While everyone was happily eating, Noah took it in turns to pour a large portion of the food he had left over for himself into the bowls of his younger brothers and sisters.
The younger siblings looked at their big brother with a puzzled expression, while Noah calmly said, "You guys eat, I have just been outside eating a lot of delicious food. Besides, you're all still growing up, you can't afford to fall behind with your nutrition".
Everyone took it for granted and continued to eat, only John understood what his big brother was talking about with the big meal.
After eating, Noah planned to find some time to perform the Awakening Ceremony in the town. He didn't have high hopes, but it was all just a matter of time.
Everyone was doing their part, and John was practising with Ying. Even though John hadn't been awakened yet, his physical strength was supposed to be comparable to that of an adult.
Jeptha, on the other hand, was clearing the dishes on the table; he couldn't be left out of every washing up session as he ate the most. Little Annie, meanwhile, was quietly reading a book.
Noah was very happy with this kind of life, even though he was poor, the feeling of coming home and having someone waiting for him was really great.
He also started to go outside the house to practise his sword, all the sword techniques he remembered in his head could be performed in his hands.
After a while, the sky started to get dark. That's when Noah returned home.
He could feel that his sword skills had continued to improve, but it was not enough. He was the pillar of the family, the older brother to his younger siblings. He could not be satisfied with the status quo, he could only fight with the world in exchange for his younger siblings to grow up happy and healthy.
It was at this point that he made up his mind, let's go to the Awakening Ceremony tomorrow. If he couldn't awaken a good extraordinary ability, he could still rely on his extraordinary ability to earn money to support his family.
On the other hand, if you have a C-class or higher extraordinary ability, you are eligible for admission to the academy.
As long as one could enter the academy, one could rely on the resources provided by the academy to help one's younger siblings grow up better. This is the only way they will be able to stand on the same starting line as others of their age before the Awakening Ceremony.
After taking a bath, Noah went over to Jeptha, Annie and Ying's room to check on them. The three little heads just appeared. Ying also spoke up, "Big Brother, we want to hear a story."
Noah lovingly touched Ying's head and replied, "Okay, today Big Brother will tell you a story you haven't heard yet, Ultraman vs. SpongeBob".
After an hour of talking, the three little ones couldn't stand the sleep any longer and fell asleep one after the other. Noah also took the blanket with him to help them cover themselves up so that they would not catch a cold.
With the recent cooling, the problems in the house were also much less. This also gave Noah the idea of buying a heater, which would mean that Noah would have to work harder to earn money. But everything was for the sake of his younger siblings, so he also started thinking about how to make money or how to get a heater.
Noah who was thinking was also disturbed by John who was standing beside him, he turned his head to look at John but saw him handing him the food he hadn't finished yet.
John said, ''Big brother, you should eat more. Otherwise you won't be able to concentrate during the awakening ceremony.
Noah was also puzzled and asked John how he knew about his idea to attend the Awakening Ceremony while John spread his hands and explained, "Because big brother wants to awaken his powers to make better money so that Annie and the others can grow up better.
Noah smiled gently, then stroked John's head and said, "Don't forget you're my brother too. You're all my family, so I'll do my best."
With that, he turned and left the room, leaving Noah to sleep on a bench near the door. This would be a better way to look out for strangers, and also to keep some of the Fae or wild animals from getting in.
After one night, Noah was awakened by an itching sensation. When he looked up, he saw Ying taking Annie's hair and wrapping it around his ear.
Noah also got up and went to wash, later he had to catch fish from the river to make a fish soup.
He worked until nine in the morning before Noah had breakfast with his siblings. Some of them even drank all of the fish soup that Noah and Annie had made for them.
Noah looked at the sun and got ready to go to town for the awakening ceremony.
John and the other siblings also wanted to go to cheer up their big brother, but Noah talked them out of it.His reasoning was that he needed to go and try it out first, and if he did, he might awaken powerful extraordinary ability before making any plans.
In his heart, Noah didn't want his younger sibling to be exposed to these things too early, and even though John was already thirteen years old, he still wasn't at ease.
So the safest way was to use himself as bait first, and only after he had awakened a good extraordinary ability would he decide whether or not his younger siblings would be able to follow.
If he couldn't awaken them or couldn't take them with him, he would have to return to the mountain hut and take care of them until they reached adulthood.
Although this would mean that his talent would not be recognised, but all this was far less important than his younger siblings playing in front of him.
But everything depended on his ability to awaken a good extraordinary ability, so he decided to go out now. He didn't want to put it off any longer, what had to be faced would be faced eventually.
Noah left the mountain hut after explaining everything to his siblings.
This time he couldn't give up, no matter what.