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”Th-th-THAT was AMAZING!!” the girls squealed in awe.

”He controlled mana separately!”

”Did you see that control, Sally?!”

”He didn't even use Ether!!”

”How the heck did he DO THAT?!”

”WA-was he sent by the ancient temple god?!?”

Squeals of awe and praise could be heard from near the entrance of the Women's communal bath. Sadly, only empty housing surrounded the noisy girls, meaning no one else saw or heard anything that happened there. The chief and the informant on his side had kept their gaze on the little dark-skinned redhead, without a blink. The chief couldn't help but think back to the extreme level of control of mana this child, with no experience in life, had shown. The smooth, unfragmented flow of mana like that, he had never seen, even in the past by bigshots from the 'higher place'.

*GRrgrr*

A roar came...

From Nero's stomach.

...

Instantly, the silence that came after dissolved into laughter. Nero felt incredibly embarrassed, though he was clueless as to why. After a bit of thinking, he realized he didn't feel comfortable with people laughing at him and blamed it on human nature.

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'Nova, What are my electrolyte levels?'

.Minimal, estimated levels: 20%. The user is advised to eat sugar and salt-filled foods.

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”I'm hungry...” said Nero, clutching his stomach lightly.

”Hey, Come to my house, my mom's the best at cooking, we'll treat you to some exotic seafood as well!” Cyl said gently with a light smile, her massive curves bouncing and jiggling lightly.

”Okay...”

More squeals came from the girls, looking at Nero shying away was, admittedly, adorable.

His exterior surface of shyness greatly differed from what was beneath.

'Could this go any more perfect? No way is the answer... Good food, an opportunity for squish-squish, and probably a good source for more information' Nero peeked a look at the chief, who had his head tilted from his show before, still in a daze, like nothing could snap him out of it.

Nero was dying to know more about this magical fantasy of a world, so when better to start than now?

”Mister”

A voice came from below, snapping chief out of the seemingly never-ending daze. He felt a light tug on furry Kimono. Looking down he saw Nero shivering ever so lightly, showing he didn't want to bother anyone with his condition.

”I'd like to know more, please... about the world...” said Nero, with a slight jitter.

It was like fate.

That's how Chief felt at that moment.

”Ehehehe, Well boy, yer timin' was impeccable! This old man just happen'd to be searching fer a new student... Y' mind?”

”EHH?! I-I...” taking a deep breath, to make it look like he was calming himself, Nero viciously smiled under the veil.

”Y-yes...”

Right after chief announced his request, the girls felt mild amnesia coming over.

They'd just been handed a Double Whammy.

To them, the chief was known as a figure of respect. With this new relationship between the anomaly of a child and the Respected one, one could only look up to them in awe.

.The user is advised to greet Big boy chief with the title of 'Master', to fit in more with this world's interactions.

'Really?! I'm probably like 200 years older than this guy... if anything he should show respect to me, cause I'm the eldest one here!' A tinge of regret came in the end, certainly better than the worst-case scenario, which was being killed by a Vile tribesman, brutally, and eaten raw.

”In the 180 years of my life, never have I seen such Unbridled Genius from a youth yer age... That level of skill usually needs years of o' practice.” As if the heavens wanted to prove Nero wrong, the old man told his age, once again filling him with inquisition and curiosity.