He asked whether, on such a beautiful day, it made any sense to stay locked in a room just training, and Turan replied that yes, that was exactly what he had been thinking.
Even so, Aziz Burke dragged him out to enjoy life, first taking him to a casino, where Turan refused to participate, and then to a rather unsanitary bar, where he also chose not to stay.
During the outing, however, Turan came across a city notice board displaying an image of Keoran — someone he would have recognized anywhere — and it immediately caught his attention.
Because of that, he decided to attend a play that told the story of that night, set around the year 2195, when the warriors of Badal Arabian marched toward the desert of demons. The performance highlighted Keoran's figure, who with divine assistance managed to defeat an enemy after an extremely difficult battle.
After it ended and the audience applauded, Aziz Burke asked whether it had been worth watching, and Turan replied that it had been good. But it also reminded him that Keoran himself claimed to be nothing more than an ordinary knight, which showed how humble his master really was. He thought that if he ever met him again, he would ask whether that story was truly accurate.
The following morning, Turan woke up to find Haram Burke staring at him, asking whether he had rested well in that body.
After confirming that he had, Turan asked the reason for the visit. Haram Burke explained that he had noticed the potential of his body the previous day, and invited him to train, saying that the body does not grow stronger through rest, but by being forged — and making it clear that he would only refuse if Turan himself did not want to go.
Turan accepted, recognizing that it would be far more productive than doing nothing.
When Aziz Burke came into the room calling for him and found his uncle there, Haram Burke commented that he was taking Turan to train, and provoked him by asking whether he would not also like to strengthen that weak body of his. Aziz Burke, clearly unwilling, said he had only just come back from the city and was tired, and left the room quickly — which confused Turan at the time, though it would make sense later.
During the training, while doing inclined push-ups with weights on his back, Turan heard Haram Burke ask whether he could feel his body screaming, and emphasize that he should not give in to such minor pain, since his mind was being dominated by physical weakness.
When he finished, Turan was quite exhausted, and Haram Burke explained that even so, he was still a mage, and should consider himself lucky to go through this only once. A normal body, even after being trained, weakens over time and needs to be constantly tested, whereas mages, thanks to mana, can maintain their bodies in an ideal state, like steel that does not deteriorate.
Without giving him much rest, Haram Burke asked whether he had recovered enough, and even though Turan said it had only been a few seconds, he insisted that the body does not lie, and that it was enough. Then he began teaching hand-to-hand combat techniques.
Because of this, Turan's routine within the Burke family became extremely intense. In the morning he trained his body with Haram Burke. At dusk he returned to the mansion to practice magic with Mesa. And in between he still spent time with Aziz Burke, until, without realizing it, three weeks had already passed.
During one of those sessions, while practicing lightning magic, Turan missed the target again, which caught the princess's attention. She commented that such difficulty was unusual for someone like him. Turan justified it by saying that he was not from Badal Arabian, and Mesa replied that she could not help him much, since she had never needed to aim lightning magic in that way.
At that moment a guard approached to deliver a message, showing some discomfort at Turan's presence, but Mesa told him to speak quickly, as she had already made it clear that no one from the main house should approach her.
The guard reported that the head of the family had summoned her. The dark elves had launched a major offensive in the south and had already taken three cities, and an expedition was being organized.
Hearing this, Turan realized that the elves had reappeared, while Mesa understood the gravity of the situation and said that she needed to depart — adding that she would still collect the price for the decomposition magic he had shown her.
She asked whether he knew that electricity also flows through the human body, and upon receiving a negative answer, explained that this was a secret of Badal Arabian, and proposed to consider the debt settled if he learned the concept properly.
She explained that when a person sees, feels or smells something, small electrical charges are sent to the brain, which interprets the information and sends commands back to the body so that it can move.
At first Turan had difficulty understanding, but then he realized that it resembled concepts he had seen in the library books. Perhaps another law of nature.
Mesa asked what would happen if that electricity were accelerated with magic, and Turan concluded that perception and reaction would increase. She confirmed it, praising his reasoning, and saying that he could even become an academic.
Curious, she decided to demonstrate, and Turan closed his eyes, focusing on the idea of an electrical current running through his body, trying to accelerate those signals with mana.
When he succeeded, he noticed that everything around him seemed to slow down, as though moving through water — but the effect came with a strong headache that interrupted the spell.
Mesa explained that he had failed by using mana recklessly, and that because of the pain it would be difficult to adapt at that moment, but that over time he would be able to maintain the technique for longer periods.
Reflecting on it, Turan commented that this seemed like knowledge far too valuable compared to what he had offered, but Mesa replied that she saw it as an investment, since he showed talent, and that she would collect in the future if he learned even more impressive spells.
With that, she departed on her urgent mission.
A few days later, in the city of Morgain, in the center of the Dekain Plains, a large crowd gathered to watch the departure of the mages and knights of Badal Arabian, turning what should have been just a mission to hunt dark elves into something that resembled a parade.