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13.23% The Only Son Amongst The Daughters Of Eros / Chapter 26: Cultivation Techniques • 2

Chapter 26: Cultivation Techniques • 2

Standing at the front, Melina took a deep breath then guided herself carefully to a squatting position. She performed a Cultivation Technique that Mrs Cresttla called the Lotus Breathing Technique.

"Well done, Melina! You truly trained yourself over the holidays. That is a perfect display of the Lotus Breathing Technique!"

Aeric's face contorted in anger and jealousy as he watched her. She was very concentrated with her breaths slow and deliberate. After every inhale, she seemed to draw the very air into herself, and then her body began to glow with the silvery color or the Moonlight Region's Divinity circulating through her form.

"Son Aeric! Daughters Meira and Linnette. Mimic her and attempt to perform the technique just like she is," Mrs Cresttla demanded.

They quickly obeyed. Aeric settled into a lotus position, closing his eyes and drawing a deep breath. Meira and Linnette did the same.

For the Daughters, since their flow of Divinity in their Divine Body was at a normal pace, it was easier for them to control.

The first step was Divinity Gathering, although it wasn't very important, it was helpful to learn it in case one arrived at a situation where they ran out of stored Divinity within the Divine Body.

So, as they squatted there, they began to accumulate Divinity from the surroundings into their body, causing a light having the color of their Region to encompass them.

Meira and Linnette did this well enough, following Melina's lead, but Aeric struggled. Pulling the Divinity felt impossible. He could feel it in the air. In fact, this room, being a cultivation room, was filled with it.

Yet, since his meridians — Divine Vessels — were already overfilled with Divinity, pulling any more from his surroundings was impossible. The best thing was to skip Divinity Gathering and just move on to Body Tempering.

That was the most important aspect of cultivation that he had to learn.

Squeezing his face as he tried and tried to suck in some Divinity from the air, he heard Aryanne snicker. "You're not going to defecate on the floor, are you, Son Aeric?"

Muffled laughter and some that weren't so muffled rippled in the room, causing Aeric's heart to fall heavy and angry.

But he was determined to learn this. He kept his eyes fixed on the practice.

"Your body must act as a vessel," Mrs. Cresttla advised, clearly speaking to Aeric with her voice of authority. "An unrefined form cannot withstand the tides of Divinity. We must balance Divinity with the physical, the mental, the spiritual. This is why we practice Body Tempering and Meridian Cleansing – to create a pathway for that which we aim to wield. It seems your Divine Vessels need cleansing, Son Aeric? Why is that! What corrupts you?! What is clogging the space in your body where the Divinity is supposed to shelter itself?"

'Of course you don't know! It's more Divinity! I have too much in my vessels and no more can enter! None of you know that, and none of you can know. It is a great power, but if wielding it, if having so much Divinity means that I get ridiculed by onlookers like you, then so be it! Once I learn to organize my Divinity Flow, it'll be over for all of you! You'll see!'

His teeth clenched.

"Well done, Son Aeric," he heard Mrs Cresttla say.

'Huh?'

He opened his eyes and saw that a red glow had encompassed him. Just like Melina and the others, although it was not as bright.

Aryanne grunted. "He's still a Classless freak."

Aeric couldn't believe it. He'd somehow managed to force space inside his already overfilled Divine Vessels to allow Divinity to pass through.

Although he celebrated this victory inwardly, Aeric quickly stopped the absorption. He was already congested with Divinity, he had to control that first before absorbing anymore.

"Thanks, Mrs Cresttla."

The elderly woman gave him a studying gaze before muttering, "Hmm," and walking past him to the front. "Back to your mat, Daughter Melina."

The Moonlight Daughter rose up, and whispered something to Aeric as she walked past him. "Get out of our realm, freak abomination..."

Once again, Aeric clenched his fist in anger. Back in his former world, he had been told hitting a girl was wrong, but this Melina was really testing his patience.

And since that rule didn't necessarily apply to this world, he was half-certain he was going to KO-punch her if she pulled his strings again.

The lecture continued.

Mrs. Cresttla taught them other stances, bringing in older Daughters to showcase them. Aeric attempted the Iron Body Stance next, planting his feet and attempting to temper his body.

The Iron Body Stance came with two types, 'Horse Stance' and 'Tiger Stance.' After learning the stances, Aeric attempted to temper. He could feel the strain, his body resisting the unfamiliar posture, but he held his ground, ignoring the laughter and the sharp glances thrown his way.

Aeric learnt 10 Cultivation Techniques that day alone and his brain registered all of them. Lotus Breathing Technique

Iron Body Stance

Divine Tortoise Method

Dragon's Breath Technique

Celestial Flow Technique

Heaven's Gaze Technique

Dancing Rose Technique

Rock Soul Method

Serpent Coil Technique, and

Void Meditation.

When the class finally concluded, Aeric exhaled with relief, his mind spinning with newfound insights. Once he got back to the Castle of Starlight, he was going to quickly begin these Cultivation Techniques in order to manage the Divinity influx within him.

Imagine already having great power within you and only needing to learn how to channel and control it. Aeric was really excited to begin.

He suddenly received a notification from the system.

[Create a daily routine with the inclusion of cultivation and exercises?]

[Yes/No]

Aeric's eyes lit up. 'That's a brilliant idea! That way I know when to cultivate and I won't lose track of a streak.'

He quickly selected [Yes].

[Please hold. Daily routine is being organized...]

[Organization is almost done...]

[Organization is done]

[Daily Routine is complete]

[Next exercise in 7 hours; 1- Divine Tortoise Method.

— focus on Body Tempering and Meridian Cleansing.

2 - Star Fish Stretches for 10 minutes]

[Rewards: 25XP for completion].

'Alright then,' Aeric thought. 'Guess I'll be cultivating in the next seven hou— Ugh!'

He had not noticed the figure behind him, and once he turned, he promptly collided. Books and tomes spilled across the floor in a cluttered pile.

"Oh!" the girl cried.

"Oh, I'm— I'm sorry," he stammered, bending down to help without even looking up at who it was.

The girl knelt too, reaching for a fallen tome, but Aeric was reaching for that time as well. And because of that, their hands met at the center, and Aeric felt a strange jolt. A magical jolt.

Just like it was in the movies.


Chapter 27: Unexpected Love Interest

Feeling this sensation wriggle through his arms and his spine, Aeric looked up to see who it was.

His eyes instantly locked with a pair of the most vibrant, beautiful eyes he had ever seen. The girl had blonde hair that stopped a little below her neck, twisting into beautiful curls at the end.

Her face was dainty and fair, there was redness in her cheeks, her eyelids were long and her pupils shone with the color of aquamarine.

She appeared nervous when Aeric looked at her, and so she smiled shyly, hiding her face. "Sorry," she said, pulling her hand away.

Aeric shook his head, snapping away from the trance. "No. No, it's okay," he muttered, helping her gather the rest of her books. Hells, he couldn't stop staring at her.

There was something about her face, like she was an angel. It was a kindness, an innocence? There was this natural prettiness and this sweetness that seemed to resonate from her.

She looked like someone who would never argue with anyone, someone who was kind and caring, someone.... Someone he never expected to meet in such a place.

That was it! She seemed like a breath of fresh air. Honest and kind.

And upon that, he could stress just how beautiful she was. He was so stuck up on her face that he barely noticed how her breasts stretched the turtleneck gown she was wearing, and how blessed she was as well in her back region.

"I... I just..." Aeric found himself stuttering. "I'm sorry."

She flashed him a smile. "It's fine."

He stared at her some more, thinking of what to say. 'Who is she? Looking at her blonde hair, I'll say she's from Dawn Region.'

The system answered and he was correct.

[Player Profile: Celestia of Dawn]

[Title: Third Daughter of Aurora]

[Region: Dawn]

[Class: Lightbringer]

[Level: Master]

[Rank: Gold]

'Dawn Region,' he remarked in his thoughts. 'I'm not surprised.'

Celestia lifted her brow as she looked at him curiously. "Are you okay?" she asked.

"Me?" he widened his eyes. "Oh yes, I am. Sorry, I was just lost there for a moment."

She giggled. "I noticed."

Aeric gave her one good look one more time and exhaled. "Your name is Celestia, Celestia of Dawn."

"Oh," she smiled, humored by the statement. "I already know that, and your name is Aeric. Aeric of Starlight."

For the first time that day, Aeric had a genuine smile on his face. "I know that too."

Celestia responded to his smile with an even wider one. Gosh, she looked so beautiful. Was this how it felt to fall in love?

Wait, fall in love? Was that what was happening? Was he falling in love? At first sight? Was that even possible?

"Do you also know that I was sitting beside you throughout the entire lecture?" Celestia said, biting her lip after.

Aeric instantly frowned. "What? You were?"

"Yeah," she nodded.

'What? I barely even noticed. I guess I was so focused on learning about cultivation, and I was so angry at Melina and Aryanne that I couldn't even care about anything else.'

How could he not have noticed an angel right beside him?

"I'm really sorry, I didn't know," Aeric found himself apologizing.

Celestia smiled nervously. "It's okay," she said. "You were obviously busy with the lecture and Melina was being mean to you and all. It's completely understandable that your mind was too focused on... them."

Aeric stared deep into her beautiful eyes. "Well, now I promise that it's completely focused on you."

She laughed, playfully hitting him on his chest.

Aeric watched her. 'So many curves on her body and the curve I love the most is her smile.'

A few distance from them, Melina was watching the two with a look of disdain in her face. Her eyebrows were furrowed in envy, and her arms folded beneath her breasts.

Aryanne and two other Daughters were talking with her, but all she cared about was Aeric and the fact that he seemed to be having a fun time laughing and speaking to Celestia, the goody two shoes of the Daughters.

Not able to stand it anymore, she walked away from her clique and stomped to where Aeric and Celestia were talking. Her plan was to hit Aeric with her shoulder, nudging him hard and also using a burst of Divinity to push him off balance.

Aryanne and the two other Daughters watched her with mischievous anticipation, knowing she was on her way to stir some drama.

But Melina had no idea that the Divinity stored inside Aeric was hundred times more than the amount presently inside her. The moment she hit him with her shoulder, pushing out a surge of Divinity to strike him, it felt like hitting a brick wall, except this brick wall turned her own attack against her.

Melina struck his shoulder with hers but he stood untouched, and instead a surge of energy pushed her backwards and she fell hard on the ground.

'Huh? What's happening?' Aeric finally broke his gaze with Celestia and looked at the floor. There, with a shocked look on his face, he saw Melina lying on the floor like she had been pushed violently.

The tiny sleeve of her gown had loosened and a large amount of breast was exposed. Melina herself looked quite shocked, like the most unfathomable thing had just happened.

"Why the hell are you on the floor?" Aeric asked her.

Raising his chin, he saw Aryanne and two other Daughters who looked strikingly identical march towards him.

"What was the meaning of that?" she demanded.

Gaping at her, Aeric frowned. "What was the meaning of what?"

"You pushed her!"

"What?" He glared at her like she was crazy. "I didn't push anybody."

"Yes you did!" Aryanne accused. "I saw you, and so did Nyx and Nyssa."

The Daughters helped Melina get up to her feet while Aeric stared at them with disbelief. "You girls are crazy. Utterly insane."

"Stop lying you delinquent piece of shit," Aryanne snarled. "I always knew you were here to cause trouble."

"Really?" Aeric raised a brow at her. "And my way of doing that is by pushing your dumb sister to the floor?"

"How dare you!" Aryanne's eyes suddenly turned silver with a threat. "Don't you speak of my sister like that ever again."

"Or what? Are you going to try to have me murdered like your mother did?!"

Gasps echoed from the onlookers after that.

Celestia, who wasn't one to resort to violence, tried to settle things as fast as she could. "Arya, Aeric didn't push Melina. She walked right into him and then suddenly she fell."

"Stay out of this, Celestia." Aryanne eyed her. "If you know what's good for you. This has nothing to do with you."

Aeric looked at Celestia and he could see the anger creeping into her heavenly face. "Actually, I do know what's good for me. And this does have something to do with me because I was a witness. Aeric didn't push Melina, he was talking to me, he didn't even notice her till she was on the floor."

Aeric felt his heart smile. She was already standing up for him, even though Aryanne had a higher Rank than she did.

Aryanne's eyes showed pure anger as she stood still, looking at Aeric and then Celestia. "Melina?" she spoke to her younger sister.

"Yes?" Melina replied, still flustered.

"Did Aeric push you?"

Melina refused to even look at him when she responded, "Yes."

"You're a crazed liar," Aeric growled.

"That is enough!" Mrs. Cresttla demanded. "I've waited long enough for you all to finish with your madness and leave. This is a place of Divinity, your childish quarrels are an insult on this ground. Get out. Now!"

They continued to glare at each other for a while, then slowly began to disperse.

"We're going to settle this, Classless," Aryanne whispered to him maliciously. "Game Arena. Heart Hunt."

Aeric watched her leave with her minions. Then he turned to Celestia and asked, "What the hell is Heart Hunt?"


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