Time flew by. It had already been two and a half years since Raon began to practice his Ring of Fire.
His daily routine had become very simple.
He woke up in the morning and played with Sylvia and Helen. After lunch and the elixir, he pretended to fall asleep and trained the Ring of Fire during this nap time.
After dinner, he would go to sleep early and wake up at around midnight. That was when he would begin his second round of practice, as everyone else was asleep.
Above all else, he was confident that when compared to all the other three-year-olds in the continent, he was the one who had lived life to the fullest.
'If all goes well, I think I can attain one-star for the Ring of Fire today.'
There was steady progress, even if his training time was short, thanks to the elixir.
It seemed like he could practice the Ring of Fire later, as long as he secured the right timing and focus.
'By the way, it seems he really doesn't care at all.'
Glenn Zieghart had not shown his face since he had given Raon his name. It seemed that he had no interest in not just Raon, but his daughter Sylvia as well.
'Well, doesn't matter.'
There was no need for him to bother if the other party did not make an effort. As he had planned before, he would leave the clan after taking what he needed, and that was that.
'But it is a little…'
It was just that Sylvia, Helen, and the other maids remaining behind weighed heavily on his mind. It seemed that, after being with them for three years, tiny feelings had begun to sprout in his heart.
"Raon. Call me 'Mommy'!"
While Raon was fidgeting with his fingers and thinking of the future, Sylvia giggled and held him up.
"Maam!"
"Ah! One more time!"
"Mama!"
"Aaah!"
When he forced himself to mumble and call her 'Mama', Sylvia's face brightened up. Her eyes melted in happiness.
"Raon. Just once more!"
"Mama!"
"Milady, I've brought the medicine."
As he played with Sylvia with a slightly tired look on his face, Helen brought over the heated elixir.
"Oh, thank you."
Sylvia accepted the bowl of elixir from Helen.
"Here, Raon."
She cooled the hot elixir a little and scooped it for him.
"Ah-mmf!"
Raon's small mouth came forward to meet the spoon.
"Look at you!"
Sylvia and Helen smiled as they watched Raon swallow the elixir, even two and a half years later.
"Sleepy…"
After finishing the elixir, Raon blinked his eyes heavily, as if he were sleepy.
"Since we finished the medicine, shall we go for a nap?"
"Mhm."
"Alright. Go to sleep."
Sylvia put Raon down on the bed facing the window and patted his stomach.
"Mmmm…"
Raon closed his eyes and acted as if he was falling asleep. He heard Sylvia and Helen leaving the room not long after. They took a break while he pretended to be asleep.
'I guess I can begin now.'
Raon recited the passage for the practice of the Ring of Fire as he closed his eyes, taking a deep breath.
He let the mana, which was sucked in from nature with his inhale, flow through his entire body.
'The flow of mana is smooth.'
The mana flowed more smoothly, though his breathing was the same as usual. He felt as if was going to achieve something.
'Calm down.'
He calmly exhaled and connected the line of mana flowing in the mana circuit. The tips of his fingers trembled, as his lungs were small and he quickly went out of breath, but he endured.
Using the hot energy from the elixir and mana from nature, he cut down the ice inside the mana circuit. He then circulated it within his whole body.