The Village chief's Bestowal skill

Ryu's Pov

'I never expected me being injured would bring out her latent talent,' I thought as I looked toward Aiena's face. She had become taller in 2 years and I being only 5 years old, only reach till her knees now when standing,

Being carried by her nowadays is a bit dangerous as her height had grown so did her chest, now whenever she carries me, I couldn't help but be conscious of the softness I got pressed into, it is especially hard because I've seen her since she was a kid and also grown up with her, it is a kind of taboo feeling,

If guys from my school knew that I am getting troubled over this they would be like 'Ryu, are you sick' or 'where is the real Ryu!?' and also, they would form an alliance to take me down for having this kind of luck,

'Especially he would start giving me a lecture about decency' I nodded to myself as I remember one of my classmates remembering him still make me cringe a bit and shrug, as I was lost in my thoughts a voice came from the entrance

"I am here!!!" shouted Hina as she came inside running carrying it in her arms. Once she reached the table, Mom scolded her while putting a hand on her forehead

"Hina, how many times should I tell you not to rush while carrying Jue!?"

"Sorry Lina big sister, he was just enjoying it and I got pumped up," Hina said as she put him on the table. he is looking down for now sucking his fingers, while I was staring at him. Hina continued

"Ryu used to shout stop when I run too fast but unlike him, Jue just enjoy it a lot," at this everyone looked toward me and I wanted to shout

'It is not my fault, I was always reconsidering over spoiling you guys' but at the same time, I patted him and apologize in my mind

'Sorry it is my fault for spoiling her if you ever fall' then mom said in an irritated manner to Hina

"It is your fault; every baby is not the same Hina…" but before mom could speak any further, Hina interrupted

"But it is too different Lina big sister, Jue still sometimes pees on bed while Ryu never did it even as a toddler, and also Jue won't say greetings without being told… it is too much difference no matter what you say"

At this again everyone looked at me, Jue is the son of Geld and Hina. He is 2 years old it makes me strengthen my belief that Geld is a fast man. I focused on eating to ignore everyone's stare as Lana was playing with Jue when Hina spoke

"Jue wish Good morning to everyone, and also thanks Aunt Lina for taking care of you"

At this, Jue stood up with his little legs on the table and spoke

"Good morning Aunt Lina, Big brother Ryu, Big sister Hina…." and keeps on saying good morning to everyone one by one, such a diligent 2 years old he is, like Hina his hair is light brown and dressed in simple cotton clothes he looks cute his behavior is usually like a puppy always fawning over everyone. Father must've loved him,

Father Ralph, whenever I remember him, I remember my first goal in this new world and I strengthen my resolve again in my mind, holding the dagger tightly like I always do

'No matter where you are, no matter what you are doing or how happy you are right now, I will find you and give you a torture that you will regret not dying before meeting me again and then kill you in the worst way possible wait for me you bastard,'

Every night I recite in my head and think of the worst possible ways to torture a person, it is not that I am a psycho or something I just don't want to give him an easy and quick death when the moment arrives when I was lost in my thoughts a voice came from my side

"Ryu, your face looks expressionless. Are you thinking something?" Aiena asked me with a curious expression,

"Nothing Aiena, I was thinking will brother kit back for training today," I answered back with a questioning look,

"You do not need to worry about that guy…" she said with a pout and then, standing up she spoke

"Let's hurry up for church school, Priestess told me she will teach me a small heal miracle today, and Hina big sister will be going to school and orphanage after whole 2 years,"

This reminds me Hina will be going to church school with us today, and Mom will take care of Jue. This is good. Children at the orphanage miss her, too. I finished my breakfast in a hurry, and then we all said bye to Mom and Jue,

As we were walking down the road towards Church, it surprises me wherever I looked. I saw how much this Village has changed over 5 years and soon it is going to be a small town. Time sure does fly by. There were more well-made shops and the streets are fuller than before. It is decided that Geld will soon take over the position of Chief, that is when the Village will be recognized as a small town,

Once we were near the Church school, Hina called out to me

"Ryu, I forgot to tell you this earlier but father told me to tell you to visit earlier than usual today,"

"I will visit Grandpa chief as soon as I leave church school then, thanks for telling," I said, as I wonder what could grandpa chief possibly want me for, he had always been a big help due to him I could learn [slash] skill by killing those rats earlier,

I also got a salvage skill [detect] it is a passive skill that helps me know if someone comes within a certain range from me well it sure is a skill one could get from a chicken who always runs like hell when someone comes near them,

And most of my knowledge came from the stories he told me and Aiena, it was also thanks to him that I know acquiring conditions of simply acquirable skills, I pulled my dagger out as we crossed the school gate and started slashing if I did it for half more year, I will get [Quick slash] skill which is an upgrade of [Slash] skill,

I and Aiena separated as we reached my classroom. She said before leaving,

"Be a good boy during class Ryu!! And you will get an up ride till home,"

Man, she seems so excited about carrying me home in her arms that I can't say no to those up rides of her it is not like I enjoy them, she had already graduated and usually just came to help Lana at Orphanage in absence of Hina but for 4 days she is coming to learn miracle casting from the priestess,

Once I entered the class, my classmates welcomed me,

"Hey, Ryu!" one boy said

"Ryu, will Hina mam be back today?" another asks

"I wanted to see who is Hina mam everyone talks about her," a boy who recently moved into town said

"I want to see under her skirt," a much older boy who was 7 said,

I replied to each of them enthusiastically and showed my dagger to the last guy as I draw a slip glyph near his feet. Lusting after our Hina is a crime he should fall, breaking his nose.

Most of my day at church school go either sleeping or slashing using my dagger without being noticed because once I learned this world's writing symbols last year there was nothing much to learn, I already know the stuff they teach as I was in 12th grade before I died a science student at that, the only thing I found interesting is when Lana told us stories about different places from the books she read,

Today, my day at church school went sleeping because they were teaching addition and subtraction mainly, it is something that is like a reflex for me I showed Lana that I got it, and then she let me do whatever I want and help others with it the 7-year-old dude was embarrassed because he was older than me and I enjoyed it,

After school Aiena carried me home, it is conflicting to be carried by her but I did my best, as soon as I reached home, I told mom that I need to go to Grandpa chief and rushed out without eating the brunch when Mom shouted at me from behind,

"Wait!! Ryu take Jue with you too, he could play with chief uncle"

saying this she put Jue beside me, who happily held my hand too cute I want to pull his cheeks out, I even did it on reflex he looks so cute,

I and Jue went straight to Grandpa Chief's backyard, as I went in Grandpa chief looked towards me Red-eyed I remembered seeing it once before when he appraised us for having done a crime, why is he seeing me with [Criminal detection] skill today,

"Grandpa!!" shouted Jue as he left my hand and rushed towards Grandpa Chief.

"Good afternoon, Grandpa chief," I said as I went to the place beside Grandpa chief my usual spot,

"Good afternoon, Ryu," he said and his eyes finally go back to brown color,

"Your eyes were red just a few moments before," I said to him with a questioning gaze and he laughed

"Pretty perceptive Ryu, I see you've grown a lot," he said as he patted my head to which Jue on his lap also demanded pats he continued as he patted Jue's head

"These eyes are what I have called you to talk about," I nodded and he continued,

"These Red eyes of mine are a Bestowal skill. You remember what that means, right??"

My eyes were wide open for sure and Grandpa chief was staring at me with a smug smile. Bestowal skills are the type of skills that are bestowed from one person to another by doing rituals that could vary from simple head patting to a sacrifice ritual,

Bestowal skills are all different and unique, some go down for generations, some disappear and others appear out of nowhere with the bearer instinctively knowing that he or she holds a bestowal skill, Grandpa Chief's [Criminal detection] is a bestowal skill there must be more to it than Crime detection then… either way, is he going to give it to me now,

"They are a skill that one person gives to another," I answered while nodding my head in an attempt to look innocent. I've learned that whenever you see Grandpa chief's smug smile, it is better to act innocent,

"Right, you are smart more so than usual 5-year-old," he said as he patted my head,

"Thanks, Grandpa," I said while looking up I knew what is going to happen after watching much anime the stage is set, he is going to bestow it on me, I am lucky he always helps me while I was lost in thought he spoke

"So I've decided…" my mind was like 'say it tell me you are giving it to me,' he continued after a bit of pause

"… to let you participate in the contest tomorrow where the winner will get it,"

-To be continued