As soon as I got home, I called everyone together. I told them about the coming monster wave. They seemed a little blasé about it, but I guess they have been through them their entire lives. I offered to send them to Rose Flower Manor, but no one wanted to go. I expected Gabriel and Fabia to stay, but not everyone.

  Afterwards, I went into my office and started to get ready for tomorrow. I expected between 6 and 10 mages coming to learn the spell. I prepared a total of 2 more tomes with the Minor Heal spell. I now have 4 multiuse tomes. The tomes were much easier to write than the original one and took about 15 minutes each. I then created 3 tomes each of Minor Life Regenerate and Close Wounds. These also only took 15 minutes each. It seemed the more I did it, the easier it got to transfer the magic to the tomes.

  My plan was for each mage to learn all three spells. This way, they could treat each patient according to their needs, rather than just have Minor Heal only. Minor Heal costs twice as much mana as either of the other two spells, so using it only will waste mana. For example, if a warrior only has a cut on their arm, Close Wounds will get them back into combat. You could treat it with Minor Heal, but that would be a waste of mana. Learning all three spells gives a level of flexibility that learning only Minor Wound does not. I also arranged for other training materials, including note paper, pens, and ink. By dinner time, I was fully prepared for tomorrow’s class.

  I spent my evening thinking about Partitioned Mind. It was a tool that I deactivated when I realized it made me somewhat detached from my stronger emotions and the reality of my situation. In the upcoming battle, I might need to rely on Partitioned Mind to prevent me from being overwhelmed. It’s not that I haven’t been in fights, life and death struggles even. In my career as a Marine, I have fought in both large- and small-scale battles. But this world, it would be different. This would be spells and close encounters. Not rifles firing from 100 feet away. Swords and sorcery against monsters.

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  Partitioned Mind would take away the horror of the moment, preventing me from being terrorized by the monsters. However, I was unsure if it would also prevent me from feeling compassion for my fellow fighters. Would I make decisions based on what was best for myself or what was best for everyone. I would like to think it was the latter, but I just wasn’t sure.

  In the end, I bet on myself and my history. I was a man with over 65 years of experience. Someone that fought in wars. I had never panicked in any of those encounters and didn’t believe I would now. I would go into this battle with my mind clear of any magical influence, knowing I could and would handle whatever I encountered. Besides, I had another use for the Partitioned Mind sub mind.

  I had been struggling with how I could get Heaven’s Heal to work without having to touch someone. If I cast Heaven’s Heal at a distance, even a short one, it would make using it much easier in a fight. In essence, I wanted to be able to cast heal like Mana Dart or Fireball. However, everything that I have tried has failed. Maybe my Heaven’s Heal spell Level was too low, but each time I thought I had progressed, the construct fell apart. The last time, it blew up and took off three fingers.

  I had been studying Fireball, Mana Dart, and Wind Blade to see if I could determine the mechanism that allowed the spell to travel. I wanted to identify it so I could transfer that ability to Heal. But because of the complexity of those spells, I had been not had much progress. There were small bits that were similar, but not exactly the same. The complex flow of the conduits/wires made copying the construct to paper impossible. Many a night left me frustrated because of my lack of progress. The only benefit I received was I could hold two separate spells in my mind at the same time.

  Now, if I used Partitioned Mind’s sub mind to work on the problem, it might come up with a new idea or a new approach. A new approach or idea that I could then elaborate and then discover a solution. I decided to use Partitioned Mind. The question I asked it to solve was simple. ‘Create a version of a healing spell that allows the user to cast it like Mana Dart.’

  With that, I activated Partitioned Mind and sent the task to the sub mind. Now, I would not be influenced by Partitioned Mind while still being able to benefit from it.