From the next day henceforth, Andrew starts training again, in order to grasp a better hold of his powers. Marian was mostly by his side watching over him as he practiced, she also prepared water for his bath, but when it came to preparation of meals, she had to admit that Andrew was indeed superior than her, she had also found out about the death of Michael, of which Andrew made Michael to be someone whom sacrificed his life to save him and that was the only way he could have escaped the forest, he has kind of become too overprotective already.

Andrew does not go hunting throughout this period and instead just focuses on his training and he could see improvement with every passing day, with which he was pleased with himself.

He wasn’t the only one busy this period though, Cornelius was coiled up in his room, and using some special method, he has turned the herb into a soup which he takes in daily, and to his surprise, the efficiency of the herb exceeded what he had initially predicted. Even him was unaware of the fact about the other special effect of the herb, of which it drains energy from living creatures to improve itself, or maybe it was not the herb they had initially thought it was. But there was no herbal specialist to tell if it was so or not and they didn’t trust anyone to see the herb in fear that information about it would leak out and blood would most definitely flow because of it.

He didn’t consume the herb wholly as Andrew has done to that bean size bean, but stored the water solution which he had gotten in a jar and drank from it bit by bit in continuous cycles. Little by little all the poison in his system was being expelled. He could feel that the herb could help him back to his former peak and remove all the poison remaining in his system. His eyes couldn’t help but shine brightly at the thought of it all and he was trembling in joy. Daily filths were being expelled from his body, after which he had to wash his body clean. It was just like a daily cultivation cycle to him as everyday, filth were expelled from his body and he had to wash up before starting a new round, apart from meals which were being sent to his room on daily basis, he wasn’t disturbed otherwise by even his daughter whom has come to spend time with him.

Eve being bored at home strolled around the village, she saw the state of houses in the village and how they were all trying to rebuild their homes. The men were mostly dead, only young men of whom could be sold in the slave market were taken formerly and having been freed, they were not more than ten. The village of more than five hundred has actually been reduced to a number just a tiny bit over hundred with the women and children making most part.

Some of the women were raped to death and some were killed when they were attacked, and others after being raped, didn’t have the resolve to keep on with life and hence killed themselves. Days have gone by and the village had to be rebuilt, hence they had to cast aside their grief and start working. Andrew in his absolute generosity with his heart which was as perfect as gold donated just a quarter of what was looted from the village in assistance of their rebuilding forum in terms of food or materials. When he was asked by Marian why he donated such a little amount, he was shocked. It seems like this new family of his had a whole lot to learn about management issues. “There is never anything like having too much money in this life, and even if there is such a thing, stuffs shouldn’t just be given out freely to others. I was pained even after giving out such a huge amount of wealth”, was how his lectures started. He tutored her everyday for up to a week about the essence of money such that her ears started growing weary from all his lectures but Andrew doesn’t give up and still keeps on lecturing her in order for her not to just give money easily to other people. But he also assured her that as long as he was alive, he would get her all that she wanted, that as long as it was her need, she didn’t have to hold back and he also won’t hold back I’m fulfilling it.

Andrew has actually started becoming more vulgar in his spendings without worrying about the cost of the stuffs as long as he or Marian likes them, which was all weird compared to his previous life. Apart from training and walking around with Marian, he and Marian also took their time to learn horse riding and although there was no one to tutor them, Marian was quickly able to grasp it even before Andrew did, they had their fun while learning horse riding. The villagers were in awe on seeing the horses in the village, since apart from the village head, no one seems to be in possession of any horse, not even Peter except if it was a carriage which carried his goods to the village or to the city which he had rented for a fairly large sum of money.

They spent their days by being by each other’s side and more often than not, they would meet up with Eve and Ceros while walking down the road, taking in the view of various places. But Eve seems a bit awkward around Andrew and couldn’t even look at him in his eyes. Due to their several coincidental meetings, they gradually became acquainted with each other mostly due to Marian wanting to be friendly, and hence were able to talk about various random stuffs and Andrew took the opportunity to ask about the capital.

From Eve, he got to understand various stuffs about the capital and had some idea of what he would be facing on getting there. He after all planned on schooling, even in his previous world, he wasn’t able to attend any school and now that he was financially capable, he doesn’t intend to pass on that offer, he had enough wealth to sustain him for a while after all and just letting them waste in a corner wasn’t the right way to go through things. Although being powerful was the basis of everything in this world, having a bit of knowledge can’t ever be bad.

Marian was able to hit off perfectly with Eve though, Andrew was able to understand that Eve wasn’t as arrogant as she portrayed herself to be and it was just circumstances that led her to whom she tried acting to be. So he was actually cool with her, but he couldn’t ever get used to the girlish voice which always sounded out from Ceros and had to always hold in his laughter.

There was even a day when he held in his laughter so much that there were literally veins visible on his head. Eve on noticing it had to stop Ceros from talking and glares at Andrew, but Andrew just ignores her glares. Even Marian had to hit him softly on the side before he calmed down a little bit in order to please her.

After one month of intense, sweaty training, Andrew was finally able to fully grasp and control his power. He finally decides to leave the village to the city and with Marian by his side, he walks towards Cornelius’ house. On this day, Cornelius has finished the water solution gotten from the herb and has expelled all the poison remnants in his system and has finally recovered his former realm, the sensory realm. He felt free and happy as he washed away the final filth which was in his body as he laughed while bursting out from his room obviously in a good mood.

It was at this moment, coincidentally that Andrew walks into the apartment and on sensing the aura which was surrounding Cornelius, couldn’t help smiling. It wasn’t hard to figure out that the herb was gone at this moment as Cornelius has already used it up in clearing every poisonous stuff in his body and recovering his former realm. “Come in, come in”, Cornelius says on seeing Andrew as he was obviously in a joyous mood.

“Congratulations on your recovery”, Andrew clasps his hands in greeting with great pride in his face. Although Cornelius has recovered his former realm, he didn’t believe one bit that he still couldn’t overpower him. After all he was just a bit away from breaking through to the next realm and seems like he needs some inspiration of some sort as it seems like ordinary training won’t sort things out as they usually did. Cornelius frowns for a bit over Andrew’s behavior but doesn’t takes it to heart since he had it in his heart that even though he had broken through, he would at most be at a draw with Andrew if they fought and hence just took him towards his discussion room for them to talk since he was sure Andrew wasn’t here to exchange pleasantries.

“I would be going to the capital soon, and I came to tell you about the second favor which you have to fulfill for me”, Andrew says shortly after sitting down. He went straight to the point without any pointless delay. Marian was beside him in this meeting and took a seat beside him. “Have you come to drop her off then?”, asks Cornelius while thinking of the favor Andrew had in mind to ask from him. He wasn’t all that powerful than Andrew and hence couldn’t outrightly deny the favor as long as it was something he could handle.