Re:START/If {Book 1.0}
Chapter 1: Something New (Part 02)
In the magnificent and luxurious dining room inside the Mansion, on a rectangular teak-shaped table that had many carved ornaments on the legs of the table, Odo sat near his father.
When the place was observed again, sitting in front of the dining table was only Dart and Odo, there were no other family members. It was not a strange sight in the Luke family, basically their family consisted of only the Head of the Family, the Madam, and the Child, no relatives or branch families.
For a family that is arguably quite influential in the kingdom of Felixia it does look a little strange, but that is the reality. To maintain the bloodline or purity, usually the upper class nobles do not just have offspring, that's one of the normal causes that often exist.
But in the case of Luke's family a little different, the genealogy of Dart and Mavis is arguably unique so that from the two of them there is no one who has relatives.
The atmosphere of dining in the medieval architectural style dining room was always quiet, plus Mavis who was in a bad condition so that it could not come to make the atmosphere more silent.
Odo sat on a special bench elevated to make it easier to touch the meal. But instead of eating food, he opened the book he had brought from the library and read it in a quiet voice.
Dart who saw it put the spoon on the table, then observed his son who was passionate about the knowledge. In the man's life, the moment with his son today is one of the most precious things in his life, there is no reason for him to scold his son.
Some of the servants standing behind the chairs followed them, looking at the moment of the father and son who felt so graceful. All of the servants Dart hired had high loyalty, most of them were people that Dart had saved when the man was young.
Dart Luke, a Hero who has the nickname The Sword Expert, Sword Monster, Light Swordsman, and various others. Of all the nicknames, he was known as the Demon Killer Sword Expert.
Odo closed the book, then placed it on the table, next to the food served to him. The menu that served them this afternoon was Pirozhki and Machanka sweet with added cheese, but unfortunately the food was not warm because it was left to wait for a long time.
[Note: Pirozhki is a meat-filled bread, mushrooms, fish, or vegetables such as potatoes and cabbage, some contain berries, but this time it contains meat and fish; Machanka is a type of meat sauce made from meat, vegetables, wheat flour, and water, usually made with not spicy but savory and sweet]
Looking at the menu that was quite difficult for a five-year-old like him to eat, Odo put on a flat face. Not wanting to waste the food, he tried to eat the dishes that were started by taking Pirozhki with his hands and eating it.
Seeing his son begin to eat food, Dart began to eat the food served to him. Unlike Odo, Dart uses a knife and fork to eat Pirozhki or first dipped in Machanka before eating.
Although Odo was the first to start eating, but Dart finished early. After that, the man again observed his son who was eating a cane full of happiness.
After finishing one portion of his meal, Odo picked up the prepared cloth on the table, then wiped his own mouth. Seeing this, some of the girls who were standing behind the chair looked at Odo with anxiety.
"Ayahanda .., what ... Is your mother still sick?" asked Odo suddenly.
That question made Dart pensive for a moment. The man did not answer his son's question, he only replied with a forced-looking smile.
Odo immediately understood his point, without further questioning the black-haired child lowered his head and said, "Hopefully Mother will get well soon, I want to eat with her ...."
"Yes ... Mom will definitely heal. I'll try to find a way ...."
The words are not certainty, it is just a false hope that Dart said to convince his son. Of all the people, Dart knows best that his wife can't heal easily. It was not easy, it was even harder than killing hundreds of demons like when he was young.
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After finishing lunch with his father, Odo asks Julia to drive him to the room where Mavis is lying ill. As soon as he entered his mother's room, Odo came down from Julia's arms and ran up to a woman who looked very young but thin and looked limp.
She is Mavis the Witch of Light, the mother of Odo, and the wife of Luke's Family Head, Dart. The reason the Great Witch was lying limp was because of the curse she had when she was young and some bodily conditions that were indeed different from humans could be.
Since giving birth to Odo five years ago, the disease and curse on his body has been getting worse, and since two years ago he has not even had the strength to stand alone.
"Mother ...." Odo held Mavis' weakly lying hand. The woman opened her eyes weakly. With blue lips, He said in a soft voice, "Ah ..., Odo ...?" He moved forward because his eyes faded.
The Fiola who had been standing near his master approached. The Fox girl held Mavis' hands together, then directed her to Odo who was by the bedside.
"Thank you, Fiola ...."
Mavis touched her son's face. Without being able to sit or lift the blanket, the woman just touched her child's face while smiling happily because she could tell her child was growing healthy.
The helplessness of the situation, the sense of uselessness, and the deep weakness, all permeated Odo's heart. At the same time, he also blamed himself for being born in this world. If only he had not been born, perhaps his mother would not have suffered this much, that is what Odo felt.
But, as if to understand what Odo felt, Mavis said, "Thank you Odo, for being born among us ... I'm so grateful to have a child like you .. You don't have to be sad, my sweet child ...."
Odo was shocked, his tears flowing and began to sob. At that time, the five-year-old boy made up his mind again in his second life. A purpose and reason for life that he did not have before, namely protecting his family and saving his mother.
"I don't know .. This sense of helplessness .... I promise you, I will surely repay all your kindness for giving birth to me in this world. I will definitely cure you ...."
Odo lifted his face and hugged his mother's hand. Seeing this, Julia and Fiola more or less know the reason why Odo is different from most children his age. He, the child just wants to make his mother proud because it has given birth to him, it is a natural reason for a child to be independent quickly.
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At night, in Odo's room. After he finished accompanying his mother and took a short walk in the park, little Odo returned to his room and was laid by Julia to the top of the sleeping basket.
He fell asleep before he was laid. Julia glimpsed the face of her Young Master who was fast asleep, then turned off the main light in the room that was powered by a Magic Reactor and left the room.
A few seconds after Julia closed the door, the boy got up and sat down quickly. He looked to his right and left, making sure no one was in his room.
"It's safe ...."
Odo climbed up the sleeping basket, then went out and down. When his feet hit the floor, he slipped and fell. However, he paid no heed to it and walked towards the Circuit of the Magic Reactor located beside the table near the bedroom door.
A Magic Reactor is a device for utilizing External Mana or Natural Mana to be utilized for daily purposes such as lighting, water jetting, or fire needs. Functionally, the Magic Reactor was almost like a device to provide Electricity and Gas for daily needs, and the Mana in the Magic Reactor was streamed to the corners of the Mansion using the Reactor Circuit.
Arriving in front of the Reactor Circuit in the shape of a copper box attached 50 cm high from the floor, Odo sat down and observed it. The boy recalled the contents of the book he had previously read about Magic Core cultivation before lunch.
In working system, Magic Reactor is a tool to capture Natural Mana and process it into pure energy that can be used for various purposes, in other words, the Reactor Circuit contains stable Mana that flows abundantly. Knowing this, Odo remembered one of the methods in the book on Magic Cultivation.
[Note; Magic Cultivation, power system or magic power enhancement]
"Magic Intent is the soul of a magician in understanding the limits of ability, but with cultivation that limit can develop. Hem, one of them was to force the Magic Core by charging Mana to make it expand, but the way ...how to absorb Mana from this Circuit how?"
Odo touches the Reactor Circuit, and just like electricity it directly radiates to the hands and makes his body filled with Mana until it is overloaded.
"A ....!!"
Mana continued to spread rapidly, making his hair stand up and the blood inside his body seemed to dry up. Frantically Odo pulled his hand from the Circuit Box, but the charge of Mana present in the body still left his body overloaded with magic.
"Where, if it has been processed it turns out to be similar to electricity, spread it too quickly. Tch, then ...."
Odo sat cross-legged, then entered in a meditative position with both palms together. It was one of the Meditations he had learned from the book, a cultivation to level the Mana throughout the body and concentrate it so that it could be absorbed by the Magic Core.
"Eng, even though this is the first time I tried it turned out to be running smoothly apparently. Yeah, even though it felt like my whole body was tingling ...."
Amidst the cultivation process, Odo smiled darkly. "First get the strength and knowledge first, in this way the initial stage of finding a way to cure Mom will certainly be smooth" said Odo.
After that, the five-year-old continued to cultivate by repeating the process until he was tired, absorbing the Mana from the Reactor Circuit and making his Magic Core absorb the Mana. For the future, such a thing as Magic Cultivation became the secret routine of the Luke Family's successor.