Chapter 3: CH 2

I was finally able to walk, I was able to walk before, using the energy to strengthen my body, now I can truly walk on my own, and I also learned some basic words, by repeating words back to mother, father, and the red haired maid, they were pretty happy about those achievements, saying I was an genius. My achievements with connecting the branches were also going well, able to supply 5% of how much my hand was previously able to absorb from that mysterious dust, and although it may not sound like a lot, it adds up, and the main energy stem also grew an bit, nothing major happened, and a few more months passed by, it seems that it was my birthday, thinking back to what happened so far, I felt a little emotional, as I blew on the candle, then drank my mothers milk, a lot of people gathered to celebrate it, although they came to talk to mother and father, after being introduced to everyone, I was taken back to my bed, to sleep, although I didn't, since I only need 2 hours of sleep, I timed it. Instead, it did my usual meditation, and slept when I got tired. Some more time passed by, and now I'm 5 years old, just passed my birthday, I walked out of my room, to my mothers room, she has given birth an year ago, so my baby sister is almost 1 years old. it was clear to my parents that I was an anomaly, and that my my sister won't be as smart or strong, but she was still cute. when I was three, I changed to a different room to sleep in, my personal maid also sleep in that room on an separate bed, when I woke up, I had her tell the kitchen staff to prepare breakfast and deliver in to mothers room, as I'm going there to eat. Entering the room, I run up to and hug my mother who just got up, she returns the hug and kisses my cheeks, smiling she tells me not to wake my sister, nodding, I just go to kiss my sister Helen on the cheek, then I went to the table waiting for the food to arrive, in the meantime, I opened the book I was reading before, i gotten halfway through it yesterday, it was an picture book, the majority of it being words, after finishing the simple book in a few minutes, breakfast arrives. Finished eating it, I went to the bathroom attached to this room, in it I brushed my teeth and took an shower, after doing so, I changed to my exercising clothes, and went downstairs greeting the servants I meet, getting to the doorway, I put on my boots, and exit my family mansion, I run on the path through the large flower garden, then through the equally large vegetable garden, stock-full of an variety of plants, the I bypassed the manicured forest, at the back of the mansion, then through the mirrored gardens same as on the left side, after running around the mansion, I still wasn't tired, obviously because I was using the energy, which I named "ki", because of it, I didn't even become winded from the run, which I did an additional 4 times, feeling slightly tired now, I stopped. Before entering the house, I first washed the bottom, and after making sure it's clean and doesn't have dirt on the bottom of it, after doing so, I enter the house, and take off my shoes before going further into the house, I then go to the in house martial artist, to start my training for today, wrestling, grappling, and striking, after an hour of intense training later, I then trained with the sword, taking 30 minutes, I apparently have talent for both unarmed an armed combat, although I don't plan to hurt someone, it's good for self defense. done with the daily combat training, before I go to the private tutors, I take an quick shower, and spent the next 2 hours studying, already mastering algebra. done with studying, it was time for lunch, after eating an luxurious full course meal with the family, after doing my daily activities, the rest is my free time, to do whatever I wanted, after brushing my teeth, I played with my sister, mother and the maids, and talked to my father when he had free time, after doing all these thing, i grab an quick lunch and, go to bed at 6, not to sleep, as I have have full bypassed the need for it, instead recovering in my "meditation", getting stronger in the process, having made progress, getting 20% of the branches absorbing energy for me, getting 80% of the energy rate I have absorbed from my hand formerly, greatly enhancing my physical abilities, I have asked around, and my parents apparently have no clue about it, not surprising, as getting to even be anywhere near started, you would need an massive amount of ki, to build the main energy stem, to even get the energy branches. After meditating for the night, and waking up at 6. After breakfast, my dad tells me that today we're going on an trip, we're going to an private island, that his friend owns. He says that they are having an exclusive party, with only prestigious people invited, and he's bringing me along since it was good to learn networking early, and I'm just going to watch how he does it. He also says that his friends are also bring their children as well, and wants me to interact with the kids my age, mother is also coming along, but my sister Helen was staying at home, since she's not even 1 years old yet. After, my morning run, i take an shower and, dress up in my tailor made suit, putting on an sound blocking head phone, I then went up the stairs, to the roof, opening the door, I feel the intense wind being chopped rapidly, I look at the opened door, it seems father and mother were already in, and were waiting for me, telling me to get on faster from the radio in my head set. Getting in, and sitting next to mother, I meditated, since I know that it's going to be an long journey, since we're taking the helicopter. Before doing so, I tell my parents that I'm going to sleep for an while, they didn't mind as they continued talking with each other. After waking up every 30 minutes, to see what was going on, after the second time, I noticed that the Heli was descending, after landing, we got out of it, and went into the private jet, after an few hours, we finally landed, getting out, we were greeted by smiling faces, it seems that they were the host, some of his friends, and his brother, my uncle, which I remember from when he attended my birthday party, noting, everyone who was here, I follow the guides and enter the massive mansion on the island. entering it, my mother leaves, saying that she'll go talk to some of her old friend, going up the left stairwell, me and father went up the right stair well, inside, father greeting some old men, and his friends, after chatting for an while, I finally see an kid my age, it seems that 5 is the minimum required age, since the other kids following their parents were teens. After an few more hours. It seem like all the people gathered, and they're finally starting the party, we went down the stairs, and meeting back up with mother, together we enter an door on the first floor, inside were some were some old looking stuff in glass boxes, my father says that those are rare relics, and exotic anomalies, they're for the auction, after the party. interested, I looked around, although the relics have significance from its history, and perceived value, but they don't look like much, even the perfectly preserved sword of an influential and powerful king an from a few hundred years ago didn't interest me, neither did the treasure from an former major religion. instead, what caught me eye was in the anomaly section, it looked like an egg, but had colorful scales on, it's size is 3x smaller then an chicken egg, the description says that it is constantly warm, even though it was found in an quarry, dating back million of years, it was found unharmed, even when it had been blown by the dynamite mining, x-ray also can't see the inside of it, making it an anomaly, what attracted my attention wasn't because of its appearance, or that it was from an never before seen, extinct creature. It was because the ki in my body reacted to it, wanting to absorb it. Confused, as this was the first time that it has done this, I went around the whole exhibit, and this was the only one that got an reaction from my ki, I checked the starting price, it was 10,000$ relatively cheap, among the line up. wanting it, I found my father and asked him for it, he didn't want to, saying it was "just an fancy looking stone", and "the prices are conflated", but I convinced him, with my constant asking, finally saying that he'll bid on it, as this was the first time I was this excited about wanting to buy something, and that it was just pocket change for him. Excited, I followed father an mother around the party, it seemed like there were around 200 people in this event, i greeted my grand parents, uncle's, aunts, and cousins, my father is an 3rd son of an very rich family, my mother an 2nd daughter, also from an prominent family, they aren't the oldest or the youngest, but they are rich in their own right, comparable to their parents, or even, slightly richer. After eating, and taking to my older cousins and the other kids, the auction was finally about to start, as we go down the stairs, into the large basement. We get guided to our private room, on an underground balcony, overlooking the central stage, with an one way glass, separating us from the stage. we were given an tablet, that has an close up camera view of the goods brought to the stage, as the auction begun, the auctioneer bring out the items one by one, it seems like for an majority of items brought out, no one bided on, but occasionally some items would get an bidding war started over them, my item finally came up, and father bided on it, and thankfully, no one else piled on, successfully buying it, it was brought to our room, holding it happily, we left the auction basement, it seem like my parents only went to the auction was so I could get what I wanted, and after bidding, we left, not bidding on anything else, after we said our goodbyes, we left on our private jet, on the plane I was fiddling with the egg, and instead of absorbing the little energy it had, I sent my own energy into it, curious on what would happen, when I sent it a considerable amount, equal to 5% of my total ki reserves, the egg finally responded with an weak heart beat, satisfied I put the egg into my breast pocket, my parents had asked why I wanted it, but just saying that "I felt an connection to it" was enough reason for them, saying "you want, what you want", I then went into meditation, and in it, aside from the ki branching every part every part of my body, I also noticed the egg showed up in my ki vision as well, giving faint heartbeats, wanting to feed it, I sent 5% of the ki I obtain daily to it, which is an far smaller amount then how much I gave to it initially, but it seems that the egg is satisfied with this constant amount, not minding it anymore, I did my regular meditation activities. 2 years have passed,