CHAPTER-5
Flinch.
Han Xiao flinched as his father mentioned him, but quickly managed to regain his wits and smiled, "Father, I want to meet you after the dinner, could I?"
His words made everyone in the dining hall turned silent. Even the servants who were looking at the family with a troubling look as they were ready to serve the dinner turned silent.
Why?
Because the youngest master of the Han Family never asked for anything from his family. And, never had he requested any personal meeting with his father, lest he was being called by him.
But now, he requested a personal meeting. That was a surprise to everyone.
Well, not everyone was silent. Han Zhuang and his wives looked at each other with a knowing look in their eyes. It was as though they could already guess what was the talk going to be.
While the three kids looked confused and shocked. But they stayed silent. After all, no matter what, it was a good thing for them that their little brother asked for something from their parents.
Meanwhile, Han Xiao, the center of everything had an embarrassed look in his eyes, 'Even though I had expected that it would be like this, but not to this degree. But it is also my fault that I had never asked my family for anything till now. Everything was just given to me by them…'
Being an orphan in his past life had given him a special mentality. He was used to doing everything on his own. From doing a job at an early age, no matter whether it was picking trash or transporting newspapers, he had done all that to gain money for his school fees.
After which, he went to college, then a job. But before he was able to enjoy life, he died. So, even though many habits from his past life changed, his habit of not depending on others too much still remained the same.
Some minutes later, Han Zhuang nodded with a smile, "Yes, we could go together after dinner."
"Thank you, father!"
Hearing and seeing the smile on his son's face bought Han Zhuang's mind and heart to peace. 'This is the smile that I need to protect.'
Seeing the opportunity that was made with everyone in silence, servants started to serve the food. The food was one of the things that Han Xiao had gotten used to in this life, the luxurious food.
After dinner, Han Xiao left the room with his father while the other three Han siblings left for their own work. Meanwhile, the mistresses of the family waited in the dining room for some time.
Song Xian peeked at Xu Xueman who was looking at the dining room's gate and sighed, "Sigh…Sister Xueman, you are not going there early even if you stare at the gate."
"Hehe" Xu Xueman giggled at her fellow sister's words. "I just want to know more from Xiao'er's mouth. You do know how hard it is to get in contact with someone having a future vision, and the most they could see is also not much. But Xiao'er had seen far into the future and remembered too many details. So, how could I not be curious?"
Song Xian and Su Linger nodded. They both were ability users and knew that everything Xu Xueman said was true.
"But I am surprised that Sister Xueman was able to control herself for 2 days." Su Linger commented as she placed her finger on her glasses.
"Yes, me too. I had fully thought that you would have bombarded Xiao'er with questions after questions when I told you about him."
Like some spikes pierced her heart, Xu Xueman lowered her head before shotting her head upwards and looking at both of her sister seriously, and screamed, "What are you both taking me for??!!!"
"A Lunatic?"
"A Fantic Scientist?"
"Y-You!! I am an Alchemist!! Someone who follows virtues!!" She pointed her finger at them and complained.
"No, you are not."
"You have conducted experimentation on animals and humans both. And, my head had been beeping for quite a while right now."
[User 'Xu Xueman' has lied.]
This notification had been appearing in front of Song Xian's eyes for quite a while right now.
Xu Xueman lowered her head in embrassement. Knowing that she can't say anything since her lie had been caught, so she decided to turn silent.
"Sigh" Su Linger sighed before looking at the time on the wristwatch, then she looked at her sisters. "Let's go. We have waited for enough now."
Song Xian nodded and stood up while Xu Xueman too stood up but she continued to mumble some things. Then, the three of them left the room dining room under the eyes of servants.
[3rd Floor, Office Room]
Meanwhile, Han Xiao sat on the chair in front of his father who was seating on his seat while looking at his son warmly.
"Xiao'er, what do you want to ask?" Han Zhuang seeing his son remaining silent decided to ask first.
'Haa…' Han Xiao mentally relaxed a little.
"Father, I want to contact the dimensional merchant. Last night, I had a vision in which, a method to become stronger was discussed. I want to buy the ingredients to implement that method….could I?"
His father hearing his request fell into bewilderment. He can't just say 'Yes' to his son, not without knowing the details or the risks involved in the usage of that method.
So, he decided to probe first about what that method was, "Could you elaborate on what that method is?"
"Yes, Father!" Han Xiao nodded. "Father, the method involves the interaction of the user with highly concentrated mana liquid made with mana crystals and special herbs. Doing that will increase the quality of the mana vessel making the potential soar to new heights. Every level up after that will provide an increase in mana that is more than normal level up."
Just as Han Xiao finished expressing the method he remembered from the novel to increase the quality of the mana vessel, Han Zhuang stated his point, "Xiao'er, I am not saying that you shouldn't try, but you do know how risky it is for a non-awakened person to come in contact with mana—"
And, before his father even finished his words, Han Xiao started speaking again, "Father, the use of herbs is for that reason. It will calm down the unstable mana and make the user able to accept the mana without getting backlash from that."
"I see…" Han Zhuang pondered hearing his son's words. 'Xiao'er has seen the future. So, the method mentioned by him may be used in the future. So, it's legitimate to consider that it is a safe method…but I am not letting my son place his life in danger…'
"I will call a Dimensional Merchant. We will purchase everything, but…" Han Zhuang paused.
"Yes, Father?"
"You Mother Xueman will be there with us, and we will test it on someone else first before using it on you."
Han Xiao smiled hearing the condition. After all, being a top-tier alchemist, his Mother Xueman could help him even more.
'It's not like I remembered everything from the novel. Many parts like creating potions and things are still missing. Even though I have basic knowledge, I still need an expert's help and I was already planning on asking Mother Xueman to help me with this.'
No matter what, he doesn't have photogenic memory. So, many parts of the novel had been forgotten. And, he had been writing everything, from the smallest thing that he remembered from the novel in his treasure for the last two days.
And, the information about special items, treasures, dungeons, and even the potions were the things that he had recorded by making separate sections. This was the work he had done along with the general training that he was doing even before.
"Yes Father, I also think that Mother Xueman's help is crucial."
"Good." His father nodded.
Knock.
A knock was heard from the door of the office. Han Zhuang hearing that immediately understood who had arrived and smiled, "Enter."
Han Xiao too looked back as he don't know who had entered the room. From what he knows, if anyone wants to enter his father's office, then they had to give their information and tell their purpose.
Those who don't have to are only his wives and children. 'Is it mothers or my siblings?'
Soon, the door opened and three beauties enter the room. The three of them were beauties in their own league. One was warm like a saintess, the second one was a serious type, and the last one was the eccentric type.
Those were Han Xiao's mothers.