28 Visiting the old man
A lesson without pain is meaningless. That's because no one can gain without sacrificing something. But by enduring that pain and overcoming it, he shall obtain a powerful, unmatched heart... A Fullmetal Heart.
- Edward Elric ( Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood )
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It's been a week after their beach outing, Kazuya continued to train in the training space using the points he got daily.
His body is now much stronger, he can exhibit much more now. He was grateful for the training space as it fastens his training.
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"Fuuuh, that was a nice shower." Kazuya came out of the bathroom with only a towel wrapped in his lower part.
"Hmm, What should I do for today?" He suddenly thought of Tesshin the old nan he met in the mountains.
"Maybe I should visit his temple, he did say I can visit" he muttered in a low voice.
Then he decided to go, so he wore his clothes. He wore just casual clothes.
(AN: HERE ARE HIS CLOTHES)
'Hmm, it would be rude if I didn't bring any gifts. Maybe I can cook something first' He thought as he walks down the stairs. Then he went to the kitchen.
Looking around the house, he noticed there was no home except for him. He just shrugged his shoulders and took put some bear meat left in his inventory.
He decided to cook the bear dish, Soma used against Hayama in their Shokugeki. He moved fast while cutting the ingredients.
He carefully prepared the bear meat to remove its strong smell. After he was done cooking the bear dish, he made some other dishes too.
And lastly, he carefully put the dishes in some bento boxes. Then he redeemed his daily points for today as he forgot to, earlier.
[Host got 20 DC]
He then browses the shop and saw some tea for sale. It cost 20 DC for a box of tea. But it is no ordinary tea, the one in the shop was made by using low-level spirit herbs.
Though it was low level it is still delicious and has some relaxing effect. So he bought a box of it and his DC returned to zero.
He smiled and stored his gifts in his inventory, "Yosh! I'm ready, let's visit the old man"
He went outside and walked towards the train station. He decided to go there normally instead of using his CR unit.
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After arriving at his stop, he got out of the train and took a taxi towards the foot of the Tanzawa mountains. When he was about to go up the mountain, he heard some voices near him.
"Yamato, hurry up. We need to visit grandpa today" A girl who has amber eyes with waist-length, red hair that is tied into a ponytail called out to a boy behind her.
"Wait for me, Wanko! It's still early, why are you so excited" Behind her is a boy of average height, with dark brown hair and brown eyes.
Kazuya waited and recognized the two as, Kazuko Kawakami and Yamato Naoe. Both of which are the adopted grandson of Tesshin Kawakami.
When the two saw Kazuya they were quite surprised. It was the first time they saw Kazuya besides people seldom visits the Kawakami temple even though it is famous.
Yamato stared at the super handsome guy in front of them. He noticed the guy was holding some box wrapped in cloth and a tea box.
Yamato approach and asked politely while also curious, "My name is Yamato Naoe, nice to meet you. Are you here to visit someone?"
Kazuya smiled and introduce himself, "I'm Kazuya Kinoshita, just call me Kazuya. And yes I'm here to visit someone."
Seeing Kazuya was friendly, Kazuko also introduced herself, "Hello, my name is Kazuko Kawakami, just call me Kazuko" she beamed.
"Nice to meet you too. Then will you two go up too?" Kazuya inquired
The two nodded, so Kazuya offered for them to go up the mountain together. The two agreed, and they climbed up the stairs leading up.
Arriving at the top, Yamato was panting heavily. He wasn't used to this type of activity.
While Kazuko and Kazuya barely even broke a sweat. When they arrived, Tesshin was already waiting there along with a man with black hair who appeared to be in his late 20's.
When Tesshin saw Kazuya, his eyes shined. He felt Kazuya's strength rose compared to the last time they met.
'As expected of his grandson, he is truly a talented young man. But I wonder why he still hasn't introduced himself to Kazuya.' Tesshin thought.
"Grandpa!" Kazuko exclaimed and ran towards Tesshin who patted her head.
"Ho hohoho, so you two are also visiting me?" Tesshin laughed happily.
"Also?" Yamato muttered and turned to see Kazuya bowing his head a bit towards Tesshin.
"I'm here to visit Grandmaster Tesshin. I brought some gifts for you too. Please take them" Kazuya showed the bento box and tea.
"Hohoho, thank you for the gift. And you can just call me grandpa" Tesshin received the gifts.
"Wait?! Grandpa, you know Kazuya-san?" Yamato exclaimed.
"Yes, I met him a week ago. He hunted a bear back then." This greatly surprised them as Tesshin was so casual with Kazuya.
"Tesshin-sama, I can feel this young man is a master. Is that true?" Lu Yi, the man beside Tesshin asked. But his question shocked Yamato and Kazuko as they look at Kazuya who appeared so young.
"Hmm yes, he is a master now. I can feel it but I'm curious, the previous time we met you are only an expert but you progressed so fast. In just a week you are already a master. You are even faster in training than my granddaughter."
Once again those who heard it was shocked. They knew Momoyo Kawakami who is the granddaughter of Tesshin is a prodigy at martial arts and at only 18 years old, she was already a master of martial arts.
Kazuya merely smiled and didn't answer, he can't tell the existence of the system that helped him achieve his current strength after all.
"Well...enough about that topic. Let's go inside to sit" Tesshin then lead them inside while the others followed him. Kazuko and Yamato stared at Kazuya while walking as they got more curious about his identity.
