Companion

The dim ray of the rising sun managed to sneak through a gap in the deep burgundy curtains right over my eyelids, pleasantly waking me up.

I took a moment to silently take in my surroundings, rubbing my crusted eyes.

Because the window was close to my bed, I simply sat in it and opened the windows, allowing the sun to shine in.

I crossed my leg and sat in a meditative position, taking a deep breath of the natural flow and light to enforce the natural mana from the morning surroundings.

I felt my mana surging through all my meridians and cycling in perfect order the moment I opened my eyes, effectively absorbing the sun's radiance.

"If this continues, I'll have a breakthrough within a month!" I murmured as I was carefully getting out of bed, I gently stroked the already awakened Jin's head, making him delicately stretch out his cute serpent body.

"..Mama~?"

Suddenly, as I heard the voice, Jin was looking up at me with his mouth closed aside from his tounge flickering out every minute.

What? I clearly heard a voice just now; was it Jin's?

"Mama?" This time it was crystal clear in my mind.

Was this…telepathy?

When I looked closely, the tattoo Jin gave me during our contract began to glow in a deep blue radiance.

Jin quickly swirled up my hands and licked the tattoo, changing the colour of the radiance to a silver glow.

I was keeping a close eye on everything, and when the process was ended, the tattoo faded away as usual, and Jin raised his triangular head and stared at me.

Jin was absorbing my mana on a daily basis, and I realized what he was doing. He was trying to link himself with me as I'm his master.

After figuring that out, I shook my head helplessly, and I responded to Jin vocally, "Now you can speak huh? I guess I'm your mother. But because I'm a boy, you should address me as Papa or Brother!"

'Brdhur!' He leapt to his feet and licked my nose.

I'm so glad. I'm already surprised to be awake first thing in the morning. I'm curious what comes next.

After speaking with Jin for a while, I realized a few things. I suppose a telepathic connection was established after the mark appeared on my forearm. Jin's voice sounded like a boy's voice in my head; thank goodness I named him Jin.

"Jeen?" he responded with his head tilted when I called his name.

Another thing I noticed was that Jin was quite intelligent for a newborn.

He appeared to have the mental capacity of a two to three-year-old child. While we're communicating telepathically, I knew he's not necessarily talking to me in English but I just understood it as that.

It was an odd sensation, not knowing what he was saying but knowing what he meant. Aside from simple words like "brother," he communicated with me mostly through emotions. I was able to get the gist of what he meant by how he felt.

Another thing I noticed was that Jin was quite intelligent for a newborn.

He appeared to have the mental capacity of a two to three-year-old child. While we're communicating telepathically, I knew he's not necessarily talking to me in English but I just understood it as that.

It was an odd sensation, not knowing what he was saying but knowing what he meant. Aside from simple words like "brother," she communicated with me mostly through emotions. I was able to get the gist of what he meant by how he felt.

"OK, Jin! I need to wash up now. Do you want to come with me to the shower?" I said while took him and ran to the bathroom and setting him down. My mom seems to have already prepared a bath for me.

"Phi?" he asked, tilting his head and looking up at me. I assumed he was asking what "wash" was, so I laughed and took him with me.

My sister and Eve appeared to be coming down the stairs, but they were mystified as to why I was running in the hall.

As he stepped into the shower, he seemed to scream before wailing a shrill "PHiYUU!"

One thing I don't understand is why his snake sound was only rattling. I wonder if Jin is a hybrid beast or something. He makes cute sounds like, "Phii" and "Kyu!".

"I guess you don't like water very much, Jin?" I chuckled as I helped him out of the shower.

Jin shook, jumped, and rotated like a propeller before plopping down next to the shower, tail wagging, and observing me as I finished washing up.

Made my way to the backyard after seeing Eve was helping out mom as well Alice

As expected, my father was busy training, his sword.

Not wanting to disturb his training I quickly went inside the house and stood at the Kitchen's entrance, watching what my mother, Alice and Eve was doing.

"Good morning Eth!" Eve said as she was holding a wooden spoon like utensils with wearing a cooking apron. Man she is cute!

"Hey Eve!...You slept okay!"

"Yes! I did!" She replied.

"Erhm! Ethan...Are you hungry?" My mom asked as I was speaking with Eve.

My sis was just laughing as she was cooking something.

"Yes mom, I'm going out for a bit!"

"Then go ahead and take a seat! I'll bring you some food!" My mother said as I walked to the hall and sat at the dining table.

Sitting in the chair, Jin quietly went to the table and swirled like he was sitting.

"It appears that we are both hungry!" as I said to Jin, "Phii?" he made a sound tilting his triangular head.

I have a little time before I attend the Atlas Academy. So, I need to get done somethings before my free days end.

***CHAPTER 42***