As Rex walked speedily through the hallways and compound of his family's mansion, he navigated his way to the terrace garden where his mom was waiting for him.
He approached the door leading to the garden, he thought, "maybe I should have freshened up before meeting her, cuz damn, do I reek" he said this while making a disgusted expression,
He opened the door and entered the garden.
Even though he has the memories of the previous owner of this body he was still awed by the astounding beauty that the Lustrous garden provided.
It was filled with all sorts of flowers and rare plants, some of which are chrysanthemums, spider lily, red rose, black rose, bougainvillaea, orchids, lilies, tulips, daisies, dandelion and so much more exquisite stuff, all neatly arranged in a wonderful presentable peculiar manner.
There was also man made little lake with water lettuce, water hyacinth and water pads floating on it, the whole room was filled with harmless multiple colored fireflies, in short the garden felt like an independent space separated from reality.
He walked towards where his mum was sitting. Veronica Iselda Cárton in all her grace, blonde hair, bright red eyes, wearing a long dark blue silken nightgown engraved with little floral patterns at the v-neck, while covered in a big white furry blanket and holding a cup of wine in her left hand, which was resting on the marble table while the right hand supported her chin as she gazed at the half moonlight up above the sky.
She was sitting alone on a padded stone chair inside a marble and stone grotto at the corner of the garden, with a spherical flying drone above her head holding the glass of wine.
When Rex finally reached where she was, "Hey mum, you called"
Still looking at the moon she said 'Take a seat, dear.
After Rex sat down, she turned to him full of smiles, 'How's training going? She asked.
Rex: I'm making so much progress, like I'm way better than I was 2 months ago
Veronica: I can clearly see that, your growth as a player is what I look forward to the most, I want to see all my children succeed, and I know you will.
Thanks Mom, that means a lot 'said Rexville
"I've been watching your training all this time, and I see how strong you've gotten with a ball, but recently you seem to have hit a slump in your progress in the PHANTOM PLAYING FIELD".
Rexville surprised that his mum was paying this much attention to his training but happy that she cared enough to do so, replied "yes, I guess I may have overestimated myself and created a really difficult routine--".
Before he could speak further Veronica held her index finger against his lips and said, "My son you're destined to be the greatest footballer ever, call it a mother's intuition but I believe in you and your sister does, so does your dad and everyone in this household, so you have to believe you can overcome any obstacles.
I have seen the zeal and hard work you put into getting better every day and I applaud it, because there aren't many out there who can train 9 hours a day for 2 months straight."
Veronica: So dear, I've monitored you for some time and found out the reason why this trial is a bit hard for you
Due to constant training for 2 months, you've become rigid and stiff, both physically and psychologically, you need to be more flexible in your movement and your imagination, and you're heavily dependent on your physical eyes, try using all five senses and even your sixth sense to pass through the obstacles.
Once you maintain a perfect balance between your mental and physical aspects, you'll be able to scale through any hindrances in your way.
After listening to his mother's words, Rexville felt a sudden surge of enlightenment and then the system popped up
VERADIS SYSTEM
LEVEL: 30 RACE: Human
POSITION: Left Winger (ATTCK)
AGI: 38 DRI: 39
STR: 38 PHY: 40
SPD: 40 SHO: 38
DEF: 25 STM: 40
FLX: 36 G.IQ: 140
SKILL: Spatial Awareness: User receives a 360-degree view of the area expandable to 300 metres and everything moving in it for a duration of 1 minute and 30 seconds
Cool down: 10 minutes
Uses: ♾️
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Rexville remembered that he had a useful passive skill like this and felt like an idiot for not using it.
!SYSTEM FADES BACK!
Veronica: But before all of that you need a full day's rest before delving into training again because all work and no play makes my son a cranky machine 'she said while squeezing Rexville's cheeks.
"But Mom" Rex tried to say in disagreement with her.
Veronica: No "BUTS", I have tomorrow all planned out for your much-needed rest so I'm not taking no for an answer, do you understand, Rexville Princeton Cárton.
Yes Mom 😊, Rex said with a smile.