Meeting Mother

Of course, there was no hot water prepared since it wasn't like there was electricity to be found anywhere and just as I was preparing to simply jump in the tub I heard mother enter.

"I was able to get a little extra mana today," she said with a delighted expression on her face as she moved closer to where I was standing half undressed.

I took a good look at my body before she entered and I had to say that it wasn't actually bad. My muscles weren't bulgy but they were firm and most of all my little brother was beyond average size, which is probably why the former character was continuously bullied and most likely died.

With the way this world worked, mana could be gotten by either cultivating for hours by taking it from one's immediate environment, depending on ones aptitude for it which numbered from A-D and a select people with the almighty "S" ranked talent, while the other means was through bodily transfer from one person to another.

I was still slightly lost in thought wondering which one my mother had done for her to have that hidden smile on her face when I watched her move closer to the water and place her hands in it.

In mere seconds, I watched it slowly heat up until she felt that it was warm enough before extricating her hands from the water.

I felt slightly shy, but not badly enough for me not to want to jump in the water as I quickly took off the entirety of my clothes and slid right in.

At that point, I was sure she would leave and of course give me some privacy only to see her grab what seemed to be a bar of soap as she moved closer to me.

"Are…are you…?" I stutterred not about to tell her not to, but still curious to know if it was a normal treatment that the original owner enjoyed and not something to make a fuss about.

"Yes Caen. I know you complained about me bathing you but you're extra tired today and I'm worried that you might simply fall asleep in the tub. It doesn't help that I can't feel a single strip of mana in your system," I heard her say and all I could do was mentally gasp at what she just told me.

"He complained…he actually complained about being bathed," I thought to myself trying to hide the shock, I felt as I felt her slide her soapy hands through my hair.

"Well, the good news is that you'll never hear me complain," I thought as I felt her begin to lather my body with soap.

The water in the tub barely got to my stomach and simply covered the lower parts which I felt I would have to take care of, only to feel her lift me up like I was nothing and move her hands to wash in between my legs too.

"Wha…what are…"

"Oh, I forgot." she replied as she watched me hurriedly cover my lower half, something I wanted to proudly show her since it was already hard and pretty hard to hide, but still I chose not to.

It would be bad if I deviated too suddenly and too quickly from the normal actions the original owner would do.

"Did I make you lose more energy? Did you come?" She hurriedly asked with a look of concern on her face and it instantly made me wonder just how weak the original owner was when it came to stuffs like that.

" No, I'm…" I begin to respond only for her to speak at the same time at a more louder and frenzied pace than I did.

"It's fine. I know exactly what to do," she responded gesturing for me to quickly finish up myself and dry up.

"When you're done, I'll be waiting in your room," she replied and I nodded, completely confused about what she meant when she said so even as I continued to sit in the water, enjoying the heat I felt through it.

I stayed for a while longer before I finally began feeling bad for not caring about my new found mother who told me she would be waiting in my room.

"Look on the bright side…" I muttered to myself as I slid out and dried myself with a cloth, she had most likely placed there for me to use.

I wrapped the cloth around my waist, afterlooking around for the clothes I took off which I assumed she had taken away  when I couldn't find it anywhere.

The next moment, I made my way out of the bathroom and quickly looked around the small house to figure out which was mine.

The living room and the donning were combined and apart from the bathroom which I just came out of, there were only two other doors.

I opened the first and quickly figured out that it wasn't mine since my mother wasn't in it and the environment looked like one my supposed father most likely lived in, looking around and seeing different hunting equipments in all corners of the rooms, and women's clothes that most likely belonged to my mother.

I closed the door and gently made my way to the next door with nothing but a piece of cloth tied around my waist curious to enter and find a change of clothes for me to wear.

But I had only just opened the door of the second room, when I froze and almost lost the grip on the cloth I held around my waist with one hand.

Sitting on one of the two wooden beds in the room was my mother, completely naked from chest to her waist.

Her boobs bounced to the side as she turned the second she heard the door open.

"It took you long enough," she said with an exasperated sigh, and a tone full of impatience as she beckoned me forward.

"What the hell is going on?" I thought, my mind trying to come to terms with what was going on even though the bulge between my legs had instantly come to terms with it.

I gently closed the door and walked forward to meet her, without moving too close, expecting her to explain what was going on to me first before I figured out how to proceed.