waking up with some quick stretches nyx checked his phone to see what time it is.

"9:27, I'll take a quick shower then start packing"

get up from his bed, nyx went to the bathroom while grabbing a towel, walking out of his room nyx saw that only a few of his siblings were awake.

"your awake, going to take a shower"

one of his older brothers, Achilles, asked as he was passing by, nyx just nodded while yawning, making it to the bathroom nyx took a quick shower with some shampoo and soap, after making sure every part of his body was squeaky clean nyx turned off the showerhead and looked into the mirror, he had the same curly dark night colored hair and deep crimson eyes as his brothers and dad, his mother and sisters had the opposite with snow-white hair and deep golden blue eyes, it was pretty weird, none of the boys or girls in the family had any other hair or eye color, besides those traits he also had muscles like a bodybuilder while being a little on the short side(4'9), and his skin was a mix of healthy pink and a slight tan, as was the rest of his family.

"as handsome as ever"

complimenting himself as always, nyx went back to his room, opening his closet, he took a quick look and picked a white T-shirt with blue jeans, after getting dressed nyx grabbed his traveling bag that was under his bed and started pacing everything he would need, clothes, socks, shoes, stuff he considers important like family photos, his phone, his survival kit, and more, once he was done packing everything, he went downstairs to have some breakfast, at this point his whole family was awake and some were downstairs after they too finished packing their things.

"sooooo, when you become a wolf or human, does it hurt"

one of nyx's sisters, Althea(al-THEA), asked as he sat down to eat his cereal.

"well, no, it just feels weird and uncomfortable, so no pain"

nodding althea went back to eating her cereal, Nyx's spoon was halfway up to his mouth when another one of his siblings interrupted him.

"How does it feel when your a wolf, can you like, smell me from across the hall or hear me breathing"

stopping to think, nyx noticed that he did not try that in the forest at the time because he was only focused on running.

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"I don't know, never tried it, like I said I only transformed two times"

"well can you transform now and test it"

"ye I didn't get to see your wolf form properly yesterday"

"WOULD YOU GUYS JUST LET ME EAT, wait until we get to the log cabin"

having had enough of his siblings interruptions nyx promised them that he will everything once they get to the log cabin.

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once the entire family had their breakfast, they all went and did their own thing until alexander was done with everything he needed to do, like taking the kids out of school temporarily and telling his secretary to take care of the company while he is on leave and to call him when something important pops up.

to began controlling mana you first must be in a state of absolute focus, drown out all the noise and try to look into your self

right now nyx was being trained to control his mana by the system.

"so basically I just have to meditate"

yes, that's one way to put it

"sounds easy enough"

sitting cross-legged on his bed nyx attempted to meditate and look into himself, it did not go well, nyx was so excited at the prospect of using magic that he could not calm down.

this will not do, you are too excited, unfocused you might do permanent damage if you go on like this.

"How can I not be excited, it's magic for crying out loud, do you know how many people in the world have dreamed of using magic"

I understand, you found something new and wonderful and you want to use it, but if you try to meditate like this you will surely get injured, breathe in for six seconds, hold it for ten, and exhale for twelve, do this repeatedly until I say stop

following the system's advice, nyx started to use the breathing technique, after four minutes the system told him that he could now begin, nyx stayed in that state for what he thought was three minutes before he saw his mana core, it was located right under his chest, its color looked to be a nice ethereal blue.

'alright, found the core, now need to find the channels'

the system briefed about what to do once he found his mana core, he would need to find his mana channels, its how he will control the flow of mana in his body,

'found them, alright now is the next step, I have to will the mana in my core, sounds easy enough'

it was in fact not easy, it took him five minutes to finally bend the mana in his core, and it took another three minutes for him to will it in one of the many channels in his right arm, when he did that he felt a mixture of hot and cold on his arm, it didn't hurt and in fact, felt nice.

that is enough for now, any more than this and you will hurt yourself

trusting the system, nyx left the meditative state he was in

"owwww, I feel AWFUL, what the hell"

right now Nyx's body was drenched in sweat, and all of his muscles were sore, he didn't want to move, he just laid there on his bed, it wasn't until one of his brothers came in his room that he sat up to look at him.

"oh god you look awful, well anyways dad said everyone has to be ready and downstairs by an hour"

'so fast, I thought it would take longer, what time is it'

grabbing his phone that was on the desk next to his bed Nyx's eyes bulged when he saw that he was in that meditative state for more than three hours.