A green glow surged in his chest and in his right hand that rested in the shoulder of little Jas, that made the little kid's eyes and mouth wide open.

"This!?", little Jas wants to ask but seeing the closed eyes of Pate, she just stays in silence but she savors the surge of tingling energy in her shoulder.

The green glow in his chest dims a lot, while in the shoulder of little Jas a green liquid in the skin crawls to form two texts of runes like in the chest of Pate.

Little Jas excitedly touched the green tattoo on her shoulder "Pate!? What is this!? so magical!"

Pate lifted his shirt to see the tattoo on his chest, the green runes turned to a gray tattoo indicating its drain energy.

A series of hovering text appeared in his front `No Energy!`

He looks at little Jas and examines the tattoo on her shoulder, he sees again the hovering description of the Vitality Tree Runes on me to little Jas Runes text.

But the energy of the same kind must be used to form another Runes text that will hold the remaining energy, seeing the energy of 800 remain in there and it can only hold a maximum of 1,000 like him.

"Did you feel like having regained some ability!? like a refreshing feeling?", Pate asks the little girl in front of him that is still busying herself examining the green tattoo on her shoulder.

"Nope, I didn't feel that kind of sort but Pate, What if mother sees this!?", little Jas is worried that Mother Riz will see this and scold her.

"I'll explain it to her, don't worry.", Pate can only sigh with defeat knowing he can't force the kid to hurt herself or tire herself.

'I'll just go to the forest to accumulate energy', he can only do this.

He looks at the happy face of little Jas who is still posing herself and proudly shows her new tattoo.

***

After doing the dishwashing of the plate they used, Pate ran outside and shouted to Mother Riz "Mother Riz! I'll just go outside!"

Mother Riz can only smile and let the kid go, she looks at little Jas who is still frowning in front of the book, and sometimes snatches a look outside.

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"If you want to go outside that badly, then you must first recite the first five texts of the alphabet.", Mother Riz continued her mixing of some ingredients in another clay cauldron.

little Jas's eyes glowed with excitement and shouted the first five texts of the alphabet "Mother! I'll go!", she stood up quickly and ran but accidentally slipped.

Mother Riz stood up worriedly and helped her granddaughter to sit up straight.

"What are you doing!? rushing like that like I am imprisoning you your whole life!", Mother Riz scolded the little girl while she examined her.

Seeing the bruises on the knees of the little girl, she continued to examine if there was another wound.

But she was stunned when a green glow appeared on the little girl's shoulder and envelope the whole body of the little girl.

Little Jas was stunned too and saw the same green glow that Pate had in his chest "M-mother, this is -", trying to explain their way out.

The whole body of little Jas was bathed in the green glow that was still surging in her shoulder, Mother Riz felt the rich vitality of the green glow and lifted the short sleeve of little Jas.

A green tattoo that is still pouring out the green glow of vitality.

The bruises in the knee of little Jas healed at an astonishing speed, the green Runes text stop its healing and back again to its normal green tattoo.

"Where did you get this!?", Mother Riz seriously asked little Jas.

***

Pate didn't know that their secret was discovered by Mother Riz and was still running toward the same big tree.

He felt the slow accumulation of energy in his Vitality Tree Runes 0.35%, gathering energy to the surrounding plants and trees is too much slower than having on touched.

'Must figure out some way to accelerate the accumulation of energy that did not need to touch it', reaching the big tree, he flexibly climbed it without hindrance like a monkey.

Sitting on the same biggest branch of the big tree he rested his palm on the surface of the tree and focused his mind on absorbing the energy of the tree.

By having the Vitality Tree Runes, his body has a leeway to improve its attribute. The vitality that keeps coursing to his body makes it much more flexible, younger, and strengthened.

And he feels a much faster flow of the energy through his hand to his chest Runes.

The forest put down its guard and let him absorb its unlimited energy, but he didn't notice that he was too focused on the absorption of energy that his consciousness fell to an unknown abyss.

***

Pate wakes up but can't see anything but darkness, he feels that his vitality is on the verge of dying.

Like a plant that any moment will wither with time.

And there are these feelings that make him feel the void of loneliness and helplessness that keep solidifying his will to die.

When he feels that the jaw of death will chew him, there is a burst of Will that blasts through his well-being.

"I want to live! I want to see where and what I am!"

"I want to fulfill the origin of my existence!"

"Let me live!"

He feels that this is not him, but others will live.

But the Will of this person was synchronized to his will like this other will is his will, he feels its begging and helplessness.

After a minute passed by in reality but to Pate it's the longest time he has existed in a short span of time.

He feels the decay chewing his vitality that makes him fall to desperation to live.

A voice resounded to his consciousness, the voice contains a powerful aura that makes me and the dying will tremble in fear.

"You are too weak and small, it's questionable how you gained your consciousness."

"But I feel your unbreakable will, I'll give you a lifetime task to pay my goodwill."

The death that will reap the Will fades to nothingness and a powerful vitality keeps coursing to the whole body of the Will and forces out the decaying energy that consumes its life.

"Don't disappoint me!", the powerful voice dwindled slowly.

The powerful vitality and rules from it feel familiar to him but ignored by Pate because of his mixed feeling towards his mysterious savior.

A mixed feeling of joy, gratefulness, curiosity, and a seed of loyalty form in Pate as he utters in a dazed belief "I'll follow your will"

Without noticing the other voice who first utters this oath as Pate follows this like a bewitched man.

In the big tree where Pate was sitting in the big branch, were slowly and gently envelope by dozens of small vines, making it look like he was a caterpillar covered by its cocoon.