When he woke up he was back in bed at the inn. Attempting to raise up he grunted in pain and fell

back his left arm was still unusable and his left side hurt. locking down on himself he was covered

in nothing but bandages over his torso and arm the rest was covered with a blanket.

As he began wondering what had happened and how he got there Mordecia entered the room.

-Mordecia: So you're finally awake boy. For a while there i was beginning to wonder if you

would wake up at all.

He paused and then continued.

-Mordecia: You've been out cold for two whole days. That recklessness of yours almost

got you killed, you almost bled out from the wound in your side, your fighting style

was also very stupid fighting without concern for yourself will only get you killed.

Vivo just grunted in response.

-Mordecia: Oh and by the way my boy you had lost a lot of blood and your body temperature

kept dropping so I asked for some help from that friend of yours. I believe her name is Melisa.

I couldn't brew up any healing potions since all my herbal supplies have been running out

the last few months.

Handing him a tray he continued.

-Mordecia: Here eat and drink up everything you'll need it to regain your strength.

Mordecia left as he began eating. he finished the whole tray then fell asleep.

waking up he felt something warm and soft pressing against him. He opened his eyes

and there right in front of his face was Melisa's face, if it weren't for his current

condition he would have jumped to the roof, he stared at her for a second then spoke.

-Vivo: What are you doing here?

-Melisa: Well i thought you looked cold so I decided to keep you warm.

-Vivo: ... Well thanks for that I guess but ehm would you mind I'm kinda hungry.

Melisa's smile grew larger as he spoke, she didn't move tho, she grabbed something from the floor.

A bowl appeared in her hand and she started force feeding him. At first he resisted and

attempted to take the spoon from her, but she wouldn't have it she just seized his arm

and pushed it down then she sat down on it. Revealing that she was naked her legs still

covered with the blanket she once again took up the spoon and continued force feeding him.

Vivo's face turned red when saw her generous bosom not to mention when he realized that

her soft butt was pressing against his arm. Eventually realizing that he wasn't strong enough

to do anything he submitted to her humiliating treatment.

When the bowl was empty along with a cup and a loaf of bread he felt drowsy and fell asleep.

This continued for two more days before Mordecia showed his face again.

-Mordecia: Hey boy I've got a present for you. Since I don't want you to be completely

useless for the next month or so, so I gathered some ingredients for a special potion

that will heal your broken bones in a mater of hours. Healing flesh is a simple

mater in comparison to bones, special ingredients are needed for that.

Giving a small flask to Vivo he said.

-Mordecia: Bottoms up.

Drinking the potion he felt the pain subside and in a mater of minutes he could use his arm

again although it felt fragile.

Turning back to Mordecia he saw a smile lurking on his lips.

-Mordecia: So I've got some plans on how you can repay me for that potion hehe although

you have some learning to do before you can repay me. Rest for a couple of more hours then

come by my place.

With those words he left, leaving Vivo feeling a little uneasy.

Sitting down in a somewhat larger room than the one they had used previously, he anxiously

awaited Mordecias return, his body tensed up at the thought of how Mordecia had smiled

during their last encounter.

Mordecia entered the room followed by three identical twins, the four of them sat down,

each one watching him, registering his every reaction.

-Mordecia: What I will teach you now is how to create doppelgangers such as these.

He made a gesture towards the other three.

-Mordecia: I don't know how many you will be able to control at once I've dedicated a large

portion of my life towards this and I am only able to control three other bodies except myself.

Well that is not entirely true I can only control three others while doing different tasks.

Doing the same task if it is a menial one I can control five others.

-Vivo: So that's how you've been able to teach me and your apprentice at the same time.

Can they work while you're asleep as well ? wouldn't you be able to do years of research

in just a few months ?

-Mordecia: slow down my boy, no when I sleep they have to sleep or I have to dispel them

because I control them directly as if they where part of my own body that's why controlling multiple

doppelgangers is hard and also you receive sensory input from all the five seances from each of

the doppelgangers, and about the research well yes I probably progress faster than most but

not by much since research takes time and you must be careful while doing most work dedicating

more time to safety than actual research.

-Vivo: But why don't you just use the doppelgangers to carry out the dangerous research in a secluded

place?

-Mordecia: As you will probably learn in time when the doppelgangers take harm some of it is transferred

to you and they cannot be to far away from you the further away they are the harder they become to control.

Now enough with the questions lets begin. You remember how the mana flowed through the doppelganger in

the castle I assume. Recreate it in front of you and combine it with an exact copy of your own mana flow.

Doing as he was told the creation was only a mana flow resembling his own not a copy of himself as

he had expected.

-Mordecia: Now add this.

Mordecia had created his own mana flow and was now adding a shell of sorts to the flow, creating a

perfect copy of himself which he immediately dispelled.

Adding the same flow he felt as if his head was being overflowed with information he could see himself

staring at a perfect copy of himself through two different sets of eyes. It was hard to focus

and he was rapidly developing a headache.

-Mordecia: Now my boy I know it is hard to focus but try raising your left arm.

He did what he was told and saw himself and his mirror image booth raising the left arm. he felt

that there was some difference in the movement of his mirror image. He then attempted to lower

his arm while keeping the mirror image's arm up, the result was only a slight difference

in where the arms ended up.

-Mordecia: now boy lets not get ahead of ourselves, you need to become used to receiving sensory

input from two bodies before you can learn to control them separately.

He then began smiling.

-Mordecia: And well you can start to repay me for that potion hehe. what I want you to do

is to transcribe some books, it is tedious work that I myself don't have time for and

it'll help you in achieving some control over your second body.

Mordecias doppelgangers placed quills, ink and paper in front of him and a space beside him

they then forced down his own doppelganger onto a chair placed in front of the second set

of quills ink and paper.

Three of the Mordecia's left he assumes it was the doppelgangers.

-Mordecia: Now my boy begin.

He said while smiling contently.

Vivo began the transcription but after only about twenty minutes his headache had grown almost unbearable.

-Mordecia: DISPEL YOUR DOPPEL FAST!!!

The shout startled him but he immediately dispelled it.

-Mordecia: Your doppel became unstable when you lost focus and it could have ended badly, you need

to pay more attention you should have felt it become unstable.

-Vivo: I have a terrible headache since I first created the doppelganger.

-Mordecia: Ah right I forgot it's been so long since i first learned this.

well let's take a break then and eat.