After talking with Yumeha several times and asking her not to worry, Enrico decided to tell her right away about the first way to obtain a cure: reaching the Ninth Circle. However, before that, he could at least control the disease a little by reaching the Eighth Circle. Knowing that there was a way to slow the problem down made Yumeha calm down, and she promised that she would train alongside him as much as she could.
'I had to convince her to train only a few times, especially because she won't be able to keep up with the training I intend to do, especially at the end of the year.'
[Could you explain this training to me?]
'It involves the Infernal Academy arc.'
There were still about half a year until that event, and until then, his plans could change. After all, now that the story had begun to follow different paths, he could no longer be certain that everything would happen exactly as he remembered. He could still predict several things, but he needed to keep his feet on the ground and remain calm so he would not make mistakes by relying too much on the future he knew.
'My plan today, before preparing to go after the vampires, is to give them some training.'
[I am slightly interested. Will it be something absurd?]
'No. It will just be training for the vacation. In the original story, they didn't even train properly during this period, so I'll give each of them one and let them enjoy their vacation.'
[And you won't have the same.]
Enrico sighed. That was truly sad, but as long as everyone could enjoy that period peacefully, he would use the time to at least reach Rank 5 that month. The only problem was that Kai would reach the Third Circle two months from now.
'Fucking prodigy.'
The first person he decided to visit was Kai, mainly because that boy really liked training. When he arrived at the training field, he found him cutting several metal dummies scattered around. Each movement was precise and demonstrated how much his swordsmanship had improved. Enrico had already noticed that growth during the previous fight, but even so, he knew that Kai was still far from reaching his peak.
"Kai."
"Enrico? What are you doing here?"
Wiping the sweat from his face, Kai approached.
Enrico took a piece of paper from his pocket and placed it in his hands. Kai immediately opened the document and began observing it curiously, trying to understand why Enrico had prepared it.
"From what you explained, a light healed your injury when the fight against Deymon ended."
"Yes."
"It seems that you have a second unique magic."
Just like Kai's first magic was unique, the second one would be as well. The difference was that this time, he would need to develop it from the beginning instead of simply receiving a ready-made ability.
"You're not like us. You're the type who, instead of learning magic, awakens it naturally."
Kai was one of the anomalies of that world, someone capable of breaking certain rules that seemed absolute. He had been born to reach the peak in practically everything, and his worst aspect was precisely the creation of strategies.
For him, many things seemed to happen naturally instead of depending on elaborate thought, although, in difficult moments, he sometimes demonstrated flashes of genius.
"The reason you're awakening this magic must be because you fought someone whose magic directly affected yours. This made it possible for you to begin developing it much faster than you should."
"And what would it be? As far as I know, I fought someone with Corruption magic..."
"Your magic is light. Something that, normally, only those who devote themselves to God can obtain through the Church, receiving this power directly from him."
Kai opened his eyes in surprise. Light Magic, as Enrico had explained, could normally only be obtained through a God who possessed this ability. However, Kai had already been born with that magic inside his own body.
[Truly an anomaly.]
"I would like you to follow this training plan from time to time during the vacation."
"This training plan is really good. How can you think of this?"
The objective of that training was to awaken Light Magic. To do this, Kai would need to meditate and force his consciousness to enter his own magic heart, using his mind to search for the magic that had not yet awakened. Enrico had already tried to do something similar, but until that moment, he had not managed to find anything inside his own body besides Fire Magic and the water that had been acquired through the system.
"So I have to try to have the same thought I have when I'm going to use magic, but instead, I need to enter my magic heart? There are so many things to do to accomplish this."
"For someone idiot... I mean, for someone who has difficulty understanding, yes, it's a lot of things."
That would only be the first step to entering the magic heart. There were still three others.
One of them was concentration, in which Kai would need to erase any existence of the outside world from his own mind, reaching the point of no longer even feeling his own touch.
Another was opening the entrance, something that could go wrong and cause confusion inside the magic heart. Because of this, Enrico had written on the paper how to avoid the problem: as soon as he noticed a light increasing, he should immediately leave.
The last step depended mainly on his potential. It was possible that Kai would spend a long period without being able to find anything inside his own magic heart. Enrico had only managed to enter his a few days ago and, even so, had not found what he was looking for.
'It had been a while since I called this body a piece of shit, but it's true.'
"Follow this training to the letter and don't go beyond your limit."
"Of course. I'll complete it as quickly as I can."
'I wonder if he heard the part about not going beyond his limit?'
Enrico left the training field and passed by Class A to deliver the training papers to his companions, such as Elian and the others.
Then he did the same with some of the Class S students, giving plans to Grakka and Valença. Valença immediately stated that she would not disappoint her rival, who was also her love.
Enrico also secretly offered training to Grakka. To him, that orc was already his subordinate, so there was no reason to leave him out.
"But..."
"Nothing else. I already demonstrated that I am stronger than her. So we'll do it this way: you will be subordinate to both of us until the complete decision of our battle is made."
"Understood, boss."
Enrico had to interfere quite a bit until Grakka finally accepted. Those orcs were hardheaded, and that was one of the main reasons why no orc had reached the Ninth Circle until that moment.
They were naturally physically stronger than humans, but they were still below them in other aspects. Until that period, no orc had reached the Tenth Circle in the history of that world. Only one had managed to reach the highest levels, reaching the Ninth Circle.
'Every race had at least two individuals who reached the Tenth Circle, but they didn't... Something I intend to change.'
Enrico did not intend to let such enormous potential go to waste. Because of that, he had also prepared training for Grakka.
After giving the papers to his other friends, Enrico headed to the female dormitory. The last people who still needed to receive training were Aoi, Rina, and Serenya, who was just leaving the building at that moment. As soon as he saw her, he approached and held the paper out toward her.
"Serenya, I would like to give you this."
"A piece of paper? Is it a confession?"
"Not yet."
"Shit... Wait, not yet?"
Serenya immediately turned red. She quickly looked around, trying to maintain her usual proud posture as she took the paper from Enrico's hands. Upon realizing that it was only a training plan, her expression changed into a mixture of confusion and disappointment, as if she had expected something completely different.
Enrico watched her reaction for a few seconds. Perhaps that training alone would not be enough to make her push herself during the vacation. Serenya needed some extra motivation, and he already knew exactly what could work. Moving a little closer, Enrico leaned his face toward her and smiled.
"How about this? If you complete this training, you can ask me for anything, my leader."
For a few seconds, Serenya simply stood still. It seemed as if her mind had stopped functioning while processing those words. Then, suddenly, a kind of flame seemed to appear around her body, even though she did not possess fire magic.
"Very well, subordinate. I hope you don't regret it."
Serenya opened a dangerous smile, squeezing the paper between her fingers as if she had just received an extremely important mission. Enrico simply walked away, satisfied. Apparently, he had found exactly the motivation she needed.
[She looked like a crazy person. Are you sure she isn't going to do anything wrong?]
"No... I mean, maybe. Even so, I won't refuse."
[You crazy person.]
Later, Rina and Aoi also seemed far too happy to receive their respective training, which meant they would probably stay busy for a large part of the vacation. After handing out all the plans he had prepared, Enrico could finally turn his attention to what he really needed to do.
There was still one week before the vacation began, and he intended to make the most of each of those days by training as much as possible alongside Yumeha. After that, he would finally begin his journey in search of the vampires and the alliances he needed to form.