Adam saw the gazes of the players, but he ignored them. Actually, he had done this on purpose… he had to admit, one of his bad points was that he was a show off, but it was fun to see the look on their faces.
He joined Thalia and woke up Neith through their mental connection. When the players saw Neith get up from the ground though, they couldn't help but be scared. Not because of her appearance, they had already seen her for most, but because they didn't even know she was nearby.
This meant she had quite good hiding capabilities, and made her much more dangerous than she already was in their eyes.
As for Neith herself, she was yawning because she was just awakened, and the moment she arrived next to Adam and Thalia she began stretching. Adam found the gesture cute and even patted one of her legs, but the people surrounding them were horrified when they saw those large pillar like blades of legs stretching out.
Not far from the group, the captain of the ship looked at Neith and said uncomfortably "Kind sirs… I fear my humble boat isn't big enough for… your friend."
The man was careful with his words as he was one of the villagers who traveled the most, and he knew that while some would treat their pets as just that, pets, others saw them as friends, or even family for many.
The captain was relieved when Adam smiled at him and said "Don't worry, she and I will follow you." The captain didn't ask how, as he too saw what Adam just did in the canal, and there was indeed no need for such a man to use a boat to go across the canal, except for the most dangerous areas maybe, but they didn't plan to get there anyway.
Soon, the boat sailed off the village, but only Thalia was on the boat, while Adam and Neith were following behind underwater.
Adam had quickly taught Neith [Water Breathing], even though she was attuned to the Earth Concept she still learned it in a matter of minutes, it really wasn't hard to learn. After that, Adam used the power of his concept to create a current of water that would always keep them close to the boat.
This also had the effect to make the boat a little faster, but the difference was very minute, and none of the sailors even noticed. Then, using the time they were traveling, Adam taught Neith everything he knew about the Concepts.
He wished he could have just left her in the village and summoned her once they reached the other end of the canal, but this wasn't possible. Their spirit connection had a limit, and they would be too far away to communicate or have Adam summon her if they really did that.
Only when they both grew stronger would they be able to communicate from longer distances. When they both got promoted to Silver and Elder Rank respectively, they would already be able to communicate over great distances, probably from an end of the canal to another.
Then, when Adam opened the 5th Gate and Neith advanced to the next intermediary rank they would be able to communicate even from different empires, and finally, when Adam turned into a Gold Rank and Neith into the rank after Elder, they would be able to communicate and be summoned from wherever they were in the world.
Two days went by as they trained, and the boat was still in the middle of the canal. For the past two days, he and Neith trained underwater, while following the boat, and they did not take a rest. However, it had already been five days now that Adam had been playing nonstop, and in the game world it was the equivalent of 10 days, so even he was starting to get tired.
But more importantly, something important was happening today, in the real world, and that was his brother finally leaving the hospital!
Since he wouldn't be able to guide Neith while he was asleep, Adam took her back into his Pet Space and let her rest in there. Although it wasn't a great place to be in, she could bear with it since she would mostly sleep anyway.
So Adam himself jumped back into the boat, but made sure no one saw him and hid himself before he logged out. While he was offline his game character would be totally vulnerable, and he would rather not have people around him if he could prevent it.
Back in the great world, although Adam was a little tired mentally, his body was fully awake, and he could bear with this degree of tiredness. Same as usual, once out of the cabin Adam first stretched before coming out of his room.
He quickly greeted his parents before going to take a shower. Five days while staying inside a cabin made him stink, him and his room, which is why he also opened his window as wide as possible.
The shower allowed him to wake up completely and be energized once again. Fortunately, he had already told his parents he wouldn't get out of the cabin for some time, or they would have most definitely been worried since he stayed in there for five days straight.
Once everyone was ready they left the house and went to the hospital. There, after some wait, they were finally able to see Matthew without a hospital gown. Although the doctor told them Matt would have to remain in a wheelchair for a month, they were reassured that he was now in good health, and that he was completely cured.
However, as the family of four left the hospital, in high spirits, they were all surprised when they heard a sweet voice call out to Matthew. All turning their heads, they saw a cute girl the same age as Matthew, who was leaving the hospital too with her parents.
Instantly, Adam sent a quick look at his brother's face, and was astounded to see him blush as he waved back. One had to know that among the two of them, his brother was definitely the colder one of the two.
He didn't have many friends… well, he didn't have any, and he never had a girlfriend in his life. It wasn't just because of his condition, but because he had always been very wary of outsiders, even when he was a child, and he would often stick with his brother.
The reasons for this were multiple. One was obviously his condition, even as he a kid, even though he was in better health and could walk, he would get tired more quickly compared to other children, and in a group of energetic children being unable to run for more than a hundred meters before starting to pant made socializing difficult.
But that wasn't the only reason. Another reason was that he was abnormally smart. Even though Matt was four years younger than Adam, for most of their schooling the two had actually been in the same class.
It wasn't because Adam was dumb, he was average at school, but because his brother crossed years. Matt started school when he was only three, because he already knew how to read, write, count, and even make addition and multiplication.
Then, the next year, when Adam was eight, his four years old brother joined his class. This had most definitely shocked the entire family, as well as the medias as Matt had been interviewed despite his young age and many were very expectant of his results.
Their parents refused most of those people though, as they wanted Matt to have a normal childhood, but it was inevitable he would have a weird childhood, being with people four years older than him.
Actually, Matt could have perfectly skipped even more grades, but because he wanted to stay in his brother's class he didn't. And their parents probably wouldn't have agreed either.
Because of his special condition, Matt was quickly left alone, and the only one who would spend time with Matt was Adam, but even Adam couldn't always be with him either. He had friends himself, and he couldn't just abandon them.
This all resulted in Matt becoming completely paralyzed socially, as he would subconsciously or not reject people he didn't know.
So when Adam saw his cold little brother act like this in front of someone else, he was indeed quite shocked. But after a moment, a wide appeared on his lips. He was happy for his brother. But at the same time, as he looked at the girl, he felt a little cautious.