《Another life》 Prologue: The clich茅 death ¡®Can¡¯t believe i''m doing this.¡¯ Standing in front of me is a white dragon with golden eyes. His wings were cutted, and his body is wounded. One of his eyes has been burned, and so does a part of his tail. *Roar* The dragon roar fiercely or should i desperately. Knowing he would die he charged at me. ¡°Len!¡± ¡°Yeah, I know!¡± With a staff on my right hand, I start chanting and a dozen magic circles appear as I did that. ¡®Ahh, this is soo exhausting can''t I just skip this part?¡¯ Finishing my chant I tap the ground with my staff, and the hole ground collapsed with the dragon. People sigh in relief that the disaster has been avoided. I can hear people laughing, and some even cry after seeing this. Taking some shade on a nearby tree, I make some water using magic and drink it. ¡®How long has it been I wonder.¡¯ Looking at the sky I start recalling my past. -- I was just your ordinary high school boy who¡¯s only desire is to slack of and avoided working and going to school. My grades were good but not the best, my worst subject is social studies and I hate sport. The things that I''m good at and likes are things like science, math, and things related to technology. My hobbies are reading, playing games, and watching TV. You know indoors stuffs. Well that''s enough about me so let''s continue on the event that will change my life completely, literally. It¡¯s morning and I was getting ready for school. Wearing my uniform I start checking for the things that I need for school. ¡°Let''s see. Book, check handphone, check, money, check. Looks like I''m all set up for school, I think.¡± Storing the items I left the house and went to school. On the way there I started to read one of the books I packed earlier. It''s not a textbook, it''s a novel. When I finished reading the novel, I once again grab another book. Again it''s not a textbook, it''s a comic instead. I''ll be completely honest here, the books that I mentioned before were not textbooks. Well there are few of them, but most of them are things like novels, comics and so on. Putting the book I hold and replace it by another one from the bag after a few minutes. You may think that I''m just bored, but in truth I already finished reading it when I put it back, I''m quite a fast reader you see. And after a few minutes of waking I arrived at school. School wasn''t the place where I called comfy. In fact there''s so many things that I find annoying here I ended up hating school. For example the rules. One of the school rule is ¡°You''re not allowed to skip school unless you''re sick¡±. If I do break it then the next day I''ll be getting some punishment and my score will be lowered. And if my score is so low I''ll be stuck in here for another year, which I find it vexing. So in order to avoid that I keep coming to school everyday even if I don''t want to. The next thing are the so called ¡°Friends¡± you''ll have when you went to school. Somehow no one had ever approach me and talk to me, and since I¡¯m not good interacting with people I ended up being alone without making any acquaintances. Although I don''t see it as a trouble I feel quite lonely since I don''t have anyone to talk to. The last thing Is probably the lessons in school. All of them are long and boring. Well I don''t have any complaints on science and math since it''s a subject which I take a liking into, but everything else it makes me want to sleep in the middle of it. But even if I do want it, I can''t. The reason? Is because the teacher are scary and if I was found out sleeping in class I''ll be punished for it. And after lessons end, and it''s time for lunch break I always eat alone at the corner of the class. That or I went to the library and read some books, other than those 2 I didn¡¯t do anything else. So long story short, A pain in the neck rules + no friends + long and boring lectures + the same routine on every lunch break = monotonous high school life. Today was no different too, it''s the same old routine of my high school life. Since I didn''t have any club activities after school I went back home after school was finished. Walking back home while reading a book I see a scene which is one of the most common things in comics and novels. *Truck Horn* Stolen from its original source, this story is not meant to be on Amazon; report any sightings.A truck was on it¡¯s way to crush a girl, and the girl were standing there without moving. The onlookers looks like they want to help, but they didn''t since they know they won''t make in in time. Well there''s me and I''m actually pretty close to her but I decided not to do it. Why? It''s troublesome that''s why. I''m not the kind of man who do something without any merit. While seeing this spectacle, something unexpected happened ,for other people at least. A boy who seems to be her friend ran to where the girl were and somehow manage to save her with only a few bumps. It''s a good thing right? Not really, for me at least. Why? Because the truck are now heading towards me, and even if I moved now I won''t make it in time. ¡®*sigh* die in the hands of a truck huh? How ironic, to think I''ll ended up dead by this clich¨¦ event.¡¯ Waiting for my death, my memories flash before my eyes. Ahh, this must be the thing that happened when you''re about to die. I saw me who was borned, me who was having my first birthday, me start walking, and etc. Honestly I didn¡¯t feel anything seeing this. Then as the flash of memorise came to ceased, I saw the truck in front of me and the next thing I knew see nothing else and I was trapped in a place filled with darkness. ¡°Hmm, so where am i? Is this the netherworld?¡± The place had no trees, no houses, not even an inch of light. ¡°What''s going to happen after this? Well I''ll be happy if get reincarnated and have a cheat but there''s no way something so convenient will-!!¡± A ray of light then came in front of me, as I walked to the light and tried to reach it the light shines brighter and bigger that it completely cover my eyes making me unable to see anything else. The the next thing I knew I was being held by a woman with blue hair. She then handed me to another girl blond, and blue hair. ¡°Congratulation madam, your have successfully delivered a healthy child.¡± ¡®A child? What are you-!¡¯ I tries to speak but all i hear is a squeaky sound of a baby, qnd when i move my hands all i can see are short and fat hands. ¡®Who knew that I''ll be reincarnated with my last memories intact. What are the odds of that?¡¯ With what the girl was speaking about I take it that this blond hair woman is my mother. She looked at me, and after a while she showed a worry some face. ¡°Are you sure? Aren''t babies suppose to cry when they were born?¡± Ahh, so she''s worry about that. And here I thought it was something more. ¡°Although it is true, but not all babies cry when they were born.¡± ¡°Is that so?¡± ¡°Yes, it is.¡± I start feeling drowsy after hearing they talk. Maybe this is why babies sleep a lot. I tried to stay awake but at last I wasn''t able to overcome the feeling of drowsiness. Giving up overcoming it,I fell asleep. The next day I woke up and find myself in bed with a blanket on me. I tried to move my body and remove the blanket, but since my bones and muscle haven¡¯t been completely developed yet I wasn''t able to remove it. Giving up on doing that, I sort out what happened yesterday. ¡®Let''s see, a truck hit me, I died, got reincarnated, and now I''m here? What are the odds of that?¡¯ I tried to talk, but just likey other parts of my body, my vocal cords haven''t been completely develop yet so I can''t speak clearly. ¡®Now then what do I do now?¡¯ Without being able to move my body, unable to speak, or learn anything else. I have nothing to do. *Grumble* My body or should I say stomach let out a grumbling voice. Must mean I''m hungry, so in order for me not to get starvates I did what babies would do when they hungry. ¡°Huahhh!¡± Yes, I cried. It''s embarrasing but my survival cames before my pride. Wow to think I''ll said it while I''m like this. In response to my cry, the blond girl who seems to be my mother came. ¡°Now,now stop crying. You''re hungry aren''t you? Don''t worry mommy will feed you.¡± The woman exposed her breast and feed me. ¡®Well this is¡­ odd..¡¯ A feeling of guilt, embarrassment, and satisfaction came to me as she feed me. While she''s feeding me I feel the same drowsiness as I did when I was born, and like the last time I gave up and fell asleep. Chapter 1: My new family 2 weeks has passed since I was born in this world, and now I know few things about my family. First about my family. My family is consist of 4 members 5 including me. Excluding me, there¡¯s my father, my mother, and it would seems I have an older sister and older brother as well. My mother''s name is Cecilia, she has blond hair, blue eyes. And she''s in her early to 30¡¯s I think. Since I was born she¡¯s the one who most of the time take care of me, probably since I''m a newborn baby, and she''s the mother. ¡°Mom, let me carry him!¡± ¡°Okay, okay. You don''t have to shout you know.¡± The one who ask her to do that is my sister Cecilica. She''s about 5 years old and has Blond hair, green eyes and looks just like my mother like my mother''s. Quite the irony, her name is similar and she''s like a miniature version of mom exclude the eyes. ¡°I''m home.¡± ¡°Ahh dad! Welcome home¡± (Cecilica) ¡°Welcome home dear.¡± (Cecilia) The person who just enter the house and said ¡°I''m home¡± is my father Ferlike. He''s a man who has the same age as my mother. He has a brown hair,and green eyes. ¡°Thanks, where''s Lyle?¡±(Ferlike) ¡°He¡¯s still in his room.¡±(Cecilia) ¡°I see.¡±(Ferlike) The person dad just ask is my older brother Lyle. He''s 6 years old so he''s the oldest among us. I haven''t seen him as much as my mother, and my sister but I did met him once. He has a blond hair like my mother¡¯s and green eyes like my father''s. ¡°How''s today''s work dear¡± (Cecilia) ¡°Awful! The monsters keep coming and eating the crops, and because of that we have to import more foods so that the people won''t starve.¡±(Ferlike) ¡°And the other nobles?¡± (Cecilia) ¡°Most of them are thinking for themselves, and the one who actually care are the low ranked nobles like me. I can''t refute them either, being a noble is sure such a pain.¡± Right, I forgot to mention that my family is a noble. Although I said noble it''s only a low one and the house I lived in is not that big compare to the other nobles. Well ignoring that, my dad was originally a soldier and the reason that my dad was granted this title is because of his achievements. Being noble is good and all, but since my father was originally a soldier who only knows how to fight he don''t have any knowledge on politics and stuff. ¡°Hey ley me carry Allen.¡±(Ferlike) ¡°Sure.¡± (Cecilia) Right forgot about this too in this world my name is Allen. And since my family''s name is Graywark, my name is Allen Graywark. Rings a nice tune doesn''t it? She handed me to dad, and I''m now carried in his arms. ¡°Grow a little haven''t you?¡±(Ferlike) ¡°No fair! Mom you said that I can carry him!¡±(Cecilica) ¡°Let your dad carry him, after all he hasn''t hold him since he was born.¡±(Cecilia) Cecilica then frown at her answer, and went back to her room, and since the drowsy feeling came back again I just sleep while being carried by my father. Another week has passed, and right now I''m sitting in my mother''s lap while being told a story with Cecilica beside her. The story''s about your old average hero tale. The hero who came from somewhere, protect the humans and fight the demons and eventually defeat the demon lords. While Cecilica hear it with excitement, I''m struggling with the boredom that I felt while hearing the story. After all in my previous world I have heard this story more than a hundred times. Closing the book, and finished telling the story, Cecilica grab her dress. ¡°Mom, could you show me magic again!?¡±(Cecilica) ¡®Eh? Magic? She''s not joking is she? Even after 2 weeks i haven''t heard that there''s magic in here. Oh who am I kidding of course I won''t hear it, I''m a baby! There''s no reason for them to tell me about it.¡¯ Placing the book on the table, she pat Cecilica¡¯s head and told her to stop and be quiet. She chanted something and I can sense that something is gathering on her palm as she chant. Then a while later, the things on her palm become a ball of light and is now hovering on her hand. ¡®So there''s really magic in here! Awesome! After this I am so going to try it.¡¯ A minute later, the ball of light disappear. ¡°Do it again! Do it again!¡±(Cecilica) ¡®Yeah,yeah do it again!¡¯ ¡°Maybe later, it''s time for us to have lunch you. Now go on to the table I''ll be with you soon.¡±(Cecilia) Support the creativity of authors by visiting the original site for this novel and more. ¡°Okay!¡±(Cecilica) Cecilica then left the room, and mom carry me to bed after putting the book to the shelf. With a kiss on the forehead she left the room. ¡®Now then time to try some magic!¡¯ Unable to contain my excitement, I let out a small voice while waving my hand in the air. Out of embarrassment I immediately put my hands down, stop talking, and see if there''s anybody near. ¡®Phew good thing no one was there, otherwise it''ll be embarrassing. Alright then, maybe I should try casting something small.¡¯ Thinking of a magic to use, I decided to cast what mom just casted earlier. ¡®Let''s see if what the books (in my old life) is correct then all I need to do is imagine,control it, and cast it. Since I can''t speak I''ll just do it chantlessly.¡¯ I imagine a ball of light like the one I saw earlier, then focused the mana on to my hand (somehow) ,and try to shape it into a form of a ball and.. ¡®Nothing huh? No matter I''ll just do it until I get it right!¡¯ I try it again, again, and again. I try it and failed so many times that I stop counting after the 12th, okay maybe not that much. You might be wandering why am I not sleepy yet, well maybe that''s because my passion for learning magic overcome my feeling of drowsiness. Well either that, or the fact that I slept through the story which mother told me in the middle of it and wake up when it ends. And at the 20tg attempt, i think. I finally did it! I finally create a ball of light at the size of my palm. ¡®Now that I know I can use magic, it''s time for me to try something.¡¯ I''ve once read in a book that the reason the MC able to create a useful/powerful magic is because the MC has the proper imagination, control, and the concept behind it. And I thought ¡®If the things I learn from those books are correct then I should be able to create one.¡¯ So with that I try to make one. The magic I''m about to use is the ability to control objects with my mind, in short. So with one of the books as the target I try to use it. I imagine the book move, use the mana around there and try to control it and I did it, one problem. It only move a little. ¡®Guess I should practice my control huh?¡¯ So with that in mind I practice my magics at every chance I get. A week later It''s been a month since I was born in this world, and it''s been a week since I''ve known that magic exist in here. Over the past week I''ve practice my magic at every chance I get, not forgetting to eat, and sleep when the time comes. The result of a week of practice is starting to show itself. Before I can only move the book a little with Telekinesis. But after a week I''ve now able to make it levitate, only for a little though. But I can say that my mana pool, power and of course my magic control has increase. Well that''s enough about my magic evaluation, now it''s the time to discuss about my family¡­ Again. Cecilica has been visiting me less, and lesser in each and everyday. She probably need to do some studying. And maybe learn some magic since she looked so excited when she talks about about magic. Mom also been visiting me lesser, the reason for that is because she accompany Cecilica on her studies. But in the little spare time she has she visit me, and reading me books. Although it''s a little boring, but it''s the though that counts right? Lyle also start to visit me, though he only glance at me for a while and leave without talking to me. I guess he''s pretty shy. In contrast to the other members, dad is the one who visit me more often. From the looks of it he had nothing to do since he always leave the stuffs other than fighting to mom. While he visit me, he always talks about his past, what happen today,and the plans for the days to come. Believe it or not, it''s more interesting than I thought it would be. I personally like the story of how mom and dad first met, well that''s another tale for another day. And beside those activities there''s actually nothing of importance that happened in here. Well either that, or I''m not aware of one. So to pass the days I repeatedly eat, sleep, and train each and everyday when no one is around (except for the eating part.). Chapter 2: 1 year old me It''s been a year since I was reincarnated to this world. More or less I guess. I haven''t see the birthday party yet so I''m not sure. Over the course of the year my body, magic, and even my mentality is increasing steadily which is surprising for the mentality part. Maybe it has something to do when I''m being feed¡­ you know what let''s just forget about that. My body is growing pretty nicely, my height is now 76 cm, and my weight is about 9 kg. I''m not sure about the weight part since weighing scale doesn''t exist in this world. Besides my height and weight, my bones, hair, and vocal cords are growing pretty nicely. And thanks to mom telling story every time she visit me I can now read! By the way, my hair is brown and my eyes are blue. I can now crawl around the house, and say simple words like ¡°Mama¡± but still wasn''t able to talk in sentences. Well all I need is more time right? Next about my magic progress. Since I''ve found out that I can make my magic more powerful and efficiently if I know the concept behind it if I use magic. I''m also able to make some magic as long as there¡¯s a vivid image of the idea. And since I have so many ideas I start using those magics and practice it so I''ll get used to it. The few magics that I learn in a yeae after i''m born are the basic elements (fire,water,earth,and wind),the more advance one (lightning, ice,light, darkness).l and of course I tried the non-attribute as well (Telekinesis) Out of all those attribute the one I find it easy to control are the non-attribute, light, and dark attribute. Maybe it has something to do with aptitude or something. It doesn''t mean that I can''t use the others it''s just that my control on the other''s are as bad as it can gets. It''s like I''m drawing with my non dominant hand. In my boredoom i tried to use the magic i think on like to enhance my body by circulating the mana in me, and or applying a thin armor over my body which is a hard thing to do. When I used and circulate the mana throughout my entire body, I need a lot of concentration to maintain it and since It''s taxing for kid less than a year old I decided to do it while in a single place one at a time and add more when I''ve increase my mastery. I could stop doing that and just use it like a thin armor, but if I do it''ll make the magic much weaker so I decided to keep practicing it. Since I can crawl now, i often go to dad''s office and read all of his books. Mom, and the maids who sees this probably think that I''m just doing it out of curiousity. From the books I now know a few things about this world. Like the time concept in here, which is basically the same as earth with the days in a single month become 30 while the months in a year become 10. So in total there are 300 days in a year, and no leap year. The thing that draws my attention is about the continents and the races in this world. There are 4 continents in this world, and each have various of species in them. There''s the Human continent, Magic continent, Beast continent, and the ancient continent. 4 of them are in North,west,east, and south respectively. The Human continent is like it''s name says, is the place where many humans live. There are some other races in here, and in some country they are either discriminated or treated as equal. The kingdom where I live in is called the Blueshere Kingdom, since the king don''t care about people''s races there''s no discrimination towards other races in here. As a proof of one of the maids here is part of the demon clan. Next is the Magic continent. This place is where all of those races who is good at magic and where demonic races live. There''s a lot of races in here but there''s only a few of them who are well known. They are the demons like devils, lichs, succubus,vampire, and dark elves. A case of literary theft: this tale is not rightfully on Amazon; if you see it, report the violation. The beast continent is where most of the demi-humans are but there''s also races who is good at magic. There are the elves, the treants, the pixies, the dwarves, the fairies, and probably the so called spirits. Last but not least is the ancient continent. It''s called this, because of the fact that almost everything in here are made or live in ancient times, and because of that there''s a lot of treasures and dangerous monsters. There are some few cities in here, and most of the people in here are the lizardmen, and according to book there''s also some dragonewt. Well i do learn other stuffs like history, politics and stuff but not wasn''t all that important at least for me that is. It''s a shame I can''t learn the economics of this world through books otherwise it''ll make it so much easier. While reading those books i used in order to take, and put the books from the shelves since i can''t reach them, and beside I''ll be able to increase my proficiency so It''s killing 2 birds with one stone. I only did this when I''m alone though. While reading a book, mom came in to the room. ¡°There you are Allen. You sure like to read books, I wonder if you can read them at all.¡± I ignore her words, and when I did she picked me up, and place the book on the shelf I tried to reach it with my hands but it was too far away. ¡°Maybe later okay? Right now mommy and the others have a little surprised for you.¡± Ahh, could this be!? Oh, who am I getting dramatic for just go already. With mom carrying me, we arrive to the dining room at the 1st floor, and when we did.. ¡°¡°Suprise!¡±¡± People at the house start saying that word. Do you guys think that a 1 year old infant can understand you? Or is it because you find this amusing? Mom sit on a chair with me on her lap and a cake with a candle on it in front of me. Dad then lit the candle, and backed away. ¡°Alright honey, blow the candle away.¡± Well you ask for it. I blow it with my mouth, but since it wasn''t enough I secretly use wind magic to blow it off. Since I''m not good with it, a breeze is the best I can do for now. Fortunately it was enough to blow away the fire When I successfully blow it, the maids and my family start clapping their hands. Then they approach me one by one and congratulate me on my birthday, which is awkward I guess. The first one to congratulate me is my father ¡°I hope that you''ll be strong enough to protect the people.¡± is what he wish for me Well that''s very¡­ knightly. The second one is my mother ¡°I hope that you''ll be kind towards the people you care.¡± Is what she wish. As expected of a mother, to have that kind of wish for her son. The third one is my big brother Lyle. ¡°I wish that you be smart so you won''t be deceived easily.¡± Honestly I didn''t expect this one. How can a kid like him talk like that. The fourth one is my sister Cecilica. ¡°I hope that you''ll be happy!¡± Guess that''s to be expected huh? After all she''s still a child. After the whole family members congratulate and wish for me, the maids start doing it one by one. After the congratulation ended, it''s time for me, I mean us to enjoy the cake and have some fun. Since I can''t eat solid food yet, I was given a milk instead. I''m pretty mad and sad because I can''t eat those delicious looking cake. All of them laugh and eat food,it was a sight that I think it wouldn''t be available in other nobles houses. Why? Because almost every nobles in here care for social standing, oops better not stray off for now. After we finish eating the cakes, and enjoying ourself we went back to our respective bedroom and sleep while the maids clean the mess first. Today I slept with mom and dad. It was a tiring day, but at least all of us had some fun. Chapter 2.1: Family time The next day After yesterday''s party, the maids at the house were given a day off by dad, my family activities for the day were suspended as well, so today we can have some family time. Right now all of us are in the living room hearing mom telling another story about hero. Cecilica listened to the story with excitement showed in her face., while both me and Lyle struggling with the boredo. I''m not really sure if that''s the case with Lyle, but I''m pretty sure that he didn''t like the story like me. Dad on the other hand slept after 2 minutes hearing the story. The look in mom face when he does that¡­ it''s scary. To occupy myself I start practicing magic. No, not the flashy one like creating a fireball, it''s just circulating mana, spread out thin armor, and lift things with . I''m suprised that no one found out about it. After mom finished telling the story, she wakes dad up with a frightening voice it makes me scared, but even with that dad didn''t woke up, instead he started to talk in his sleep about some girl. Hearing that moom was furious! She pinch dad nose, and when dad wokes up she begin to slap him over, and over again until his face became red. Me,Lyle, and even Cecilica became speechless, or rather we were afraid if we talk even the slightest we will receive the same thing, seriously what is she thinking showing this to her children. Since i can¡¯t and don¡¯t want to help dad,in exchange for that I pray that dad face will be normal again. After series of consecutive slaps, mom eventually stop and prepare for lunch dad''s face looks like he were hit a 1000 times. His face is all red now, and there''s some bruises on his cheek. I pity him, I really do. As proof I approach him and pat his swollen cheek. This may look ridiculous but it''s really the best thing i can do for now. Lyle, and Cecilica follow what I did, and comfort dad. He started to cry all of the sudden while we did this, honestly I''m pretty surprise. I mean would a grown man cry in front of a child? Well I do know a person with silver hair will probably do that though. Soon after mom called out for us and tells us that the food is ready. Dad wiping his tears, picked me up and with dad leading we went to the dining room. The lunch that mom made is a little bit¡­ nasty. Okay I''m kidding it''s totally nasty, all I see are black meat. ¡°Umm.. Honey. What''s this?¡± (Ferlike) ¡°Oh that? It''s my special grill meat.¡± (Cecilia) Seriously? I thought it was poisoned because of the black colour and the ominous aura. Yeah, ominous aura I can''t believe that food can have it must be one of those cursed chefs foods. You know the legendary people who no matter how much effort they put in cooking, all of the foods they make will turn black just by heating it. I can''t believe that mom is one of those many people. ¡°i-is that so? Then here I go.¡±(Ferlike) Dad bravely cut the meat with a knife, and then eat it. His hands were trembling as he did that, and incidentally so did I. I mean I know I wouldn''t eat that unless I have no choice. As soon as the meat enters dad''s mouth, I can see that it was so bad that he wants to puke but couldn''t. Fight on dad! Fight on! Lyle, and Cecilica stare blanky at the food. They''re probably thinking what will they do about the food. Good thing I''m still drinking milk, otherwise I''ll have the same trouble as they are having now. Well this is the first time I''m happy that I''m still drinking milk, I mean between the cursed food and milk? Of course I''ll choose milk, unless that milk is cursed too. A minute has passed and dad has finally finish swallowing the meat. I know it''s slow, but who could blame him? He just ate the legendary cursed food! The story has been taken without consent; if you see it on Amazon, report the incident. ¡°I think I''m gonna puke.¡± (Ferlike) ¡°What was that dear?¡± (Cecilia) ¡°N-nothing I was just saying how tasty it is.¡± (Ferlike) Congratulations dad! You just raised the bad event flag! Lyle who heard what dad just say takes full advantage of it, and started to talk. ¡°Mother, I''m still full from the cake yesterday. Is it alright for me to give my share to father?¡± (Lyle) Father face quickly darkened as he hear Lyle''s words. Cecilica catching up to the conversation also took the advantage. ¡°Me too! I''m so full, I think I''m going to explode!¡± (Cecilica) Dad''s face once again darkened as he hear Cecilica¡¯s words. Mom think gir a while and after a few moments she nod and talk. ¡°If both of you are really full then it''s okay, and since both of you are leaving the table can you take care of your little brother for a while?¡±(Cecilia) ¡°Yes!¡± (Cecilica) ¡°Of course.¡±(Lyle) Both of them answer her, and with mom nodding her head she let Lyle carry me and we left the table. While we''re leaving I can see dad''s face getting grimmer and grimmer as we leave. His look is so grim as if saying ¡°don''t leave me!¡± As we leave. For your bravery against the treacherous food I shall pray so you can survive and eat delicious foods afterwards. And if fate forbidden you to taste something good afterwards, well tough luck for you then. Me who was being carried by Lyle, and Cecilica who is following us, the 3 of us humming a song as we go. We went to Lyle''s room, and the room is actually different from what I though it would''ve be. The room was clean, and tidy. The books on the shelf are sort out according to the titles, and the author of the books. On the desk are a bunch of papers who I know what it is for piled tidily, with a quill and an ink beside them. The bed is tidy, and I see the chair and table are organise, and there''s no trash in here too. The more I look around the more I think that this room is for girls. ¡°Brother let me carry Allen!¡±(Cecilica) ¡°Okay, but make sure you don''t drop him.¡± (Lyle) ¡°Yes.¡± (Cecilica) She hand me over to Cecilica, and took out a book from his shelf. Cecilica curious about the book decided to ask. ¡°Brother what is that books about?¡±(Cecilica) ¡°Oh this? It''s a story book that I''ll be reading for today.¡± (Lyle) Cecilica tilted her head and ask ¡°Brother will read book, and tell story?¡± Lyle nod and say ¡°Mother always does this doesn''t she?¡±. Seeing Cecilica nod, he open the book and start reading The story is about a princess who live happily ever after. Of course I''m bored hearing that, and so does Cecilica. Only Lyle is the one who shows excitement. After the story finished Cecilica ask Lyle to read another book about hero and stuff. Lyle who seems like he''s weak to her sister start reading it. The day passed with Lyle telling us story. In the middle of it mom and dad also came in to the room. Dad had a face that looks like he had just face a torture. In fact I can see he''s skinnier than before, must be the effect of the curse food. Mom took over when Lyle finished telling the 4th story. She tells us another story as time pass. Before I knew it it was already night. Even with a single day spent like this, I was happy all of us are. Some family time isn''t so bad, I''m looking forward for the next one. ---------------------------------------------------- I''m not sure if this a real chapter or not because of how the story is, so I''m just going to put this as a side story. Chapter 3: 2 years later 2 years has passed since my birthday. Well it''s actually 2 years,4 months,21 days, and 6 hours after my birthday but hey, who has the time to count that right? Anywho in the span of 2 years my magic control has risen up pretty nicely. I can now cast 2 magic simultaneously, and what''s more I can use it with the attribute I''m not good at. Then again all of those magics I used are the simple ones like and creating a ball of light and such. So I don''t really know if it''ll be effective in combat. Now about the talk about my family. Basically it''s the same old happy and loving family, just a few differences. Lyle is getting busier with his studies, and only have a little time to spare to do anything else. In the morning he did some exercise and practice his sword with dad. At noon he has lessons with mom being the teacher. And in the afternoon he learn about etiquette. Even with that busy schedule he still able to spend some time with both me and Cecilica he treats us nicely too. Such a caring older brother. Cecilica although not as much Lyle is, is also getting busier too. In the morning she would receive lessons from mom, and at noon she receive some etiquette. She''s free for the rest of the day, and when she got bored she also come and visit me. But then again, if she''s really bored she''ll play with me, and ditch her lessons. I''m slightly worried of what will happen when she grows up, will she still behave like that? Mom, and dad are getting busier as well. They teach Lyle, and Cecilica on various things. They also have work to do, so the time I''m seeing them is lesser, but it''s not like I never saw them again. With all of my family getting busier I have more free time now. Which I spent on practicing magic , and read book. At one point I was being taught on how to read, and write but since I''ve already able to do that it didn''t took me long enough. In fact when mom, and dad saw me able to read, and write easily they were so happy that they begin to shout all of the sudden, which surprise everyone in the house including me. From the books which I read in my free time I have learn a few things too. Like the beasts and the herbs in this world, and some famous people too. There are 2 kinds of beasts and plants. First are the normal which are the ones like a normal wolf, or a daisy. The second one is the magical one. These types are far more rare than the average one. If i were to put it on a scale it''ll be 1:100 and that''s just the most common of magical beasts, and plants. The reason why they are called ¡°magical¡± is because they possess mana inside of them. They grow in places which had a high concentrate mana in the environment which they used in order to grow. The magical ones are not only rare but stronger too, and for the plants they have some sort of special abilities/characteristics. That''s because not only did they have mana inside of them which some were able to use them, but they also experience through some sort of mutation/evolution which increase they basic specs, and give some special characteristics So will one get anything out of it if one were to find it? Well of course they will! First of all all of the magical beasts have a mana stone somewhere in their body this is also true for the magical plants as well but they''re more useful for alchemy. Second, almost every part of their bodies are valuable. From the teeth, to the bones, even the bloods are useful. All of them are used for different things. For example the bones and scales are used to reinforce a weapon, while the furs are used for clothing. And finally there''s also the part where you''ll be famous if you killed a high ranking one. Which I probably won''t do becaus I have no reason to do so. Not only that, from the books I also know that there¡¯s alchemy in this world. You know, the profession where you can filtered some sand, extract the metal sand, and solidify them to an ingot. This narrative has been purloined without the author''s approval. Report any appearances on Amazon. The book didn''t really explain much of it, but from what I can tell all I need to do is to gather the ingredients, draw a magic circle (apparently can be skipped), then use some Alchemy skill to make what I want. Drawing magic circles, and using Alchemy skills may proof an obstacle but fortunately there''s a book which explained the basics of magic circle, and there''s also a book which tell the basic skills of Alchemy. And the other thing that I learned from the books, are poison, and plagues. I learn this in case of emergencies. The other reason why I learn this is because it''ll be extremely useful if I want to poison someone. There''s also stuffs like history of the kingdom, culinary books, martial arts guide book, and basic spells. But since I don''t really need them I just ignore them. Well maybe I''ll read last 2 once in a while. An now let''s go to the present. Right now me and Cecilica are being taught magic! You see the story goes like this. While I was practicing magic one of the maids saw me doing it, and report it to mom. At first mom didn''t believe it. I mean ¡°this is a 3 year old boy you know. How could he possibly learn magic?¡± Is what she said when she heard the report. The maid keep saying that it''s true and drag mom to my room. When she saw me using magic, the look on her face. It''s like as if see a ghost. Mom who saw this, decided to find a suitable teacher for me. The problem is, no one will believe that a 3 year old kid is able to use magic they''ll just think mom is one of those doting parent who think their son is a genius, and left. Which is why mom used introduce Cecilica instead of me. The purpose of this is not only will they''ll be able to find a teacher for me, but the teacher will also believe it. Beside Cecilica also want to learn magic so it''s 2 birds with 1 stone. So after a seriously searching, we finally found one! But the teacher wasn''t exactly what I hope it would be. ¡°That''s not it young lady, do it again.!¡±(teacher) ¡°Ughh..¡± (Cecilica) Instead of some loli, tsundere, girl. The teacher that mom find was the old, grumpy, and nasty woman. Kind of a let down really. ¡°Now, how about young master try.¡±(teacher) ¡°No, I rather not.¡± ¡°It''s okay if you fail. After all a 3 year old boy using magic? It''s an absurd thing in the first place.¡± (Teacher) Hoo, you''re underestimating me? Fine then if that''s the case prepare to be amazed! ¡°Okay.¡± I held out my right hand, and begin to used magic but first. ¡®Come to think of it, I heard it from dad that using magic chantlessly is a rare thing. Maybe I should use a chant?¡¯ I pondered for a while, and finally came to a conclusion. ¡®Then again, it''s just bothersome so I''ll just say the spell name.¡¯ I gather the mana on to my palm, and from there a ball of light appear. ¡°¡± ¡°!!!¡±(teacher) The teacher showed a surprised look. Hahaha, I did told you to prepared to be amaze. Oh wait, I said it in my mind so there''s no way she heard it. After a minute I make the ball of light disappear. Then I saw the face of the teacher, and Cecilica¡¯s face. Yup, they''re definitely surprised. Cecilica then run towards me, and hug me. While the teacher is standing with a surprised look on her face. ¡°That''s amazing Allen!¡± (Cecilica) ¡°I-impossible!¡± (Teacher) Hearing the teacher''s saying that, I can''t help but smirk. That''s what you get for underestimating me you old hag! After successfully complete the mission which I made up in a minute, I went back to my room after excusing myself. Why you ask? That''s because I''m sleepy that''s why. Truth be told I didn''t get much sleep because I keep reading books without rest, and when I want to mom came in and said that she has found a teacher for me and Cecilica. So after I return to my bedroom, I fell asleep. Ahh, the first good sleep I had in a while Chapter 4: A week has passed since the the new teacher came in, or should I say ex-teacher. Yeah ex-teacher, after 5 days of teaching us she quits. There''s a lot of reasons why she did that, but I only remember 2 of them. The first one is because of how abnormal I am. Not only am I able to use magic, but I can use every element and control them well which is rare according to what she says. I don''t know what''s rare about that, I mean I''m still struggling to control the elements I''m bad at, and isn''t using them is natural? I need to search this one up. The second reason is because of how hard it is to teach Cecilica. Like I''ve said before both of us learn magic from the same teacher. Which mean, with someone that''s hard to teach, and someone who is so weird (I don''t know what''s weird about it though) it''s only natural that the teacher will struggle to teach them, and eventually quit. Honestly I didn''t think she''ll be able to hold on that long. I honestly think that she''ll quit on the 3rd day. No I''m not underestimating her, it''s what I honestly think after I saw how hard it is to teach Cecilica magic. Want to know how hard it is? Then imagine you''re teaching a highschool material to a 6 year old kid. The normal ones, not the genius ones. It''s not the material that''s hard, in fact I think it''s easy. No, my past memories has nothing to do with this, it''s purely based on experience. Afterall the material she taught us are magic related stuff. It''s just show that Cecilica is bad at studying. Since our teacher quit, we have more free times in our hand, and with nothing to do I just keep practicing my magic, and read some books. Cecilica also keep practicing her magic, and when she''s done she''ll come and play games like tag with me. Since the teacher left mom started to look for another teacher. Which show no progress nor whatsoever. Putting aside all of those things, right now me and my family (every member) are riding on a carriage and are now heading to the capital. Yeah, I didn''t see this one coming. I don''t know the reason for that, but I did hear dad mention about attending someone important party. Must be one of those royalties birthday. The road itself isn''t the smoothest, but at least it''s not that bumpy to the point where it''ll obstruct me on my reading. Mom, dad, and Lyle are talking about something while Cecilica look at the scenery outside. Ignoring Cecilica, it''s rare for mom,dad, and Lyle talking something and from what I hear it''s something important. Well, whatever it is it won''t have anything to do with me. As we busy ourselves in our activities before we know it, we already arrive to the capital. ¡®Hmm,it''s really like what dad says.¡¯ The city is surrounded by a wall that''s about 50m high. There''s 4 entrances to the city, and all of them are guarded by knights and there''s a lot of people in line in each of them. We wait in the carriage, until a guard came to inspect the carriage. ¡°Please show your identification please.¡±(Guard) ¡°Certainly¡±(Ferlike) Dad gave the guard his id, or should I say the family crest. Apparently all nobles (the high ranking ones) has family crest each of their own, which serve as proof that they''re a noble. I was surprised when I found out about this. I mean, he did said that we''re just a low ranking noble so I took it to the heart when he said that. Now that I think about it, he always has a lax attitude, and think what he have and done as something small. On hindsight I should probably expect this. After the guard verified the crest, he gave it back to dad and let us proceed to the city. ¡®There''s a lot of people in here huh?¡¯ Looking outside through the window, I can see that the streets are crowded with all kinds of people. There are bunch of kids playing tag, a merchant who''s unloading the items from his carriage, and there''s also some sellers who sold foods too. This content has been misappropriated from Royal Road; report any instances of this story if found elsewhere. ¡®I wonder just how long till we arrive.¡¯ While keeping that to myself, I resume and read the book in my hand. -- ¡°Allen, wake up. We have arrive.¡± The carriage stop, and mom wake me up. That''s weird, did I fell asleep while reading? Oh well, let''s not think of the small stuffs. We stopped in front of a mansion, that''s about as twice as big as our house. For the record, the house we lived in is about 30x50 m. I''m not really sure, but I do know that our house is about 3 times as large as a normal house. Dad talk to the gatekeeper of the mansion, and showed him the family crest. He open the gate, and we proceed and enter the mansion. ¡°Umm, mom where are we?¡± I asked her in a low voice. ¡°Oh, i forgot this is the first time for you silly me.¡±(Cecilia) ¡°So, where are we?¡± ¡°You''ll find out soon enough.¡± (Cecilia) Yeah, I don''t really like where this is going. The carriage stop in front of the front door. All of us exit the carriage and the drive put down our luggage and left. A few minutes later an old man with white hair and beard that''s look like an old pirate captain, came out with several maids behind him. ¡°Grandpa!¡± (Cecilica) Cecilica ran toward him and hug him. Wait, so this is where my grandparents live in? How come they''re house is better than us? ¡°Hahaha! you''ve grown a little big haven''t you Cecilica.¡± (grandpa) ¡°Of course I do! Everyday I drink a lot of milk, so if course I''ll grow!¡±(Cecilica) ¡°Is that so? Oh Lyle, how are you doing lad.¡±(grandpa) ¡°Quite well grandfather.¡± (Lyle) ¡°No need to be so formal child, we''re family! Even your old man doesn''t do that.¡±(grandpa) ¡°If you say so.¡± (Lyle) He laugh once again hearing Lyle words. This old man, does he have some sort of sickness? Or is it just his nature to laugh at everything? He notice me and take a good look at me, and approach me. ¡°So you must be Allen right? How about you give your grandpa a hug?¡±(grandpa) He openbhis arms and said that to me with a smile on his face. This is¡­ the part where I''m suppose to hug him right? A few seconds later he hug me without giving me a chance to refuse him. Come on! Releasee already! ¡°Shy one aren''t you, doesn''t matter. Come, all of you must be tired after the long journey right? You can rest in the vacant room for now, the maids will call when it''s time for dinner.¡±(grandpa) The maids picked up our luggage, and guide us to the vacant room as we go. ¡®This is nothing like our house.¡¯ The mansion is not only big, but has a beautiful interior as well. The floors are made from marbles which is rare in here, and the wall are painted in white with many decorations on them. If I were to compare my house and this one, then this house will be the winner by a margin too. ¡°Here we are.¡±(maid) After a few minutes of walking we finally arrive to the room. The maids put the luggage inside, and quickly left after they''ve done that. We enter the room, and rest waiting for the maid to call us for dinner. In the meantime I read the book that I read while we were travelling. A few minutes later a maid called us telling us it''s time for dinner. We went to the dining room, and grandpa is already there waiting for us. We take a sit, and eat. We finished dinner, and just when all of us are returning to the room. Grandpa called mom and dad to have a chat, and have a maid guide us instead. Looks like they have something important to talk about. When we''re back to the room, the 3 of us wait for mom and dad butnin the end all of us fell asleep while waiting. Chapter 5: I woke up the next day with my sister asleep beside me, and brother reading a book while sitting in the chair. Noticing that I woke up he close the book on his hand. ¡°Hm? You''re already awake? Well that''s fast.¡± (Lyle) ¡°Where''s mom and dad?¡± ¡°Downstairs, they''re talking about something important right now.¡± (Lyle) Something important huh? Well if it''s mom then it''ll be pretty normal, but why does dad tag along too? I mean he''s only good at fighting, and I''ve never seen him talks about politics so, why? ¡°Ohh, what are you reading?¡± ¡°Oh this? It''s a book about the blueshere kingdom.¡±(Lyle) So it''s about that huh? Well I don''t really care about history so I won''t ask more about it, but where did he get that? I''m pretty sure I''m the only one who bring a book when we left. ¡°Where did you get that?¡± ¡°I got it from grandpa''s personal library. He''s quite a book maniac you see.¡± (Lyle) A personal library huh? I wonder if there''s a book about magic, and alchemy. Back in the house all of the books are about the basic elements, so it''ll be pretty good if there''s a book about the advance ones. I can pretty much get a grip on the basic ones, and the non-attribute one but for the advance ones? Not so much. Bseide I''m already reach the bottleneck right now, and I see no way to breakthrough it. And it''ll be pretty great if there''s a book about Alchemy. I''m interested to become an alchemist, after all who wouldn''t be interested in making potions and poisons? Not me.l, that''s for sure. ¡°Say, where-¡± *rumble* A rumbling sound came out from my stomach. Lyle who heard this had a smile on his face, I know it''s embarrassing but please don''t smile. ¡°Wait here I''ll go get some food.¡± (Lyle) He put his book on the desk, and left the room. Several minutes later he came back with 2 plates of food. Cecilica wake up when the food arrive, and her stomach start to grumble as well, so brother left the room and get another plate. When he got back, the 3 of us are our breakfast together in the room. I asked him why aren''t we eating with the others. Apparently they are still discussing about something which is really something considering how long have they discussed about it. After we finished eating breakfast we took a bath together. Of course I tried to refute it, but both Lyle and Cecilica were against it so in the end all 3 if us took a bath together. Nothing unusual happen while we''re in the bathroom. We only washbour bodies, and left when we''re done. We then wear the clothes that the maids gave us. It''s just your standard, hard to move, and for no apparent reason has many accessories outfit. No seriously, it''s a darn pain to wear this, and apparently my both my brother and sister are non the same page as me so brother request the maid to gave us the casual clothes that is in our luggage. Good job bro! After we wear the clothes we head downstairs to meet our parents. --- ¡°Well this is annoying.¡± ¡°What was that?¡±(Lyle) ¡°Nothing brother.¡± Currently all of us ( Lyle,Cecilica, and me) are taking a stroll around town. You see, when we met up with our parents. They said that they have something important to do, and told us to take a walk around town, gave us some money so we can buy stuff too. I don''t know what is so important for you to neglect your children, but I guess they have their reason. You were wondering why is there no maid, or guard to accompany us right? Well that''s because my brother told them not to. Stolen content alert: this content belongs on Royal Road. Report any occurrences. Well it''s not like that there''s no one following us, it''s just that they did it secretly. In fact I happened to spot the gatekeeper spying on us all this time. Well, since he''s not doing anything yet, I won''t act for now that is. That aside, I''m so tired just by walking around for 10 minutes. Maybe that''s because Cecilica keep visiting every stalls we pass through while dragging the 2 of us. I don''t really hate it, but I would''ve appreciate if she took note of my stamina. It''s a good thing I can replace that with mana, otherwise I''ll be breathing hard right now. ¡°Say brother, isn''t it time for us to take a break?¡± Truth be told, even if I can use mana to replace my stamina that doesn''t mean that I won''t be exhausted. If I used mana to replace it, then my mentality will be worn out. ¡°You''re right, how about we buy some food and sit over there?¡± (Lyle) ¡°Sure.¡± The 3 of us bought some meat skewer and sit on a nearby bench. The skewer isn''t that tasty compare to what I''ve been eating all the time, then again in this world I''m a noble. After we finished eating the skewer, we continue to walk around town while visiting each stall that we came around too. When we walked around, a man from out of no where bump Lyle and quietly left but.. ¡°Would you kindly return the money you stole from me?¡± (Lyle) The man turn back when Lyle said that, and with a grin on his face he begin to talk. ¡°I don''t know what you''re talking about boy.¡±(man) ¡°Don''t lie to me, I know you bump on me on purpose to steal my money. Now just quietly return the money will you.¡±(Lyle) ¡°I don''t know what are you talking about, and what proof do you have that I stole your money?¡±(man) He deny Lyle words while grinning. Ahh, so he''s trying to play dumb huh? In that case I guess I''ll do a little trick in you. ¡°Brother let''s go back.¡± I told him that while grabbing his clothe. ¡°Why-¡±(Lyle) ¡°Big bro let''s go, I''m hungry.¡± As if noticing my intention he nodded, and while holding my hand and Cecilica''s we walk away. I look back and saw the man smiling on his success. Fufufu, I wonder how will he react on this. I quietly gather the mana around the pouch, and apply pressure on to the pouch then a few seconds later the pouch burst releasing all of the coins. Not bad for the first time if I do say so myself. With the coins scatter to the ground a bunch of people came and collect them. The man was pissed, he was so pissed I can see his blood vein pop''s up. Take that you scum! ¡°Hey you!¡±(man) The 3 of us stopped at the man''s word, and turn back. ¡°You, you did something didn''t you!?¡±(man) Lyle looked at me when he heard that. I wink at him, and a smile showed on his face. ¡°I don''t know what you''re talking about, and do you have any proof that I''m the one who did that?¡± (Lyle) Nice comeback! The man hearing his own words bounce back to him snapped and got mad. ¡°Why you!¡±(man) The man ran toward us while holding a knife. Seeing that I quickly used earth magic to trap the man''s foot, and he quickly fell when he did. The the gatekeeper who tailed us finally came out with several guards after it happened and arrest the man. We then went back home with the gatekeeper escorting us. Today, is a fun day. I wonder if tomorrow will be the same. Chapter 6: Say, remember when Lyle said that my parents and grandpa are discussing something important? I know i do. Turns out the important thing that they''re discussing about is nothing more than the princess birthday, and 2 more things. Believe it or not the other 2 is much more shocking than the birthday part. You probably think why would it take so long right? Well here''s the rundown of the story. First of all the princess birthday matter was quickly put aside that night when they started discussing, after all it''s only a party. Then what they discussed next is about Lyle''s fianc¨¦. Yes, fianc¨¦ the thing that even me who is 15 year old (in my old life) with good grades didn''t have one. Honestly I''m a little bit jealous. I''m not really surprised by it, afterall in amost of the books I''ve read before in my old life such thing is normal in medieval times, and fantasy world. Okay, I have doubt when it comes to the fantasy part, but I''m pretty sure I''m right in the medieval part. What they discussed about that, isn''t the part what family does the other party come from, or how much power does she hold, or any of those noble priority stuff. What they discussed was something more like when will they meet, what will the plans be in the distant future, and so on. And then comes the topic which cost them a lot of time. It''s about the territory on what grandpa control. I was quite surprised when I heard that, so I ask him what is his job is. Turns out he''s a Marquis, a Marquis! One of the higher nobles, below only to the royal family and the Duke. By the way the social standing in this world is: Royal family¡ú Duke ¡ú Marquis¡ú Earl¡ú Count¡ú Viscount¡ú Baron¡ú Chevalier The royal family bestow the higher nobles (Duke,Marquis, Earl, count) a territory of their own. And the lower nobles (Viscount,Baron,Chevalier) are given a portion of land from the higher nobles which they affiliates to. The nobles with higher social standing will have a bigger territory compare to the lower ones, and will given more benefits such as the exemption of tax. Of course the responsibilities will also rise, and it''s necessary for the lord of the territory to stay in their territory, unless that something important is happening. In this case the princess birthday. By the way, apparently my father hold the title of Baron, and it would seem that the family crest that dad showed are not dad''s but grandpa''s. He just happen to have one since we''re given a territory by grandpa, and it''s because we''re a family. And here I thought that dad has a title of an earl or higher, well guess this serve as a lesson to not jump into a conclusion. Now where was I? Oh yea, apparently the territory that grandpa manage lack funds to operate, and they need a way to resolve it. Not only that, but the food in grandpa''s territory also declining because of the beasts destroying the crops, and the ones that are left are the untasty ones Regarding this I do have the solution for the money part, but who would believe a 3 year old kid right? Putting all of those aside, right now I''m all alone with grandpa and the maids in the house. Hm, maybe ¡°all alone¡± isn''t the right word for this. You''re probably wondering why right? That''s because my family are now having a meeting with Lyle''s fianc¨¦ family. The author''s narrative has been misappropriated; report any instances of this story on Amazon. So why didn''t I come with them? That''s because according to grandpa I''m just going to be a bother. Frankly I have to agree with grandpa. Not not about me being a bother, but about me no going with them. I mean if I did come with them what will I do? Play with my sister? Well that''s not so bad, but I find it much more satisfying to stay in the mansion. Mom hearing that was pretty mad, but in the end all of it settle down with me staying in the mansion with grandpa. All thanks to my easy going dad. Seriously he break the argument by saying ¡°it''s only a while, and your pops haven''t played with him since he was born right?¡±. Mom didn''t argue anymore when she hear dad''s words. Well that''s good, but dad. You really don''t have any manner/ fear huh? Saying that to mom''s dad who is a Marquis. So with mom,dad,Lyle, and Cecilica gone I''m now in grandpa''s library reading books with grandpa. ¡°Say grandpa don''t you have any books beside story books?¡± ¡°Of course I do, but you won''t be able to understand them.¡±(grandpa) ¡°But..¡± ¡°I''m really bored hearing this stupid stories!¡± is what I wanted to say, but of course I can''t bring myself to it. Still, if you''re wandering just how bad is it let me tell you something. Imagine you''re hearing a kid''s story book for like 20 times in a row. And all of the stories are about a hero came from another world to kill the demon lord, and finally succeeded after go on an adventure with his comrade. You know the typical transported to another world story where everyone in the end is happy, and the MC got a harem in the process too. I wonder just how many times have I heard this clich¨¦ of an event. So you can see why do I want to say that, and why am I asking him if there''s another book. ¡°Hmm, how about you choose one of the books from here and read it. After that I''ll ask you a few things, and if you can answer it I''ll give it to you.¡±(grandpa) ¡°Really!?¡± My eyes sparkled a bit when I said that. Then again, I can''t see my own eyes so I''m not sure. ¡°Yes,yes. Now hurry up and choose one.¡± (Grandpa) ¡°Okay!¡± I look around the library while searching for books related to magic and Alchemy. ¡®Hmm, should I choose advance magic theory? Or should I choose the Alchemy one. Darn if I can choose 2 then I''ll be over this in a flash.¡¯ I think for a while and consider what book will I choose. Then, from the shelf I see a book that look interesting, and read it. ¡®Hm? The Book of Wisdom? I wonder what''s inside.¡¯ I took the book, and open it. And when I read it.. ¡®Nothing? Should''ve expect that this books is a fraud.¡¯ ¡®Who''re you calling a fraud!¡¯ I look around to see if there¡¯s anybody around, and found no one. ¡®Is it just imagination? Or perhaps¡¯ I looked at the book for a while, and think of the possibility that the books is talking, and quickly deny it. ¡®Yup, must be my imagination. There''s no way a book can-¡¯ ¡®I heard that you fool!¡¯ The voice became louder when I said that. More importantly he¡¯s mad at me when I deny the possibility which mean. ¡®You have got to be kidding me..¡¯ Chapter 7: Book of Wisdom ¡®You have got to be kidding me.¡¯ Ok, is there any chance that this is an omniscient book, that can talk and guide me as I go through this journey call life? ¡­ yeah, there''s no way right? I mean what are the odds that this is a talking book in the first place. ¡®What are you thinking about human¡¯ Another voice resounded on my head. Wow,must be one of those ¡°many unexplained voice in my head¡± day. ¡®Answer me!¡¯ Ahh, the sound just got louder and angrier. Wonder if he''s mad about something. ¡®Human, answer me already. It''s pretty tiring to wait you know.¡¯ ¡®Umm, are you talking to me?¡¯ ¡®Who do you think I''m talking to?¡¯ Meh, make sense. It''s not like there''s a lot of people who can hear someone''s voice through their head or something. ¡®Soo, can you tell me where you are? Cause talking to someone who isn''t here, is pretty uncomfortable you see.¡¯ ¡®Foolish human, have you not realize who I am?¡¯ ¡®Umm, no? That''s why I asked you to show yourself.¡¯ ¡®You can''t even figure it out? As I expect, you humans truly are foolish.¡¯ ¡®Just answer me.¡¯ ¡®Very well. I am the Book of Wisdom, the holder of knowledge and wisdom of the world.¡¯ Huh, who knew that It''s legit. Really, who knew? I always thought that things like this are just a myth, then again I am in another world with magic and fantasy creatures. ¡®Hmph, are you so amazed that you can''t speak?¡¯ ¡®Sort of. Anyway if you''re the ¡°holder of knowledge and wisdom of the world¡± then you can answer a few things right?¡¯ ¡®Of course I can. Come on, on with it.¡¯ Hmm, I wonder what should I ask about. Alchemy? Advance magic? Meh, it''s not like I''ll be in any disadvantage nor whatsoever. ¡®Then can you tell me the basic skills of Alchemy?¡¯ ¡®Hahaha, you''re holding a book that contain knowledge, and wisdom of the world yet all you ask is for a mere basics of Alchemy?¡¯ ¡®Umm, yeah?¡¯ It''s not like I''m interested in anything else you know, for now at least. ¡®Fufufu, either you''re the most interesting human I''ve met in my life or you''re the dumbest one.¡¯ ¡®I think I''m the interesting one. I''m not stupid, I mean I can already use mental arithmetic quite easily.¡¯ ¡®Is that so? Well whatever I don''t really care.¡¯ ¡®Well that''s harsh, anyway how do you teach me the basic? Is it like you''re telling me telepathically, or are you just gonna-¡¯ ¡®Like this.¡¯ The next second without even knowing how, I ended up in a room filled with books, and papers. I don''t see my body anywhere, and I don''t recognize the place. When I tried to touch something it goes right through me. After a few seconds a man showed up, and start making a potion using Alchemy. From drawing the circles, to the procedure, and even until the result I saw everything, and somehow able to comprehend it. Even I don''t know why and how I ended up understand it. After the image (or should I say the movie) came to an end I''m back in the libary. ¡®What did you-¡¯ In the next second I fell on my knees, and doesn''t have any strength to stand. As if my whole energy just, disappear. ¡®Hmm, I''m surprised you''re still conscious. Most people would''ve probably die, or stay unconscious for a few weeks if they''re lucky enough.¡¯ Die? Stay unconscious? What the heck is he talking about? ¡®Explain.¡¯ I asked in a cold tone. Even I can be mad, after knowing I can die from that. ¡®Alright, alright. Remember the image you saw when you ask me to teach you Alchemy?¡¯ This content has been unlawfully taken from Royal Road; report any instances of this story if found elsewhere. ¡®Yeah, what does that has to do with it.¡¯ ¡®Well, how should I put it. You know magic weapons right?¡¯ ¡®Yeah so?¡¯ ¡®Think of me as a magic weapon, and try figure it out.¡¯ I pondered at what he said to me. Magic weapons, think of him as a magic weapon huh? If what I remember is correct, then magic weapons are weapons who can amplify the user¡¯s power, and give a special attribute/ cast a magic by using mana. And he told me to treat him like a magic weapon, which mean that the image I saw was his skill...Wait, don''t tell me. ¡®So you''re telling me that the image I saw was your skill, and in order to activate that skill you use my mana as the cost?¡¯ ¡®I''m not sure I''m telling you about anything, but basically yeah.¡¯ Seriously? You''re telling me just from a single skill I almost used all of my mana? I''m pretty sure the amount of mana I used to practice everyday doesn''t reach that much. ¡®You look quite shock aren''t you?¡¯ ¡®Obviously, I mean who wouldn''t be shocked knowing that they can die just because of a single skill mana consumption.¡¯ ¡®True, so is there anything else master?¡¯ Huh? Did he just call me master? What''s up with that? ¡®What''s wrong master?¡¯ ¡®Umm, why are you calling me master?¡¯ ¡®Because you''re the one who picked me up.¡¯ ¡®Then isn''t grandpa suppose to be your master?¡¯ ¡®Hahaha, I forgot about it. You see, to become my master you need to fulfill 2 conditions.¡¯ Fulfill 2 conditions? Why the heck does someone need to fulfill 2 conditions just to be your master? ¡®So? What are the conditions?¡¯ ¡®The first one, is that you need to have a huge amount of Mana just to hear me. While the second one, you need be alive after you experience the ¡®image¡¯¡¯ ¡®You mean the one I saw before?¡¯ ¡®Yeah, first I show the image of which you desire, show it to you, and if you live you become my master. Easy and simple right?¡¯ It''s true for the simple part, but for the easy part I think you''re just being sarcastic.¡¯ ¡°Allen, are you done yet?¡± (Grandpa) I can hear grandpa voice as he get closer. Guess need to wrap this up. ¡®Well it''s I put you back to the shelf. It''ll be bad if grandpa saw you and know what you can do.¡¯ ¡®Master, just imagine me being stored inside your body. That way you can summon me, and remove me as you wish.¡¯ ¡®Why?¡¯ ¡®Because it''s boring in here, and it''s one of my duties to stay by my master side.'' ¡®Fair enough, are you sure it''ll work?¡¯ ¡®Definitely.¡¯ I did what he just told me and imagine him being stored in my soul. It''s tricky but I manage to do it in the end. Quickly after I did that grandpa came. When he did, I grab the book about Alchemy, and then grandpa ask me all sorts of questions about the book. I didn''t exactly read the book, so I get it wrong every time. Since we have an agreement I can''t read anything than those story books because I failed to answer all of his questions, but that''s not a problem though. Afterall I got this talking book, who is a thousand times more helpful than a normal one. Probably. ---------------------------------------------------- Sorry I haven''t post for a few days. Blame it on those pesky tests. And for those of you who read this, please note that I''ll probably start posting these chapters less frequently since I have a lot of things to do. Chapter 8: In the end mom, and the others came back so late I ended up sleeping with grandpa. With all of the snores he made, it''s pretty uncomfortable to sleep. Originally I plan on to practice my magic while grandpa''s asleep, but with how perceptive he is I wasn''t able to do that. So I just get some rest, and fell asleep. When morning comes, grandpa woke me up with his loud voice. I don''t know if he''s doing it on purpose or not, but it''s seriously hurting my ears. After I woke up, and take a shower a few maids came to the room bringing today''s breakfast. Like yesterday the food was delicious! After we had breakfast grandpa took me out for a walk around town, a change of pace is good once in a while,and I''m really bored so might as well went along with it. We head out with clothes that are decent enough. It''s not as fancy as what nobles would usually wear, but it''s not that bad compare to the commoners in the capital. Before we leave I take a look where my family''s is, all of them were sleeping, and peacefully too. So I decided to leave quietly without making any sound. We look around the capital, bought some foods along the way, and take a rest once in a while. We visit several places like the church, a clothes store, a book store, a weapons store, and to some guilds like the merchant guild, the craftsmen guild, and of course the most common guild on fantasy world the adventure guild. Whhen I saw the adventure guild, I ask him the rules, and the conditions to join them Grandpa doesn''t know what the rules are but he did know that everyone can be an adventure when they turn 10. I''m surprised they allow kids at 10 to be an adventure at first, but that quickly fade away when grandpa told me the reason. It seems that kids from the age of 10 can be an adventure as long as there''s someone above 15 to watch, and help us. If there''s no one to do that, then the guild will have one of their staff monitor them, or paired them up with some random adventure. Make sense if you ask me, who on their right mind would let children go hunting without anyone to supervise? After our little tour came to an end we head back to the mansion to eat lunch. As soon as we arrived to the mansion, a maid comes and told us that lunch is ready and all of my family members are waiting for us in the dining. We went to the dining room, and took a sit. Mom, and Cecilica ask me what were we doing, while dad and Lyle are talking about something with grandpa. The maids then came, while bringing our food and placed them on the table. Grandpa said a few words, and permit us to eat While we were eating, Cecilica told us what she did yesterday at Lyle''s fianc¨¦ house, and then it''s Lyle''s turn, after that mom''s, next dad, and then grandpa''s. Finally it¡¯s my turn to share my story, so I did with a few alteration, and hide some things like meeting with Whis. By the way Whis is the book I found yesterday. I named it Whis, because it''s a lot more easier to call him that. At first he didn''t really like hearing that, but eventually he got used to it. After we finish eating our lunch, we split around and do things. Mom, and Cecilica go on shopping, Lyle, dad, and grandpa are outside sparring, while I coped up in my room practicing my magic. It''s lonely I know. Royal Road is the home of this novel. Visit there to read the original and support the author. After a few minutes I start practicing magic, It¡¯s time to try Alchemy but first of all I need some ingredients, something to draw with, a pot, and something to put the potion on to. So I went to the kitchen to fetch those things. I ask the maids to give me a few bottles for the potion, a pot to put the ingredients, and finally I search around the kitchen to get the ingredients that I needed. Luckily, I found the ingridients that I need to make the potion. After I got what I needed I return to my room. I put he pot on the floor, and start preparing the ingredients. Before I pdecided he ingredients, I make sure that none of them are rotten. ¡®Hmm, now what?¡¯ ¡®Since the potion you''re trying to make are the basic one you can just start making them without using magic circle to transmute, and refine them.¡¯ ¡®Well that''s good, cause I don''t really understand the whole transmuting, and refining thing.¡¯ I check around, and make sure that no one is around and start making the potion. With all the ingredients inside the pot, I use water magic ,pour the water to the pot, and heat it with fire magic and make sure not to overheat it. I stir the ingredients by using water magic. The reason I did this is because because it''s more practical this way, even though it cost more mana than usual. While stirring, I make sure that the ingredients are dissolved and mix them well with the water. It took, quite some time to do this. After finishing mixing them, I poured them to the bottles, and make sure there''s nothing left. The result? There are 6 healing potions (According to what Whis said) and are ready to be consumed. Problem is I have no way to test it out if this thing works or not, so I decided to go to the backyard and have Lyle,dad, or grandpa to try it. I know it''s a horrible thing to do, but I''m not willing to taste something I''m not sure of. When I arrived to the backyard, Lyle,dad, and grandpa are resting. Grandpa notice me, and ask me. What am I doing there. I told him that I try to make some potions, and ask him to try it. He didn''t quite believe what I just said, and are having doubt to taste them. I suppose it''s natural. Lyle then suddenly take the potion from my hand, and drank it. That''s.. Pretty brave. After he drink the potion, the cuts on his arms are starting to close, and the bruise are returning to normal. Grandpa was surprised when he saw that, and ask me if I have more of them. I told him, that I have about 4 left, and gave them to grandpa. I''m keeping one, in case of emergencies if you''re wondering why I gave him 4 instead of 5. After he inspect the potion, he gave 3 of them to the maid and told her to sell it to the market. One of the maids came and called us for dinner, so we went to the dining room and have dinner with mom, and Cecilica in there as well. While we were having dinner, all of us talk what happened today. Mom, and Cecilica were quite surprised when they heard that. After dinner end we head back to our respective rooms and sleep. Today was enjoyable. Chapter 9 It''s 11.00 am (I think) and me and my whole family are searching around town and visiting every shop in the city. All to find a present for a girl. Not, not for my sister my brother fianc¨¦, and it''s certainly no for my mother. Instead it''s for the country''s 4th princess. Apparently she''s going to have her birthday tomorrow. Since every nobles are obliged to send a present to the royal family we''re now searching for one. Usually for this kind of occasion you''ll already find a gift a week before the big day, then again my family doesn''t really care about that so we ended up forgetting it. Actually if it weren''t for the head maid telling us that, I''m pretty sure that everybody won''t remember. We looked through all bunch of stores, from the normal ones, to the expensive ones to find a suitable dress for the princess.I don''t know what my parents are thinking when they went to a normal clothe store to find a dress for the princess. Because it''s pretty boring to be dragged on to different stores all the time, I end up making Whis do the ¡°image¡± again. I know it''s risky, and plain stupid to use it again, after I''m so close to death but it''s the most effective way to learn. Besides I''m only using it once my mana is fully recharged so nothing harmful, I think. The things that I learn are about magic circles, and more things about Alchemy. Yeah, turns out what I learned before are only how to make potion, not things like refining the ingredients, transmutation, and some other things. I also learn a few facts about the ¡°image¡±. The first one is that image will only show you the thing you wish to know. I learn this the when I''m about to try making a higher level potion. The second one, is that image will only be available as long as the book knows the knowledge that the user seek. I got this info, when I tired to ask the book about electricity. The third one, is having enough mana to use it. Well I guess this is obvious since it''s pretty similar tonhoww magic weapons work. And the last one, is that the user mind must be strong enough to withstand receiving the knowledge. I learn this when I overused it. Thee first, and the second one is a real bummer. Not only won''t I be able to learn things that I might want to learn, but I have to learn things specifically as well. The third, and the fourth didn''t really surprise me, in fact I pretty much expect it. But, I do wonder just how much mana do I posses I mean Whis said that the ¡°image¡± will cost about at least 2 times of a normal adult. Continuing, after 5 hours or so all of us found our presents for tomorrow except for me since I''m still a child. Which is good considering that I have to give a present if I''m not one. Grandpa bought a story book, dad bought a pair of shoes, mom bought a dress, while Cecilica, and Lyle bought accessories for the princess. At least it''s decent, and not something weird. After that, we went to a restaurant to have dinner. The food was delicious, but I prefer the ones at the mansion. Then we head back to the mansion, and retire for the night. *** The next day, we pretty much laze around the house and rest for tonight¡¯s event. We occupy ourselves by doing various activities. Mom, and Cecilica they''re taking a walk around town. Grandpa,dad, and Lyle are having a spar with each others. While I coped up in my room practicing magic, learning things from Whis, and making some potions. Then when night comes, all of us start preparing for the party. Unfortunately, I have to come as well, though I don''t see the reason why. Love this story? Find the genuine version on the author''s preferred platform and support their work! ¡°Wearing this is sure a a pain¡­.¡± Since we''re going to attend the princess birthday, naturally we need to wear clothes that are label as ¡°appropriate¡± I''m wearing a light blue outfit,and black pants. There are a few frill in the clothes, but not that much to the point where it''ll stand out. The others are also wearing similar outfits. Grandpa are wearing his Marquis outfit, white shirt, black pants, and a white mantle with many frills. You know the usual. Dad, and Lyle are wearing your typical blue noble outfit, like me. Mom, and Cecilica are wearing red-black dress like one of those gothic vampires. When we finished preparing for the party, we go to the castle where the party will be held with the carriage the royalty had prepared beforehand. *** The Blueshere royal castle. It''s as grand as how a castle should be. The size of the castle is about 3 times grandpa''s mansion, which is really big. Outside the castle there''s a lot of carriage line up to the gates, with nobles coming out from the carriages. Our carriage stop in front of the gate, we enter the castle bringing our presents along with us. A maid then guide us to the room where the party is being held. The interior of the castle is really well done.The floors are made of pure white marbles, and the walls are pure white with many decorations in them. That''s royalty forr you, using such rare just to make the castle pretty. At the party, all kinds of nobles were present. From the lowest a viscount, until another royalty were present in this party. It''s most likely that the neighbouring kingdom royalty are attending this party to congratulate the princess. We gave our presents to the maid, and wait for the princess to come while drinking the some drinks the maid gave us. ¡®This is so boring¡­¡¯ ¡®I know, it''s too bad that I can''t leave this place.¡¯ ¡®Hmm, there may be a way for us to leave this place.¡¯ ¡®I won''t beg my mother with puppy eyes in front of so many people.¡¯ ¡®What? Why?¡¯ ¡®Although I''m a child, it''s still embarrassing to do that you know.¡¯ ¡®True, well I''m going to sleep now. Wake me up when something interesting happen.¡¯ ¡®What? Don''t you dare.. Tch, he''s already asleep.¡¯ With Whis asleep, I have no one to talk with to get rid of my boredom. So, I''m pretty much has the same face as a dead fish right now. Mom notice that I''m getting bored. He pat my head, and told me that I can play outside. Nice! I left the party as soon as I heard that, when I look back I can see that Cecilica is begging to go outside as well. Sorry sis, guess you''ll have to endure it. I took a deep breath, while staring at the sky. Alright let''s explore this castle! I used light magic to bend the light around me so no one can see me, and use dark magic to erase my presence. I should start naming these skills to make things easier. Then again, I don''t have any sense for naming. I explore the castle, and enter a few rooms naturally all of them are big so I need a few minutes to walk from a room to the other. Being royalty must be nice huh? After a few minutes of exploring I got pretty tired, so take I plan on to take a rest under a nearby tree at the garden. ¡°Who''s there?¡± Just when I''m searching for a place to rest, someone suddenly said that behind me. Chapter 10 ¡°Who''s there?¡± I turn around, and see 2 people with dark mantle, and a mask that cover their face. I stand still and didn''t make any sound, observing those 2 carefully while thinking of a way to get out of this situation. ¡°What are you doing? There''s nobody here.¡± ¡°No, I definitely sense something here.¡± ¡°Must be your imagination, let''s go it''s about time.¡± One of the men left, and the other soon followed him. But the thing he said, I just can''t helped but being restless about it He said ¡°it''s about time¡± so does that mean that something will happen here? This sound fishy, I better head back to the party now. ---Cecilia POV--- ¡°I wonder when will this end?¡± Me, and my family receive an invitation to attend the princess birthday. But truly attending this kind of thing is nothing but troublesome. I could see that my husband, Ferlike along with my father , Gard are already bored and start to yawn. The same goes to my daughter, Cecilica and my first son, Lyle. Honestly I want to do what they did too, yawn and left the party like my second son Allen, but unfortunately it''s not possible for me. I could talk to other nobles in the party, but most of them have an immeasurable pride, and only talk to those with the same or higher social standing than theirs. Not only that, most of these nobles are troublesome to deal with when they talk to you. They suck up to you if you have higher social standing, and mock you if you don''t. I wonder why how did these kind of people pops out. After an hour, the main event of the day has arrive. With the king, and the queen, and also their royal guards the princess came while wearing a beautiful white dress. ¡°Good evening everyone, I thank you all for coming here to celebrate my birthday. I know that all of you must had something important to do for the night, but even so all of you still came here to celebrate with me. Now without further ado let the party begin.¡± The nobles clap their hands after the short speech, and the party begins with the music as it''s sign. ¡°Cecilia, do you know where Allen is?¡±(Gard) ¡°He''s outside exploring the castle, all alone.¡± ¡°*sigh* even if you''re smart sometimes you can be as dumb as your husband is.¡±(Gard) That''s rude you know! Well I know that Ferlike isn''t that smart but you don''t need to say it straight. And what do you mean that I can be as dumb as he is sometimes. All I did was let Allen explore the castle¡­ wait, is that what he meant? ¡°Oh, it seems you just figured it out.¡±(Gard) Figured it out? So it really is about that. Now that I think about it, Allen is only a 3 years old boy. Even if he can makes potions that doesn''t mean he''s an adult. How can I forgot about this! I''m a failure as a mother. ¡°Well I better look for him.¡± (Gard) ¡°Not so fast father, please remember your position. You are a Marquis, you need to stay here until the party is finished.¡± If you discover this tale on Amazon, be aware that it has been unlawfully taken from Royal Road. Please report it. ¡°And let my grandson wander on his own in the night? I don''t think so.¡±(Gard) ¡°Don''t worry, I will be the one to search for him. Now if you''ll excuse me.¡± ¡°Tch¡± (Gard) I can hear that dad just clicked his tongue, so I was right afterall. He''s using looking for Allen as a reason to leave. To bad for him I already know this. When I walk to the door, the light then suddenly went off. A few moments later people started to scream one after another, and then a sound of blades crossing started to appear. ¡°Cecilia! Get the kids!¡± (Ferlike) I got startled by his words, but I collect my thoughts and start to search for the kids. I just hope that they''re alright. ¡°Cecilica, Lyle! Where are you!?¡± ¡°Mom! Help!¡± (Cecilica) I ran to where the voice come from, and the next second.. *slash* Someone slash me, and I can feel my body losing power as I fall. Then the light turn back on. Looking at the ground, I can see blood coming out from me. I look in front of me, and saw Lyle holding a knife while protecting his sister, he sure is reliable. I turn around and saw Ferlike, and my father holding a knife fighting against 8 men. ¡°Mother!¡± (Cecilia) Cecilica run towards me while crying. A man appear behind me preparing to kill me. Ah this is it huh? I saw the world slow down, and look at my family for the last time all of them look towards me, and showed a surprised look. I look at my children, and smile It''s a shame I couldn''t see them until they grows up, but at the very least I want them to see me died with a smile. I close my eyes and wait for the sword to strike but it never came, and then I heard the man scream slowly open my eyes, and saw something surprising. The man''s body was pierced by 6 knives aiming for the hands, legs, and his chest. I hear someone''s step as I watch the man''s fall, but those steps aren''t they sound like a kid''s steps? ¡°Never would I have thought that the royal castle can be infiltrate. Are the castle defense really this bad?¡± Those voice, although I only heard it a few times but I''m sure of it. I turned around to see the person, and when I did I just can''t believe my eyes. ¡°Who are you!?¡± ¡°Guess it''s time for a little introduction.¡± He glared at the man and told him his name. ¡°My name is Allen, Allen Graywark. You who dare to hurt my family prepare to suffer!¡± While folding his little arms, he looked down at the man and told him his name with an angry look. Even when I''m seeing this I just can''t believe it. Who knew, my little one can talk, and act like that. Slowly, I closed my eyes as blood poured out from my body, and gradually my consciousness left me. Chapter 11 ---Allen POV--- When I entered the room, what I found was nothing but a slaughter. The men in black slash, and kill the nobles while their running. The guards of the castle are trying their best to fight them, but most of them are already hurt, and they''re losing in number as well. I take a look around the room for a while. The royal guards, and the royal family are still safe huh? ¡®Hey isn''t that your family?¡¯ I quickly avert my eyes, and find my family. Grandpa, and dad are fighting 8 men using a knife, and Lyle protecting Cecilica Cecilica then run to someone while crying. Wait, is that mom? What happened? The next moment a man appear behind mom and tried to slash her. immediately I use to pierce his hands, legs, and chest with knives. ¡°Never would I have thought that the royal castle can be infiltrate. Are the castle defense really this bad?¡± I walked towards the man while saying that. He glared at me, and shout. ¡°Who are you?¡± ¡°Guess it''s time for a little introduction.¡± I glared at the man, fold my arms, and look down on him with and told him my name. ¡°My name is Allen, Allen Graywark. You who dare to hurt my family prepare to suffer!¡± Mom look surprise when he saw me, so did the others. Honestly doing things like this, isn''t what I''m good at. 2 men appear and tried to slash me. I stopped it by creating a wall made of earth. The men took a step backward, and try to start another attack but I didn''t let him do that by sealing his leg to the ground. They look surprised for a while, seeing this opportunity I used Wind magic to cut their arms. The wind were pretty strong, strong enough to cut both of their arms cleanly. They face showed a terrified expression when they saw this. The other men shift their attention to me, and approach me with their swords and attack me. Ahh, with this things will go a lot easier. I used flame magic to cover me, and attack them while making sure that my family doesn''t caught up in the attack. The men were still able to move despite the hot flame. So it''s not hit enough huh? In that case.. Accelerating the speed combustion, the red flame change into a blue flame. When it did the men started to scream in agony as their body burst into flame. One of the men started to chant, and the next moment a lance of ice sprung out and aiming for me. I create a lance of ice as well, and rotate it. My split the man , and pierce his body. One of them then step up, and order the other. ¡°Don''t attack the boy, let me fight him. You guys do as planned. ¡± The men nod in union, and continue their plan. Hmm, so he''s the leader of the group huh? ¡°I didn''t expect that a brat will give us so much trouble, and even killed few of my men.¡± ¡°I didn''t expect that you guys are so weak that you can''t even kill a brat.¡± ¡°For a brat you sure know how to talk back.¡± ¡°For a third rate assassin you sure know how to act tough.¡± The man seems pretty pissed, well so did I so we''re even.He dashed toward me, and attack me with his sword that is covered by flame. I create 5 and pierce them to his body. He''s pretty surprised when he saw this, but he was able to destroy 2 of them, and dodge one of them. The other 2 manage to hit him, and pierce his left arm, and right leg. But he quickly melt them using his fire sword, and continue his attack. This story originates from Royal Road. Ensure the author gets the support they deserve by reading it there. I create 2 and use to wield them. It''s pretty hard thing to do but somehow I manage to do it. I slash the man¡¯s body using one of swords, and pierce his back using the other one. Again, he used his fire sword to melt them again, and attack me once more. I sealed his leg to the ground, and use to pierce his body using the knives. Even with that he''s still able to move, I took out the knives, and pierce them to his body over, and over again. He screams, and screams as I did the whole process over, and over again. One of them cast and attack me. I used Earth magic to make a wall made of earth to block the fire lance. While I did that, the leader dashed to me, and attack me. ¡±Die brat!¡± At that moment, I quickly use wind magic to cut his body to half. He look suprised when he saw his body split into half. Poor man, he didn''t even manage to know what hit him. The other stopped what they''re doing for a moment. Of course I didn''t plan on waiting for them to collect their thought so I killed them quickly using Earth magic to make spikes from the ground and pierce them. ¡®Hmm, I''m surprised I even have enough mana for doing all this.¡¯ After I take care of those guys, I walk towards my mother. I look at Cecilica, and Lyle they look.. Afraid. I take a look at my body. Ahh, no wonder they''re afraid I''m soaked up by blood. After I clean my self with water magic, I crouch down, and look at mom''s wounds. ¡°So, are you the one who killed my men?¡± Bloodlust, a large amount of bloodlust can be felt behind me. I turned around immediately, and.. *clank* My father was already in front of me blocking the man''s attack with one of the black men sword ¡°Ahh, Ferlike Graywark. I always did want to fight the ¡°The Sword of Blueshere¡±.¡± ¡°Why thanks, and may I know who you are, trying to kill the royal family, and the nobles in here.¡± They broke off their attack, and took a step backward. Dad with his sword took another stance preparing for another attack. The man look around the room, and sheathe his sword. ¡°It would seems that the mission is a total bust. Not only did I fail completing the mission, my elite men were cut down by you, and even the rest by that brat. Sheesh, today¡¯s a bad day for me. Guess I''ll withdraw.¡¯ ¡°Wait-¡± With a snap of a finger a large amount of smoke appear. After it dissipate the man was no where to be seen. A minute later, grandpa came with a bunch of healers, and healed everyone who are still alive. When a healer take a look at mom. She put he hand on top of her face, and close her eyes. Cecilica cried knowing mom died. Even though I want her to be quiet, I can''t stop her it''s natural afterall. Grandpa, Lyle cries as well. But not like Cecilica, they just cried silently. Dad on the other hand, were pretty angry. Not to the killer, but to himself. Me, I''m not that much of a different. I cried, and were angry at myself because I failed to protect her. Even if I''m a kid on the outside, in the inside I''m mentally 18. In the end, from hundreds of people so came to the party, only 20¨G of them were still alive including us. Tonight, is a bad night. I just hope that tomorrow won''t be the same. Chapter 12 The next morning, all of us attend mom''s funeral wearing black clothes with heavy heart. A few people like my parents, and grandpa friends came to attend it as well. During the funeral, no one talk about anything. Only silent and sadness filled the atmosphere. Cecilica cried during the funeral, the rest of us¡­ didn''t utter a single word and just let the tears falls as we watch mom getting burried. After the funeral finish, many people gave us their condolences, and left soon after that. Not long after the funeral ends, almost everyone left except us. Each and every one of us have a few words to mom. Me, Lyle, and Cecilica didn''t have anything to say to her. Grandpa only said a few lines, and dad¡­ he talk for a long time. We left, and head back to the mansion. At the mansion everyone but grandpa almost did nothing but lie in their bed, and eat when they''re hungry including me. I did nothing but practice magic, and sleep. I don''t have any motivation to do anything else for now, so I''ll just act like this for a while¡­ ---Ferlike POV--- It''s been 5 days since my wife, Cecilia passed away. Even so, I still feel sad of what happened. If only I had stayed beside her at the party then she wouldn''t have died. Just like me, the kids are having a hard time too. Cecilica doesn''t cry anymore but she still won''t speak to anyone. Lyle, he''s been training everyday ever since the attack. Maybe that''s how he''s punishing himself, by training non-stop. Then there''s Allen, the number 1 weirdest kid in the family. Ever since birth he always been like that. He didn''t cry when he was born, stayed silent since he''s a baby, read every book in the house at the age of 1, able to use magic at 3, making potions , and now he killed a lot of those black guys as well. With all if those thing happened it makes you wonder what kind of bizarre things will be show you next. But now, for once in his life he act like a boy of he age should be. Fragile, weak, and need someone to help. Makes you wonder if he did kill those guys. It''s a shame I can''t help him, afterall I myself are having a hard time as well. My step father, Cecilia father, Gard is still working properly even after her daughter¡¯s death. I don''t know if that''s what you called heartless or strong. Nevertheless he''s definitely stronger than I am, being able to work even after her daughter death. While I can''t even sort out my feelings. I wonder what went wrong? What could I had possibly done in order to receive this? Is it because I have killed many people to protect the kingdom? To protect my family? Or is it because of how naive am I? Thinking that everything will be alright?Whatever it is it''s not like I can do anything about it now. *knock* The door was knocked, and a maid enter soon after that. ¡°Excuse me.¡± ¡°What is it?¡± ¡°My lord wish to talk to you now.¡± ¡°I''m busy. Tell him not to call me, as long as it''s something trivial.¡± ¡°Then is something concerning your son a trivial thing?¡± What? Concerning my son? What does that mean? Looking at her eyes, I can tell that she''s serious. ¡°Fine, guide me to where the old man is.¡± Stolen content alert: this content belongs on Royal Road. Report any occurrences.¡°As you wish.¡± The maid bow slightly, and then guide me to the old man studies. In there were a lot of documents, and from the way he looks i can see he''s been working ever since Cecilia death. I sit on a nearby chair, the maid leave the 2 of us, and after the old man finish signing a document he look me in the eye, and talk. ¡°You need to do something Ferlike.¡± ¡°And you need to rest old man.¡± ¡°Hahaha, yeah you''re right.¡± He took a document, and gave it to me. I read it, and when I did I can''t help but being mad at what I read. ¡°What is this supposed to mean!¡± I slammed the table with my hand. ¡°It''s just as you read.¡± He clench his fist, until it bleeds.¡±The order of execution for your son, Allen Graywark.¡± Hearing that once again I slammed the table, and shout again. ¡°Why!? Why does it come to this!?¡± ¡°You read it didn''t you? It''s because that all of the nobles who are present at the party know that your son is the monster that kill the black men. They think if we don''t kill him now then the kingdom safety will be jeopardize. ¡° ¡°Damn it!¡± I shout, and kick the table as hard as I can. Why? Why did it come to this. ¡°Is there.. Is there no way out?¡± ¡°I''m afraid not. As long as you¡¯re still alive, and serve the kingdom there won''t be a way out.¡± ¡°Then I''ll-¡± He stop me from saying anything with his hand. He then grab a bag,and gave it to me. ¡°What''s this?¡± ¡°The things that you''ll need in your new in your new life. I did say that there''s no way out as long as you''re alive, and serve the kingdom. But that only apply if the public knows that you''re alive.¡± ¡°You don''t mean..¡± ¡°I have a carriage ready outside. Ride it with Allen, and until you arrive at your destination do not pull any stops to any cities.¡± ¡°What about the nobles? They definitely think that I''m hiding with Allen.¡± ¡°I have sent out a decoy carriage with the purpose of being burned to ashes. I have also inform your servants in the house that you are dead, and starting tomorrow they''ll work in the mansion at my territory, with Lyle, and Cecilica in it as well.¡± ¡°Won''t that put you into trouble?¡± ¡°Hah! If it''s for my family, then this is nothing but a small thing for me. Now go, from now in you are not longer a Graywark. Should you tell your name, then you must be prepare to face the consequences.¡± ¡°Yes, as you command.¡± I walked to the door, and exit the room after I say one last thing to the old man. ¡°As thanks for this, if you ever need help then remember. I, Ferlike Graywark shall help you even if I have to betray this very nation I swore to protect.¡± ¡°Think nothing of it you idiot son. It''s only natural for me to help my family is it not?¡¯ When I exit the mansion I can see that Allen wearing a commoner outfit, and is all ready to go. He didn''t usher any complaints, maybe because he understand what''s happening? Anyway it''s a good thing he didn''t complaint. We enter the carriage with the luggage that the maid had already prepare beforehand and leave. Honey, this time I shall not failed to protect what I hold dear. I shall not failed to protect our son. So please rest in peace. Chapter 12.1 ---Lyle POV--- I''m currently having breakfast with grandfather. Cecilica is not here with us because she''s still asleep. The topic of our conversation is something that surprise me quite a lot. ¡°What!? Father, and brother have run away?¡± ¡°I''m afraid so Lyle, but not to worry in stead of your father I will be the one to take care of you, and Cecilica.¡± ¡°That.. Thank you grandfather. But can you tell me the reason why they have run away?¡± ¡°Well that''s..¡± He stopped for a second and continue speaking he next moment. ¡°It''s because the kingdom has order the execution of your brother.¡± ¡°Execution? For my brother? Why? Why did the kingdom order this!?¡± I slammed the table as I shout. Grandfather kept silent, he kept silent until a minute has passed. When he open his mouth, and said ¡°Because he''s a monster, that''s why.¡± ¡°Monster¡±, that''s the word that grandpa said from his mouth. Monster.. I lost myself in rage the moment I heard that, and punch throw a knife at grandfather. He dodge it easily. I snap back, after i look what I''ve done my rage quickly reside. ¡°Forgive me, grandfather.¡±i quickly bow slightly as I said that. I don''t know what came to me. Why did I suddenly got furious when I heard that? Is it because my own grandfather is calling my brother a monster? ¡°No, it''s alright. That aside I bet you wish to know why I called him that right?¡± ¡°Well that''s.. Yes. Why did grandfather, call him that?¡± ¡°That''s because he really is one. As much as I hate to say it, from all of the people I''ve met without a doubt he''s the monstrous of them all.¡± How can he say that so easily? Does he not think Allen as a human, and part of the family anymore? ¡°I know what you''re thinking but it''s not like I don''t treat him as a family anymore. In fact I still treasure him, like your mom, and the rest of you.¡± ¡°I see.. So grandfather, why did the kingdom order the execution for Allen?¡± ¡°I don''t know the real reason, but I think it had to do what happened at the party.¡± ¡°At the party? You mean when the black men suddenly appear.¡± ¡°Yes, I suppose the other nobles demand his execution because they''re terrified at him so they want to make sure he''s dead before anything hapoens.¡± Help support creative writers by finding and reading their stories on the original site. ¡°Terrified? Why? He only kill them to protect them. So why did they demand him to be executed? ¡° ¡°Not sure if you''re going to understand what I mean but, imagine that everyone near you was killed by some men, and then a boy came in and kill them like they were ants without showing any mercy, nor any regrets.¡± Imagining those things as reality.. I can see why that grandfather called him a monster, and why the nobles demand to execute him. ¡°For a boy to kill that many with ease would be terrifying, but that doesn''t mean-¡± ¡°Before we discuss this any further, tell me honestly. What do you think of Allen when he kill those guys?¡± Recalling the day of the party. When Allen kill all of those men, when he showed no mercy to them, when he was covered in blood, and approach me what I felt was.. .. Fear. Fear that he would kill me like he did to them, fear that he will become my enemy, fear that he will kill everyone I love.. Something that i haven¡¯t felt before ¡°It seems that you have your answer. So what is it?¡± ¡°I felt¡­ fear. Fear like I was facing a monster..¡± ¡°See? Then it''s only natural that those nobles want to kill that monster right? ¡° ¡°Right..¡± He''s right, it''s only natural that people want to kill something that threaten them, a monster. ¡°Now,now you don''t need to think about that. He''s fine as long as your father is with him. Beside, if he did get caught, and are about to be executed we can always charge in, and stop it now can''t we?¡± ¡°Yes, You''re right. If he ever find himself in need of a help, then I''ll help him even if it''s dangerous. ¡° ¡°That''s the spirit, now then how about you help me on these documents? There''s so much of them, that it makes me nausea just seeing it ¡° So this is his true intention huh? To help him, I can see why mom told me not to talk to grandfather so much. Oh well, no matter. ¡°Yes, grandfather.¡± ¡°Really? Great! I''ll treat you something nice later.¡± We finished eating, left the dining room, and head to grandpa''s studies to help him finish all of those documents he told me about. Chapter 13 So yeah, I just read my the previous chapter 13, and just realize just how awful it is. Must be one of stresses cause by all of those tests. Anyway here''s the chapter 13 revised, and for doing such thing i sincerely apologize. And if there''s any words that are not suppose to be use, please overlook that. --------------------------------------------------- 2 days passed since we left the mansion, and from deep in my heart I could say one thing that perfectly describe my feeling right now. ¡°Bored¡± that''s what I''m feeling since we left. Other than practicing magic, I can only eat, sleep, and talk to Whis the talking book. I got so bored that I start playing ¡°I spot¡± game with Whis for like, 2 hours without stopping. I can''t get out from the carriage because dad forbid me from doing so, and I read any books because we didn''t bring one. Why don''t I just use the ¡°image¡±? That''s because I got all of the basics down in Alchemy, and I''m pretty sick of experiencing it. Well my feelings aside, it''s time to talk about why do we left the mansion. Apparently the royalty, and most of the nobles want me dead. Yeah, they want me to die so bad that they order me to be executed. I don''t really surprised but this, but there are a few things that I wonder about. First of all, I''m a descendant of a Marquis which mean that it''ll be pretty hard for them to make a move to kill me. Well that all mean nothing when the royalty is the one who want me dead, which brings another question. Why do they want me dead? I mean, sure I''m a monster. Yeah, dad even told me that grandpa called me that. I find it offending, but that aside. There''s no reason that the royalty wants me dead. I mean I''m only a noble who''s only 3 years old, and I''m powerful enough to kill those black men so the thing that they should''ve done is to pull me in to their side, and be used like a soldier. Furthermore, the king of the Blueshere kingdom treats it''s people equally, and he never kill unless he have to. Well, I don''t know just how accurate it is, but from the way the kingdom is running I think it''s true. If they still want me dead despite all that, then that only mean that there''s someone who forces the royalty to do so. I don''t know how, they must have one heck of a card to do that. Now that''s done, I guess it''s it''s about time we talk about the place we¡¯re going to live in. Unfortunately, I have no idea whatsoever so I''m going to skip this part. Well wherever the place is, I just hope that it''s comfy. *** We arrive to the city gates, and now are waiting in line for our carriage to be checked. By the way, the carriage that were riding is an old worn out carriage with nothing amazing in it. A guard came, and ask us for identification. The driver showed him some sort of a plate license to the guard. After the guard take a look at it, he let us through and proceed to check on the other carriages. This book was originally published on Royal Road. Check it out there for the real experience. Th carriage continue to go, until we arrive in front of a house. The house was like the rest of the houses around. Made from wood, with nothing flashy in it. We take our luggage, and get off the carriage. After that we enter the house, which will be my new home. The house is a 2 story building. With 2 bed rooms on the second floor, and a kitchen, a living room, and a toilet on the first floor. After we finished putting our luggage, sand went out to find some work, while I practice my magic which I got completely bored of. So, I decided to go out, and buy some ingredients to make some potions. I still have my pocket money that grandpa gave us before so it should be fine. I left the house, and start looking for the ingredients. I plan on making a health potion, and sell it so I can get some money to buy the things I want. Like a book, food, clothe, and to buy more ingredients to make more potions. Eventually I found the ingredients that I need, and bought them. I only bought enough ingredients for 3 potions though. With the help of I didn''t really put a lot if effort to carry those ingredients, but I still need to hold in to them so it look like I carry them so that it won''t cause unnecessary attention. As soon as I got home, I immediately start making potions. Fortunately there''s a pot in here, so I don''t need to buy one. It took me about 2 hours to finished them all. Probably because I can''t do Alchemy well yet. Although I can use it Alchemy, and make potions I still don''t have enough experience on it. The result is that I manage to make 3 health potion. Two of them are blue, while the other are red. All of those potions are made with the exact same method I used to make my potion for the first time, so why is there only one of them with the same colour? Time to check in my wiki. ¡®Whis do you know whynis there only one of them that has red colour?¡¯ ¡®That''s simple. It''s because the ingredients you use for the other two are not pure enough/ not refined yet.¡¯ ¡®Aside the refining, what do you mean by ¡°not pure enough¡±? I thought that every one of them have the same purity.¡¯ ¡®It''s just as I say. They don''t have enough concentrated essence of what a normal one would have. This would affect not only the quality of the plant, but it may also cause disease. This can be solved by refining the ingredients before making a potion.¡¯ ¡®I see, I guess I''ll start practicing refining tomorrow. Anyway are these two safe for consumption?¡¯ ¡®Yeah, Luckily the ingredients are only impure slightly thus giving no side effect of it were to be consume. However it''s effect is lower than the other ones you made.¡¯ ¡®Well that''s good, otherwise I''ll lose my money for nothing.¡¯ I take a look outside. The sky is dark, and the moon is out. I''m getting pretty tired too, so after I tidy things up I get in my bed and sleep. Chapter 14 For those of you who don''t understand why, and how did this happen. Please read chapter 13 again, cause I have made a few changes. And by few I mean, a lot there''s a lot of things that I change that I deleted the previous chapter. Once again for causing this things, I apologize. ---------------------------------------------------- It¡¯s morning, and we start our day by eating breakfast. The food for today breakfast are bread, a soup, and a glass of water. Not to satisfying, but at least eatable. After that, dad get ready for his new job as a knight. I know what you all thinking, but when apply for the job he paint his hair blue, and cut his hair to make sure he won''t get recognize. Before dad went to work, I ask him to sell the potions I made yesterday. When I said that he look slightly worried probably because he don''t like the idea of his son working. So I told him that the money for those potions are for me. It''s not like I intend to use all of them for me, I plan on using 50¨G for myself 30¨G for the family, and 20¨G will be kept for emergencies. Even if I say that I haven''t have any earnings yet, so right now this whole thing is just meaningless. When dad left for work, I start practicing magic. I''m a little bit bored with how I usually train, so today I think of something new. Usually I would just make a ball of magic, and then increase it the amount, and sometimes meld them. This time I choose to change the shape of my magic, from ball into something more.. Interesting. First I create a snake like rock figure made from earth magic. It''s quality is definitely lower than those of a sculptor but at least it shapes like a snake, and have eyes in it. Seeing that it went so successful I start creating all sorts of different object from all sorts of elements. Like, a bird made from fire, a mermaid made from water, a small typhoon made from wind.I even use the advance ones like a salamander made from ice, a dragon made from lightning, and a person with white wing, and black wing made from both light, and dark magic. Then after I got accustomed to making them, I change them into something else, increasing the amount one by one, and increasing the detail as well. I was completely drawn into the whole thing, that when I look at the clock it''s already 12.00. And just about that it''s time for lunch. For lunch, dad came back for a while to make me one, and quickly left as soon as I''m done. He also gave me the money that he got from selling potions. We got 20 silvers, 14 silvers from the red one, and the rest from selling the blue one. Let''s see, with this much I can buy food, for 2 weeks. I didn''t think that I''ll get this much just by selling potion, I''ll make more potions later, and sell them again. If you find this story on Amazon, be aware that it has been stolen. Please report the infringement. Not only will I get more money, but I''ll also gain experience on using Alchemy. So I''ll be hitting 2 birds with one stone if decided to do that. After dad go back to his work, I wash the dishes, and clean the house of course I use magic for this cause I have never do those things even in my past life, and it look so troublesome to do it by hand. Next it''s time for me to rest for a while, and have a chat with Whis. Yeah, it''s pretty sad knowing I''m talking to a book instead of a human. Besides chatting with him, I also experience the ¡°image¡± once in a while. After an hour or 2 has passed it''s time for me to do grocery shopping so I went outside to buy some food, and some ingredients for Alchemy. For food, I usually look around first to find the freshest ones there is, with the cheapest price there is. For the ingredients that I need for Alchemy, I just bought at the place with the cheapest price, since almost every ingredients have the same purity and in need of refining. When I bought those things, I used to carry them while pretending to carry them by holding them. Again, it''s to avoid any unwanted attention. At the house, after I store all of the food I go to my room, and make some potions. Before that I refine all of the ingredients, this is because if I refine them it''ll increase the quality of the potions, plus this serve as practice so I can gain more experience when it comes to refining. Refining the ingredients need a lot of Mana, and focus cause I need to adjust the temperature of the flame, the volume of water/ wind, the amount of time I refine them all, and the moment I need to stop refining them because if I over did it then the quality will drop more than when it used to. After making those potions, I took a rest, and wait till father came back. When he did, he cook dinner for both of us, and we eat together at the table. When that''s done, we proceed on doing the things we want to do, like practicing magic, or by simply looking outsire and enjoy the view. When we get sleepy, we sleep. Then in the next morning the whole thing starts over again. From waking up, to eating breakfast, practicing magic, eating lunch, cleaning the house, grocery shopping, making potions, eating dinner, and sleep. Then repeat it over again the next morning. This repeating yet not so monotonous lifestyle continue on for days, then to weeks, and eventually to months. And before we knew it 2 years passed in a blink if an eye. 2 whole years filled with these activities passed, and just like that I became 5 years old. Chapter 15 It''s been 2 years since we left the mansion, and now I''m 5 years old. I didn''t had a birthday party when I was 4, but I did get one when I was 5. The thing is we only eat cake only with the 2 of us, it''s pretty lonely. In the last 2 years, there are few things that I gain through my daily activities. The first is definitely about my magic. Now I don''t really have to struggle so much in order to reshape my magic. The next thing is my Alchemy. Before it would take 15 minutes to create a potion, but now it would only take me about 5 minutes to make one. Also I have master the art of refining. Usually I would burn a couple of ingredients by accident, but not so much anymore. And the last thing is that I learn a couple of things from Whis. Like types, and how to make a magic circle. And I even learn things like runes, and enchantments. But I never had any chance to practice it, and I never did try it because Whis only taught me without showing me the ¡°image¡±. Yeah, that''s the only thing I gain in the last 2 years. No, I don''t have any friends. Why? Cause I rarely left the house, and if I did left the house it''s only to buy foods, and ingredients for Alchemy. Yeah, I know it''s sad. But what could I say? I''m not really good socialising with others. Now let''s talk about the present now shall we? So, guess what I doing? If you give up then here''s the answer. Right now I''m exploring the town, while eating some skewer meat. You might be wondering why though right? That''s because dad seeing me coped up in my room all this time for the last 2 years think it''s unhealthy. Today he suddenly barged in to my room while I was making a potion, I was in the middle of heating the pot, and was in the middle of dissolving the ingredients. I jumped out of surprise, and the flame went bigger. Good thing it didn''t grow too big to the point it''ll burn the house. Somehow dodging catastrophe, he then gave me money to buy some foods, kicked me out, and told me to play outside, and make some friends. Is he serious about this? Yup he is. I stand in front of the house for an hour, and knocked the door repeatedly. Unfortunately I didn''t get any response so I decided to explore this town which I live in for 2 years but haven''t got the time to fully explore yet. I went to a lot of places like the church, the gate, and to some guilds like the craftmen guild, and the famous adventurers guild. While there are other guilds like the merchant guild, I just ignore them and went to these 2. Why? Cause it''s seems more interesting. I take a look at the craftsmen guild. Basically the guild will provide you with the you need for crafting/ Alchemy as long as you have money, and will buy the things you made depend in the quality. The adventurers guild was pretty normal. A bunch of adventure picking requests, receptionists doing their jobs, etc. You know just like the usual adventurers guild. When I finished visiting those 2 places, I start exploring the town again. After I bought a few meat skewers. 2 hours later I got pretty bored. I have already explore every parts of the city except the slums, cause dad forbid me to do so. With nothing else to do, I decided to go back home. I didn''t made any friends but at least I had some fun. But, dad is probably going to talk me about how important is friend is, etc. It makes me wonder why he did it. When I''m on my way back, I happen to saw a girl in an alley. The girl is about as the same age as me has green hair, and red eyes. Her ears are long and pointy, and she has a fair white skin. She''s wearing nothing but a piece of clothing that cover her body, and I can she that she hasn''t eat anything yet for the last few days. Should I gave her something to eat, or a place to sleep for a day? Or maybe I should just ignore her, and go back home. Hmm, my moral says that I should help her but in what way? Give her food? Shelter? Or maybe both? Even if I did that, I''m not sure that she''ll survive for long. What to do, what to do. After a moment of thinking I have finally decided! That I will brought her to my house, and¡­ no I won''t do anything bad, I''ll just treat her and give her food. And maybe dad will let her stay for a few days. Why? The major 2 reasons are one my moral says so, and the other one is that she''ll be my friend and dad won''t force me to get one again. The others are that I''m pretty much interested in the elf, and if she did stay I won''t be all alone in the house which means that dad won''t be able to complain to me, besides with her around I won''t have to do grocery shopping. I returned carrying her using while using and to makes us invisible, and to hide our smell, the steps of my footsteps, and our presence. Yeah, I finally name my magics. makes you invisible by obstructing the light near you, while hide our smell,footsteps, and presence using dark magic. If you encounter this tale on Amazon, note that it''s taken without the author''s consent. Report it. With these 2 skills I''ll be able to steal all I want muahahaha, but I don''t really like that so I won''t. Not unless I''m forced too. We quickly arrive to my house, fortunately dad isn''t here. If he did, then he''ll freak out, and start swinging his sword around the house. It did happen actually, it happened when I was 3 when I open the door using . Dad who saw no one is there, start swing his sword around the room, until he was stopped by mom. It''s hilarious! Mom¡­ I wonder if she get send to heaven, or gets reincarnated like me¡­ You know what let''s just.. Let''s just forget this thing. Anyway, I return to my room, with the elf, and lay her down. Then I grab a potion to heal her. I had to hold her head, in order for her to drink. She must be really tired to not have the strength to lift her head. I grab some of my spare clothe, and place them near her. I then go downstairs, grab some bread, and a glass of clear water for her to eat. After that, I just wait either for her to wake up, or dad comes home. Whichever comes first. A few hours later, dad came home. When he came to my room, and saw the elf he has this troubled look. Well time for me and dad to have a little argument. ---Ferlike POV--- ¡°I''m home..¡± I said as I open the door. Hmm, Allen is not here he must be in his room. I go upstairs, and open the door to his room. What I found when I did so, is that he is waiting for an elf girl to wake up. Who is she? And did Allen abducted her? Allen notice me troubled and start explaining what happened before I asked him. This kid, how come does he know how I feel without me saying it. Is it showing on my face? Anyway, I listen to his story for the day. It all went pretty normal, except for the fact that she met this elf girl, and brought her back home. One thing comes in question when i heard his story. How come doesn''t anyone caught him carrying her? I asked him that, and he told me that he use magic to hide himself, and the girl. I forgot that this kid is good with magic to the point he did allnof his chores using magic, and making potions, and of course the event 2 years ago.. ¡°So, can you tell me the reason why you help her?¡± It''s not like I hate elf or anything, I''m just wondering why he did that. ¡°It''s because she won''t survive after a few days, and I want her as my friend. Besides dad always tell me to help when I can right?¡± This kid¡­ his using my own words on me. It''s true that I want him to have a friend, and to help people when he can but I don''t think he''ll did this just with those reasons alone. It¡¯s not like i think my son has any bad intention, it''s just that for the past 2 years everything he did always has something that will give him benefits. For example, one time when he ask for me to bring him to my workplace to observe how i work he ended up reading books in there after a minute of observing. There''s also the potions, and the grocery shopping as well. The potions actually gave me benefits too, but for the shopping part, he only bought what he like with the money I gave him. But then again, the things he bought isn''t that bad. Knowing that he has another intention I asked him again. ¡°What''s the real reason you brought her here?¡± He avertbhis eyes, and after a moment of silence he answer. ¡°It''s because I want to know more about elf, but I won''t do anything bad to her. Also with this I won''t be alone in the house when you''re gone, and i finally won''t have to do grocery shopping again.¡± Putting his curiosity about Elves, and the grocery shopping part aside. I guess it won''t be that bad since he''ll have someone to keep him company. He must be pretty lonely to live in this house all alone when I''m working. So I guess I should let her stay here? I think for a while, on what will probably happen if I did accept her. It''s not like I''ll lack financially, the salary for a knight although isn''t that high, it''s enough for a family of 4 to live through their life. Besides there''s still the potions Allen made waiting to be sold. The problem is what will she do? Will she be able to adapt? Will she be any threat to us? Okay, maybe the last part isn''t that likely but there''s still a chance for that. After a moment of thinking I decided to let her stay in here for a while, and see how things go. If she''s able to adapt, and won''t cause any trouble I''ll gladly accept her here. Truthfully it''s a little bit to quiet in here with only the 2 of us. But if she''s not able to do that, then I''ll bid her farewell. Even if she''s a child, I won''t show any mercy. Maybe just a little I guess? Chapter 16 ---Allen POV--- In the end dad let the girl to stay here for a while. Even if it''s only a while I still get someone to do grocery shopping.. .. Is what I thought yesterday, but at last reality isn''t that kind to me. The next morning when dad has gone to work the girl finally wakes up. She eats, and then wear the clothes I gave her, and then¡­ nothing. She just sat in the bed doing nothing like a doll. Well this is no fun, so I tried to talk to her. The result? ¡°...¡± Is all I get from her She won''t answer things without the option of ¡°yes¡± or ¡°no¡± what a troublesome girl. I left her all alone for now, maybe she just stayed silent because of the change of scenery. Right now, I''m having breakfast downstairs. Today''s breakfast is bread with soup. ¡®So, did things go as you expected?¡¯ ¡®No, not now that is. She''s probably still adjusting to the environment.¡¯ I said as I eat the bread. ¡®Yeah, by the way it''s been quite sometime now but the girl¡­ how should I say this..¡¯ ¡®Hm? What is it?¡¯ ¡®I don''t know if you''re aware of it, but that girl is a blood elf.¡¯ ¡®Is that so? But if she''s a blood elf she won''t be here in the city starving in an alley won¡¯t she? She can just kill people and take their money so that she can eat.¡¯ ¡®True, but thay only happens if you''re a true blood elf.¡¯ ¡®So you''re saying she''s a halfling?¡¯ ¡®No not that, it''s like there''s another-¡¯ *crank* A sound of a broken glass came from upstairs. Don''t tell me she''s trying to escape? Oh no, not while I''m here. I run to my room, as fast as I can. When I open the door, what I saw was something¡­ unbelievable? A red liquid moving like a tentacle came out from the cuts on her body. From the look''s of it I take it that the liquid is blood, and judging from the mana in them I guess she''s using magic to control them. I look to at the elf, she has this little grin on her face. As if she has predict this would happen. ¡°So you''re the one who helped me? I thank you for that, if you haven''t helped me then both me, and this girl will die.¡± Wait,wait both her, and the girl? Does this mean there''s 2 soul in the elf''s body? The girl then point her finger at me, and said. ¡°As thanks, I''ll give you a quick death.¡± The tentacle like liquid charge in at me, while the girl showed a smile as if she''s already knew that she''s winning. This would be dangerous.. ..Is what I usually said in this kind of situation, good thing I already predict this coming. With a snap of a finger a sudden red mark appear on her back. ¡°What!?¡± Said the girl as soon as she saw the liquid lose it''s form, and turn to a liquid. I could only smirk when I saw her face. ¡®Heh, who knew that it actually work. Are you sure you haven''t practice making magic circles, runes, and using enhancements?¡¯ ¡®Nope, besides you''re always with me so why the heck are you asking that?¡¯ ¡®It''s just unbelievable how you create a seal you that works this good in the first try. And it''s something new too.¡¯ ¡®Honestly I''m surprised by this too. Sure I did came up with the theory, but I didn''t think it will went this well.¡¯ So what happened? Let me explain it with a simple, and plain explanation. You see, last night when dad was already asleep I did a few things to the girl. No, not those kind of indecent things. The few things I did to the girl body, is that I practice using runes, and enchantments only to strip them away when I''m done. Yeah, this is one of those hidden reasons I brought her here. In order to get a test subjects on the things I did. Before I left, I notice that the girl has a lot of mana in her. I thought that it was because of the runes, and enchantments I put on the girl has a residue of mana so I make a failsafe in case things go haywire. A seal kind of failsafe. It was pretty hard you know, first of all I had to draw a magic circle in order for me to active, and deactivated the seal by will. I can just skip this part, but if I did there''s a chance I that her mana will be sealed until she found someone who can break the seal. With that done, next it''s time for me to start applying the enchantments, and the runes to the girl body. The enhancements are just used to enhance the seal, the one that actually sealed her mana are the runes. Well that''s easy, is what all of you probably think right? Well I''m here to tell you that it''s not. It took me 6 hours to complete the seal, 6 whole hours without resting even a little. Not to mention I have to make sleeping pills every now and then to make sure she''s stay asleep. If you come across this story on Amazon, be aware that it has been stolen from Royal Road. Please report it. Fortunately making the sleeping pills isn''t that hard. All I need to do is instead of pouring it to a bottle in a liquid state, I need to freeze it to turn it solid instead and make her swallow it. Which I used to make sure she swallowed it. I''m surprise she didn''t choke when I did that. When I''m done making the seal dad is already awake, and it''s morning already. So in the end I didn''t even get a wink of sleep, and now I''m so sleepy that I want to sleep for the whole day. And it would''ve work too, if it weren''t for this meddling little girl trying to kill me. ¡°What did you do!?¡± Ask the girl as she glared at me with her red eyes. ¡°Oh that? I just put in a seal to you last night.¡± ¡°impossible! If you did put one last night then I would''ve sense it!¡± ¡°I used some sleeping pills to make you fall asleep while I did that.¡± She glare at me, and attack me using a piece of the broken glass, and throw it at me. I used to stop it, and the next thing I knew she''s already in front of me holding another piece of the broken glass pointing to my neck. ¡°Release the seal, or die!¡± She said as she draw the glass closer to my neck. ¡°I refuse.¡± I create a wall of ice, and blow the elf away using wind magic. She was slammed to the wall as the result, before she try anything funny again I tied her using the red liquid on the floor and Bind her legs, and legs. ¡°Release me! If you do then I''ll make sure you..¡± She shouts and threatened me. In the middle of it I silence her using magic, so i can think of a way to solve the problem with this elf. I could just throw her away, or maybe even kill her. But that would mean that I won''t have someone to do errands for me. Besides with her gone I won''t have a test subject for the things I want to try with. Yeah, I''ll just kill her as the last resort Hmm, for now I''ll have to think of a way to seal her soul, and let the other girl take over her body. But then again, neither I nor Whis know how soul magic works. So maybe I should squeeze by using imagination alone. Yeah, turns out Whis isn''t omniscient. I learn this when I asked him to teach me about Transmutation. He said that he can''t show me the ¡°image¡± or teach me about things he haven''t seen or comprehend. The few things that i know he don''t are Space-time magic, Soul magic, Transmutation, and Genesis magic. When I know this I''m kind of disappointed knowing I had to learn these things the hard way. Them again, it might be actually more fun to do it the hard way. Forgetting that matter, I still don''t know how to seal or at least force her soul to sleep. And if she somehow becomes stronger to the point where I can''t kill her then she''ll just start rampaging and kill me. Maybe I should kill her afterall? Then again I won''t be able to trick dad again like this. Besides I don''t think I can find another elf waiting to die on a dark alley again. Ahh darn it! My whole plan just went haywire because of another soul inside this girl. Why can''t she be normal so I can have her do errands for me. ¡°Hey! Answer me!¡± She suddenly shout when I''m thinking. Well she certainly break my magic fast. Once again I use magic to silence her, this time with more mana into it. I think, and think. Until I finally reach a conclusion. First of all I''ll have her sleep until I can somehow manipulate, or seal her soul. Which means that I''ll be creating more sleeping pills. On every night I''ll be draining her mana, while testing various runes, and seals on her to suppress her. Just from seeing how she break my magic that fast I can tell that the seal I made last night will be broken after a few days. Then I''ll try using soul magic with the knowledge, and imagination I have until I get it right (or until I decided to kill her whichever comes first) and maybe I''ll try using the other magics that Whis can''t teach me. After a few days I''ll probably control her body using magic and have her eat, and walk around in order for dad to not be suspicious. And after a year, if things doesn''t go well I''ll most likely, no I will kill her. Yeah this will do, well I hope it does. It''s going to be busy for me now to the point I won''t be getting much sleep, but at least I have something to occupy myself. Well at least until I decided to kill her that is. Chapter 17 6 months has passed since the meeting with my soon be appointed servant. A lot of things or rather troubles coming in, but the most surprising thing is the fact that how fast time goes. Like really.. Anyway, the next day when dad accept the whole thing I immediately set my plan in motion. First of all I made a few basic image of what soul magic would probably be look like, and how will it works. Funny thing is, that it went pretty well. I manage to sense, and view other people soul, and now what they''re thinking as well as a bonus after 3 months. The rest 3 months are used to practice soul magic, and how to force a soul to sleep/ seal them. It was really hard, but I manage to use it though not that good. To practice soul magic, I bought 3 rats and test them one by one until I get the hang of it. The first one was dead when I accidentally use too much mana on using soul magic. The second one wasn''t that bad at first, but in the end it won''t move, nor so anything since I tried to seal it soul. Finally the last one was a success (sort of). It didn''t die, and it went submissive, and will do what I order it to do. Also for the last 6 months I have given her sleeping pills regularly as planned, while making sure to not let her sleep permanently because of the pills. Things were progressing quite nicely until the end of the first week that is. First about the issue if controlling her body. At first it was decided that I''ll be controlling her using however that idea quickly go down to the drain. Although I did manage to control her body using it, it movements are unnatural because of how hard it is to control every part of her body. Besides my mana won''t last if keep doing that. So I decided to control her body by becoming a puppeteer! Okay not literally but from the way I control her body you could say that I am one, cause I''m controlling her by using threads made from mana. It took me 2 days for me to come up with the idea (yeah that''s long), and it took me 4 days for me to start using it, and a month to completely master it. In the meantime I control her body using so dad won''t notice it. Yeah, somehow dad didn''t suspect a thing. He just think that the girl is a silent type one, and that she''s recovering from her shock. Continuing, every night before I go to bed I make sure I drained all of her mana by storing them to a stone, and of course I also did a couple of tweaks on the seal that I place on her. The stones are ordinary stones, since almost everything can store mana here I figure that if I store the mana on to the stones it would eventually become magic stones. Magic stones are stones that has mana in them, and can cause a whole lot of things like explosion when it''s breaks if you put the magic in them. Support the creativity of authors by visiting the original site for this novel and more. Magic stones can also be use to recover your mana in emergencies, or be used for magical weapons. I''ll probably dive more to the matter, when I''m done with the problem with this elf. Basically that''s all the problem there is. But even so, all of them are annoying to taken care of because of how long it takes for me to solve one. And right now I''m in my room, preparing for a bunch of things that are needed in order to ensure my safety on this event. Yes, today is the day where I''m going to seal the elf soul. Yeah, I know that it''s kind of a letdown to suddenly do this but nothing worth mentioning happen for the last 6 months except the ones I talked about before. There''s a reason why I rushed things, it''s not because I''m now capable of sealing her other soul ,well maybe I can but not sure. But I''m pretty sure I can weaken / Bind them. The reason why I rushed things is because there''s a lot of troubles with her, like her mana, her other rampaging soul, and of course there''s also the fact that I''m tired of doing things like that everyday. Anywho, making sure that every is ready, and in check I draw a magic circle on her neck, and pour a drip of my blood on to her neck. The magic circle turns red, and fade in to the girl''s skin. Now that''s done it''s time for me to go to the next phase and actually start to seal her soul.If you''re wondering what I did you''ll find out soon enough. First of all, I draw a magic circle on her back, then as I touch the circle I use soul magic. I see 2 souls in the girl''s body, as expected. One of them are being restrain by the other. The restrained one is probably the other soul living in this girl body while the other one is the crazy ones who tried to kill me. Well, now that I know who to seal now I can start sealing her soul. As I touched the magic circle on her back and pour mana into it, I think of many chains binding the elf soul. The elf was surprised, and tried to escape. But I order the chains to follow her as she escape. The chains gradually getting closer, and closer and finally caught up to her. Then the chains start bindin the elf hands, and legs. I suppose missions acomplish? Well that went a whole lot easier than I thought. After the chains Bind her, the other girl restraints were gone and she was set free. After I make sure everything is good, I stop using soul magic. When I''m done, I checked the magic circle in her back. It glows a little for a while, and then fade away. I think it went well. Now that''s done it''s time for me to sleep. I had gone through a lot to achieve this, and I''m pretty proud, but you all might not notice because of how fast it is going. If there''s anything wrong with her, I''ll leave her to the me of tomorrow. So after I clean everything up, I go to sleep. Chapter 18 ¡°Wake up¡­¡± I heard a grown man voice. Ignoring the man''s voice I still close my eyes, and pretend I didn''t hear anything. ¡°Wake up..¡± The voice came again, and again. Until eventually the voice turn to a loud one. ¡°Wake up will you!!¡± Said the man as he pour cold water on to my face. My eyes were then widely open when the cold water splash my face. Clearing the water from my face, I can now see that there''s 2 figures in front of me. The old man, is my dad, while the other figure is the elf girl. ¡°It''s not good to sleep to much you know.¡± Said dad as he lightly hit my head. ¡°But I''m still sleepy..¡± I reply while rubbing my eyes. ¡°Right.. Anyway the girl finally talk in a while! Well I already talk with her about various things, and I figure you want to talk with her. Besides it''s time for me to work so have fun!¡± He said as he left the room. ¡°Well that''s fast..¡± I murmured. ¡°Umm.. First of all, I Selice would like to thank you for helping me.¡± The elf bowed as she said that. ¡°I¡¯m Allen, and don''t worry about that. The other you are just plainly annoying, she even wants to kill me so it''s only natural for me to do so.¡± ¡°I see.. Then why didn''t you just kill me?¡± The elf asked. I raise my eyebrows in surprise to what she just said. ¡°That''s quite something you just said there.¡± ¡°I-is that so? I''m sorry but I just can''t helped it. You see, I''m always wondering why didn''t you just kill me, and I also want to know¡­¡± ¡°The reason why I help you right? Well I''ll tell you the reason, with the other things after breakfast.¡± ¡°Y-yes, for breakfast your father told me to give you these.¡± She then gave a plate of soup, and a glass of water to me. I ate breakfast like I normally did, when I''m done the girl took the dishes away. ¡°*cough* so, what were we talking about?¡± ¡°We were talking about the reason why you helped me.¡± ¡°Ah right, well it''s nothing grand or noble. I happen to saw you at an alley, and I thought ¡®if I manage to convince dad to take her in, ane somehow manipulate her maybe she''ll be my servant, and then I won''t have to do anything unless I want to¡¯. So with that in mind I decided to help you.¡± ¡°That''s¡­ quite unexpected. I-is that really it?¡± ¡°Pretty much, but don''t worry I won''t do anything indecent, or force you to do anything that you don''t want to. Probably.¡± ¡°I see, then can¡¯t you just bought a slave to do your bidding? ¡° ¡°As if dad will permit me. Besides I don''t want to.¡± ¡°Oh, then can you tell me the other things that you were talking about.¡± ¡°Hmm, right. First of, there are 3 seals in your body.¡± ¡°W-what? That many? Why?¡± She asked with a surprised look on her face. I mean who wouldn''t? I''m pretty sure that almost everyone would be surprised when they got 3 seals on their body when they woke up. ¡°Right.. About that. The first one is for sealing the other soul, Rilia so that she won''t take over your body, and try to kill me.¡± ¡°Oh, I see. So that''s why she doesn''t talk and try to take over anymore.¡± ¡°Yeah, but do note that this is only temporary since I haven''t properly master using soul magic. Heck I''m even surprise I manage to seal her in the first place.¡± ¡°I understand, I shall remember that. And the other 2?¡± ¡°One of them is to seal the ability for you to use magic without my permission. Since it would be troublesome if you lost control of it.¡± ¡°I see, and about the last one? ¡° ¡°The last one isn''t a seal, it''s pretty much a contract instead.¡± ¡°Eh?¡± ¡°You heard me, a contract. If you defy whay i order you to do you¡¯ll feel pain, and if you do what I forbid you to do, then you''ll die, that simple. ¡° ¡°W-why did you do that?¡± ¡°Hmm, I don''t know. Maybe to make sure you''ll do what I ask you to, and to make sure you won''t betray me?¡± ¡°B-but..¡± She became quiet and didn''t say anything else. ¡°Well that''s all. Now then if you''ll excuse me I''ll rest in bed for a few weeks. Those 6 months of working really put a restraints on my body.¡± I said to her, as I close my eyes again. It''s a good thing that nothing went wrong, otherwise I''ll ended up working again today. Well since she''s fine and all, I can finally rest after 6 months of working. ---Selice POV--- Eh? Is he seriously sleeping? Just like that? I can''t believe that he really just sleep after he''s done talking to someone. And the reason for helping me was to become his servant? I always imagine it would become like one of those white knight prince story, but I guess not. ¡°A-anyway is he really sleeping?¡± I get closer to the boy to see if he''s really sleeping. ¡®And he really is! He really did fell asleep.¡¯ I thought as I poke him. The boy turn around to me, and open his eyes. So he was pretending? ¡°Oh right, I forgot I didn''t order you to do anything. For now, do my chores,, and tidy the room will you?¡¯ Waving his hand, he then adjust his position, and sleep again. I don''t want to do it, but when I thought of that I can feel pain at my back. Ouch, this must be because of the contract that he told me about. The pain is getting more, and more painful as time goes to the point where I want to cry. The pain getting worsen, I start doing his chores. Cleaning the room, and tidy the things he has in his room. The pain gradually lessen when I did. The things he has in a room are¡­ Quite strange. Pot, bottles, and there''s some herbs as well I wonder what are these things for. Support the author by searching for the original publication of this novel. After I finish, I took a break for a while. Then continue on doing his chores, like washing the dishes. After all of those are done, I return to his room, and told him that I have finish doing all of his chores. ¡°Hello? Hmm, I have finish doing all of your chores, and is there anything else?¡± ¡°Hmm? Well there is one. Got o the market, and buy all the things I write in this paper.¡± He gave me a piece of paper, and gave me a pouch with money in them. Before I left I read the things he needed. ¡°Hmm, why is there so many herbs in here?¡± ¡°You''ll know, in time.¡± ¡°But there''s so many things in here, will there be enough money.¡± ¡°Hm? Yeah, the total cost should be around 30-55 silvers. You can use the rest of the money to buy your clothes.¡±After that he continued his sleeps. Seeing that he won''t wake up nor respond to what I say anymor I decided to go. ------ ¡°I''m wondering if there''s really enough money in here.¡± I muttered to myself The market was filled with a lot of people, but that''s the least of my concern. What I do concern is that will there be enough money in this pouch? Cause there doesn''t seems to be much money in here. Anyway, I went and bought all the things that he asked me to buy, or rather than asked I was forced. Well it¡¯s a good thing he include where the market is, and where should I bought the things I need on the paper. Otherwise I''ll be walking around asking people. First of is.. Grocery. The things I need to buy are bread, some vegetables, and fruits. Well that''s simple. I go to the stall lady, and bought them. When the lady ask me to pay, I took one of the coins and saw¡­ Gold coin!? I was quite surprised, surprise enough for me to drop it. Good thing that no one picked it up. The lady chuckled for a bit, and asked ¡°did you come here because of a boy with brown hair and blue eyes ask you to?¡± ¡°Y-yeah, how do you know?¡± ¡°He''s a regular of mine, and besides he always told me that one day an elf will do the shopping after a month or so, anyway here.¡± She gave me the groceries, and I gave her the money. After she gave me the changes, I left the stall and continue to buy things from the paper. The next one are the herbs, hmm there''s a bunch of things in here but it says that all I need to do is to give stall keeper there. I did as I was told to and give the paper to the stall keeper. ¡°Say little girl did a boy with brown hair, and blue eyes told you to?¡± ¡°Y-yes, how did you know?¡± ¡°He''s a regular, beside only he would buy this much herbs. I don''t know why though.¡± ¡°I-is that so?¡± ¡°Yeah, anyway here are the herbs.¡± He gave me a sack, with the herbs in them, and in return I gave him the money. Next in line is¡­ clothes. I go to where the store is suppose to be, and gave the paper to the lady in there. ¡°Hmm, did a boy with brown hair, and blue eyes told you to-¡± ¡°Yes. Yes he did.¡± ¡°Oh, well here are the clothes that he requested.¡± She gave me the clothes, and in return I gave her the clothes. Now that I''m done shopping, I should head back now. --- On the way back 3 men came to me with a smile on their face. ¡°Say little girl you''re bringing so many things there. How about we help you bring them?¡± These guys are probably plan to steal the things I have, and maybe kidnap me. Like those people.. One of them grab my hand, while the other took the groceries. At this rate I''ll have to experience that again¡­ ¡°My,my no wonder you''re so late.¡± Said a boy. ¡°Huh? What are you doing here kid? Get lost!¡± ¡°Hoo, you dare to take a way my possessions, and told me to get lost? Ridiculous.¡± ¡°Huh? What are you babbling aboht kid?¡± The 3 men feet then we''re stcuk tk the ground, and from our of no where 3 ice lance appear near their neck. The 3 of them, realizing what happen become frighten, and even pass out. ¡°W-what should we do?¡± ¡°Isn''t that obvious? Let''s bail. I don''t really care about these guys anyway.¡± He snapped his finger and the groceries float in mid air. With him leading the way we head back. After we arrive, he gave me the clothes, and the food to me while he take the sack and go to his room. ¡°Wait! Why did you give this to me?¡± ¡°Why? Of course I want you to cook food for me. You can do it right?¡± ¡°Well yes, but why did you gave me the clothes?¡± ¡°For you to wear them of course. You''ve been wearing that clothes for 6 months you know, besides those clothes are for girls anyway.¡± ¡°W-what??¡± ¡°Also from now on you''ll do the things to day for everyday, got it? Good.¡± He left, and enter his room. Well that''s fast.. Anyway I change to the clothes he gave me, and start cooking. The clothes are pretty comfy to wear. When night comes, his father came back, and with the foods I made we eat dinner. They said it was delicious but I wonder if that''s true. When it''s time to sleep, it was decided that I''ll be sleeping in Allen''s bedroom, while he and his father will share the same bedroom. ¡®So, this is how I''ll live my life from now on huh? It''s not so bad if I exclude all the things I''ll do from now on.¡¯ With that in thought I fall asleep. Chapter 19 ---Ferlike POV--- Morning comes with the sounds of bird chirping as the sign of it. I woke up, and see my son sleeping beside me. Ah right, his room was used for the elven girl he brought back 6 months ago. I must say I didn''t quite expect that he''ll brought back an elf girl when I told him to made a friend. Originally I didn''t quite like the idea even after he argue with me. But, I thought ¡®if this girl stay here then he won''t be lonely anymore¡¯ so in the end I accept it with that in mind. Besides I could tell in a glance that she''s a blood elf and homeless. It may sounds crazy to shelter a blood elf when I know it, but she seems to be unable to use blood magic so I guess it''s okay. If she did become a threat I''ll be the one to kill her.. .. Is what I would say 6 months ago. During the last 6 months Allen testing all sorts of things with the girl. He might think that I don''t realize it, but I do. Why wouldn''t I? Every night there''s always some noises came from his room, even if it weren''t that loud. I assume that everything end well with all of the things be had been doing for the last 6 months judging by how he doesn''t has this tired look anymore. Well that''s that, now then time for me to get breakfast. I went downstairs, and see the elf girl in there cooking breakfast. Well she''s an early riser. Wait that''s not it. ¡°What are you doing?¡± The girl notice me, and was startled for a second. Did I surprise her? ¡°Umm, I''m making breakfast.¡± ¡°Yes I can see that, what I meant was why are you cooking breakfast?¡± ¡°That''s because he told me to.¡± ¡°Allen told you? I could''ve swor e that he''s the one who''s suppose to make breakfast today.¡± ¡°Oh that''s because I was order by him, and I can''t refuse him because of the contrac-¡± she quickly put his hands on her mouth and close it. ¡°Wait,wait explain by what you mean that you can''t refuse him. Why can''t you refuse? ¡° ¡°Well..¡± She starts explaining the reason. She also start explaining what Allen had done for the last 6 months. It would seem that this son of mine has a reason to help her in the first place. I can''t believe that I didn''t saw through it. Now that I think about it explains quite a lot what happened to him all this time. Well on the bright side I know that he''s not doing anything dangerous for the last 6 month except for the magic part, on the bad side he just made this girl to be his slave in order for him to laze around all day. And to think that the real reason why he Help this girl, make potions, and to even go as far as to learn new magics was to have her as a servant. I don''t know if I should be impress by his determination, or I should be disappointed because of his motive on doing all this. ¡°*sigh* that son of mine. I wonder where he get''s his attitude from. Well in any case, even if I want to stop him I can''t, if I try I''m going to be pierce by ice spears. And most of all if I try to undo it I''m afraid I''m just going to do more harm than good. That kid do things that I don''t get you know. So for now do what he told you to buy if he ever order you to do something that you don''t want to tell me.¡± ¡°Of course. Now that I have finish making breakfast, should I wake him and tell him to go down to eat?¡± ¡°If you would, also be sure to splash him with cold water. Otherwise he won''t wake up.¡± ¡°Umm, if you allow that, then alright. I''ll do that.¡± She go upstairs after our talk. Now then, time to eat and go to work. ¡°Hm? What''s this?¡± I said as I picked up a letter on the table. ¡°Gard? Come to think of it we haven''t sent letters to each other for the past 2 years. I wonder how he, and my 2 children are doing.¡± I unseal the letter, and read it as I sit on the chair. ¡°Hmm, let''s see. It seems that Lyle, and Cecilica are doing fine well that''s good. Hmm, there''s stuff about politics, and how his territory is doing I wonder why he write this when I don''t even understand it.¡± Really, why would he wrote that when he knows that I don''t understand territorial management or politics. When I finish reading it, I put it back on the table. ¡°Now that''s done, I should start thinking what I''ll do with those 2 from now on.¡± With the elf joining our family I''ll need to make another room, and buy all sorts of things again. but that''s the least of my problem. The problems is now that what Allen can do. From the elf story, I guess that after 6 months of testing he somehow use the forbidden soul magic. If words get out I''m afraid he''s going to get hunted by a bunch of people. Great now I have another thing to hide from public. This tale has been unlawfully lifted without the author''s consent. Report any appearances on Amazon. There¡¯s also the seals, and contract he made in 6 months. I don''t even know how he learn how to seal someone''s magic, and do a contract without reading any books. On the brightside, with how smart, and how good he is with magic I bet he can be a court mage as soon as he graduations from school.. ¡°... Damn, I totally forgot about the fact that he''s going to school.¡±i said to myself. How the heck could I forget about it? Now that I think about it the minimum age to enter school was 10, beside it was Cecilia who handle those kind of things so maybe that''s another factor why I forgot about school.. Well it''s a good thing that school starts when you''re 10. There''s the problem with the money, and what school will he be going too but that can be solve. The thing most like can''t be solve, is Allen. If I told him to go to school he''ll most likely refuse, and we''ll have another argument. ¡°*sigh*, in a single morning I have more troubles in my hand than how many months in a year are.¡±I sigh as I eat my breakfast. It was good, the breakfast that is. ---Allen POV--- ¡°Wake up..¡± I heard a little girl''s voice. She told me to wake up, but then again it''s too comfortable in here. ¡°Wake up¡­¡± the voice came again, and once again I ignore it. ¡°Wake up..¡± This time my body was shaken as she told me to wake up again. Is there an earthquake? ¡°Wake up..¡± she told me, as I could feel something hitting me. She sure is persistent. ¡°Wake up!!!¡± She shout angrily. *splash* I could feel something cold hit my face. It''s so cold that it actually force me to open my eyes. When I did I saw the elf holding a bucket. Ahh, so that''s why.. ¡°Hey..¡± ¡°I-i¡¯m sorry but your father told me to do it to wake you up.¡± ¡°Ahh, so that''s why.. I''m hungry is breakfast ready yet?¡± ¡°Ah, yes. Please follow me.¡± ¡°Got it.¡± I said as I walk downstairs and dry myself with magic. Downstairs, dad is already waiting at the table setting in a chair with his hands fold, he''s also chewing as he did that. ¡°Morning¡± I said rubbing my eyes. ¡°Morning, now then how about you 2 take a seat. I need to talk.¡± Both of us take a seat, and listen to him. I wonder what he want to say. ¡°*cough* Allen could you tell me what were you doing for the last 6 months?¡± ¡°Why would you ask that? Unless..¡± I look at Selice. When I did she turn her head, so that''s how it is. ¡°*sigh* I should''ve told her to not speak of it to anyone else.¡± ¡°So you really did a contract with her?¡± ¡°Yup, but don''t worry I won''t do anything indecent to her.¡± ¡°Well that''s good. Oh, there''s also another thing I want to talk about.¡± ¡°Hm? What is it?¡± ¡°Starting tomorrow you''ll be studying for school.¡± ¡°... Are you serious?¡± ¡°Yes I am.¡± School? As in the so called place where you learn about things, when in actuality it''s just a place where people who are superior than you order you around? No way, I refuse this. ¡°Do I have to? I mean, we don''t have enough money to go to one. Besides big brother, and big sister didn''t go to one.¡± ¡°*sigh* I know that you''ll say that. First of all, you''ll go to school when you''re 10 like any other kids.¡± ¡°So that''s why I never saw them left the house.¡± ¡°Yeah, second don''t worry about a thing about the money part. I''m sure that my allowance will cover up. If not, then there''s always the option me asking your grandfather some money. Besides if you get a scholarship then you won''t have to pay the fee in the first place.¡± ¡°I see, but can''t I just-¡± ¡°No!¡± ¡°But-¡± ¡°No! You are obligated to enter school when you''re 10 and that''s final.¡± he said as he left the house as soon as he''s done with his breakfast. ¡°Well that''s fast. *sigh* guess I''ll start studying from tomorrow on. So much for my lazy lifestyle. Well then Let''s eat shall we?¡± Both of us eat breakfast together, and when we''re done we deal with our own business. Which is chores, and shopping for Selice. Practice some magic, making a potion, chat with Whis, and laze around all day. At night dad came back with a few books which is probably the books that I''ll need for studying. Well at least it''s a lot. After we eat dinner the 3 of us go to sleep. It was enjoyable.