Having spoken with Yumeha several times to not worry, he decides to finally tell her the first way of curing him, which was reaching circle nine, but he could already calm this disease a little at circle eight. With that, she calmed down and promised she would train together as much as possible.
'I had to convince her to train only a few times since she won't be able to keep up with the training I'll do, especially at the end of the year.'
[Could you explain this training to me?]
'It involves the arc of the infernal academy. On the day it starts, I'll push my body beyond any training I've done so far.'
Of course, there was still half a year left for that to happen, and maybe plans could change, since you never know what might happen now that the story could go in a different direction. He could still predict several things but had to keep his feet on the ground and stay calm to avoid making mistakes.
'My plan today, before preparing myself for the vampires, is to pass on a training routine to them.'
[I'm slightly interested. Will it be something absurd?]
'No, it will just be training for the holidays. In the original story, they didn't even train properly, so I'll give each of them a routine and let them have their holidays.'
[And you won't have the same?]
That was sad, but as long as everyone stayed at ease, he would take the opportunity to reach rank 1 this month. The only problem was that she would reach circle three in two months.
'Damn prodigy.'
The first one he would visit was Kai, since that guy liked training a lot. Arriving at the training field, he saw Kai cutting through several metal dummies around him, each movement precise, a sign of his improvement in swordsmanship. He had noticed it during the previous fight, but he was still far from his peak.
"Kai."
"Enrico? What are you doing here?"
Wiping the sweat, he approached, pulling a paper from his pocket and handing it to him, which made Kai open it and look curiously at the content.
"From what you explained, a light healed your wound when the fight with Deymon ended."
"Yes."
"It seems you have a second unique magic."
Just like Kai's first magic was unique, his second one was too. But unlike the last one, he would have to develop it from the beginning.
"You're not like us, you're the type who, instead of learning magic, awakens it naturally."
Kai was one of this world's anomalies, someone who could break the world's rules, born to be the peak of almost everything, his worst trait being strategy, which came more naturally than thoughtfully, though sometimes he had flashes of genius when faced with difficulties.
"The reason you're awakening it must be because you fought with a magic that affected yours greatly, making it possible to start developing it faster than you should have."
"And what would that be? As far as I know, I fought someone with corruption magic..."
"Your magic is light, something that only those who devote themselves to God can obtain in the church, receiving it from Him directly."
Eyes widening in surprise, he looked at Enrico in disbelief. The magic of light, as said, could only be obtained from a God with that ability, but Kai was already born with it in his body.
[Truly an Anomaly.]
"I'd like you to follow this training plan from time to time during the holidays."
"This training plan is really good. How do you come up with this stuff?"
The plan's purpose was to awaken the light magic, and for that, he would have to meditate and force his way into the magic heart with his own mind, seeking the magic that hadn't awakened yet. Enrico had already tried this but hadn't been able to see anything in his body besides fire magic, at least until now, since he wasn't able to find anything in that place.
"So, I have to try to think the same way I do when I use magic, but instead of casting, I have to enter inside... but that's a lot to manage to even get in."
"For someone idiot– I mean, for someone who has trouble understanding, yes, it's a lot."
That would be the first step to get close to entering, but there were three others: concentration, where he would have to erase the existence of the outside world from his mind, even ceasing to feel his own touch. Another was opening the entrance, which could go wrong and cause confusion, but he wrote in the paper how to avoid it—leave immediately when noticing a growing light.
The last depended on his potential, as it meant he could go a long time without finding anything. Enrico himself had only managed to enter a few days ago, and even then, found nothing.
'It's been a while since I called this body trash, but it's true.'
"Follow this training to the letter and don't push past the limit."
"Of course, I'll complete it as fast as I can."
'Did he even hear the part about not pushing past the limit?'
Leaving there, he went by Class A to give training papers to his companions like Elian and the others, doing the same with Class S, like Grakka, Valença—who said she wouldn't disappoint her rival, who was also her love—and even offered training to Grark secretly, since, to him, that orc was already his subordinate.
"But–"
"No buts. I've already proven I'm stronger than her, so let's do it this way: you're a subordinate of both of us until our duel is fully decided."
"Alright, boss."
He had to meddle a lot before he finally accepted. Those orcs were hard-headed, and that was the main reason no orc had reached circle nine until now. Orcs were naturally stronger than humans but still lagged behind in skill. So far, no orc had ever reached circle ten in this world's history—only one had gotten to the higher leagues, at circle nine.
'All other races had at least two that reached circle ten, but not them... something I intend to change.'
No way he would let such potential go to waste, so he gave Grakka training as well. After handing out papers to all his remaining friends, he arrived at the last one, who was leaving the female dormitory—Serenya.
"Serenya, I'd like to give you this."
"A paper? Is this a confession?"
"Not yet."
"Damn... wait, not yet?"
Serenya blushed as she looked around nervously, trying to keep her proud pose while accepting the training paper, somewhat confused by it. Thinking it over, he realized she needed extra motivation, so he leaned closer with a smile.
"How about this: if you complete this training, you can ask me for anything, my leader."
Her mind seemed to stop for a moment, then flames burst from her body even though she didn't have fire magic.
"Very well, subordinate. Don't regret this."
Seeing her laugh with a dangerous smile, he stepped back, already having given her the motivation she needed.
[She seemed crazy... are you sure she won't do anything wrong?]
"No... I mean, maybe... even so, I won't refuse."
[You lunatic.]
Rina and Aoi seemed far too happy receiving those trainings, so they got busy with them. Having finished everything, he now decided to focus on himself and Yumeha for this entire week before heading to the vampires.