"Tia, which path are you planning to take?" One afternoon, the group met up at the training ground again.
"Blood Law or Emerald Nectar?" It wasn't just Scholar Heide who was curious; the others also wanted to know which path Sylutia would choose.
"You can count on me."
"I'll probably choose Emerald Nectar." Sylutia had considered Radiant Moon, but she lacked the secret arts knowledge it required, so she could only set that option aside for now.
Unfortunately, Lady Falan wasn't home. Sylutia had wanted to ask her about the lessons she'd learned from her own breakthrough, and otherwise, she could have advanced to First Order Nectar at any time.
Perhaps this was the trouble that came with being fortunate. While everyone else was anxiously trying to figure out how to break through, she was hesitating over which advancement path would be better.
"What about you guys?" Her own breakthrough would probably take a few more days, but the others in the group were all at different stages.
She didn't know much about Comia's Mist Shadow Aspect Power, but Comia only needed to advance Illusion Spell Eye to Lv.2 before she could combine it with her Meditation Technique to advance to First Order Shadow.
Karen had only just advanced her Breathing Technique to Lv.2, so she'd probably have to wait a while before she could advance.
Mick and Ray were already close to Lv.3 in both their mastery of the Breathing Technique and their progress with it. But they were missing the most crucial insight needed to break through. The gap was like the final stretch of forging steel: the iron still needed those last few dozen degrees of heat before it would melt.
Sylutia thought of the Blood Wine Scholar Heide had given her as a reward for coming