A Brief Lesson

Isabelle then said, "Yes, you didn't know?"

And Zoe said, "No."

Briny then said, "I didn't know Gen had a king-level essence either."

And Zoe said, "So that essence you used yesterday in my office was King level? What is your essence?"

Gen then said, "The essence I used yesterday was not King level."

And Zoe said, "What do you mean it wasn't? My mom just said you're a King."

Gen then said, "I am, just not in the essence you're talking about."

"What do you mean? Do you happen to have another essence?"

Gen was about to answer when Raja said, "He doesn't have another essence. He has two other essences."

And Zoe said, "What?!"

Briny then said, "Is that true, Gen?"

Gen then said, "Yes. I have three essences. One of them is the one I used yesterday, which is the essence of the Endless. It's on the Outer level. There is one of them that I don't like to talk about. So please don't ask me about it. And I have my Spear essence, which is my essence that is on the King level."

Briny then said, "Wow, I've never seen a person with more than one essence."

Zoe then said, "I've never seen anybody either. You said your king-level essence is the spear essence, right?"

And Gen said, "Yes, that's right."

"Did you understand it on your own, or did you learn it from your master?"

"I learned it from my master during a time I spent traveling with him."

Briny then said, "You have a master, Gen? I didn't know."

And Gen said, "Yes."

Zoe then said, "Gen said that he is a disciple of the Spear Master."

Isabelle was briefly startled and then said, "Gen, you shouldn't say that kind of thing. The Spear Master doesn't tolerate that kind of thing. I remember when Zoe was younger, one of her friends said something like that, and the Spear Master came here personally to get him."

And Zoe said, "What? He hadn't gone to live with his uncle?"

"No. I just told you that so as not to scare you."

Gen then said, "I told you."

And Isabelle said, "Are you really his disciple?"

"Yes."

"That's strange. As far as I know, the Spear Master only has one disciple these days."

"Well, you're not wrong."

"What do you mean I'm not wrong? I've seen the Spear Master's disciple, and you're not him."

Everyone then looked at Gen, and he said, "... well, that's right. After all, I was expelled by my master."

Isabelle then said, "You were expelled?"

And Gen said, "Yes."

"What did you do to get him to expel you?"

"Well, even though he taught me how to use the spear, I decided to follow a different path from him, and when he saw that, he said that it would be harmful to me to continue studying as his disciple, and so he told me to stay away, but I didn't want to, and I insisted that he let me stay, but he stood firm in his decision and decided to expel me so that I couldn't come back even if I wanted to."

"Wow, he was pretty strict with you, but from what you said, it sounds like it was for your good."

"Yes, I know it was."

Everyone was then silent, and Gen said, "Well, let's change the subject."

And Isabelle said, "That's right."

Briny then said, "Gen, Raja, Lina, your clothes are ready. They're here."

Briny picked up a bag that was on the floor next to her, put her hand in it, and took the clothes out of it.

She then said, "Here's yours, Lina."

And Lina said, "Thanks, Briny."

Briny then said, "You're welcome. Raja, here is yours.", and then she handed Raja his clothes.

And he said, "Thanks Bri. I barely saw the outfit, and I already love it."

Briny then said, "That's nice, Raja, and here's yours, Gen."

Gen then took his outfit from Briny and said, "Thanks, Briny, and-"

Gen then stopped talking and suddenly looked to the side toward the horizon, and Isabelle did the same. He then stretched out his arm, and light appeared in his hand.

Raja then asked, "What are you doing, Gen? Why did you take your spear?"

And Gen said, "It's coming."

Raja then said, "What's coming?", but Gen continued to stare at the horizon without answering him.

Isabelle then said, "Gen, do you need help?"

And Gen said, "No. I have a sense of what's coming. I'll take care of it."

He then kept looking at the horizon, and everyone looked in the same direction.

After a while, Raja said, "Gen, what's coming?"

And Gen said, "That.", and just after he said that, they could see a black dot on the horizon.

The dot was growing in size and getting bigger and bigger by the second. To a point where Briny asked, "What is that?"

And Lina said, "It looks like a spear."

Gen then said, "It doesn't look like one. It is a spear. Isabelle, I imagine it's no big deal, but it's better not to risk it."

And Isabelle said, "No need to say anything else.", and then she made a large amount of water appear around her and surrounded everyone but Gen in a bubble of water.

The object then continued to approach, and now it was visible that it was a spear. Gen then got into a fighting stance and waited. After a few seconds, the spear came in front of him, and he struck it with Light, making a great impact that generated a great gust of wind.

The spear continued to press against Gen and did not lose strength even after the impact. Gen stood in a stalemate with the spear for a few seconds, and then suddenly, a black aura exploded from within the spear. It spread out everywhere and hit the water bubbles that were protecting everyone but could not penetrate them.

Gen began to feel enormous pressure after the spear released its aura, and then he began to be pushed backward. He then planted his feet on the ground, and after a few seconds, the ground around him began to crack, and he was pushed back again.

This continued for some time, and with each passing second, Gen was closer to the edge of the terrace.

He then thought, 'Damn, I can solve this easily with my essence, but I know this is one of his tests. So it wouldn't make sense to make it that easy.'

Gen kept thinking of another way out of that situation, and then he heard a voice say, "When do you plan to use your aura?"

And he said, "I don't know how to use aura."

The voice then said, "What do you mean you don't know? Have you forgotten everything I taught you?"

Upon hearing this, Gen fell silent and began to vaguely remember something.

He then began to hear, "Aura is nothing more than the accumulation of your experience with something. Although essence has a similar description, they are completely different. Essence has to do with understanding, that is, the mind, and aura has to do with your practice, that is, your body. You don't need to understand anything to generate and use aura. The only thing you need is constant practice and interaction so that the object of your practice becomes a part of your body. From that moment on, your aura will begin to be generated and gradually fill your body, and when it reaches the limit of what the body can hold, it will release itself from it and will come out like a big wave, ready to drown whoever is in its path."

Upon hearing this, Gen felt a sensation in his body and then trembled a little. Everything then briefly went silent, and suddenly, from within Gen, a huge silver aura came out, which quickly went towards the black aura and began to suppress it.

This continued for a while, and then, after a few seconds, the black aura was gone, and the only aura that existed was Gen's silver aura. Seeing that the black aura was gone, Gen pulled his aura back into his body, and then, after a few seconds, everything was back to normal.

The spear that had come from the horizon was stuck on the ground in front of Gen. He then approached the spear, knelt, and was about to bow down when he heard, "Enough, that's enough. You are no longer my disciple, don't forget that."

Gen then stopped halfway and said, "Thank you very much for your guidance, Spear Master."

And the voice then said, "You know I don't like that title."

"What should I call you then?"

"You always complicate things, don't you? You can call me master, then, even though you are no longer my disciple. After all, if it weren't for me, you wouldn't know the difference between a spear and a toothpick, hahaha."

Gen then laughed and said, "Thank you, master."