Training the foundations 1

Rumie turned 7 just recently. The weights were accompanying him since it was given and he was steadily making progress. Though it was enough to make Rumie trip on his own even without the help of bullies. He could just pout as his body always felt heavy and weak.

And so after his master felt like he was getting fat, he immediately made him exercise. Doing push-ups while being put with a kettlebell on his back.

"Push more! You are weaker than I thought!" said Luxian.

"Says the one on my back while sipping tea!" Rumie nearly cursed.

"Well, I am practicing not to spill the tea while balancing the cup! Anyways, who told you to talk back!" his master then pulled the hair near his ears.

"Ouch ouch ouch!" Rumie nearly lost his strength.

By now, his strength output was still 10%. Only his Fathe was able to tweak the output and still, the release of the limiter was not yet told by his master.

"Luxian, how can I learn to release these limiters? Like I wanted to know the 100% output," Rumie then stopped pushing up. Waiting to hear his master's reply.

"Hmmm, well maybe I will let you learn it. The Academy entrance exam is near so maybe you need to know it. When you are in the academy, you need to use it in just dire times and not flaunt it, okay?" he told him then stood up.

"I will give you the ownership of the limiter weights. The imprint is your key," he then summoned a bluish color miasma on his fingertips and then touched his forehead. Rumie then felt that he has a connection to the items. It felt that their presence was sensed by his sixth sense and they felt alive for the first time.

"Wow," Rumie was amazed as it was his first time to feel it for years. He thought that it was just an item but it felt like a living item now!

"Try commanding it. An example is to set the output to 50%," Luxian instructed.

"Okay," he smiled in a mischievous smirk, "Set output to 50%"

The runes then glowed and he felt the difference. Just how light his body was! He could leap and reach the skies if he wanted. Though his excitement was short-lived. His master then reverted it to 10%.

"You should not be excited yet. Remember to just use it in dire times. If I hear that you use it to bully others then you will be set to 1% forever! Understood?" he then cracked his fist.

"Yes, master, I understand," he replied like a good boy. Come to think of it, 1% would be his doom. He could barely lift his arms or even step without getting tripped. He could not walk steadily if that happens. He would be back to a toddler! It was worse than death itself!

He could not imagine what a 1% output would be. He could be crawling on the ground if that happens.

And so, he obeyed. Etching it in his mind that it was a no-no to bully others. With it, his master was happy. "Good child," he patted his head.

It was then, "Now, we will train your stamina. Push-ups are only improving your punching prowess. But running or jogging are improving your movement speed and stamina. So run now!" he immediately grabbed his whips and he was chased while being whipped.

The whip cracked when Rumie slowed down. His stamina and leg strength was improving but he was weakening greatly. His 10% limit was being slowly churned like a muscle that was ripped and repaired. Thanks to the weight limiters that repair his muscle tissue despite it putting a heavy burden on him. It was a perfect muscle trainer!

It soon dusked and dawned and Rumie was still running while being chased by his grandpa.

"Master let's rest, I might die this time," Rumie was pleading.

"Hmm, quit yapping! We will use the sled this time!" Luxian then made him pull the sled like a reindeer. He was being whipped while he pulled.

"Run Rumie! Like to the edge of tomorrow!" his master was screaming.

"No, seriously. I might die this time," his eyes were lifeless and his mind was almost at his limits.

Parthenax which was his dragon was just watching all this time and was sitting on the ground like a person. Eating a roasted leg of a boar being clenched by his hands.

Rumie ran back and forth while he was watching them going to his left and back to his right.

Rumie then tripped and fell on the ground chest first. He stood up but his legs were trembling. He was uttering gibberish like "I'm gonna die," multiple times. He felt it more like torture than exercise. Eyes staring down on the ground while mumbling.

"Hmmm, okay let's rest. You want to have a bath in the hot spring?" Luxian asked.

"Yes! Hot spring!" Rumie immediately undressed naked and ran to the hot spring butt-naked. "This child.....now he is acting his age," Luxian was speechless. He was exhausted too while scolding him nonstop. Now that's two days and a night of scolding. And so he also followed Luxian to the bath while having a sore throat. Good for him!

"Wohooo!" Rumie jumped to the hot spring they have and then swam inside it like a swimmer. He felt his body aches were slowly alleviated. The soothing embrace of the warm water made Rumie sleepy. He passed out in his sleep and Luxian made him sleep in the meantime. With it, they rested in the hot spring. Parthenax also joined and he made the pool have its water level rise. Making a ripple that was enough to splash at Rumie's face.

"Wha.....what?" Rumie woke up abruptly and his eyes were opened but still drowsy. He blinked several times then he slept again as fast as he woke up. Snoring again as he slept.

They all rested and it was a satisfying day for all of them.

Rumie's head then was put on Luxian's shoulders and he snored there in his sleep. He was dead-tired practically and he slept there even in his bath. Luxian then carried him and let him sleep in their home.

It was then Rumie woke up having new clothes. He was surprised at how convenient it was! He felt like a child for the first time. Taking the benefits for granted.