Episode 555 Self-mana muscle control technique (2)
“First, as a light warm-up, let’s start with chopsticks with your toes.”
“…”
Rakiel’s refreshing smile slowly spreads!
But everyone was silent.
Damian in particular was silent.
“….”
No, honestly, it’s ridiculous.
Actually, I expected a little too much. So, I was moved by your Majesty’s way of not giving up until the end. Therefore, I had a deep and sincere determination in my heart that I would gladly follow all the attempts His Highness suggested.
however.
“With your toes… what?”
“Yes, chopsticks.”
“….”
“I don’t know?”
“I know.”
Damian frowned and shook his head. I know it’s called chopsticks. I have seen it. So, the problem is that the sadness of Bibungangae is rising again and again.
“Before… there was a guy I briefly knew in the gladiatorial arena. He was said to have come from the southern continent, and he did strange things every time he ate. “He was the one who ate with two thin twigs he had picked up from somewhere without even bothering to look at the fork that had been provided to him.”
“Did you see how to use chopsticks properly?”
“That’s why I’m sad.”
“sad? why?”
“….”
Damian didn’t answer this time. Instead, he shot his master a look that said, ‘Do you really need to tell me that?’
Rachiel’s smile became even more shameless.
“So you don’t want to do it?”
“That’s not true…”
“It looks like you don’t want to do it?”
“Not really….”
“It looks like you really don’t want to do it?”
“Not really….”
“Yeah. “Since you say it that way, I’ll just say it is.”
“….”
“You must be curious, right? “Why did I suggest something like toe-sticking?”
Probably so.
It would be absurd.
It would be absurd.
It wasn’t just Damian, but also the Dragon King, the Flame Dragon, and the Flowerpot Dragon. The three dragons were also secretly giving him an interesting(?) look.
Rachiel cleared her throat and said.
“Listen carefully. The human body has a larger surface area than it looks. However, except when sleeping or sitting somewhere to rest, the area in contact with the ground is extremely small. Do you know where that is?”
“The soles of your feet… I guess.”
“that’s right. When a person stands and does activities, only the soles of the feet are the only parts of the body that are in contact with the ground. So, the soles of human feet have numerous muscles and tendons that are very precisely connected to nerves. “That way, you can maintain your balance and move even in the extremely unstable position of vertical walking.”
“So this is a process of strengthening those muscles and tendons?”
“Yeah, no.”
“sure?”
“It’s not about training, it’s about feeling.”
“Do you feel…dani?”
“The extremity of the body that has the most muscles, tendons and nerves in the body, but is furthest from the cerebrum. “You get to feel how the muscles and joints there are structured and how they move in order and balance.”
“What is that…”
Damian frowned.
I didn’t understand it at first.
Rachiel continued.
“Have you ever paid attention to how the muscles and tendons on the soles of your feet work when you walk, jump, run, sit down, or stand up?”
“…doesn’t exist.”
I don’t think there was one.
Because like everyone else, I just walked, ran, sat down and stood up. Because there was no need to pay such attention in performing all those movements in the first place. Just like everyone else.
“That’s why.”
Raquiel faintly recalled a bitter smile.
“From now on, you will have to live like that.”
“….”
“sorry. I can only suggest this method. Literally. The self-mana muscle control technique I suggested. So, the Selma muscle control technique… It’s really a method that allows you to live your daily life by manually controlling and moving each and every muscle.”
“I am prepared.”
“Resolution and reality will be very different.”
“I am also prepared for that.”
“okay. So, first, feel, perceive, and become aware of the muscles at the extremities of the body one by one. First of all, recognize it. To realize and recognize existence in a new way. That would be the first step in manipulation.”
“Yes, Your Highness.”
“So are you ready?”
“Yes, Your Highness.”
Damian nodded with a solemn heart. Rachiel also nodded. A lump of unspeakable emotion rose up in my heart. I barely managed to suppress it. And then I held out the item I had prepared in my arms to Damian. Dimly. Holding back hot emotions.
“Now, chopsticks.”
“….”
“Take off your socks and put them on your toes.”
“….”
Damian was nervous. I really have to do this. Do you think it’s funny? It didn’t cost anything. Rather, it was a bit daunting. Can I do this?
“…majesty.”
“huh?”
“I will try my best. And… if you want to laugh while watching it, you can just do so.”
“what? Smile? I?”
Rachiel looked with a straight face. It’s funny. By using chopsticks with your feet? This is nonsense. There are people in the world with all kinds of stories. One day, I saw a story on TV about people playing with chopsticks or drawing with their feet. Do you think they are funny? It didn’t cost anything. Rather, I just thought that they were great people and truly respectable people.
It was still the same now.
“Treatment is no joke. Likewise, this is no joke.”
It is an obvious fact.
He looked back at the Dragon King family and made a request.
“So, Dragon King? i look forward to.”
“ask? what?”
“Isn’t the Dragon King good at using chopsticks too?”
“Oh really?”
“So, please give me some advice. “Yeom Hwa-ryong and Hwa-hwa-ryong.”
“Is this really okay?”
“Of course. “Isn’t this the coaching staff?”
Rakiel smiled kindly. And added:
“In addition, I would be even more grateful if you could invite all those who can use chopsticks among those attending the pan-ethnic meeting.”
“entire? why?”
“The more diverse the advice, the better, right?”
“I think it will be more of a warning, not advice.”
“no.”
“Then are you trying to humiliate him?”
“Not that either?”
“…Well, okay. “If that’s you.”
It was from then on.
Many people capable of using chopsticks gathered in the director’s office after receiving a call from Dragon King Berkis. And while they were watching, Damian had to whine endlessly to hold the chopsticks with his toes.
“…majesty.”
“huh?”
“This is a lot harder than I thought.”
“of course. So you thought this would be easy?”
“no. Still, it’s beyond my imagination.”
“of course. “I can’t do it either.”
“…Your Majesty can’t do it?”
“huh.”
“Are you asking me to do that?”
“huh.”
“….”
“Are you unfair?”
“….”
“It’s unfair? why?”
“No, you can’t do it for me…”
“Then it’s natural that I can’t do it. “Why do I use my toes to chopstick?”
“….”
“Wow, fighting.”
“….”
Wow, I want to hit just one person.
Damian swallowed his tears and strengthened his toes. Of course, as soon as I did that, I received a scolding from Raquiel.
“Huh? Too much force goes into my toes. “I’m going to break my chopsticks.”
“….”
“Use it.” So, can you hold chopsticks properly?”
“….”
“Hey. “The angle is not right.”
“….”
“oh my. “That’s not how you do it.”
“….”
“Ugh. I have toes, but why can’t I grasp them? “I can’t hold it.”
“…majesty.”
“huh?”
“no.”
“okay. “I know you’re sorry, so let’s work harder, okay?”
“….”
Let’s stop talking.
Damian swallowed an internal sigh and concentrated his mind again. It was still difficult to hold chopsticks with my toes. First of all, it was awkward. There was really no hardship in trying to move my muscles in a way I didn’t normally use.
But he didn’t lose focus. This was because, apart from the presence of the master acting obnoxiously by his side, he felt with his body the meaning of the training he was currently performing.
‘It’s awkward because I’m using my muscles in a different way than usual… but I feel it more clearly.’
This is how my toes move. The muscles that make up the toes and their roots are connected and interlocked in this way. Toes are not moved only by the toe muscles. The soles of the feet, heels, ankles, and even the shins, calves, and knee muscles were all mobilized.
So….
‘Let’s work harder.’
Damien literally put his all into it. Thanks to this, within half a day, I was able to hold two chopsticks stably with my toes. Of course, in the meantime, I had to listen to many scoldings and scoldings from Rachiel.
“Hmm, now you’re starting to get a feel for how the muscles are connected?”
“Yes, Your Highness.”
“yes. That’s it. “Even your ankles and calves are used.”
“But…it’s not easy.”
“yes. “Don’t use your facial muscles.”
“yes?”
“Every time you wiggle your toes to hold your chopsticks, your nostrils also flutter?”
“….”
“There is no muscle connection there.”
“….”
“Wow. It happens again. “Relax, relax.”
“….”
Would you feel relaxed if you were like my lord?
I wanted to retort, but I held back. Instead, he moved the chopsticks held with his toes awkwardly and with difficulty. And I tried to grab the peas that were on the table. Of course, it wasn’t similar at all.
“You’re doing well, though. “Oh, you’re so kind, our Debokchi.”
“…Is that what you call me, Your Highness?”
“huh. “Because it sticks in your mouth.”
“….”
“Is it just as the Dragon King said? When it beeps, it hurts so much that I say “ugh” and feel like I’m going to die. If I fix it, it hurts somewhere else and I feel like I’m going to die. So, it’s not a sunfish, it’s a sunfish.”
“….”
In that case, my lord, aren’t you also a sunfish?
Damian barely suppressed the urge to refute. Rakiel’s encouragement continued in his ears.
“Come back to focus. I’m doing well now. Looking at the mana flow, my awareness of the small muscles and tendon structure under my calf has improved significantly compared to the morning?”
“Is that so.”
“uh. Really. “If I just do a little more, I can go to the next level.”
“What do you mean by the next step?”
“Send out mana and move just one muscle?”
“….”
Is that really possible?…
But Damian suppressed his doubts. Since you said you would become my lord, you can do it. All you have to do is believe and follow. Then, you will naturally achieve results. So I just believed it. The doubt was ruled out. I followed my lord’s words. I worked hard and focused. I didn’t even give up.
And after a few days had passed.
Finally, I achieved my first small success.
While listening to Rakiel’s constant scolding and nagging that day, I unconsciously moved a ray of mana and straightened it up through the powerful movement of my middle toe.
…Bubble!