"I can't sleep!" aero stared at the ceiling his jumbled thought keeping him from Onna's realm. he wanted to dream of dancing colors and sounds but the information that the zalts and zaltess were still alive even though their stories were hundreds of lifetimes old was just too shocking. there have been numerous times across his life that he cursed with their names and he was really hoping they did hear that. or at least didn't bear a grudge of some kind. it also brought of the question of what did some of them thought of his quest," even if they all disapprove he didn't think I'm was gonna stop."

"how much did they intervene with a person's life?" that wasn't the only question he had there were so many. his very view of the world had been changed but deep down there was one question he wanted to know above all. which god would stand in his way?! because many did have husbands who were treated like precious but fragile gems. he wouldn't stand for that, he'd fight beings of worship, of awe if it came down to it. he would rather not on some many levels he couldn't even count but his pride had so much more weight.

"Might as well make use of this time and try to finish that melody, sitting up in bed he wrapped his quiet around his shoulders before he started humming. he knew he was already close just missing this one part, he got the lock and action down. manipulation was giving him trouble, how did he manipulate his pride energy so the action of blocking worked.

"Could I make the pride stop its' self?" thinking about it that just might work. if he used the energy itself for a barrier it would work pretty well. the sounds to make that happen only to him a few petals to make him happen."okay let's see this happen!" evening his breathing he started on the melody, when the last note left his lips he felt his pride energy change.

'my lord!' the helper freaked out Aero suddenly fainted quickly they scanned the lord's form ready to active emergency measures only for the scan to tell them that Aero simple fainted from a shock to his system. a few more scans relived nothing overwhelmingly negative, but the melodies effect was holding and they could predict the certain results this would have.

'it amazing how such a simple thing as stopping a leak can have such a large effect,' counting to monitor their lord the helper wished they had hands so they fix Aero blanket. 'i should prepare a report for my lord.

"ugh!" Aero sat up with a start confused, his entire body felt weird. no pain just some was different on a level he could feel every were," by the zaltes what happened?" his vision was spinning as he put his feet on the floor but he didn't stand unsure if he would stay that way.

'you faint from the shock, the melody worked but your body was unprepared for the shock of it. currently, your body is still adapting to the change and it will at most 6 flowers for it to finish. my scans can't give me definitive results on exactly what kind of change this will have on you but I will keep you informed!'

Aero took a moment to digest that, then he sighed."I can work with this!" it isn't gonna stop me!" then he stood, his knees shook but he didn't fall. so he walked downstairs to join his mother for the first meal, it was a very sweet male but he enjoyed it. of course, afterward, some problems appeared, he was much too unsteady to anything incredible physical before he adapted so instead he head to the library to have his lesson and do his ready.

Tova continued on yesterday's lecture about astral bodies, she went into deep details on the life of stars." why are stars so important?" he asked at one point after she explained red giants

"because stars are literally the light life of the universe, without them it is nothing but darkness everywhere. not to mention no life would naturally exist," she continued on explaining star types she made mention about something called the star record but didn't go into it apparently she didn't have that information.

when the lesson end Aero didn't go home instead stayed in the library and did some reading, okay a lot of reading. no matter what Tova said he didn't cry over the death of a character and almost set the scroll on fire for how it hurt him. while he was feeling a lot better when he left the liberty he wasn't at a hundred percent yet, but enough that he felt secure enough to train.

instead of practicing his stances or combat, he chooses conditioning. his muscles ached nicely when he was done a flower later, "okay!" brushing off his hands he started heading back to the village when he felt dizzy for a moment.' the six flowers are up!' the helper informed him aero braced himself against a tree,' oh this is definitely different.'

he was starting to feel the energy of his pride, it was a faint feeling but it quickly grew stronger. something itched at the back of his brain something, listing to his instinct is always a good plan. so he did and felt the flow of energy change, it headed towards his hands. "okay I see!" he no longer needed a melody to manipulate the energy, it was like a part of him now instead of a byproduct.

"Okay, I can something with this!" moved the energy to his feet he kicked at the tree lightly. he respected a few leaves to fall, not for him to take out half the trunk. " okay has the energy change because it didn't do that before?" the helper's scans were completed and they informed of a change in the energy, it became more physical. it could now deal physical damage along with damage to price. this made aero smile, probably a bit too wide.

a dozen petals later he walked forcing his energy to settle down. the way he encounters a guy he knew of but not his name. he was one of the guys who wanted to do more, but he's never talked to aero than before day too nervous to do so.

they talked, Aero decide he was a nice guy maybe a bit too shy but nice. he said he wanted to try out dancing, now dancing on Augustine was actually kind of dangerous. causes through a reaction to melodies it got explosive, incredible to watch but it could maim you. Aero talked to him and said he could try it out but definitely warned him he should make sure to be incredibly careful, take preactions.

'that was kind,' the helper said after they split away. ' telling him to be cautious.'

'of course, I told him to be cautious, I don't want people dying for my belfies. just because they start earning a sense of pride doesn't mean they should die doing it!' the helper didn't speak but he could pick up how pleased they were with aero. not that he really cared, have his second meal of the day. afterward, he played with his new power more, he easily coated his staff with it which was greatly useful for him.

"helper what do you think I can do with this energy?" his understanding was kind of limited with it.

'i suggest that you learn to mold it, power like this is only limited by the mind of the wielder.' aero nodded before the helper continued, ' would you like you to purchase a book from the store about energy molding?'

"no, I can't afford anything from that store, and wouldn't that break the barrier!?" the helper informed him that the delivery could bypass the barrier because it's not a sentient being along with the fact the store takes pure energy for trade.' you are the only supplier of pride energy in creation! they will take it!' aero decided to ignore the faint hostility in that tone.

"prepare for the trade, also explain to me how this works!" aero had moved to his room as the helper talked. a cube would arrive in 3 days and 4 flowers he could fill it with his energy and then once the shop received it they would send down his item. if the energy sold for more then they thought he would get store credits.

"okay that plenty of time to experience my energy, also open my stats."

'right away my lord!'

Abiathar aero

lord of pride

mind 2.7

body 3.0

energy 2.5

lord level 2

"When did my level increase, actually what's up with all the changes to my stats?" the help didn't hesitate to give an explanation, his mind grew because he learns new things from Tova. his daily training has strengthened his body, and keeping the energy from leaking has caused it to build inside him. 'it should level out within the next few days!' before he could ask what that meant he noticed a change in the stats.

energy 1.5

"it dropped!?" it changed just as he said it.

energy 3.0

"okay so it fluctuating, few days for it calm down...now can you tell which actions cause the change in the lord level."

'the revolution your starting, the men you've convinced to do more with their lives than birth and raise children. you're leading them down a new path and you're doing pretty well!' aero paused to think about that, "I can lead people in a way that feels natural." this was a nice realization.

closing his stats aero leaned against his bed before a moment before he started some yoga. it's only halfway through the day, he didn't really have any more plans. while he was pushing his flexibility to its limits he figured out he could check the mission counter for any in the area. he wasn't looking to go far but it would be a great way to test out some things.

straightening out he exited his room and headed to the mission center on the edge of town. it wasn't really visited much, it was kind of falling apart because even the lady who ran it didn't really care all that much. she was asleep when he walked in, rolling his eyes Aero walked over to the mission some of which were really old.

how many of these are actually up to date," his annoyance for the manager was increasing. taking a deep breath he calmed down, but that didn't stop him from slamming his foot into her desk. the dusty wood broke under the force, "WA!" she cried setting instantly awake." by the zaltess! what do you think you're doing?" she demanded looking down at her ruined.

"how up to date are these missions?" he gestured to the wall. the answer she got was shooing motion, a long moment passed as Area pushed down the impulse to drop kick her. he was proud of himself that he didn't and instead asked again, its time with a shoe of force by tossing the halves of the desk through the front door.

"I'll ask again," he knew he had her full attention now," how up to date are these missions!?" his tone was very low and full of edge.

"they might not gave been changed in a while," she said slowly backing away from aero, "but that can be easily fixed if I live." aero rolled his eyes before informing her ending her life would be 1000 times not worth the trouble it would cause him. she narrowed her eyes but didn't speak instead heading into the back to grab some of the mission posters that were delivered recently.

aero watched her take down the old posters and put up newer ones. when she moved out of the way Aero started looking over the missions. most of them were pretty near bye, but he narrowed down his choices to the ones that would take 2 days max. no surprising complications, he found one, some discover a hive of unspecified creatures. though from the clues included on the mission scroll it might be eebs or something similar.

taking the to the women who were mourning the loss of her desk. he had her take care of the paperwork before he went home to prepare, since it wasn't going to be a long trip he didn't need much. decaying power, maybe a change of clothes, defiantly some money just I case. consider this list as he walked home Aero didn't miss the approaching presence. stoping he turned on his heel to face the person.

"oh it's you!" the first girl that he beat up, whose name still escaped him even though she did say/yell it several times. but he didn't care he asked what she wanted today, "I want to know what you're talking to my brother recently about?" aero frowned trying to figure out who her brother was, face and caprice patterns flashed through his mind. but he stopped as something occurred to him.

" why on Augustine would I tell you anything?!" he then walked away leaving her to gap before stomping after him." because it's my job to make sure he safe until he marries!"

"Maybe he doesn't need that protection!" he shot back picking up his pace. oh, and she wasn't exaggerating the parent literally paid her to make her brother was safe from the wrong kind of people courting him. even some missions were like this, Aero did have someone like that but after he started learning to fight. they became his training partner instead of a bodyguard, by the time he was 10 Aero didn't need a guard anymore. they still traded letters every now and then, she was getting close to his guy who liked the water.

the girl followed him all the way home, it might have impressed him if it hadn't annoyed him so much. he straightened out the curtain door aero sighed in relief before he grabbed something to drink from the kitchens. gathering the things he needed aero wondered how he was gonna tell his mother.