"Then, that's it for today."

"Yes! You've worked so hard again today!"

After saying goodbye to Swen, Reika quietly returned to her room and reflected on the time she had spent with him over the past few days.

'It was amazing! That small waterfall.'

Although it wasn't particularly large, the waterfall was still beautiful enough to be etched in her memory. She had seen people practicing on the rocks where the waterfall cascaded in novels before... Swen had said that was just fiction, though.

Over the past few days, she had been able to spend more time outside the castle, surrounded by nature.

As Swen had said, mana was abundant in nature. The energy surrounding her was mana itself.

Reika had always been able to sense the mana mixed in the air, but she had never felt it so strongly. It felt like her training was starting to bear fruit, blossoming like a flower.

As for magic, it was developing smoothly. She could now control bigger fireballs for longer periods and with greater ease.

She remembered Swen’s suggestion to try creating an "ice spear" next time instead of a fireball. She didn’t fully understand what he meant, but for some reason, she felt like she could do it.

Swen was an amazing man. He had told her he wasn’t a mage, but there were times when he spoke as if he already knew magic. He had mentioned the ice spear, and after hearing him, Reika felt like she could give it a try, something she had never considered before.

'Could Swen be hiding the fact that he is a mage, like me?'

She had heard that Swen once performed a miracle, causing a huge rock to fall from the sky. For Reika, who could barely conjure a fireball, it seemed like something far beyond mere magic.

Would she ever be able to perform such an incredible miracle through continued training?@@novelbin@@

As these thoughts piled up, Reika arrived at a more fundamental question.

If Swen was indeed hiding his identity as a mage, could it be that this ability was something that must not be revealed to the outside world? Was her father’s decision to keep her indoors related to hiding her own magical abilities?

Just then...

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