That day, Dylan didn't leave his room again, as he preferred to finish reading the book.
"It's interesting, but this is similar to the magical concepts presented in the novel; I'll leave the theory aside and just focus on the magic circles and magic formulas, maybe they'll be useful in the future," Dylan concluded in his mind as he finished reading.
When Dylan looked out the window, the sky was orange and gradually darkening.
The door opened!
Dylan's nanny entered with a silver tray on which there was food and a glass of fruit juice, so that he could have dinner before it got too late.
"My little one. It's time for dinner. You must eat to stay strong," said the nanny in a warm tone.
"Thank you." You always take care of me," Dylan said sweetly, which made the nanny's maternal heart flutter.
He got out of bed, sat down in a chair, and began to eat his dinner, as he agreed that he needed to eat well to have a strong and healthy body.
••••
Dylan was now eight years and a few months old, and for almost a year he had been unable to leave the mansion, as his parents did not attend banquets and parties held by middle-ranking nobles, having decided that they would only attend parties hosted by high-ranking nobles out of courtesy, as it was best not to offend them.
His parents' decision meant that Dylan had to focus on reading magic books and his simple exercise routine, which consisted only of running around the garden, jumping over some bushes, and climbing some medium-sized trees.
"He really is a boy full of energy," Alenia murmured with a smile of satisfaction.
Sitting and curled up on Anelia was the beautiful little Elena, who was already five years old, fast asleep.
Dylan stopped running and sat down on a tree root.
"If I want to have a healthy body and at least replicate the physical build I had in my past life, I must have a healthy body from my current age. It's a shame I can't do a specific routine, but I can imagine how difficult it would be to justify how I learned those exercise routines. I would say I saw it in a book, but if they ask me which book, it will end up being a complete nuisance," thought Dylan, who shortly after said in his mind, "Perversion."
Dylan Gray's attributes:
Strength: 4.5
Endurance: 3.5
Intelligence: 19
Mana: 56
Agility: 3.5
Life: ???
Skills:
Mana Sense: (Blocked)
Dylan looked at his stats. He was satisfied with his current mana stat, but he also knew that to ensure that even talented fourth-year students wouldn't cause him any trouble when he entered the Celestial Academy, he had to reach at least the 4-Moon rank.
••••
Dylan still used to watch Elena's beautiful nanny, and when she went to take a bath, he would sometimes follow her and she would bathe him.
He did it to enjoy the view, since there were few fun things to do in the mansion. Even in his past life, he had never been an overly hard-working person, so he considered it a complete mistake to be one now.
"If life gave me a chance, I should continue enjoying it," Dylan thought, resting his cheeks on the nanny's firm, soft breasts while she stroked his freshly washed hair.
"Young master." You can't keep coming into the bathroom when a lady is bathing. Elena's nanny told him as she covered him with a white bathrobe.
"Why?" Dylan asked with feigned confusion.
The nanny didn't know how to explain it to him, but she felt that Dylan needed to learn these rules early on, since at 8 years old he was already 1.35 meters tall, which meant that he would continue to grow healthily and, combined with his good looks, if he picked up bad habits, it could lead him to develop vices or make mistakes at an early age.
"Your mother or father will explain it to you later," she said, and the two left the bathroom.
••••
During the night, when everyone was asleep, Dylan used to wake up at midnight and go to the area of the mansion's grounds furthest from the mansion, where he practiced his spontaneous magic and mana manipulation.
"I think I'll leave the mansion one of these nights," Dylan thought as he felt the mana circulating through his body according to his will.
"Water, wind, and fire are the elements I control, with water being the one I have mastered the most. I must perfect the others and increase my trump cards, but without ignoring that there is always room for improvement, which is why I must also continue to perfect my skills with water magic," thought Dylan, who was watching the fish created with water, which were translucent and Perversion Red, which he made move in the air to entertain himself a little.
In the end, one of the water fish, whose color was Perversion Red, deformed, grew, and transformed into a dragon that devoured the rest of the fish, only to disappear in the end.
Dylan sighed as some bushes rustled, but he continued to gaze at the starry sky while waving his right hand in the direction of the disturbance.
Three drops of pressurized magic water flew in the direction of Dylan's hand movement, then he slowly stood up.
As he crossed the bushes, he could see the mansion's gardener clutching his heart and lying on the ground.
The gardener smelled slightly of liquor. Dylan had seen him as he left the room and knew that the gardener had seen him, as he made no attempt to hide, but left the rest to chance.
"You know what? They say curiosity killed the cat. You were at a gathering with friends, weren't you?" asked Dylan.
"Young master, if you wish, I won't tell anyone. I've worked for your family for years. I apologize if I offended you," said the gardener, who was a weak magician in the low-level 1 Moon rank.