Chp 2

“Aura? What’s that?” I asked with a confused expression.

“Aura is the energy that warriors can release in order to exhibit superhuman strength and speed in battle. Of course, it has other uses but that’s pretty much the gist of it.” Instructor David replied.

“Oooh! That’s so cool! How do you use it?”

“Hmph, now you’re enthusiastic about learning from me? Well, first off let me tell you some background about aura.

It was has been in use for thousands of years but the common folk don’t really know about it. It is used by expert warriors and soldiers who specialize in combat and are only able to use it after years of intense training.

Everyone can use aura, unlike magic. If you’re willing to go through harsh training and overcome your limits, then you will one day, inevitably be able to use it.

Aura is something everybody can use and no one really knows why, but there are a lot of different theories out there. Some say that it’s the manifestation of a person’s will and others say that it’s the embodiment of a person’s soul.

I mean, I guess both kind of make sense. Because of the intense training that warriors go through in order, and that strengthens their mental fortitude, which is their will and that allows them to activate their aura.

I’m more prone to believe that aura is a person’s will mainly because I have no idea how a person’s soul works, I’m guessing it’s kind of the same as a person’s will and that having a strong soul allows you to activate aura but I don’t know, I just use it.”

“But how do you use it?” I ask, starting to get impatient.

“You’re definitely not gonna get it on your first try but I’ll try to explain it to you as best as I can with words. I just use it instinctively.

So first you have to be calm and look deep within yourself and find you will find a mysterious energy and you have to force that energy to submit to your control and release it outwards.”

“Like this?”

“What the fuck!” Instructor David exclaimed in surprise as he saw me emit my aura which was a sky blue color. The aura I emitted was very small it was probably only a centimeter from my skin and not that very noticeable.

“You… are you a genius?” he muttered as he stared in shock.

I felt absolutely amazing. I felt like I could run five miles without breaking a sweat. But suddenly my aura disappeared and heavy exhaustion hit me like a truck and my legs wobbled before Instructor David held me up.

“Woah, there steady kid. I seriously didn’t expect you to be able to use your aura. It usually takes roughly three to five years of intense training before anyone is able to use it.

Haha, because it’s your first time you’re not used to it and it drains your stamina quickly. The only way to keep it activated longer is by practice and continuous use of it. Well, we can end training early today, be sure to eat a lot of food and get plenty of rest. It puts a lot of strain on your body to use your aura so from tomorrow we’re going to start building your physique and laying a solid foundation so that your body can endure the power of your aura.”

I wearily agreed and my butler took me to the kitchen and I devoured the food given to me.

I went to sleep early that night and was woken up by my butler Hans. “Young master, it’s time for breakfast.”

I was still feeling kind of exhausted from yesterday but felt excited at the prospect of becoming stronger and quickly ate my food and went to my private tutors for lessons.

By the time I got to the training field where instructor David was waiting for me I saw various heavy looking equipment and my mood instantly went down as I realized what I was going to do.

“I’m gonna put you through hell today kid. Tomorrow you won’t even be able to sit down to shit.” Instructor David gave me a sadistic smile.

I shivered with fear and he began to instruct me on what to do.

He brought over a small cart with wheels and told me to put large stones on it. My back was aching by the time he told me to stop.

He told me to run while pulling the cart. This is absolute sadism. I’m just a ten-year old boy and he’s making me pull a cart that has roughly 300 pounds of rocks on it.

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I was moving at a snail’s pace and I was sweating bullets within five minutes.

“C’mon ya brat! How’re you ever gonna be able to use your aura effectively if you can’t even do this?!”

I grit my teeth and cursed instructor David to hell.

Suddenly I felt a painful smack on the back of my head and I fell down.

“You just thought something bad about me didn’t you?”

Instructor David gave me a threatening glare and I furiously denied his claim.

He’s scary as fuck. I thought as I continued to give my all to push the cart.

My shirt was soaked in sweat after about an hour and I fell to the ground gasping for air as I felt soreness and pain throbbing in my legs and couldn’t get up.

I felt someone pick me up but I passed out after that.

“Hmm.. it seems like you’re putting my son through quite the ordeal aren’t you David? Hahaha.”

“Hmph. If he can’t even take this much then it’ll only be harder for him in the future. Your sons a fucking genius Henrick don’t you know that? He was able to activate his aura when he’s ten years old! You’ll be wasting his potential if you don’t discipline him now. He’ll become an arrogant little fuck that just boasts about his talent but won’t have any skills.”

“Like you? Hahaha!”

“Hmph. Don’t remind me. I can still kick your ass even though you’re a Count now.”

“Haha! I’m sure you will David. I’m sure you will.”

* - -

When I woke up I found myself in my bed in a new pair of clothes that weren’t wet with sweat.

I went through the same routine every day except for the weekends. On weekends, I just had extra-long training sessions with Instructor David.

I even tried begging my dad to let me get a different instructor or to convince him that I was strong enough and don’t need a teacher anymore because I could use aura but he wouldn’t listen to me and said that it was for my own good.

I came to the conclusion, that aura is a part of a person’s soul. Because I reincarnated with my past life’s memories I think that my soul is stronger than the average person, which is why I was able to use my aura on my first try.

I occasionally skip training with Instructor David because his training exercise are too harsh and I hate going to them. Or sometimes when he’s not paying attention I am able to sneak away and go into the city and hang around there until dinner time.

My father gives me an allowance of 10 silvers a week. I found out that an average family can life off of five silver coins a week. But I guess that’s the perk of me being the son of the Count.

Whenever I sneak away from practice I usually go to my friend Quintin’s house. Quintin’s father is a Viscount that is under my father. Apparently, we were friends since we were toddlers and I still had memories of the old Dominic and so it was easy for me to still be friends with him.

But it was weird for me to adapt to being friends with a ten-year old boy because I had the mentality of a person in my twenties but I got used to it.

“Hey Quintin! Let’s go and play in the market!” I called outside of his window and I could hear screams of his instructor yelling at him to come back.

The doors of the mansion slammed open as a blonde-haired boy came running out with a smile on his face.

Although Quintin was still young he had the face of an angel and I knew that when he got older he would be a lady killer.

“Hahaha! Come on! Before my dad comes and gets me! We have to get out of here! Hahaha!” Quintin said as he grabbed my arm and we both ran to the market place.

After five minutes of running he stopped.

“Whew, boy am I glad you showed up. I was about to fall asleep from the tutor’s boring lesson about how great the first king was.”

“Sigh, history’s important you know? You should pay more attention to your lessons I said.”

“Hmph. You’re like my dad. Anyway, what are we gonna do today?”

“I don’t know. That’s why I came to you.”

“Hmm… How about we go to the pier and go fishing?”

“Sure.”

The city that we live in, Tilinth, was a port city, and it was one of the major trade cities in the kingdom so there were a lot of merchants that were selling their goods on the streets and yelling about how good their merchandise was.

We bought a fishing pole, line, hook and bait and went by the pier and began fishing until the sun began to set.

We caught nothing.

“Man, what a waste of time. I’m going back home.”

“Huh? Okay. I’m gonna stay here for a while longer and see if I can catch anything.” I replied.

“Haha, don’t get your hopes up. See ya tomorrow!”

We said our goodbyes and I sat there on the pier just reminiscing about my past life and my current life and what I was going to do.

“Sigh…” Honestly, I don’t really have any ambitions for the future. I just want to live an easy going life and be happy. I don’t see the reason why my dad keeps on forcing me to go through that hellish training every day.

“You sigh like an old man for a young kid.” Suddenly a voice behind me spoke up.

Surprised, I turn around and see an old man with a bald head and a white goatee standing behind me.

This old man isn’t that simple.

Ever since I was able to use aura my senses have become far more sharper than before and am able to react to things quicker.

I think that using aura more changes a person’s body, fundamentally improving it.

*Tug*

Suddenly, I felt something tug strongly against my fishing line.

I reacted quickly and after a few seconds of struggle I was able to bring out the fish that was caught in the hook.

“Hoh! Not bad. Tell ya what kid. Give me the fish and I’ll give you something nice.”

Without waiting for me to respond the man deftly took the fish off the hook and put it into his bag.

“This will make some tasty fish soup. Oh, here’s your present.”

The old man acted too quickly for me to react and his fingers touched my forehead. Suddenly, an influx of information was sent to my head and I fell down.

I felt disoriented from the information that just entered my brain. It was a breathing technique, and it’s specific use was to help me be able to improve my control over my aura and be able to increase the strength of it.

Who the hell is that old man? He just casually gave me something that I possibly couldn’t imagine the value of such a technique.

When I came to my senses the man was already gone and the sun was barely there and so I quickly ran back home.

My mother scolded me for being late and I didn’t get any dinner that night.