While he thought that he had got used to parental love, during his realistic dream, it clearly wasn't the case, as he wanted more and more of that.
It was like a drug for him, once he learned about the warmth and tenderness of that feeling he couldn't give up anymore.
That made him more and more convinced of his decision to go on and conquer this world, as he took revenge on whoever hurt his 'family'.
After continuing to relive that memory for a little bit more, he hesitantly left the memory behind and got outside.
Even though with a still fresh heart, and a mind full of thoughts, he went to the tank of water he had brought from outside, and entered slowly.
It was like entering inside a bathtub, even though normal bathtubs were more comfortable, and their sides were clear cut.
While the bathtub he had managed to 'stumble' upon was full of corners, and rocky sides, that made it impossible to lie upon.
Still, he didn't want to lose much time thinking about this as it was already a great achievement for him to have done it without being able to properly sense Magic Power.
In fact, that was a bigger reason for him to start Magic Power sensing, as he had wasted a lot of Magic Power just to create this stupid thing.
If the people who knew him, or tried to kill him knew about this, they would laugh their ass off and would think that he had lost his mind and talent.
Even though technically he was a new human being, and not Alexander FitzRoy that everyone knew, but that wasn't important now, as he would live with this guy's face.
With that thought in mind, he immediately closed his eyes and entered completely underwater in order to try and sense the Magic Power.
He had decided to not get out of the bathtub until he sensed the Magic Power around him and properly guided it inside his body.
So, it started his new training method. In the beginning, he could only feel the water surrounding his body, and the pressure it exerted on him.
As he concentrated more and more, the water tub separated into small waves, after the small waves it turned into droplets, then into a single drop, and it continued to divide.
While time was passing outside, the droplets turned into molecules, then into atoms of Hydrogen and Oxygen, then their electrons and nuclei, as finally, he saw something much smaller.
He didn't know what to call it, in his senses it was nothing more than a bunch of blue-colored dots approaching his body, entering through the pores of his skin, and then traveling around his system.
It was such an amazing view, as he could feel like his whole body was glowing in some blue dots at the moment. He was like some kind of blue color firework, in the middle of a deep blue night.
Even though he had never seen these things before he directly knew what these things were, as he immediately tried to pull them and absorb them into his body.
But before he could even see the first particle enter his body like that, his senses went black, and he passed out.
Apparently, he had been focusing too hard and had tired his Soul Avatar too much. So, he needed to completely rest, until his Soul Avatar was reenergized.
When he woke up the light of the place seemed to be at its darkest. He didn't understand how, but this place seemed to be completely penetrable by light.
Looking at that dark light, and unable to see the sky, Roy became a bit nostalgic remembering his life on Earth, but now that was gone, and he had been gifted such an amazing opportunity.
Thinking about the new opportunity and his new goals, and especially the fact that he had for the first time sensed Magic Power, he immediately closed his eyes to concentrate.
Since he had already been through this once, this time it was easier for him to concentrate on those small Magic Power particles.
Once again, he was amazed by their numbers, and their spread, as he immediately tried to pull the first particle towards himself.
He thought of pulling too much of them, but then he was remembered that every journey starts with one step, and not with a run, so he decided to start doing it slowly brick by brick, particle by particle.
Only when he truly started pulling that particle towards himself did he found out that he had done a wise choice, as even pulling that one particle took him a lot of concentration and spirit.
It was really difficult, much more difficult than it looked like at first, but he didn't give up. If he gave up now then what would happen to his path to the peak.
Certainly, his path wouldn't be one of ease, and smooth path immediately to the peak. Those things existed only in fairy tales, and he wasn't living in one.
Even though this was a fantastic World containing magic and all that, it still didn't mean that he was the prince that would just have to kiss the princess to wake up and live a happy life.
No, this world was much more ruthless and crueler than even his old planet. At least, in there, people could live in ignorance of the truth, and lead a normal and pathetic life.
But he couldn't do the same in here. In this world, there were only two kinds of people from what he had understood, the people who vied for the peak, and those that lived under their whim.
In all his novels he had written how the main characters walked over mountains of corpses to reach the peak, and now he truly wanted to live through it.
Thinking like this, he once again completely focused on pulling that particle towards his body, even though it looked as difficult as climbing Mount Everest he didn't give up.
It took him more than an hour to pull that first particle towards himself, and his body, then another hour to absorb it, and finally a good 3 to 4 hours to make a complete circulation through his system.
If he wasn't a Tier 2 Mage most probably he would have fainted at least 4 or 5 times until now, but his luck had been good with him, and he was.
Right now, he could only appreciate himself and his thinking for not allowing him to immediately dissolve his current cultivation.
After having popped his 'cherry' it was time for him to continue with a second particle, and he immediately got to it, even though he was close to collapsing once again.
It might not look like it, but this thing was really tiring, and exerting on his body. So, he decided to rest before continuing as he immediately sat in a lotus position inside the bathtub.
From that moment on, Roy was totally concentrated on his cultivation practice, and it was only on the 10th day that he was able to finally cultivate at a moderate speed.
By now the water had become unusable, and it was stinking, but he didn't care. He was too happy about his achievement, as he couldn't wait to try the same thing with the wind particles.
The wind was going to be more troublesome though as this place didn't have really good wind, it was blocked from all sides after all. It was his good luck that at least it had ventilation.
The best place to try and sense the wind element particles would be on the outside world, as that place was more opened and the wind element particles would be more abundant.
Not to mention that he had to go outside and have a look at his traps, he had been a few days without food, and he could feel his intestines growling.
Once again it was his good luck for having 'possessed' the body of a 2nd Tier Mage, as they were more patient towards hunger, and the human body needs. Otherwise, he would have died of hunger long ago.
'Growwwl~!'
Just as he was thinking like that, once again his stomach gave the signal that he had to eat soon, otherwise, he would pass out to not wake up again.
There didn't seem to be any edible herbs around either, so he had to go outside. Without losing much time, he immediately left Gaia to appear in the outside world once again.
The moment he appeared though, he felt a weird look on his back. It was thicker than fighting intent, and had a darker blood color, as it felt like it was aiming for his life.
This, this should be killing intent, right!? This was his first time feeling killing intent. Since he was always alone in his trips, and exploration no matter what happened, he didn't have to sense anything like this.
Even when he accompanied ladies to the bar, and outside it, most people would direct fighting intent at him, but never killing intent.
His heart started beating faster, and faster like it wanted to jump out of his chest. His blood went cold, as even his skin color changed to a pale yellow.
He was scared! This was his first encounter with a beast, or animal in this place, whatever that was, and that thing was already looking for a chance to kill him.
Damn! Why should his luck be so rotten, having to fight a mysterious animal, without even learning how to fight?
His whole body was shaking, as he didn't know how he found the guts to raise his head a bit, and look at that animal threatening him…