6 Sweet home

Joan greeted his mother with a bow, she was very happy to see her son has returned but was also worried because of how he looked, she ran towards him and hugged him tightly with her arms.

"Oh, my son! You are back! Thank God you are alive! Are you hurt? Why do you have a bandage? Don't tell me you are attacked by a monster?" She asked him, a visible worry on her tone.

In Joan's memories, she was Anna Emsworth. Wife of his father John Emsworth. His name was combined with their names John and Anna.

They had a witty name for a son in their mind. Joan smiled as he felt his past body's emotions. It was a tingling feeling, sweet and melancholic, as if the past Joan himself has missed them dearly and yearned to meet them.

The old man felt his love for his mother and thus embraced her upon the request of the emotions of the past owner. Their souls were combined in the process of his [Soul transmigration].

"I will take care of you, mom. I promised to go back alive right?" Joan said to him while he remembered that he promised to tell before his leave. The promise that the past Joan didn't fulfil on his life.

"Okay son, let me help you with preparing that boar. I will cook you a delicious meal. What do you want for dinner? Grilled or soup?" Anna asked him while they entered their house.

"Grilled," he replied.

Upon entering the wooden door, he saw a candle on the table of their home. The dirty kitchen was just beside their dining table and to their right were their rooms.

Joan then hanged the boar, and they started to chop it. Using a sharp butcher knife, they removed its hairy pelt, after the pelt was removed, they sliced the stomach open to remove the internal organs such as intestines and the heart, placing all the innards in a separate bowl for a different meal, then they chopped the legs, back, and the neck.

After preparing the meat and adding some salt to a piece of leg his mother went and prepared the fire to grill it, whilst Joan took the other meat, sliced them in thin pieces and hanged them in the drying rack to preserve them into pork jerky.

His father arrived from a day's work of tending to their family farm, with his rickshaw pulled by their horse.

He entered their home and was in a happy mood. Whistling and dancing while he entered the door.

"Looks like we will be having a feast tonight! Looking at the steady growth of the grains, we will pay the rest of our dept from last year! And we still have something to spare! Hahaha!" John said to them.

"Joan my boy! Hug your daddy!" He said then opened his arms wide.

"Dad!" Joan chirped and hugged him.

"We will be having grilled pork tonight!" Joan said to him.

"Oh, good boy! I am so proud of you! Do you want a new bow? Perhaps a better one?" He said to him, patting his head.

"No, my current one would suffice. At least save the money for the future," Joan said to him then smiled.

"Good boy!" He chuckled and happily ruffled his son's hair.

They grilled the pork with the remaining salt they have and served it on their wooden plates. Joan's share was the juicy thigh part of the leg of the pork and he ate happily, eyes filled with happiness as he munched on the delicious meal.

It was very satisfying when he ate it with a hungry stomach. He drank water and they talked with each other on the dining table.

"Joan my son, do you want to go to school? They are recruiting this opening," John said to him.

"Can you sustain the school's fees John? After all, we already struggle quite a lot just to fill our stomach, and now school?" said Anna worriedly.

"Father, Mother, do not worry, I will find a way to earn some money enough to support me and my education. Thanks for telling me about the school father. I didn't know that they are offering one," Joan said to the two of them.

"What I want to tell is they will have a scholarship to those who performed well in the entrance exam. Especially to the poor. I know our son can become a Ranger with him using a bow while hunting. He can be all he wanted to be if he will grab that once-in-a-lifetime opportunity," said John.

"Oh! Does this world have a Ranger job class? What else?" Joan asked curiously.

"From what I can remember, the Academy has Rogue, Ranger, Fighter, Ronin, Paladin, Holy Knight, Chaos Knight, and Mage. There also have tribes that teach Lycan, Druid, and Necromancer class. If you happen to pass the entrance exam, they will let you choose your path. And in several cases, there are Job class directors that will pick you themselves! You will be a great person someday son. We will not let you suffer like us and become a farmer for the rest of your life," John said to him while patting his shoulder.

Joan was in his thoughts, staring in the blank space and then coughed. The world of Almaria has the same Job class as this world. Enough for him to smile wryly and laugh.

"Hey son, are you okay?" John said to him, shaking him up.

"Oh, I'm okay. I only remembered something to do later" Joan said to them.

Anna felt worried about his actions. She then calmed down when she realized that everything was okay. They continued their happy dinner feast. As they were eating Joan thought that in the past he has such a kind family and a cozy home to be at.

They were happily talking about his hunt, and he told them that he hunted a man-eating tiger. They were shocked and John dropped the bone that he was holding.

"What? Are you lying, Joan? You should never lie in front of me son." John said to him.

'Oh… was killing a man-eating tiger a bad joke for them?' Joan thought

"Nah, never mind what I have said. We should resume our talks. How is your farming dad?" Joan said to him to change the mood.

"Well, we will harvest plentiful this time and pay our debt. We will harvest tomorrow morning," John said then took a bite of the meat.

"I will teach the other kids to hunt tomorrow morning. They will become good boys as I knew they have the same predicament as us. They even called me master," Joan said to them.

"Wow! So, the bullies had finally decided to turn to new leaves now? You're great son! May they become like you! We're always proud of you and support you," Anna said to him then caressed his back.

Joan can only sigh as he was believed this time around. He continued biting the meat and continued their talks.

The night grew deeper, and Joan went to his bed after cleaning the table and washing the wooden plates.

His father and mother went to their rooms, and he carried the candle to his own. Putting the candle on the table at bedside, he climbed his bed. He sat down in a lotus position and experimented if the cultivation was still applicable to this world.

He sensed the mana in the environment and absorbed it. To his surprise, he was cultivating without problems. Making him smirk and giggle on the process.

'These changes everything. I can cultivate without any difficulty and can become stronger. I need to break through as soon as possible or all the job class that I learned will go to waste. If I can access them sooner, the better.' He said to himself.

He was cultivating all night and managed to break through to the First Stage–Earth Realm. He exhaled a great amount of air and was smiling. Thinking of things for his future and plans to make.