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I had decided to move down to eat with my family, and was greeted by my parents and my grandmother who were already about to eat lunch. I suppose I skipped breakfast altogether. My mother and my father were a bit alarmed though, as I have slept for way too long.
“Blake! Why did you sleep so long? Are you feeling down?” My mother asked. “My mom said that you were looking way too exhausted yesterday, is it because of that? I see you doing exercise and practicing magic every day, plus all the things you do in the village. For your age you should really relax and grow up before doing those things!”
My mother began to reprimand me without even letting me give her an answer. Whenever I was about to talk, she continued speaking. She seemed to be very worried about my health. Despite the abilities I have and my own strength, I still have the body of a human, so I suppose that her concerns are justified. I am just being a bit reckless with myself because I know I can take it, but while doing this, I am also disregarding the health of my own body… Despite that, and sadly, I cannot really stop trying to grow stronger, it is very ingrained into my nature.
“Blake, you gotta take a break sometimes. How about you spend the day off today? Just spend the day sleeping and resting, or help your mother in the house instead. I am sure it is more relaxing and less taxing to do than training all day.” Said my father. “I am already recovered for the most part, so let your old man take care of the farm like he always used to do.”
“Dear, listen to your parents, they want the best for you.” Said my grandmother.
Now how do I tell them that I must go see the priests? They’re going to pay me good if I help them, and they already gave me a big pouch of gold and silver coins, with which we could live for a month or more in the expensive capital. My goal is to gather enough to live for at least a year, but also to use it as investment to buy items and produce new items through alchemy to sell and make more money out of it, that’s my goal when I get there… Additionally, I will be also trying to save money and invest in a property where I can make a shop, this small shop will slowly grow bigger until it becomes a company. My own company of alchemy items.
…I cannot really tell them such plans though, they were planned by looking at the big picture, and my parents are very narrow sighted. They only think about the present, and although I also do it, I also have to think about the future and what to do, I cannot simply sit down, watch the clouds, and think that somehow the future me is going to resolve whatever problem comes his way. This is not how I work as a person. My entire previous life I have been planning and designing my life and my future, and thanks to that I’ve won many battles and grew so strong to the point that I was almost able to defeat Lucifer, the root of all the problems occurring in the Universe.
…But here I am, I failed and was somehow reincarnated by his mercy, which is still one of the biggest insults I have ever received in my life. Sigh… Well, I have to do what I am planning all while trying to balance it with my daily life. I never thought that being a human child would be this hard. It seems that I was looking at humans wrong this entire time, even in their short lives and as weak as they are, they’re filled with challenges greater than what I thought they had.
“I’m sorry. I will try to not work so hard from now on, but I really have to go after lunch today…” I said. I decided to quickly explain my parents and my grandmother, the most trusted people of this life, what had happened yesterday regarding the Priests of the Holy Spirit Church, I skipped some parts that were a bit questionable, such as my actions and attitude against them, and mostly went straight to the point of explaining certain things.
And I also showed them the bag of money.
“G-Gah, so much money!” Said my father.
“J-Just how much did they pay you?!” Asked my mother.
“O-Oh my…” Said my grandmother while covering her mouth.
“They said it was in gratitude of everything I have done to help the people without asking for money.” I said. “After that we made a deal where I would help them to heal more people and they would pay me… Priests for some reason ask for money due to the laws of the church to heal people, they’re like doctors but worse… Anyways, they’ll ask for my help to heal people with money and I get a good share of it.”
“H-Has Blake become the breadwinner of this family already?” Wondered my mother.
“S-Son, this is a bit too much, you’ll exhaust yourself!” Said my father.
“I am also worried but… I think we should let him do it.” Said grandmother.
“Eh?!”
My mother and my father looked at my grandmother in shock, but she was right, they should just let me do it and stop being so annoying over it. It was the best opportunity I had in a long time, that one merchant already was gone, but this could both help me gain more connections and also money, which is important. Also, if those with money get to know my talents and I make good connections with them as well, it would mean more business opportunities when I begin building my company in the capital. Everything counts.
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