I came home and gave the pills to my mother, and she looked at me for a long time. And sighed, without saying anything, she left, and my father stayed, the conversation was obviously going to be long.
- Son, have you decided to go after all?
- Yes father. My place is not here, and I feel it. I'm sorry if I haven't lived up to your expectations.
- You've always been quiet and obedient. And it was obvious you weren't interested here, but you should know, it's harder for mothers to let go.
- I know, Father. I hope mom gets better and you make another baby. I can't say I will, I probably won't. So forgive me.
- I understand. Be strong son. I won't ask anything of you. If you can come back, if you can't, so be it. The main thing is not to forget us.
- I won't forget, father.
- Now go away.
- All right, Father.
I bowed low and left. I have nothing to say to them, they've figured it out for themselves. It's hard for me, too, to let them go and leave, but I hope to come back and get them.
I never got to sleep. I got up early in the morning and went straight to the center of the village. I don't want to be seen by my parents, it will be hardest for them, and even sadder when we say goodbye. I'll be back, I promise, mother, father. In the meantime I have much to achieve and the road will be hard. Whether I have the piano or not. But I'm a Pomeranian, which means I have to be strong and build a harem, ha-ha. I don't know about the harem, but I must be strong.
I stood and waited, an hour later Ai came up with a backpack. I did not take anything with me. What for? They didn't say anything about it, so they would give it to me.
- Good morning Ho.
- Morning, Ai. How are the parents?
- They cried...
- I see. It's okay, we'll come back for them.
- I hope so.
- Chin up, Ai.
- Mm-hmm.
Soon we were approached. And they took us to some kind of carriage or whatever it was called. We went in and sat there. They closed the door, and 10 minutes later, we kind of took off. Yeah, sitting on the birds would be more comfortable, I guess, but without saying anything we sat there, Ai clinging to my hand like a life preserver. So we sat like that. We sat there for a long time. We didn't even get any food for the day. Ai shared her supplies with me. We also wanted to go to the bathroom, but we were patient. Some even went on the spot. There were only seven of us. The rest of us probably didn't make it. And on the second day we stopped. Some young man opened the door and grimaced.
- All the assholes came out. Couldn't wait? - He grimaced again - those I name up front, and those left behind you will come.
- Shin, Ko, Ai, Ryo, Lin go ahead of me. And you two wait behind you will come now.
- Ai go ahead. I'll come to you later.
- You sure?
- Yes, go.
- Let's make it quick. I don't have much time as it is.
They left and we stayed. This separation obviously means something. Either we're special, or they are. There were several guys and only Ai was a girl. So, it's clearly a division by class or something. A guy with hare teeth soon came up to us, haha, he has teeth really like a hare. Big front teeth and long that they don't fit in his mouth...
- You two follow me.
We walked. And we didn't ask anything. What for? He would explain everything on his own, and he was not friendly enough to ask. You could even tell by his facial expression that we were despised.
- This is the servants' quarter. You will live here from now on. You have one room, so let's go.
- What do you mean, servants' quarters? We were taken as apprentices by the gods.
- Ha-ha, the gods? What village are you from that you think we are gods?
Wouldn't an idiot ask? It's obvious that we've been thrown out, and we're not fit for discipleship... And where the fuck is my Royal?
- You idiots make me laugh. All right, I'll tell you what's going on. This is the servants' quarter, like I said. You'll work here for spiritual chi pills. You'll be given three each month. Over there is the junior disciples' quarter. They don't work, they just meditate and hunt for spiritual animals that you can get the cores from. They can be traded or used in meditation and breakthroughs. They give you great impurities in your body and you have to purify yourself from it. Younger disciples get five of each already. Next is the quarter of disciples and senior disciples, they also receive their pills, but they receive 10, 15 pills a month and they also go hunting for spiritual animals. If you're lucky enough to get any farther, there's a quarter of warriors, masters and elders. Our leader is the Emperor.
- What other ranks are there? You said there's junior apprentice, apprentice, and senior apprentice next how?
- Then there are warrior, master, monarch, king, emperor, spirit, and ancestor. Our head is emperor.
- How do you meditate on that?
- How, what, why, everything will be explained to you later, we're almost there.
- And what is the difference between a younger student and a regular student?
- The younger apprentice is as strong as you two, even stronger, probably, and the apprentice is twice as strong as him, and the older apprentice is already three times stronger than the apprentice.
- And how do you transfer to a junior apprentice?
- Like how you meditate, you gather the energy of qi, and your energy should match the energy of the student. When you transition, it will be like an explosion of something. Your energy will increase and then you transition according to your rank. A student has three ranks. Apprentice Rank 1, Rank 2 and Rank 3. And already a warrior has 6 ranks, and a master has 9 ranks further as 9 ranks each.
- I see, thank you for the clarification.
- Ha ha you're welcome, little ones. You'll never amount to anything in this life anyway. If you rise in 3 years to an apprentice, okay if not, you'll be a servant for life ha ha ha ha.
- No no I don't want to be a servant I'm the son of an elder, I can't be a servant, my brother will help me. I will not remain a servant.
- Maybe he will. Come on, there's nothing to talk about. Go on, I've shown you everything. Tomorrow you'll start working. You have time for meditation only in the evening. And in the morning you will work in the kitchen and clean the rooms of students and older students and do their laundry.
Yeah, I entered the world of cultivation and became a servant, it's fucking amazing. And where the fuck is my Royal?