NOVEL WEB Chapter 2 : Awakening
"haa! That was a close call. I was almost caught red-handed!!" After his mother was gone, he sighed in relief. He thanked his lucky stars that she didn't find out about her original son's death and his transmigration.
He quickly went inside the bathroom and looked in the big mirror. Needless to say, he was quite taken aback by his new appearance and physique. His current physique can be compared to a male model from his previous world. After checking himself for a few more seconds, he took a hot bath in the bathtub that almost looked like a mini-pond.
He quickly prepared himself with the dress already prepared by the maid and made his way towards the prayer hall.
There is only two maid's in this mansion. Seina Gray is in charge of house cleaning, who prepared his dress for the awakening ceremony and Anna Acqua is in charge of cooking.
The prayer hall is a separate building located just beside this mansion. Although Mia is not a Holy Saintess anymore after marriage, she still needs to send her prayers to her respected 'Goddess of Birth' in order to maintain the connection.
'Goddess of Birth', Alicia, like most other gods and goddesses, provides her blessings and tales of her journeys (myths) in many big or mortal worlds in order to collect faith power. There are many such cults that exist in this world. Then again, only mortals worship them. Cultivators who firmly believe in themselves usually join a sect or a well-reputed clan and avoid this kind of thing.
While walking towards the hall, William searched through his memories for information related to awakening. He is also extremely excited about what kind of talent he will awaken.
As it turned out, awakening is a process of digging out and awakening all the hidden potentials inside a person and connecting them with the system.
The process of connecting to the system is very taxing for a soul. That's why one's soul needs to be mature enough in order to connect them with the system. It's because of this point that only after the age of eighteen can they take part in an awakening ceremony.
No one truly knows what this system is, but it's rumored and widely known that it's the consciousness of the universe.
The system is used to monitor one's own progress, and it also has a store that can be used for resources. But the other uses and specifics about this are unknown. It seems that he can only explore everything by himself.
William looked around the mansion as he slowly walked towards the prayer hall. Born poor in his previous life, William had never seen such beautiful decorations.
In his previous life on earth, he belonged to a poor family. Even after graduating from college, he couldn't get a good job because he needs much higher studies in order to get a well-paying job. The money he earned from his work is just barely enough to pay for his family loans that his parents took at some point in their lives.
One day his girlfriend Linda also left him for a rich young master. But what about him? Being the one left alone, he couldn't talk about his own shortcomings with his own friends or family. If he shares his pain with someone, he or she would just laugh at him.
Being poor is truly a sin. So in order to relieve some stress, he started to watch adult content like any other single boy. In a short span of one year, he transformed into a perverted person. In the end, unable to take care of family needs any longer, he committed suicide at the age of thirty-six, after his father and mother's natural deaths.
'ah! The past doesn't matter anymore.!!' William said to himself while thinking about MC's from fantasy novels. Yes, he couldn't follow the path of a main character because he is not born with some kind of heavenly luck that could make him strong with every battle. If he has a choice, then he wants to choose a more slow and relaxed life with a Harem of his own.
The most weird information he got from his new memories is that whenever a mortal woman gives birth, their level drops more than five or six because the newborn baby absorbs large amounts of energy in order to grow inside their mother's stomach.
The more frightening the talent the infant possesses, the more energy it requires to be born and the more levels his or her mother will drop.
That's why most of the time after their birth, the mother doesn't get much attention from her family that she had before the baby was born. Losing power is truly a curse, and it will take much more time to recover to their previous level. If a woman doesn't want to lose her level during pregnancy, she has to be a very high level cultivator who can supplement the needs with outside spiritual energy, or if she is a low-level mortal, then she needs a large number of resources and treasure, but even with that, she would still lose one or two levels.
It took ten minutes for him to reach the prayer hall. The doors of the prayer hall were already opened, so he just walked inside.
"Why are you so late again?!!" Mia asked with a frown, standing in front of the statue of the goddess.
"I was just preparing myself, mom." William replied with a smile.
"Ok, William, can you see the formation center? Stand there and relax. Let the energies flow inside of your body freely." Mia gave him instructions while pointing towards the center of a complicated big formation located in the center of the hall. Magical, unknown language completely decorated the whole formation, giving it a mysterious and ancient look.
Currently the entire prayer hall consists of only two things: a statue of a beautiful-looking goddess holding a child in his lap at the end of the hall and a very big formation in the middle of the hall. William quickly did as he was told while Mia started to mumble the incantation.
In just a few seconds, golden-colored spiritual energy started to come out of the statue targeting the formation. With a low hum, the whole formation lights up in a golden light.
"William, don't lose focus. Concentrate on absorbing the energy." Mia gave her final advice after starting the formation. William felt an enormous amount of spiritual energy swirling around him and started to absorb them without stopping. Those mysterious-looking words that were engraved inside the formation started to vibrate, and a few of them shot towards William. Because of the assistance of the divine power, the whole process went very smoothly. William felt a bit of pain inside him, but other than that, there were no other variables.
[ Ding! System registration complete!! ]
[ Congratulations!! You have awakened your physique, 'Extreme Yang physique' ]
[ Congratulations!! You have awakened your talent, 'Dual Cultivation' ]
[ Congratulations!! You have awakened your talent, 'sword cultivation' ]
[ Congratulations!! You have awakened your talent, 'spear cultivation' ]
By the time William finished his awakening, his body drenched in sweat head to toe while his whole body felt weak.
He was unable to maintain his balance and started to fall towards the ground. Just as he was about to fall into the ground, Mia quickly approached him and used her thick thighs as a pillow for William to rest his head on.
Needless to say, Mia's condition is also not looking good, albeit a bit better than William. Her face looked a bit pale from the exhaustion, but she still swiftly brought her son inside her room for a short rest.
"M-mom is the awakening ceremony completed?" William asked with a weak voice.
"Yes. And you also awakened a good talent." Mia chuckled while checking his body condition.
"Ah!! Mom, my whole body is feeling very hot!!!" William cried out suddenly while trying to get away from his mother. It seems that his talent finally kicked into action. He felt very dangerous and inappropriate around his mother because, for some unknown reason, he felt his lower region was burning. He needed to release his load quickly, and seeing his hot milf mother in front of him only fuelled his well-hidden desires.
"I know, baby, let mommy take care of it." Mia said with a gentle, teasing tone, caressing his head with her left hand while her right hand approached his lower region.