It wasn't like the type of books in his previous world, published books. These were books that were written with the reed pen, and it's done, nothing like taking them to a publisher for proper editing and publishing. Nothing like printing.
And Aiden understood the reason why, he understood the reason why it was like this. This was ancient time, the machinery needed for printing wasn't available, they haven't advanced to that level yet.
But Aiden didn't care about that, all he knew was that he understood what was written on each page of the book and he could see the writings. He couldn't help but imagine what was running through his parents' heads...
'Though he doesn't understand what he's been taught, let's keep teaching him'.
What they don't know was that he understood every single thing. Emma glanced at Ethan and said,
"I'm sure he doesn't understand all that I'm reading to him, all that I am teaching him".
"Just keep teaching him, it would have its advantage, you'll see its effect". Ethan voiced out.
Emma focused her gaze on the book as she kept on reading to, Little Aiden. After some minutes have passed, Ethan evacuated the house though it was mid-afternoon already...he had things to handle.
The academy Hazel attends hasn't resumed yet, a week more to go, so she was at home the whole day. Emma handed Little Aiden to Hazel along with the book and said,
"Continue with the teaching, keep reading to your brother while I go prepare something in the kitchen".
"Okay, mum". Hazel voiced out.
Hazel kept Aiden close to her on one of the long chairs in the living room, she doesn't have the strength to carry him on her laps. Keeping him on the chair, she cuddled his cheek, then said,
"Little brother, I'll continue with the teaching, hope you're at least learning something though you're still a baby".
Aiden glanced at her and thought to himself, 'There's nothing you want to teach me now that I don't know, big sis'.
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Aiden was currently walking while Emma was glancing at him with a smile on her face, she was standing some meters away from him. As known, seeing him walk gives her joy. She was doing that 'Come to mama' stuff.
Aiden's walking had become stronger, he could walk for longer periods before falling to the ground. He's been getting lots of daily quests now that tells him to take a certain number of steps before falling to the ground. And he's gotten many from the system that told him to take more than twenty steps...and he accomplished them all.
These were contributing to the improvement of his walking. Emma was standing further from him, which means he would take more than 8-10 steps to get to her. She knew his walking had improved, so she does give him more gap when doing the 'Come to mama' stuff.
Aiden was walking toward her when the system's interface appeared in front of him,
________
<+10 Exp>
<+10 Skill points>
_________
'Huh? Cry?'. Those were the thoughts that ran through Aiden's mind the moment he read what was on the interface.
This was a new daily quest, a different one. The two quests he's been getting for the past weeks were drink breast milk and take a certain number of steps. Now, he's gotten a quest to cry? Crying wasn't his thing though he was a baby.
In fact, since he was born into this world, he hadn't opened his mouth to cry...he was an adult in a baby's body. It was afternoon currently, and he knew he needed to complete this quest, he doesn't want to ever miss out on the Exp and Skill points.
But the question he was asking himself now was,
'How do I cry?'.
He stopped walking, and this caused Emma to say, "My Little Aiden, why did you stop walking? Keep coming to mama".
Not only did he stop walking, he also sat on the ground, the main thing was to cry now, and he was trying to. Emma began strolling to where Aiden sat, and on reaching him, she bent so she could be at the same level as him. Then she voiced out,
"What happened, my baby? Why did you suddenly stop walking and sat on the ground? Are you tired?".
'I am trying to cry'. Aiden thought to himself, he was trying his very best to cry...it was hard.
Crying wasn't a norm for him since he was an adult in a baby's body, but right now, he was trying his very best to cry, and then suddenly,
"Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!".
He was crying as loud as possible, he was surprised, he did it...he was crying like a baby. Emma became distressed at that moment, this was the first time she was seeing Aiden cry ever since he was born, and she was really surprised.
Maybe something bad had happened to him that caused him to cry for the very first time, that was what was running through Emma's mind...and it was making her really distressed. But she didn't know that her son was trying to accomplish a quest.
Aiden's loud crying caused Hazel to run out of her room, and she was really surprised to see him crying. She couldn't help but voice out,
"My little brother is crying for the first time, what!".
"I am really surprised too. He was walking toward me, then he suddenly sat on the ground and began crying, I don't know what the problem is". Emma said to Hazel while trying to calm Aiden down.
But Aiden wouldn't calm down, he wouldn't stop crying not until he sees the notification that he had completed the quest.
"Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!".
He kept crying as loud as possible, then the system's interface appeared in front of him,
_________
<+10 Exp>
<+10 Skill points>
__________
And it's done, Aiden stopped crying the moment he saw this, he's accomplished the quest.
"You've stopped crying, so suddenly? What was the problem? You scaring me my baby". Emma uttered glancing directly into Aiden's eyes with a worried face.
'I just had to accomplish a quest'. Aiden thought to himself.
Emma just kept carrying Aiden while staring directly into his eyes, and Hazel stood close to her.
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The Tuvalon Kingdom was mighty, it's got everything a kingdom was supposed to have. Loyal citizens, customs, a mighty king, benders, warriors, golds, silvers, lands, animals, and so on. And though not everyone gets to awaken an ability, lots of people possess an ability and more.
But some kingdoms were mightier than the Tuvalon Kingdom. Kingdoms that had larger lands, stronger benders, mightier warriors, more golds, more silvers, more animals, and so on. The Tuvalon Kingdom was paying tributes to some of these kingdoms.
They were paying tributes to two kingdoms, the Chuvulan Kingdom, and the Mepaidian Kingdom. These kingdoms were mightier than the Tuvalon Kingdom. After a certain period had passed, the Tuvalon Kingdom would bring lots of things to these two kingdoms.
Things like golds, silvers, coins, iron, and so on, and they'll have to bring them in surplus. These are done to avoid war between any of these kingdoms. If they happen to attack the Tuvalon Kingdom, they'll win 'cause they were mighty kingdoms, not to talk of both kingdoms merging.
This has been going on for years, and the Tuvalon Kingdom dare not say they aren't interested in paying tributes to these kingdoms anymore, they are just calling for a battle they wouldn't be able to win.
Apart from the Tuvalon Kingdom, other kingdoms do pay tributes to other mightier kingdoms. Who were the people that do travel to the other kingdoms to deliver the goods? The warriors, the ones that got to train and learn to wield mana, they all possess at least one or two affinities...and Ethan was among them.
Remember, he was a warrior, and though he was a chief, he chooses to embark on such journeys, he wasn't like most of the chiefs that got to awaken a power element. Apart from the warriors, some of the king's knights do assist in the delivery of the goods to the other kingdoms...this is how it's been going on for years.
Now, it's gotten to the time for the Tuvalon Kingdom to pay tributes to these kingdoms once again, it's time to deliver the goods. Ethan would be leaving tomorrow, so the day before tomorrow, he explained to his wife and daughter, Hazel, that it was about time for the Tuvalon Kingdom to pay their normal tributes to the Chuvulan and Mepaidian Kingdom.
He was saying these things to his wife and daughter not knowing that his son was listening and understanding all that he was saying.