Volume 5 Chapter 12: I Know How To Get Stronger!


    <span style="text-decoration:underline"><span style="font-weight:400">Volume 5 Chapter 12: I Know How To Get Stronger!


    <span style="font-weight:400">What does that guy have that I don''t?! Herrick was lost in thought as he worked out. He had been doing that in his room, and what Sohma said didn''t make him understand.


    <span style="font-weight:400">He was confused and dazed at the same time.


    <span style="font-weight:400">From how he talked with Keith, he didn''t seem so different from him. But there was a feeling—this inferiority he had to Keith.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"That''s it!" Herrick got up from the floor. He figured it out! The thing that shocked him the most was the skills! Keith and Herrick were close in strength! But the difference was in skills!


    <span style="font-weight:400">I will just copy what he does!


    <span style="font-weight:400">...


    <span style="font-weight:400">Keith looked out the window. This was a surprise. He thought for sure Herrick would be awake. Herrick was always the first one to wake up.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"I should get up." Keith walked out of the room to brush his teeth. But the moment he did, Herrick also came out of his room. Keith waved his hand,


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Good morning, Herrick."


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Morning." Herrick nodded as he followed Keith to the bathroom. And that''s when things started to get strange. Gabriel entered the bathroom soon after.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Morning, Gabriel." "Morning, Gabriel."


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Morning, you two." Gabriel smiled. The three brushed their teeth like it was any ordinary day. Once they were done, Keith and the two went to the backyard.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Good morning, you three." Nephele and Diana were already working hard on the garden.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Keith smiled as he waved his wooden sword, "Herrick, do you want to go first?"


    <span style="font-weight:400">"You two should go." "Alright." Keith nodded as he raised his sword. Gabriel did the same. Like that, the two started to fight!


    <span style="font-weight:400">While the two did, Herrick continued to stare at Keith. His eyes were intense. Even Gabriel felt something off. Is something the matter with him?


    <span style="font-weight:400">Don''t know. Keith didn''t know what was the matter with Herrick.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Herrick, do you want to face Gabriel?" Keith questioned.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Mmhmm!" Herrick nodded as he walked over to Gabriel. When he held up his weapon, Gabriel noticed something strange.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Eh?"


    <span style="font-weight:400">"..." Keith was silent, but he frowned. Why is he using my style? He could tell it was the same style he fought against Gabriel. As he was lost in thought, Herrick made his move.


    <span style="font-weight:400">It was the same.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Everything Herrick did was the same as Keith''s. But the result was obvious.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"You lose." In a few minutes, Herrick was down on the ground!


    <span style="font-weight:400">"One more time!" Herrick groaned.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Sure." Gabriel was game.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"While you guys do that, I will prepare breakfast." Keith entered the kitchen, ready to prepare breakfast. As he did, a magic circle formed on the countertop.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Po!" "Mir, you''re here." Keith smiled as he patted the snowball''s head.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Po!" Mir snuggled in his face. And when he did,


    <span style="font-weight:400">"So you have been ying with Leon and Laura? How are they?"Keith had been sending letters to the two of them. He could tell they really missed him, which made his heart break even more.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Po! Po!"


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Thank goodness." Keith was relieved when he heard that. Maybe he should teleport and visit them when he has the chance. But as he thought about doing this,


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Po!"


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Here, you little glutton." Keith sighed as he fed the little animal some bread.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Alright, back to work!" Keith rolled up his sleeves as he cooked breakfast. Once he was done, he brought everything into the dining room.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"The snowball is here again?" Cadmus stared at the little fellow on Keith''s shoulder.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"What''s that?" Herrick stared at him.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"This is one of my familiars." Keith grabbed Mir from his shoulder, "His name is Mir. Say hello."


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Po!" Mir let out a cute roar.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Aww, Mir is here!" Sarah walked in and hugged the cute fellow. She had gotten used to Mir teleporting here.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Po!" Mir licked the girl''s face.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Yay, Mir!" Fira flew over to Mir andnded on his head. Herrick tilted his head,


    <span style="font-weight:400">"You have a lot of small familiars."


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Small and cute," Keith added.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"..." Don''t you mean cute and deadly?! The people who knew Mir''s identity wanted to say that. But they decided to be quiet.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Can you guys call Nephele and Diana?"


    <span style="font-weight:400">"I''ll go." Jack walked out and called the two dorm mothers in.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Ah, I''m so hungry," Nephele stated. But when she did, she noticed Mir on Keith''s shoulder,


    <span style="font-weight:400">"What is that?! Why is it here?!"