-5 year old -

It’s been five years ever since I became aware of the fact that I was reincarnated. During those five years, I’ve tried my best to act like an infant to a toddler. Also, while I was acting, I have learned quite a few things about this new world.

First, the world is called Glacias. It’s a place where swords and magic exists. I still don’t know the concept of magic though, but thinking that its real here really makes me excited. Second, is the fact that other races, besides humans, exist. Though the reason for is simple, its because this place is a fantastical world!

The family I now had is a part of nobility, though its status is quite low and its territory is small. I’ve also learned that the person who breastfed me during the very first day when my consciousness awoke inside this body. She has blonde hair that reached up to her waist and is usually tied up into a ponytail. She has a very beautiful and has porcelain-like white skin.

As for my father, well I haven’t seen him yet but according to my mother, he is a very handsome person that has a black crown of hair and possess black pupils. She told me that the reason why father isn’t staying with us at home was because he was a knight that serves the country. He was assigned to the borders where the fighting was the fiercest.

In this new life, my mother along with a few servants have showered me with lots of love and because of that, I cherish them and also love them dearly.

From time to time I would stay in my room and would try to remember the cause of my death in my previous life. So far, I haven’t been successful. But what I had remembered where quite substantial.

First, I was a guy, not that it matters now anyway. Second, though I don’t know what my age was, but I was a jobless shut-in that spent most of my life leeching off my parents. Third, the last game I played was titled, Glacias. It has the same name as the world I lived in. Who knew such coincidences could occur.

I initially thought that maybe the game and this world were one and the same. So I did my best to remember its plots and character and so far, the name of my character didn’t float up in my mind. Which meant that I am either a side character for the plot or that I was just being paranoid about all this.

Well, either ways, I will still live this life according to what I want. If I am just a side character of that game, then I will do my best to stay away from the people who are involved to it. They experience too much tragedies and complex relationship which is enough of a reason for me to never go near them. And, if this I was just being paranoid,  then that meant that I was only thinking too much.

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“Nee~ Mama, where are we going?”

“We’re going to a special place, Lumina.”

I forgot to tell you, in this world I am named, Lumina Chis Chem. Right now, I, along with my mother, are walking on a stone paved path towards a place that resembled the vatican. The only difference were the banners that were lined along its walls and that its size were two or three times bigger than the vatican. Each banner had an animal drawn on them. I do not know what they symbolized, but none of them were the same.

And amongst them, there were four banners whose size were incomparable to the others. The first had a hawk-like symbol with  red as its background. Second had a lion as a symbol and had a yellow background. Third was a turtle with a green background and the last was a serpent with a blue background. Each of them represented an influential family whose authority were second only to the king.

(Yep… its really the same… well, its just a coincidence anyway… just a coincidence.)

I stared at the banners for a brief moment then resumed back to walking.

“Why are we going here, mama?”

“Its my present for your fifth birthday.”

“... Huh?”

I tilted my head to the side and gave my mother a curious gaze.

(Is this place the same as an amusement park? If so, then I can’t wait!)

A smile floated up on my face when I started thinking about going to an amusement park in this world. Unlike the world in my memories, this place has magic so I expected the rides and attractions to much more enjoyable.

“If its my present then let’s hurry up! Mama, I can’t wait anymore!”

“Okay, okay…”

I walked a few steps ahead of my mother and faced her while giving off an aura of impatience. Seeing me act like this, my mother floated a wry smile and marched along the path with me in front.

A few minutes later, we entered through a great hall in one of the buildings that were inside and was greeted by a few elderly men. All of them wore the same white toga and most of them had a long beards. The moment I saw them, I hid to my mother and clasped the helm of her skirt.

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“May we know the reason why the two of you have come here?”

The man who stood in the middle of them asked my mother while stroking his beard.

“We’ve come here to perform the ritual for her to become a magician.”

While saying those words, my mother nudged me forward so that I was visible to the long bearded men.

(Huh? Magician? Is this the place where I become a magician? Hurray! But they still look creepy to me though.)

“Hoo, what a lovely young girl. Fumu, she’ll become a great magician in the future.”

The old men observed me from top to bottom. Their gazes really felt unpleasant, I really want to run away from them, but because my mother held my hand, I couldn’t escape.

Today, because we were going out, I wore a dress that had a deep blue brook on my chest. My skirt’s length reached up to my knees and on its edges were lots of frills. The type of dress I was currently wearing was reminiscent of the ‘Gothic Lolita’ fashion in my memories.

“Then please proceed this way.”

After they were done feasting their eyes on me, one of the elderly man began to guide us along a large hallway. The way it was designed really was the same as the vatican in my world. I started suspecting if places like the forbidden city and the taj mahal existed in this world.

“Then please have the girl stand in the middle of the circle before we proceed with the ceremony.”

While I was busy having my eyes dart around the place, we seemed to have arrive to where the ceremony would be held. My mother let go of my hand and softly started to push me towards the huge circle.

“Do I have to go alone?”

I looked at my mother with an upturned gaze and teary eyes. In truth, going alone was a simple matter and didn’t warrant the reluctance I showed to my mother. The reason why I wanted her to come along with me was because those creepy old men from before were still near us.

“This is my… no, our present to you. You’ll be the first person in our family to ever become a magician, Lumina.”

Since my mother continued to urge me to go forward alone, I stopped my resistance and reluctantly walked to the center of a huge circle.

“Then, shall we begin?”

I gave the creepy old man a nod to signal that I was ready. He then raised both of his hands and started muttering something. I listened to what he was saying but couldn’t understand his words. This world used the same language to the ones in my memories which relieved me because I didn’t have to start from square one. But what the old man spoke was a language that didn’t exist in any of the languages I knew, which meant that it was a language unique to this world.

“Ha!”

The instant the man let out that shout, complex geometrical patterns and symbols became visible from the circle. An exact copy made out of light, floated on top of the circle under my feet and in a spinning motion. It passed through my legs and stopped on top of my head. It continued to pulsate for a while before it disappeared.

“Fuuu~”

The man who performed the ceremony exhaled and gave me a look of pity.

(Eh? Did it fail? Or am I not qualified to become a magician?)

He then slowly approached me with my mother in tow. Seeing the man’s face, my mother made an anxious face as she waited for the man to declare the result.

“This young girl has the qualifications to become a magician… it’s just that.”

“... just that?”

“that?”

My mother knitted her eyebrow while I tilted my head.

“From the amount of ‘Mana’ awoken from her body, she’s only capable of doing Elementary Magic and by the time she’ll be an adult. She’ll only be capable of casting intermediate spells.”

Hearing the old mans answer, I made a smile and faced my mother. Though the amount of mana I had in my body was small according to the old man, but the fact that I could perform magic was already enough. Even though the old men looked very disappointed, me and my mother were very joyous of the result.

My mother took a few pieces of silver coins from her pouch and gave them to the men as payment. The two of us then departed from that place and hurried back home. The two of us were in high spirits.

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