Training
A month has passed since Xen started to train his stamina secretly, everday before anyone woke up he would go out of his room and run around the whole fortress, and by doing so he discovered many places that he didn't knew existed in the fortress. He was surprised to find a training facility behind the fortress. This was where the knights usually trained and held duels.
A few weeks prior he had noticed that someone was keeping an eye on him, as he saw one particular person following him at a distance everyday when he went for training, Xen knew who he was, he had seen him with Lady Rose`h Bronxe, He was her Personal knight Seth. Xen was quick to notice him but continued to ignore him, cause if seth knew he had been noticed him, he would report to Lady Rose`h. Xen already had gained the attention of Lady Rose`h, that is why Seth was following him, he didn't wanted to gather anymore attention towards himself until he was strong enough to protect himself. Today as well Seth was following him silently from a distance, he ignored him and started to train.
An Hour had passed Xen was going back to his room. as he was going towards the Stairs He saw the youngest of the official's luke Bronxe the second son of the eldest wife Lady lea`dale on the Stairs. He had a timid personality But always gave off an deadly aura, as he was coming down from the Stairs, He stopped besides Xen and said. 'I know you have noticed him, following you from the start. So why are you trying to hide it?' Xen ignored him, and went back up. Xen already knew that some of the official's were aware of him, as he had suddenly started to come out of his room often, After Xen went inside his room, Luke was still there, He was smiling like a maniac, as he mumbled in a very low tone 'This shit is about to get fun..'
Xen went Towards his room, It was the same as usual. The knight Jared was still there, but it felt as he was nervous for some reason. Xen stopped beside him and asked. 'What is it?' Jared was startled, He looked at his direction, and said in a low tone. 'Young master... Lady Rose`h is in your room' Xen was surprised he knew that lady Rose`h suspected him but according to what he had observed so far, she never moved directly but resorted to dirty tricks like poisoning the food of someone or framing him of something. Xen was hesitant for a moment but then cleared his mind and camly open the door and walked in.
There he saw Lady Rose`h sitting on his bed and his personal maid lily was standing beside her. He calmly walked towards her and bowed slightly and said 'Greetings youngest mother. How may I help you' She was surprised to see this kind of attitude coming from an commoners child and said 'I see you do have some manner's considering your commoner mother, I thought you would be illiterate' Xen clenched his fists trying to suppress his anger, He calmed himself down.'How may I be of assistance to you dear mother.' Seeing this she laughed and said 'You being of help to me, do tell how can a lowly slut's son assist anyone with anything, Huhuhu.. it's rather amusing to see you say such good things.' she got up from the bed and with a frown on her face she asked. 'The reason for my visit today is that I was reported that you have been going out lately, Care to explain what your motive is.' to which xen smirked and replied. 'Mother dearest, I was just going out for a little jog that's all.' The reason for her worrying was simple the only illegitimate child who was competing for the duke's throne was Daze Bronxe, he started showing talent with the sword from an early age and became the youngest blade master at the age of 16 that was how he rose up to the point that, they were helpless against him. the wives didn't wanted another sword prodigy to rise up that's why she was worried by xen's sudden exercising. She was irritated as she looked at him and made a disgusted face while saying. 'Tsk..tsk.. it was stupid of me to even come here. what was I even expecting from a commoner's son' After this she exited the room along with maid Lily, as Lily was walking behind the Lady she slightly moved her head behind to see, and was frightened as she saw Xen making a face full of rage and wrath, it felt as if he was suppressing a demon to take over and kill the woman infront of her. all of the veins were popping out showing how frustrated and on edge he was because of this woman. He had to hide inside his room all of the time to avoid suspicion towards himself. Xen calmed himself down and sat on his bed, he then closed his eyes, and screen apeared before him.
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NAME: Xen bronxe
AGE: 14
RACE: Human
JOB: None
STATUS:-
STR: 07
AGL: 09
DEX: 13
INT: 17
LUCK: 10
MP: 01
HP: 20
TRAITS:-
Compose (PASSIVE): You will always have a clear and compose mind, even in a life threatening situation.
Keen Eyes (PASSIVE): Lets you see small details and clues with more accuracy.
Inexhaustible (PASSIVE): Your Stamina Recovers Faster than usual.
SKILLS:-
Status (PASSIVE)(INHERENT SKILL): let's you see your current progress and review your memory of anything at any time.
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Xen had grinded all of his stats in the past month, he discovered that stats increased by satisfying certain condition, Such as Running 800 meters at a very high speed, increased his agility by 5 points or reading a certain amount of books increased his intelligence. He had just gained this Trait (INEXHAUSTIBLE): which made his stamina recovery quicker. He was excited as he thought it could be the trait required to feel mana. After he saw his stats he closed the Status but still didn't open his eyes and concentrated to feel any energy.
Half an hour had passed he still didn't felt any energy, Xen thought about giving up, but refused to open his eyes, After what felt like Hours, He suddenly started feeling warmer, he smirked as if he knew what he was currently feeling is mana. He still didn't open his eye's after the warm feeling gradually disappeared, he concentrated on opening the Status screen.
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NAME: Xen bronxe
AGE: 14
RACE: Human
JOB: Infant Sorcerer
STATUS:-
STR: 07
AGL: 09
DEX: 13
INT: 17
LUCK: 10
MP: 15
HP: 25
TRAITS:-
Compose (PASSIVE): You will always have a clear and compose mind, even in a life threatening situation.
Keen Eyes (PASSIVE): Lets you see small details and clues with more accuracy.
Inexhaustible (PASSIVE): Your Stamina Recovers faster then usual.
Mana Sense (PASSIVE): You can feel the warmth of mana.
SKILLS:-
Status (PASSIVE)(INHERENT SKILL): let's you see your current progress and review your memory of anything at any time.
Mana Manipulation (Active): You can control mana in someways.
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Xen opened his eyes and started trembling in excitement, it was an amazing feeling, all of his hard work had paid off. He finally became a Sorcerer
Outside Xen's Room:
jared was dozing of as usual, as he was sleeping a sudden loud voice from the room startled him. 'That how we dooo!!!'