9 Chapter 8: The grind never stop

Hiro POV:

After I organized my thoughts, I walked downstairs towards the kitchen and saw Mother Alicia heating the pot of miso soup.

Mother Alica then noticed my presence in the kitchen, she turned her head and smiled at me.

"Hiro, can you help me set up the plate on the table for us?", she then continued to prepare the rest of the cooking.

"sure thing Mother Alicia" Without hesitation, I go towards the cupboard, with my height I push the small chair near Mother Alicia and slowly grab some plates, cups, and the rest of the eating utensils up shelved.

After I'm done preparing the table, I hear the sound of someone walking to me and hugging me from behind.

"Hey there kiddo!!, you missed me?", Father Yeakagi with a bright smile hugging me tight like a big koala.

"O-oi, c-can't breathe y-you damn priest", I got crushed by the sudden hug and patting father yeakagi hand for a timeout.

"hahaha always with a foul mouth for you huh Hiro", he still laughs and crushing the sh*t out of me.

"okay that's enough both of you, sit down and eat your food" She took a deep sigh looking at our antics, Mother Alicia then finished her cooking and putting down all the food on the table, Father Yaekagi released his hold and raffled my hair.

We both then sit down and get ready to eat, Father Yaekagi then starts praying for our food, after years of living here I didn't notice Mother Alicia twitch a bit when there was a word of god in the praying verse.

After our prayer was done we started to eat our food, in the middle of eating my food, I still thought about the notifications that the system told me about,

'what does the system mean by DxD attention?, did I catch the attention of the universe or something ?' after thinking it down, I didn't notice the gaze of Mother Alicia.

"Hiro, is everything alright?", I break my deep thought and see Mother Alicia's concerned eyes.

"yeah kiddo, why do you look sad today?" Father Yeakagi stopped eating and asked me with a hint of concern too.

I take a deep sigh and say.

"It's nothing to worried about, I just still annoyed arguing with a pervert at the playground and spouting about the greatness of boobs or something" I fake my grumble to avoid them suspecting something else.

Father yeakagi furrows his eyebrow and asks me a serious question.

"so... What do you say to that pervert?" he waited for my answer while Mother Alicia just sat there confused about this conversation.

With a smirk, I say proudly to him.

"Thighs are better than boobs and that's the truth!!" Suddenly father yaekagi slam his hand into the table and yelled.

"THAT'S MY BOY!!!" he cried and wiped his tears with full pride "I'm so proud of you Hiro" Mother Alicia then slapped Father Yeakagi's head in the back, she looked at him with a fury blazing in her eyes.

"Y A E K A G I, what do you just teach to Hiro?" she smiled maliciously which made us both shiver in fear.

"A-alicia wait a minute I can explain!!" he tried to dodge Mother Alicia's fury and looked at me pleading for help.

I just stay silent and smirking at his situation, I silently put a word in my mouth 'That's for choking me' I then finish my food and slowly back away to my room.

While I tried to go upstairs I heard someone screaming in the kitchen, I proceeded to lock my door and start to try training my mana.

"Status open" after I say it an interface of my status is shown in front of me.

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[Gaia system]

[Name: Takeda hiro]

[Race: Human]

[Age: 7]

[Tier: 9]

[progress to next Tier : 0%]

[Title: Reincarnator, Gaia Champion, ?u?a?i?? ??l?, DxD attention (New!)]

[Mana : 100]

[Recovery rate:10MP/minutes]

[skills] :

[Passive]

- ???????? ???? (Tier-???)

(sealed)

-Mana affinity (Tier-Lower class)

(Level: 1/100)

A skill that allows the user to become more sensitive to mana and handle it better.

(Half the Mana cost of the needed spell casting)

-Mana Container (Tier-Lower class)

(Level: 1/100)

A passive skill that allows the user to store excess mana beyond their natural capacity, effectively acting as a reservoir for magical energy. This stored mana can be used later to cast spells or enhance magical abilities, providing a temporary boost in magical power when needed, Each level increase

-Mana regeneration (Tier-Lower class)

(Level: 1/100)

A passive skill that increases the user's natural mana recovery rate, allowing them to replenish their magical energy more quickly during or after casting spells. This skill is essential for sustaining prolonged magical activities without exhausting one's mana reserves, Each level increases by 10 MP/Minutes

[Active] :

-Meditation (Tier-???)

(level 1/1000)

An Active skill, Meditation allows the user to enter a deep state of mental focus and relaxation, significantly increasing mana regeneration and accelerating the recovery of physical stamina. While meditating, the user is more attuned to their surroundings, making it easier to detect hidden dangers or opportunities, current

[Magic] :

-???????????

(sealed)

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'Alright let's try to meditate and shape my mana In my hand' I don't know how to train my mana but I hope this method works for me.

I close my eyes and focus on my surroundings, it's different from before I started meditating, back then I didn't feel anything at all but now I can feel it, the warm and water-like sensation in my body.

I tried to guide my mana from my whole body toward my hand, the mana listened to my command as if it were eagerly trying to go into my hand.

I start to imagine shaping a cube in my hand, slowly but surely the mana at my hand trying to shape a cube, after 20 minutes I open my eyes and see a condensed mana in a cube form.

I felt ecstatic about it, I tried to move my hand but the mana cube in my hand fell apart and I instantly got a headache, I clutched my forehead and saw a notification in front of me.

[Skill 'mana affinity' has been leveled up 1x]

[Skill 'Mana container' has been leveled up 1x]

[Skill 'Mana regeneration' has been leveled up 1x]

[Skill 'Meditation" has been leveled up 1x]

'well that's easy to level up' I go back to my position and start to meditate again, I'll abuse this method all day baby, the grind never stop.

I smile to myself, then proceed to keep meditating and shaping my mana all night.

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A/n: hey guys author here, if you notice I changed my writing style a little bit for the dialogue in hopes of easing the pain adding the annoying (Father Yaekagi: Step on me mommy), and yeah thanks for the suggestion there reader, I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter, don't forget to comment and give me some suggestion for the story ;3