"Yeah… And I hope you could keep silent about that." said Angus nonchalantly.
"Well, it depends on your next move." replied the old butler with the same smile and both hands in the back.
"Alright, what do you want Mr. old butler?" asked Angus with a lazy expression.
"Please just call me Darius or uncle Darius. What I need are simple things. It seems that the 4th Princess is taking quite an attention to you. So, I just hope you could always take care of her." said Darius in a polite tone.
"Take care of Jayna?" replied Angus before silent for a while and looking in a certain direction.
Looking at Angus behavior, the old butler surprised for a moment before back to keep his smile
After looking at the direction for a moment, *sigh* "What a choice do I have? Well, it's not like I will babysit her, right? Then, I will do what I can but I can't promise something beyond my capabilities." said Angus seriously.
"That's already enough. Shall we go back now, Young Master Victory?" asked the old butler
"Sure, I didn't feel comfortable in this place." replied Angus
"Ohh… Is there something troubling you?" asked the old butler while leading the way.
"Nothing.. It's just my taste. I don't like inside a monumental building like this for a long time." replied Angus nonchalantly.
"I see. It seems that Young Master Victory has the unique taste like the elf race. The last time, I hear someone comment like that is from the elf race." said the old butler.
'Elf race again. It seems this particular race is quite interesting.' thought Angus silently.
After walking for a while, both of them arrive at the carriage parking lot.
"Thanks for leading the way, uncle Darius." said Angus while he enters his carriage.
"No problem. It's already my job to lead the guest such as yourself. May you have a safe trip back, Young Master Victory." said the old butler while bowing his head.
Then, the carriage is moving to leave the Royal Palace perimeter. After that, the old butler back to the room where Angus and Darius having their conversation. Inside the room, a person is holding a teaspoon.
Looking at his master, "My Lord…" while Darius bowing his hand.
After looking at the teaspoon for a while, "Hm… There is no trace of mana. It means it's being thrown only by pure physical power." said king Leon.
"Darius, If I am not wrong, he is the third son of Jacob, right?" asked King Leon.
"Yes, my liege. He is the third son of Duke Victory. He also happens to one of the classmates of 4th Princes." replied Darius politely.
"Hee… Jayna's classmate? Interesting… Is that the reason you tell him to take care of Jayna? [King Leon]
"Yes, my lord. the 4th Princess seems to also interesting at the boy." answer Darius truthfully.
"I see… Darius, make sure to keep an eye on the kid. I believe he will become a great man in the future." ordered King Leon.
"As you wish, my Lord." replied Darius but the king himself already vanish from the room leaving the teaspoon behind.
'Angus Victory, what an interesting person? To even caught up the eye of the king.' Thought Darius while picking the teaspoon on the floor.
Unbeknown to Angus, he already caught some attention from one of the main powerhouses in the world. As for the person himself, he just lay on the carriage and looks like sleeping.
'So, that's the strength of seven-grade people.' thought Angus while he remembers the feeling he got when he looks in King Leon's direction during his conversation with Darius.
He opens his eyes and leaks out a little bit of excitement while smiling. "I never know someone could be that strong just from by his present. It seems this world interesting."
Then, Angus shook his head, "Nonono…. I must not let my thought got clouded. it's already enough looking towards battle in the past life. Now, I just want to enjoy my peaceful life."
After a while, he finally arrives at his manor house and immediately goes inside his room while avoiding Vergil not getting lectured.
The information about the 'crushed' tea party must be already spread among the nobles. There is a chance his brother also hears about it through some communication device.
Moreover, Angus also not in the mood to listen to Vergil lecture while his mood still not truly calm after feeling the king's strength.
He needs to at least battle a few rounds inside his manual battle system to calm down. Lately, he seems to get harder to control his own emotion.
'Tch… Puberty… What a hormonal problem?' Thought Angus while he meditated to calm his mind before checking his status panel. He has a habit to look at his status first before doing any manual battle.
Host: Angus Victory
Age: 8 Years Old
MP: 100/100
Heritage chi: ???
Strength: 14
Dexterity: 13
Intelligence: 17
Vitality: 20
Soul Point: 406
'Hm… I have too many points at this time. Not using this will be a waste. Guess it's time to use it again and leave some for later use.' thought Angus inwardly and add some point to his status.
Angus increase one point for Strength, Dexterity, and Intelligence. The moment he increasing his status, he feels uncomfortable inside his body. After a while, the uncomfortable feeling is gone.
'Urg… I will never get used to this feeling.' Thought Angus while looking at the status panel.
Host: Angus Victory
Age: 8 Years Old
MP: 100/100
Heritage chi: ???
Strength: 15
Dexterity: 14
Intelligence: 18
Vitality: 20
Soul Point: 366
Each Strength and Dexterity cost ten points to increase while the intelligence needed twenty points to increase. So, in total, he consumes forty soul points.
Angus limit himself to increase the status only by one for each attribute because he needs to adapt to his new power first.
Each time he increases his status with soul points, he feels like he is being enhanced by some mysterious force and makes him harder to control his body.
After the status passed ten marks, the more he put in more points, the harder he will control his body. It's not like he will lose control of his body and become a mindless berserk monster.
it's more like cannot control the body and make him fall on the stairs, breaking some stuff with a little touch, or even having a delayed reaction. The only good side effect comes from the vitality stat that only increases his metabolism and appetite for a certain period.
Although all of this may seem simple, in the battle of life and death this crucial little detail could determine the life of someone.
He experiences the delayed reaction in a harder way after increasing his intelligence point by two. He feels like his body and mind are not fully synchronize. Angus speculated that the more point he increases the more harder he regains his control over his body.
Just by increasing his intelligence with two points, he needs a month to synchronize his mind and body. During this period also one of the time, he feels of being vulnerable.
Moreover, like knowing that Angus is being weaker than before. The winning percentage inside the manual battle system is also lower than before.
But, after the one-month time' end, the winning percentage increase more than before Angus increasing his stat. Although Angus hates the feeling of being vulnerable it will take a long time to use the normal training to increase his power.
Now, he quite desperate to increase his strength after he felt the pinnacle king's strength. He feels insecure and weak before this kind of strength. This feeling makes him want to grow stronger more and challenge this power subconsciously.
Angus also realizes he will not get any stronger than in his past if he just follows the path of training to increase his combat power. Although he is limited himself to only increase his status by one, he feels like he is getting stronger at a steady pace.
Then, he did some light stretching to grasp the increase in his power.
'It seems just one-point increase, I could somehow still have better control over my body. Well, I never increase more than one point before so it might be the case.' thought Angus inwardly before entering the manual battle.
As usual, he wears his training clothes and fights one on one with the punching bag Henry for the warming up.
Soon, few days passed by uneventfully. In the morning when Angus wakes up early like usual he feels that something bad will happen.
His guts tell him to not come to the dining area this morning. The more he walks closer to the dining area, the more he feels like something bad will happen to him.
Cannot stand his tingling feeling, Angus immediately uses [Mana Echolocation] silently while inside his room.
'Shit!! Why she is here? I need to get out from here before she notices me. Damn… she has already come over here! [Beast Walk].' as Angus get out from his room through the window and escape from the townhouse manor as fast as he could.
A few seconds after Angus managed to run away, *Brakk* "Morning, Angus, my baby boy. Are you already awake?" said the woman who forces her way and open Angus's door room.
"Huh… I am sure that my baby boy inside the room just now. How come that he is not here. D-Don't tell me he is being kidnaped?" As the woman looking at one of the opened windows.
"No!! How dare you try to kidnap my Angus from me!!"