"Good very Good, from today on-wards you are the discipline of I MasterCrafter Urna, I shall entrust you with all the truth and knowledge I came to known of this world and the techniques that I achieved.", said Urna stroking his beard as he laughed a laugh of delight.
"Thank you Master"!, replied little Ihan still on his knees with excitement written all over his face.
"You should know that you little Ihan is a talent that appears once in a 1000 year, if not seeing it with my eyes I wouldn't believe that you are 4 years of age and I can see you have a physique of 5 Grade Knight and you could make such efficient white jade sand with a quality no less than mine, I can only say that luck smiled to me at the end of my life to grant me a successor like you.", said Urna in a joyful voice as he explained to little Ihan.
"Now you are considered a Craft Seeker, you still need to learn about the world of Crafters and once you pass the 3 trials of a Craft Seeker then you will officially have entered the Disciple Crafter Realm, first is the book 'The Truth of the Craft' it explains the Crafting Realms like how cultivators have Realms we crafters have Realms too and we achieve those Realms according to what level of crafting we can achieve/make, the second book has ingredients you must remember, these ingrediants are all you need to know to be considered a Disciple Crafter, and the third and last book has some magic formations that are needed to be learned and I'll also need to have you make them to pass the third and last trial as a Craft Seeker, when you finish these 3 books and learn everything in them I'll start passing to you my knowledge, Now go and if you get stuck with something come find me.", explained Urna as he handed little Ihan 3 books, 1 of which was a small 5 cm and another with the thickness of 20 cm, the third was 20 cm as well.
"Yes, Master! I will not disappoint you.", replied little Ihan taking the books carefully and embracing them in a tight embrace afraid that they would slip, these books would be heavy for a 10 years old to hold but the 4 years old little Ihan held them with not breaking even a sweat.
"Good, you go now and study.", waved Urna as he sat back cross-legged on the bed of his bedroom before closing his eyes.
"Take care Master!", said little Ihan respectfully before retreating to the bedroom door and going out back to the Mansion.
"I don't know if I should call this my luck smiling to me or making fun of me, only if I could have discovered talent like him a little earlier then I would've have succeeded, *sigh* at least all my research wouldn't go to waste and I am sure if it is little Ihan then he'll succeed in crafting it.", muttered Urna with his eyes closed in a tired voice.
Meanwhile, when little Ihan entered he went directly to inform his father and mother about his success in becoming a successor of a MasterCrafter.
"Father, Mother I became the successor of Master Urna.", yelled little Ihan in an excited voice.
"Hahaha Good, Good, Very Good, my first son is a Cultivator and my second son is a Crafter, Haha Good.", yelled Mirlad back while laughing from the good news that just reached him, he knew that the status of a Cultivator is no less than a Crafter and it was even higher.
"You have to work hard little Ihan to become a MasterCrafter like your Master, but don't forget that you are still young and you need to take care of your body and health.", said Fera in a gentle voice as she stroked the dark-red hair of little Ihan.
"Yes son, although you have a physique of 5 Grade Knight you still need to take care of yourself.", added Mirlad as he advised his son too.
"Don't worry father, mother, I will take care of myself.", replied little Ihan as he felt happy from the care of his parents.
"I will go study now, bye father, mother.", said little Ihan looking impatient at the books in his hand as he headed toward the library.
In hurried footsteps, little Ihan walked towards the library wanting to read the books fast.
Thud
Little Ihan bumped his face into something soft just as he was going around the corner and one book fell from his embrace.
"A-Ah, young lord, A-Are you alright?", said a young and pretty maid while she reached out to take little Ihan off the soft something where his face was.
"Oh Sara, yeah I am alright don't mind me, but what are you doing crouching on the floor ?", replied little Ihan rubbing his nose where a good smell still lingered looking at confused at what Sara is doing.
"It's nothing young lord, I just dropped my necklace somewhere and I can't find it, it's precious to me.", answered Sara looking a little sad.
"Ah wait for me I'll be right back, I'll put these books in the library and uh... then I'll search around with you and help you find it.", said little Ihan after seeing the sad look on Sara's face, he picked the book he dropped and headed towards the library without waiting for Sara's answer, he decided to help out since nothing was rushing him to read the books right away other than his thirst for knowledge.
"Young lord Ihan is very kind and cute.", muttered Sara looking at little Ihan as he opened the room to the library and came back after putting the books.
"Okay let's see, where did you search so far?", asked little Ihan.
"Uh, I just started looking for it when young lord came by.", replied Sara looking entranced at how cute the 4 years old looked as he talked like a grown-up.
"Then where have you been today ?", asked little Ihan looking like an investigator.
"U-Uh, I've been to the garden this morning to do the flowers and kitchen then cleaned the library for young lord.", replied Sara as she resisted the cute charm little Ihan kept giving out.
"Alright I'll go look in the library, you search the kitchen and I'll come to find you when I finish.", said little Ihan after thinking that he knew the layout of the library best, his thinking ability was not that of a child at all.
"Y-You really don't have to young lord, I'll find it myself.", replied Sara when suddenly she remembered that this cute kid was her young lord and was going to help her find her necklace.
"Don't worry about it, okay I'll get going.", said little Ihan as he walked back to the library again leaving Sara stuck with her words.
The inside of the library was wide and tall, it had 5 floors each with about 10 bookshelves containing all sort of books from ancient to the present, since Lord Mirlad came to the mansion he never really read any books since these were already here left by the previous owners of the mansion before him.
Little Ihan had read the books of the first 2 floors and half of the 3rd floor, he grabbed a lamp and started searching from the 5th floor going downwards he searched the 5th and 4th then the 3rd floors in 1 hour of careful search but he found nothing, he then went to the 2nd then to the 1st floor thinking that the necklace wasn't in the library he carefully checked every corner of the 1st floor but found nothing just as he was going to give up something that glowed in the crack of the floor entered his eyes.
"What was that light?", muttered little Ihan as he bent towards the crack where the light shined but he couldn't see anything as it was about time for sunset, he brought the lamp which was in his left hand then lighten the crack and searched again, he then spotted the necklace which was inside the small crack.
"Found it! hmmm... I think my hand can fit in there.. let's see.", said little Ihan as he thought after placing the lamp on the floor he slipped his small hand between the crack and his hand went inside until only his shoulder could still be seen, he kept moving his hand in an attempt to grab the necklace.
"Got it!", said little Ihan as he grabbed a small round object but when he tried to pick it, it didn't move instead, the rebound from the force he exerted pushed his hand back inside and he pressed the round object which then went downwards inside the crack.
Click Rumble
The sound of something clicking then the floor beneath little Ihan started vibrating and the crack where his hand was started moving out because little Ihan had his hand still inside the crack he started falling through the gap.
Thud
After falling through what felt like 2 falls little Ihan picked himself in a hurry and looked around as the area was dark but some parts of it were lit by the lamp that was still up in the position little Ihan placed it.
What was in front of him were stairs, he had fallen through 2 of the steps, and if he didn't stop he might have kept falling into the darkness, and if little Ihan didn't have a physique of 5th Grade Knight he would've been injured.
Little Ihan thoughts were quick as he first checked himself then went up the 2 steps and pick the lamp he then lit the ground and found the necklace which he picked and placed in his pocket and climbed back up, looking back at what seemed to be stairs that led to someplace deep underground he thought for a bit then went to check on the entrance again and he found a small round button on the ground that would be overlooked if he didn't know, that there was one there as it fits with its surroundings and looked very hidden.
Click
Little Ihan bent back down and clicked the button with a book he picked from a bookshelf then fast took back his hand afraid of the unknown.
Rumble
The entrance started to close again as the wooden boards came together to complete the floor that was missing just a second ago.
"That must be some hidden room just like I read in the books, it might have something good, I need to keep it a secret and check it later after I become a Disciple Crafter and I can have some protection.", muttered little Ihan in joy yet his voice had also some fear to it as the excitement for the unknown was a great temptation to little Ihan, from the books he read a lot of them always said hidden rooms had something good in them but it had great dangers too, from traps to the unknown other dangers, his thoughts were not that of a child no matter how one looked at it.
"Oh yeah, I'll have to give Sara her necklace.", said little Ihan as he exited the library to look for Sara, while he kept thinking for a solution to.
*Author's Notes*
All the information about Crafters and their Realms and Crafting will be explained in the next chapter as little Ihan read the books while we listen to him.
Please if something doesn't make sense now just be patient and it'll all be explained later.
When I read other novels I too keep getting annoyed thinking that the author just forgot a point and will never explain it or he just wants us to forget it for plot convenience.
PS: But if something seems to not make sense to you at all, please do tell me.