"Too low, what?"
"Yes, Liliang is very important in the cultivation and does the aptitude. It can't be increased normally as it is born with you; your aptitude is too low to learn any cultivation technique that helps you become strong," Mina said with a sigh. She was not sure how this boy's body worked.
"Hmm…" Akira was silent; he was not sure what to say, but one thing was sure: he was not a genius here.
"But your body is abnormal, I am not sure about your body," she said to him. She didn't understand how his body was able to heal like some expert who cultivated Liliang for years. But no, his aptitude was low, with just a noticeable Liliang in the body, which was being trained too, without training, it would not even exist.
Akira smiled; he knew he would get something. Like he came to a world without any miracles? He should have at least had a system with him… Maybe not a system, but at least a good physique to cultivate. That thing that sent him here would not leave him like a normal person. His life would be boring without any interesting powers or something.
'Why is he smiling?' She thought, after seeing him smile, maybe he remembered something of his past.
"Thank you, Aunt Mina. I am learning many things," he said to her.
"Haha," she patted on his shoulder. "I believe something is special about you."
Akira was also sure about it, special or not—but it would be interesting.
"But I will teach some martial arts, which use very low Liliang. And remember, your aptitude is called Soil. There are four types of aptitudes.
The first one is Sky.
The second one is Air.
The third one is Soil.
The fourth one is Dust.
As the highest aptitude is Sky, the lowest is Dust. People with Dust are just normal mortals without any chance to even cultivate Liliang. They can only live a normal life and die. And next is Soil, this is the aptitude most people have. In this aptitude, there are stages, like yours. You could train some Liliang, but the low stages can only dream about it too." She said to him:
'What kind of names are these?' He thought, he didn't expect to hear names like that.
"And the Air, that talented people have. Mine is Air, and so are my daughters. With this aptitude, you can cultivate Liliang to a higher level where you can only imagine the limit."
Akira listened very carefully, he was not the type of person who liked to learn things, but this knowledge was very important for him to live in this world.
"Sky aptitude is something that only appears once in thousand years, and that too in Royal Family. Normal people, or even Nobles have Sky. So I can't say much about it. But it is the highest aptitude a Human can get"
"I understand," Akira said, he felt this would help him a lot later on.
"Good, I will teach you some things in the morning, it might help when you are in danger, but if you fight a human, that can only be used for defense." She said to him with a smile, it was good that he was able to understand things without any difficulty. She remembered that her daughters were not even listening to her words when she tried to explain anything to them.
"Okay," he said as he finished eating the fruits, and his stomach was full. He was not sure if they eat meat or not. But… this was good too. He hesitated to ask her about meat, what if they didn't eat meat? Would that offend her?
"Does anyone eat meat here?" He asked her, he didn't want to, but meat was his love back in his previous world.
"Meat?" Mina raised her eyebrows. "Humans should not eat meat… I don't know why you ask that, but meat is something that is not edible. Monsters have toxic substances in their bodies that cannot be removed."
"Monsters? I am asking about normal animals," he asked.
"Animals?" She got confused even more. "Why would someone eat an animal?" she asked.
He had nothing to say.
"Meat of monsters is consumed by Beastkins and Demons, which is also one of the reasons to even try anything with it, we take the cores and burn the corpses of them." But animals… I don't know about it, animals are just used for pleasure."
"Oh… wait, what?" He was shocked. What did she say?
"What?"
"C-Can you repeat it?"
"Hmm? Animals are used for pleasure." She repeated.
"Ha…" he was not sure anymore, what kind of world was this? What the hell was going on? Animals for pleasure? Was that why women were left behind? He was confused.
"Anyway, it is time for me to bathe," she said as she stood up.
Akira was silent, his mind was thinking of many things.
"Let me help you bathe," he said as he stood up. He liked her way more than he imagined, more than her daughters.
"Hmm, you don't have to," said Mina.
"This is just a small help, I would like to return the favor for teaching me many things." Akira was genuine about his words, there was no need to lie, but there was another reason he wanted to 'help' her.
"Haha. If you say it like that, how can I refuse?" She laughed lightly, as she could clearly tell he was genuine.
Akira just smiled, he was not feeling as bad as he did with her daughters. He was happy about this, without a slight bit of confusion in his heart.
Mina walked out of the room, and Akira followed her, admiring her behind. Even though Mina noticed it, she didn't say anything, as he was not doing anything wrong in her eyes.
On their way, they meet the three daughters.
"Is it already bath time for you, mother?" Su asked Mina.
"Yes, I need to go out for something before I sleep," she said to them. It was not bath time for Mina, it was too early. But since she wanted to go out for something, she decided to bathe early.
Su and the others nodded and looked at Akira with confusion.
"I am helping Aunt Mina bathe." He said it to them with a smile.
"Huh…" They didn't understand him, he refused them and wanted to help their mother?
"Haha," Mina laughed, seeing their faces, and entered the bathroom. Akira also hid his face and followed her.