What if it suddenly disappeared one day?
The thought of it suddenly leaving him, with everything he had was something he couldn't imagine, this was why he was simply absorbing everything that was thrown at him, the effect of the system was evident but it was coming through it and not directly through him, especially since his ability only became better with the system.
After thinking for a while, Ainz decided to check his sea of consciousness, this had become one of his habits, ever since his mana sense points went up from 11 to 14 within the past months of cultivating his mental energy, it was one of the things that showed the biggest progress.
Thanks to the increase of his mana sense, his learning capacity increased and became faster, even his ability together with perception to sense and detect something in his surroundings, became more precise and smoother.
To the point where, he felt his mind was becoming sharper and sharper every day. Meanwhile, inside his sea of consciousness at the center of the sphere, there was a slight disturbance in the space which would often affect the tide below.
This became more apparent after his mana sense attribute went up by 3, each time it happened it seemed like something was about to appear but was still not consolidated.
'With one week left, I must completely focus on the eight ates of asura and on increasing my mental energy as well, since spear art could be said to be already perfected and does not require any more training, except an actual fight. However, to completely perfect using mana from my muscles, I still need to train it. Who knows I might actually perfect it, nevertheless, I can't slack off like Bruce wants me to.'
Just like before his schedule did not change, in fact, it only got more stricter, as he poured more attention into reading the eight gates of asura body cultivation method, since he was already feeling signs that he could mutate, if he didn't quickly balance his mana core.
He would use his mornings to cultivate the wyvern king cultivation technique, his afternoons for reading the eight gates of asura, and at night to train really hard on the magical rune.
While training, he would constantly make sure his state of mind was clear and sharp. This was one thing Bruce had taught him, of course, he knew this, but in order for one to be at their peak of reasoning and understanding, he had to maintain a sharpened and clear mind.
One thing he noticed about Bruce, was that his mind was always sharp and clear-headed, for Ainz it wasn't something he was used to, as a monarch then the only thing his mind was constantly thinking about was war, and death, so there was never a time he needed to keep his mind clear enough for other things, if they weren't going to result to death.
Having millions of undead alone was tasking to his mind already, and wasn't exactly easy to handle, he had no wife or children, he only had concubines of various races, and they were not exactly normal that he needed to worry about their safety and most weren't humans, since they were warriors.
With Ainz dedicating more time to training and practicing, like this, time went by and the day before the appointed time with Bruce soon arrived.
As per instructions, that particular day Ainz didn't practice his martial art nor train with the magical rune, but spent the entire day reading the eight gates of asura tome, although Bruce had said to take an entire week off from training, but to Ainz spending an entire week doing nothing but rest would have been a waste to not just him, but to the week as well.
That particular day, Ainz decided to go see Lilith, when he got to her quarters he took a deep breath before knocking at the door, saying with a firm voice.
"Mother, it's me, your son Ainz."
After waiting for some time, the door eventually opened, and Lilith's radiant figure could be seen, and a bright smile appeared on her face when she saw him.
"And here, I was thinking when would my lovely son visit his dear mother, but I hope you are safe? I barely see you these days, even when I come to your lodge you are barely there, don't tell me you didn't follow the instructions I gave you, Ainz?"
While Lilith was pouting, Ainz's mind was on somewhere else, instinctively his eyes swiftly went to some parts of her body, and when they did for a moment his eyes became cold, but were quickly replaced by warmth as he hugged her.
'So it's 328 now…'
He thought while hugging her, as if his father abandoning her wasn't enough he was also torturing her, he wasn't even bold enough to accept and train his son by himself, instead used his situation as a cover to avoid responsibility, while it would seem like he had helped him, it was only a transaction between Lilith and himself.
While she would offer her body to him, in return he would offer support to her son, even though he knew this was what had been happening for the past six months behind him, he couldn't say anything because not only was it not yet time, it would also ruin all the trouble and effort his mother had gone through for him.
As he thought about it, his expression grew extremely cold, eventually he calmed himself down, and released the hug, before looking at her with the same warm smile he had earlier.
"Mother, actually it is about my training. According to my master, I will be going on a special training tomorrow, however, it will take like a week or even more, to be completed. So I came to tell you mother that I won't be coming back home for a while."