"What's your name?" She asked after finally calming down her anger.
"Mother, as a gift for our first meeting, I will give you the privilege to name your most handsome son." he boasted.
'The children of my age said that their mother felt thankful when they were born and having the privilege to name them, so I hope mother would like my gift,' he thought inwardly.
Unbeknownst to him, Calypso once again felt sad, knowing that no one was willing to give him a name, 'he must have suffered a lot,' she weakly thought and sighed.
"You're my only son, of course, even if you're not handsome, you will always be the most, hahaha." she teased.
"No way! I haven't met someone who can rival my handsomeness, so I guess I'm the most handsome in this world, right, mom?" He said while looking at the ceiling and snuggling his body to Calypso comfortably.
"hahaha, that's probably, because you came from my womb? Even if you're not handsome, it doesn't change the fact that you are my son but don't be too complacent about something you have because it's a root of mediocrity, and that will stop you from growing. The world is vast, and unexplored places exist everywhere, don't be scared to be average because that's where we all started, understood?" She said while replying to her son's snuggle.
'It's the first time someone taught me how to live on the right path,' he thought emotionally.
"affirmative mother," He said while smiling brightly.
Calypso looked stunned at the boy's glowing smile, her heart melted, and she felt contented about the things happening right now. She might be in a foreign world now, and there are various challenges that she might face, it's her chance to enjoy her life, a life given to her to do things she always wanted to.
'Now I understand the philosophy book I read in my past life. Stoics live in accordance with reality, acknowledging that life can be tough and bad things happen, but finding peace in acceptance. Death is inevitable, and obstacles are opportunities to grow, so we must try to live purposeful and virtuous lives, with honesty, humility, kindness, and devotion to a greater good. I found a source, a source of purpose'
"Sirius" She mumbled, which received a confused look from the child.
Calypso saw this, and now she was sure about it "Your name will be Sirius, Sirius Hale,"
"Wow! that's amazing! I never heard the name Sirius Hale, and it sounds cool!" he excitedly replied
Calypso chuckled when she saw that expression, "It means the brightest star, and that's because from today onwards you are my brightest star!"
Sirius nodded like an old man understanding what her mother was talking about, then a second later, he tilted his head and asked, "eh, what about the Hale? is there any meaning behind it? Like hallelujah?"
"Hale, it means healthy life, and it also comes from your father, King Nicholas Hale, so it can also mean ice or cold. Hail is formed when drops of water freeze together in the cold upper regions of thunderstorm clouds," she said while contemplating
"King Nicholas Hale? I think I heard that name mother, isn't he the cursed king living in ice castle repenting for his sin of killing, and massacring a town people?" he asked when he remember the song the child in the street was singing.
sigh
"I'll tell you a story, so make sure to listen well. I had a great teacher back then. He taught me about life and guided me on how to proceed further, I read a lot of his books, and in one of his books, there's a saying that we should be free thinkers and don't accept everything we hear as truth. Be critical and evaluate what you believe in because it's not them we are defining when were judging people it's ourselves."
The mother and son duo talk lot and lot, Calypso teaches the child about the wisdom she accumulated over time, although shallow, at least it led her to live a good life, albeit tragic ending.
After spending a long time chatting with Sirius, He finally fell asleep while hugging Calypso, and this gave her the chance to plan her next step.
'This Empire has a lot of nobles and most of them were offended by Calypso B, luckily I'm the duke's daughter, so those people Nobles didn't take action to assassinate her or something, so my current problem now is how do I get my freedom, and also this weird screen that keeps hovering in front of me send a bunch of messages I barely understand.'
Calypso studied, contemplated, and planned her next course of action. She also already understood the use of the system after inquiring about and checking its use, what fascinated her more was the revitalizing potion that could help with her major problem.
'The main function and objective of the system is a one-sided benefit for me, and it's hard to think that it's unconditional. Based on the help guide option, there are only two absolute rules, All the resources or materials needed for whichever shop or product I plan to sell must be provided, by me, and the other one is every product I plan to sell in the market, or private dealings will be priced by system fairly.'
'The System also functions like a storage pouch where all the rewards I received can be stored, which was very convenient, among the rewards I received in the welcoming gift pack, everything is vital to my planning, the revitalizing potion could help me in my major problem which is my lumpy body, Base on the memories the old Calypso had, Mana deficiency is the state this body experience when she was giving birth to Sirius, A mana deficiency is when a person who has yet to enter at the Apprentice stage was drained off their mana,'
A person below apprentice is either considered normal people or people who have talent in mana that manage to absorb mana since they were a child, and Calypso's case was the latter, she is a talented woman that absorbs mana since she was a child, but she didn't have a chance to be apprentice due to her pregnancy.
"NORMAL PEOPLE"
*A Person who didn't know or never felt a slight mana absorbance
*A person who absorbs mana since a certain age and stores it in his/her organs
"APPRENCICE"POWERFUL ENOUGH TO DESTROY A RELATIVELY SMALL AREA, AND MOST STREET-LEVEL CHARACTERS ARE THIS.
*Initial phase to become a mage
*Mana Pool Creation
*Affinity Awakening
"MAGE"POWERFUL ENOUGH TO FIGHT A HUNDRED SOLDIERS
"GRAND MAGE"POWERFUL ENOUGH TO ERADICATE A WHOLE ARMY OF THOUSAND
"ARCHMAGE "POWERFUL ENOUGH TO DESTROY A KINGDOM
"HIGH ARCHMAGE"POWERFUL ENOUGH TO AFFECT.CREATE.OR DESTROY EMPIRE
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The Apprentice stage is where a normal person at the minimum of 16 years old will awaken their latent affinity in their body, usually with the guidance of an academy or mages (there are circumstances a talented person could create their mana pool on their own) and after awakening, you will be able to know or identify what affinity your magic will be, and by identifying it you will be able to advance and create a Mana Pool base on your Elemental Affinity (e.g., Ice Mana Pool if you have two variations of Elemental affinity that resides in your body such as the Air and Water Element, Fire Mana pool if you have an affinity to fire Element and so on) Mana pool Construction is always base on your preference and what you think will be beneficial to you because mana pool is the one that acts as a storage of mana in your body.
So Calypso being unable to step into the apprentice stage is mainly because of her pregnancy, it is not advisable to awaken during pregnancy because it might affect the child in your womb. Creating a mana pool will change the structure and other matters in one's body, so it's dangerous and completely unheard of that a person will attempt to create their mana pool during pregnancy. Due to that, Calypso was forced to halt her awakening, but she didn't take into account her rare case where she was already absorbing mana in her body and storing it in her organ.
Lack of attention and guidance from the elderly brought Calypso's demise. A person who has yet to create a mana pool but has already absorbed it during the child stage will be prone to many dangers, but it's also beneficial in creating a mana pool, so many see them as a talent.
Calypso absorbs a considerable amount of mana in her organ, and when she gave birth to Sirius, the boy unknowingly absorbs the mana stored in Calypso's body was drained off and her organ failed to function, her brain process shut down. Her organs became reliant on mana to function and with the absence of it, her organs failed one by one and forced her into a coma state.
Being in a coma for five years without sufficient nurture led her body to be like this.
'Opportunities and risk go hand and hand. it's not like I would die right away if it's fake' Calypso thought inwardly and directly drank the Revitalizing Potion she received from the system.
Calypso's body started to glow brightly, and it even enveloped the room. Sirius, who was sleeping soundly, even occasionally snoring, opened his eye due to the disturbance made by Calypso but closed it immediately when the light pricked a pain in his retina.
He raised his hands to cover his tightly shut eyes, as the glow faded, Sirius slowly removed his hands and opened his eyes. His vision adjusted slightly, and when it became stable. She saw a gorgeous woman smiling more brightly than the sun. Her jet black hair cascaded down her shoulder till it reached her back, her malnourished face and body changed and became healthy. She was just like a person who hadn't suffered a mana deficiency.
"Mom!? Is that you!?" Sirius panicked when he saw her mom glow brightly, but he couldn't do anything because the glow stopped him to take any action. Now the woman in front of him is so different from the woman he talked to earlier, she was just like an entirely different person.
"The one and only," She replied and smiled at the child.
"Wow, you are more beautiful than Aunt Michelle!" He exclaimed.
"Who knows, I might be the most beautiful woman in the wor-" Calypso's teasing was cut by Sirius.
"Don't be complacent mom, the world is vast, and so are your dreams," He berates, without letting his mom continue with her haughty attitude.
"Yo-you!"
Sirius ran and embraced his mother and said, "Just kidding! For me, you are the most beautiful mom, hehe,"
"You naughty child, by the way, drink this first" Calypso said when she remembered the child's bruises.
"What's that mom?" he asked.
"It's will help your body just like it did to mine, just drink it, it's not harmful."
However, Sirius didn't drink it, he looked down "but mom, I'm a boy, what will others say if I got a woman's part in my body?" he said, feeling down."Hahahaha, your head is full of nonsense, I wonder, to whom you inherit it. it's a medicine that will heal your body just like mine, not something that will give you a woman's breast or what,"
Calypso looked away from her son when she saw his body start to glow brightly. It lasted for 5 seconds before it dimmed down and showed a cute little child.
He looks cute, and his transformation is more dramatic than Calypsos. His white hair glow like a snow blizzard, his cheeks turn plump, his body and the bruises are replaced by smooth white skin like an empress's body that bathed for 24 hours with whitening solution.