Seraphina watched him closely.
"Now," she said, "move your Aura without using the system."
Fenric hesitated. "Without… any help at all?"
"Yes," she replied. "No prompts. No guidance. No automatic correction."
She lowered her staff slightly. "True Aura Masters do not rely on external systems. They feel, adjust, and control everything themselves."
Fenric took a slow breath.
He stopped listening for anything outside.
No system voice.
No invisible assistance.
Just his body.
And the Aura inside it.
At first, the Aura wavered.
The golden-blue shimmer around him flickered.
Fenric frowned and focused harder—not forcing it, but guiding it, the way Seraphina had taught him during refinement.
Slow.
Smooth.
Like water flowing around stone.
The Aura settled.
It moved where he wanted it to move.
Seraphina's eyes sharpened. "Good. That's the difference."
She stepped forward.
"System-assisted users let power move them," she continued. "Aura Masters move the power."
