Ashes and Embers

The moon waxed and waned, half a year passed by and everything was different.

Aesther and Noah were both required to stay in the palaces of their chosen Sacred Maidens to cultivate the heavenly path. 

The Second and Fifth Maidens were strict and serious, not allowing their mischievous behaviour to run wild even a bit. Neither of the two took a step outside once the training started.

It was a period of intense pain.

Aesther went to bed with an aching body countless times. She lost count of how many times she fainted, and how many hours she had to suffer in order to refine one aspect of the spell.

The Hundred Healings Spell required an extremely delicate mana control, something that can sew the flesh even in its minor and major injuries.

Something that can make the blood flow in reverse, change the beats of a heart, or even breathe life into a fresh corpse.