Patience is a great virtue

The days went by and my routine is to eat and sleep, I say there is not much that a little boy of just over 1-year-old can do, even though he has trapped inside the conscience of a man who has lived a full life, besides I was still quite physically weak due to the disease, fortunately, my perception of time is not fully developed so this monotonous routine did not end up being a big problem, apparently although my memories of another life are intact, the other parts of my brain develop at the normal speed for a young child, sight, hearing, sense of balance, taste, touch, motor coordination, I am still clumsy in my body coordination and it takes enormous effort to maintain my balance without help, it also seems that the psychological aspects of my brain develop as it should in a child, so my adult consciousness is only a spectator in this body.

I'm growing up and my parents talk to me a lot and they take me everywhere with them, from listening to them continuously I learned that apparently the 《plague》 came to the village when a young hunter met hunters from other villages, was infected and returned sick to the village only to die, as medical knowledge in this world is quite underdeveloped, there is neither treatment nor cure for the plague, when Chief Rock realized what was happening he ordered to isolate the sick, which happened later it was predictable, they all died and were cremated together with their belongings and tents to contain the infection, thus 39 people from the village died, when my young body began to show symptoms, they told my parents to leave me but they could not, Erik took Ivina and they voluntarily left the village, Erik, who has traveled a lot and known several countries, had contact with several routes of powerful merchants, so he went with Ivina and they camped in the a you were from the closest city I knew.

He began a desperate search for any clue that would give him a slim chance to cure or at least treat the disease, while Ivina took care of me in her makeshift camp, until one day while escorting a caravan she met a mysterious woman who told her that a certain extremely difficult medicinal plant to find could be my salvation, having exhausted all their options they decided with Ivina to go in search of them, carrying me on their shoulders they combed the dangerous mountains of the south until they finally got it, after preparing the medicine carefully following the instructions given to her the mysterious woman had given, they administered the medicine to me and they waited, to their relief i began to show signs of recovery, which was enough to convince Ivina's parents to accept us in the village again, but living very far from the others, my recovery was very slow and it seems that i spent more than two months without opening my eyes, so it is comp her joy was felt when i finally woke up.

After knowing that I can only feel grateful and proud of the great love that my parents have for me and the deep love they have for each other, in a world without the advantages of modern technology the same common sense does not apply as in my previous life, things like abandoning the sick are considered normal and inevitable, the degree of sacrifice and dedication shown by my parents even caused some to call them crazy, so to pay them for everything they have done for me so far I have been like my goal is to become a person to be proud of.

It has been 4 years since i woke up my conscience in this world, at night my father tells stories about his travels, he is currently 30 years old and he spent 7 years of his life traveling the world, he left his home at 15 and met to my mother at 22 and that marked the end of her travels, my mother also tells me stories of her hunts and trips through the extensive forests and mountains, how was her first meeting with my father and how she invited him to join the Gray Wolves, from everything i heard from them, i reached some conclusions, the place where we are living is called 《The Great Black Forest》 located in the southern half of the 《 Great Continent》, it does not belong to the territory of any nation, the tribe of the Gray Wolves are related to other tribes, who call themselves the 《People of the Forest》 and according to my father, the people who live in cities to the north refer to the tribes as 《The Barbarians of the Aouth》, the Gray Wolves are basically hunters and gatherers, build semi-permanent settlements, the village where we are is their main refuge and apparently they move every 10 years so as not to exhaust local resources, despite being partially nomadic they have a rich culture and a well developed writing system.

There is that mysterious force called 《Magic》 in this world, practically the entire population can use it to a greater or lesser extent, the level of magic that one possesses determines his 《Status》 in the 《Civilized》 societies of the north, my mother in addition to her physical ability and instincts as a hunter is capable of invoking various types of magic but does not have enough talent to cast it, what she does is imbue elemental forces such as fire or air in her weapons, despite her lack of talent according to the standards of northern cultures, is the most talented in the tribe, my father belonged to a very important family in his homeland, despite the wild appearance he has a level of education and intelligence much higher than the average in the tribe and probably also that of average people elsewhere, but his talent for magic is low, so he was disinherited and decided to leave his homeland.

My father grew up in a warrior society where physical strength and the power of magic were everything and when it became apparent that his talent and compatibility for magic were inferior he was quickly marginalized, trying to make up for his weakness Erik trained his body, his senses and the little magic he could use to become a superior warrior, convinced that that alone would not be enough, he decided to leave his home and traveled the world learning kinds of skills, thus he learned blacksmithing that helped him to be accepted in the tribe and alchemy that combined with the knowledge that Ivina had about the medicinal and poisonous plants of the search was very helpful when treating my disease, she also made many contacts with merchants and their information networks, which allows her get a lot of information about the world every time you visit the nearest city, the Gray Wolves do not discriminate against anyone and live like a big family, compensating for the the abilities of others, according to Erik magic in the south is much less developed than in the northern nations, but it is more widespread, in the northern nations it is rare to see ordinary people use magic, outside of elites or nobles.

When I turned 5 years old, Erik prepared for me a simple ceremony inside our store, apparently in the culture of Erik's town, when the children arrive at 5 years old, parents must take their children as apprentices on all the knowledge that have acquired and prepare them for the harsh life in the world, so in front of a small stone altar dedicated to the deities that my father Erik pays tribute has placed a small knife in a finely crafted leather sheath, my mother Ivina looks gently from a corner of the tent, Erik remains on his knees in front of the altar with his eyes closed and seems deeply concentrated, I am standing on the other side of the altar directly in front of my father, my father made an oath to the God of War, the main deity to the one who pays tribute, I have become his apprentice, from today Erik will give me tasks to develop skills and train me to develop my body, Ivina will also teach me about medicinal plants es and basic knowledge about hunting.