Start of training [part 1]

Thus passed the next 30 days.

During this period, without forgetting to gather mana, I actively committed myself to trying to walk and talk, until I succeeded.

I discovered that the "bedtime stories" were not actually true stories, but a way to "brainwash".

The stories were mainly about combat and survival.

There was a story about a man who was stranded on an island. It was the story that the nanny told most often.

The stranded man had to survive the elements, diseases, wild beasts, hunger, and attacks from cannibals.

The man did not die.

He survived and thrived. He managed to outwit the natives of the island and subdue them.

He enslaved them all and became the king of that island.

There was another story about a group of boys stranded on an island with limited resources.

Because of this, they fought each other for the resources to survive, killing and eating each other.

Despite this, however, most of them died due to external environmental factors.

Like various attacks from wild beasts, diseases due to eating bad food, and natural disasters.

But some of them managed to survive thanks to their intelligence and ferocity. Their number dwindled until only a few survived.

The third story, on the other hand, was about an explorer who got lost in a remote jungle during an expedition. Without food, water, or means of communication, he had to face the elements and wild beasts.

He fought to survive, learning to hunt and build rudimentary shelters until he managed to make the best use of the territory's resources and colonize it to develop a great empire.

Many other stories were read, but they all had common points: killing their enemies, surviving at all costs, and thriving on the corpses of their enemies.

Once I finished listening to the various stories and noticed their common themes, I couldn't help but sigh and think that this was brainwashing.

Even though it was certain that he was not receiving special treatment and that these stories must be the norm, he still found it very strange that these stories were told to newborn children, who have no instincts or resistance to subtle mental influences.

All this to hammer in their heads the ideas of dominance and superiority. To ensure that everyone wanted to be conquerors after listening to the story for so long.

Although he personally didn't care about the stories, it wasn't that he disagreed with the themes.

He wasn't simply a naive child who knew nothing about the world.

In fact, although his previous planet, Earth, could be considered peaceful, that was only an appearance.

In fact, there were things like exploitation, manipulation, murder, and kidnapping.

Beyond that, there were still things like conflicts caused by ideologies, social inequality, human ambition, discrimination, and the influence of weapons.

But even if all this was not enough, there were also things like social pressure and expectations.

So, Earth, although it might seem peaceful, was not at all.

Thus, I used the stories to understand the mindset of this new world.

And no, I did not disagree with them or the themes of the stories.

After all, this was a different world with different morals, where these things could be considered normal.

So, I shouldn't use Earth's morals to judge this world by them.

And thus, I shouldn't try to change the morals of this world to those of Earth if I didn't like them.

Besides this, I discovered that the days on this planet were much longer compared to Earth, as here a day consisted of 72 hours and not just 24.

And that the planet had greater gravity than Earth's, as my current body was even superior in terms of physical strength to the one I had on Earth, but despite this, I had to spend a lot of time learning to walk.

Which wasn't surprising, given that the planet would certainly have some differences compared to Earth.

Moreover, my nanny was very surprised by my speed. According to her, I should have taken another 15 days, which equates to 45 Earth days.

So, she was naturally very happy about this.

When I spoke for the first time, the word I said was: "Kill."

The nanny was a bit surprised, as she thought my first word would be something between domination and supremacy.

The first word has always been considered very important because it can start to reveal an individual's personality.

Therefore, people have always held it in high regard.

It is because of this that the nanny was surprised.

She wanted me to say something between domination and supremacy because it meant I would aim to dominate others, but "kill" wasn't bad either.

After all, there is more than one way to dominate and show one's supremacy to someone, and killing was among them.

After I had learned to speak and walk, the nanny told me that after learning to run, she would start training me.

Hearing that, I thought:

"I knew it, there was no way a noble family would leave one of their descendants under the care of just a simple nanny."

Indeed, for him, there was absolutely no way she was just a simple nanny. Sure, she might still be one and only know basic training techniques, but he strongly doubted it.

"By the way, I wonder what kind of training she'll make me do... I guess I'll find out by living."

Thus, another 20 days passed. Without forgetting to gather mana, in addition to making significant progress in running, so much so that I was sure I would manage it in a few days, I had finally learned to speak fluently.

It was easy to understand why it took me less time to speak fluently than to learn to talk.

This was explained by the famous Russian psychologist Lev Semyonovich Vygotsky, who introduced the concept of the Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD).

It explains why learning something becomes much easier after you take the first step.

In this case, my first step was learning to talk.

Once I learned to talk, you enter an exponential phase.

Here, our ZPD expands: we can engage in more complex conversations, read authentic texts, and understand new linguistic nuances.

And learning becomes more fluid and rapid.

Then there's a third phase: Feedback and Practice.

During this phase, we receive constant feedback from others and ourselves.

Regular practice helps us consolidate knowledge and refine linguistic skills.

Continuous exposure to the language makes us more confident and fluent.

We can say that I was in this phase from the beginning, which further favored my growth.

After learning to speak fluently, I asked about my parents, Ryushin Chi and Ryushin Seimei, and their position in the family.

But the nanny didn't respond to me as I wanted, and just said that I would be told when I completed all the training cycles, without doubting for a moment how I knew my parents' names.

This is because most beings and entities in this world do not suffer from infantile amnesia.

So, seeing that I couldn't get an answer, I started asking other questions about various topics.

After another 5 days, during which I also gathered mana, I was finally able to run.

At that point, I thought:

"Now let's see if she is the real deal or not."

The nanny was astounded.

Her predictions were once again wrong.

She believed that Schadet Oporitorco would take another 10 days to learn to run and that today he would be able to speak fluently.

"Well, not that I mind," she thought.

Indeed, for her, this was a good thing since a nanny within the Ryushin family was responsible for the growth of a Ryushin child, and their future largely depended on how strong and reliable the child became.

So, she said calmly:

"According to my predictions, today you should have started speaking fluently, but you did that 5 days ago, and in 10 days you would have been able to run, but you managed that today. I really must congratulate you" she said before taking a small pause.

Then she continued:

"Starting tomorrow, your training will begin".