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"[Meditation] is a technique to prevent the leakage of magic power that is draining out of the body through unconscious outflow. It has many benefits, the most important of which is that it can help you recover from physical and mental fatigue overnight."

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"Mm-hmm."

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"As I said before, there are many things you have to remember in order to become strong. And it is also important to train your body. For example, if you have the same amount of magical power and are proficient in the same martial arts, the one who is stronger is the one who has trained his or her body.

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"By working out, you mean running and swinging, right?"

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"That's right. It is also important to train your body and get a strong body. In order to do so efficiently, it is necessary for you to learn how to handle magic power.

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　I see.

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　I've heard that before.

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　If you use the magic of meditation, you can get rid of any fatigue after one night's sleep.

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　So, if you can do that, you can continue to train hard every day.

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　So I need to be able to use the magic in my body for that?

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I understand. Then teach me how to use my magic, ai."

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"Yes, sir. We will now begin training in the manipulation of magic.

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　Thus began the first training session with Ai.

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"First of all, Mr. Alphonse, I would like you to knead the magic inside your body."

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"Kneading?"

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"Yes. First, I want you to focus your attention on your stomach. That's right, just below the navel. The first thing to do is to feel the magical power emanating from your body there.

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"......Below the navel. Is this it?　There's something that feels warm and fuzzy."

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"Good. I guess it's easy to tell since Mr. Alphonse has already had a drop-shaped magic stone implanted in his abdomen by Ars Varka. That's right. If we can sense the magic power there, we can proceed to the next stage.

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　One of Charles's residences in the royal capital of Brillia.

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　We stayed there while we were studying abroad.

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　In a room in the mansion, lying on a soft bed, I concentrate on my body.

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　I focused all my attention on the magical power in my stomach.

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　I could feel the magic power under my navel.

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　Maybe this is what I'm talking about.

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　I could grasp the magic power immediately because my brother had put a drop-shaped magic stone in my belly before.

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"Many people move their bodies using their own magic power generated from their stomachs. This is also the case with the nobles and knights of the Brillia Magical Kingdom, such as Mr. Clément. However, in order to distinguish ourselves from them, let's make our magical power even denser.

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"You're going to make the magic more intense. How do I do that?

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"Take a slow, deep breath. And feel the magic in the air. The air you breathe also contains magic. Take that magic into your body and mix it with the magic in your own body.

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　Mix?

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　The magic in the air you breathe in is taken into your body and mixed with your own magic.

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　Ai told me to do it calmly, without straining my body.

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　Eventually, she said, I should be able to do it unconsciously without thinking.

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　In a lying position, I relaxed so much that I almost fell asleep and concentrated on my breathing.

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　Repeat breathing loudly but slowly.

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　Then, I took all the magic power contained in the air coming in through my nose into my body and mixed it with the magic power in my stomach.

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　The warm, yet fuzzy and indistinct magic seemed to change little by little.

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"That's good. Now for the next step. After mixing the inside and outside magic, we then knead the magic. It's like distilling alcohol. You take a weak alcohol and distill it again and again to turn it into a strong alcohol. Repeat this process over and over again to make the magic stronger and stronger.

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　Kneading magic.

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　Father and brother Hector's favorite drink.

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　I imagine that it is not the thin kind of alcohol that even children drink as water in Briaria, but the kind of alcohol that would catch fire and burn if you put it close to a fire.

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　It was a kind of airy, airy magic until then, but it was turning into something heavier and thicker, like a liquid.

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"You're good, Mr. Alphonse. You are indeed the son of those two. Your father and mother were both skilled with magic, perhaps you have inherited their power.

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　Ai said as she stood beside me with her eyes closed, concentrating on her body.

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　I've been praised.

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　I'm happy.

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　It makes me happy to know that my mom and dad are so great.

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　I'm glad that my mom and dad are so great, because Ai told me that my parents are the reason I'm so good at magic.

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　But I didn't know that.

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　I didn't know that.

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　My dad used to tell me stories about how he played an active role in the battlefield, but I never really heard my mom talk about it.

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　But she was so good with magic that Ai admired her.

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　Listening to Ai's words, I think of my mother and father in Vulcania.

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　And I thank them.

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