Gorgeous Jewel
Chapter I Chapter 11

After Mary left the room. Alice prepares to begin her inner strength training. This time he did not want to sweat too much and made his clothes drenched again.

Not far from his bed in the middle of the room on an empty area, Alice stood up and bent her knees slightly down. Alice took the stance of the horses and stretched her hands forward. Slowly he began to flow Qi energy in his hands and feet accompanied by a pull and a breath. Then a small fire engulfed his hand. He remembered that before he lost his Mana Heart, he had a match with the fire element and it was just like this moment that a small flame he was able to make at that time. Alice felt that her body was still storing the remaining mana and fire element so the principle of this world affected the Qi energy flowing in her body.

Alice began to move her hands and feet in rhythm. Swinging, pushing gently and occasionally he punches. With a hot Qi energy capable of making flames, Alice looked like she was playing two torches in her hand while dancing.

"It's no mistake, my former Mana Heart had an effect on my body to the point that my Qi energy was able to generate flames so easily." His mind.

He did not even need to reopen the techniques and moves he had learned. But tucked something strange in his mind. He felt that something was different when he released his Qi energy in the middle of the city at that time.

Alice stopped her movements and returned to an upright position. He looked at one of his hands and then re-flowed his Qi energy to make the blaze.

Slowly the blaze got bigger and formed a fireball the size of a round ball. Alice narrowed her eyes as she looked at the blazing fireball in front of her. "Isn't it..it's like magic?" He was surprised by how easy it was to form such a big fireball. Maybe if his former self was indeed very easy because of his great strength, but when compared to his current self who might still be in the Qi energy development stage, would that be possible?

" Is my Mana Heart not completely gone?"

Alice thought that aside from the Qi energy she was absorbing and forming in her body. The mana contained in the air around him also affected his ability, besides his match to the fire element in the past which made his development faster and more stable in using hot Qi. But that was all a guess to him. The Qi and Mana possessed by the principles of this world was different from the world in the life of the two. Although both create power within but there are things that make the two separate.

As Alice watched the fireball in her hand, she felt strange when the heat was not felt at all from the fireball. Alice scrunched her eyebrows together. "The heat is there, but not so strong" he muttered after he placed his other hand on the fireball.

Out of curiosity Alice poured more Qi into her hands and made a bigger fireball. The ball became the size of an adult's head.

"Huh, I didn't expect it to turn out to be as difficult as I imagined" Alice was surprised.she thought that she would need more effort but instead, she just needed a little extra Qi energy.

Alice once again put one hand closer to the fireball. He was stunned when his fingertips touched the fireball. A piercing cold and pain had just grabbed his index finger.

"It-it's.[ Freezing Flame]" As soon as possible Alice released her Qi energy and extinguished the fire in her hand. "remarkable. I didn't expect to create Freezing Flame."

A very happy feeling vividly depicted on his face. He grinned long enough for his unexpected achievement.

"To train the two opposing elements and Qi energy alone is already difficult especially if you have to unite them. I vividly remember when someone foolishly tried to fuse fire and ice on her body" Alice chuckled for a moment "He exploded because of that contradictory Qi energy."

The freezing flame according to Alice is a fire formed due to the union between hot and cold Qi. Although fused but they do not eliminate the basic elements. The Qi of the Freezing flame itself would not burn or create a turbulent fire. But he'll freeze anyone who's been hit by the fire. Freezing flame or freezing fire is a dangerous thing. Freezing that occurs is only visible from the outside but for the affected object, they will feel the heat of the needle that pierces into the bone. Freezing flame does not burn on the outside but the fire burns from the inside.

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After spending a long time practicing. Alice this time visited her father's study. While bringing a cup of tea and a few pieces of pastry, Alice visits her father.

The sound of knocking made Ernard stop checking the documents in his hand. "Dad, it's me, Alice."

"Come in."

Alice gracefully stepped towards Ernard's table. With a tray on top of a cup of tea and a snack that he brought in both hands made Ernard ask "What made you come here? Are there no servants out there?" Ernard intended to ask her about her rare visit to her study, even more so why a lady of the house owner had to bring tea and snacks which were the work of a servant.

Alice walked over to Ernard's desk. He smiled softly."The cake was made by the head of the kitchen while the tea was made by me. Try dad." Said Alice while serving tea and snacks in front of Ernard.

"You made the tea?" Alice nodded in response to Ernard's question.

Although hesitant, Ernard still took a cup of tea in front of him. Slowly he started drinking the tea.

"It's sweet and it's a little sour, it smells good."

"That's because I added a little honey and lemon and chamomile flowers in my flower garden."

Ernard was surprised and a little surprised, he just found out that Alice was proficient in making tea, especially the knowledge of flowers that can be used to add to the aroma of tea.

Ernard put down that cup of tea. "It just so happens you're here. I want to ask you something?" The look on his face became more serious as if he was about to say something so important.

"Is that dad?"

Ernard was not so sure of his question but even so for the good of his daughter at least he tried to give the best way.

"Do you want to go back to the academy?"