《Twisted in Red》 Prologue: Isekai What happened¡­ I mumbled as I floated in a blank space. Did I die? Okay. That''s a little too far, let''s restart from the beginning, shall we? My name is Jin Kano, just your average high school student, or more so I wasn¡¯t your average student, I rarely went to school now¡­ I mean, does school even give you anything? What is the purpose? To become successful? I have nothing to live for¡­ In my past I did have something to fight for¡­ I am a martial artist, or more accurately I should say was a martial artist, you know what I mean by ¡°was¡±. I am 17 now, from the age 4 till the age of 15, I was known as the child prodigy. From sword fighting to karate, from breathing techniques to boxing, I did them all, I learned them all, I mastered them all. I trained under my grandad Nisida Kano, he was the best fighter I knew. I never knew my parents. It''s said that they both died in a car crash when I was little. From the time I started to have memories , grandad was my only family. I can confidently say I am the strongest fighter in Kyoto, or even the whole of Japan, at least back then I can¡­ When I was 14¡­ Old gramps died¡­ I was devastated. The question came into my mind then¡­ Why do I even live¡­ What was the purpose? I even dropped the one thing I love the most, martial arts. I lost all motive to fight, to become stronger, I lost all purpose in life. Why should I even go to school¡­ It wasn¡¯t for myself? I already have everything I need¡­ So to quicken the pace a bit, so I basically become your shut-in student, nothing to me mattered anymore. If you ask what I did all day? I would hope you would never know¡­ It''s not something you would want to know really. In short, I wanked it, all day, all night¡­ It wasn¡¯t like skipping on school was any uncommon thing, right? Everyone does it once in a while. Now that was almost 8 years ago¡­ I probably never really stayed outside the house for over an hour after that. I had a convenience store right next to me, so everyday I just brought the pre-cooked meals and cup noodles. I opened my wallet¡­ Wait¡­ what? Did I use up all my remaining money? So what in the world am I supposed to do now? The simple answer was to get a part-time job to earn myself some money¡­ Would anyone hire a 25 year-old fat-ass? Moreover, someone who dropped out of school and had near no achievements at all. I guess I could become a martial arts master¡­ So I looked around¡­ Was there any place hiring martial arts masters or teachers? I searched around the internet, finding a couple, the offers were quite enticing. I looked down, I was in a white T-shirt, can I even call it white anymore? It was covered in sweat, blood, food, and my semen¡­ Even if someone let me past the first gate, according to the internet it¡¯s said I would have to go through an interview. What would they do if they saw someone like me? What I¡¯d say is kick me out of the building within a flash, or maybe call security? It¡¯d be something within that range. I lived 25 years without worrying about anything¡­ Now it¡¯s really coming back to haunt me, huh? Guess I could take out a loan or something, borrow some money, get myself some new clothes and stuff. That should be the plan. During my high school days before Gramp''s death, I was pretty popular. I wouldn¡¯t say I was a school celebrity but I¡¯d say I was in a way better position back then compared to now. Maybe it¡¯s because of my body, girls came after me, or maybe it was my looks back then. Since that time, I couldn¡¯t even get a girlfriend. It might be because I rarely went out, or maybe it¡¯s my flabby tummy. Find this and other great novels on the author''s preferred platform. Support original creators! Looking in the mirror, I can¡¯t even call myself a shell of my former self, I am just a completely different person. Jerking off all day doesn¡¯t do me any favor either, it just made my skin crawl with acne and pimples. I could really have done plenty if I wasn¡¯t stuck in the past and became a shut-in after something that was bound to happen sooner or later. I wouldn¡¯t say it¡¯s my fault, anyone in a situation like that would crash out, maybe in a different way than me but still, losing the only family you know of¡­ I walked out onto the street to head to the bank, taking out a loan was the first step. The blinding street lights¡­ The billboards¡­ I haven¡¯t seen this scene with my eyes probably in the last 10 years. Of course I have seen it in an anime somewhere, or have imagined it in my brain while reading a light novel. I looked around the place, it¡¯s really impressive ain¡¯t it, the Japanese billboards. I really don¡¯t know any of these new celebrities, huh? 10 years really takes away all my knowledge of the world. The billboard flips to another ad. The ad was for a sporting drink, a hot girl sat on a bench sipping on the drink. Oh I know that one, uhhhhhh, who is she? I swear I have seen her somewhere before, maybe in a porn video or something? Oh I remember, she¡¯s Kuroi Arita, I thought completely wrong, let me clear things up, she¡¯s not in a porn video or anything, she was my classmate from highschool. Come to think of it, I always thought she was cute, I¡¯d never thought she would actually become an actress. Wow, people really have been doing their stuff these years, while I sat on my bed jerking it to some hentai. Maybe I could have been an actor if I had aimed higher¡­ No¡­ That doesn''t matter anymore, I gotta make myself useful now, I can¡¯t go back in time. Even if I could, I don''t think things would change much. I hear people chatting as I walk across the road, the voice sounds familiar, was it someone I know? No way. I have spent the last ten years being an absolute failure, I wouldn¡¯t have talked to anyone. ¡°Hehehe, no way.¡± ¡°I¡¯m pretty sure the news is real.¡± ¡°Hahaha.¡± Such a casual conversation¡­ I haven¡¯t heard this in so long. Man, that really takes me back, I don¡¯t know about why but it seems nostalgic, I suppose not talking to anyone in so long made me appreciate just your day to day convo. ¡°Jin? Is that you?¡± Huh? Someone recognized me? I turn around¡­ Uhhhh¡­ Who was she again? I stood there, on the street, diving deep into my memory, trying to find a name. ¡°Look out!¡± a voice shouts. I remember now¡­ It¡¯s her¡­ Kuroi Arita¡­ A pair of headlights flooded my vision, the bright light blinded me. The last thing I saw was¡­ her face¡­ Kuroi, you are still as cute as before, huh? ¡­ Thank god you didn¡¯t get smashed along with me. Now then where am I¡­ Did I die? A blinding light flashes in my eyes. Blink. Blink. The blur fades as a few seconds pass, I open my eyes to look around. My eyes adjust to the surroundings. I hear a few shocked screams, or more accurately screams of fear. The area I laid on suddenly disappeared, just like they withdrew. Gravity takes over. I began dropping down towards the floor. Am I really about to die again? Sighhh¡­ Life is really a joke, huh? Thump. Owch. Damn that hit hard, landing on your back is really painful, ain¡¯t it? I didn¡¯t die, did I? I look around. Sighhh¡­ So where am I? Wait, I don''t recognize this place, it doesn¡¯t seem familiar, although I was mostly a shut-in, I did know the landscape of Japan. This looks ancient, something you would see in the 1800s. This isn¡¯t¡­ Japan? DID I JUST GET ISEKAI¡¯D INTO ANOTHER WORLD? I looked down at my body, raised my hands and feet into the light. I was buck naked, in a piece of cloth, and yes I am a baby once again.

//

It''s almost sunset, in the dimly lit alleyway I continue to reside, my body too small and frail to move around. I watch from the shadows of the alleyway, men and women walking around the busy main street. The sunlight of the setting sun shining on my tiny body, still not being noticed. I¡¯m really the ultimate side character, huh? Even after being isekai¡¯d, I¡¯m still unnoticeable¡­ Sigh¡­ An hour seemed to have passed, the sun started to disappear behind the buildings and trees, only a sliver of sunlight remained, barely allowing me to see my surroundings. I guess I really don''t need any sunlight anyways, there''s really not much to see when you are stuck in a small alleyway. A shadow casts over my small body. Did the sun set that quickly? I thought to myself as I turned around seeing the situation. I see a cloaked figure, a girl. No, no, no, more like a woman, prolly around her 20s or so. The young woman bends low, shadowing me, her hair, blond, grazes over my body, its silky smooth. As her body closes the gap, I see, she was an elf, and what people would definitely call a beauty, way more beautiful than any girl I have seen in real life, even Kuroi can''t compare. Her body, curvy, with large breasts and a nice butt, her eyes, a beautiful colour of blueish purple, every man¡¯s dream would be to have a girl like her, a girl you would only see in an anime or manga. Soft hands lift me up slowly, her body, it''s so close. She carried me in her arms, pressing against her large breasts. Damn they¡¯re soft, they feel just like how the books describe. That¡¯s a new achievement. It feels so warm. She pressed me against her soft lips, she smelled really nice, a kind of strawberry I think? ¡°Don¡¯t worry, you are safe now, I¡¯m here.¡± Her breath was hot. It felt warm, not from her breath, or maybe¡­ nah, it felt like home. The young woman walks out into the main street with me in her arms. Finally, after seemingly an eternity I have left the shadows of the dark alleyway, it almost felt like an achievement. It is. This new world seemed like your average isekai, with technology in the 1800s or so, there weren¡¯t cars or electric street lights, instead oil lamps and carriages were used, the carriages some pulled by horses, some by raptors like creatures. It was loud and busy, the streets were packed with people. I sense an energy flowing in the atmosphere, an aura glowing around every person around, could it be? Is that mana? Excitement boiled up inside me as the young woman continued to move through the busy street, it seemed like I was about to explode from the excitement. Book of Magic Yawn. I woke up in a small baby¡¯s bed, quite the nice bed, seemed pretty expensive, especially in this day and age. Blink. Blink. The blur from waking up slowly cleared, it was morning, the sun shined through the window sill and onto my body. The room I am in looks fancy, with a chandelier hanging from the top, and gold everywhere. How did I get here anyways, the last thing I remembered was seeing the aura around everyone. Hmmm¡­ maybe I fell asleep after the excitement. ¡°Ava, are you sure you want to bring that child in? His eyes match the ones from the prophecy.¡± ¡°So Julian, are you just going to leave a helpless baby in the cold winter to die? Why are we believing a stupid prophecy anyways. I am set on bringing this child into the Hashino house and you can¡¯t convince me otherwise.¡± Seems like they are arguing about bringing me in, and something about a prophecy. And I guess the young woman and my future mother¡¯s name is Ava, while my future father¡¯s Julian. Sigh¡­ even in this new world I still don¡¯t get to know my real parents. Soft footsteps slowly approach the door. Oh shit, I should pretend to sleep, I¡¯m a baby still, they would get suspicious if I were to wake up so early in the morning and not cry. The door slowly creaked open, Ava tip-toed softly till she was next to my bed. ¡°What should I name you now?¡± ¡°Hmmm¡­ Andrew?¡± Please no. ¡°Eren?¡± Please no. Is that an Attack on Titan reference? ¡°Hmmmm, how about Jin¡­ Jin Hashino I like it.¡± Ava¡¯s eyes glowed with excitement. Wait what, somehow I got the same name as in my previous life. Suddenly I feel hands pick me up from under, wait what, am I not a baby fast asleep? ¡°From now on you are Jin Hashino.¡± Ava says, as she smiles at me happily. That is definitely not the way to treat a sleeping child¡­ // About two years have passed since I arrived in this world, I am now 2 years old. Recently I have acquired the skills to read, write, walk and talk, quite the crazy feat for any normal 2 year old I know. But I am not your average child, with my experience from my past life as an anime obsessed otaku¡­ maybe it is a crazy feat for me¡­ Sigh¡­ I tried training my body recently, it''s not really like training, it''s closer to adapting to this new body. I may still have the combat skills from my past life, but I don¡¯t think my body can handle that sort of stuff quite yet¡­ In the meantime, I should just learn about the world while I¡¯m still young. I head out of my bedroom on the second floor and enter the home library. Oh yeah, did I mention I was actually adopted into a rich noble family? The Hashino house, one of the big four families in the Midgard Kingdom, they govern over Eastland the second most crowded state of the kingdom until the royal capital, My father *adopted* is the duke of Eastland. I was quite certain that magic in this world is much harder to learn compared to the magic shown in the isekai mangas, I guess that for sure, the magic in isekai mangas are made up and written to fit the setting. I asked the maid Lily to help me get the book on the top shelf. Lily is one of the young maids of this mansion, also quite the beauty, although incomparable to mother, she has a sort of carmine coloured hair and large green eyes. Lily reaches up for my book. From the wooden ladder she holds her hand up, visibly struggling, she tips the book. Oh yeah did I mention Lily is extremely clumsy sometimes. The book flipped backwards from the tip, as she grabbed a hold of the book, the ladder came tumbling down and Lily fell down along with it. Crash. ¡°Ow, ow, ow.¡± I smell a flowery aroma, I open my eyes¡­ What is this? It''s plump and soft, is this Lily¡¯s butt??? The soft object, which was in fact Lily¡¯s butt and thighs, lifted up away from my face. Well, that was quite the experience, somehow I am already getting the pervy main character moments at 2. I thought to myself. ¡°Sorry, Young master Jin.¡± She quickly bows down, holding the book out, ¡°Beginner¡¯s guide to magic¡±. // Click. Click. Click. Click. I ran down the steps towards the garden, holding the large heavy book. I place the book down on the grassy plain, flipping it to the first page I see a whole bunch of words and a symbol that looks like the deathly hallows from Harry Potter. The symbol seemed to be a sort of magic circle or incantation, these were the first things that come to mind when I think about magic. Sigh¡­ reading and watching so much anime and manga really has changed me huh? ¡°Basic Spell: Fireball. Focus your mana onto your palm and say the incantation ¡®Spark of heat. Expand and fuel. Fireball¡¯, this is one of the basic spells. It may take up to one week to master this spell.¡± One week huh? Magic sure doesn¡¯t come as easy as the mangas say. I hold up my palm, still looking down at the book¡¯s instructions. A flow of energy builds up within me, slowly flowing to my hand then to the center of my palm. ¡°FIREBALL!¡± I shout as the energy pushes against my palm. A large orb of bright orange flame forms in front of me. Was that supposed to happen? I was surprised how easy it was. The huge ball of flame expands larger and larger.If you spot this tale on Amazon, know that it has been stolen. Report the violation. ¡°Huh?¡± Boommm. A gigantic explosion and the flames dispersed. I stare blankly. ¡°Eh?¡± Is this magic? It was weird, more like surreal, but you get the point. The fact that I can use magic but was that supposed to happen? I thought magic was supposed to fly forward or something, I guess magic really is different from manga. Click. Click. Click. Click. Footsteps quickly scurry down the stone stairs, a voice says ¡°Are you okay?¡± It was mother. She picked me up, still panting. ¡°Jin, are you hurt?¡± She checks me over for any injuries, looking at the surroundings, she spots the book, flipped to the first page. Stare¡ª- She held me in front of her, face to face. Hmmm, how am I supposed to describe her expression, shocked maybe? It was dead silent. // About a month has passed since I first started the book, as expected the amount of new information was immense, but I think I have grasped most of it, let me summarise the information real quick:
  1. Spells: Spells in this isekai world are basically separated into five main categories. Attacking magic, support magic, healing magic, manipulation magic, and utility magic. The categories of magic should be pretty easy to understand, by reading the name you would prolly know what each category does. In the case of the last two, utility and manipulation, I¡¯ll expand a bit. Utility magic, as implied in the name is magic used for utility magic is something like teleportation, it''s not much but I think you get the point. And now onto manipulation magic, examples like manipulating objects from liquids to solids, pulling or throwing objects with magic are all included within this category, although its little use in combat, manipulation magic is one of the hardest categories of magic to master. At least that''s what the book says, I¡¯ll explain my theory later.
  1. Mana: Mana is the energy flowing within everyone''s body, putting it in terms of reference its something like lifeforce or chi. Mana is separated into two groups, negative and positive, mainly negative mana is used, spells are casted from negative mana. Positive mana is rarer to see in a body, positive mana is like a constant healing spell replenishing the body. Only around 1 in 10000 has positive mana, while basically anyone without it has negative mana, having both is extremely rare.
  1. Spells and mana are the basics in terms of magic, but activation is the most important part, magic without activation is just straight up useless. The main activations for magic are Incantations and magic circles, just like in any isekai story, incantations seems to be the trend, at least according to the book.
That is mostly all the basic information from the book explained, at least that''s the information I took in. From practice I understood the basic concept, by pushing extra mana out towards the spell you are able to make the spell go forward, if no extra mana is applied the spell would flop and just fall down due to gravity. So you can pretend your hand is something like a gun, the spell your bullet and the extra mana the gunpowder, hopefully that explains a bit better Currently I¡¯m up to page 355, each beginner spell takes up around on average 6-8 pages, while elementary takes up 12-13, I haven¡¯t gotten to the spells above advanced so I wont know. Page 356 ¡°Blood ritual: Using a drop of blood to create a sacrifice¡­¡± Well¡­ That became dark real quick. To speak in summary, rituals are used to power up magic spells, largely increasing the output and the power of the spell; these rituals mostly come with a cost. The blood ritual is one where the user of the spell sacrifices a drop of blood to increase the proficiency of the spell. What if I used the drop of blood along with the manipulation magic, compressing the blood into just a solid, would that take away the sacrifice and turn it into a stronger form of blood manipulation? Guess I¡¯ll never know without trying it out. I hold both my index fingers together, slide, a drop of blood falls from the left index finger. I clench my fist, the droplet of blood stops midair. ¡°Compress.¡± The drop of blood turns hard as it continues to hover in the air. It worked? I was surprised that my crazy theory worked out perfectly, my imagination went crazy, images flung themselves into my head, from figurines to weapons, I can make them, I can make them all. The droplet of blood warps into the shape of a woman¡¯s body. Oops¡­ forget that. Let me try one more object for today, ¡°Compress¡­ Etos.¡± The droplet of blood floating in the air warps, it became long and flat, a scarlet red sword. The sword was elegant, beautiful. I grabbed hold of the sword, held it tightly. Clank. It was heavy, way too heavy for me currently. It was then and there, I discovered the true potential of manipulation magic. // I¡¯m four now, ever since I found the book, ¡°Beginner¡¯s guide to magic¡± I devoted all my time to it, shutting myself in to become the best magic user I can, it''s been 2 years. For once I shut myself in for a good cause, not just to lay around and wank. I am now able to cast intermediate level spells with a flick of my hand, not that I need intermediate level spells at my age, but you know, the stronger the better. My mana reserves has grown quite a bit also. There are 5 levels in terms of spell casting, basic, elementary, intermediate, advanced, and calamity. Pretty simple to understand, the stronger the spell the higher the level and most likely the harder to cast. There are 4 elements to magic: Fire, Water, Earth, Wind. In this world magic is basically what people call alchemy, the deconstruction and reconstruction of matter, as we know from science class matter cannot be created nor destroyed, this applies in this world also, spells simply use the available space and reconstruct it. I said there were only 4 elements to magic, that was wrong to a point, by using something the book called spell stacking mages are able to combine multiple spells to create something known as a combination spell, examples to this are like hot water geysers and warm wind. It may seem hard to do but it¡¯s actually quite simple, just say the incantation for two spells and focus on forcing the two into one. Blood Art One: Bloody Inferno A swirling scarlet flame burns a dent into the mountain. Woah there let''s slow down a bit. Let me explain, the blood arts are a variety of spells I developed after I learned the fact that I can use the sacrificial drop of blood to perform a stronger form of blood manipulation. Although the spells aren¡¯t perfect due to my limited knowledge on mana and spell manipulation, it should still be enough to rank itself in the intermediate spells category. These spells I developed have a pre-set setting, where the spell can automatically do its job without me focusing on the incantation. Creating spells of the get go is extremely difficult, because of the many variables in the incantation a lot of newly created spells backfire. There are 13 forms of blood art in total: Blood Art one: Bloody Inferno Blood Art two: Crimson Creation Blood Art three: Bloodshot Blood Art four: Flowing Red Armor Blood Art five: Binding Blood Art six: Resonance Blood Art seven: Scarlet Rain Blood Art eight: Piercing Arrow Blood Art nine: Explosion Blood Art ten: Decay Blood Art eleven: Crimson Puppet Blood Art twelve: Enforcer Blood Art thirteen: Order Pre-setting, a basic skill for mages, a common practice, it¡¯s efficient. pre-setting basically means setting up a spell which can be fired at a moment¡¯s notice, sometimes even without the incantation, but because of this the spells overall power significantly drops due to the non improvisable nature. ¡°I really improved since then, huh?¡± (thinking back this was really dumb¡­ why did I fire off an intermediate spell in a forest¡­) ¡°Jin! Where are you? Jin!¡± A loud female voice shouts from the foot of the mountain. Shit. Mom saw the explosion. I quickly crouch down, trying to figure out how not to get exposed. ¡°Jin, thank god you are safe.¡± A voice came from behind as my body got lifted up. ¡°Jin, are you hurt?¡± Mom checks me over, ¡°Hmmm, no sign of any injury even when you were so close to an explosion¡­¡± Shit I¡¯m about to get busted. ¡°Jin, by chance could it be you that casted that spell?¡± Mom stares at me. Yep, I¡¯m cooked, hopefully I can get away by confessing. I nod my head while acting to be sorry, I made sure to look innocent and bowed my head down sincerely as I apologised. Ava¡¯s eyes lit up, as she embraced me happily, ¡°My son¡¯s a magical genius.¡± She was crazy excited, jumping around the forest like a mad-woman. I guess I shouldn¡¯t say that to my mother, although adopted. That wasn¡¯t the reaction I thought she was going to do. I went home with mom after that. Tutoring I twist in my bed, sleeping soundly, completely drained from the training I did in the mountains at night. Bang. My bedroom door fling open. ¡°I have a surprise for you!!!¡± Ava says as she leans on top of me, her large boobs pressing against my chest. ¡°Ehh¡­ What is it?¡± I say lazily as I yawn, I was still extremely drained from yesterday¡¯s training. ¡°You would have to go down and ask your father if you want to know.¡± Mom said with a wink, mother was hyper as always. I got out of bed and followed mother down to the living room. Click. Click. Click. Click. Me and mom walk. Father in the living room, sitting on a one-man sofa reading the newspaper, looking serious as always. Father was mostly a man of few words, and today was not different. Mom and I take the seats facing father. The silence between me and father was tense, while mom was jolly as ever. Finally father broke the silence, ¡°I have heard from your mother that you have been sneaking around to the mountains to practice magic.¡± His voice was stern, to a point where it was kind of frightening. Shit. I¡¯m about to get scolded, ain¡¯t I? Father continued, ¡°There is no need for you to sneak around anymore, I have hired a magic tutor for you, she should be coming soon.¡± Ehhh? Wait what? I thought I was going to get scolded. My dad hired me as a magic tutor? And it''s a ¡°she¡±? Images of beautiful tutors from the animes I have watched flood my mind, from elves to demons to humans. Wait, wouldn¡¯t there also be a chance that she''s¡­ the picture of a muscular gorilla like woman come into my mind. Aghhh¡­ No way dad would torture me like that, would he? I shake the thought away. I went outside and sat on the stairs of the front door, staring, waiting, excited for the tutor isekai life I once so longed for and am truly about to experience. 15 minutes¡­ 30 minutes¡­ 1 hour¡­ 2 hours¡­ Snoring¡­ Aghh! Well, that was a long time waiting, Aghhh, I thought dad said she was coming soon. Clank. Clank. Clank. Clank. Is that her? A carriage, pulled by a raptor, came towards the mansion. I stared excitedly, it''s finally about to happen, I¡¯m officially learning magic! The carriage stopped in front of the mansion, as a young green haired girl wearing a dark green robe and hood walked out, she held a long wooden staff with a large purple orb on the top. Looking closely, the girl kind of has the characteristics of an elf, for example, her ears, although they aren¡¯t long, they are pointy at the tip. I wasn¡¯t expecting my tutor to be a teen, she looks like she¡¯s around 15. ¡°Oh, you must be Felt.¡± A voice behind me spoke out, I turned around, ¡°Mother?!¡± I was surprised, mother was there the whole time, I didn¡¯t even notice. At this point in time, my ability to detect magic is already at a point where not many can dodge my sight, to think mother has the ability to suppress her aura enough to dodge my notice. I shiver, I knew mother was a potent magic user, sensing her mana was much stronger than any of the people nearby, but I never knew her control over mana was this strong. It''s kind of frightening to think about. ¡°Oh you must be Mrs Hashino, where is young master Hashino?¡± Felt replies as she looks around the garden. Guess it''s rare to see someone as young as me to get a magic tutor¡­ Sigh¡­ I guess we are both suprised. ¡°Here!¡± Felt looks down, spotting me on the stairs, ¡°Oh¡­¡± She sounds disappointed. ¡°So? Shall we start?¡± Felt continues. // Felt had a head of green hair, cut short above her shoulder with a long braid hanging from her left shoulder. Her eyes were lazy as if she was half asleep. Her dark green robe covered her ears. I stand next to Felt in the middle of the garden, ¡°Let''s start by testing your mana capacity and output first.¡± Felt says as she hands me a clear stone, ¡°Focus your mana into your hands and flow it all into the crystal.¡± Wouldn¡¯t the stone break if I put all of my mana in? I guess I¡¯ll just follow the instructions. I shrugged off the thought. I held the crystal tightly and began focusing all my mana, forcing it into the crystal. The crystal began glowing, first green, then blue, then purple, then red¡­ The crystal glowed brightly as the mana leaked out from it. ¡°No way¡­ How is anyone allowed so much mana¡­¡± Felt voice shook as she blankly stared down at the glowing crystal in my hand, now black. Crack. Crack. ¡°THROW IT AWAY, THE CRYSTAL!¡± Crack. ¡°THROW IT!¡± I throw the crystal into the sky. Boom. An overwhelming amount of mana explodes into the air. The impact of the explosion pushes Felt away, crashing into a tree, ¡°Ow¡­¡± The tree snaps in two. FELT Felt opens her eyes again, her vision is blurry, all she sees is a small figure. The figure is Jin, holding his hand out, a glowing magic circle with runes. ¡°elementary level healing¡­ Is that elementary level healing?¡± ¡°Yes master.¡± Jin replies. ¡°No way¡­¡± ¡°Master should rest for a bit.¡± Felt in her room, lies on her bed, her face smothered into the pillow.Stolen from its original source, this story is not meant to be on Amazon; report any sightings. How is such a small child so strong¡­ elementary healing at four¡­ Breaking a magic crystal. Nyan¡­! Nyannnn¡­ Sounds of pleasure came from the room next door. Quite a lot has happened today¡­ I¡¯m teaching a genius child¡­ huh? ¡°Guess I should relieve some stress¡­¡± Felt thinks in her mind as she puts her hand under her dress. JIN That was quite the day, wasn¡¯t it? I stretch on my bed. Was the crystal breaking supposed to happen? Master Felt sure was quite shocked when she saw it happen, maybe it''s just not common for children. Ahhh¡­ No need to overthink this, I can just ask master Felt. I get out of my bed. The door creaks as I slowly open it. Nyannnn! Nyan¡­ Sigh¡­ mom and dad sure are having a good time, why did I die a virgin¡­ I¡¯m jealous. I guess a sneak peek wouldn¡¯t hurt anyone. Let me quickly explain the layout of the second floor of the mansion before continuing. The configuration goes as follow: Felt¡¯s room (guest room) > Ava and Julian¡¯s bedroom (master bedroom) > My bedroom > Piano room > maid bedroom 1 > maid bedroom 2 > Lily¡¯s bedroom (maid bedroom 3) Now I have that out of the way. I walk over to the nyannyan noises coming from the master bedroom. Sigh¡­ This seems so wrong, what if I get caught. I guess I can easily get away with it, I¡¯m a four year old child that doesn¡¯t know anything, or so I look like one¡­ It¡¯s already late at night, close to midnight, none of the maids should be awake at this hour, so why is there light at the end of the corridor? They sure look like they are going at it, the yelping and moaning just don¡¯t stop, I guess I can expect a little brother or sister sooner rather than later. Shake. Shake, I shouldn¡¯t be peeking at my parents anyways, might as well investigate the light at the end of the hallway. I walked towards the light, the light wasn¡¯t bright, like a dying flame. As I walked closer¡­ Mmmmmm¡­ Mmmmm¡­ A mysterious noise came out of the room, don''t tell me the mansion is haunted. I slowly creaked open the door, opening a tiny slit to peek inside. Inside was Felt¡­ Hmmm, how should I phrase this¡­ Touching herself to the sounds of pleasure from the room next door? Her hand under her skirt with movements that I won¡¯t bother to describe. This feels illegal to watch, I guess she''s at the age where she does this sort of stuff, she looks like a teenager after all¡­ BUT that still doesn¡¯t mean it doesn¡¯t feel illegal to watch¡­ It''s like the things you see in the unspeakable ecchi animes. I shouldn¡¯t disturb her, I¡¯ll just ask the question tomorrow. // Within a blink of an eye 4 months have passed, I have perfected most elementary level magic and am currently moving onto intermediate. Felt is a great teacher, her style of teaching doesn¡¯t fit the era. A lot of interactive learning, it''s not what you are thinking. Practicing spells in the field as she explains the logic behind said spell is one of the most common practices for her. She goes through information quickly, skipping part of the textbook she deems unnecessary, for example the whole 90 pages of beginner magic. Her fast style of teaching is quite hard to catch up at first, but with her patient teaching and repeating I caught up. Within the four months we have been together the curriculum is already half finished. I was just sitting at my desk, doing my research. Since I learned all the elementary level spells, I began doing research trying to find ways to more effectively hone my magic. It''s quite fun, you see, solving problems, at least it''s fun for me, it''s kind of like chemistry playing around with the incantation and images instead of chemical substances. This would be a good time to explain what I am researching, ¡®Arieus¡¯ the reconstruction spell, this spell destroys the matter onto a atomic level then rearranges it, this can change the form from solid to liquid, switch up the atomic configuration changing the element, kinda of overpowered not gonna lie. Knock. Knock. The noise came from my bedroom door, I looked over from my desk as it happened. ¡°Jin, it''s me, Felt. Can I come in?¡± My guard was quickly lowered as I heard teacher Felt¡¯s voice. The door slides open as a young green hair girl in a robe walks in. She goes towards my bed, sitting on it. With a loud sigh Felts body relaxes and loosens up, flopping on my bed. ¡°Hey¡­ Jin¡­ What are you doing¡­¡± Felt lazily says as she glanced over at my desk, where I sit, extremely focused. ¡°Uhhhh¡­ Nothing.¡± I swiftly reply with a jolt, quickly trying to hide my research. Before my hand even got to the drawers, Felts hand already blocked the path, holding onto the pieces of paper which is my research. Snatching them from my hands, Felt analysed the handwriting on the paper, ¡°Huh? What language is this? Are these incantations for advanced level manipulation magic?!¡± Felt exclaimed as she read through my papers, some written in japanese and some written in the language they use here, whatever its called. Her expression clearly showed her astonishment. Calming down she places the papers back on my desktop, her finger pointing at a line in the incantation. ¡°This part should be smoother to focus on the flow of the chant.¡± Eh? Is Felt giving me advice? Well¡­ that¡¯s unexpected. Felt was always helpful, commonly seen to help along with the housework, using her magic to assist the mansion¡¯s maids even if she''s not required to do so. ¡°Hey¡­ Uhh¡­ Jin, if you want, I could give you extra lessons at night to further your knowledge on higher level magic, not required in the curriculum.¡± Huh? Is she asking to help me with my research? This is a once in a lifetime opportunity to learn from someone who knows this stuff. Beaming with excitement I quickly agreed to the extra lessons. ¡°Yes, I would love to.¡± FELT Recently Jin has been growing exponentially faster than before. I don¡¯t know the reason, but it seems like he figured something out. If he continues growing this quickly I¡¯m afraid I wouldn¡¯t have anything to teach him soon. Today at around 3 am in the morning, I went to the bathroom, when I walked back down the hallway. I saw something peculiar, a light coming from the slit of Jin¡¯s bedroom door, it wasn¡¯t a bright light, just a smothering flame from a candle. No one should be awake at this time in the night, especially not a 5 year old child. My brain went over multiple different answers for the light, maybe he was scared of the dark? I wanted to know more. As I walked closer and closer to Jin¡¯s room, an interesting noise sounded from inside, a scratching sound, not of skin, but of something else. Hmm? He should be awake then, I wonder what he¡¯s doing, what''s all that scratching sound. I knocked. The scratching paused. It was definitely him making the noise. I knock once again, ¡°Jin, it¡¯s me, Felt, can I come in? The lock clicked, Jin unlocked the door, I opened it and went inside his room, his room was quite the show, it was the polar opposite of what a child¡¯s room should look like, there weren¡¯t any toys scattered around, I mean there weren¡¯t any toys at all, like there is one I guess but I don¡¯t think I would classify that as a toy, a battered wooden doll, used for practicing combat stood in the corner of his room. This wasn¡¯t the only odd part of his room, his bedroom doesn¡¯t seem like a bedroom at all, looking closely it looks more to be a study than anything, shelves on the walls stacked book atop of books, there were at least a few hundred i¡¯d say. Is he really a five year old? I laid down on Jin¡¯s bed, I glanced back looking at Jin, he was extremely focused on something, the scratching sound of pen on parchment continued, what could he be doing? Aren''t kids around this age supposed to be running around the field, playing around with toys and having fun? I was getting continuously interested in what Jin was doing. I stood up and walked towards Jin¡¯s desk where he sat. As I approached Jin seemed to be trying to hide the pieces of parchment, I quickly slipped my hand in his path and took the pieces of parchment. What could he be so focused on and would have to hide from people, could it be something sexual? Something ecchi? I unfolded the papers, in it was thousands upon thousands of words, and there was a language in there which I wasn¡¯t familiar with. I read through the papers, ¡®Invision final object, focus on splitting up the matter into smaller particles to switch places.¡¯ Are these notes on the advanced spell, ¡®Arieus¡¯? ¡­ You are truly different, aren¡¯t you¡­ Jin? JIN A few nights after I started taking night lessons, ¡°Hey, master Felt, why is there so little utility magic?¡± I asked abruptly, the question was completely random, out of the blue. I tend to do this quite often, I guess it''s sort of a habit of children my age. ¡°You see, magic was originally made for combat, in the past the three gods Chronos, Nitris and Arnos created the world and along with it came knowledge, knowing the world would drive into chaos if it isn''t controlled they gave the gift of magic to six legendary heroes, known today as the seven eyes of god. They ruled over the kingdom, using their magic against the rebels stopping them before it leads to chaos. Slowly as the heroes grow older, they have children and their children have children, the gift is passed down through the bloodline. Although the magic has been spread out not everyone has access to it, that''s why devices and equipment have been made for utilities which are easily accessed by the major population, which then lead to the halting of development in utility magic.¡± Felt explained to me throughly even if my question is random. ¡°Wow. I never knew there is so much history behind all of this, Master Felt, tell me more about the world.¡± Actually I¡¯m quite interested about this world, never leaving the outskirts of the countryside, I was an outsider. Even in the library there weren¡¯t any books about the world map, I was completely blank in terms of geography. ¡°There are 8 continents and lots of countries and kingdoms¡­¡± So, to summarise real quick is that the world is huge, way bigger than Earth. I didn¡¯t travel a lot in my past life, I have only been to a couple of countries. To be honest I did not have a grasp on how big Earth was, It just seemed like this world is much bigger. There are a total of 8 continents: North and South Ether, Litith, Geno, Wavende, Center, Hydran, and Jothum. We currently reside in the Midgard kingdom within the Litith continent, on the outskirts of Eastland. My father Julian was a high class noble, to be specific the duke of Eastland. That was the jist of what Felt told me, there was much more about the other kingdoms, but I¡¯ll leave that stuff to when I need it. After that we continued all night long¡­ That came out wrong, it''s more like we continued talking about magic theory all night long. Ha, got you there, didn¡¯t I.