Chapter 29: Time

Desire was reading the book Jarina gave him. He was diligent in reading it and was able to finish it in a few hours.

And at the end of it, he had a question for himself.

'Now that I think of it, why was I able to read?' He thought.

He heard Jarina saying that it was hard to read. And just by being able to read, one would be called smart or a genius.

However, his suspicion didn't last long.

"Why should I doubt myself? Whew." Desire sighed as he put the book down.

The book wasn't long or huge, yet it took him a few hours. Well, the reason was obvious.

"I don't understand anything..."

Desire said as he turned his head upwards where the sky was still.

"Cold-blooded skill, huh?"

There were only two ways to practice the cold-blooded skill. That was to become cold-blooded himself or if he has the aptitude to practice it naturally.

Of course, Desire didn't want to become cold-blooded. He wanted to become like Jarina, who was able to control herself.

"Jarina's a natural." Desire said as he tried to measure himself.

Was he a natural, or does he need to become cold-blooded?

Either way, Desire didn't have any intentions to become a real cold-blooded person.

He just wanted to keep his emotions at bay so that he wouldn't present trouble to himself.

He wanted to remain calm at all times and calmly solve any problems that come to him at any time.

"I'll read it again." Desire said as he plopped open the book once he got had it in his hands.

His eyes began reading the only line of the first page.

"Cold-blooded TRAIT. One of the main functions of the All Brain Skill."

Desire then turned to the second page with his tiny little fingers.

He moved his eyes towards the text of the second page. This time was a little bit longer, but it wasn't by much.

"People who have a natural aptitude will naturally get the Cold-blooded trait, and those willing to become a cold-blooded person can practice this, huh."

Desire nodded his head. Even though he knew nothing of this Trait this book was saying, he knew it was something important.

"Is it part of the system?" Desire murmured as he called for his status to show up.

[Status]

[Name: Desire]

[Race: Human]

[Age: 5 years old]

[Rank: 1]

[Rank: Cannot be identified]

[Traits: None]

[Title: None]

[Divine Protection: Cannot be identified]

[Attributes]

-Life Force: 100

-Mana: 2

-Strength: 70

-Speed: 70

-Intelligence: 80

-Energy: 70

[Active skills]

-Light skill: F

-Excavator skill: F

-Summon Familiar skill: G

Subskill: Summon Aquatic Lords: F

[Passive skills]

-Night Vision: G

-Life Force Regeneration: G

-Body Control skill: No rank

-Magic Resistance: G

-Auto Mana Regeneration: G

[Super skills]

-None

[Innate skils]

-???(Locked) 90 days remaining for it to be unlocked.

[Special Status]

-Current Progress with the unification with water: 5%

After a long time, Desire was finally able to see his status. There were some parts here that Desire couldn't remember.

"The system sees me as a 5-year-old. Does this mean the change is because of it?" Desire thought as he shrugged his shoulders.

His status changed, and there's nothing he can do about it.

But, what caught his eye was his two ranks.

"Hmm, I ranked up because of the Magic Infusion. I don't really get myself sometimes."

Indeed. No matter what Desire did, the more he looks at himself, the more he feels he is looking at someone else.

And finally, the trait. It wasn't there before, so Desire could only guess.

"I guess it is part of my growing up. This means that if I grow up, more options and status will be opened up?"

If this change was related to his growing up, then Desire could probably see more on his status if he grows up some more.

After all, that was the only significant change that occurred within him.

He didn't eat any miraculous pill, and he didn't get any mysterious book, he didn't get any life-threatening thunder tribulations to rain down on him.

Desire was just living his life as a baby and now as a child.

However, the real question is...

"How do I get the Cold-blooded Trait? Why did she say that it was a skill if it was a trait?"

Desire was lost. In the system and the book, Cold-blooded was called a trait. Yet, Jarina called it a skill.

If he can't understand the nature of the Cold-blooded, there's no way he could use it.

"Haaah." Desire sighed as he flipped the book once more.

The third page was more or less, had a long message compared to the previous two.

But, in short, what it said was...

"'All Brain Skill is a very delicate skill. Once you get the Cold-blooded trait, the All Brain Skill, once you got it, will focus on your Cold-blooded trait.'"

Desire put a hand on his chin as he thought about it. If there were a clue why Jarina said it was a skill, this must be it.

After all, Cold-blooded stems from All Brain Skill.

If Jarina meant to say that it is the starting step for Desire to use Cold-blooded to get the All Brain Skill, it would make sense.

And the book also fully agrees with her in this aspect.

But then, it also comes back to the main point of how Desire can achieve the Cold-blooded trait?

Desire turned the page to the fourth page and looked at the text written here.

There were detailed instructions on how to get the Cold-blooded trait.

"A natural doesn't need to be mentioned. And...the second way is to kill the person you love."

Desire couldn't understand this part. Why does he have to kill the person(monster) he loves just to practice this?

Even if the Cold-blooded trait were a useful trait for him, he wouldn't do that at his cute monsters' cost.

He wanted to gain this so he could protect his life better. Not to be some cold-blooded cruel murderer.

"Hah. This is hard." Desire said as he flipped the page to the last one.

This page wasn't really connected to the Cold-blooded trait, but instead a recommendation.

"If you practice the Cold-blooded trait, get the Three Laws of Mind for it to become the foundation of All Brain Skill."

That was what it said.

However, Desire didn't pay any attention to it. What does he need the Three Laws of Mind for if he can't practice the Cold-blooded trait?

Either way, Desire only has a limited amount of time, and he put all of that into learning the mysteries of the Cold-blooded trait.

Time passed, even without his knowledge.

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Jarina walked towards the house of her mother, the head of the Suckus.

It was a simple home, but the aura and pressure coming from the house wasn't something Jarina could ignore.

But, since her mother knew that she was going to come here, she could enter her house.

And as soon as she entered, Jarina shouted.

"Mama! Why don't you want me to help Desire? I thought you accepted me being his teacher?!"

Varyce just glanced towards her child before turning her gaze to somewhere else.

Her eyes were looking at Liya, who was sitting beside her.

And when Jarina followed her eyes, she also noticed Liya.

"A-aunt! Please tell me it's not you!" Jarina shouted with a pleading voice.

Although it didn't sound too pleasant because of how high her voice is.

"It's me, Jarina." Liya said cooly despite Jarina's piercing glare.

"W-why? Isn't it better if I teach Desire now?"

"Do you really think that way? If Desire wanted you to set the foundation for him, he would've asked you from the start. It's been two months already, yet he didn't. You understand that, right?"

Jarina could only nod her head.

At first, she only gave Desire the book because of her mother's orders. She actually wanted to teach Desire the ins and outs of the Cold-blooded.

However, she didn't have the chance to follow up because her mother and Liya stopped her.

However, even after time passed, Desire wasn't able to reach an answer.

That was why Jarina was getting impatient. Desire only had a limited amount of time, yet, he was basically wasting it.

And that was due to Jarina's mother, who permitted his stay here.

"But, what good will this do for him? I just don't understand..." Jarina said meekly.

At that moment, Liya had a weird look on her face. She then whispered something to Varyce.

"Don't you think you've been spoiling her? Why don't you let her out to at least see the world?"

"Don't be stupid. People are targeting her because they can't get my husband's blood. Besides, I'm not spoiling her!"

It was then.

"Hey! What are you guys talking about?!"

"Oh, nothing. Anyway, you're not to interfere in this matter."

When Varyce said it firmly, Jarina could only agree.

This continued until a long time has passed…