hurt like the first time I tried this, but after three tries and no success whatsoever, this whole thing was getting on my nerves.
"What is the matter with this thing?! Why can't even handle a third of my Mana?! Isn't it supposed to hold out a lot of Mana?!"
Today, I had the Understanding of Mana paper, the subject our class teacher takes. And there were not many things that I didn't know in this subject.
'I've asked many questions and I've studied a looooooooot for this.'
I've studied with the notes, with the things that he taught in the class, I paid attention, I asked questions, I didn't sleep or skip any of the classes, I read the extra books that they suggested, and I even practised with those memory bubble things!
I did everything that I possibly could! Three times at that!
They had told me that sometimes, there is a special extra test before the actual test itself that either is hidden somewhere between the class that we were supposed to give the tests in, or the places that we were before having the test papers in our hands.
I didn't think that I'd get these one of the secret tests, but I got lucky somehow.
'After entering the portal, I was transported to a big bedroom type place that had a test taking zone or a desk with a paper on it on one side.'
This spacious room was the same as the rooms that we had in our dorm room but a little more extravagant than them.
They were shiny, there were shiny things all around me, there was light from the three pretty chandeliers hanging above this place, and there was also a big bed where I could sleep along with my big familiar egg.
'This was a pretty good place, but it didn't come close to the view of the vast ocean…'
My home, my pretty home. That was the best place there is in this world… just that I don't know where exactly my home is in this world.
"Haaa… they said they are currently finding it, but well, we will know one day.'
"But that isn't necessary right now."
The moment I entered this room, I could feel there was something wrong with this place.
There was something here that disturbed the most essential part of any place, be it a small room or a small house of a common person, or the most royal chambers of some empire.
Every room, by its design, was created with one thing in mind— harmony.
"This certain thing situated on the north eastern corner of the room disrupted all the harmony of this room."
This bright green crystal ball that, at first sight, might seem like nothing more than a decorative piece, was something that someone sensitive to harmony and Mana couldn't possibly ignore.
'Not only this thing made the Mana flow inside the room a mess, if I had stayed in this room for more than a few hours, I might have started feeling tired or dizzy.
The disruption of Mana in the atmosphere would affect me on a deeper level and I would have to finish the paper to get out of this place.
I might have started feeling claustrophobic— something I've rarely experienced in my life, or, if the duration of my stay here was starched to the extreme end of the three hours of the time I was given for this test, I don't even know what might have happened to me.
'That's why, it was important to get rid of this thing before I start with my exam itself.'
And, seeing how the clock on my desk wasn't moving, it seemed like I had all the time I needed to finish this thing… I don't know exactly though, perhaps that clock wasn't supposed to move in the first place or something.
Even still. I've only wasted fifteen minutes since I came here over this stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid crystal ball.
"According to what the teacher taught us, when you apply Mana to an object that is disrupting the flow of Mana in a given environment, it should usually respond to the new Mana and should change its frequency.
'It applies only to the object that disrupts the flow of mana in a certain closed environment so we also call it a Mana disruption device.'
And there's a sure way to deal with it which I've already tried a few times.
"But every time I reach the point where the Mana disruption of the device should start stimulating… the entire device blows up, creates an explosion equal to a (tier-3) blast, and turns back its original structure.
It has happened three times now, so… I don't think this is the answer that I'm looking for.
"Hmmm… What should I do now?"
If I'm correct and dealing with this device does actually count as preparation for the test itself, then I won't have to worry about time.
But, if I'm wrong… wasting too much time after this thing is meaningless.
"Think harder, Aleequinn… think harder."
What would the two of them do in a situation ?
"How would Lucifer think about the problem, to begin with."
What am I dealing with right now?
What is the objective that I'm trying to achieve here… and what can the one that prepared this problem do to make it more difficult to solve?
I had time, and I knew the solution was somewhere over here.
I just have to find it.
I just had to find where it was… if I can do it properly, I might just get some extra points and a better result than the others!
'But, how am I going to solve this thing when it blows up with just a little bit of my… a little bit of my Mana?'
"Why does something blow up when we apply Mana to it again?"
Why… was this thing absorbing My Mana in the first place when it is naturally disturbing the mana of the rest of the room?
'I… think I know what is wrong here.'