Luca stopped when he felt faint, and for the first time, he didn’t pass out after exhausting himself like that.
Maybe it’s because of the manuals he used or because he decided to pull away before getting too deep.
Since Luca was an inexperienced Guide, he barely had any idea of his maximum limit.
Typically, Guides back in Tesseris were trained in this to avoid exhausting themselves. They were too precious, and just one breaking their core from depletion would be a huge loss to society—unless, of course, you were Lucas.
But it was probably karma of some sort because it was nearly impossible to drain Lucas of his energy, and he was able to hold on for much longer than they expected.
However, that was prior to entering this body.
For some reason, although he could freely use his spiritual energy, his vessel wasn’t as big as usual.
And this was rather difficult for someone who was so used to relying on his spiritual powers for everything.
Because of this, he would often miscalculate the remaining energy in his body and would suddenly faint. freeweɓnovel.cѳm
But today, he managed to hold on to his consciousness. It was a proud moment for him despite the fact that his body felt weak and he would definitely be unable to walk.
Thankfully, Xavier took advantage of the situation and bolted out of the place, citing a medical emergency.
"You’re awake, aren’t you?" Xavier asked while he breezed through toward the infirmary.
"I’m going to be fine. There’s no need to go. I was just dizzy."
They wouldn’t be able to help him there, not when they could not provide him with what he needed.
Xavier stopped momentarily and decided to explain. "The instructors will look for you here. After nearly fainting like that, what else would you expect?"
"But I’d recover faster if we just go back to the dorm."
"Then, make sure to act well enough so we can leave as fast as possible."
"I presume you don’t want them catching up on you?"
He shivered at that but tried to stay calm in case he called more attention to himself.
"If you don’t want to talk about it, then fine."
"You have your secrets, and I have mine. We’ll keep it that way."
"But we’re going to team up for the next test, so don’t even try hiding to escape." Xavier’s eyes narrowed at him, a subtle threat that was definitely received.
This got Luca nodding his head like a good woodpecker.
He didn’t expect Xavier to have such an outlook, but he said it directly, making it sound like a business proposition.
Most people would find it intimidating, but Luca found it comforting. He felt like he was being taken seriously.
People would forcefully extract secrets from him more often than he would like. He had no genuine concept of privacy until he learned how to safely hide away in his space.
There really weren’t many ways to hide when people even went as far as to inspect his organs under the microscope. All in their quest to find out the secrets to his spiritual abilities.
"Step inside so you can claim you’ve visited the infirmary."
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