Desire shook his head when he remembered how he got Jarina's approval.
He's the one who wanted Jarina to teach him, so whining now and not listening is something disrespectful to himself.
He's the one who will benefit from Jarina's teachings, after all.
"Anyway, let's get right into it! Our first lesson!"
"Okay, fine. Well, let's go outside. It's too cramped in here."
Jarina said as she moved things out of the way. She then gestured for Desire to follow her outside.
Of course, Desire followed her without hesitation. It has already been a week since they met.
They weren't able to get right into the teaching because Jarina had to do something else.
After all, Desire's appearance and staying in the world of Suckus was sudden.
No one predicted it.
Even the women who came with him, Lyra and Liya, were shocked when they heard it.
Well, they both said the same thing, 'Isn't it fine?' as they would be able to drink mana from Desire if he stays.
As Desire stepped out of the house, he could see the garden he first saw when he stepped here.
It was then.
Jarina stopped in the middle of the garden and used her magic to pull a table and a chair, and a set of food and tea.
Clang! Clang!
They made some noise as they settled. It was done in no time, and Jarina gestured for Desire to sit across from her.
After all, this wasn't a lesson for fighting or using mana; it was a lesson for properly controlling one's emotions.
Meaning, it was to make Desire a cool-headed guy at all times and in any situation.
As Desire took a seat, Jarina started talking.
"Now then, first, let's go over at the time we have."
Jarina waved her hand in the air, and soon a number appeared. It was the number of 1.
"Mama only allowed you one year of residence here. I can only teach you when you are here, so keep in mind we only have a short amount of time."
Desire nodded his head. He was already thankful that Jarina accepted his offer, and now even Varyce was allowing him to stay.
Desire was incredibly indebted to the race of Suckus that it wouldn't be weird if he calls them his parents.
Jarina coughed once to get the attention of Desire before speaking again.
"Ahem! Anyway, I forgot to tell you this because you collapsed, but here's a piece of advice. It would be best if you went together with the human that was interested in you."
Desire tilted his head, expressing his confusion. Although he decided to be impartial, why would it be best?
Desire wanted to find that out by asking, but Jarina was a step faster than him.
"If you went with him, your status in the human world is basically guaranteed. He will always protect you, and what's more, you would be connected with me!"
"Connected with you? Why, do you contact each other often?"
"Of course. After all, that man is my father!"
Desire's eyes widened when he heard Jarina's answer.
Desire could finally understand why and how a human and a Suckus had connections with each other.
If he took his time to think about it, a human having a child with a Suckus isn't rare.
After all, Suckus takes in men from other races to procreate.
"Fufu. So that's how you look when you are surprised."
Jarina laughed as she covered her mouth with her fingers.
"What do you think? He's strong, too! I don't know his rank, but he's probably at 7. His monster blood helps him as well."
"Wait, why do you not know his rank? You're his daughter, aren't you?"
"Ah, right. You don't reveal your rank to anyone—even your family. If your rank gets publicized, people would be able to plan about how to deal with you."
Jarina poured some tea into her cup as she spoke.
"However, if people don't know, you'll be able to bluff about it. Well, there are some cases when you have to tell people your rank. But, those things will come to you sooner or later, so let's leave it at that."
Jarina then took a sip of her tea before continuing.
"Let's start then."
Desire gulped down his saliva when he heard that they'd begin now.
How will she teach me? What method will it be? I hope I can do it.
All sorts of questions ran inside Desire's head as the tension inside him rose.
He was anxious about it.
He wasn't confident about being able to do it.
Thinking back to his life, he didn't do things on his own. Others always helped him.
And now, someone like him wants to know about how to control his emotions?
It may seem easy, but it isn't. Emotions come as you experience things.
As you think, you feel. As you breathe, you feel.
It was then.
Tap! With her hand stretched out to pat Desire's head, Jarina spoke.
"Don't worry so much. You were sincere in requesting my help, so just be sincere about learning it."
"T-thank you."
"Alright."
Jarina then withdrew her hand and continued speaking.
"First, let me ask. Do you have skills regarding yourself? Body, soul, anything. It's even if it's just something unnecessary."
"Ah, I do. It's called Body Control Skill."
It was then.
Jarina threw the cup in her hand and slammed the table. Her eyes widened to the brim as she spoke.
"W-what?! Y-you have that skill?!"
"Eh? Y-yes. I have it ever since I was a baby."
"W-wow. So people can be born with that skill."
"W-what is it? You're scaring me..."
Jarina laughed a little, her hair waving in the air.
"That skill is the highest level of skill regarding controlling a body. There are skills such as Eyeball Control, Finger Control, Hand Throw, but Body Control skill is the skill that rules over all of them. It is special."
She then said, 'Why, you ask?' as her eyes were full of sparks as if this skill was what she wanted the most.
"It's because you have total control over your body. Being able to control your body is an incredible task. You would be able to use your body in ways that you wouldn't even be able to think of. That skill is great whatever race you are, however!"
"It is useless if you don't have the All Brain skill. The All Brain skill is a skill that lets you take in information at an incredible speed. It manages your Body Control skill, and it is what you use to control your body. Meaning, the skill, Body Control and the skill, All Brain, comes together for it to work properly."
Jarina then stopped to take a look at Desire, who was nodding his head dazedly.
It was reasonable. Desire didn't have any idea that the Body Control skill is that incredible.
System stated that Body Control skill had no rank, making it look useless.
To think that it actually had a huge secret that even Jarina would want the skill for herself...Desire was incredibly lucky.
"Well, you're still too far before you can use both of them correctly. Now, the skill that I will teach you is part of the All Brain skill."
"W-wait! You mean, there is a skill to control emotions?!"
"Of course. What, do you think I could keep my emotions myself?"
"I-i feel stupid for even worrying."
"What?"
Jarina snorted after hearing what Desire said. It was apparent that Desire planned to rely on the system to pick up the skill that he wanted.
"You feel stupid? Do you think it will be easy? You would have to experience countless torture and be calm while undergoing it. You would have to face what makes you rile up the most and be still while facing it. If you think that's easy, you won't even need me to teach you."
Desire shook his head. His face turned pale just from imagining it, so of course, he wouldn't dare call it easy.
"I'm not mad about what you said. Take that as an example. You said that because of your emotions, do you think you could have controlled yourself from speaking it?"
"Now that you speak of it, I can't...Wow, so it can help me prevent from saying those kinds of words?"
"That's right. Well, it is useful for fooling your enemies."
Jarina then took out a book from out of nowhere as if it were normal and then presented it to Desire.
The book was quite small; it only had 5 pages. And the title was...
"Here, this is the skill. Cold-blooded. Read it before we start."
"G-got it! Thank you!"
Desire quickly took it and began to read. He was focused only on the book, for he only has a limited amount of time.
After a while, Jarina left the child who was reading the book.
She wanted to let Desire read the book himself and also because she had another thing to do.
"I don't understand mama's intentions..."
She said as she made her way towards her mother's house.