Yumeha was lying in her room thinking about her master. She knew how good he was, so those words he had said to Aoi were meant to make her feel more comfortable with him. The problem was that this would make her competition to be first in his heart much harder, because before, Aoi only made a few comments, but now she would seriously join this battle.
"Could they have had some kind of relationship in the future?"
Seeing how he seemed to have some connection with Aoi yet at the same time didn't seem to know her that well—since she remembered that when they met, he didn't look at her—
"Then again, he didn't talk much with Sister Rina either when they met."
She really wanted to know what her master had gone through in that future. Then again, it didn't matter, because she would do anything to make him happy, as he was making her very happy. She had never felt this in her life; she had only felt ignored by her family and mistreated by others.
Turning to the side on her bed, she started to fall asleep, but a headache began to strike her. Clutching her head, she tried to calm down, turning too much in bed and falling to the floor.
"What are these… informations?"
She was receiving information about something new—but why? She didn't understand all that pain and information. This information about the new magic was different, just like her own magic; they had similar power but their essences were completely opposite.
As she learned how this magic worked, she saw several seals appear in her mind. It was as if she had studied for a long time to learn a new magic, but all at once.
"Huff… Huff…"
After the headache stopped, she felt better, and sleep came back strongly, making her sleep on the floor with only one thought in her mind:
"Master… what are you doing?"
The same had happened to her master, but Enrico managed to stay awake. All that information was simply insane to him—now he knew how water was formed, its origin, how the magic was used to transform into water, among other things.
The magic circle inside Enrico sometimes seemed red and sometimes blue, flashing as it tried to keep the new magic balanced with his compatible one, but it was difficult.
"I already knew some information about water, but I didn't want this magic—in fact, I hadn't even planned to have it. I was only going to focus on the compatible one, mainly because my potential is low and it would take even longer…"
"Huff…"
Even so, it was a good reward. The only problem was that he couldn't use it in front of others, but he was already thinking of a plan to use a specific magic to improve his abilities in the eyes of others, making it seem more absurd. Getting up, he decided to check his stats.
Name: Enrico Solcren Ferreira
Magic: Fire — Circle 2 — 5%
Magic: Water — Circle 2 — 5%
Mana Amount: 225
Unique Ability: Elemental Clone
Soul: 68
His magic had increased greatly upon evolving circles, but the important part was that the magic really was at the same level as his compatible one. Even so, this meant that the water magic wouldn't keep up with the same development as the fire magic.
[You are now compatible with water magic, so you don't need to worry.]
"Really? But how could someone be compatible with totally opposite magic?"
If that was true, then even with its problems, this reward was much better than he thought, so he was grateful to them for it. Enrico's only problem had been bad luck.
"Let's start then."
[What do you mean, start?]
Enrico looked at the system as if it were an idiot—it had been with him all this time and didn't know what he was thinking? As always, disappointment. Enrico shook his head as if disappointed.
"Train, of course."
[But you said you were going to rest.]
"Yes… but with water magic, I won't need to rest as much."
While it tried to convince Enrico to rest, he began his training. He might have gained a new type of magic, but he still hadn't created any spell for it, so he had to take advantage of today to do so, because tomorrow would be the class competition—an arc that was supposed to be against Class B if things hadn't moved so fast, and it would also be the end of the battle with Elowyn. Of course, this battle was a full one against Class S, but he would go after her and her subordinates to finish the arc quickly.
"That will be two arcs at once."
Now that he had completed the exam arc, which was easy, and the festival arc, he could make a new pact and receive another reward, and he would receive those same two rewards when he finished those two arcs together tomorrow. One of these pacts he would use to improve something of his, like the ring or his ability again—but of course, depending on the mana cost, he might not do it.
"I already have little mana compared to other Circle Two mages… Valença, Rina, and Aoi are already above three hundred."
Even Yumeha had twenty more mana than him, but it all went to improving her Elemental Clone, and that helped a lot, so he didn't regret it, because it had saved him several times in a short period thanks to his unique ability.
[Come on, you need to rest more.]
"I know, I'll rest my body. What I'm going to do is mainly think of water spells."
[Fine, but I'll be watching. I can't trust an idiot who only thinks about training.]
In that regard, he was quite similar to Kai, only thinking about getting stronger—but at the same time, he was different, maybe because he understood many more things than Kai. Maybe that's why Aoi was interested in him, even though she saw that Enrico trained a lot; maybe also because he hid some of the training he did from others.
Raising his hand, he began using water magic, imagining a spear that slowly formed.
Since Ego Weapons could be created through a user's magic, now he could start making two.
"That's right, I'll start with the Ego weapon first."