Dragon Master: The SSS-Ranked School Belle Asked Me To Contract Her - Chapter 203

Chapter 203: Importance of Communication
Everything in the world had names, true names to be exact. As far as Veer knew, the names were granted by the Gods to every concept, law, elements, everything.

So, when one wanted to imagine manipulate something like Sand, they first needed to check what sand actually meant in the ancient language.

That Ancient language was the Runes. The same Runes used to to make spells and influence the world.

So, when Veer actually wanted to manipulate and imagined it, he needed to imagine the same concept of sand from the Runic language.

Modern language didn’t work out here. For example, if the modern example had a different definition of the sand, like counting all kinds of smaller rocks, then he would get difficulties in doing so.

After all, what he was comprehending and imagine was completely different than what he was supposed to imagine. If he wanted to manipulate the concept of Sand, then he needed to think of it’s definition in the Runic language.

Of course, he had no clue about Runic language and it’s definition of sand. However, many things had remained same throughout all languages, like the concept of rock.

When Veer tried to manipulate the concept of sand, he encountered several obstacles like other type of substances mixed in it. The concept of sand referred to a particular size which had specific properties.

He didn’t understood those things properly, and he might have been able to learn everything about it in time. But he had a alternate solution.

Concept of rocks was the same or atleast similar in all the languages, including the Runic language. So, if he just manipulated the concept of rock, then he would obviously learn to manipulate the concept of sand as it came under it.

After all, all sand was rock, in a way.

Since he had changed his decision, he quickly got into work. Closing his eyes, he took a handful of sand and wrapped his mana around it.

This times, he felt properties of every grain that slipped between his fingers and recorded in his mind. His senses spread around him, as they intook everything that happened around them.

Being in a region of things you wanted to comprehend definitely helped, and Veer was just taking advantage of it.

For almost half an hour, there was a common silent except for the gusta of winds making noise, carrying sand particles with it. Of course, it wasn’t just sand.

There were also rocks, water vapour albeit non-existent and many other things. This was the nature, with everything present.

Just as the winds began to pick up pace, ab outburst of wave from Veer scattered all the sand around him, as if struck with something invisible and powerful.

An area of one metra turned empty, as he just sat there contemplating something. His eyes slowly opened up, as a smile formed on his lips.

“This was much easier than before.”

Veer jumped from his position and picked a handful of sand, once again. Then, he closed his eyes and muttered , “Scatter!”

Instantly, the sand from his hand exploded and scattered away, falling on the ground with winds influence. However, it wasn’t random.

As the sand grains fell on the ground, they wrote a text, just as Veer had wanted all along. The text read Veer in a beautiful handwriting.

“Noice! I should have tried this from start,” Veer sighed and then shook his head.

This level of control wouldn’t be of any use to him. But it was still better than nothing since he atleast started it. If he had tried this somewhere else, he might have taken even more of his time.

So, in a way the floating islands with different topology were helping him in many things.

“Wind… let’s not get too greedy,” Veer shook his head and tried to throw away the idea of mastering winds.

While he knew how much important and useful winds were, he just didn’t have time to master them. It was a good place to master it…

“Fuck! Whatever, no harm in trying it for a few minutes,” Veer cursed himself for being too greedy and sat down on the ground.

For a few seconds, he did nothing and observed the wind flowing around him, carrying things with it.

It could be soft, giving people a refreshing feel. But it could also be lethal and turn a health civilization into ruins. What a power it held…

‘V, she is calm now so go talk to her.’

Veer’s body shook hearing Elara’s voice in his head. He blinked, realising that he was getting too absorbed in the winds…

‘I need to understand them, not turn into them. This is dangerous,’ Veer thought as he looked around. ‘Maybe it’s because of that Holder bitches attack…’

‘Dumbass? You there?’

“Yeah, I’m coming. Gimme a minute,” Veer replied and stood up. Giving the surroundings a last look, he swore to be more careful while doing these things.

Then, he jumped down the canyon steel walls and ran towards the small cave where Elara and Rain were. With his speed, he reached there swiftly, and stopped before it.

Taking a deep breath, he stepped inside and went down the narrow cave before finally coming face to face with Elara. He gave a short, grateful nod and passed by her.

After some time, he reached the small stream of water. Rain was sitting there with her legs in the legs. She probably had already sensed his presence, but she didn’t turn around.

Veer didn’t mind and also went to sit by her side. Taking off the lower part of battle suits, he dipped his legs in the cool water and sighed in relief.

“It’s good, right?” Rain said, having a light smile on her face. “I tried to look for it’s source but ended up with nothing. This cool stream is so mysterious.”

“Maybe it’s left behind by the civilisation of past,” Veer said, while trying to find some words so that he could start the real conversation.

“You know, Boss, I really enjoy these times, like this where we are just sitting and talking nonsense,” Rain said, trying to keep her voice low. “The same scenery we had when we met at that river’s bank.”

“I actually wanted to find it’s source too,” Veer chuckled and said.

“Same,” Rain said with a nod. “What I meant was, I enjoy every mundane moment with you, Boss. Because in these moments, only we two are there and no one else. I have your whole attention and you’re….”

She stopped and sighed, “Boss, how much did you actually listen?”

“All of it,” Veer said. “El had already informed me so I directly came here. I’m sorry, but I was curious about you so I didn’t announce my presence.”

“You were curious about me?” Rain smiled and said. “You can just ask me, Boss. I will tell you everything.”

“First of all, stop calling me Boss,” Veer grasped her hand, making her shiver slightly but she didn’t reject it. “And the reason I didn’t ask was because I thought you weren’t ready.”

He tightened his hold on her hand and continued, “It was my mistake. I’m sorry. I assumed a lot of things about you and acted according to it instead of actually asking your opinion.”

With a wry smile, he added.

“I just thought that you’re not in a right position to form a proper opinion. You had no proper human relationships..or atleast that’s what I assumed from your words. And that made me worry that you’re going to make your decision just because I’m the only guy who befriended you.”

“W-What? You thought…” Rain’s mouth hung open, as she just continued to look at Veer.

“Hey, I know it’s my fault and I’m apologising for it,” Veer looked down at their hands and said. “Somehow, I was also making sure I didn’t affect you too much mentally as I wanted you to experience everything normally and then choose what you want.”

“But…”

“I know! That’s where I failed,” Veer sighed. “So, I hope you forgive me. Also, I never for once pitied you or thought you’re useless or you’re ugly. Nothing of the things you were imagining.”

Rain stayed silent for a few seconds, making Veer worry taht he might have really hurt her. To his surprise, she began to laugh loudly all of a sudden.

“Hahah!” Rain almost fell in the stream, as she was shaking from laughing so much.

Her laugh was a mixture of humor, pain..and something more which Veer couldn’t understand. So, he just waited for her to explain.

When she calmed down slightly, he asked, “Why are you laughing?”

“Nothing! I’m just laughing at us,” Rain wiped the read from the corner of her eyes and said. “We could have resolved everything easily but it grew so complicated because we didn’t communicate and simply continued to make assumptions.”

“Haha! True, I actually feel embarassed because I used to curse those romance novels where things would grow so complicated just because the main leads didn’t communicate,” Veer chuckled. “What an irony!”