With the beginning of the new day. Bursuc Nicolae knew what things would come up eventually.
As he prepared his breakfast and enjoyed himself in a calm atmosphere, he opened the internet to listen to an audiobook while eating his breakfast; they were small and mundane things, but to him, they were the best.
'Another day, another cultivation novel away; sometimes I'm wondering why I am so obsessed with these things; the plot is always the same, unfortunately, well almost everything, except for the goats,' said Nicolae with a mused smile.
For breakfast, there were 2 cooked yolk eggs, with some sliced tomatoes, salami, sliced cheese, likely mozzarella, and some slices of bread.
Ripping off a bit of breakfast and pushing it into the core of the yolk, combining their fragrance and stuffing it into his mouth.
'Yes it's pretty good, I should hurry and call my parents, at least after I finish some chapters' thought Nicolae, as he relaxed, ate, and enjoyed his morning, it was free time all for himself since it was a Sunday
Thinking of these cultivation novels, he envied those beings, those cultivators. How much he wishes he could cultivate, to soar the skies and The Heavens, to have unlimited powers and authority a life that is even freer from restrictions, more than anyone can imagine, to give in to his impulses and use the entire stage as his research lab, well more like a research game since he wasn't too compatible with the crazy scientists who did crazy experiments and had such a bad reputation.
For him, just the opportunity to experience and analyze such captivating moments was enough. His impulses conciliated and satisfied, his selfish wishes barely waiting to be fed.
Of course, he wasn't a bad person, he still had limits and morals, and he wouldn't do things that shouldn't be done, but he wasn't a complete idiot either, if it was for his goals, to save his life, protect those he cares about he wouldn't mind doing dirty tactics either, after all, Nicolae was a realistic person who knew to be realistic and logical, if a person truly courted death and challenged him too much for petty reasons, wouldn't it be his responsibility to deliver it to him, do things that should be done, avoid things that shouldn't that is the most basic summary each person should strive for, then decorate it with a strong sense of morality and realism to fill up these words, a correct and just standard of life.
Of course, explaining how a person should live could not be done with such a simple and lacking definition, people are complex creatures with a vast string of fate flexible and attached to them, so it's more natural to believe that people themselves are not capable to find a full complex definition on how they should really live, generate their thoughts and decisions, morality, rationality and connect them to their goals.
Even if that is not enough of a universally accepted fact, it can be considered a good start; at least one could argue that having something is better than having nothing.
Finishing his activities, Nicolae took the phone and dialed the number of his Mother, Ruxanda Bursuc.
"Hello."
"Hello, mom.
How have you been?"
"Hello, son, I've been well, I'm happy that you called me, so what you've been doing recently? Anything interesting?" Said the Mother. There was a form of interest and curiosity in her voice, almost teasy by nature.
"I've been doing great, Mother, I just talked with the captain of an archeological team, and I've just been accepted into the operation; soon, tomorrow, we will start the exploration."
"That's great news, dear, I'm so happy right now I don't think you can even realize. What do you want to get. I'll buy you anything, just say, and then we can celebrate."
"Mom, I appreciate it, but there's no need to overreact, just take it easy and let the details come in later, maybe we can talk about my experience and the events on my journey after I finish it and I get home, I'm sure I'll bring even more reason to celebrate so you can expect it, for now, I'm just happy to convey the news."
"Have things been well recently? For example, what have you done through the day," asked Nicolae.
"Nothing too much, we've been busy with work at our house. Since we moved to a rural area, we had many activities to supplement the lack of our job, just simple stuff, like taking care of our animals, pigs, cows, and chickens; they needed to be fed and taken care of alongside many other rural activities.
It is a tough life, but we adapted to it; now we even enjoy it and wouldn't have it any different; you can be certain that your parents are still strong."
"What is Dad doing? I want to hear his voice too."
"Your father has gone to mow the grass and prepare it for the cows. He is not here right now, but he will come eventually.
What do you want to say to him?"
"Tell him that I achieved my goal and I'm in the fruit of savoring it, and he doesn't need to worry about his son's future or the fact that I may be disappointed in being stuck as a teacher forever, no I don't have depression and I know things have been tough recently with many missed opportunity and many stones to turn but I finally made it, also he must not forget to prepare the champagne, I will call you again when I finish my work and have some free time to return back home."
"Okay son, I'll make sure to tell him"
"Bye, Mom, I love you."
"Bye son, I love you too.
Wait, before I hang up never forget to take care of yourself and be careful if it's a dangerous zone; I heard some areas have dangerous animals like venomous snakes; make sure to be very careful so that nothing bad happens to you. You know how worried I can get."
After hearing this Nicolae chuckled.
"Mom, don't just raise a red flag like this; it'll be fine, besides, didn't you always tell me that I'm a smart boy. How could I not pay attention to some snakes."
"Okay, son, I trust you, just making sure, that's all. Bye again, son."
"Yes, yes, bye again, Mom."
With that, the conversation ended, and the noise inside the room came to a standstill.
'Well, she definitely cares; now I can't wait until I revisit them and describe my adventure.'
Thinking and feeling the slight excitement in his heart, Nicolae released his feelings by indulging in a few more novels, nothing else. Yes, today Nicolae decided to do nothing else, just relax and put back the grinding; after all, with so many days of doing it, even he was starting to get tired.
Listening, and listening he still wondered why these cultivators were so illogical and always courted death, was it that hard to bow down a little and act. Why did they take action without thinking or without a plan, it was as if they were allergic to it, did they not see how much of a difference it could make, why didn't they build up more connections, to get information and take advantage of it, why didn't they lie more or use more trickery deceitfulness, why didn't they use the authorities and connections, attract people to them, so many things were missing, did they really think that relying on their muscles is enough to reach the top of the world, he always wondered.
If he were in such an environment he would definitely create more trouble for his enemies, never reveal himself properly, and use people for his goals.
'Sigh it's not like it'll happen so why do I think about this now, I guess it's just self-satisfaction, yes to compensate when their actions are so frustrating, but in reality, this has nothing to do with me so it's pointless to stress over such things, yes I should be happy and just enjoy my freedom ,for today, tomorrow is a big day,' thought Nicolae as he brought a bottle of wine and enjoyed the rest of the day, with his focus on his novels.
And so the time passed, with the passing of it, it manipulated the concept of day and night with a group of 10 strings attached to each finger deciding their very action with absolute obedience, other than the day and night, people too were grouped together
In this endless theatre of comedic proportions.
And so, under its guidance, the day turned into night, and Nicolae was left on the day with no action of great significance; it was just an ordinary day, that was all.
'It's already 10:30 PM, I should go to sleep, since tomorrow is a big day, and God forbid that I wake up tomorrow with the lack of any energy to do anything, after all the efforts I put in my past, to end up falling to exhaustion just like this, how would I feel'
Then he went up to sleep and woke up tomorrow.
He was comfortable, prepared, relaxed, and excited, a torrent of emotion and thoughts lingered around his ideas, decorating them, giving them a sense of life, protecting them from the undesirable blandness of simplicity and rigidness of the nothingness, the result of absolute nothing, of no importance, of no desire and of course of no creativity.
This was an absolute and strong poison that culled the human soul, making it no different from a marionette. Yet for Nicolae, this couldn't bring him any trouble because he was a keen observer of events and knew how to live life to the fullest, how to find joy, and creativity even in the smallest things.
When he was down he always knew what to say or what to think to create a pleasing atmosphere. Whether he was indulged in his own thoughts and creativity, whether he was socializing with other people, or dealing with their problems, he knew what needed to be said to create a conversation, drive the subject to a better ending, eventually he would even share his world view to create a gate of hope to other people, perhaps, more, unfortunate people.
After all, one never knew what someone else had hidden deep into his soul so one might as well open the frame and indulge it with some hope, hehe there are benefits to this, one can gain a new friend, that may open their path to a new worldview, one can also explore the worldview of a different person, a different being with hope and dreams, cherishing those moments of a special and unique type of enlightenment.
'Well this day will be my first chance at exploring the 'world', well the physical world at the very least, but the world, the real world is so much larger than just a plain planet, or a big, large space made of heat and cold bundled up together to form a big room.
Yes the real world is also composed of the physicality of things and the abstractness of things, things that can be interacted with, but not with the normal touch of one's finger.
On such matters, one can get more complex, more thorough far more different than a linear rule of simply touching things with physical characteristics between them.
One can use a variety of methods to obtain abstract touchness, for example if one wants to find out the mood of one person, or their problems, perhaps their ideology one needs to use well detailed words, trust and solutions, all must fit in with a proper and well thought argument.
Going by this one can open the door of abstractness to a person and be allowed to freely touch certain things, adjust, improve and unfortunately destroying is also a possibility, such is a nonlinear door of possibilities allowed by Heaven, yes The Heaven can create unimaginable wonders, but also utter and limitless destruction, this may exist as only a weapon, and the one with the most responsability should be the person in charge of this weapon.
'Well it's pointless to think about things that are too far into the future, when I become satisfied with the physical wonders of the world I will act on the abstract events that belongs to it and study psychology.
I always seemed to have a talent for it,' thought Nicolae as he finished eating and preparing himself. He went into the car and drove to his work.
'Hehe let's smile, because today will be an eventfull day,' whistled the last of his multitude of compressed thoughts.