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The plan to evolve Aunt Mia and Lily would be brought forward. Alongside that would come evolving his undead. Jester in particular was the only one still at Rank 2, and unlike the others, evolving him carried no concerns.

With Jester at Rank 3 or potentially Rank 4 if circumstances allowed, combined with another undead at Rank 4 and his family having cultivated power of their own, Michael believed that level of

protection would be enough to keep them safe in Aurora while he was away.

"It would be best if Lily can awaken a class within three months. I wonder if the academy can give me that much time before I need to leave."

As Michael was deep in thoughts about the future and if the situation back at the academy was resolved as well, jester came to the sitting room bringing Michael out of his thoughts.

Jester inclined his head slightly.

"Welcome back, Master."

Michael's gaze lingered on him for a moment, his expression turning somewhat odd.

Among all his undead, Jester stood apart.

It was not just strength.

It was everything else.

Knowledge. Awareness. The way he thought. The way he acted. The way he spoke. If not for knowing the truth, it would have been easy to mistake him for a living human. In many ways, Jester felt more "alive" than most of the undead under his command.

He was at the very top.

To be honest, placing someone like Jester here to guard his home was overkill.

And yet Because of those exact qualities, Michael felt at ease.

There was a strange sense of reliability in knowing that someone who could think, judge, and adapt like a human was the one watching over his family in his absence.

After a brief silence, Michael spoke.

"How has it been?"

He did not specify.

He did not need to as Jester understood.

"The past few months have been stable," Jester replied calmly. "There were no incidents that posed a direct threat to your family."

He paused briefly before continuing.

"Most developments were centered around Lily."

Michael's attention sharpened slightly.

"With consistent training, her combat capabilities have improved significantly. At her current level, she can disarm at least five grown men without difficulty. She is also proficient with two weapons and can switch between them seamlessly in combat."

Michael nodded faintly.

That level of progress... was not ordinary. he wondered just what sort of methods jester used to achieve this.

After all even without a system, even without formal awakening, she had already reached a level that most normal people could never touch.

Jester continued.

"She is also approaching an awakening threshold."

Michael's eyes narrowed slightly.

"A supernatural threshold," Jester clarified. "Based on her current progress, she should be able to achieve it within two months."

Michael fell silent for a moment.

Two months.

Faster than he expected but It was not a bad thing.

His gaze lowered slightly, thoughts moving rapidly beneath the surface.

At that point, Michael found himself hoping Lily could awaken.

But he did not have any real confidence in it.

Awakening was rare.

No matter how much potential someone showed before that point, no matter how hard they trained, it did not guarantee anything. Too many people reached the age limit and remained ordinary.

Lily was sixteen now.

That meant she still had three chances.

Three opportunities before she turned eighteen and the window

closed completely.

Even so, it was still very possible for her to fail.

Michael had seen enough understand that reality.

Because of that, he could not base any of his plans around her

awakening.

Hope was one thing.

Reliance was another.

Those thoughts passed quickly through his mind before he looked

back at Jester.

"And you?" Michael asked.

He already had an idea.

He could see the level clearly.

Level 50.

But Jester was not following the same path as the others.

Jester inclined his head slightly.

"Thanks to the your glorious body, Master, my progress has been

smooth."

"I have already completed Foundation Establishment, and "I have also

formed a Golden Core."

There was no pride in his voice.

Just a statement of fact.

"With some additional refinement, by the time Lily reaches her

threshold, I should already be preparing for the Nascent Soul stage."

A brief pause.

"In truth, I have already stepped into it."

Michael did not respond immediately.

Golden Core.

One step into Nascent Soul.

Even for that world's standards, that was fast.

Too fast.

But considering who Jester was, and what he had access to, it made

sense.

However was it that jester was a freak or it his body was just that

good?

Michael didn't know but he did not think too deep into it.

"Jester, come, I have a task for you."

But Jester was not following the same path as the others.

Jester inclined his head slightly.

"Thanks to the your glorious body, Master, my progress has been

smooth."

"I have already completed Foundation Establishment. and "I have also

formed a Golden Core."

There was no pride in his voice.

Just a statement of fact.

"With some additional refinement, by the time Lily reaches her

threshold, I should already be preparing for the Nascent Soul stage."

A brief pause.

"In truth, I have already stepped into it."

Michael did not respond immediately.

Golden Core.

One step into Nascent Soul.

Even for that world's standards, that was fast.

Too fast.

But considering who Jester was, and what he had access to, it made

sense.

However was it that jester was a freak or it his body was just that

good?

Michael didn't know but he did not think too deep into it.

"Jester, come, I have a task for you."

Michael did not respond immediately. Golden Core.

One step into Nascent Soul.

Even for that world's standards, that was fast.

Too fast.

But considering who Jester was, and what he had access to, it made

sense.

However was it that jester was a freak or it his body was just that

good?

Michael didn't know but he did not think too deep into it.

"Jester, come, I have a task for you."