11 I'sm going to be a big brother!

the past four months have been grueling, Aine has pushed me hard after she found out that I am so talented in the mystic arts. I have had to learn 300 different languages and had to memorize how things like the wind and time of day affect certain spells, I had to learn breathing techniques and visualization techniques, all of this and I still haven't even touched anything that had to do with actual magic.

after doing so much Aine finally let me take a break so I'm visiting my parents for a few days. "are you ready? I will pick you up exactly 72 hours from now."

"yes, master Aine I will be ready by then."

Aine nodded and then opened a portal using her sling ring. on the other side of the portal was the foyer of my grandparent's mansion, my parents and grandparents were waiting for me in the living room,

"Hi everybody! how are you guys?"

"sweetheart! come sit we have exciting news!"

I sat across from my mother and father after greeting my grandparents.

"Jeremy, you're going to be a big brother!" my mom said while smiling.

I was stunned, I was going to be a big brother! this was awesome 'I will have to make sure that my future sibling will be safe while they grow up'

"congratulations mom and dad, is it a boy or a girl?"

"we don't know, we want to find out when he or she is born, this is so exciting!"

"haha yes except this time they won't be as well behaved as I was!"

we all laughed, after we finished talking I went up to my room 'I need to make something to protect my family one of these days.' after getting changed out of the robes that I had to wear while I was at Kamar Taj I decided to look over the lab reports our scientists had been sending in, it looks like they had come up with some more weapon systems for my armor they just needed some more testing and they could be added on to my arsenal, oh! they made some progress on the cosmic cube, I might need to make some stronger materials for the Tesseract (not the one with the space stone inside, a Tesseract is a four-dimensional cube) and then we could start working on its ability to hold as much energy as it would have to.

since I finally got a break from master Aine, I decided to use my power tokens, 'system please use the two power tokens available.'

[ ok, the user has received the powers armadillo physiology and conceptual enhancing ]

[ armadillo physiology: the user becomes an armadillo, human hybrid with enhanced armadillo abilities. permanent.

conceptual item enhancement: the ability to enchant an item so that it holds conceptual power, the duration can be either permanent or temporary. ]

well, that is an obvious choice 'system replace energy generation with conceptual Item enhancement.'

[ ok, the user has been refunded 100sp. ]

I spent the next few hours experimenting with my new power using different objects around the room and found out several things; first, to enhance an item I need to concentrate on a concept really hard, my meditation affinity really came in handy on this instance, second, it is easier to enhance items with simpler concepts than abstract ones, third permanent enhancement is absurdly difficult and takes a lot of concentration, and fourth enhancing items with concepts that are similar to their actual use is easier than enhancing them with an unrelated concept.

after fiddling with my new power for a little while more I went downstairs to eat dinner with my family, I hadn't noticed while training with master Aine but I missed being in the same house as my family, I have always been independent but just knowing that my parents are near just makes my life that much better. I don't like thinking about my previous life but since the day that I told my parents what I am, I have noticed that I am much closer to this family than my previous one. I have decided to collect some of the infinity stones if not for power then just so that Thanos or anybody else couldn't just snap their fingers and make my family disappear.

anyway, I spent the next two days having fun with my family and just enjoying the time off, now it was time to go back.

"goodbye sweetheart I hope that you can get away from learning to come and visit us often!"

"by mom, I will try and visit as soon as master Aine lets me, bye dad, bye grandpa and grandma!" I said then turned and right on time a portal opened up in the exact location that it dropped me off, I stepped through after looking back at my family again and waiving.

" I hope you had a relaxing vacation, Jeremy because we are going back to that studying you love so much," Aine said in a cheerful voice.

I internally groaned then responded with "yes I had A good time, by the way, my mom is pregnant with my little sibling, also I got a new ability that is quite intriguing"

"Oh! that is wonderful! and about that ability, we will have to talk about it later but right now you need to start your meditation" she said after walking away, I just shrugged then went to my room and started my meditation.