He was really uncomfortable while sitting in front of Elisa. She was measuring him.

'Why are you not saying anything lady Elisa?'

She did not even flinch, just watched him sitting there.

'Good. Seems like she can't read my thoughts.'

"So you are the pupil of Mister Flinn. I thought that you are just as chatty as he, but it seems like I was wrong!"

She said it smiling, while she turned to the window and looked out.

"I'm more of a listener than a talker. Also I'm not the pupil of Mister Flinn."

She turned to him with a suprised look.

"You aren't? Than who teaches you magic? Some other teacher?"

"No. I'm learning from books."

She laughed.

"Noone learns from books. It's complicated! Also the books are written in the ancient language, which only a few people can read!"

'Ancient language? She means english? If it's true, how did elder Bran know I can read it?'

Than he realized it.

'Oh... He might have read my thoughts.'

"You mean people usually can't read english?"

"English? I don't know what it is. But no. Only the ancients can read the older books."

"Hmmm... But this language is pretty easy. Also we are speaking the same language, which is written in the books."

She frowned at the suggestion.

"I don't know what are you talking about, but the letters are written in a tottal different way, than the elven language."

'Oh right. I couldn't even read a letter from that language.'

He took out the book he took with him to the trip.

"If you want I can teach you the basics of the "ancient" language. I don't think you'll have a hard time."

She looked at him like she doesn't belive this.

"I would like to see how will you do that."

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He started to describe the basics of the alphabet, than how to read them out loud. She was like a sponge, every time Joseph tested if she listened she knew everything he said. It took less than two hours for her to learn to read.

"This is amazing. You can read it already? How did you memorize everything this fast?"

She looked proud at the achivement she did.

"I was always a fast learner! I can learn everything really fast if it interest me!"

"That is a really good talent!"

'I envy her. Sometimes I have to read something two or three times just to get the gist of it. Though I know I can also learn faster than usuall people, but learning a lot of things is just too much.'

Than she looked somewhat sad.

"It is not that good. Every time I read a book, or hear something, I can remember it for a very long time."

She had a gloomy look on her face after ending the sentence.

"You can't forget what you want to forget. That is sad indeed. But if you want to learn something, it is really good."

He thought about Leafa while speaking and had a gloomy face as well.

"It seems like we both have something we want to forget. But is there nothing that you want to remember? Keep in your hearth forever?"

She smiled hearing that and looked out of the window again.

"Yes there is something I never want to forget. Ever!"

Joseph looked out as well. Eric was on a horse and galopped along with the carrige.

"That reminds me. We are going in a forest. How do we get through the trees with this carriage?"

She shrugged.

"Master Flinn made a magic that makes small places bigger, so that we fit in between trees."

"That seems interesting. I would like to learn spells like that. I wonder if I can get Master Flinn to teach me spells when I can cast them efficiently."

She looked at him questioningly.

"What do you mean efficiently? Eric said you can cast spells without chanting already."

"It's not a question of with or without chanting. I still have to concentrate on infusing the manna. I'm doing it right now as well."

She laughed.

"You are still at that point? A kid can do it after just a few days of practice!"

Joseph had a supprised look.

"What do you mean? I had to try it hard just to get it work!"

"How did you try to do it?"

"I meditated and imagined my manna go in my blood and than travelling through my body."

She facepalmed.

"Oh dear... That is a really old and useless method. If you want to infuse, you have to just feel your core and than feel the manna surge through your body."

He had a face of confusion.

"Are you sure that works?"

"Try it out if you don't belive it!"

"Allright. Then can I ask you to not speak to me while I meditate?"

"Yes. Go ahead."

He closed his eyes. He concentrated on his mana core and felt it pulsate with manna. Then imagined the manna just go through his body. When he accomplished it he concentrated on the feeling and tried to get familiar with it. After half an hour later he finally got it to work. He heared the usuall window open.

Attention

After learning a new method to work around the problematic parts of infusing the body with manna, your understanding deepened with infusion. The new rank of the skill is "B".

He was supprised.

'It did not just go up to "C", but to "B"? That is really good.'

He felt the manna going around in his body without concentrating on it. It felt good.

As he opened his eyes, the carriage was empty. It was only him sitting in there. When he looked outside, the others were sitting at a table and eating.

'Oh. Is it breakfast time? Why did they not notify me?'

As he left Eric turned to him.

"So you finally woke up. You were sleeping so deep, that we couldn't wake you

up."

Joseph was suprised. Not because he said Joseph was sleeping, but because Eric spoke while eating. As far as he knew noone did it.

'Seems like I misjudged the situation! Hahaha!"

He sat down to the others with a smile on his face.