78 Chapter 77 (1/2)

The next morning, after eating his breakfast, Leon was spoon-feeding Maya while Amanda was doing the dishes. It had been a long time since he had done that, so he couldn't help doing awkwardly while smiling wryly. Despite her uncle's clumsiness, Maya wasn't bothered by it.

Leon still remembered, Amanda was just like her daughter. A quiet kid who rarely made a fuss about anything. Despite being a total stranger, Maya didn't feel scared of Leon. She was also very smart, Amanda just taught her a few times, and she already called Leon 'uncle'. It was a weird feeling, but Leon didn't dislike it.

”I'm going to help the survivors for a while,” Amanda declared and picked her green bow. ”Can you look after Maya for a while.”

”Sure, but who usually looks after her?” Leon said.

”Sasha. Although she is strong, I'm the best archer in the city.” Amanda said boastfully. ”Every morning I hunt those Eye-balls before they have the chance to attack us... I did that yesterday, but...”

”I see... I wanted to teach you more how to use your mana, but I guess you can't just retreat from the front lines for a long time.” Leon said. ”Be careful, all right?”

”Got it.” Amanda smiled.

”By the way, where are they?” Leon asked.

”Hector and Sasha will spend the day teaching the other survivors how to learn Earth Manipulation,” Amanda answered. ”Don't worry; he will say that he just learned by chance. There is a plan about building walls around the city, so, if everyone learns that, eventually, we will be able to protect this city with more ease.”

After that, Amanda left. Although she survived without his help for four years, Leon wanted to spend the week teaching her. After so many years away, he had no right to declare that he would protect her, but at least he could help her in that regard. Although not all that much, Amanda had the potential to learn magic quite easily. Since her bow was a magic weapon that shot Wind Arrows, her mana, intelligence, recovery, and control were quite high, and Leon wanted to make good use of that while he stays with her. He wanted to stay with her for more time, but he couldn't exactly leave the emperor of Japan waiting. Besides, he wanted to discover who was behind the dungeon breaks.

Leon took Maya to the garden and started to play with her, by playing he just created a water ball and move it away while Maya was trying to chase it. Even though Leon wanted to take it easy for a few days, he ended up practicing a new spell. He started to practice how to make an Ice Arrow, but Maya's stamina ended before he completed the spell.

The climate in that region wasn't exactly easy for a small child, but since the wind was quite nice, Leon created an umbrella made of earth to protect Maya, who was sleeping in his arms from the light of the sun. After that, he resumed his task of learning a new spell and just before noon…

Congratulations! You have learned the skill: Ice Arrow.

You obtained 01 status points.

Mana: 15

Leon remembered that he wanted to learn an Area of Effect skill, but he couldn't do that in his sister's home, much less when Maya was with him. Using his sister's targets, Leon leveled up that skill a few times until Amanda returned alongside Hector and Sasha. It looked like they treated Sasha as part of the family. Considering that they fought together to survive for years, that wasn't so strange.