‘Status Window’
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Name: Axion Kromet
Age:4
Strength:5
Dexterity:6
Stamina:5
Magic Power:6
Intelligence:14
Luck:9
Charm:7
[Skills: Energy Circulation]
[Origin Skill: Sun’s Blessing]
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‘Ok, then. Should I start with physical training?’
After my talk with mom last time, I decided to start training my body.
I had to separate the [Energy Circulation] training and my physical body training time.
So I decided to just have the physical training in the morning and the other one at night.
Today’s morning was beautiful.
The sun was rising on the horizon, standing in my backyard with my eyes closed. I felt nature.
The birds were chirping. The faint smell of flowers was good. And the beautiful scene of the morning was warm.
I slowly started walking and increased my speed.
I did some light exercise and then took a brief break to pull myself together.
‘Well, can’t do everything at once. I’m still a little child physically.
This body can’t even handle this much. I’m sweating bullets… just from this,’ I sat down on the grass field.
Huuuuu… Huuuuu…
I could hear my deep breaths.
I was just sitting down, taking deep breaths, when I suddenly heard a shocked voice which was closing in astonishingly fast.
“Eon! What happened to you!? Why are you sweating so much?!”
It was dad, and he had shocked eyes.
His face was pale, like he had seen a ghost.
“It’s nothing, dad. I was just running around in the backyard.”
I said after calming my breathing. But dad had a unique look on his face.
“Look at yourself. Why would you do something like that in the first place!?”
He was trying to calm himself down. It was his first time seeing his son drenched in sweat. 𝘯𝑜𝘷𝑙．𝑐𝘰𝘮
After some time of calming himself down and thinking for some time, he opened his mouth and said in a calm voice.
“Were you doing some kind of training?”
His words were on the spot.
‘My dad really is smart.’
I hesitated for a moment before answering his question.
“Um… you could say that.”
“And why would you do that?”
He asked with a calm voice.
Today, he seemed somewhat different.
Did he feel more… reliable?
“I want to practice archery. Mom said she would give me a bow on my birthday, so I was just training… or something like that.”
I vaguely answered with a confident tone. My eyes were sparkling just thinking about my training.
But I had to be more physically fit for that. Many thoughts were passing through my mind in that short amount of time.
On the other hand, dad was thinking about something else.
‘He is into archery now? Why all of a sudden?
Well, that’s kind of… cute? My little baby holding a bow and arrow in his small hands.
That would be so adorable! And he is training for that?
He really is my little baby genius! I thought he would want to learn magic from me in the future, but I guess he also wants to be an Archer.
That’s outstanding!
Wait, maybe…’
He suddenly looked at me with admiration and anticipation-filled eyes.
He asked in a very quiet voice after looking at me for some time. This sudden change in his emotions gave me goosebumps.
“Have you perhaps read about <Magic Archers>? People who practice both magic and archery? They are some of the people who are experienced in both physical jobs, like swordsmanship, spearman ship, archery, and magic.
They use them tougher to create better results. I haven’t seen one in a while.”
He paused for a second, looked at me, and asked in a very stern voice.
“Are you trying to become something like that if you <Awaken> in the future?”
His eyes had an anticipating look that was saying something like: ‘When did my little baby grow up this much?’
I thought for a moment about what to answer.
When I was telling mom, I thought she wouldn’t know about this, so I didn’t think about it, but after hearing what dad said, it must be rare to have mastery in two fields.
‘Though rare, it’s likely that one could find one such person in every few hundred thousand people, and from what I know, the imperial university has some such individuals and there may be classes for that too, right?
Well, I never thought dad would catch up on it that quickly. On the other hand, this could be a good thing.’
I thought for some time and whispered in my dad’s ears.
“Dad, you are right.
I do want to become a <Magic Archer> but we have to keep it a secret from mom. Otherwise, you can also think of the dire consequences.”
Telling dad was the right thing to do. He has been an adventurer in the past, to my knowledge. He could help me more than mom in this regard.
He would be a great help to me in the future, too.
‘But one thing is true in all this and that obviously is… mom.’
If she finds out what we are talking about, we might as well prepare for a day-long ‘lecture’.
“Yes, you are right. This will… definitely be our secret. But why do you suddenly want to become a magic archer?” clearing his grim expression, he asked to satisfy his curiosity.
Not every 4-year-old kid has dreams like this. We are talking about a very tough profession here.
“Because it’s cool!” my answer was immediate.
That’s right. It’s very cool. That was my initial reaction of mine when I started playing games in my previous life.
It was fun. Just think about magic being used with a bow.
Firing magic arrows with different spells and effects. This was what I had the most fun doing.
“Yes. That is indeed cool. But have in mind that it will be quite difficult… even for you. And I won’t help you if you overwork yourself; ever.
A kid should play around, not train at such a young age.”
He looked proud for some reason.
“Ok. So, from tomorrow, I will be your partner in training!”
He joyfully said. He looked happy that his son was really an incredible individual.
But he also had some concern in his eyes.
‘Will he really be my little baby for long? He has grown up so fast and I don’t want my little baby to grow up faster.
But I have to help him if he wants that. I am his dad, after all.’
“Ok, so let’s go in and wash you up!” he said with his usual joyful smile.
“Yes!”
Saying that we got in the house and started our usual work after the clean-up.
***
-Late at night.
I secretly exited my room and got to the backyard.
I set on the ground with my legs crossed.
<Mana> in nature is always in the form of particles.
These mana particles are scattered everywhere with an uncertain amount or density.
Some places have high mana density and some places are filled with a different type of <Energies> which work like <Mana> for discrete entities.
Different creatures can absorb <Mana> in nature which is in ‘particle’ form and circulate it in their bodies.
By gathering this ambient <Mana> in one place, which is mostly at the center of the body or at the solar plexus for humans and refining it, they can create the <Mana Nucleus>. This method is probably unknown to the people of this world.
It took me weeks to figure out this thing.
In reality, one can’t circulate the <Mana> in nature, which is in particle form before their <Awakening> freely without any outside assistance.
‘I’m lucky I have the [Energy Circulation] skill. I found out from my previous training that I just have to imagine the mana particles in the surroundings and gather them one by one with an invisible hand to the center.’
I have been training for my <Mana nucleus> creation ever since I was only 2 years old.
I had difficulty when I started with my theory, but as time passed, I was able to do it efficiently.
‘I think it will take at least a year for it to complete.
I will be having physical training from tomorrow with dad maybe. So the time for the nucleus to complete had to be delayed. Well, that is a good thing if I say so.’
I am having fun as a baby, so why would I want to grow up that fast? Slow and sturdy growth is enough.
‘It’s not like I’m a protagonist of some novel. I can have my fun playing around.’
I slowly started gathering the <Mana> particles together.
Time went by and my clothes were drenched with sweat when I was done for the day.
‘Ok. That should be good enough for the day.
let’s wrap up everything and get going~.’
I stood up and got ready to enter the house.
I looked around and quietly entered the house and then into my room.
After washing up and sorting my thoughts, I lay in my bed and started thinking about the near future.
‘Life isn’t that bad if I think about it. I would like to be like this forever… if possible.’
But even after thinking like that, I wasn’t sure myself.
I had lived a life and… it was always full of uncertainties.
But those things aren’t for a 4-year-old kid to think about.
After thinking everything through, I closed my eyes and quietly slept for the day.
The next morning was unexpectedly normal.
Dad just got up with me and helped me with my physical training. Well, I could not do as much as I did yesterday. But it was pretty decent.
The next some days went the same way and my night progress was constant.
Just like that, the days passed by and my progress was good.
And then, the day of me getting my first bow came.
That was going a step closer to my goal.