After a while a group of five horses swiftly made their way out of the town and were heading towards the river which flowed in the valley. The terrain was all muddy making them all be extra careful as they traversed.

In the middle of the group was the horse with Dante. All along the journey the lady couldn’t help but talk with him since it wasn’t every day that she meets such a handsome and peculiar looking guy even though he is still a kid.

They started by sharing their names and then talking about normal day life and what they would do during a normal day. Dante, of course, never told her about his martial arts practice and his absurd body but rather he talked about the normal stuff he would do in front of others. Well, he also added some lies there. For instance, if she told him that she liked to sing then he would say that he sings when takes a bath or before going to sleep on his bed. Not only that he would even add fake events like when another kid caught him singing and he was embarrassed by it. And that kid who saw him was, of course, Robert!

Robert, who was riding behind him, was shocked and flustered when he saw his name being used to impress a girl by an eleven-year-old kid. He didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. But what shocked him more was not an eleven-year-old hitting on a girl but rather how much Dante was talking.

Since Robert knew Dante’s little secret training he was closer to him than most other people and he knew Dante wasn’t a kid who would talk much. He would only talk when the other party wants to and even then he wouldn’t ever willingly try to prolong the conversation, but right now it was totally different! Wasn’t he even smiling and cracking jokes but also willingly starting new topics. Robert couldn’t help but think that Dante had developed a crush on the lady since she was more beautiful than your average women. The other two kids barely noticed the change since they still weren’t matured enough to read one’s behavior.

Dante had noticed Robert’s curious gaze on him but he could hardly care for him as he was just too young to understand what he was doing. Well, of course Dante didn’t develop any kind of crush but rather it was just a way for Diana, that lady, to feel more comfortable around him which in turn means she would be more willing to share information with him. This was something he had learned in his past life and was taught to him by the king’s most intelligent followers.

‘the only downfall of this is time. It would need quite a bit of time make someone feel that I am like them. Luckily for me the heavens and fate seem to favor me. Because of the rain we haven’t been able to traverse at normal speed from the moment we were out of the town. Hmm maybe now I should ask her about this world…’

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The group continued to travel for a while and now their destination was within an hour of distance from them. All along the way Dante continued to make her feel comfortable around him gaining more and more of her trust. She started to think that they share same mentality, beliefs and interests.

Dante finally quite down and seeing him stop talking Diana couldn’t help but wonder what happened to him. Diana asked him “Are you worried about the hunt?” she even lightly patted his head.

‘An opportunity!’ Dante thought and then nodded to her as a response.

Diana smiled and said in a comforting voice “Don’t worry. I will stay with you.” She hugged him from behind and continued “and since we are archers we will stay at a distance from the site.”

“But…” Dante said in low voice.

“And this is your first time so even if you make mistakes, I won’t scold you for that.” She said.

“No, it is not that…” Dante said.

“Then? If you want, I can talk to James to allow you to just watch… but you know how important this hunting trip is, right? When you grow up you would need to find your own team so you can hunt for money.”

Dante turned his head left and right and then said, “I am just worried about big brothers.”

Hearing that Diana made an understanding expression.

Dante continued “Big brother Robert is thirteen years old and he would need to assist in killing the animal…”

When Dante said that Robert, who was still looking and listening, couldn’t help but smile as a warm feeling his heart.

“Don’t worry Dante. Like you said Robert is a thirteen-year-old lad, but he is not just any thirteen-year-old lad!” Diana said with a smile.

Dante couldn’t help but be confused when he heard her. “What does big sister mean by that?”

Diana made a smug smile seemingly proud of this junior, “Robert is about to go through his 1st‘awakening’!”

Dante was even more confused, but he was also interested and genuinely asked “What do you mean?”

Diana made an understanding node and said, “Since you have been in the orphanage most of the time it is only natural you don’t about this. Awakened humans are basically those people who can use the power deep hidden within their blood.”

‘Power within blood?’ Dante couldn’t help but link his absurd strength with the awakening phenomenon.

“What do you mean by power within blood?” He asked for more clarifications.

“Hmm… how am I going to explain you?” She thought for a while because she didn’t expect an eleven-year-old to understand awakening.

“Well let’s say it like this – if your big brother, Robert, goes through two awakenings then he would be able fight a wild bear with his bare hands!”

Dante showed a shocked experience but inside he was calm and thought ‘so awakening seems this world’s way of cultivating power. In my previous life we had something similar to this bloodline power too. But I don’t think anyone can go through this awakening because if they could then this place would have been crawling with monsters and hidden dragons!’

“Does that mean big brother will become a monster when he gets older?” Dante asked hoping she would clarify more.

“Maybe. Only some with talent are able to awaken their powers with first awakening and even more few with extreme talent and luck are able to go through two awakenings!” She said.

‘So, my hypothesis was correct.’ Dante thought.

“And if he is able to awaken his bloodline before end of this year then your brother would become the youngest knight candidate in the history!”

Dante wanted to ask more but then he realized they have reached the river basin and it was time to hunt!