ch 3

Time skip seven years

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Over the past seven years a lot of things have changed five of my siblings have had their awakening at the traditional age for noble children of ten years old because we are constantly fed potions to temper our minds and spirits as well as using unique mediation techniques each of my siblings have received unique catalyst from father's dungeon diving adventures as he not only become more proficient at this but has become the most powerful expert in our local area going deeper and into more dangerous dungeons with ease.

Due to his explosive growth over the years he was forced to take two more concubines in order to satisfy the noble community as well as to receive the protection of the larger noble groups and to acquire better access to resources and equipment to continue dungeon diving as his personal power allowed him to acquire a better noble rank.

Of course I have not been slacking or should I say I was denied that opportunity to slack off as I was forced to learn alchemy, politics, etiquette, history, dance, combat practice, close quarters combat practice (my specialty is twin daggers), art, music, literature, theoretical mana application (as I have yet to awaken or become an adult), mechanics, magical mechanics, etc needless to say I was forced to learn a lot but according to my tutors it was my own fault apparently had I tried slowing down when mastering a subject instead trying to quickly get through it my parents wouldn't have assumed that I found the subject overly simple the only reason I was learning so quickly was I relied on past life plus the natural learning potential of children super charged via the very potions I made so I could have free time after finishing subject faster.

This is exhausting and apparently self inflicted effort wasn't the only progress I made as I had been trying to bridge the gap between me and my siblings which has only recently seen success with the boys first as they started going through puberty and started thinking about women it was very easy for me to teach them how to win over those girls they were attracted to after a few easy tips they began to come to me more often just to hang out or ask questions about women essentially I was a guru which better than being hated as for the girls they were vastly more complicated not did I need to give them dating advice but also how to deal with social issues such bullying and making friends only one had issues with a male bully who I had a crush on the poor girl and was bad at expressing himself.

As of now I am currently in a lavish chamber designed to help me during my awakening the room was filled with high quality mana crystal connected to a ridiculously complex spell circle that was coded specifically for me by a formation master after vigorous testing of my blood, body, intelligence and character as my father splurged for each of his children as the room began to light up with power I pulled out the sealed container which contained the catalyst that I had chosen few days prior although my parents never located another angel heart crystal I felt my was a better fit as I had a lightning dragon soul crystal just as rare but had many restrictions if I failed to meet them I could be crippled or die but if I succeeded my power would soar beyond what could be fathomed in my level and I would have chance to go to the elite academy on Hanwi the terraformed moon.

Upon opening the which was supposed to contain the catalyst that I picked prior instead of feeling joy and euphoria all I feel is dread because instead of my catalyst I see an inert dungeon heart which means someone not only stole my catalyst but is also trying to kill me and my family because the ambient mana in the room should be enough to wake the dungeon core causing it transform its surroundings into a dungeon obviously someone doesn't like that our family has been rising so quickly lately and is looking to end a potential threat or and this is very unlikely on my father's spouses did this to kill me but as I said unlikely as it would endanger them and if the house they belong to is attack their connections they made with other noble houses might evaporate in order to avoid trouble.

As it stands now I have two choices I could let dungeon core wake up from the ambient mana in the room then allow it to grow and possibly consume my entire family and servants or I try to awaken using the dungeon core as a catalyst preventing it from maturing into a dungeon and most likely dying in the process as this was never attempted before and with good reason because unlike ordinary catalyst it's energy was chaotic in nature which was why in some dungeons one could find angels, demons and dragons or anything in between which is why the most dangerous time to be in the presence of a dungeon core was when it first activated due to the chaotic overflow until it stabilizes the only problem was the ritual was designed to activate the catalyst and to stimulate and prepare the body as well the soul I guess I only have one real option.

Rick:"Well I have already died before so let's try to not make it a habit"