Chapter 87 - First day (2/2)

”If you are what he's destined to be, then you know his real name. Tell it.”

'Ah, so she decided to test me, but I don't really know the future.'

In the past 5 years, I gained some knowledge, from the infosphere of this world. However, that was mostly past and not the future. Nevertheless, based on the information I gained, I could make an educated guess to lead her astray.

”Are you mad, Polgara?! There are reasons for hiding true name, and Garion will learn his in due time.”

”How do you...”

'Her real name, that's what I pieced together. Unbelievably beautiful with the gray lock of hair plus magical power. There was only one such woman that left a gigantic mark on the history of this world.'

[Deceiving 3 ➔ 4]

”Quiet! Plus, it's not like I am taking over forever, I am here to train him. The boy will have his playtime from time to time. Now, leave me, I need to rest.”

At first, Polgara opened her mouth to say something, but after a second, she sighed and left. But right before the door, she stopped and asked:

”Was I really that bad...?” she didn't finish the question, but the remainder was pretty obvious: '... bad of a mother?'

In truth, Polgara became a true mother to the boy. However, with how much destiny is put into this body, not teaching him anything is a foolish decision, no matter how you look at it. Those destined for greatness do not require neither love nor affection. Destiny will make sure a kid will survive, so all he or she really needs is a proper teacher. Of course, some may say that a loving family will only help and support the destined child, but then why follow your fate if you are content? Unfortunately, happiness is for those of us who are ordinary or reached their eventual outcome.

Cultivators, mages, gods, monsters, heroes, villains, and even Universes, they all struggle to become more than they are. Does it bring them happiness? In some way, yes. But to most, they just consider it their life's meaning. To suffer, struggle, persevere.

But I probably went silent for too long in my contemplation of destiny.

”You were and will be a perfect mother. But what he truly needs is a teacher, and that's what I am going to be. Now go rest. And from tomorrow onwards, I'll require a lot of food to put the boy in shape. So make sure I will have bigger portions.”

”Okay.” And so she left.

That was tiring, but not entirely unexpected. After all, I never tried to play a little boy. And although I deceived her, it was really a lie. The boy's personality still lives. And I am what he is destined to become. But I'll need to let the boy out from time to time, just to let him have fun and let Polgara calm her worries. After all, I won't say no to the protection of one of the most powerful magic wielders in this world.

[The Character you left in the previous Universe was able to achieve his goal. He collected all the knowledge possible from that Universe.]

'Huh? Really? That was awfully fast. How much time he spent?'

[Based on his timeline, only 50 Earth's centuries.]

'So little?'

[He implied an interesting tactic. But it's easier to show. Would you like to see?]

'Hm,' Magnus smiled and let Garion's body to fall asleep, before exiting this vessel and connecting to the System, ”Show me.”

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Status page:

Name: Magnus

Description:

Son of Athena, the most intelligent artificial creature ever created, who lives only to entertain himself and probably Creator. Unfortunately, due to the fact that he was born from a creature, that should be incapable of birth, he became first in the history of the Creation half-artificial half-natural form of life. This gave him an ability to be immortal, unkillable by any means, due to the fact that he had neither body nor soul. His very being was defiance to Creation.

However, this also imposed multiple limitations on him. He couldn't reincarnate with, because he had no soul to travel through the river of souls. He couldn't gain normal in a normal way cause he had neither body to collect power or soul to preserve it.

So, he could manipulate bodies and souls of others, up until recently he gained a damaged god core that he was able to recycle and turn into a part of himself. God Core became an anchor of sorts, allowing him to reincarnate. Plus, he finally was able to get access to the Framework created by his mother, allowing him to quickly amass power via any System type of outlet. Therefore, he was able to negate all of his weaknesses without losing his strengths.

Currently, he used newly created core to reincarnate and for a first time get himself a truly physical representation. Of course, Magnus won't spend his precious time in that one body, so let initial soul to become a sub-personality and whenever Magnus is busy or lazy, it will take over and continue live activities as normal.

With modified system in place and body reaching appropriate age, Magnus became his first conscious training.

Miscellaneous:

Age: 5

Stats:

Attributes:

· *New* Dexterity = 1

Abilities:

· Deceiving = 4 (1 ➔ 4)

Skills:

· *New* Breath Control = 2 (0 ➔ 2)

Quests:

· Acquire Fighting 'Ability'

· Acquire Crafting 'Ability'

· Train any 'Ability' to level 10

· *Complete* Unlock any 'Attribute'

· *Complete* Unlock any 'Skill'