Sunlight filled the room.
Peace and silence enveloped the garden. Gentle sunlight filtered through the treetops, leaving tiny, dappled shadows on the stone path.
Beside a fallen leaf, a girl knelt in prayer.
Dressed in a nun's habit distinctive to Alt, Yushua kept her eyes lightly closed. Slanting rays fell across her hair, casting a golden halo.
Her gentle face remained as dignified and holy as ever, like a sage who never stopped pitying the world.
Inside, however, Yushua was struggling to keep her composure. More than half the psionic energy bestowed upon her through her daily prayers was actually being "plundered" by the girl beside her!
Sitting cross-legged on a stone bench in the courtyard, Celine idly counted the ants crawling across the ground, completely unaware that her mere presence was siphoning away well over half the psionic energy the nun received through prayer.
"Miss Celine..."
The girl turned toward her. A ripple crossed Yushua's calm expression, and after a moment of silence, she asked, "May I ask, is your psionic level really only at the peak of level four?"
"Of course. I haven't broken through yet."
Celine nodded as she answered.
Although she could now play with three little balls at once... no, pass the psionic control test at triple difficulty, and her control over psionic energy had improved enormously, she was still one step short of a breakthrough.
Reaching level five meant a Psionic had officially entered the high tier, a qualitative leap compared with the first four levels. Naturally, the difficulty of breaking through was on an entirely different scale.
Even so, Celine felt she was getting close. All she needed was to do a few more naughty things with Mr. Jonas...
Ahem. Regardless, she was indeed still only a Psionic at the peak of the