"Wake up, Raf! Its nice day! Why are you still sleeping!! Come on wake up!"

"Urgh...what time is it? Why are you so loud Rai"

"Its 4 a.m. hehe, its time to wake up!!!"

"What! Get out of my room! Let me sleep in peace!"

Raf who was taken aback by the time his dad, Raizel, try to wake him up shout and shooed him angrily away. However, raizel stood there smiling widely. He then slowly walked towards his son bed, and splashed RAF with a bucket of water. Raf who was surprise with the sudden "water attack" jumped and shout angrily towards the villain..

"Hehe good you are up now! You been sleeping for more than 6 hours. Starting today sleep time will only be 6 hours at night 2 more hours in the afternoon, got it?"

"Why should i follow this weird rules of yours again?"

"Awww you hurt me son. haha not! Well remember our talk last night?"

Raf then tried to recalled his first meeting with this weird pers-ehem his dad. After the weird son-dad introduction, his dad had asked him if he wish to grow stronger from now on, he had only answered yes because he wished to not get into a lengthy conversation/arguement. He gave the answer he presume what his dad would want to hear.

"Yea I remember now Rai, you asked if I wanna be strong, what's wrong with that?"

Raizel who can't stop smiling leaped and lift his son up and threw him directly outside his room to the training hall. Raf stumbled on the training mat and jumped up quickly. He then stared furiously at his dad.

"Speak my son, if you are mad shout at them curse them roared at them or you can smile? Haha but staring wont take you anywhere."

Rai slowly walked out with a smile on his face.

"So this means you will be teach me how to be strong then?"

"Hahaha no I won't be teaching you how to be strong. I will teach you how to fight and kill. Being strong will be depending on your effort."

Raf stood there in silence. His gaze was sharp and fixed on his dad who was smiling ear to ear. Rai however was very intrigued with his son behavior. His son never asked him why he left him. What happen all this year. Rai then can't help to ask this young boy whats on his mind.

"Raf, tell me, Do you not wish to know why i left you? And why I only call you back now?"

Seeing His dad sudden serious expression, raf gave became sharper and thought of this question more seriously.

"Before coming here, I had thought bout this all over. Uncle Kira and Lana had always told me how you are still alive and away for a reason. Even though I do not understand why. But after thinking it throughout the night, I would just brush this off and accept that you are my father and whatever you did must have a reason."

Raizel hearing what Raf just had spoken try to keep a stoic face....but failed and cry with snot running through his nose. He ran and try to hug his son, but were evaded easily by Rad and fell into the training mat.

"Sob sob...why did you evade Me son! I was touched...you are so matured! Sobsob"

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"There's snot and tears on your face. I don't want to get dirty with it, Rai"

"Call me papa....."

"No"

"Dada?"

"No way"

"Okay okay at least dad or father!! Pleaseeeee!"

"Hmmm I'll think about it. So you are not gonna explain to me now?"

"Hehe nopee! I'm gonna be training you tho and you'll be able to kick some ass later, maybe even get yourself some nice hot chicks eh?"

"Haaa...whatever...let's just start this lesson do yours....dad"

Rai hearing raf calling him dad got too excited and ran towards his son to hug him again but was met with the floor yet again....

"Urghh cruel son...hmph! Okay fine...let's start your first lesson then come here and have a seat on this mat Raf"

"Did Kira teach you anything before?"

"Only how to read and write"

"Good good don't want you to pick any bad habits from him"

"Bad habits? like cursing and smoking?"

"Haha ha.......well let's start the first lesson, I will tell you bout this land first. We are actually from another continent. Me and Kira traveled here 7 years ago. This land is called Myriad, and we are in a kingdom of men called Lionheart. This city is one of their small city, the City of Tallinger. Hmmmmmmm"

"What's wrong dad?"

"This is boring. Do you wanna hear more? Can I skip this?"

"*sigh* okay but tell me about this dojo and why did you made it?"

"Yeah! Okay, well this dojo is actually made because of ......reasons?"

"Hmmm you don't know why you made this dojo right?"

"Hahaha ummm yeah I forgot why ahaha well no matter. Oh! I have a more interesting topic, do you know the guild system?"

Raf who was listening just shook his head.

"Haha okay listen here, the guild is a place where men and woman join an organization that offer a wide variety of quest and resources. All the kingdom, cities,even the demihuman city send request to a guild. Quest are like a mission which when succeed can be claim for rewards. There are ranking to determine the level of strength for guild members. S being the most powerful and E being the lowest. There are also dungeons here which naturally spawn monsters. Most quest are done in this kind of place. Oh! There's also a tournament held once a year , a guild wars. Guild fight with each other to earn the title of strongest. There's also an individual section, for those that don't have a guild or just confident in their strength level. Remember not all strong people joins a guild."

"Are you in a guild dad? And how strong are you?"

"Haha nope and I think I can easily be in the S rank if I ever get evaluated. Hahaha"

"Why didn't you join any?"

"No reason ahha"

"Ugh okay."

"Hehe okay now! Let me tell you bout our family arts. Raf...this is a serious matter. Do you know that people can cast magic and bend the nature towards their calling?"

"Yeah? Uncle Kira can shroud himself in shadow and Aunty Lana can cast ice and water. Why?"

"Well son...we can't do those. Our family are not blessed with those ability. We are unable to project our mana outside and bend the nature."

"Huh? Then we can't do magic like everyone in this world?"

"Nope, but don't worry you can still be as strong as other. No more than them. Our body even tho aren't able to project mana,we still have mana circulating our veins and we are blessed with richer and stronger mana flow. I'll teach you our family arts which emphasize on this advantage. But first close your eyes and imagine your in a dark place."

"Hmm okay" raf nodded and then closed his eyes.

"Stay silence and breath calmly. Feel the flow of mana inside of you. Feel the heat it emits. Feel the power it gives the rush it brings. Feel the overflowing strength it push. Let the mana course through your body and organs. Let the mana empower you."

RAF hearing his father words closed his eyes and tried to feel his mana. He had always able to feel his mana ever since Kira told him bout the existence. Raf not the type to play outside had always spend him time alone and enjoy the feeling of his mana in his room. However this time he is guiding his mana.

Sweats starts to from and drop from his forehead. His face crunched like being in pain. His mana was running wildly inside of him and rushing too strong for him. He felt pain every time his mana entered an organ. He thought he might die with this strong current of mana but suddenly he heard his father's voice.

"We are Bloodborne. Our body is our weapon. Our mind is our limitors. we stand our ground through pain and suffering. We stand and never to fall. We are Death."

Raf hearing this, start to chant it again and again. Each words made his souls shudder and his mana calmer. His raging mana turns blood red and become thick. The once blue and waterlike mana had changed into bloody crimson red just like his blood. after further guiding his new found mana, it then seeped directly with his blood, giving him a sense of strenght. Opening his eyes, his see his dad smiling ear to ear.

"Hehe so how does your new mana and body feels son?"

"Bloody good...bloody good dad!

"Hahaha bloody good indeed!"