Western Continent Calendar, September 17, 2812 [Path to Dharma Mastery], Vol. 2:


''Ha!　My body burns....

　Ryoma's face contorted in pain, and a groan escaped from his mouth.
　It was really a small murmur. However, the fact that the normally calm face of Ryoma changed its expression in pain clearly showed the magnitude of the pain.
　At first, it should have been only slightly warm around the sisters' hands, but before long, it switched to the feeling that their entire back was on fire.
　Ryoma desperately wanted to scream out in pain and heat.
　He must have exerted too much force when he bit down on the pain. A taste like licking rusty iron spread in his mouth.

''I'm currently sending life-force 《prana》 from our hands into Ryojin-sama.

　Following Saara's words, Ryouma turned his consciousness to his back again.
　The raw qi 《prana》 pouring from the sisters' palms invaded Ryoma's body little by little.

　Did this state last for five minutes? Ryouma's body, from head to toe, was burning hot like fire.
　Sweat was gushing from all over his body, soaking his shirt, and several sinks on the blanket on the ground were caused by the sweat.

'How do you like it?　If you can't stand the heat, just let me know.

　Even the sisters' faces have the color of distress on them.
　It was only natural. As long as Liang Zhen couldn't control the raw qi, the sisters would have to pour Liang Zhen's raw qi, Prana, into them.
　It was like pouring water into a bucket with a hole in it.
　Either the sisters ran out of their Prana, or they had to break through the first stage of Liang True's life force...

'Yeah that's pretty hot but it's okay. I can still do it. Keep going.

　As soon as I opened my mouth, a dripping sweat jumped into my mouth. The taste of salty sweat spread across his mouth.
　Ryoma's body craves water from the massive sweating.
　Even though Ryoma has a well-trained body, he doesn't have the luxury of time to spare. But I can't stop here.
　If you stop, tomorrow you will have to start pouring your sister's vitality into your body as well.
...to rotate the wheel of the chakras...
　Ryoma struggled to imagine moving the raging, burning mass to his lower abdomen.
　He had to move his chakra to rotate his own wheel, which hadn't even moved yet.

　The basics of the martial arts are the martial arts of strengthening one's body with vital energy.
　When you are able to sense the existence of the Prana and use the martial arts to strengthen your body, you will be able to move on to grammatical arts that require the help of other beings, or to strengthen things with the Prana.
　Whether it was a grammatical technique or a power transfer technique, there was no difference in using the Prana that resided within your body.
　And if you can't control the Prana that resides in your body, how can you control the Prana that you have released outside of your body?
　And to master the martial arts, there were three tasks to complete.
　The first is to recognize and control the prana, the living air, at will.
　The second is to use the "prana" inside the body to rotate the mooladhara, which is the circle of mooladhara in the eingin, the lowest level of the chakra.
　The third is to stop the spinning mooladhara at will.

　The third is to stop the rotating moolah dhara at will.
　By rotating it, a person's body can exert more power than muscle power. The power increases dramatically depending on the number of spun wheels, or chakras.
　There are a total of 7 rings, or chakras, in the human body. Ryoma tried to rotate the first one, the Muladhara, by borrowing the vitality of the Malfist Sisters' Prana.

(I feel ... not blood ... something other than hot blood running through my body ... this ... ...Vitality (Prana)?
　It was inspired by the sisters' pouring raw energy 《prana》 that awakened something that had been sleeping deep within their bodies.
　Ryoma desperately suppressed the fierce dynamic as something raged inside his body. It was similar to a chained beast baring its fangs and going wild.

　Ryoma's body felt like it was resisting the raw air that the sisters poured into it, a feeling of resistance in their hands. As soon as they felt this, they let go of Ryoma's hand.

How do you feel?　

...Kuh!

　Ryojin cautiously replied to Saara, who sounded worried.
　Right now, Ryouma's lower abdomen, the circle of the congregation's "einen", the "chakra", the "mooladhara", began to rotate violently by the sisters' vitality, the "prana".

　If he had relaxed, Ryoma would have jumped on the sisters' bodies like a bloodthirsty beast.
　Greed to hurt others, greed to rape others, greed to kill others, greed ... greed ... greed.
　Desire that never stops pouring out from the bottom of Ryojin's heart.
　The beast called desire, usually chained with the chain of reason, kept struggling to break the chain.
(Calm down, breathe out slowly........yes, slowly.......)
　But Ryoma's body activated without his will.
　The muscles begin to throb and the heart beats faster and harder. The sensations in his skin became acute, and Ryoma's body was enveloped in a sensation that felt like every cell in his body had been awakened.

　The Malfist sisters nodded silently to each other and then went out of the tent. Because there was no longer anything the girls could do here.



How's the boy?　I'm just here to report that we're all done here, right?　

Rione-san.......yet, Ryoma-sama is still inside....

　The Malfist sisters, who were standing at the entrance of the tent and guarding it, were greeted by Rionne, who had finished training the children.
　She explained to the 320 children what the Dharma is and lightly poured out the "prana" on each one of them, which was the end of today's training.
　However, it seems that the person to whom I am reporting, Ryoma, has not yet finished the training.
　Seeing the sisters shaking their heads in silence, Rionne ran her gaze from the gap in the cloth to the interior of the tent and nodded as if she was convinced.　

''Quite a long time hey.......it's just before noon, right?　The boy started it.

　The time was already past 3pm.　　

''Yes ... it's already been about five hours...''

　Rionne was startled by Saara's words, peeling her eyes.

''If you guys are out there, then the Wheel [Chakra] is...''

It's still rotating...

　Laura's face had an anxious expression on it.
　Seeing this, Rionne also frowned.
　The concerns are the same.

.........5 hours.......that's probably pretty bad......that's why I stopped at the beginning......

　The mastery of the Dharma technique by rotating the wheel chakra is the same, but the prerequisites for the children and Ryojin are very different.
　It's the total amount of life energy they've absorbed up to now, the prana.
　Children who have never taken another life by their own hands before simply have the amount of life force, or prana, that existed in their bodies from the start.
　In contrast, Ryoushin has killed many monsters and people who can use the legal techniques of Gaies and Cale, and as a result of absorbing the prana, his amount of life force is nearly double that of an ordinary person.
　Normally, it would be better to have a higher total amount, but in terms of learning martial arts, it would be a disadvantage.
　It is difficult to control by your own will.
　It's a good thing that we all knew that. We warned them beforehand. But Ryoma ignored those warnings.
　This is because I didn't know if Ryojin's wheel, or chakra, would spontaneously rotate in the space of four months.

The first thing that comes to mind is the fact that you have to be able to say it now. You should also take a break. You spent a lot of time moving your chakras, didn't you?　I'll take care of the boy, and you guys can go eat and get some rest.

　Rionne turned her gentle gaze to the sisters, as if she was concerned about her body.

''Thank you for your concern.......but I'm sure Rione-san must be tired as well.......''

Your sister is right. Didn't Lionel pour some of the children's life energy (prana) into them, too?　

　Rionne laughed aloud at her sisters' words.　

''You're an idiot. Unlike the little boy, it won't take much effort to fill those children's bodies with raw qi.

　In fact, Rionne didn't show much of a hint of fatigue.
　That was the proof that Liou Shin's vitality 《Prana》 was enormous compared to the children.　

''Forget it!　You guys get some rest...

　with a thud

　There was a sound of something falling from inside the tent.
　The three of them immediately jumped into the tent.

''Ryoma-sama!'' Boy!

　It's a very good idea to have a good idea of what you're looking for when you go to work.

"It's okay. Sarah, go get some water for me!

　There is no disturbance in her pulse. Rionne, who judged it to be a temporary fainting spell due to mild dehydration and fatigue, ordered the sisters in rapid succession.

''I understand!　Now.

　The sisters should have been tired themselves, but they were agile enough to run out.

''Totally... so I told you not to do that...''

　Rionne muttered with a bitter smile when she decided that Ryoma's life was not in danger.
　Rionne herself understands that they don't have time for themselves.
　But even if you can't use the Dharma technique if you're just one person, the people around you can follow through with whatever you want.
　There is no need for you to be so obsessed with it.
　But despite the sarcastic tone of voice, Lionel is happy inside.
　The head, Ryoma, was adamant about learning the Dharma technique.
　That is, it's proof that he lives in the same perspective as they do. He is ready to stain his own hands with blood.
　I fully understand Ryoma's character, even though I've only known him for a short time.
　But the sight of Ryoma fainting in front of me showed me once again how strong his resolve was.

It's good that I bet on you, Ryoma..............................you will change it. The fate of all of you will change....
　The fate of the mercenary was ahead of him, including the fate of the mercenary.
　Either he would be betrayed by his client or killed by the enemy on the battlefield. Either way, it would never be a bright future.
　There are less than a handful of mercenaries who will be able to live out their old age with their feet buried in the ground.
　That's why they are not afraid to die. But they don't want to die in vain.
　But I don't want to die in vain. If death is unavoidable, at least let me die with it.
For you ... for you, I would.
　Lyonne gently stroked Ryoma's hair, which was still unconscious in her arms. It was as if she cared for her own child.