Chapter 26: A Gift For Ciel

Some time passed.

As soon as Ciel completes the process of absorbing the 10,000-year-old Edelweiss Etile Flower perennial plant. Ciel who first felt the change in his physical fitness became very happy because the strength he had was different from the fitness he had before. Aside from the increase in physical fitness, Ciel also discovered that his soul force that was previously at level one had suddenly risen to level 7 after the process of absorbing the 10,000-year-old Edelweiss Etile Flower.

Ciel became very happy with this discovery. However, Ciel immediately remembered the task Shirou had given him. Ciel hurriedly went to change into his gym clothes, took the gold soul coin Shirou had given him, and went on a running errand around Tian Dou City to get used to his new physical fitness.

As for Shirou and Lily, after the two of them exited the Tian Dou Hotel. Shirou went to find a blacksmith shop he had rented to use to make something for Ciel. Shirou had planned a number of items to be made by him and given to Ciel. The items that Shirou wants to make are gravity tools for Ciel to use to train his physical fitness every day and also Shirou wants Ciel to be able to absorb the entire essence of the 10,000-year-old Edelweiss Etile Flower that has not been fully absorbed by Ciel.

Shirou also wanted to make a storage device to make it easier for Ciel to store his things. In terms of making the storage device, Shirou himself did not use the method of making a soul guidance device, but instead, he only ordered metal that had an affiliation with the power of space and made a bracelet that was quite beautiful.

The last item Shirou made was a sword that had a samurai type. Shirou made this for Ciel to practice swinging a sword. Shirou wanted before he awakened Ciel's martial soul, at least Ciel could be a little proficient in aiming his sword. Shirou had also thought of a plan to have Chen Xin train Ciel in swordsmanship since Shirou himself did not understand swordsmanship.

During the process, Shirou sensed that two people were following him in the darkness. The strength of these two people is quite strong, namely the Soul King, but for Shirou himself, the strength that these two people have is very weak because he can kill them in just one attack.

The two people who were following Shirou were the ones Ning Fenzhi had been given the task of or it could be said that they were members of the Seven Treasure Title Glazed Sect who had the task of keeping Shirou out of the shadows. Apart from guarding Shirou, the two of them also had the task of being able to provide Ning Fenzh with quick information related to Shirou.

Shirou actually knew this. However, after he found out that those people were members of the Seven Treasure Title Glazed Sect through the tokens they used, Shirou didn't take action because he knew that Ning Fenzhi had fulfilled the promise he made to protect her. Shirou himself also didn't really mind them gathering information about him to tell Ning Fenzhi.

This could also make it easier for Shirou to explain to Ning Fenzhi if he asked about something the next time they met. Besides that, in Shirou's life in the previous world, with the existence of technological media such as cellphones, all information was very easy to find. So, Shirou himself wasn't too worried about him being informed all the time.

Shirou who had found a blacksmith shop to rent instantly rented it in full for an entire day for 10 gold soul coins. The owner of the blacksmith shop happily accepted Shirou's offer since the business he was doing was currently lacking in interest. Shirou who had obtained the location to make the tool he wanted immediately made it quickly.

The guards assigned by Ning Fenzhi to look after Shirou himself were surprised that Shirou wanted to rent a blacksmith shop to use. They both looked at each other,

"You go tell this information to, Sect Master," One of them said.

"Okay." One of the members nodded and rushed back to share this information with Ning Fenzhi.

It took Shirou an entire day to complete the things he wanted. After the items were finished, Shirou immediately put all the items into the storage room and exited the blacksmith shop, and returned to where he was staying.

Arriving at the Tian Dou Hotel, Shirou immediately rushed to his room, opened the door to his room, and said, "I'm back"

"Meow~" Lily who knew that they had arrived at the Tian Dou Hotel, the moment she had ascended to the third floor, Lily immediately got out of Shirou's clothes and climbed on top of her head.

Ciel who had just finished taking a bath and was resting in the living room, after listening to Shirou and Lily's voices, Ciel hastily got up from his position and walked towards the entrance and saw

Shirou and Lily had returned, "Welcome back, Master, Miss. Lily"

Shirou and Lily nodded, the three of them immediately walked towards the living room. Arriving at the guest room, Shirou observed the changes that Ciel had experienced regarding his physical fitness, Shirou immediately asked, "How? Have you adapted to this new power of yours?"

Ciel's eyes immediately got an exciting hearing this question, Ciel hurriedly nodded and said, "Okay, Master. I have done the given task. I have circled Tian Dou City for several rounds and have adapted to my current strength."

"Good" Shirou nodded and looked once more at Ciel and found that Ciel's soul power which was previously at level 1 had risen to level 7, Shirou immediately said, "It seems that not only has your physical fitness increased, even your soul force has also increased to level 7. Not bad~"

"Teacher, do you know it?" Ciel was surprised to hear Shirou's words.

Shirou smiled and said, "For someone who has a higher level of soul power than anyone else, it will be very easy to see the level of soul power that person has unless you have a technique to hide the level of soul power"

"A technique?" Ciel asked curiously.

"Teachers do have a way of doing it. However, for now, you better focus on improving your physical fitness. Especially now, you still haven't fully absorbed the essence of the 10,000-year-old Edelweiss Etile Flower."

"Not fully absorbed yet? What do you mean, Master?" Ciel asked in confusion.

"When you absorb the 10,000-year-old Edelweiss Etile Flower, you feel an enormous amount of energy has increased your physical fitness, right?"

"Yeah..." Ciel nodded.

"Actually, the current you still haven't fully absorbed the entirety of the essence or energy bestowed by the 10,000-year-old Edelweiss Etile Flower. There is still a considerable amount of energy that you have not absorbed and is still stored in your body and requires something or an effort for you to absorb all of that energy. Looking at your current body, this physical fitness of yours is already comparable to that of a Great Soul Master, if you had fully absorbed the essence of the 10,000-year-old Edelweiss Etile Flower, your physical fitness would at least be equal to that of a Soul Elder."

Ciel who was surprised by this information, Ciel immediately asked, "Then, Master. How can I absorb that essence?"

Shirou immediately took out a white bracelet from his storage room, Shirou immediately said, "This is a gravity bracelet that can help increase the gravity in the surrounding area. From now on you will practice using this bracelet by increasing the gravity around your body. This bracelet will follow the size of your body mass. For example, if you weigh 23 kilograms, when you put your soul force in and set the gravity level to one, your body will press 23 kilograms according to your body mass."

"This practice is very good for you now and also by doing this exercise will accelerate the absorption of all the essence of the 10,000-year-old Edelweiss Etile Flower that is still stored in your body now" Shirou immediately handed the gravity bracelet to Ciel.

Ciel who received this looked intently at the bracelet Shirou gave him happily. Ciel immediately put on the bracelet and looked at Shirou while saying, "Teacher, how do you use this bracelet?"

"You just need to put a little bit of your soul power into the bracelet. With your current physical fitness, you can at least withstand 5 times the pressure of your body mass. You can give it a try now." Shirou said casually and wasn't too worried about the floor of the Tian Do Hotel since the device he created only regulates one's body mass and doesn't affect the surrounding environment.

"Okay Master" Ciel nodded

Ciel immediately put a bit of his soul power into the bracelet. Suddenly the bracelet brought up the number 1, as soon as the number appeared, Ciel immediately felt his body being hit by fairly heavy pressure. However, for Ciel who had already gained a physical boost, Ciel easily endured the pressure.

Ciel slowly increased the pressure to 5 times the pressure of his body mass. Ciel's body that was previously standing straight up immediately bowed slightly due to the pressure he received. Ciel felt that he could still go up, but he didn't increase the pressure because he chose to adapt to the pressure 5 times first before he chose to advance to the next level.

"How?" Shirou asked casually looking at Ciel who was trying to withstand the pressure 5 times his body pressure.

Ciel smiled excitedly and said, "Teacher, this tool works well. My body has now withstood the pressure of 5 times my body mass."

Shirou nodded and said, "That's good. From now on, you will practice using this every day. Remember, during training, you are not allowed to use mental strength to improve your physical fitness. Because of this exercise, I want to do so that you can increase your physical fitness so that when you absorb your first ring, you can absorb a soul ring over 1000 years old."

"Okay, Master" Ciel nodded seriously.

"By the way, Master. I have a question." Ciel was suddenly curious about Shirou's current level of physical fitness.

"Go ahead," Shirou said casually.

"How much pressure can Master endure?"

"Hmmm~ As for me now, I can at least withstand the pressure of 150 times the gravitational pressure of my body mass without using soul force. If it uses soul force, it will at least reach 450 times the gravitational pressure of my body mass" Shirou said casually.

"What?" Ciel was very surprised by the information he got.

Shirou smiled and said, "If you really want to have this same power as me, you have to fight for it. Before I got this power, I also struggled to get it. So, if you want to be strong, you have to fight, nothing is instant in this world, everything must be obtained through the process and hard work. The more difficult the process you go through, the better the results you get. This exercise you are going through may be more difficult than for children of your age, however, the results you will get are better than what they get. If this practice goes well, no one of the same level as you will be your opponent in the future and that's not all, the possibility of a higher-level person will also be the same."

Hearing Shirou's words and motivations, Ciel became even more excited and determined. Moreover, he saw that Shirou had given himself a physical fitness enhancing immortal plant and made a tool for him to train, "Teacher, I will not let you down" Ciel said seriously and also promised to never betray Shirou and will always be the sword that cuts Shirou's future enemy.

Shirou smiled and said, "By the way, Ciel. If in two weeks from now you can easily withstand 10 times your body mass pressure, I will give you a reward."

"A gift?" Ciel who heard this was excited especially since he was still a 6-year-old kid who always wanted something secret like a present.

"Yes. This gift is quite special. If you can do as I said before, I will give you this reward" Shirou said to increase Ciel's training motivation.

And indeed, after Shirou said that, Ciel became even more excited and said while patting his chest proudly, "Relax, Master. I will definitely complete this task. Not in two weeks' time, but I will definitely get this done in less than a week. The teacher just needs to monitor it."

Shirou smiled and rose from his position, "Okok, I'm waiting for the good news. Lily and I are going back to our room to clean up."

"Okay, Master" Ciel nodded and suddenly he remembered something, "Teacher, are you late at night?"

Shirou's steps stopped and shook his head, "Not yet. Have you had dinner, Ciel?"

"I haven't" Ciel shook his head and said, "By the way, Master. Previously when I was looking for lunch, I found a food shop that sells pretty good food, and the price of food is quite cheap. The money Master gave me still had 8 gold soul coins left. How about I go buy some food there for us to have dinner together?"

"No problem." Shirou nodded and looked at Lily "Don't you have a problem with that, Lily?"

"Meow~" Lily shook her head.

"Lily and I have no problem with that, you can go buy it and wrap it up for us to eat together," Shirou said casually.

"Okay, Master" Ciel nodded and immediately walked away while resisting the gravitational pressure on his body. Seeing Ciel's departure, Shirou and Lily also went straight to their rooms and got ready to take a bath to cleanse their bodies from the smell of hot iron.