Just as faes asked system woke her up early in the morning and she took another shower and got ready after that a question came to her mind.
'system where is the armor and accessories?' faes asked as she haven't seen them here yesterday
[its in the basement] the system replied
Basement? There is a basement too? Why didn't she saw that yesterday?
[its hidden below the stairs that's why. Normally it will contain inventory items so it is sealed for now but if you want anything you can just bring it out of your inventory by thinking about it] the system told. 'Oh so its locked I really need to get stronger but first I need few things.'
Thinking of opening her inventory faes saw a box appear in her vision. She equipped the choker and other things she had and then checked herself once more. faes still had time before aiden came to get her so she was sitting in the bed ready in a white full sleeved shirt and black pants with the boots her hair was washed and now in a ponytail and she was wearing the royal identity ring along with the watch which shut itself down when she died along with the bow turned into a ring.
'I should turn it on again!' faes thought as she checked her memories and the tech knowledge skill to turn the watch on. faes learnt that it can check a persons health magic and life force along with their heart beats and any sign of diseases which she didn't knew before but its fine now she do.
Once it was turned on it reset itself according to her but she was still to plan a schedule so faes left it for later.
A knock came on the door and then aiden entered. He too was dressed similarly to her and was surprised that she was up and ready.
"I see you got up early but where did you got these things when you aren't wearing any spacial items?" he asked moving towards her narrowing his eyes.
"its another of my abilities I learnt last night" faes replied smiling wryly as she didn't wanted to tell him about the system and space just yet.
"is that a blood crystal? Where did you got that?" he asked further stopping near the bed
"it came as a gift after my regeneration and it seemed powerful so I wore it now I don't think I can take it off" faes said realizing that it was true. 'I cant take it off!'
'system why cant I take it off?' faes asked panicked inside but didn't showed it
[its one of its functions but you can use hide zero on it to turn it invisible when you get stronger] the system replied
'then how will I add another crystals on it?' faes asked again thinking that there are another spaces for those crystals and there was something like that in the scan description.
[it will add them itself once you get them and want to add them] now the system sounded bored and faes can also see it rolling its eyes. Stupid system!
"interesting you seem to get a lot of things nevermind lets go and eat then we will begin your training" aiden said walking out while faes followed him. she was hungry and happy as she was going to get food! faes was a foodie but barely knew how to cook in her past life but she sure as hell is going to learn it in this life. Faes vowed to learn how to cook good food this time other than noodles and basic dishes to fill the stomach.
Aiden took faes to the kitchen and began cooking while faes used quick learning skill and learnt what and how he was doing. 'I have to say he was fast and I missed him most of the time' so it was nothing much that she learnt.
she really need to get stronger fast!
"here" aiden placed a plate in front of faes that contained a sandwich. It was a simple cheese and meat sandwich along with a glass of milk which faes have no idea where he got from. she took a bite and 'yum! It was delicious! Not as much as back on earth as it lacked spices but still it tasted great.'
After finishing it faes drank the milk which was sweet.
"it was great" she said to aiden who smiled in return
"now lets go to your training area and decide what to do" he led her to the door near the stairs and opened it to reveal more stairs going deep in ground which gave her a shock. This cave have a basement too!
When they arrived at the base of never ending stairs faes saw a big room equal to three football fields back on earth and height nearly equal to 100 meters.
There were targets on one wall and near to where they were standing were a few weapons. Other than that the whole room was empty and only lit by the floating flames all over the room.
"so lets begin you have to run two whole rounds of this place then come back here go" aiden said as he picked a short sword.
Determined faes gave him a nod and took off. It was hard but she did it. It took her almost twenty minutes and she was sweating and panting but she pushed herself even after her legs began to pain.
When faes was back aiden stopped his practice and smiled at her.
"good now get five minutes rest them we will continue" he said which faes was happy for. 'Damn how weak this body is? I ran everyday like crazy back in my original body but I have to work hard.' Sitting on the ground faes checked the notification that she heard while running and didn't bother to see.
[agi +3 str +2 sta+2] faes was surprised that just a run gave her these stats but then again this body was even weaker than normal humans. How can someone be this weak that just simple running would increase the stats?
"we are doing pushups then situps and some yoga" aiden said as her break time ended. faes nodded as she felt a little better and her legs didn't hurt that much.
they did all the exercises till faes can no longer move even a muscle. faes checked the time and was shocked that she had been exercising for about two hours! 'I don't even think this body can handle it but again I did it. I even got extra stats again!'
'system show me my stats' faes said as the screen appeared
[ name:- faes monesterio
Age:- 9
Level :- 1
Cultivation:- body refining stage 2
Exp- 0/100
Hp – 100
Mp – 100
Str- 10
Int- 13
Sta- 23
Agi- 12
Vit- 8
Def-7
Luck-20
Ap- 10
Sp-10
Evaluation:- you have a long way to go!]
faes even was able to level up by just by an exercise! Just how spoiled this girl was that she didn't even began cultivation properly. Without it how did she thought to unlock her powers? Stupid girl!
"you did better than I thought" aiden praised sitting near her and passing her a bottle of water which she gladly took. 'My whole body pained and sweated! I even noticed something black coming out of my body!'
"thank you" faes whispered at which aiden just smiled
"that black thing is your body impurity. When a person begins cultivating they start from body refining stage in which the body is cleansed so it will happen a lot but I am surprised that you broke thought second level now many royals do that at very young age than yours" aiden said
"I guess the previous owner was spoiled" faes sighed she cant help it anymore she need a bath this black thing stinks!
"can you do more? Only one thing is remaining" aiden said which took her by surprise. faes have been doing this exercises for so long that she can barely move but there is something remaining?
"what do I have to do now?" faes asked masking any emotions not going to let him see the horror.
"ki and mana training" he replied and then smiled
"don't worry you just have to stay still in it" he chuckled
Gritting her teeth at his teasing faes sat straight.
"how to do it?" she asked
"oh you will do it?" he asked seriously now
"yes I want to become stronger" faes replied making him smile again
"fine you see ki is a form of energy which surrounds us every living and non living thing. When you concentrate enough you can sense it and if possible see its particles. It is the first stage of mana training or cultivation. It first surrounds your body and help you cleanse it then to strengthen it." He explained. faes nodded and closed her eyes focusing only on her breathing and her heartbeat which she can listen thanks to her strong listening!
Soon it was just her even aidens presense began to disappear from near her but she concentrated.
'There around me is ki and I have to feel it.' faes thought she thenfollowed the procedures of meditation back on earth that she did to calm her brain. Steady breathing and then focusing on the imaginary energy that surrounds her. After some minutes faes felt like she was being covered by a warm blanket but she focused on the meditation and breathing . Then soon she found herself in a black abyss again. This time there wasn't that god but slightly purple strands flowing around. 'They were so many! Is this the ki? But aiden said they will be particles' faes focused again ignoring the strands that began entering her body at alarming fast rate. Soon she was overflowing with those warm strands but they kept coming inside her body and faes began to feel pain from it but she focused on the particles. Slowly just like the pain increased black and white particles appeared in the black abyss. They were even darker than the darkness around and bright as the sun. then other colored particles began appearing blue red green brown and few others. 'They all should be ki but aren't they supposed to be similar to each other?'
Just as faes was thinking golden and silver particles began appearing!
'What was going on?' The pain in faes body began to intensify tenfolds as all the colored particles rushed in her as well. she gritted her teeth and focused on her body trying to see what is going on.
The particles went to every corner of her body and began cleaning it along with those threads. faes felt something change in her body. she felt that her body was being filled with something but just as she can focus the pain intensified again and she began to loose consciousness. 'This was even more painful than my death! Did I made a mistake and killed myself?'
With this last thought faes drifted off.
....
Aiden was watching faes as she tried to focus. Finding ki is very difficult and most difficult part of cultivation. It took him a whole month to find the ki. He believed that faes would take nearly that time too but just as he was thinking to leave he felt a disturbance around them. Focusing on faes and the ki around his eyes widened. The purple strands of ki began entering her body! She was barely meditating for minutes and she was able to get the strands of ki to enter her body. The particles are visible when someone began meditating and when they master it they can see that ki is in the form of strands or threads. But this girl! She got those strands to enter her body in mere minutes. It even took him a year to get to this stage. Aiden was surprised but then he got even more surprised as a change occurred again. This time the magi particles or mana particles began to vibrate not only one type but each type of them. Even the golden and silver one which are famous to be most difficult to sense and absorb began to vibrate and then they all entered her body along with her ki.
Scared for faes as her face showed pain he tried to use his magic to stop the flow but it didn't worked.
Normally when a person absorbs these ki and magi particles its from one or few specific points in their bodies and is very painful for the first time as the pores opens to the energies and cleanse the impurities. And what aiden was witnessing was unbelievable as they entered her body from all possible parts. But people normally choose either the ki or magi particles not both together! It was suicidal!
He focused on her body suddenly went limp unconscious. Even when she was unconscious the ki and particles didn't stopped and continued to enter her body. The magi particles along with the ki began flowing like a steady liquid in her whole body. Her skinny body began to grow healthy and black dirt began to leak out at a fast pace. Aiden was confused as how is this possible but then again he was witnessing it now.
Soon just as her body was healthy again and her pale skin had some golden color around her the ki and magi particles began to calm down and began to flow steadyily in and out of her body.
he checked her again to find that she had broke thought body strengthening stage 3. It was six stages in total that takes hard work to do and she did it in minutes. Just what is going on here? Aiden was staring at the small body of faes as he have seen a ghost but then he remembered that she is different so there have to some difference in her and others from this world. He took a deep breath and picked the small body taking her to her room and laying her down in her bed. Now he was satisfied that his choice of soul contracting faes with his child is a right thing. If this continues she will grow strong soon enough and with his child they will keep each other safe.
Thinking about his child brought back sad and happy memories to him with which he left the room and returned to the training area. He waved his hands and magic circles formed around them. Soon the training area changed and aiden felt satisfied with the result. He went to take a shower and then began to cook the lunch.