Agrona Vritra POV:
I was currently watching over my daughter play around the garden I was in. Sylvia sat right across from me as she was doing the same thing.
Thinking back to the reincarnates, Cecilia's progress was monstrous. Having access to all four elements and their deviants in just a few months after awakening. Her status as legacy seems to give her absolute control over mana and knowledge over it.
Having reached the mid silver stage from light orange in just three years, I expect she'll reach white core soon. But the thing that surprised me the most was something she did recently while I was training her.
~Flashback~
Having trained Cecilia in pure mana manipulation, I had taken a seat while looking over her while she played with mana making different shapes and objects. Her core stage was proving to be troublesome for perfect manipulation, being only at mid silver. In 5 to 6 years, I estimate she'll grow strong enough to rival an elite asura, who would have trained for thousands of years. It was as if mana bent to her will, heeding her every call.
As I was about to call her to end the training for today, I caught her shaking her head as if trying to get rid of something. I approached her to ask what was happening.
"What is the matter Cecilia?"
"While I was working to improve my control over pure mana, I suddenly started seeing these particles floating in the air. They are of four colours." she replied as she looked up to reveal glowing yellow eyes.
She's able to see mana particles? This is an astounding development which I hadn't predicted.
"Don't worry. Looks like your training is bearing fruit. Those are the mana particles of the four elements. You should stop seeing them once you stop imbuing your eyes with mana, which you seem to be doing subconsciously"
Her eyes stopped glowing as she did what I said. She seemed to be happy with the development too. She will be able to predict spells or have a better understanding of mana now.
~Flashback:End~
Nico, on the other hand seemed to be more inclined towards experimentation as he constantly works on artifacts. His inventions have helped the people view us in an even better way as he is known as 'Artificer Sever' who is sponsored by the sovereigns.
His inventions such as cameras, better light artifacts, having improved the rune cards to display the amount on the card itself and much more have helped paint us as good rulers who support talents. He plans to keep his artificer identity a secret, which is for the better.
His improvement, although not as good as Cecilia, was still impressive. Able to grasp the decay mana arts so quickly and efficiently, his soulfire and metal spikes manipulation managed to impress both Viessa and Melzri.
I can see him grow to be one of the strongest retainers but will still be weaker than any given Scythe.
I had a lot of expectations from Grey, as I thought he would stand toe to toe with Cecilia. But based on Seris's reports, it looks like I was wrong. His realmheart was incomplete rendering his draconian physique useless, although it might be completed later, currently I shouldn't have my hopes up. He is stronger than Nico, being one of the only two quadra elementals but with only two deviances.
He seemed to be training her student also. I can see him becoming a scythe, although I doubt he could take on a squad of half-bloods. Alone, maybe he could but a squad would undoubtedly defeat him.
