“Thank you for this.” He looked at the young boy and smiled. He put the glass of water on the side before he closed his eyes and shifted to sit in a lotus position.“Why don’t you take a rest first?” Gavin suggested when he realized that Kane was getting ready to circulate his mana.“The sooner we finish this, the better. I’ll just consider this as part of my training,” Kane answered without opening his eyes. He relaxed his body and soon enough he was drowned in the feeling of his mana circulating through his bloodstream.Gavin watched Kane and he could feel his mana being circulated around his body. In order to fill his mana pool again, He would need to circulate his mana and bring that circulated mana to his core. If he had a huge mana pool, just how long would he need to circulate his mana to fill it?“Is he all right?” A little girl asked Gavin as she peeked at the young man who helped in bringing back the nutrients in their barren land.“Yes. He is. He just needs to regain his st
Erin sighed when the professor dismissed them. She went out of the class, took out her phone, and waited for Xander outside his classroom while browsing the web.The Rising Star Joined the Rankers!She grimaced when she saw Gustav’s smiling face in that article. After Kane died, Gustav never showed his face to them again. Not that she minded, she was actually relieved that he was no longer chasing after them. She was aware that he was only interested in Kane, but how come he never visited during Kane’s funeral?“Bastard…”“Who?” Xander put a piece of chocolate in his mouth. “Are you calling me a bastard now?”“Why would I call you that?” Erin rolled her eyes. “Did you do well on the test?”“Of course! Have you forgotten that I am a genius?” Xander laughed. “Shall we go and celebrate? Let’s call your brothers too!”“My brothers? Even Ed?” Erin asked. Why would he invite those two?“You know, being alone with you is a little lonely. I mean I know that we had been together since we were
“Where are you going?” Keith, the first son of the Vasquez family, asked his younger brother who was pulling a piece of luggage towards the door.“Somewhere far from here and from the north.” Keiffer, the second son of the Vasquez family, replied with an annoyed face. “You’re just chosen because you were born first…”Keith chuckled. “We’re going to have a party later and yet you’re going somewhere far?”Keiffer felt the hairs on his nape stand because of his brother’s chilling voice. “So what? Go and celebrate. Just don’t expect me to celebrate with you!”He stormed out of the house and slammed the door closed. He immediately put his luggage inside his car and set off without even looking back. He was just going to cool his head off in the southwest. Why did he have to go out and ruin his mood?Keith just watched his brother’s car leave the mansion. Later that night, he would be formally announced as the heir of the Vasquez Family. He was lucky that he managed to strike while the othe
Kane woke up with a body ache the next morning. Though he expected that kind of pain, he could still not believe that it would be that painful when all he did was kneel down on a cracked land.He went to the secret place an hour before the schedule so that he could practice using his mana. Just like before, he still was not able to release his mana. Even when he tried doing it with the dagger that one of the village people gifted him, he still could not make it work.It was somehow frustrating because he wanted to feel the refreshing feeling of releasing his mana once more, but he still could not find out how. He sighed as he dropped his body onto the grassland. Nothing was more frustrating than wanting to do something but not knowing how to do it.“Where have you been yesterday? You did not come back after Sir Gavin took you,” Arisa asked when she saw Kane lying down on the grass.“He brought me somewhere to do something. After I did the task, I was so exhausted that I could not even
Kane was not sure how it happened but he was sure he slept with a tired body. He did not know how he was able to wake up all refreshed. He arrived in the secret place an hour earlier again and instead of trying to circulate the mana that he would not even use during training, he started reflecting from day one. He had been there for a few weeks but it felt like he had been there for a long.He dropped himself to the grass and closed his eyes. His new life was better, right? If he could talk to the old Kane who lived that life that he had forgotten, would he feel envious? Would he be happy for him?“You’re early again today, Kane,” Arisa commented. “And why are you lying down on the grass again?”“Mind your own business.” Kane closed his eyes and felt the cool breeze in contrast with the warm graze of sunlight.“You’re really a snob, aren’t you?”Kane ignored her. It was the last day of their unreasonable training. He was hoping that once they were officially in the specialized trainin
After a week of being trained, they were finally given a day off. Kane took that time to roam around before coming back to his apartment. He first went shopping for groceries in the market so that he would not need to buy groceries when he arrived home.He wore some jogger pants and a hoodie like always, then he went off to the market. He was buying some fruits and vegetables when she saw a familiar troublesome woman along with her troublesome sister. Was the market so small that he had to bump into them every time he was out?“Hey you!” the woman grabbed his arm and held his hand. “You were the one who saved us before, right?”“No. I’m just someone who wanted to shop for my groceries in peace.” Kane pulled his hand from her and turned his back from them but the woman was persistent.“My name is Mia and this is my sister, Ari.”Kane just looked at her with a blank face. “Not interested.”He turned his back once again but the Mia grabbed his shoulder and turned him around. That woman h
“We’re not headed on the secret place today, Master?” Arisa asked Viktor when she realized that they were not heading to the mountain.“No, not today. I have a task for you two.”Tasks again? She thought that they were done with those weird tasks but it seemed like giving those weird tasks as part of the master’s training method.She looked at Kane but the man did not even seem to mind her existence. She was the one who was supposed to avoid him because of what he did to his sister! Just how snob could he be that he could not accept the kindness of someone who was grateful to him?“Master, where are we headed?” Kane asked without even looking in her direction.Why was he treating her like she was not existing? What was his deal?Arisa felt frustrated with Kane being snobby but she just let it go. She did not need him. He was just there because they had the same master. Aside from that, they were nothing but strangers.“We’re going to a fisherman’s town.” Viktor rode the bus waiting at
“I told you to stop flirting around me, love birds.” Viktor sighed. “Wear your shirt, Kane. You might catch a cold, though I highly doubt that since Arisa was giving body heat.”“Master!” Arisa immediately pushed Kane and took Kane’s shirt from their master then she threw it at Kane.“What’s wrong with you?” Kane mumbled as he was wearing his shirt.Since the seawater and the fishes were back, there was nothing left for them to do over there. Kane started walking away but a child ran to him and the other kids stopped him from leaving.“Is there anything you need?” Kane asked as he crouched down to level himself with the kids.“Thank you!” One child put a necklace made of seashells on his neck.“Take this too!” another child put another necklace made of seashells on him. The other children started giving him the pretty things they own like a smooth pebble, a heart-shaped coral, and even beautiful shells.“Pretty sister, this is for you too! Thank you for helping us evacuate!”The kids