Limits Chapter 144

I was shooting the arrows for the better part of the afternoon . Laly said the more I practice shooting the better I will get . Of course that was true with anything I did but I guessed that she wanted to motivate me . "You can stop for now . You were at it for couple of hours now . Get some rest . You will not learn the archery in one day" Laly said .

I stopped my practice and prepared to make some late dinner for myself . When the meat was roasting, I asked "I never saw you eat . What do Eterians eat actually?" . She responded "The same stuff as you humans do? I mean, we are not that much different . Why do you keep treating me like some sort of rare creature?" .

' . . . She is kind of right about that' I thought and decided to change topics . "Do you want some meat?" . She shook her head again and said "No, I'm not hungry" . I was baffled, 'I never saw her eat so why wouldn't she be hungry?' I asked myself . I ate my dinner and decided that it was enough archery training for one day . Instead, I thought I could try and start modifying the 4th diagram from the Strength Manual . 'It's always good to have it already modified . When I need it, I will have it straight away . Besides, I don't know how long it will take me to modify it' I thought .

I drew the 4th diagram on the ground using a stick and stared at it for a while . I was trying to find out anything that could be changed and improved . I also knew that I would have to add an intent or aura at the end . I wasn't bothered by that at that moment . I would have to first modify it before I could try and add aura to it .

Laly that was sitting next to me looked at the drawing as well and asked "What is this?" . I responded to her "This? A diagram that allows me to train my strength . The pose I do in the morning is the 3rd diagram that I modified . This one is 4th and I'm trying to modify it now" . She looked at me and then at the diagram while saying "So that is the reason why you always did those stupid poses every morning . I always wondered why would you do it . I didn't want to be rude so I didn't ask . There are loads of people who have some strange habits" .

'Anyone would think that probably . I mean, those poses do look weird' I thought . Laly then said "But if you have the pose already, why are you modifying it? Just use this one" to which I responded "I can't, it's not right for me . These diagrams were much weaker and not suitable for me before I modified them . This is the 4th diagram and the difficulty to modify them rises every time I try to modify the next diagram . From what I can see already, my medical knowledge is too shallow to modify it . I don't see much wrong with it and even if I change some small bits, this will not work" .

Laly stared at the diagram for a while and said "Maybe I can help you" . I was not only confused but shocked . 'She can help me? HOW!?' I asked myself . I looked at her and said "How? Do you know a lot about the Art of Medicine?" to which she responded "No but I do have some books that are quite advanced . I don't understand many things from them but maybe you will be able to" .

'BOOKS!' I screamed in my mind . "Give them to me!" I said in a hurry as if she was about to burn them to ashes . She shook her hand a books started appearing . This was another shocking moment . It looked like she magically pulled out those books from thin air . I asked "How did you do that?" to which she said "What? Oooh! You mean how I retrieved those books? I have the same thing as you do but a bit or rather a lot better . You have those bags of yours that are quite common with humans but I have something else" and she showed me her wrist .

"This is my bracelet . It has the same functions as your bag but this thing is much better . Not only it reduces the weight of the things inside, it can also fit much more than those crappy bags" she said . 'This is amazing!' I thought and asked "Did you make it? How is this made? What are the materials? Where can I find them?" . I was like a small child who was shown something amazing and mystical, that was why I showered her with questions .

She said "Calm down . No I didn't make it, I received it from my parents . They gave it to me as a present . I don't know how it's made, I'm not very knowledgeable about such materials . I know that my parents paid a huge price for someone to create it for them" . I was a bit disappointed because if she knew how to make those things, I could learn that and make my own in the future . Still, she had some medical books, I took whatever I was given .

There were a total of 3 books . Their titles "Corporeal Structure", "Bone Treatment Log" and "Nerves and Pressure Points" . As I read the titles, I got more excited . The 1st book probably described stuff about our physical bodies which would be useful to me as I probably didn't know everything . Nick taught me a lot about the human body but I'm sure he didn't or couldn't teach me everything . 'I might find some very useful things inside that book' I thought .

The 2nd title was a bit mysterious . A log would suggest some kind of entries in order of dates . 'If my guess is correct, this books should contain a specific date and time with a cause and method of treating that cause for the patient . All of this will probably refer to the bones in human's body' I thought . The 3rd title was something I studied in the past with Nick but at a very basic level . 'Nick only showed me couple of pressure points and explained some stuff about our nervous system but this book might hold a lot more' I thought .

With those books in my hands, I was a happy man . I looked at Laly and asked "How did you get those books?" to which she replied brazenly "I killed a guy who had them . It was quite a few years ago . Do you find them useful?" . I said "Of course! These will be very useful to me . I will give them back to you once I'm done with them" . She replied "No need, you can keep them . I have no use for them anyway and they were only clattering up my bracelet" .

She didn't have to ask twice . 'If she doesn't want them back, I will take them gladly' I thought and took my books back to the cave . I was very eager to start reading them before I went to sleep . Laly followed me inside the cave and sat on the chair in my room as usual . I didn't think much of it as my focus was fully on the books . I chose the "Corporeal Structure" book and opened it on the first page .

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