Epic Of Caterpillar

A single punch was enough to make his transformation dissipate, his aura disappears and his muscles relax. Ryoʼs eyes rolled as he fell unconscious. I made the blow non-lethal but it still held a lot of force, which I expanded through his entire body and nerves. My boy fell over me as I sat down over a cushion, with Ryoʼs sleepy head over my lap. I gently caressed his silver hair with my right hand while using my left hand to caress his soft brown cheeks I healed him of any injuries, although they were very minimal.

”What a troublesome child you are… Hopefully, this makes you realize your mistakes”

Half an hour later Ryo suddenly woke up all pumped up, the first thing he saw was my face, with a gentle smile as my scarlet eyes shined in dim light.

”Gah! W-What happened?”

”Well, you got carried away, and you lost”

”Eeh?! Even when you handicap yourself?”

Ryo seemed to not be able to believe my words, but the memories of the fight came to his mind, as he quickly realized that it wasnʼt even a fight in the first place, he fought bravely but none of his attacks really did anything to me, and I finished him off with a very gentle punch on his stomach.

Ryo may have released a lot of energy on the fight, and even transformed, but it was all for nothing. This somehow made my muscle head son think a little bit about things as his mind was clearer.

”Youʼre really a monster…” He said while looking over the wide room ceiling, which had small cracks all over due to the powerful shockwaves that his punches released.

”Hm~! Now, now… Will you accept mommyʼs teachings, Ryo~?”

Ryo sighed as he covered his face with two of his hands and then looked at me with an embarrassed look. However, even when he was embarrassed, he was extremely handsome, so this only made him look cuter instead of ridiculous like he most probably thought.

”Sigh… I guess I donʼt have any other option, perhaps I wasnʼt as strong as I thought… Evolution will be most likely not enough, and I may end up losing to my siblings…”

”So?”

”Haah… Alright, mother, I want to learn how to use this power more skillfully, like Valentia or aunt Brontes and Nesiphae…”

”You will certainly be able to~! First of all, in the previous fight, I detected how you used your unique Aura in a very incorrect way, your Aura expanded wildly, and even when you thought that it was giving you more strength, in reality, it was barely boosting your capabilities, as most of its energy was being released outside of your body”

”Eeh?! So even then… I always thought that I was using it right, it was enhancing my body, right?”

”Yeah, it was… But very mediocrely… The full potential of an Aura is even greater than just a minimal boost on your strength… And even more, by considering my Lineage given to you, your species and blessings, your strength should be way bigger than what you showcased, Ryo…”

”Haah… I guess thatʼs fair…”

”You may have been training your body with exercises and leveling up, but thatʼs just a raw increase in strength. Now you need to refine that strength gained by understanding your power, and slowly releasing your inner potential”

”Sigh… So, there is a long way to go. Since when did you become so good at instructing others powers, mother?��

”Hm, since some months ago, even a monster like me had to understand its power and potential, and slowly refine it as well. I am not really a master in these fields, but what Iʼve learned has helped me a lot, and I just want to help you as well”

”W-Well… I guess…”

”I have a lot of skills that can easily decipher otherʼs potential, or even generate the best road for someone to take to increase their power based on their talents and blessings… I want to put those in good use, or the beings I ate would feel ashamed, fufufu”

”So thatʼs how it is, itʼs all about what you ate! Anyways, when can I get off your lap?!”

”Oh, not yet… Mommy wants to feel Ryoʼs warm head on her lap for a little bit more. Please~?”

”Gaah…! Let me go…!”

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