It's been 2 months ever since i reincarnated into this world. Everything stayed absolutely the same. Wake up, eat, exercise, eat, study, eat, and sleep. The only difference is that my exercise quota has risen up quite a bit.
My 30 Push-ups turned into 150 and my 2km jogging turned to 10km. For the last two months, i've been focusing on making my physique more better. I started to eat more meat and other food that contains protein like rice to make sure i gain fat and turn it to muscle. Naturally, i didn't focus on my upper body and trained my lower body as well.
Although i didn't gain rock-hard abs during this 2 months, my body still gained much better strength compared to how i was 2 months ago. Just as i was finishing my training, Sebastian, my Father's main butler told me that Father was going to tell me something. I nodded my head and followed him to my Father's office.
"I'm here, Father. What is it?"
"I know that you're late in learning Swordmanship and Magic but i invited an old friend of mine to teach you. What do you say?"
"That's great!" I shouted enthusiastically.
Although I'm a bit late in learning swordmanship and magic, I'm confident that i'll still make great progress due to my skills.
--Duke's POV--
Usually, an heir will have to study swordmanship and magic when they reach the tender age of 7, but Alvah wasn't interested in it so he didn't force him to learn it. But Alvah became interested in it 2 months ago, so naturally, as a Father, he was happy and decided to contact his friend to teach him.
It's not like he didn't want to teach his son, quite the opposite actually. But managing his territory cost a lot of time. It was then that he remembered that his friend had nothing to do since his disciples already learned everything they need to soar. He wrote a letter to him about making his son his disciple which he, fortunately, accepted.
"He's going to be here today"
"Okay!"
Looking at his son's enthusiasm, he couldn't help but smile in his heart.
'Looks like he really wants to learn swordmanship and magic, huh?'
His son excused himself and told him that he was getting prepared for his arrival. He sighed in his heart and asked himself:
'How in the hell did my child became this cute? It must be Aria's genes.'
He chuckled at his own thoughts and proceeded to do the mountains of paperwork in his desk. He couldn't help but wonder how he ended up here.
'I signed up to be a Duke because i thought that i can laze around forever with my wife. Who would've thought that this damned title took away my time to be with my son and wife instead'
--Alvah's POV--
"Hmm~~humm~~"
I was humming throughout the hall without caring about the gazes i got from maids, butlers, and knights. I was too happy that I'll finally be learning swordmanship and magic. I've been waiting for a long fucking time, y'know?
I got into my room and took my wooden sword that i requested my Father. A maid knocked on my door and said that the guest has arrived.
"Coming~~"
(A/N: no horny)
I step out of my room and rushed to the guest hall and saw a particularly rough looking man. He was big, humongous even. Even Father, who is quite tall himself, was a head shorter than him.
"Hoh? This is your son, huh? He looks a lot like you." He observed me for quite a bit of time and suddenly laughed which i found odd. Why is he laughing?
"Um... Sir, why are you laughing?"
"Hm? Ah... it's nothing. Anyway, when do you want to start learning from me?"
"The sooner, the better"
"Heh! I like this kid! Alvah, my name is Gustav. Nice to meet ya" Gustav got down on his feet and extended his hand to me.
"My name is Alvah! Nice to meet you too" I accepted his hands and smiled.
"Then, let's start training today. Is that okay to you, Kid?"
"Of course!"
We left the guest hall and directly visited the training hall. As i was preparing my sword, he pointed at the side and told me to swing my sword 500 times. I did as i was told and started swinging my sword. After i reached my 300th swing he stopped me.
"Look, Kid, gripped the hilt with more strength. How can you expect to fight battles when you can't even grip it properly? You might as well just grab a pencil to fight with that weak grip of yours" Gustav chastised me and took the sword.
"This is how you swing and hold a sword. Look properly, Kid"
Gustav performed several swings with precision. He swung the sword with the exact same strength, posture, and direction every time.
"See? Notice how i strike with the exact same amount of strength and direction? This is to ensure that my stamina won't run out quickly. After all, a harder swing requires a bigger stamina. So instead of big, power attacks, focus more on managing your stamina. For the most part, your opponent will run out of steam before you if you just chip away his strength little by little."
"Powerful attacks are good but you got to need the necessary stamina to maintain it. Otherwise, you'll just clown yourself if your opponent knows how to manage his stamina. Though, your posture and precision ain't bad at the start. It just started going downhill when you reached your 100th swing."
"Now then, i'll make sure that my teachings will be drilled in your head"
He started instructing me about how to increase my stamina and how i should manage it. He taught me a breathing technique that helps in conserving stamina.
In a span of 3 months, i increased my stamina to an unimaginable amount. My daily exercise even increased to 500 Push-ups, Curl-ups, and Sit-ups while my jogging routine got increased to 20km. During this time, my abs are starting to appear although it's just an outline, but hey, progress is progress. I seemed to have grown taller after being here for 5 months. I've reached 170cm this year.
[Alvah Azmaveth]
[Title: None]
[LvL.1]
Stats:
Strength: 30
Agility: 45
Stamina: 60
Defense: 35
Dexterity: 70
Luck: 99
Skills:
STP/SP and EXP booster(Passive): The user gains double the STP/SP and EXP a regular human can gain.
Weapon Mastery(Passive): Gives the user basic understanding of every weapon. Makes the user progress 2x faster in any weapon than normal.
Magic Mastery (Passive): Gives the user basic understanding of magic circuits and magic spells. Makes the user progress 2x faster in any magic related skills than normal.
Unawakened Bloodline: ???
[Quest]
[Enhance]
[Shop]
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(A/N: Yes, he is tall for his age. Around 5'7 at the age of 12. I'm crying tears of blood since when i was that age i was like 5'0 lmao. Handsome and tall guys should just all explode.)