The Strange Life I Live

Begin Practicing

Zen had brought a pot of his chicken soup, and placed it on the dining table where Alice and Yui had sat at the table. Yui was already impatiently waiting for the food that her brother cooked, because she knew that her brother's cooking must be very delicious.

On the other hand, Alice was still watching Zen, which Zen was currently back in the kitchen and took the grilled meat he bought and had it on a plate, then placed it on the dining table where it was.

Ignoring Alice who was still staring at him, Zen took his sister's bowl and filled it with his chicken soup.

“Add again Kak” Protests Yui after seeing Zen just fill his bowl with a little sip.

“Spend first, after that you can add another” Zen said while putting a large piece of chicken meat into a bowl from Yui.

“You didn't eat Alice?” zen asked who glanced at Alice, while putting his sister's bowl full of food, right in front of Yui who was impatient to eat his sister's cooking.

Indeed, during their previous fight, Alice and Zen had started to get along and began to talk casually between the two of them, without any – frills like misses and so on. Therefore, Zen now called out to him by saying his name only.

“Ah.. Iya” said Alice who was clearly seen a curious expression with what she was thinking earlier, yet disappeared from her mind.

Hearing Alice's slightly dazed reply, Zen just smiled and started scooping his own food into his bowl and began to sit in front of the two women, one of whom was devouring his food very greedily.

“It looks like you are a little surprised to see how I am Alice” Zen said as he stuffed a piece of chicken into his mouth.

“I'm just surprised, that you're going to be awake this fast, because according to the expert who took care of you, you will be awake for a month” said Alice who had scooped food into her bowl from a pot containing Zen-made chicken soup.

“Did you forget I have the light element?” zen said that reasoned, because he also did not know, why he was awakened faster than the words of the person who examined him.

“True also” said Alice who finally got a logical reason for what Zen experienced.

Alice began to feed the food she had taken earlier, and her eyes immediately rounded perfectly, as she was very surprised by the taste of the food she was eating.

He put his food back in his mouth, and made sure that what he was feeling was indeed delicious. But the more he ate Zen-cooked food, the more delicious it tasted and made him addicted.

“Kakak, I want to nambuk” said Yui who where the bowl she used is not left anything in it.

Zen, hearing that, simply took a bowl from his sister and scooped back the soup he cooked, and did not forget to put some large pieces of chicken into it.

“Enak is not Alice”'s sister said Yui who looked at Alice eating her food voraciously.

Alice did not answer and just nodded and continued to eat her food, until Yui received back her bowl which already contained her brother's soup and went back to devouring it.

“Hm... indeed Sister's cuisine is best” reply Yui.

Yui had expected that her brother's cooking would be very good, because while still adventuring in the forest, Zen cooked their food with potluck spices, which were only found in the forest and tasted very good.

So, when his sister got the appropriate seasoning when buying it earlier in a market, Yui was able to predict that his sister's cooking would be very tasty, and make him very happy to be able to eat it.

“Ah... consumy” so Alice said in her mind and realized the bowl was empty. He wanted to add to his meal, but he was a little embarrassed to do so.

“Do you not want to add to your meal Alice?” zen said then, when he saw the woman in front of him had finished his meal.

“A-I'm full” reply reasoned.

“Really... whereas I have cooked many” Zen reply and decided to eat more of his food.

“Let Yui spend Kak” said Yui who re-inserted a large piece of chicken meat in her mouth.

“Ah Yes Alice.. I want to ask you to help” Zen said.

“You want to ask for help about what?” ask Alice to Zen later.

“Help me workout”

.

.

Zen had already finished his morning practice, which he had started running through the house area of Alice, then doing some physical exercises. Right now he was trying to learn the Mana Absorb skill first, before Alice returned from where she taught.

Alice was willing to help Zen to help him train, but she could only do it after he finished teaching, only then could she help Zen. Of course Zen accepted this and finally decided to train something else, before Alice returned.

“Open pore – special pore” murmured Zen who started sitting cross-legged and focusing his mind.

Zen will currently focus on opening the – special pores that are in his palm first, which is useful to help him absorb mana from something he touches.

“Alright let's concentrate” says Zen.

To open the pore – pore in intent, Zen must first feel where the pore location – pore is first. Which makes this very difficult, it is very difficult to feel a very small hole in his body.

Two hours already he had done this, but he could only feel about 50 pores – pores only, out of the hundreds that were in his palm. But he was getting used to finding it, and making improvements in finding it started getting faster.

Zen continued to concentrate, until his sister came to where he was, which Zen was currently behind the courtyard of the residence of Alice.

“Big brother I'm hungry” said.

Indeed, the day has begun to noon, which indicates a few more moments have entered into lunch time. Of course Zen, who heard that his sister was hungry, began to invite Yui into the house and cook something.

Some time has passed, Zen is now standing face to face with Alice, who is currently using her training clothes. Alice still did not know what she should do to help Zen, so she waited for her instructions.

“Lukai me with the element esmu” Zen said later.

“What?!” said Alice who was confused when she heard Zen telling her to hurt herself.

“I need you to injure me, so that I can train my Regeneration skill” Zen said.

“But I still don't understand why I should hurt you?” ask Alice later.

Zen then explained about his Regeneration skill, and how to improve the ability of the skill. Alice slowly began to understand Zen's words, but she still disliked the idea of harming him.

“Be sure to make a lot of wounds all over my body okay” Zen said later.

“Ck... alright, but don't blame me if something happens to you okay” said Alice who finally agreed to the request from Zen.

Ice particles slowly began to collect in Alice's palm. Little by little, the ice in his hand began to gather and become a small chunk, with several edges beginning to sharpen like needles.

With a deep breath, Alice then looked at Zen who was preparing, and immediately threw the skill towards Zen quickly.

“Arghhhhhh.