Problem And Cultivation...

Ryu and Roland Walked home. It took them about another hour or so to reach home. At first, Roland was going to take Ryu to sightsee but the latter was not in the mood for it. So Roland got some skewers for Ryu which was Ryu eating on their way home.

As of now Ryu's mind was a little calm than before and has already accepted his fate regarding his future.

As they were about to reach home Ryu asked Roland " Grandpa when can I join you for work in uncle Lin's inn?"

"You will have to wait for some time, as you are now it will be better if you focus on getting better and Cultivating diligently" Roland spoke without looking at Ryu, and before he could refute Roland entered the house and said

"Go tell your parents about your affinity and potential and also rest for today"

"amm, okay..." Ryu spoke with a little sadness in his words and entered the house.

As they had left early morning Amilia and John had not awoken when they left but now when he entered the house Ryu found Amilia in the Kitchen. She saw Ryu, stopped cutting some vegetables, and came towards him.

Ryu saw his mother coming towards him and said "Mother I came back from the association and got the bronze badge, Now I am registered"

" Ohh, that's wonderful but then why do I see that you are sad??"

"mother that..."

"you can tell mother, Don't worry I would still love you even if you could not cultivate"

" mother I have Quadra elemental affinity "Ryu paused after saying this, but amilia became happy as she heard this and said

" Isn't that amazing, you can cultivate as easily as breathing and you don't have to worry about bottleneck if you have good potential, Wait what's your potential?" she asked like a child asking questions with a surprised face.

"mother it's only that I can enter Body strengthening realm and that with the help that is," Ryu said as his voice trailed down with a dejected face.

Hearing this Amilia's happy face became stiff and a second later it became normal. After having a slight smile on her face she said "I know that it hurts you but you can't do much about it right "

" But mother" Ryu wanted to say something but couldn't.

seeing this Amilia spoke "you see Ryu your father and I also don't have any potential to step into the Body strengthening realm but we are not fixated on it"

"You also have All elemental affinity so you will definitely step into Body strengthening realm easily I guarantee it, so what you have to do now is diligently cultivate and maybe you can get to the core formation realm also"

as she said she hugged Ryu and Said "whatever happens don't lose faith in yourself ok, your father and grandfather will always believe in you as I do"

There was a loving tone in her voice when she told Ryu and after hearing this Ryu's eyes could not hold the emotions which were tangling until now and they started dripping little by little. Then he started crying like a child who doesn't know what to do.

Amilia just held him and hugged and Ryu cried a lot. Amilia was not worried because of his potential or his crying. Even though it has been the first time he was crying like this since birth.

He used to cry at the beginning but after a few months he stopped crying and when he started talking he used to talk like a mature kid who won't show his emotions to others so this was the first time he was crying according to his age so she let him cry as much as he wanted.

After some time of crying, he slept in her embrace with swollen eyes. Seeing this amilia picked him up and took him to his room.

His bed was actually in Roland's room. There were two beds in the room. as amilia came in Roland saw this and asked "what happened?"

"Nothing much, It seems he was holding for a long time, So it's good to let loose for a while " she paused, and now Ryu was sleeping in his place "and I could hug him after Some time so I am happy for this "

"Well I hope he doesn't let it get to his heart and tries diligently, with his affinity he can get into the Body strengthening realm easily, then he can have a good future ahead" Roland spoke

" Don't worry father, He is a bright child and you know it, anyway I should go back to the kitchen and prepare something good for when he wakes up " saying this Amilia went out of the room.

As she went out john entered the room and saw Ryu. John at the moment had a serious face and said "father is it possible for him to Learn That?"

Roland looked at John, He also had his face turned full of seriousness and then he looked at Ryu and said "I don't know as of now, But he is not ready so I will wait for now, But he will know about it soon anyway. So I think we should be patient for Now"

hearing this john looked at his father then nodded a little and went out of the room. As this talk was happening Ryu was already deep in the dream world and unknown to the thoughts of his father and grandfather.

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After some time Ryu woke up from sleep and saw Himself sleeping on his bed and thought ' Was it a dream that I went to the association and got registered.' As he was thinking this, he found something on one side of his head touching something so he touched it and found a bronze badge having his name on it.

As Ryu saw this he frowned 'sure enough it wasn't a dream, hmm now what should I do After thinking for some time he thought that working at an inn is a feasible option or he can help his father with his work

'ok, no more thinking about this so I guess I will help father for now as Grandpa said no to working at the inn'

"Grrrr" a sound came from his stomach

"I slept for some time I guess first eating than anything else,"

Ryu got up from his bed and went out. As he came out of his room he saw Amilia Cleaning the kitchen, And seeing Ryu Amilia asked "How do feel Ryu? Are you fine now?"

"I am fine now mother" Ryu answered.

Hearing this Amilia smiled and said " You should rest today after eating something and start cultivating from Tomorrow "

"Haa?"Ryu was surprised a little and blurted that out.

Amilia Giggled a little and spoke "Now that you have become a cultivator you should increase your cultivation as much as possible, Do you know that if you start late your body will not take you far much"

"But mother I want to help grandfather in work so he can rest" in a tense moment he blurted out his inner feelings.

hearing this Amilia was a little surprised because her small child who is not even 10 years old wants to take the adult responsibility of the house. then she spoke " Ryu you are still a child, so first you have to grow and only then you can work for the family"

As soon as he heard this Ryu went in thought ' I want to help but now how should I do it, oh right I can try that "mother then when can I help the family?" he asked with a puppy face.

Seeing this Amilia knew Ryu was onto something but she still spoke "You can help if you are at least 14 years old and that's minimum, You are not strong enough"

This was what Ryu wanted to hear, The word 'strong' was what he needed to hear and as soon as heard it he asked "So how strong should I be for working ?"

Amilia answered now knowing Ryu's scheme " at least peak of Body awakening or maybe Body strengthening, well it is your choice" she answered looking at him and saying 'you have a long way to go before you defeat me'

Hearing this Ryu wanted to vomit but he held it in "mother You are at the peak of the Body Awakening realm, so how will I reach it just like that?"

"well if you want you can wait some time then" amilia spoke and brought a plate filled with food to Ryu.

Ryu thought for a moment and spoke " so if I am at peak body awakening or Body strengthening realm I can work right"

"of course," Amilia said nonchalantly.

"ok then I will reach it then," Ryu said and stuffed his mouth with food.

seeing this amilia smiled a little and went to her work.

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