'Just because I once laid hands on maids, why should I be expelled and expunged from the Ralstone family tree? Even then, I haven't really done anything.'
That kind of question had been repeatedly asked in my head.
'What an unreasonable reason to expel a disliked child.'
'Why is the event I experienced when I first came to this world such an ugly, stupid, and unreasonable event?!'
'Doesn't the law in this world give priority to nobles? As a child of nobles, why was I expelled so easily?'
Those thoughts often invaded the contents of my brain.
However, everything made sense when I realized that I was in the Kingdom of Amaranthia.
There's a good reason why Marquess Ralstone kept me around even though I'd already fallen into alcoholic bliss, but suddenly kicked me out when I touched the maids.
Most of the leaders of the noble houses in this kingdom are actually the wives.
The Ralstone family is not exempt from that hidden but common fact.
The person who made the final decision in the Ralstone family is the Marchioness.
Thanks to the idea that women are the most valuable assets in the kingdom, even for nobles, they have to be careful not to fall into crimes related to women.
Examples of the most forbidden crimes against women in the kingdom are the slave trade and sexual harassment of women.
Since I was already known as a good-for-nothing noble, and on top of that, had committed offenses against the women who had served the castle for years, it was no wonder that in my past life, I was driven out of the castle and disowned by the Ralstone family.
I was already inside my bedroom.
Thanks to the Recalled Memory skill, I managed to reach this room without getting lost inside the main building of the castle.
When I opened the door, I was greeted by the stench of alcohol.
'It looks like the maids have no intention of cleaning this place.'
I was too lazy to clean the bottles piled up on the table, actually.
But I forcefully picked up the dirty blanket from the top of the bed and wrapped all the bottles in it.
I finished cleaning the floor.
I opened the window wide so that the air vent that was always stuck could return to normal, and so that I could get rid of the pungent stench.
'It looks like the rain has started to let up.'
The first thing I did was sit on the bed in the lotus position. My hands were on my knees, interlocking my thumbs and index fingers.
I closed my eyes to start gathering the supernatural energy flowing in the air.
Slowly but surely, warmth began to creep up from the air. It entered from every pore on my body until it entered my body and ended up in my lower abdomen.
Breathe in.
I started to adjust my breathing rhythm according to the rhythm that Noctyssa had shown me.
'Slowly...'
It took me years in my previous life to repair the supernatural pool in my body.
So, I didn't expect at all that I would be able to directly repair my supernatural pool.
This supernatural pool in my body was broken like a round piece of glass that had been cracked.
If I weren't careful in performing this cultivation method taught by Noctyssa, I could shatter my supernatural pool into pieces.
[You successfully performed internal supernatural energy control.]
[Supernatural pool restoration process in progress. ....]
Notification messages started popping up.
Even though I was closing my eyes, the message came in front of the darkness I saw.
[You managed to perform internal supernatural energy control perfectly.]
[The circulation of supernatural energy within your body began to run smoothly.]
"Huft~" I finally opened my eyes while exhaling heavily.
Noctyssa didn't tell me what the name of the cultivation method she taught me was, but thanks to that cultivation, I managed to improve the supernatural pool in my body.
"This supernatural pool restoration is only a partial benefit of the cultivation method I taught."
"It's a pity that you're just a human. So you can't really be considered to have mastered this cultivation technique I taught you."
"But that's okay. Just listen to me. Even if you can only practice the initial part of this cultivation method I'm teaching, you'll still gain a lot of benefits."
I suddenly remembered the lecture given by Noctyssa.
If a cultivation technique were a book that was one thousand pages thick, then what I had practiced so far was only the first ten pages.
I had been fully taught, but I couldn't fully practice the cultivation technique.
[You don't have demonic energy.]
[You can't fully practice the Demonic Sovereign Path Cultivation Technique.]
[Failed to break through level 1 of the Demonic Sovereign Path Cultivation technique.]
Such notifications had appeared at a certain point in time, appearing when I already felt like I had reached a great wall, where I felt like I couldn't get any stronger.
'If indeed Noctyssa is a demon or someone from the demonic world, then everything makes sense.'
At first, I wondered how Noctyssa could teach me demonic cultivation techniques... 'But I finally understand now.'
'Will I face the same wall again this time?'
Shake~ Shake~
I shook my head to get rid of the useless thoughts.
'It looks like I can't finish healing my supernatural pool before the class awakening ceremony is held.'
If I remembered correctly, the class awakening ceremony was to be held in two weeks.
'Looks like I'll be expelled again.'
I decided to close my eyes and start cultivating again.
I'll replace my sleeping time with cultivation.
'I'll at least try my best first.'
Some time passed until...
Cock-a-doodle-doo!
The sound of a chicken rang in my ears.
Sunlight greeted my open eyes.
It seemed like I had been cultivating all night.
"Kieran, are you inside?" Luna's voice sounded from outside the door. "If you don't answer, I'll assume you're letting me in."
She opened the door and was surprised to see the slightly better condition of my room. "Since when have you been cleaning?"
Her surprise didn't stop there. She rubbed her eyes as if she couldn't believe what she was seeing when her eyes fell on me, who was still sitting in the lotus position on the bed.