Herb Street

"Then from tomorrow come for training at 6 A.M."

"Yes, Dad"

"Right now, go and run 5 laps of the training ground"

"Yes, Dad"

Derrick ran 5 laps… barely ran 5 laps.

He received a training schedule for everyday.

He had to train in the morning and evening.

'I'm never going to train with Dad again. Let's train with Raia from tomorrow'

He had finished his morning training and was going back to his room.

Edyln had woken up by now and she was taking a walk near the ground.

Seeing his mother, Derrick ran over to her and hugged her again.

"My cutie, how was your training?"

"Dad is pretty cruel, I now understand why most of the people fear him"

"Hmm, it's okay if you say this to me but don't say it in front of Aldrich. He will feel bad hearing his son talk about him like this"

"Yes Mom. By the way, do you have some free time in the afternoon?"

"Yes, What is it?"

"I want to spend some time with you"

"Ok"

Derrick felt that the conversation had abruptly ended.

He didn't think much about it and went to his room.

In his room he washed up, changed his clothes and sat on the floor.

Derrick was sitting with his legs crossed, one on another and his hands on his knees.

'I should also start with Mana absorption, I'll become a magic swordsman'

'According to my memories, I currently have no mana in my body. In the previous life I had to go through a lengthy and painful process to start collecting mana only to find out there was an easier and painless way'

Derrick thought all about it in his mind.

'Looks like we first have to go to the Herb Street for the herbs'

Derrick stood up not long after sitting and started wandering around the house.

He has two feelings while roaming around the house, he feels like he has seen it thousands of times and is bored.

The other feeling is of seeing something you love, like after a hundred years.

'Ha! These future memories are making a mess of my brain'

Soon, it was time for Derrick to go meet his mother.

"Mother, here I am. Let's play"

"No, we are not going to play. Come here, sit with me"

Although she did not say yes to Derrick, he had no problem since his aim of coming here was being completed.

Derrick went and sat on the bed, next to Edyln.

Edyln was also sitting on the bed. She put her hand on Derrick's head and messed up his hair.

"Don't do that mom, it messes up my hair"

"That was the aim…. Well, why did you want to meet me?"

"Isn't it normal for a son to meet his mother?"

"It is, but not for you. You have never taken the initiative to even talk to me."

"I really just wanted to meet you but now that we are talking about it, uh, I am sorry about how I behaved in the past" Derrick said with wet eyes.

He was still in the body of a child and his emotions were pretty unstable. Seeing his mother right now and remembering his mother's corpse from the memories made him teary.

Edyln hugged Derrick like a caring mother and said in a very sweet voice,"It's okay, just stay like this in the future"

He had a feeling that if he asked his mother for something, she would easily agree easily.

"Mother, I want to go to the Herb Street and buy some herbs"

"Go, take Raia with you"

"Yes mother."

Derrick talked to his mother for some time after that.

He left her room saying that he had to now go to Herb street.

Before leaving, Derrick had a small talk with Raia.

It took him a lot of effort but he was able to make Raia agree to teach him how to wield the sword.

Derrick left in a carriage for Herb street.

Although named Herb street, the area has a lot of High Class herb shops, unlike its name.

At the Herb Street

Derrick had reached Herb street and already went to the best shops to find the herbs he wanted.

The herbs he needed, Manghani, Chiea and Hantak.

Out of these, Manghani and Hantak were comparatively common and can be found in the bigger shops but Chiea is rare. Derrick wasn't sure that he would find Chiea but he was very disappointed when he found out that most of the dealers don't even know it's name.

'All these shops had Chiea in the future. Looks like I need to see somewhere else.'

As Derrick was thinking where to look for Chiea now, he saw an old man standing outside a shop.

'This shop… it wasn't there in my memories. Something is weird about this old man too'

Derrick walked towards the shop. The shop looked pretty big but it was very old. Like an antique.

Derrick walked to the old man and asked him,"Excuse me mister, do you have Chiea in your shop?"

"....Yes" The old man took a glance at Derrick. Derrick understood, using his years of experience from memories, the old man was observing him.

What Derrick found weird was that in situations like these, people would rather observe Raia, who is behind Derrick wearing a Knight's uniform and Warren family's crest.

Derrick knew the old man was weird but he just had the feeling, he was not sure in what way he was weird.

"Will you sell it to me? I need it."

"No"

Derrick was rejected to his face.

Raia was about to say something but seeing Derrick raise his hand, indicating him to stop, he did nothing.

"Please sell it. I really need it. It is an emergency." It was a lie. Although Derrick did need Chiea, it was not an emergency and he will find it in some time anyway. He also knew that the old man had already found out about it. It was confirmed.

'This old man is not someone normal, that is for sure now'

"Come in the shop first….. Alone" The old man walked in the dimly lit shop as he spoke.