After 1 hour, the reconstruction of his body stopped. The place was filled with black liquid and stank horribly.
"System, was it hard to tell me this would hurt this much?"
[Host, the pain is tolerable]
'Tolerable?. This system looks like that crazy old man. Do they think I'm a masochist?'
As soon as he calmed his mind, Jozef went to take a bath. He needed half an hour to completely cleanse his body. 'All that dirt was inside this body?'
After taking a bath, he put on his clothes and left the room.
As he was walking down the hall, he saw a wooden analog clock on the wall, 7:05 am.
'At this time Jozef has breakfast with his mother and sister'.
He continued walking towards the dining room, at the same time he ordered the new memories.
Interestingly, in this world, he has the same name, Jozef Darkworth.
He lived in a small palace; the architecture reminding him of the baroque style on Earth.
The Darkworth family comprised his mother, 2 sisters, 1 brother, and his grandfather, the Duke. His father died fighting demons.
Despite living in a dukedom, they were not rich, as they had to pay double tax, to the empire and to the demons. But, at least his status was better than common people and lesser nobles.
'To think that I would have the opportunity to live in a world where magic exists. But demons ruin everything.
*Sigh*
Once he organized the memories about his new family and the place where he lived, he concentrated on the current state of this world.
Demons burned libraries and almost all magic records disappeared. Cultivation and technical manuals were scarce. If the situation doesn't improve over time, people will lose the correct method of using mana.
Humans were prohibited from performing, practicing, or teaching magic. At least publicly, that was a big limitation.
'Practicing magic on the sly… demons stole magicians' dignity.'
Jozef finally snapped out of his thoughts when he reached the dining room. "His mother" Alice Darkworth and "his sister" Diana Darkworth were having breakfast.
Alice had a disgruntled expression when she spoke. "Last night you came back from the tavern dragging a girl. What happened to her?"
"Brother, you promised you wouldn't do that anymore." Diana glared at him.
The young man did not answer, instead his gaze remained fixed on the body of "his mother." She is a beautiful woman with silver hair, big tits and wide hips. Even though her dress was multi-layered, she couldn't hide that seductive body. She was the type of woman Jozef preferred.
Alice was 61 years old, but thanks to her cultivation, Expert Magician - initial level. Her appearance was like that of a 25-year-old girl.
When a human becomes a skilled Magician, his lifespan increases to 500 years and he can keep his youth until the last days of his life.
Alice felt her intense gaze. 'what's wrong with this little devil? What is he looking at?'
Although Alice knew that Jozef cheated on women and brought them to the palace. He never tried to approach her. That's why she didn't understand the penetrating look she gave her son.
'I know I have to focus on eliminating the demons and all that shit. But if I have a little fun, I don't think Makyael will get mad. Or if?'. Jozef thought.
Diana was the youngest in the family. She was 18 years old. Just like her mother's hair was silver, even though she had a small body, she didn't look weak at all.
Diana was enraged when her brother was not paying attention to her and cast a basic spell, "Aquo" on her.
A stream of water drenched Jozef's face, waking him up.
"Diana, why are you using magic on something so trivial? You know they're watching us." Alice was really upset.
"I'm sorry mother," Alice replied embarrassed.
"And you. Will you sit down for breakfast or will you continue to stand around like an idiot?"
Jozef scratched his head, apologized, and sat down. Soon the maids brought breakfast.
When he was about to eat a piece of meat, whose smell was very similar to pork. A notification appeared in front of him.
[Mission: Control the demons inside the palace].
The boy's eyes widened. 'check?'.
'System. How can I control the demons?'
[Host, since it is your first mission, I will help you. Remember, the host must do the quests by himself].
[You must kill demons outside the palace. Accumulate demon points and buy a technique 'Demon Heart' in the System Store].
'Show me the technique'
[Store]
>Demon Heart: 50,000 DP
'Shit. Those are a lot of points'.
[The first purchase has a discount of 99%].
'That's better heh'.
Alice interrupted her thoughts. "Son, after breakfast, I want to talk to you about taxes."
According to Jozef's memories, those words were a secret key. It means that the secret training room would be free today.
Jozef agreed.
After finishing breakfast. The young man walked through the corridors, taking several turns, until he finally entered a secret passageway that led to the training place.
'The main thing is to adapt. I'll start with the most basic spells.'
In the center of the learning room there was a huge stone pillar, according to Jozef's memories that pillar absorbed spells, so it was ideal to practice without causing a ruckus.
The young man approached the pillar, took out a small staff hidden in his clothing, and cast basic spells that were etched in his memory.
After 5 failed attempts.
"Winds" A gust of wind shot towards the pillar.
"Success!".
After 14 attempts.
"Decim secot" ten cuts of air whipped the pillar.
"ha... ha..." 'just two attacks and I'm already out of mana, really weak.' Jozef was panting heavily.
He focused on the information he had while meditating to retrieve the mana from him.
The mana condensed into a space within the heart. When the user cast a spell, the mana would travel through the entire body and use the staff as the final conduit, finally transforming into a spell.
'System, can the power of my spell be quantified?'
[Winds: 40 au]
[Decim secot: 80 au]
'Thank you'.
After meditating for 40 minutes, Jozef fully recovered his mana.
Although he was a gangster in his past life, there was something that characterized him: determination. He stayed in the training room for 11 hours.
He trained, meditated, and rested. He repeated the cycle several times.
Although it was his first time using magic, he perfected the use of the two spells.
"System shows my stats".
'I felt a little progress after all that practice.'
[Stats]
> Name: Jozef Darkworth
> Age: 23
> Race: human
> Mana: 56/56 u (+)
> Level: Apprentice Magician – level 5
> Aura: Level 0 (+)
> Lineage:-
> Demon Points: 0
*Sigh*
'That guy wasted too much time with women. If you don't have power, focus on getting it before chasing skirts. His talent was extraordinary. Even without resources, his level shouldn't be that low.
…
Jozef returned to his room, took a bath, and then went to the main dining room for dinner.
This time, he found two young men sitting at the table, waiting for the maids to serve dinner. Henry and Esther Darkworth, Jozef's siblings.
Henry is 32 years old, his height is short, 1.68 meters. He possesses a rather ordinary face and low talent. His cultivation stalled at Apprentice Mage - Level 9. He has always envied Jozef and takes every opportunity to mock him. The only thing he has in common with the family is silver hair.
On the contrary. Esther is a beautiful and slender woman. She is 1.80 meters tall. She has long black hair, smooth and fresh skin. Her talent is top level. Despite her being Henry's junior by 3 years, she is a level 2 Rookie Magician.
"Little brother, it's weird that you have dinner with us. Usually at this hour you are looking for a slut to warm your bed". Henry scoffed.
Esther looked at Jozef with disappointment, but she didn't say anything.
"What I do is none of your business, you better go and watch your wife"
It was an open secret that Henry's wife was cheating on him with different men, some say that even demons have played with her.
Katherine Blackstone, was the daughter of Marquis Lucio Blackstone. In the past, she had a boyfriend that she wanted to marry, but Henry drugged and raped her. Forcing a marriage between the two families. Since then Katherine never showed respect for Henry, at first Henry hits her, but she was very adamant. In time he gave up.
Henry's smile froze. Even Esther was surprised.
Jozef had never responded to Henry's taunts.