A few days has passed ever since the ceremony to make me into a magician was done. I thought that the moment it was done, I would be able to use magic directly. But it turns that it doesn’t.

For me to be able to properly use magic, I would need to have a teacher. He or she will teach me the magic language and all the things I needed to learn so that I could use magic. My mother had some of the servants search for an appropriate teacher for me and within a few days, a servant was able to find a teacher.

It seems that he or she would arrive here after a few weeks. So during that time, I, like always, spent most of my time together with my mother. And unlike most children, because I had some memories from my previous life, the way we spent time was quite different. Our day was mostly like this.

In the morning, when I wake up, I would spend around 30 mins to prepare myself for the day. It was also because of this that I discovered how troublesome it was being a girl. After my preparations were done, I would head towards the dining room and eat breakfast with my mother.

When we were done eating breakfast, I, along with my mother would go to my father’s study to read some books. One of the reasons why I read books was because the only way to kill time without resorting to childish toys was this, so I was left with no choice but to make reading into a habit. During the time when I was still a child, I acted as if I didn’t know how to read and would usually ask my mother to teach my how to read them. This continued on till today with the difference of me asking my mother fewer questions.

Though there were some books that I was forbidden to read, the amount I was able to read was already enough. I wasn’t tempted to read them because even if I wanted to, because of my small stature, I couldn’t even reach them without the help of my mother or any of the servants. Also, because I did not spend my time reading books in my previous life, the speed I read was quite slow. A book of 300+ pages would be at most, be finished after a week has passed.

At noon, a servant would enter the study and deliver some food to us. We would then have a quick lunch and resumed to immersing ourselves to what we were reading after. In the afternoon, my mother would stop and tell me that it was time for snacks. The place where we ate our snacks was the veranda of our home. The served snacks were either cookies, cakes and bread. My favorite snack was the Mont Blanc, I really love it cause it was small, and sweet.

The weeks passed on like this and thanks to that, I became quite knowledgeable of this world. For a 5-year-old that is.

One day, while I and my mother were spending our time reading some books in the study, a servant came in along with an unfamiliar face. The person who was gonna be my teacher was a young girl whose was taller than me by a 10 centimetersif I was correct. I was around 125 centimeters, so that make her 135 centimeters tall. Quite small for an adult if you’d ask me.

She had light brown hair that hang loose on her back. She wore a dark colored witch’s hat along with a dark cape that covered her body. What’s more, her face was expressionless as if she had lost any interest in this world. She also carried a slightly large backpack on her back and a medium-sized green suitcase with her right hand.

“My name is Eclara, I have no surname which meant I serve no master. Right now, I am traveling around the nation to search for a proper master.”

The girl made a small bow as she introduced herself. According to my mother, people with no surnames were veterans who had lost a person they swore to serve till their death. I don’t know why they would travel to search for an appropriate master after that though, so I just shrugged it off as a part of their culture.

Also, the name Eclara… I kinda feel like I’ve heard of it somewhere but can’t remember where was it. Might as well give it up then, it has some vibes that it would only make me uneasy if I were to pursue this.

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I shook my head a bit to clear away those thoughts and gave my introductions to her with a smile.

“My name is Lumina Chis Chem, the only daughter of this household. It’s a pleasure to meet you.”

Though it was customary to give the person you were introducing yourself a bow. But according to my mother, if you were introducing yourself to a person of a lower stature, there wasn’t any need for me to give that person a bow.

“Since we have nothing else better to do, how about you and Lumina go to the garden and teach her right away.”

My mother took the words I wanted to say right out of my mouth. It seems like she also feels impatient.

“Understood.”

My teacher, Eclara, slightly nodded her and followed us towards the backyard. When we arrived, she took a crystal ball from her suitcase and presented it to me. I tilted my head in puzzlement to what this was for.

“That crystal ball is for me to know what your elemental affinity is… do you know what that is?”

It seemed like she wanted to ascertain if I knew what she was talking about. I gave her a proud look and puffed out my chest in front of her and said: “Of course, there are 5 basic elements to magic. They are Earth, Fire, Water, Air, and Light.”

My mother who stood beside me also looks proud at my answer. It was because, ever since we entered the vatican-like place to become a magician. All the books I have read were all about magic though they were mostly basic and didn’t teach me how to cast it cause I couldn’t even read the language for the incantation.

“That’s good, then please pour your mana into the crystal ball.”

“Pour mana?”

I knitted my brows as I repeated what she instructed me to do.

“You don’t know how to pour mana? That’s odd, I thought you knew already, cause you spoke about elemental affinities quite naturally.”

“Well, it’s that’s cause I’ve spent most of my time reading books.”

Eclara made an understanding nod as she approached me and placed her hand on top of mine.

“Close your eyes and imagine that you’re holding a pitcher of water with the hand I’m holding.”

I did what she told me and imagined an image of a pitcher filled with water though the image that appeared was a pitcher that only had about 3 glasses of water inside it.

“Then imagine tilting the pitcher and pour it on the ball.”

When I did what she said, the crystal ball shone red then blue then yellow then green and finally white. The moment Eclara saw the ball shone in five colors, her eyes opened wide.

“This is quite uncommon… normally a magician at your age will only have one element. For you to have all the five... you’re quite gifted. Its a shame that with your mana pool, you can only cast basic spells.”

Hearing that I was gifted made me and my mother smile. The servants who were also near us gave me a look of admiration. My only problem, which was my mana pool was already known so we weren’t disappointed about the news. Eclara who was witnessed our smiles loosened her face as she hid the crystal ball back to her suitcase.

“Then, shall we start, milady.”

“Yes!”

I answered her with enthusiasm. My mother went back to the house and wished me good luck while the servants went back to their work.

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