It didn't take too long for the taxi to arrive at their location, landing on a protruding platform on the side of a huge building. there was a huge blue glass wall at the entrance that didn't look like it was able to be opened.

Behind the glass wall was a small room with a raised platform with an intricate circle design carved into it, with the lines permanently shining white light. The moment Astraea saw the circle she couldn't help but think out 'Magic Circle' like in all the fantasy novels she had read where they were used as a catalyst for spells and magic.

Her parents walked towards the glass wall without any intent to stop and it had suddenly phased through the wall without any resistance, giving her a bit of a fright.

Looking back at the blue glass wall as her parents walked up the platform, another fantasy term popped into her head, 'Magic Barrier', though she strongly felt the science fiction aspect of the world, these few things made her remember that it was a magitech world like she had requested, knowing that none of it would have been possible without magic.

They reached the top of the platform and stood in the middle of the glowing circle, and after a few seconds, the surroundings changed in an instant.

Astraea guessed that the circle had teleported them, but such teleportation was smoother than any description of it she had ever read, most novels that she had read described teleportation as nauseating and having a bit of a delay in the transfer, but she had experienced none of that, though she assumed that this world had already perfected teleportation to some extent.

They had arrived in a smaller magic circle of a slightly different design inside of a luxurious condominium with modern decorations and large glass window taking up an entire wall, showcasing the beautiful city outside.

It was also very spacious but not to the point that it felt sparse, it was like the perfect balance between the two.

Aereon slumped into a nearby couch, breathing out a tired sounding sigh as he massaged his forehead with his fingers.

"Tired?" Paela asked with a small smile, she was feeling quite tired herself after such an eventful day.

"I have no right to call myself tired in comparison to you, how are you holding up?" Aereon sat up on the couch as he returned the smile, still a bit concerned for his wife that had gone through childbirth not too long ago.

She rolled her eyes at his question. "I would go through the same pain I just went through if it was for the benefit of little Astraea here. So don't look at me like I went through some kind of trauma."

"I know, I know... can't a man be worried for his wife?" Aereon said with a bit of sarcasm, getting a playful 'hmph' from his love.

Astraea giggled as she watched and listened to the interaction between her parents, glad that they seemed to have a healthy relationship just from how they treated each other. It didn't feel like lovey-dovey couples that you see amongst teens, but more of best friends that have known each other for a long time.

She was willing to bet that both of them were childhood friends and they had developed their relationship over a long period of time.

"Ooh yes~ That's funny, isn't it? That your daddy thinks women are fragile, at least not this woman, and definitely not you. I'm gonna teach you how to become a strong independent woman, little Astraea~" Paela baby talked to her when she heard her giggle, playfully booping her tiny nose with her slender finger, eliciting more giggles from the cutie.

Astraea had close to no control over her reactions so it was a little frustrating, but at least she knew that her behavioral cuteness was working, she guessed that she had close to no control over herself regarding her reactions as babies usual acted very instinctually which was similar to how people acted cute unconsciously.

She reckoned that it was better this way as she would have either had to forcefully make herself act like a baby or just act like an unresponsive and boring baby, both of which she did not want.

"I never said that! Ugh... I hate it when you tease me like this." He complained. 

"So what's actually bothering you? Since I already know that it's not the fatigue." She asked curiously.

"I didn't go through the proper channels to leave my post because I rushed out without thinking, I'm gonna get my ass handed to me tomorrow...speaking of which, you are taking a maternity leave starting tomorrow onwards? Has Joana taken care of that since I know you had a lot of engagements that you told me about." 

"While I would say that it was your fault for rushing, I'm thankful that you did so to support me during the birth, and Joana has canceled all future engagements until further notice." She answered happily, she was getting a bit tired of having to attend all of those engagements while heavily pregnant, and she was glad that she'll be getting away from it for a while. 

She wouldn't consider it a break as childcare was far from relaxing, but she was sure that it would be enjoyable and satisfying, especially watching Astraea grow.

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The next few weeks were quite uneventful as Astraea was in her crib for the majority of the time, sometimes in the living room when her mom wanted to feed her or wanted her to look out at the city. Sometimes she sang some lullabies to get her to fall asleep, and it was quite effective despite the maturity of the person residing in the small body. 

How she handled breastfeeding and the awkwardness of it was quite easy to be honest, just allow her baby instincts to take over and relax, she had no problems behaving like a normal baby as she only had to let her body take over instead of overthinking it. 

Her dad, Aereon, had mentioned something about pulling his weight and deciding to work longer, only being able to return home every few days. He made the effort to bond with her every time he came home and she was more than willing to bond with her new dad, making more effort to act cute while letting her instincts do most of the work. 

She had figured out her parent's occupations from the conversations they had and their personal belongings, she found out that her mom Paela was actually an actor and model as she had heard her talking with someone on her holowatch about things related to showbiz and modeling. 

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Her dad Aereon seemed to be working in the military but she couldn't figure out what specifically and only figured out as he had used military terms when conversing with her mom about his job. 

It wasn't just purely being a cute baby, and bonding with her parents though, she had properly used the time in order to check out the powers she had gained and test them out, at least as much as she can test them. 

The first power she had tested was her enhanced memory, it was very easy to test the effects as she tried recalling the life she had lived and it was quite disorienting at first. She had been able to recall every moment of her life in great detail and it felt as if she had lived through it twice, from every word she spoke, every thought she had, every face she had seen, all in extreme detail. 

The greatest part about her memory though was that she was able to relive every game she had played, every novel and manga she had read and all the anime and movies she had watched, as those were honestly the happiest moments in her life.

Her memory was so good now that things like mental math became extremely easy as all she had to do was recall the answers or formulas related to the question, she even felt that her speed of thought had been increased as her mind felt as sharp as when she was in the zone, the zone being her state of absolute focus as she played a game for an extended period of time. 

She was very satisfied with the effect when it only cost 5.11% of her points, as it would help her a great deal when she started learning magic, as magic in this world had been developed to use complicated scientific and mathematical formulas, making all the great mages of the world great scientists and mathematicians as well. 

Speaking of her points, she recalled all the things she had spent the rest of her points on so she would be able to go through them one by one.

0.89% had been used to compress all of her affinities into Neutral Magic. She had never been able to glean any information from the test she had done back at the hospital and could only assume that her affinity was high. Her effort at trying to use neutral magic by attempting every method she had read from fantasy protagonists had been rewarded with a small success. 

She had finally been able to get something to happen when she had gone into a meditative state by using her enhanced memory to recall all the times she had gone into the zone and repeated the feeling over and over in her mind while banishing all other thoughts. 

When she had noticed that she had succeeded in reaching a meditative state, she started to focus on the entirety of her body and trying to imagine a type of energy flowing throughout it. She then had started to feel the flow of what she could only assume to be mana in her body and she focused on imprinting the feeling, which was quite easy due to her enhanced memory. 

She had attempted to have the mana in her body exit by redirecting the flow, but trying to control the flow of mana in her body was much harder than trying to sense it and she was still attempting it until now. 

2.58% had been used to integrate her shovel into a system in place in this world of Vanterio so she would be able to bring it with her on all her future adventures, with 0.76% spent on aesthetics and 15.66% spent on making it evolve and grow at a greater speed. 

She had not once heard anything that could even be closely related to the system the being had been talking about and could only wait until she could get more information. 

5% of her points had been used to increase her behavioral cuteness and it was actually the most active of her powers currently, working very well as babies don't consciously think when they do things, making any action that a baby does behaviorally cute.

25% of her points had been used to be able to decide how her body grows and how it changes and she had tested it the day they had gone home by desiring her baby body to have bigger eyes, grow hair faster and something more complicated which was that her body was able to absorb more nutrients. 

She did this by remembering her appearance on the mirror that was thankfully added to the room, and comparing it every week to see any change. There were definitely some changes as she noticed that her eyes were gradually increasing in size when she compared the perfect memory of her previous appearance, though it was very minuscule.

She also noticed that her hair had grown a little thicker as well, and that her bodily messes were less...messy. 

She was quite surprised at the relatively fast effect of her power as she wanted it to be slow in order to save points and gather less suspicion from others. She could only guess that due to being a baby, her body was undergoing a lot of growth and physical changes and it affected her power.

It wasn't much of a problem as she could reduce the speed by stating it in her desires for her body. The other effect of the power which was to slowly change her body based on the concept of 'cuteness' and it was working as intended, as she felt that she was cuter than a few weeks ago as it as subtly adjusted the shape of her face and body to become more ideal for cuteness.

Finally, the most important power that she had allocated 45% of her points for, the ability to charm others with her cuteness. She had tested this by leading her parents around the house by looking at a general direction and making sounds of curiosity and interest, and they had easily figured out that she wanted to go to where she was looking.

While they always seemed to go where she wanted them to go regardless of the location, she wasn't sure if it was actually her power at work or just parents wanting to dote on and do anything for their child. She would have to test it in greater detail when she was older or attempt another method. It was no trouble that she was unable to properly test it now. 

She decided to focus on trying to control the flow of mana in her body as it was the only thing she could train and practice on. 

There was no way she will idly waste these precious days, swearing to 'grind' for magic experience as much as she could.