[A/N: Honestly super sorry about the teness, I'm not going to promise any constancy or the like but ill try to push a chapter a week or so. Life has been incredibly hectic as of te and I dont have much time to write anymore but im trying to write as much as possible]

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  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Month of Nycte(2261 AI)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Acar 25th~~~~~

  One more day…. A single more day until my birthday. Its so exhausting, where as when I was younger I didn’t have to worry about anything and could experiment and move about as I wished. But plenty of developments have happened over this 14 or so year time period. I have made “friends” though I consider them closer to acquaintances, however they are pleasant company nonetheless. One being a studious type and the other more brawn then brains, but both have helped considerably with my research on this world. Of course minor tweaks to their skills have been done to help along the process, nothing they would notice however.

  On another topic I have acquired a few more useful skills such as [Swordsmanship], [Meditation], [Combine], and [Restore]. The first two being fairly easy and straight forward while the st two have been through my own creation using some fairly useless skills. [Combine] allows me to take two items and merge them seamlessly, it doesn’t work well on most things but I’m sure it will be of use for some things. [Restore] however allows me to restore items and people to their best state possible, however it requires use over time for living things and items that are incredibly damaged.

  As I'm within my thoughts a maid taps me on my shoulder awakening from my reminiscence, before beginning to speak upon noticing she has my attention.

   “Young master the master would like to see you in his personal study. He requests your presence promptly.”

   “Yes Ma’am I shall be on my way immediately.”

  This immediately strikes me as odd, as despite the time that has passed my father has rarely interacted with me since my mother disappeared that day. Usually keeping his distance with that fake smile but tely without that even. I mean he has never neglected me but he keeps his distance nonetheless, never completely interacting with us or anyone in general actually now that I think about it. This change has always bothered me as its completely different from his attitude from before.

  But I suppose it doesn’t matter much as I’ll find out what he requires of me now that he has finally summoned me to talk to him…..

  As I approach the study I can hear the typing of a keyboard, and heavy sighs coming from it. I knock on the door despite it being slightly ajar to announce my presence and then enter briskly to avoid any dey. As I enter I can see my father behind his desk with several stacks of paper surrounding his desktop, along with that I can see quills and pens hovering above other pieces of paper writing. Honestly it was impressive that my father could keep track of all of that while still doing more paper work on the computer.

  He finally stops long enough to look up and regard me before gesturing to a seat in front of him. Honestly I have never seen him do paperwork so intensely until now, so I’m wondering what exactly he is pnning on telling me. As I begin to sit the typing stops and the pens stop their movement and my father fully looks up, looking me over and sighing.

   “Tomorrow is your 16th birthday. It is a grand occasion. However it will be even more important for you. Tomorrow I shall transfer my title and nd to you. As you will be old enough to legally be able to take over it. Yes I know its rash, but it is my final decision as acting head. I am telling you this now so you are fully prepared, while I could have told you this sooner I didn’t come to a full decision until now. So from now on my territory is yours, do as you wish and elect whomever you wish to help. I will no longer interfere, as I will not be here I am going to find your mother.”

  He stated with a voice dictating I have no say in this otherwise, either I can accept or accept there was no other choice.

   “Yes father. I shall do my best.” I say with a heavy sigh as I have no other choice.

   “Good, the surrounding territory’s of beasts and otherwise have been taken care of so for the time being you will not have to worry about such things. There are other countermeasures in pce for the next 5 years to keep the territory safe even if you do nothing. However keep in mind they only st for the next 5, so you will need to build your own measures and strength after or before. That is all you are dismissed.”

  As soon as he told me I was dismissed he went back to his work, of which I can tell now is probably the final paperwork for handing over the territory and everything over to me. A pit of frustration and anger bubbles in my stomach due to this rash decision. But I have no choice but to force the words I want to say back down and exit the room letting out a rge exaggerated sigh.

  Well I guess I need to start pnning despite the te notice. I walk to the market browsing the stores looking for items that I need to get stronger in the short term. First off I begin to look for Mana Cores as they increase mana rather rapidly at the cost of introducing impurities to the body. But that’s fairly easy for me to handle and rid myself of. After a short walk around I find a store that sells cores for a decent price in comparison to non-specialized stores.

  As I enter the store I can see the shop keeper behind the counter taking stock of their items and keeping themselves busy not noticing my presence, I clear my throat to catch their attention so as to not startle them.

   “I need 16 low grade cores, and 4 mid grade cores” I say while looking at the older gentleman manning the store, he seems a bit stunned but gets to work anyways packing away the items into bags and containers. Once he’s done he puts the bags onto the counter before asking for payment, I hand him the money and begin to leave the store to head back to the manor.

  Once I arrive safely back in my own room I take out the cores and cast analyze to see what all im working with.

  [Low-grade Forest Wolf core: A basic core from a wolf that’s common to the Anadris Kingdom forests. High amount of impurities located inside hinder absorption]

  [Mid-Grade Rock Serpent core: A decently common but high leveled serpent common to the rocky areas of the Anadris forests. High amount of impurities located inside hinder absorption]

  After fully analyzing the quality of each of the cores I decide to try something, previous tests of my skill [Combine] show that it works best on simir items such as liquids and items of the same shape, so I’m curious what will happen if I combine two of the same core. While thinking on this I grab one Low-grade core in each hand and cast [Combine]. As soon as I do this I can feel an immense drain on my mana reserves more than the previous times I’ve used this skill but its still manageable.

  A blinding light fshes out from between both of my hands enveloping the cores in its glow. As soon as they are fully consumed by the light I feel a weightlessness in both of my hands as something lightly nds in my p. As soon as it nds the light begins to fade dispying a gray core dissimir to the two cores previously used. Seeing that the process is complete I cast [Analyze] on the resulting product to see what became of the cores.

  [Mid-Grade Core: A pure core not contaminated by beast will. Contains an extremely high amount of impurities located inside cleanse before use to prevent backsh. Can store magic inside]

  Well… This is interesting. Does that mean I can combine two Mid-grade cores to make a High-grade core? And what does it mean it can store magic inside it? Can I use a skill on it to let it be able to cast it? Before I can test any of my conjectures someone knocks on my door interrupting me from my thoughts.