After the agreement, Teras had with Becka both of them went back to bed and slept and then got ready for the training that awaited for them

Teras after surviving an encounter like that felt more motivated to learn how to use mana properly, although he had the basic understanding and cold move pretty well judging the time he had to train, Teras felt he still had many things to learn

But currently, Teras was peacefully sleeping in the big bed Tokkou provided him with, he was unaware of what was about to happen

BANG BANG BANG

Becka was holding a spatula and a pot, she was hitting them together aggressively like it was a drum set

"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?" Teras asked as he covered his ears with his pillow

"WAKE UP! WAKE UP! YOUR MANA IS NOT GOING TO INCREASE ITSELF! WAKEY WAKEY!"

Becka said as she pulled Teras out of his sheets

"Whatever shut up! I will get ready!" Teras said angrily as he quickly dressed with more appropriate clothes, his were filled with holes so Tokkou gave him some new ones

…

It didn't take long for Teras and Becka to reach the backyard and start some warm up, Tokkou saw them while drinking his tea from afar

It was a relaxing morning for everyone

"Now that I verified that you can pretty much move normally while maintaining your mana flow then we can move to the special uses of mana!" Becka told him

"Okay If you say so..."

"WHAT WAS THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN? RUN 3 TIMES AROUND THE OPEN AREA, GO GO GO!!!"

Becka said loudly

Teras simply started running, eventually, he got close to Tokkou and at that moment Tokkou used his powers to make the table and the chair he sat on the float, he followed Teras while he run

"Why is Becka so hard on me?" Teras asked as he took deep breaths

"She is like that with others and herself too! Want me to tell you a story?" Tokkou said

Teras's eyes lightened up when he heard that, he simply nodded with a smile

"When I was a bit older than you now I was sent on a mission, this mission was to break up an illegal slave operation hosted in some woods, naturally as the grand Jack it wasn't anything hard but the most interesting thing is the people I found there, most of them were humans and not any other race which is kind of weird considering the time it happened, anyway, there I found Becka and her family, they were on of the most expensive ones and when I asked why was because of their connections with the former 8th card possessor, Becka's mother was impregnated by the card possessor so I suggested them to come to my mansion and work as a battle maid, most of them refused due the nature of the job, but Becka didn't, she bravely followed me and not only that, she also felt the duty to repay the favor so she wanted to work here forever, and in my whole life I have never seen someone with as much determination as her, well maybe you... But you don't even get close to her... That's the reason she is pushing everyone to their limit, she believes with hard work everything is possible, I disagree with her but I like her theory!"

Teras was kind of touched by the story, he felt like he could relate but not entirely

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING? YOUR ROUNDS ARE OVER!" Becka yelled

"Oh sorry to disconnect you from your training!" Tokkou said as he flew back to the mansion's back entrance

"That's good! Are you finally ready to train?"

Teras nodded and then Becka started teaching

"Let's start with me most basic thing! Mana vision! Mana vision is something useful no matter what card you choose or what rank you become, mana vision can be used by simply moving your mana to your eyes, is easy, try it out!"

Teras then did as Becka said and saw the world differently, everything had a grey shade on them but also a slight blue glow but when he looked at Becka it was different

"You are glowing!" He said with a smile

"You don't have to state the obvious!" She said with a big smug

'I want to say something but she will probably make me run again...' Teras thought

"Now I hear you asking me, "Miss you are gorgeous! By the way, why should I use that!", well the answer is that it makes everything easier, seeing the intent of someone by inspecting his mana flow, being able to see faster opponents, seeing through stuff you shouldn't normally, also it provides mana vision, the ability to see things further away and also see mana traps, finally see particles of mana that someone has left behind"

"Sweet"

"Sweet indeed Teras, now let's move to the second most important thing to know! Healing, you probably saw me heal your bunny and wondered "She is incredible and beautiful and stunning" but the thing is it is quite easy to do that!"

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'Why is she quoting me like that?' Teras thought annoyed

"You should think of it like closing a wound by sewing the flesh together with a sting, if you visualize it like that then it will become easy" Becka said

"And if I do that then I will emit a green light from my hands too?" Teras wondered

"That's what I'm telling you, yes! Just imagine healing someone the way I told you and everything is going to work out, it might not work at first time but do it until you succeed!" Becka said

…

…

"What am I supposed to heal?" Teras asked

"Cut yourself"

"What! No! You cut yourself!" Teras said

"Why? Are you scared of little blood? You baby!" Becka said with a mocking voice

"Whatever!" Teras said as he cut himself with his sword

He then focused and tried to do what Becka told him to, surprisingly it wasn't so hard, his cut was quickly

"I did it!"

"I can see that, now let's see what is left... Oh yeah, mana shield!" Becka said

"That's another basic one, you simply visualize mana in front of you and then try to fortify it with, think of it like bumping your muscles!"

"That's it?" Teras asked

Becka nodded, Teras then concentrate again and did it quickly, Becka then without any warning punched the shield breaking it

"You need to put more strength into it kid! Let's try again!" Becka said

Teras then created another shield stronger than the one before, strong enough to resist Becka's punch

"Nice one! I put more force into this punch but it still didn't break!" Becka said, her hand kind of damaged by the punch

"Now finally let's move to mana traps! Think of them like a pressure plate, try to place the mana on the ground, the trap can be a box of chains, whatever you desire, some even mix them with their card's power and use them to shoot out fire or water, it really can be helpful if you are creative!" Becka said

Teras completed it first try too

"Now throw something on it"

Teras threw a rock, and as soon as the rock touched the trap a shield formed around it

"Nice job kid you have basically completed the basic mana training! But before we end I have to tell you something else! Mana also helps you increase the power of the cards you have, but you must know all that since Tokkou explained them to you prior, another thing you must be careful of is mana overflow, which is a state where people have an adrenaline rush and use too much mana making the mana "leak" out of their body and making them lose control and also damage them since the amount of mana they apply to their body is too much to handle, plus your mana is drained out of your body fast so even if you stop it then you wouldn't have any more mana to recover, to prevent that try to avoid using too much mana in a short amount of time" Becka explained

"Why is this a thing?" Teras asked

"This is a defense mechanism that the human body developed, when you are on the verge of dying mana overflow is activated making you win the opponent but break yourself in the process" Becka explained

"Let us advance now, have you decided which card you want to learn to use first?" Becka asked

"I haven't but if I had to go with the one I will have to go with the 3rd, the super speed one since it can help me fight and escape, also I have realized that I'm quicker than the normal person so an upgrade wouldn't feel so bad you know"

"Wise choice, but if you want to learn how to use a card you have to attend a school which we don't have in our town, so you have to go to the neighbor town, the town is called Prodo and it's about 13 km away from here, it's also a town for people that adventure to complete quests, so maybe you can find some people to adventure with, you just can't stay here forever"

"I know! We talked about this with Tokkou too, but I will need some time to get ready to leave, even after doing all this I still don't feel like I'm ready to face the world..."

Teras said with a sad look on his face

"Then the only thing you can do is meditate and increase your mana pool as much as you can, there is nothing else we can do to help you out..." Becka said

She also sounded sad to not be able to help

"God's push"

Suddenly a large number of trees, rocks, and dirt flew behind them

"God's grip"

The large amount of junk that was launched close to them started to move to a single place, crushing the trees and rocks into a big ball, this big ball then fell down and Tokkou appeared from the forest where the things were launched from

"Sorry! I was training! Don't mind me!"

'Tokkou did that? How strong is this man?' Teras wondered as he saw the ball

"Seems like this place is occupied so how about you go to Tokkou's room for meditation?"

Becka suggested

"What are you going to do now?" Teras asked her

"Why do you ask?"

"I want you to take the bunny out to play a little! She is a kid, after all, she probably doesn't want to be in a house!" Teras said

"Why should I do that?"

"Because I will tell Tokkou you are being mean to me!"

Becka looked kind of odd hearing that

"Your ability to threaten someone is trash!"

"Watch your mouth before I tell him you like him!"

"WHAT? WHAT MAKES YOU SAY THAT!" She yelled

She looked worried

'Eh?' Teras wondered

"Did I strike a weak spot?"

"N-No..." Becka said unconvincingly

"Fine, TOKKOU COME HE..."

Before Teras could complete his sentence Becka close his mouth with her hands

"Okay I will do it just don't say anything stupid, you idiot!" Becka said as he quickly ran back

'Considering Tokkou's story it's normal for her to like him, I mean I would admire my savior too...'

Teras thought as he entered the mansion, He saw Becka holding his bunny on the way in

"What? Go in your room and meditate!" Becka said with a mad look

"I want to go to Tokkou's room!"

"I won't allow that!" Becka said

"I will tell Tokkou..." Teras said with a calm voice

"Okay! Okay! I will show you his room! Just make sure you don't touch anything or else he will kill me!" Becka said

She then quickly opened the door to his room

"It's crazy to think only you and Tokkou have a key to get inside!" Teras said

"It's not! He is the grand jack after all... Can I ask you something before I leave?"

Becka said as she stood in front of the door

"How did you know?" She asked

"Intuition I guess..." Teras lied

"Intuition huh?" Becka said as she closed the door, she then locked it

'Now let's see what cool things he has in his room!' Teras thought as he looked around

The only interesting things he saw, one thing was a beautiful sword that was on display, the second photo was a photo of him with another younger person with red eyes and brown hair, and the last thing he saw was a file inside his desk that said

DO NOT OPEN

Naturally, Teras opened it and saw something scary

< IF YOU ARE NOT ONE OF THE FOLLOWING READING THIS WILL GET YOU KILLED>

A list of titles was listed

< Grand King, Grand Queen, Grand Jack, Goddess of War, The Blue Death>

Teras felt unsure if he wanted to continue but he did and what he saw made him put everything back

< The Joker is alive somewhere, If you encounter the Joker inform us immediately, any act of help toward the Joker is answered with death, even if it is unintentional help>

'I shouldn't have seen that, should I tell Tokkou?' Teras wondered but judging from what the file said telling him that would get him killed so he instead sat on top of Tokkou's bed and meditated hoping he forgets about what he saw...