“Hm…?” The medical supervisor squinted her eyes as she glanced at the medical report in front of her.
“Uh… Is there a problem doctor?” Rui asked with a hint of anxiety, seated on the other side of the table. The doctor’s expression was not reassuring.
It had been three days since the duel between Nel and Felix. Life had gone about as one were to expect since then. As soon as the duel ended, Rui returned to training neglecting sleep thanks to the effects of the mental rejuvenation potions; potions that rejuvenated the psyche the way eight hours of sleep did.
The administration of the potion as well as the monitoring of the student’s condition was an extremely important duty that came along with it, and it was a duty that the medical department fulfilled. Overdosing on rejuvenation potions could lead to brain damage and induced mental disorders, it could potentially be fatal, and the Academy had set up an extremely strict protocol system to ensure that it did not inadvertently cripple their students, that would be a catastrophe.
The medical department was to conduct medical tests to decide whether students were fit to consume rejuvenation potions, as well as the quantity and potency.
Rui had just completed one of the daily routine of tests and was currently present before a designated doctor who was evaluating them.
She ignored Rui’s question and flipped back and forth between the pages in confusion, before finally looking up to Rui.
“You have consumed three rejuvenation potions, one per day, continuously, correct?”
“Yes”
She glanced back at the data with even greater confusion, before shaking her head. “I’m afraid there’s an error in the tests. You’ll have to redo the medical tests immediately.”
Rui’s apprehension increased upon hearing that, he asked cautiously. “Is there an issue with my health, doctor?”
“No not an issue with you, it’s just that the data suggests that you’re fit to consume more potions successively. However, it is a well-established medical fact that thirteen-year-olds cannot consume three potions to skip sleep three times without detrimental and severe symptoms. The purpose of these daily tests is to verify the limits of each student based on their individual medical results, so that we can ensure they don’t go over these limits.”
She explained as she wrote up the test prescriptions on her prescription bills.
Rui nodded before repeating himself. “So does it say I’m fine, or not fine?”
“The results indicate that you can go on without sleep for a few more days with a few more rejuvenation potions, however, this is a medical impossibility.” She shook her head. “It’s quite likely that a human error was made somewhere in the medical or documentation process or just a false positive. It would be dangerous to prescribe another rejuvenation potion to you, since this data is clearly false. A thirteen-year-old’s subconscious mind is too underdeveloped and immature to possibly withstand more without severe backlash.”
Rui’s eyes widened as a realization dawned him. Under normal circumstances, this was a very reasonable analysis on her part. Mistakes and errors were not uncommon when it came to medical tests even on Earth, it was medical practice to re-prescribe tests when an unlikely and improbable result occurred, just to be safe.
However, he had another explanation.
(‘What if… The reason I can consume more potions than normal thirteen-year-olds is because my subconscious mind is not that of a thirteen-year-old, but that of a seventy-two-year-old?’) He pondered in wonder.
The implications were massive. It meant that he could train for far longer than his peers. He would have no need for sleep, and could spend most of his life in the Academy training.
His rate of growth would skyrocket compared to his peers!
He could train day and night for many times longer than they could!
Rui grew incredibly excited at that thought, but this was just speculation, he had no proof, he didn’t want to get too ahead of yourself.
He enthusiastically urged the doctor to schedule the test to occur as soon as possible, much to her surprise. Thankfully the Academy was quick and efficient, within an hour, the doctor had the results of the new tests in her hands.
“What…” She ran her eyes over the report, flummoxed, glancing up at Rui once in a while.
“Are you feeling okay after three days of rejuvenating potions?” She asked him after a while of silence.
“I’m feeling fine doctor.”
She sighed, putting the documents on her table.
“Alright then, as per protocol, you’ll be assigned the required amount of dosage.”
“So that means I’m truly able to go on for longer than other my age?”
She nodded reluctantly.
“I don’t really understand how, but aberrations are not unheard of though this is new, it seems your subconscious mind is strong beyond its age. Quite odd.” She looked at him curiously.
“Haha, I wonder why.”
Inwardly Rui was joyful beyond words. The greater the number of mental rejuvenation potions he could take implied the greater the number of hours he could train every week. He was almost seven times as old as a thirteen-year-old, if the time period was linearly dependent on mental age, then his night-time training could also be almost seven times as much! He intended to go all-out with training with the help of these potions.
“Just how much faster am I going to stronger?” He wondered with giddy ecstasy. In the short term, it would not be too impactful, after a longer amount of time, the accumulated extra time would be substantial!
Rui’s heart began pumping madly as he thought of catching up to Kane sooner than he had initially hoped to. Maybe even before they graduate the Academy! The head start Kane had on him would naturally grow less and less meaningful and impactful over time. But with the help of the potions, he could accelerate the process.
His heart began pumping wildly as he felt the urge to dedicate every ounce of his time awake to training and growing stronger.
(‘Just you wait…I’m going to grow stronger unlike anything you guys have ever seen!’) He inwardly declared.