My talent upgraded

The evening arrived sooner than expected, and with it, arrived the departure of my parents,

My mother said: "We will be back in a week for your birthday "

I simply nodded with a gentle smile on my face,

With this my parents left leaving behind Mary,

I asked: "Aren't you going back to your mansion? "

To which Mary declined by moving her head,

Mary said with a red face, "How can I love you if I am not present here "

I now realized how cringe I may have sounded when I said those words to Mary,

Mary said: "I will live with you here until we go to academy. "

I slapped my forehead, realizing that I had forgotten to ask my second request,

Mary asked in a worried tone, "What happened? "

I said: "I forgot to ask my second request "

Mary said: "Tell me, maybe I can help you with your wish "

I saw Mary's worried expression and said,

"I don't want to go to the academy. "

My words surprised Mary, and her eyes opened wide in surprise,

Mary said: "The academy provide the best knowledge that will assist you grow powerful "

"And also gives the chance to improve relation with other noble families. "

I said: "I don't want to be the successor and We already have you as the successor of the Everheart family, so there's no need for me go to the academy "

My words again caused another shock of surprise for Mary, 

She said in an anxious tone, "Are you still angry with Mother and father? "

I said, "Anger and disappointment are two different things "

"And I am not angry with them "

Mary grabbed my hand tightly and said,

"Don't worry, I will certainly fill the hole in your heart and the position of the head of the Everheart family will always be yours "

Mary ran away from the room with red face after that,

I sighed and said,

"I don't want to be tied up as the head of the Everheart family " 

"So you have to take that position for me Mary "

I reclined on the bed to rest but I suddenly remembered the system's notice from earlier,

"System " I called out for system "

*Ding* "Host, you successfully altered some part of your destiny "

Reward: Talent upgraded from A to S rank, HP and MP increased.

I felt pain all over my body, as if every muscle, vein was being burst and rebuilt,

I groaned in pain but didn't raise my voice that could be heard outside the room,

The pain diminished after approximately half an hour,

My body is now covered in sweat and dark gooey liquid and a stinking smell penetrated my nose,

I hurriedly rushed towards the bathroom and washed myself thoroughly,

 After I came out of the bathroom, I called out the system,

"System "

The pain subsided for about half an hour,

System-

Host- Archie Everheart

Age - 15

Hp - 800

Mp - 800

Talent rank- S

Swordsmanship - Intermediate (22%)

Magic - Intermediate (15%)

A smile appeared on my face as my eyes fell upon my talent,

'A person is born with talent, and it does not alter unless the goddess herself increase his talent '

'Or according to the novel, there are some unethical ways to do it '

'So if unethical ways are present there must be some ethical ways too '

'It's just that they are not discovered at this time '

I calmed myself down as I sat on the bed,

"The hero have S ranked talent and it will be upgraded to legendary SS ranked when he gets the holy sword"

"But this will not happen for the next couple of years from now "

I then laid back in the bed and quickly fell asleep,

Talent helps the person to comprehend things easily and more efficiently,

As a low talent ranked person would take days to learn a simple technique but the higher talent ranked person would be able to learn the same technique in an hour,

So, talent plays and important role in the future of the person,

I woke up early the next morning and went to the bathroom,

As I came out of the bathroom in my towel, I heard a knock on the door,

*Knock*knock* "Can I come in, Master "

"Just a minute " I said as I leisurely walked up to the wardrobe and took out white clothes with golden intricate design,

After wearing the cloths, I sat on a couch nearby and said,

"Enter "

Anna entered the room with a tray of breakfast,

She puts the breakfast on the table and asked,

"Master, you asked me to remind you to buy a gift for your Miss Emma today "

I said, "You don't need me to remind anything related to her from today onwards "

Anna was surprised to hear this but still bowed and said,

"As you wish, Master "

After the breakfast, I entered the training room of the mansion,

But I saw Mary already practicing the sword with one of the trainers,

She stopped as her gaze fell upon me,

She ran up to me and asked with a slight blush,

"Are you here to train brother? "

I said: "What else would I do in the training room "

Mary face turned red with embarrassment,

I said: "You don't have to go out of your way, just treat me as usual "

Mary muffled: " How would I love you hundredfold if I don't treat you like this "

I am an intermediate ranked warrior, so I heard her muffled voice clearly,

I felt a chill ran down my spine and was cringed again,

I controlled my emotion, sighed and said: ''Well let's train now "

I was eager to test out my newly acquired talent,

So I quickly picked up a wooden sword and started practicing with one of the instructors,

I was already talented, so I was already ahead of my peers but with the increase in my talent,

My comprehension of the sword also increased causing my progression to increase further,

After training with sword for two hours straight, I sat cross-legged on the training ground and started practicing with mana,

Practicing mana was also relatively easy due to my S ranked talent,

I could feel the growth with every passing minute,

After two hours of mana training, I returned to sword training,

Some maids would bring rare and expensive resources such as exotic fruits from time to time,

With the nourishment of the resources, My exhaustion lessened significantly,

Well there are certain perks to being rich,

By the evening, I could feel the exhaustion growing up despite the feeding of the resources.

"Let's rest for today, "

"System "

*DING*

Host- Archie Everheart

Age - 15

Hp - 800

Mp - 800

Talent rank- S

Swordsmanship - Intermediate (26%)

Magic - Intermediate (19%)

"So my swordsmanship and magic only increased by 4% "

"But this is good too "

I left the training room, had a bath, and went downstairs for dinner,

Mary was already waiting for me on the dinner table,

She said as soon as I sat down in the chair,

"What is your plan for your birthday? "

I said: "I don't have any plans. " 

Mary said: "Well it's in 6 days, you should plan something "

"You would be an adult in 6 days "

In this world, you will be considered an adult when you turn 16 ,

So the 16th birthday is memorable even for most of the people because it marks the beginning of their adulthood.

I pondered for a while and said,

"Well I don't plan on doing anything special other than annulling my engagement "

Mary said in a worried tone,

"But isn't it a slap in the face of royal family to do that in front of that many noble families"

I said: "Isn't what she did on my last birthday a slap in the face of our family "

"She refused to dance with his fiancé and even poured wine in my face before departing "

"Our family would have been in a war with the royal family if not for me "

Mary couldn't refute to my words, leading the atmosphere between us a bit awkward,

But it soon lightened as the maids brought up the food.

As we started eating, Mary proceeds to talk about a lot of things to divert our conversation,

After dinner, I returned to my room and proceed to rest.

In the next 5 days, I only focused on my training in the day and rested well at night.

In the morning of the next day, my parents arrived and the estate was buzzing with the preparations for my birthday,

My mother said as she hugged me, "Happy birthday Archie "

My father and sister said from behind, "Happy birthday "

My parents soon got busy with the arrangements,

"System" I called out the system,

Host- Archie Everheart

Age - 15

Hp - 800

Mp - 800

Talent rank- S

Swordsmanship - Intermediate (42%)

Magic - Intermediate (35%)

A smile appeared on my face as I saw my stats,

"I am now in the middle stage of my swordsmanship. "

"It would have been not possible without my S rank talent. "