I can’t believe the day is finally over. I’m so worn out I don’t even want to question the pink monstrosity I find myself in. Teacher probably got all of them to get together to make all of this nonsense. Everything from the “floating” princess bed to the unicorn desktop tower. It's still not the worst room I’ve ever stayed in though. That honor goes to a haunted crypt I stayed in when I was collaborating with Ebony. I’m getting sidetracked.
For now, let me put the final strokes together to make my sage art. As I've said before, a Sage art is formed from two energy arts. One from the Martial Arts, or more accurately the Qi-Gong, path and another from the Mage path. Both schools try to do the same thing but in the exact opposite manner. So, much so that even learning a spell or martial art can completely lock you out of the other one.
Sage Arts work by combining them and holding them in tension at the opposing extremes. Slowly they will fall into each other and form a new art composed with the unique properties of both. This is one of the biggest reasons why sage art can’t be taught or learned. Even if two people use the same energy arts the technique that will form will still be different.
Right now the energy inside me is flowing not to the rhythm of any art but my own understanding and knowledge of energy theory. At most my circle sources can be considered a template for an actual Loli-Dragon source. Now that I’ve read through the “Loli Transformation Technique” as well as the modified “Dragon Heart Rebirth” I can finally make headway. That is what I would like to say but, something Teacher informed me about this morning is still driving me crazy.
The foundation of all practices and paths comes from two core philosophies: Energy Theory, and Number Theory. Energy Theory covers the transformation of energy from metaphysical to a solid physical core. Number Theory on the other hand deals with the structure of the system as well as a person’s fate.
Each Number has a meaning that is derived from the collective unconscious. With that the structure of the system follows the strongest and most fateful number 3. 3 is usually associated with luck and completeness. As such the system in ancient times was described as the 3 by 3 in 3 by 3. 3 Realms of Existence with each realm having 3 Levels. Each Level has 3 stages and each stage has 3 steps.
An example of this would be three realms consisting of the mortal realm, devil realm, and god realm being composed of three levels. The mortal realm levels are called either novice > adept > expert or first circle > the second circle > and the third circle. The first level can then be broken down into the novice, adept, and master stages. Then lastly the novice stage has energy sensing, energy moving, and energy gathering/awakening steps.
In modern times it is called the 9 in 9 system as 9 is the symbol of power and might. Generally, it is associated with those of the dragon clan as well as emperors and kings. Nine levels and nine steps per level.
However, this morning Teacher told me the system isn’t the 3 by 3 in 3 by 3 system but the 13 by 13 system. I can’t emphasize how crazy that is. 13 is a prime number and can’t be broken down any more than that, making the system lose most of its meaning for one. Secondly, 13 is the worst number imaginable. It's a number associated with chaos, death, destruction. It was also the favorite number of the most dangerous being in existence. Someone so terrifying that they impacted the entire universe, not just the small supercluster that is the Maeia Realm.
If the system was just a 4 by 3 in 4 by 3 system I wouldn’t be this shaken as at least 4 is a number symbolizing stability and 12 itself having the meaning of perfection. The true system is based on 13 means the entire thing is the definition of chaos with no semblance of order. However, if I want enough power to deal with that thing I need to bank my chances on it. Well, it's not too important right now but, I have to make sure I include it into my Sage Art, or else I might end up in a sore spot later.
Now back to the matter at hand, mixing a loli and a dragon. What energy type is going to my foundation. The Dragon practice isn’t particularly biased against any specific energy as long as it's the paramount form of that energy. The loli technique on the other hand requires either love, joy, or cuteness energy. Emotional energy is too unstable to extract consistently so, I’ll pass on that. That and it can turn me into a freak who goes on and on about the power of love so, again I’ll pass.
Cute energy will make people see me as being cute the higher its concentration inside of me is. Being cute on top of that allows for the energy to naturally come to me passively. The only problem is that this is probably the only energy I can use and as much as I hate to say it but, with my current body I’ll be a genius at it. I see now that reforging my constitution really did sign my death warrant.
Nonetheless, I'll play the cards I've been dealt. As for the paramount restriction, I have 9 sources. Combined it will constantly refine it into the purest and most concentrated form. Altering my sources to fit this path wasn’t too hard, since they were already almost there anyway.
Alright, my foundation has been more or less set. Now for the next part, how do I fuse these two. One of them forces me to stay in the form of a loli and the other will slowly turn me into a human dragon. These don’t really conflict so it's hard to bring these two under tension. What if I hinge it all on my heart?
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The dragon heart skill relies on transforming the heart to ripple the changes to the rest of the body. Meanwhile, loli transformation itself doesn’t change the body, only reinforces what's already there. Right now, I can be mistaken as a child from a branch family off of the drake or newt tribes under the dragon clan. In other words, I have a small, small trace of dragon blood running through me due to my rebirth. If I combine them in a way that alters my heart to reinforce that small sliver then I can form my Sage Art off of that.
With this in mind, I meditate the night away. As time goes on my heart begins changing shape, forming closer to that of a dragon heart. Moving further eventually another change occurs, my heart beginning to morph closer to the shape of a. . . heart? Like the heart shape not the actual shape of a real heart. Creator, does any of that make sense to you? Well, it works for now. Even if I wanted to make it to the second circle or to the tenth step I can’t really do that right now. I have to fix my other big problem, My innate spells.
Magicians create a spell circle around one of their organs. Allowing them to a) contain a ton more energy with each circle and b) obtaining a spell that is part of their innate being. I couldn’t really do it before because all of the spells from the “Dragon Heart Rebirth” only work with the “Dragon Heart Rebirth”. The draconic flame, or dragon scale force, etc. all require at least a rudimentary dragon heart to hold them. I also, don’t know if you noticed but, I don’t have that, I have a loli heart? Or maybe a loli-dragon heart? Anyways none of them would be compatible with the current me.
This is why I needed to start on my Sage Art, so I could combine the loli arts with dragon spells to make innate spells compatible with me. I also needed more than just one or two, I needed 9 right off the bat. Well, it's not too bad. I can lock down 5 of them with affinity-increasing spells.
There are 5 elements of a loli and the 5 worlds true dragon spells. Simply just line them up and layer it and what do you know I now have the 5 secrets of the loli dragon, not my name I swear. Sage Arts seem to come up with their own names somehow. No trust me I didn’t name it, no please believe me. When jumping back I simply take 5 of my hearts and use an element on each. Over time I’ll naturally be able to become closer with the 5 elements that make up the foundation of the physical world.
I could add affinities to the rest of my heart and call it a day but, I quite simply refuse. Not many would use affinity as it only increases your affinity, no other special abilities are gained. When you only have one slot, filling it with something like a fireball is a hundred times more useful. So, my other 4 I think I'll use a defense spell, offense spell, movement spell, and a training spell.
Next, I combine lolita punch with dragon’s war slash, cute is justice with dragon scale force and love is omnipotent with dragon unchained. This gets me the devastation of a loli dragon, cuteness is unbreakable, and love unchained. I really hate these names. I. I. Just why? The loli skill names are already weird but, when mashed with the dragon spells’ over-the-top naming it just makes them sound weird.
Oh well, I can now form dragon claws, manifest heart-shaped scales, and use love and power to guide my heart? No, that last one isn’t real. Please pretend you never saw it. It can’t hurt me. Okay, enough messing around the last one.
Training spells are spells that help improve energy quality or quantity. In my last life, I had layered 6 divine space spells granting me more energy than most gods. Now I don’t really think I need to worry about quantity, especially if this does become a multi-core network. Instead, I think I’ll be using the heart at my core to form a bit of a nexus hub. By making the energy super concentrated there it will naturally flow into my other hearts and increase their concentration and then pull the nonconcentrated energy into the nexus creating a cycle. At the moment I don’t have any energy channels or nodes to move energy around all that well so, it won’t see any tangible benefits just yet.
I quickly formed the art loli dragon power. It comes from loli power and dragon power. It awakens the purest cuteness energy from the center of my being and refines all the other cute energy into it. The moment I layered it onto my final heart I felt a change.
The two techniques completely merge. . . “A Loli Dragon’s Redux” huh. That's not too bad. While I definitely kick and scream on the outside, maybe a bit on the inside. I've already dedicated myself to this. I don’t really want to be a “loli” much less a “loli dragon” but, this isn’t about me or what I want.
The Dragon Heart practice is one of the best mage practices in the Maeia Realm. Anyone who learns it joins the Dragon Clan and will eventually become the dragon version of their species. It's such an insane skill and yet many animals and plants can learn it innately. Due to the specialties of humans, we have to learn it from them. Even then human dragons are the pride and joy of the dragon clan as they are some of the strongest in the realm.
On the other hand, not much is known about the Loli Transformation skills. Even then the sparse records you can find praise this skill as one of the pinnacles of qi-gong and martial arts. Many, many times you will find how a single move bested a god or how they managed to completely alter an entire local group. If only they knew what a loli was then it probably wouldn’t be as hyped. Even then it's a fact that this came from someone who was monstrously powerful and the technique shows it.
If I can’t overcome the fate set before me with “A Loli Dragon’s Redux” then I simply deserve to die with no chance of resurrection. This is how I go past my previous self and stand at the top. This is how I become an immovable force to face an unstoppable object. I might complain here and there but, I don’t regret my choices to this point. If it meant even a 1% chance of saving those I care about I would wear a million dresses and sleep in a thousand girly bedrooms.
Shattering my train of thoughts a voice interrupted, “It’s been 3 hours. How long are you gonna sit there grinning like an idiot? Wait, don't tell me you actually did want to be a girl but you were too embarrassed to admit it!?”