As time flow by, I quickly manage to adapt in this new unknown world and other than sneaking out of bed to read some books, I also took times off reading to practice my one and only Dark Gate.
Describing it as a practice would be far off as I knew how to correctly deploy the spell and set a coordinate by just thinking about it as if the information was uploaded straight into my brain.
'Still the same level after a month...'
Other than gaining experience and knowledge from the book, I was also learning much more experience just by using the Dark Gate.
[+1.....+1...+2...]
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6 month later, I finally browsed through the entire bookshelves in the main bedroom, but I stop gaining experience point halfway through because I learned all of the standard human language alphabets.
"And apparently, there are more than 10 different races in this world...I wonder if the elves exist..."
It was a dream or more like a fantasy that almost everyone from my world has, and that was to meet the so-titled beautiful humanoid.
"Well then, at least I am still getting experience from using my spell."
I stretched up from the desk and rotated my hand by the wrist to create a pitch-black home that appeared in front of me.
"It's almost lunchtime."
The dark hole disappeared and instantly appeared on top of the big bed before spitting me out.
"Little Sei, it's time to drink!"
My mother, the beautiful young lady with orange hair slowly opened the door and started to undress her cotton top.
'I tried... I tried everything so please forgive me, god.'
I turned my head, pushed her away and even hid under the bed to no avail as breastfeeding was still awkward to be, but then, I am just a baby.
"Hmmm...I am just following the path by nature."
"Ara ara, you shouldn't talk with your mouth full."
Yuri, my mom, pinched my nose after hearing me mumbling with her breast in my mouth, and I made it worst when I squinted my eyes at her.
"Ah, what a cute reaction! Are you mad little Sei? Hehehehe."
"*Guhkk!*."
"Sei! Are you alright!?"
I almost choked to death by the sudden wave of milk that came into my mouth when my mom started to laugh.
"*Cough*Cough*."
The sudden commotion alerted the mischievious Lin Lin, and an idea came into mind when she was reprimanding my mother.
"Mou...What if something happened to little Sei... Look at him, poor baby is shivering..."
The maid pointed at me, who was trembling in the far corner of the bed like as if I went through some kind of intense trauma.
"Oh no... It's alright Sei, mother didn't do it on purpose..."
I pretended to cry as she approached me with her bare breast and by the end of the day, the girls decided to feed me by milking the liquid into a wooden cup.
'Phew, mission success!'
I fist pumped as soon those two went down to the kitchen.
"No more breast!"
Then suddenly, the image of beautiful elves filled my head.
"Well...Maybe just for now."
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One year has gone by ever since my birth, and I finally managed to find a way to level up.
After looking around the main hall on the first floor, I tiptoed my way down the stairs to the basement.
The old dusty and dark stone room was filled with antiques and treasures.
"My treasures..."
I held onto an old book that looked like a thick dictionary that was scribbled with an entirely new set of alphabet.
[+5 Exp...+10 Exp...]
The words took more times to register, but it was worth it has each syllable was worth five to ten times more experience point than those books above.
"Huhauhuah!"
"Huh... What was that scary sound?"
Lin Lin who was cleaning the kitchen was clueless about the source of the sound as she bolted out of the building in fear.
"A ghost...?! Oh no, little Sei!"
The picture of a small baby with black hair emerged in her brain before running back into the mansion.
"Little Sei!"
"*Sigh*."
I closed the cover with two hands before twisting my wrist.
"Thank god you are here!"
'I should remain quiet... Mhmm.'
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After some few delays or obstacles here and there, I finally managed to level up my level and most importantly, my Dark Gate.
Dark Gate Lv.2
"Finally! After 5 years of reading and using my skill!"
After leveling up by reading books, I managed to figure out that I had two different kind of experience point, one for myself and one was for the spell.
'I leveled up to level 4 while my spell remained the same all these years, but only until now!'
"Little Sei! It's time to go to the village!"
The fully grown maid ran up to me in the backyard while holding onto a wooden basket.
"Mhmm Lin, let's go!"
I closed my eyes for a few seconds while Lin Lin quietly stood beside me.
[Coordinate located, registering...]
I re-opened my eyes and rotated my hand to open a round Dark Gate that could easily fit a tall adult.
"Hehehe I am going first!"
The maid giggled and dropped the wooden basket before running toward the black hole.
'Aiye...Never judge someone by their appearance.'
The fully grown but yet mature young girl was still the same as she was in the past.
'20 with no boyfriend and still play pranks on me once in a while, it's like as if she was my little sister instead.'
I shook my head as I remembered those days where I had to take blame or cover for her whenever she was in trouble.
"But at least, I can trust her."
I chuckled and picked up the basket before following after her into the black hole.
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"Little Sei, behind you!"
Seeing the panicked face on the mischevious made me content as a small green kobold approached me from behind.
*Slash!*
Silently cutting through the wind, I sliced the furry creature in half without even looking back before revealing a smile.
"Pfft, your face...It was worth it, hahahaha!"
[+2 Exp]
Lin Lin pouted as she scolded me before shedding tears.
"That was dangerous Sei, if something happened, what would... I, do...*Sniff*."
"Sorry sis, I won't do it again..."
I patted the head of the 20 years old girl who was crying on her knees.
'Ai...What do I do in this situation...'
But anyway, just as the situation is portraited, I decided to trust the young maid after studying her closely during my childhood.
Although she has a playful personality, she was also severe and extremely caring like my mother when it comes.
She would always call my mom sister or master and even teacher that was followed with some giggles and a face chop by my gentle mom.
Their relationship was always weird too, but it turns out in the end, they were the best of friends.
I trusted her and showed her my spell mainly because I could feel it, the aura around her was getting stronger every time she returned home with Tanaka.
After constantly bothering them for a whole year, they finally brought me along, and while Tanaka and Lin Lin were busy taking care of goblins, I decided to sneak into the side and killed one by throwing a sharp rock that went right into its eye.
'But still... 0.5 Exp... Not even a full One point, how pitiful...'
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After the hunt, we always made sure to clean ourselves after hunting for some monster in the forest just so my parents won't notice anything.
"Ah! So refreshing!"
Lin Lin gulped down some alcohol right after coming out from the bathroom.
'At least she is wearing her bathrobe this time...'
I was glad that my complaint finally went into her head after the dozen of time she came out naked from the shower.
'A lady should never easily reveal their body to others, even if we're the only ones in the inn...Or even if I am just 5 years old...'
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After a reasonable debate on why I shouldn't shower with her, we finally left the inn and went to do our real task, which was to buy some ingredient for today's supper in the inner circle of the village.
"Thank you for your patronage miss Lin Lin and young master Sei!"
A young girl who looked like she was around 14 years of age bowed down and waved at us as we left her family stall.
"I think that's everything, should we return now?"
Said the maid.
"Of course, I don't want to take another shower!"
We made our way to a secluded area so that I can open my Dark Gate in secret.
"Let's go."
"Wh...Wha??-"
"My skill has gotten stronger, and I can now keep two points."
Lin Lin nodded and carried the basket full of vegetables through the dark hole.
'Hehehe with two gates... I can now practice my Limitless Wave.'