Chapter 38: Fully Adapted (5)

As I have been musing to myself for a quite some time, Ilschevar is looking at me quietly in wonderment at the silence. I immediately clear my throat the moment I realized his gaze, then nod my head at him.

"Although I wasn't really trying, I couldn't read your mind earlier. Like Valeria said, you are amazing, Layland."

"Oh, really?" I slightly widen my eyes in surprise. "I haven't learned anything about how to guard my mind though."

"That's what makes you even more amazing."

Ilschevar gives me an admiring look, and I am honestly embarrassed by that look; I clear my throat as my way to conceal my embarrassment. Ilschevar smiles lightly, before opening his mouth once again.

"For the two weeks I have been watching you, it seems to me that you are already ready to learn Magic—to use Mana. Furthermore, the Mana you got from the food you have eaten every night in your body is also close to burst out."