13 Cultivating
They reached the kinder garden at about 3.45 P.M. as there was still time for the final bell they stood nearby chatting. About the plans from now onwards,
"So what are you going to from now on? As you know there is plenty of room for you to stay with us, it's not like I want you to stay, you are free to choose. You know what I mean" Dexter asked a little flustered.
Seeing this Shuri covered her mouth and gave a little giggle and said with a serious tone while looking at the school," I don't know it is like a dream as everything changed so suddenly and all my problems were taken care of, so I will let little Akeno decide, as I owe her too much being such a worthless mother."
hearing this Dexter said while looking at the school too," Shuri you know I always live by a principle and it was told in one of my favorite cartoon.."
"You still watch cartoon?!" Shuri asked with a giggle.
"Well they aren't that bad and take many things of my mind due to my profession." Dexter said with a smile while looking at Shuri.
"Oh..! What is your profession then, you never told me that?!" Shuri said with a little surprise.
"You will know all in good time." Dexter said and continued," As I was saying, my one of favorite line is that, The past can hurt, But the way of life is either you run from it or you learn from it."
After hearing that Shuri was surprised but started to think deeply about it," Yeah either run or learn, that is a very nice saying who said that?"
"I know you will laugh but it was said by a talking baboon called Rafiki from a move called "Simba the Lion King"." Dexter said while smiling.
Hearing this Shuri laughed a little but became quiet and started to think of something and both of them stood side by side and looked at the kinder garden each in his own though.
But soon the final bell rang and the kids came running out of the kinder garden to meet their parents and they finally they saw Akeno, Tsubaki, Shiro, Kano, and Ai coming out. Tsubaki came and gave a hug to Dexter whereas Akeno hugged Shuri.
Then Akeno started to introduce her new friends to Shuri and Tsubaki also filled in and the children started to talk with Shuri. The Twins and Ai's parents were a little late so they decided to wait for them and Shiro started to nag Dexter about what he can do.
Soon their parents came and Shuri and the other ladies had a little talk as they were all young so they hit it off well with each other. After a little more time they went their ways and, Dexter and Shuri went towards the hotel.
In the meantime Akeno and Tsubaki were telling them about what happened in the school, Shuri and Dexter were listening to the little girls.
Akeno was very happy at the moment as she made some friends and was telling her mother about every detail and Tsubaki filled in from time to time. They looked like a happy family.
Soon they reached the hotel and everyone had a little snack, both little girls went to take a nap and Shuri sat on the sofa with a content smile.
Dexter wanted to stabilize his cultivation as it has been more than 24 hours since he broke through. So he asked Shuri to take care of the girls and he will go out to do some work.
"Where are you going?" Shuri asked puzzled.
"I need to take care of something and as you are with little Tsubaki, I don't need to be worried but just in case if you have trouble call me alright and here is a card, if I am not back by dinner just go out and have dinner anywhere you want or just order food in the hotel." Dexter said while handing her the credit card.
"Alright but come back soon." Shuri said, and hearing this Dexter smiled," Ha, look at you; you look like a young married wife waiting for her husband."
Hearing this Shuri was red in the face but before she could reply Dexter moved out of the door but still heard a faint," Take care!"
Finally, Dexter moved out of the hotel and went to a nearby construction site as it was almost night, so it would be empty. After reaching it he jumped a few floors and reached the top which was the seventh floor. This building was being constructed in the outer part of the city so the air was cleaner and magic energy denser than in the city, so he sat cross-legged on the top floor and started to absorber the magic from the air.
Slowly but surely the magic started to run in his body clearing all the blockages and strengthening his body, slowing after a few hours when his body was cleared, the magic energy started to get concentrated below his navel and a started to form a magic core. Slowly the core formed and the magic energy again started to get absorbed by his body and started to fill the core.
The magic core was attributeless and was the size of ping pong ball. Dexter was a little bumped seeing this but cheered up as he came to a conclusion that, if it is attributeless then it could also control all the attribute.
Seeing that it was around 2 A.M. and he had a missed call from Shuri at about 11.30 P.M. he became reassured and gave a content smile. As little Tsubaki would usually sleep at 10 P.M.
He smelled something nasty in the air, then looked at himself, his body was overflowing with filth, he used the magic to bath on the spot then discarded his cloth on the site, Tied his hair which looked blacker than before and its length increased a little. After putting out a mirror from his ring he was amazed to look at himself, he became even more handsome his face became chiseled, his eyes became sharper and his skin became soft like a baby, but his strength increased to another realm.
Feeling satisfied he jumped down from the seventh floor and made his way to the hotel.