On the snow mountain, it wasn't nighttime yet, but little Elwyn was asleep at this moment.
'He has been sleeping for quite a while.'
Scraf glanced at the silver-haired child who was sleeping soundly by Jr Grund's side. Except he was lying on top of furry skin while the little Grund was lying on a patch of snow ice.
In Elwyn's dream, there was a Handsome man who had a visible semblance of Elwyn. Yes, the children took the face of their mother, but there were still hints of the father's facial features there. In here, it looked like they had been talking for quite some time.
"So you say that I have a brother?"
"And we're twins?"
Elwyn enquired slowly with a slight crease on his face. Of course, just like in the case of Ewan, there wasn't really any face for Vasuan Ski to see.
"Yes, you do," Ski replied with a slight frown.
"Where is he?" Elwyn asked flatly, again.
"I don't know either."
Vasuan Ski said with a confused expression. [I don't even know where you are. ] He thought. Apparently, the legacy memories in both brothers' mind spaces can't communicate, so he can't tell him anything about where Ewan was.
"Where are you at, Elwyn?" he asked him. He was thinking, if he could somehow manage to connect to his other legacy memory, it'll make the reunion of the children easier. Of course, he knew that was impossible, but since there was a part of his soul's quintessential mana carrying the legacy memory, perhaps it could be possible.
"I don't know. I live with three people who don't look like me," he replied.
"One of them told me that they are called bears and that I'm a human."
Ski stared at him blankly. My child was adopted by a group of bears. 'What exactly happened that day?' he thought to himself.
'We sent them into a spacetime tunnel where they can be received by Uncle Reed. What happened that day, we could sense there was a disturbance in the tunnel, but we couldn't do anything about it.'
"So it was a bear who took you that day.
I was not able to see the being that was close to you that day, but I could feel it, and it didn't have a killing intent. I usually covered your soul with the aura from my soul energy to keep off beings with killing intent."
Vasuan Ski was a little distracted as he muttered.
"When I finish teaching you, make sure you work hard and train yourself so that you and your brother can protect yourselves. It's always dangerous wherever there are people," He continued.
Elwyn stared at him calmly for a while.
"Mother Bear told me that."
"But why still go where people are?"
"Since it's dangerous, why not stay away from them?"
Ski did not seem to be exactly surprised by the little child's question.
[I knew it. This little brat is just like me. Pretty easygoing, hehehe.]
"You have to meet people for various reasons. You'll understand in the future. For now, let's continue the lecture."
Vasuan Ski replied, nevertheless.
"Let's continue. You have to train your body first. Normally, I could've given you guys techniques that you can use to train your bodies. But we decided to let you guys figure that one out yourselves."
"You don't need to use anybody's technique to train either of your bodies, soul, or spirit."
"Think hard, and be creative. You should travel more when you grow up so that you'll experience more things and know the best things that are more fitting for you."
Vasuan Ski carried on with the lecture, telling him how it was the best that he was able to create a technique for himself.
"As for how to create a technique?"
"First, you should know what you're creating and what you want it to do. Then start trying to do it. When it comes to creating things from scratch, it is normal for there to be too many failures. But those are the core foundations of your journey, ok."
"Everything you create or do is centred around mana; have that in mind."
"The soul, the body, and the spirit all absorb mana in different ways, too, because even they themselves are mana."
"The body absorbs mana through physical activities, which means you'll have to train your body by working yourself out again and again."
"However, while the body can absorb mana by working yourself out, you need a supply of essence mana, and the body cannot absorb essence mana from the surroundings as fast as the spirit, but what you're training is the body, not the spirit."
"So while working out, you also need to look for supplements to extract mana. An example of a supplement for the body is food. Another one is essence pills. Pills are refined from different types of mana into a pill. I can't explain the processes of pill refinement to you. If you want to learn such things, then you find somewhere in your world to do so."
Elwyn nodded slightly.
"If you have a powerful body, your soul will be easier for you to train, because most times, the soul's strength is a bit related to how strong the body is."
"If your soul is far stronger than your body is, and there's no way for the body to become stronger, your soul will wear your body out, and you'll soon lose the body. That's why a strong body is very essential. And also, don't ever stop training your body, just because you're training your soul or spirit. Everything is all about balance."
"Going on, when you can sense your soul, you can then create a technique for your soul training. And just like the body, the soul won't automatically absorb mana always, so find supplements for it too. You can figure that out later."
"Finally, on the topic of Spirit. By the time you need to train your spirit, you should've experienced a lot, so I won't really talk much about it now."
"You're just a child of a few months, so don't worry, even if you forget all of these things I taught you, I'll seal the memories in your soul so you can access them when your soul becomes stronger."
Elwyn shrugged his shoulders a little and told him not to worry that he would remember.
"I've never been able to forget anything I see or hear. I don't know why; once I think about it, I'll remember immediately."
Little Elwyn explained to him.
"Yeah, I also noticed that your soul is very powerful. For a child that's so young, you shouldn't have been able to see me now. Even though your mother and I agreed to transfer every mana you guys needed for development to you at once, you still needed a lot of time for your souls and minds to be strong enough to see me."
"I guess it should be related to that accident; your consciousness even looks strange to me, as if something terrifying is hiding inside it. It's definitely related to that accident. I wonder what happened to Ewan, your brother."
"Make sure you find him ok. Next time, I'll teach you about Elements and Laws before this energy is exhausted."
"Are you going to come and meet my bear family?" Elwyn asked her.
"No."
Vasuan replied gently.
Scraf turned her head to look at the human child who had just woken up from sleep.
[I don't understand this child at all. His eyes don't even look like he just woke up from sleep. He doesn't even look drowsy. His eyes are just clear like he never slept.]
Scraf was still muttering when she heard Elwyn's voice...
"Ermm... I have some questions,"
Elwyn said as he tried to stand up.
"Oh, you finally have questions now. I thought you were never curious about anything."
Scraf looked at him with interest.
"Ahh, I have some questions. When are you free to answer them?"
He asked again.
"I can answer them now. Y'all were sleeping, and I was really bored. If not because of your little brother, I would've gone out to hunt."
Scraf said gently.
"Ok, let's start..."
It was Elwyn's voice again.