Calista walks in front of him and gives a slight smile that appears to be a very beautiful smile—but the kind of smile someone uses when they want to avoid someone—and then she left.
After Aiden witnessed this, he was left puzzled and stood there without moving. A few moments later, he came back to his senses and thought,
'What just happened?'
Then he began to think that it was because of his behaviour, and that's why Calista was avoiding him. He slightly relaxed and thought,
'Looks like Calista isn't going to complain to the professor, but why do I still feel slight discomfort?'
Then he ignored his thoughts and cleared his mind to start training.
Aiden put on the wooden sword and swung it multiple times to get used to its weight.
Aiden had already received formal training from the formal knight that his father hired. So he knows the basics and also some sword techniques that are in no way inferior to those of other noble houses.
But his magic circle that he formed now will cause slightly late mastery of his magic when combined with the sword.
Aiden began to channel his mana into the sword to convert it into a fire sword, but failed. He didn't expect it to succeed in the first place, because he knew he needed time to truly channel his magic.
Then he tried multiple times but failed. After that, he tried to channel wind magic, but failed nonetheless.
Then he tried to feel his space magic, because space magic is dangerous, and trying it without learning the corresponding techniques and chants can lead to serious injury. So he only tried to feel it—but failed and failed again.
Then he tried all sorts of techniques like a fireball in his sword and a wind slash through his sword, but not even one succeeded. So after his mana reached rock bottom, he stopped his training, chuckled, and put the sword back in its original place.
Then he returned to his dormitory, and after taking care of his urgent needs, he took a shower.
After that, he changed his clothes to a black night suit and began to prepare his dinner.
He was exhausted, so he only planned to make a simple dinner.
He cut the vegetables after watching them, fried them in oil, and then made a soup and added the vegetables he had fried. His vegetable soup was ready. Then he prepared the flour and made bread after preparing it.
He began to enjoy his cooking, which tasted way better than he had expected. After satisfying his hunger, he did the dishes.
After that, he began to ponder that all the nightmares he has are not baseless at all, but they contain greater secrets than he thinks.
After pondering over and over again, he suddenly had a thought that made him shudder.
'All the nightmares that I have over the years, but I didn't mention it a single time. I suppose I didn't want to mention it till now. But when I first experienced nightmares, I didn't have any thoughts—never mentioned it, why? But I had a dream about Calista and directly mentioned it to Miss Nysira to ask for a solution. But I never mentioned my nightmares to anyone, like some power is manipulating me to not tell anyone. But why did I notice this problem now?' Aiden thought inwardly.
After that, Aiden seriously began to think—what had changed that made him notice it now? And after some thought, he found the answer.
'I didn't form my magic circle before, but now I have. But... it can't be that simple. Oh! How can I not notice that? The mind control defense magic—it freed me from some of the influence.'
As Aiden thought, he began to understand the importance of this magic, which is greater than he had thought.
After that, he remembered his father's promise—that when he formed his first magic circle, his father would give him the sword that had already been prepared. Although that sword was prepared long ago with Aiden's preferences in mind, he didn't have permission to use it.
Now, he is going to write a letter to his father about his advancement.