Chapter 13
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When Kyren finally turned 10 years old, the refined Nirvana inside his body had accumulated in abundance, thanks to his cheat system.
At that time, he had finally succeeded in completing the 17th circulation, creating the 17th Black Feather.
Now, he only needs three more circulations to achieve the full set of 20 feathers, which, by the end, he would need to combine them all to become a core and successfully advance to the next realm of Transcendence.
To the realm of Convergence.
Opening his eyes, Kyren halted his circulation, which had mostly been a façade, as he had primarily relied on exchanging Joy Points to reach his current state.
The 17 black feathers that were swirling around him gradually faded and disappeared.
Turning his head to the right, he noticed his mother leaning on the wall, watching him. Silent, with a proud smile hanging on her lips.
Kyren might not be as fast as her past self, who had 9 Star Aptitude, and gained huge help from her family by letting her consume a precious elixir.
Nor was he as fast as the daughter of the Matriarch, who already reaching the first stage of Convergence this year with the full support from the House of Valentine.
Yet, what Kyren achieved was something remarkable.
To reach his current height in just four years, even though he was a year late compared to others who started circulating Nirvana at five, was an incredible feat, especially considering his 1 Star Aptitude.
She also had a suspicion that the curse that reduced his growth rate, actually was also the culprit in suppressing his real talent.
Now, she was even more eager and hopeful to have an audience with a Priest from the Church of Light.
However, she had this weird feeling inside her heart of not wanting her son to grow at all.
She wondered if this was normal for a mother.
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"Are you done, Kyren?"
Kyren propped himself up, still with his body resembling that of a four to five-year-old child.
Subsequently, he shook his head.
"Not yet, mother. I need to practice the art uncle taught me."
"I think you should rest today. Let's eat first. We're going to leave early…"
"Huh… where?"
"We're going to try treating your condition."
"I see. Is it with the church?"
"Yes…"
"Alright!!! I'll go take a bath first, mother…" Kyren quickly ran to wash off.
The truth was, he was rather eager to leave this house. Not just because he was bored here, but also due to certain ominous reasons.
"Go ahead," Chriselda said, moving toward the kitchen to prepare the already made meal.
Because three years ago, all the maids and servants that were meant to assist his mother and him had been all taken away, under the order of that snake lady, Matriarch Scarlet.
As a result, all of their needs, including cooking and laundry, fell solely on Kyren's mother.
Sometimes, he also helped. But his mother often drove him away, or outright scolded him, as she insisted that she didn't need any help.
Especially with how small his body was years ago.
There was even a time when a maid from the Raven Clan was sent to help them, only to be mercilessly driven away by one of the elders who sided with the Matriarch, believing that his mother and he should be removed from the house, as their presence was unnecessary.
Meanwhile, after an extensive reading on his part, Kyren discovered that the House of Valentine was actually the Baron Noble Family in the Rathelr Kingdom.
It means his father was a Baron.
Though this family, along with the Raven Clan, had been somewhat exiled from the crown and was ordered to never put their feet on the royal ground.
Consequently, the territory they currently occupied was adjacent right, to a neighboring kingdom, and at any time by now, could pretty much erase them from existence.
However, for some reason, they didn't attack them for all these years.
The reason? Not many people knew about it, except Kyren, because he was the reader.
Kyren also found out that currently, the MC was yet to be born.
Nirvana Descendant Era (NDE) was currently at the year 9663, and the MC will be born at the year 9666, which prompts his family to believe he was cursed to be a bringer of misfortune, a devil reincarnation, and a demon soon to be.
Though they were not wrong in a lot of that context, as the main character was a devil for the demon race.
When they found out about the main character's Aptitude of having 0 stars, that was when they kicked him out.
And fortunately for Kyren, the main character was also here, quite close to the Valentine region.
'Yes, let's meet him later, be his friend, and guide him slowly to become somewhat less psychotic, at least. I need to change him from the crazy maniac he was for the over 300 + chapter, before he sobered up from his friend's death and became more rational and thought a lot more about his conduct before proceeding with his action.'
Kyren nodded his head while washing his hair with a soap bar.
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The two of them then left their small residence and walked on the stone-paved ground.
On the way, no one bothered to obstruct them, as everyone knew these two mother and son were pretty much being ostracized by everyone in the Valentine House.
Kyren and his mother didn't mind it either.
They were already used to the cold shoulder and silent treatment after years of living here.
Finally, they reached the gate.
There, the uncle, who was a cousin of his mother, was waiting with a simple horse-drawn carriage.
His name was Malrik Lor Raven.
He had short, neat black hair, a thin beard, and a tall, slightly muscular build. He also had black eyes, much like his mother.
At his waist, he carried a short sword sheathed in a simple, unremarkable black scabbard.
Their eyes were really weird and intriguing for Kyren. As even under the bright sun rays, when Kyren meticulously observed his mother's eyes, they remained as dark as ink.
It was so unscientific. Her mother then told him it was a gift from the Black Raven God himself. It made them pretty much undetected in the night.
It was so cool for Kyren, who fortunately gained all of his mother's features. Black eyes and black hair.
Meanwhile, his uncle surprisingly also brought his daughter, who was two years older than Kyren. Her name was Veyra Lor Raven.
When she spotted Kyren was there approaching them, her eyes lit up with excitement and mischief.
Kyren, who saw her, swiftly hid behind her mother.
'Damn it, that annoying girl again. Can uncle…'