Chapter 50
On the 173rd day, the girls finally gave birth, and gave Kenshin the long-awaited tenth level. The son from Natsumi was named Eleventh, and the son from Aya was named Twelfth. Both of them had a "talent level" of twenty units. But Kenshin was so shocked that he didn't even congratulate the two mothers on the birth of such wonderful babies, nor did he inform them of their talent levels.
Just after the birth of the twelfth, Kenshin received an alert, and saw the text in front of his eyes:
[ Congratulations. You have gained level 10, and unlocked the ability "Patriarch's Mind"]
"What?! The Patriarch's mind?" - Kenshin wondered mentally, and immediately opened the 'status' window.
Name: Nakayama Kenshin
Age: 21
Level: 10
Class: Patriarch
Available: 1 skill point
Skills:
Harem Ruler ( MAX )
Patriarch's Will ( MAX )
Patriarch's Mind ( MAX )
Talented Offspring [Level 6]
Creating Sanctuary [Level 2]
Creating Formations [Level 4]
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After a cursory review of the status, he put a free skill point into Talented Offspring, then found a brief description of the new ability, and couldn't contain his joyful surprise.
Patriarch's Mind: - Gives the Patriarch absolute immunity to mind control and mind interference. Grants absolute memory, as well as a small ability to telekinesis. Increases the radius of telepathic communication by 20 metres per level. Increases the speed of thinking and analysing, and improves the Patriarch's telepathic abilities. Telepathy is no longer limited to descendants, but can be applied to all sentient beings within range.
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"Hmm, before I knew it my brain had changed, and now I somehow remember absolutely every single thing that has happened to me since arriving in this world, and almost nothing from my past life... Hell, I even remember the smell of the old mattress at Aya's house, and the feeling of stepping in the bear shit I stepped in when Natsumi and I were walking home..." - Kenshin pondered, belatedly noticing that it was as if the world around him had frozen, and no more than a second had passed since his sudden 'distraction'.
- What a beautiful baby, Aya. Twelfth, don't cry, it's your mum, isn't it?" said Kenshin, suddenly 'back' from his reverie.
- By the way girls, you gave birth to beautiful children this time, both of you have a talent score of twenty units, they are guaranteed Chunin! - Kenshin congratulated both mums.
As soon as Natsumi and Aya heard this wonderful news, both of them kissed their children on their bald tops and pressed them to their chests, followed by the soft sound of suckling.
Kenshin smiled, and turned around and left the room, not wanting to distract the two mums from feeding, letting them get some rest, and headed to the gym to test out his new ability.
As soon as he stepped inside and glanced at Sixth throwing shuriken, time around him slowed momentarily, and Kenshin saw Sixth move his right shoulder, and reach into his small waistcoat pocket for another shuriken, slowly retrieve it, and even more slowly swing it around, and then make the throw.
As Kenshin focused on the flying shuriken, everything around him slowed down even more and all four sharp edges were visible on the flying shuriken. Kenshin was surprised to note that he could adjust the degree of time "slowing down", up to very large values. But the more he "slowed down" time or "sped up" perception, the more his brain tensed up, and after ten seconds of maximum "slowing down" he began to get a headache and returned to standard perception by rubbing his temples.
On seeing their father enter, the Sixth, Fourth, and Seventh dropped what they were doing and approached him, greeting him respectfully.
- Don't get distracted, keep practising, I just came to watch. - He said with a smile, and patted Four on the back.
- Yes, father. - Said the Fourth, as the oldest and strongest of all the children present, and turning round, the whole trio went back to their business.
Kenshin was getting more and more used to the unpleasant thought of the difference in status between the children. On the one hand he wanted to treat them all equally, but on the other he realised that it was simply impossible. With the increasing number of children, it would be impossible to give each one even five minutes of his time, but he wasn't going to be unfair.
He did not think that with such great love of the brothers for each other, they could have dislike or hatred for their brothers, but in any case he was determined to firmly suppress such antics, and was not going to see "ugly ducklings" in his house, in his opinion, even the most untalented son deserved normal treatment and all the benefits of the asylum, whether it was the best food, or decoctions of blue sage.
As he concentrated on his thoughts, Kenshin suddenly felt a strange fluctuation, like an etheric disturbance. Without realising what was happening, he turned towards the disturbance and saw Tenth sitting against the wall, who had just come inside.
Kenshin looked more closely at his son, and the "interference" gradually became clearer, turning into highly fragmented thoughts and experiences. It was difficult for him to filter the stream of his youngest son's random thoughts, but he did catch a few basic ones. The main thought was that Tenth thought he was a bad son, because Ninth, who had been born at the same time as him, had already learnt to concentrate chakra on his feet and walk on walls, while he still hadn't.
Suddenly Kenshin felt something strange, as if on an intuitive level realising what needed to be done. He looked at Fourth, who was pushing up from the floor, wearing chakra suppression wristbands to keep his basic physical form in perfect condition, thus strengthening it from chakra power.
"Fourth, come here," he said over the telepathic link. With the current range of the telepathic link, he could have called any of his sons, but he decided that Fourth would be more than enough for what he had in mind.
- Is something wrong, Father? - The Fourth asked, seeing the Tenth sitting on the bench, who was also looking at his father in surprise.
- Nothing. Sit next to Tenth and don't move. - Kenshin commanded, and both sons obeyed without delay.
As soon as they were seated, Kenshin reached out both hands and placed them on each of their heads. In theory he could have done it without touching, but he had absolutely no experience, so tactile contact, for better perception of electromagnetic impulses in the brain, was necessary.
- Four, your job is to think only about what you feel when you concentrate the chakra in your feet, during the whole process concentrate the chakra, and think only about that. - Kenshin instructed him, and then looked at Tenth, and said:
- And your job is to absorb the information. Relax your mind and go with the flow, don't be frightened, and concentrate on the sensations, try to remember what you feel. It will come in handy.