บท 74: Finall Trials Part 8 - Starting all over again

Time passed steadily as everything progressed smoothly the neighbouring Kingdoms and Enemy Empires too gained fractions of knowledge from internal sources about the happenings within the Cristal Heart kingdom.

"My lord it seems like we have encountered an obstacle this time around." A butler said with a sharp look in his eyes.

"Haaa~ What's the fuss about ?" A lazy shadowy figure who seemed to be uninterested in everything around him asked curiously.

"The Second Prince of Crystal Heart kingdom has risen from his Eternal Slumber and from the information we managed to get our hands on he's under tight security even all the Continent pit put together wasn't successful in getting any good news out of the Empire the security available for him is a bit... Too Extravagant. Though we can be certain the Crystal Heart kingdom's territory is Very... Chaotic at the movement especially most major Marquises and Viscounts are acting a bit 'unusual' !" Said the butler.

"Oh ? Sure sure it's interesting but nothing new we all already know that Empire is done for even I cannot do anything for it. Though it'll fulfill the ration requirements for us. That Kingdom is very good at producing crops and many talented individuals are also born there it's quite literally a Delicious piece of pie in everyone's eyes..

"Haa* yeah now that I think about it That Immortal Doctrine Scholar too was on the move recently. That explains it, that should be about it let's leave it at that. All in all the safety for his Kids should be That Erwin's priority right now and to find out about clues if possible to save his wife as well that's all it's quite interesting but not enough to make me spend another look towards it. What can a newborn baby change anyways? " Saying so he just lazed around on his throne totally unlike the persona he gave off earlier.

".... Very well my League ! Continuing on I've prepared news about the territorial situation and the Demon army's current movements."

"Just send an invitation to that Fool's First Child, whether he lives or dies depends on him anyways. He's talented but similarly naïve just like his father... Haha" saying so he just kept staring at the ceiling and let out an awfully rare sigh stunning the butler and other companions who just stayed silent.

"Don't feel bad. It's natural, we too aren't much different than animals especially now. If something he should blame his luck for being the favourite of all the unfortunate circumstances. I'm sure he'd make a good king. If only he was born in a different age at a different time."

Saying so he went towards the butler and took a bunch of papers and sat on his desk going through them one at a time.

Other kings too heard about the news but not many fancied making another plans just a few did so who had a bone to pick with Erwin.

"Oh that brat is awake from his eternal slumber ? I always find Erwin quite repulsive being faking his deeds and maintaining a weak outlook taking things for granted!."

"Send that stupid son of mine to test the brat later on we can't use force and can't just go straight in his territory till the news is made official but that stupid heir of mine is sure to be of use in this instance to test if that idiot's second son is like him as well." As he said these words he looked at the direction of Crystal Heart kingdom with a tint of disgust.

Similarly many plans were being made bit nobody made any serious decisions but decided to just test the waters for now and see how the situation is but weren't hoping for much an trying to get the most out of the situation by spending the least amount of effort in all sides.

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An entire Month had gone by and Zash had finally learned to cope up with his current body's situation which strangely enough quite similar to his own in his mortal youthful form even close to the bone structure and skin pattern except of course a few minor changes here and there which confused him greatly.

In a spacious room closed off from the inside Zash just sat there calmly trying to feel something and sure enough his suspicions were answered.

Whirl* Swish*

A light tornado of sorts rose in the room as air currents were whirring for a slight second and calmed down the next second.

Taking a look at his hand Zash excitedly exclaimed.

"T-This body has Meridians ! And an slightly blocked off Link network as well ! But it feels a bit strange... As if it's.. clogged ?" Saying so Zash just focused on his cultivation and set aside his curiosity temporarily.

The mana in this world is nearly neglegible ! That much is something Zash was clearly able to understand yet at a few instances he could feel a light gatherings of fog like mana which made him curious as they were in more frequency within the Royal Gardens but soon just as quickly disappeared at a moment's notice. But then again there wasn't a shortage of resources which contained mana in a few forms such as stones and Sure enough a few Special stones and which radiated some degree of mana and had Essence contained within them, during the following week he saw many such objects lying around and from his 'Father's' permission he was allowed to take whatever he wanted from the royal treasury and started collecting them to start cultivating once again even if something does happen even after leaving this body the original owner has to rely on himself if he wanted to further progress if and if indeed he would successfully completed this trial successfully. This world might not have mana but it did indeed had a lot of strong people, take Benedrict and Hausa and the patrolling units as well as the guards which his and protected the king and him from the shadows.

Such people if not careful he too can die quite easily and it's not guaranteed that all such people he met might just be friendly towards him and might even try to kill him and while he found plenty of resources to get to a decent stage of cultivation but similarly time and quality were both lacking so he was only able to do things to an half satisfactory manner.

But he couldn't complain as this was already a good trump card for him.

"I'm being too greedy once again but then again I had quite Ridiculous bunch of SOLID FOUNDATIONS in my original body while I wish these resources I can barely make out even 1% of the results I had. My previous base anyone trying to shake it would be equal to an ant trying to move an entire Galaxy but now the galaxy is replaced by a single planet !..."

Thinking about it for a bit he too soon realised how greedy he was being once again.

"Let's continue ! This should just make a flimsy layer of cultivation instead of the Behemoth like perfect foundations from my original body but I'll see what I can do at this stage with these limited resources anyways."

(This was also the reason Zash's family were such Freaks to an greater extent in the eyes of 'Normal' people while any cultivator would be satisfied with starting off with a basic lenient yet steady foundation and saturation of Essene in an timely manner Zash's family teachings and Cultivation techniques passed on from his Grandfather made it compulsory to make an Unshakable foundation base for future growth which wasn't affected by any external or internal factors while there were still a bit issues but they were almost unbelievably minute chances of such things happening. Anyways it's to be taken in accordance that their foundation were better than any other many Extraordinary cultivators too can only match only 20-30% of overall foundations their family had which was also the biggest advantage they shared, which helped them and gave them a sense of safety while going through tribulation and overall Zash's foundations in his original body was even better as it were formed carefully by densely refined holy energy passing through many layers of refinement procedures, henceforth Sylphia, Serena's and Zash's foundations together after performing Dual cultivation were better than Elkara Eleron himself as they took the longer stable and passive approach which would theriotically should amplify their strength to an even greater extent.)

Looking at the resources before him Zash saw made an mental estimate and concluded what could be done with an 'normal' founded cultivation base and scanned the stones before him.

" Though I'm really impressed with the Royal treasuries of this kingdom! These resources should be enough to take me to the Peak of 7th stage of Elementary Master in about a month but then again I'll have to scour for time whenever possible even while resting and give up growing 'normally' at least. Well I should give off a feeling of going through Puberty to those around me for a while at least... That should do the trick" nodding silently Zash just made plans for himself and the activities he must undertake during this next month and trying to break through to at least the Peak 6th stage of Elementary Master."

Saying so Zash grabbed an shining Red Gem which radiated Essence once Zash used his Family's Cultivation Technique and as his Meridans started absorbing the contents of the crystal the Crystal's which looked a bleak red in colour started shining shimmering red lights within Zash's hands and soon Zash was covered in all sides by the flowing energy. This time Zash had a 'new' plan and instead of using his family's technique normally he opted for focusing on his current body's Meridans core points where energy flow mattered the most and once he was able to access more resources he was further able to solidify the network channel of Meridans to prevent them from harm just that he had to hold off his abilities for a while to be on the safer side and not attracting any unwanted attention towards himself for the time being and once his theories were confirmed he could make the most out of it as his Supply of mana which at that point will be more higher and pure which also meant easier and faster build up of meridian channels. As for anything else Zash didn't pay much mind, it's not like it's guaranteed this body's original owner would have what it takes to have a will to Ascend or something, due to any instances or whatnot. All in all it wasn't harmful towards the main holder of the body to any extent. This body's biology family is so kind towards himself and his teacher and guards also care so much about him, such people were the kind Zash grew more fond of quite quickly, raising a warm feeling within his heart.

After an hour of Making his Meridian points stronger and more accessable to handle huge amounts of Essence Zash felt quite comfortable with this familiar sensation of Essence Rushing throughout his entire body, though it was still different as his main body Had an Advanced Mixture of Essence and Quantombots running through him while it was a close to home feeling it was just to that to an extent it could be described as a 'Touching the tip of the iceberg' kind of feeling.

And so Zash trained for about an Hour when he felt great pain throughout his body and hot throughout his body and had feeling that he was going to have a breakthrough in the early stages of Elementary Master 1st stages,

Of course the Abundance of Resources were the reason for it. Zash didn't had any idea about the kind of Physique his current body possessed bit overall as he could see it was by best description so far ' Like a Blank Paper ' Mouldable, Flexible, Foldable, Paintable in all extent he could try many things with his current Physique ! This could be literally the first time an person has felt 2 physiques both extraordinarily Rare and Vague in their own extent.

Not everybody can claim to get to experience this, of course there were plenty for people who had reincarnated who get to have this feeling but Zash's situation was even more special than them all ! He was still alive and well and knew about how much of a Treasuretrove of an opportunity was .In that aspect he was even more advantageous as he had literally got a chance to study the difference between Physiques and understand them better and whilst Sylphia and Serena too understood that they were important and made them powerful they were too ignorant about how and where their ' True ' Profit lies in similarly to Bloodline they were Unique to their own Bearers and provided Huge benefits if one gets even the basic understanding becoming a God is Guaranteed. One would have to be Extremely Extremely UnfortunatelUnlucky and Dumb to Fu*k up such a Guaranteed Ascenction path towards Godhood.

"Oh Boy seems like I'll be busy again" saying so Zash smirked and wanted to do nothing much but just as he was about to try and breakthrough in proper starting stages of 1st stage Elementary Master his room doors swung open as a small women entered his room.

"This... What the Fu.... What the heck are you doing Epis ?" That woman was none other Than Havier who had just gone in to check up on him but after entering and seeing Zash surrounded by all sorts of rocks, Jades, Emeralds and Precious stones she didn't know what to do as she asked trying her best not to swear in front of Zash.

"Umm ummm.... Secret" after saying so Zash got up resisting the urge to Breakthrough and went towards her.

' haa~ Genius or not Boys will be boy I guess even my student is no different it seems.' thinking so she just sighed said.

"Don't stay in your room the entire time.its about time to have dinner. I noticed you weren't in the Gardens these past few days. Is everything well ? Do you don't feel like going out or something ? Are you feeling well ?" Looking at Zash her Doctorate Persona took over and started bombarding Zash with one question after the other.

"Teacher Teacher me. I am fine it's just a strange feeling I got this past few days to isolate myself for a bit. I don't feel discomforts. Everything feels normal." Saying so Zash just hid things after making a few excuses stunning and speaking a few wordings wrong every few sentences to give off a natural vibe.

"Hahahaha 'Normal' !? That word suits anybody except you !!! You are barely a Month old yet you can speak better than an actual Regular 10 years old child ! At this point I don't have much to teach you except for some elaborated research.... And I'll have you making a few important decision as well in the near future, also if possible try to build your body better... Your brother plans to teach you Swordsmanship I promised him to tell him once your body is healed up you'll be under his care for a while of course you're still my student but yes you'll have to put in more effort."

Saying so she just looked at Zash while he was an Monstrous Genius he still was a little boy in the eyes of most who hasn't got to live life even and had to go through everything so quickly. Which sickened her but she had to do it as his situation doesn't care for him right now and time was of great thing this kingdom lacked and should be made out of the most.

"Don't look so sad it's not too difficult to convince him to wait for a while, ultimately it's up to you. Take a while and consider it properly" saying so she patted Zash's head and couldn't believe what she was saying to an One month old child with a twitching smile she just sighed in her heart when Zash suddenly spoke up breaking her train of thaughts.

"I'm ready. I too wish to learn from Byyg Brother. Of course Teacher too won't leave me right ?" Saying so Zash just looked at Havier pitifully sparking joy with her as she suddenly hugged him Zash's now biological brother Ester watched this as well with a slight smile and he too is her to hug this adorable brother of his but controlled himself leaving one seemingly 10 year old and a 14-16 year Teenaged Dwarfish girl who hugged and comforted the boy gently soon they separated and went towards the Dinner Room.

"What's wrong ?" Stopping mid way Havier asked Zash if something was wrong to which Zash just said smiled and said.

"It's nothing. I just remembered the first time we were on the same path while in got to walk on my feets while Teacher and Byg Brother helped me walk and stand up by myself." Saying so Zash reinacarnated everything that happening a month ago.

"Now that's not nostalgic as he*k. Haha you have such a sharp memory. Hey there wanna come over ?". Saying so Havier just waited for the Hidden figure to come forward.

"Haa~ seems like my skills are still lacking to an extent but Lady Havier please mind the language around my little brother at least." As always Ester complained about these things to Havier and as both of them grabbed Zash's hands seeing Zash's embarrassed face they didn't tease him anymore and Havier just said.

"Didn't I tell you not to call me Miss this or that ? Just call me Havi. Or Havier that's what those that are closed to call me anyways." Saying so she stumped both Zash and Ester.

"Oh ? Can I call you that as well teacher ?" Zash asked funnily smiling like an innocent child.

"No can do, an teacher is an teacher you cannot just call your teacher by his/her name 'Once a teacher, forever a fatherly, motherly figure for life' or the saying goes" saying so Zash just nodded and dismissed the idea. While of course he didn't plan to call her by name or something but wanted to test if things related to teaching were similar just like in his own world and strangely or unstrangely enough they were Quite Exactly the same from both Earth's and Avaricious Covetous as well while things varied things still were quite similar surprising Zash !

"Cough* sorry then it's just that I've gotten used to speaking in honorary speech towards all since childhood except for a few of my friends I find it quite hard to get used to calling people by their name." Saying so Ester explained his side of the story.

"Then start Practicing learn to say it right." Saying so she quickened up her pace while holding her hand and fined a bit but it only made her seem more Cuter as her pace was easily matched by Ester and Zash too had little difficult matching up with her speed which embarrassed her more.

As the trio arrived in the dinner hall the king asked curiously.

"Is everything all right ? Son are you doing well ?" Erwin asked seeing them holding Epis's hands just like before a month ago giving him an sense of nostalgia and he couldn't help but ask.

"It's nothing serious just rekindling some memories. Nothing to worry about, Epis is growing Astonishingly fast both physically and Mentally though I recommend not to push him too much" as Havier said this her tone got slightly small at the end of the sentences indicating not to push him too much over the edge.

"Thank you once again for Caring and doing so much already for my child. I as a father couldn't thank you enough." Saying so he once again expressed his thanks for everything Havier was doing for Zash's sake to which she just replied with two simple words.

"It's Fine" saying so all of them just ate food which were specifically prepared in accordance with everyone's needs according to their own body's conditions which were naturally monitored by Havier beforehand and everything was going well she too was having the time of her life! So much interesting research materials, Ancient Records, Abundance of Research Resources, and above all teaching such an interesting little freak and from time to time teasing that serious snob of a idiot big brother of his making him carry her every evening whenever she slept somewhere else than her bedroom and she enjoyed the feeling of someone Princess carrying her for the first time this all was amongst the most basic routine she had gotten used to.

These days could literally be described the best days he had lived and would strive to live one more of such days every once so often. Wishing they would never end.

After dinner was over Zash excused himself and dashed towards his own room making people look at eachother awkwardly.

'Has he reached Puberty this early ? Nah can't be ! Just kids stuff it seems were the taught process everyone had about Epis's current change if behaviour.