"Rekka, you never mentioned anything about dying to us." Granny asked me seriously. They had overcome their initial shock.
"Sorry I didn't have the time to tell you, this was when I touched and took Amanori as my own, she lashed out on me and all those years of miasma were stuffed in me, I had nearly died because of the overdose of it… Hey don't laugh, it was painful as hell.." as I warded off Amanori who was laughing her lights out, I started explaining again.
"Sorry, Amanori was laughing. Okay back to the story, at that time, I didn't really die. My Consciousness was the only thing which was whisked away to that old man. He explained to me that I was too stubborn to die, that's why I was able to converse with him. After getting my consciousness back, I was able to see that I had many blessings. So in a way the only reason those blessings activated was since Amanori was a starter for them, as a result, I could control Amanori. In the next few months, 2 years since then should be completed.''
not to mention, with all the power gained from the blessings, only my body stayed weak. Even though I am able to produce strength, there is no way to exert it. If I was given the blessings before I had actually borne then my body would have been able to adapt to the blessings. So at this point, with the system's help, I was doing the opposite. Building up a body so I could use my strength. Thus the reason why my strength was increasing rather fast and even ignoring my age and body, the minimum strength needed to survive in this ridiculous place was only speeding up the process.
"What would happen after 2 years?" Asked Granny.
"My body will get strong to withstand her power and I can finally use her unhindered. I mean even if you do get blessings, you don't really get powerful and cheat the hard work of training you know? you have to build up your body… At this point, if I try to exert my strength forcefully, I will die without a moment's delay."
"So in 2 years how... how strong will you be then?" Asked Gramps, He seemed to be wanting to gauge my power.
"Well I said In 2 years I'll be able to use her but apart from that, I have my individual power to consider too. Amanori may become a part of me but I want myself to become strong. So I want to grow stronger. It was the only thing left for me to do now."
"Then what about your blessings, shouldn't they make you strong enough." Gramps asks me this question as if I was already gifted with power so finding more power wasn't making sense to him. That was right, after acquiring all the strength from the blessing, the only thing left to do was to mold them to get stronger.
So I answered him with something that the old man had told me. "God helps those who help themselves. If this applies to life then why wouldn't it apply to our blessings? I believe they help us by giving us potential and the rest would always be up to us. Let's just say, blessings are only the means..."
"Then you mean…."
"Yes, I mean Blessings are incomplete, it's up to us to shape them by working hard and nurturing it. A small power boost to get your enthusiasm up that's all…."
Gramps and Granny started to think after hearing my comment and we started to move along just like that.
They had a lot to think about after I told them of what I knew. As a matter of fact, this world had no oracles now. The only way to know if someone was close to god or not was by the way they could harness light magic. In other words, it was the holy element. People who get the title of the saint are mostly the ones who inherit not only high compatibility with this element but also some perks that can benefit them.
My granny also had a perk like that. She didn't tell me what it was though.
As I got to know about these things, I did realize that my knowledge might have hit them like a rock too. I could tell if I was utilizing all the power of my blessing or not. It was truly irregular. Normally people didn't even know what their blessing was all about. And here I had already known what my blessings were capable of and what I wanted to do with them going forward.
"The knowledge you possess is something you have earned as a compensation. Your struggles might have been the trigger and as I see that you can also learn fast… I think that you should keep these to yourself.'' Gramps said, nodding.
"Okay.."
"And as for the blessings… normally blessings don't bloom until you are an adult at 15 years age. So since you have already got your blessing activated.. I do believe that you might have brushed with death…"
"Hmm… that's actually normal while I hold her isn't it?" answering to granny's comment, I seated myself while also cooking a stew with meat and veggies.
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"Sniff…. What a fantastic smell… with the skills you have… really, do you even need our protection?" Gramps said as the stew finally let out a delectable smell. Thanks to granny, I was able to use vegetables now. The menu just got doubled in one go.
"Well, it's not like everything has to be done since it is needed. Finally sharing a meal with others is a blessing of its own." Although I said it while cooking and not that seriously, these were my heartfelt words.
"My dear Rekka already has a elegance to himself. In later years, it won't be difficult to cultivate him into a fine lady hunter… I am so thankful to God for giving me this chance." as Granny shaded a few tears at a rather ominous sounding prayer… I avoided it for the time being.
I knew that these 2 weren't normal people. My grandpa had an unusual amount of physical strength. His mortal capabilities were extreme. And the biggest surprise of them all was that he had very little mana to boot. That meant that he had only his body to work with. Still, he was this strong. If I didn't have all my blessings then I could never have this much physical strength that my body needed to go through metamorphosis to handle, then thinking about it rationally, gramps having his physical strength is really irregular. With only one blessing too…. And that blessing was not even battle oriented by the sound of it.
And although this place should be a natural enemy for mages… my granny could handle herself just fine. The aura I saw the first time we met… it was terrifying.. I don't even know what the origin of the power was. But there was only one thing that stood out even more than all that.
This lady who was supposedly wanting a grandson for ages…. Was way too fond of kids. The way she breathed heavily while holding me was creepy as hell, more to the fact… she was a total dominator. Physical strength, magical strength all were off the scale. After analyzing her with the system, I only got the answer to that.
{This being is currently one step away from Demi-god hood.}
To think there was still growth left in her.
My slight confidence that I had gotten just a little strong had been shattered to bits. Thankfully this lady found me more than suitable to make me her family…
As the day ended in us sleeping…. The bear hug that barely let me move even a little got me to sleep. I think this might be the way I would sleep for a long time to come…. It was… suffocating… I really want to grow up...
Who knew that even after getting a bed to sleep in, I would hope to get back to the days I spent on rocks!!
Gramps who looked another way and ignored me whole, made a point that the one in control here was clearly granny…
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"Girls are there to play with."
"Girls are there to play with.."
"I will accept every girl that comes my way."
"I will accept every girl that comes my way."
"I will also seduce the girls that don't come my way."
"I will also seduce the girls that don't come my way."
"That's good, remember that defiling a girl isn't that bad until she actually denies it at the top of her lungs, we should go as far as we can." As Melinda said these lines while Rekka slept like the dead, Rekka followed her every word and a rather ominous baptism was at play.
"Yes, until they deny it at the top of their lungs."
"Yes, your granny once defiled a girl even after she did all that… it's not like I am that concerned by it… but if the other party didn't feel good, it just felt kind of wrong."
"Yes, both parties should feel good."
"That's right, the way to handle a woman should be with care and boundless seduction, make her writhe in anticipation until actually giving it to her, and when you do…. mess her so badly that! ouch!"
"Melinda! You are doing this again!" as I hit her head while she spoke such things to Rekka's ears as if brainwashing him, I could see how flustered even Melinda was… she was probably getting off while teaching Rekka… man.. What a troublesome situation…
"Merlin! Don't distract me! In the future, Rekka would be a big shot you know! He should dominate girls unlike you who could never go for that goal!"
"Shut up will you! You were seducing every girl that went around us! I could hardly do anything that disgusting! More than that, a man should have his pride. Only a single woman should be fine!" As I protested, Melinda took my words in one ear and out the other.
She was the world's biggest philanderer for sure. As a matter of fact, I was kind of realizing that Rekka might just follow in her footsteps. He was already cute and handsome to a point you can't miss him even if he dressed in rags. Not to mention. His dark hair and clear dark eyes are a feature that is extremely rare. While growing up, it will only get more and more sharper. As his gramps, I felt quite proud thinking about it… but at this rate, he might just cause a bigger blunder then even Melinda had in her early years.
Sadly I had no way to stop this preaching season. Melinda was relentless.
A few days later…
"Listen well, actions speak more than words. If a girl catches your eye, you should probably try to help her. Small help should be fine." as Melinda said that Rekka listened intrigued.
"Heeeh… that sounds too cliched. Would only saving someone really make them fall for a guy?"
"Oh no, I don't mean too big of a help, I mean like helping her carry her bags, try to do small things, if they think that it is their obligation to pay you back, then it would take a long while for you to bed her."
"Oh! Granny, your insights are amazing! Not burdening one with obligation but consideration!" exclaiming from the advice Rekka took, I saw him nod with clear enthusiasm. It seemed that after preaching in his sleep, even more classes were awaiting him while he was awake.
"That's right! I am amazing! I should tell you how you can make a girl addicted to you too! Ouch!" as I chopped her head with a much firmer strength this time. Melinda let out a shriek while rubbing her head.
"Merlin! It was only getting to the good parts!"
"At Least let him grow up to become an adult will you!"
"But then he won't know the fun of teasing and messing with older girls!"
"Your reasoning is messed up!"
"Ouchhhh!"
"Oh gramps! The way you handled Granny, it should be a fine way to handle feisty girls huh?" as Rekka said that nodding as if he was even learning from this exchange was really disturbing! Was he already lost! Did he really choose a path towards the darkness?!
"That's right! Disciplining a girl should also be fine!" Melinda who got on the subject again while she pushed the rattled me away, looked like she had finally found her long lost desire!
….
After being unable to stop Rekka fall towards the wrong path, there was only one way to get him to know commonsense…
"Alright, that's it!" As I said, I gave him lessons in the art of swords… his power was amazing.. But sadly he couldn't do any feints and couldn't even learn sword arts that should be easy for someone of his caliber…
"It seems that my body is out of sync.." the reason for that could be that he can't exert his full strength. Limiting his abilities and learning complex sword arts might actually be asking for the impossible from a child after all.
Still with all the problems there, Rekka did learn a single art. Who would have thought that he would learn something this easy seriously.
"So this is only a single slashing attack. It has nothing more than charging, fixing your posture and then slashing with your sword with the most strength you can muster.`` As I said that and showed him the technique, it took quite a while for him to learn it. In reality, this art was pretty useless since the opponent can easily avoid the attack. And since when you attack, you have to force yourself and put all the strength you can in it, you can only use it a few times in a fight.
Although the power of the attack is probably the strongest among other sword arts… could he really use this technique to be something useful?
"Hmm.. since this is the only thing I can learn… I should practice it while I can." even as he said that light heartedly, in every one of our training seasons. Rekka sparred with me for hours to no end. He was a beast… even if he couldn't learn anything like difficult sword play, his perception was too great to even put a limit to it. Each and every one of my movements seemed to be followed with frightening precision.
After a month of this training, his ability to see through my attacks grew to a point where I could barely land a hit… he had lower power, speed and strength then me… just how could he overwhelm me that easily…. His counter strikes were getting better too and his skills at evading were off the charts.
There was no answer to it… but not getting jealous… my heart grew even more hot from seeing my grandson's success. Even if he couldn't inherit my techniques, it probably meant he had the potential to make things new.. Something even stronger than me… if this was my opponent, it would have given me endless nightmares but when I think that Rekka was the one…
Really.. It felt more awesome than one could have imagined. I can't wait to brag about him to all my students back home.. Thanks to my training season, I was at last able to give some discipline in his life. It could very well make him want to train more even if he goes astray.
On the other hand…
"That's all the way you can get a girl to fall into pleasure… hmm did I miss something there?" as Melinda said, she took out a diary from her storage spell and skimmed through it…
"Granny, it's kinda embarrassing.. But is there any reason to ask for more than one girl?" As Rekka, who said that, I felt my heart getting lighter… ah… my grandson was still on a path of honesty…
"Are you sure? The more there are, the better isn't it?"
"Is that how it is? Wouldn't they clash with each other though, like be jealous?"
"That won't happen.. You just have to make them love each other too!"
"....Wow…. it felt as if I just opened my eyes for the first time… but… your words.. Really is something I hadn't thought about.. Just make them love each other too…" and that was how my grandson was gone… yeah… he was gonna be a player for sure…
Still… I did tell him again and again that he should take responsibility at least… unlike Melinda who had traumatized girls to the point that getting married was a far cry…
Only time will tell how this one will develop.. But it was rather interesting… maybe everything will be alright..
"Don't worry, your granny would teach you the arts so that you can even bed hundreds of girls at a time. They would get too hot and bothered to even think of being jealous…"
"...It's really embarrassing when you say it like that…"
My two precious family members were really something else… well.. . I could only pray that both of them can't make too much of a ruckus when we are back home… but if they do make it… let's just say the world is going to be thrust into a state of panic in more ways than one.