I explained the situation to Alicia, about how I froze peoples arms to going behind the school in five days. When I told her I froze someone's arm, her posture changed, to a more intrigued look.

"So, you have to meet a girl behind the school in five days. You believe she's a demon due to her friends having high regenerative abilities like yours?" She questioned me.

"Yes! And I want to control my demon ability at least a bit before I have to go to the back of the school," I gasped for air as I said that quickly.

"Ok, I need to get something," Alicia replied.

Alicia then jumped out of her sitting position and disappeared into the dead forest. I was shocked that she went into the woods because she never left the lake when I was around. Speaking of which, I decided to look into the pond, as I wondered why she chose this place and not another part of the forest.

Staring into my reflection, I placed my finger into the water, as a bright ripple came from it. Putting more of my hand in, it was hot, like a bath, something I had not to notice before, probably because my body had been dealing with ice beforehand.

Alicia tapped me on the shoulder, and I turned around, seeing that she had a stick in her right hand.

"What are you going to do with that twig?" I asked her.

"It's a thing demons do to find out their demon ability; I had a book about it which I memorised," She simply replied.

"So how are we going to find that out with a twig?"

Alicia then walked up to me, pricked my right thumb with the twig, then jumped back.

"Ow, what the fuck was that for?!" I yelled at her, noticing that the prick had already healed.

She completely ignored the question and instead, gave me a command.

"Use your special eyes and look at the top of the twig you idiot," Alicia demanded, holding it out.

Not wanting to get jabbed by the rest of the stick, I did what she wanted. It was hard to concentrate at the tip, but when I did do it, I was amazed at what was there. The wood was now stained red with my blood, giving off a unique aura that was neither mine nor Alicia's.

"The Dysan twig, named after the demon who started the war of the five nations," Alicia said.

"Great, what do I have to do?" I asked.

"You hold the twig and focus all of your different sources into it at once; the outcome will show you your demonic ability,"

I grabbed the twig and sat down, focusing all of my different sources into the twig. Alicia then put her hands on my back which startled me and made me lose my focus.

"What are you doing!?" I asked Alicia.

"I'm removing your limit on your source of darkness, this will make things much easier, as you can only use it when your fighting right now," Alicia smirked.

I go back to focusing, putting all my source into the tiny twig. I imagined a room of black, the twig in front of me, and three different coloured sources of indigo, white and ice blue began to flow into it. As I saw the twig absorb more and more of my source, it changed.

The stick then erupted into a massive red icicle, which laid there in my hand. By how shocked I was, Alicia snatched it from my hands and examined it.

"Hmm, you have a blood ice demonic ability" She gasped.

"Could you please explain what that is?" I asked Alicia, rubbing my eyes.

"When your source touches a body, you can inject your source into them through contact, this includes, physical attacks, incarnate weapons etcetera. But what is rare is to control your source in that body, for you, you're able to freeze them without being in direct contact,"

"Great, so how do I control it?"

"You focus on the point of contact and start putting your source into, the gateway between you and the wound makes the blood and other materials within the victim begin to freeze,"

"...Is that how I killed the demon?" I said with a dark tone.

"Yes, but when that entity was controlling you, your ability was somewhat enhanced. When it left you, it also reverted to normal, probably awakening it in the process."

All I wanted to do was use the ability and make it stronger. Knowing that it was weak, I felt relieved knowing that it was probably easier to control at the start. Alicia then got a large log and placed it in front of me; it was at least twice my size and a little bit wider. Wondering why Alicia put this in front of me, I was about to ask her, but she already answered my question before I could.

"Summon your incarnate weapon, then graze the log, you then practise of freezing the mark,"

I simply nodded and summoned my incarnate weapon. This time a silver halberd with a blue pole appeared in my hands. I then poked the trunk with my halberd, then dropped it to the floor, making it disappear. I went close to the tree and focused on the puncture hole I had made in it. Just by concentrating on the puncture, I could already feel some sort of gate between myself and the wound.

I focused on making my ice source flow through the gate, making the tree freeze. After what I guessed ten minutes, I opened my eyes to see that the puncture had frozen over with a thin layer of ice. I ran over to Alicia and told her the good news.

"Alicia, I did it!"

"Well, that took much less time than I expected,"

"What do you mean?"

"The first few times you try to activate a new ability it can take several days to get a result, you only did it in fifteen minutes, as you have no idea what your soul ability is, do you?"

"No, but, at least I can control something I didn't know."

I was surprised that I was able to activate my ability faster than an average demon, especially since I was only half of one. But due to my already having some other skills and training, I believed that made it more accessible. Discarding any other thoughts that had to do with my demonic heritage, I continued my training.

Just by doing it only once, I felt a stronger bond between the wound and the gate. Trying again, I cut the time in half, about eight minutes now. I was surprised that I cut my first time in half, but it made me feel even better.

I kept trying until dusk, and I was able to activate the ability in two minutes, I had no trace of any type of source within my body, as I almost fainted on the ground, my soul was exhausted. Seeing this, Alicia created a thick mist which healed my fatigue completely. I stood up and left the forest, knowing that next time I saw that girl, I can hold my own better against her.