His mom has often said he was handsome but mothers always think their sons are the best and cutest. Venir was no exception so he never gave it much of a though if it was true or not.

But at his current age he now look much better than he ever could have wished for in his other life. Gray piercing eyes, dirt-blond and slightly curly hair with a solid body that any young women would been happy to be embraced in.

At the age of nine Venir have trained daily in meditation with the body refining technique and exercise until is muscles ached from pain.

He could run for several miles without being out of breath and being able to lift several hundred kilograms. Truth to be told he have gotten quiet addicted to his newfound power and training schedule.

Every morning he was up earlier then his parents and meditated before heading out to train for hours. Meditation has become a daily duty for him and made his life much easier. He was now able to live fairly normal as long as he meditated on a regular basis.

When he did, he could now relax even when talking and converse in what seem to him a normal time frame.

It did happened that he sometimes got back to his other state when he did concentrate on something or got surprised and lost his calm state of mind.

Not only his mind but his body had evolved greatly. Having grown fast, he was close to 1.7m now at the age of nine.

In his last life he only was a little taller at the time of his death.

With his power he should look like a bodybuilder but he still looked pretty much slim even thought he now had an eight-pack under his shirt and visible muscles running along his arms, yet not bulging ones.

So how could he then lift several hundred kilograms and run like a freak? It was simple. His body was now at it last form in the first stage of body refining and just needed the last leap to become a stage two body refiner.

Half a year before when Venir sat and meditated he felt that his body had been become filled to the brim with refined mana and couldn't take more. Naturally his growth rate also started to slow down after that and finally stop.

What he didn't know was how extraordinary it was to reach that state at such a young age already.

His father hasn't reached that stage yet and was only at the early, second sub-stage, struggling how to refine his mana.

For people it would normally take several years to refine mana and if they are lucky they might be at its final sub stage of body refining when they reach their 40's. Then comes the bottleneck and most haven't gotten passed that stage at all.

Venir is at that point.

He is starting to get frustrated when having to struggled to his outmost to improve his body and nothing seems to improve at all.

Seeing their son work hard mad of course the parents happy but when his mod started to get sullen and he was starting to talk less and less.

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-Venir. Come over here for a while, your mother and me want to talk to you. (Dan)

Not knowing what it was all about he took a seat at the dinner table and started to worry if he had done something bad when both his parents looked at him.

-Venir... Dad and I have discussed and... (Sara)

-We think you should get a part time work in the city. (Dan)

Dan interrupted Sara before she could sugar coat it and both looked at him and tried to explain it in detail. It seems like they been worried for Venir.

Not playing around with friends and only been training day after day. To add up, he now have started to be in a grumpy mod and hardly spoke with his own parents.

This made Venir shocked and could only nod in understanding.

'What a fool I have been. Of course they would worry about me.' (venir)

-Son. I have already found a work for you in the city and you will follow me there tomorrow when I am traveling there. (Dan)

-It might be fun... (Sara)

-Fun or not. A man need to be able to make his own money and learn how to use it. (Dan)

-And... I thought it was time to train you in the way of the sword. Looks like you are strong enough to be able to handle the basics. (Dan)

-It will be easier if you were a bit closer to me when I work, that way we could start your training after I finished my shift. (Dan)

It was a good idea and Venir only nodded because he didn't have anything to say in the matter. He had troubled them enough is it is.

-We will both travel home when I am off from my work of course. Your working schema will add up with mine. I have seen to it. (Dan)

Venir now understood what he was talking about and looked at his mother that already had misty eyes from trying not to cry.

'She will be feeling lonely, being here all alone.' (Venir)

Like she could read his thought, she smiled at him in a comforting way.

-Don't worry about your mother. Its time I get back to work myself. Lots of people needing me here and I have already been away for far too long from my duty as a healer. (Sara)

-Some extra earnings isn't too bad either. We have had a harder time with only Dan working. (Sara)

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That day it was decided that Venir should start working at an Inn.

He would get a small room while working and staying there. The costs for it would be taken from his salary directly and then Dan would teach him the way of the sword after the shift was over.

It was going to get hectic for a normal nine year old but Venir was in a better mood already. Just thinking about being able to learn sword art and earn some money of his own was wonderful.

-I will work hard, mom and dad! (Venir)

'Living in the city. This will be great.' (Venir)