It has been 2 years ever since Eclara had left and I continued practicing magic. There were quite a few things I managed to discover during this time, like combining 2 elements together.
For example, if I used fire magic as a base then add water slowly would make steam. Using water magic and fire magic’s ability to control temperature; I was able to make ice cubes. Also fire magic and wind magic would make a very convenient hair dryer. As for earth magic, I was still unable to combine it with the other elements. One reason is because it’s hard and tough.
The only problem I’ve encountered during my experiments was my small amount of mana. My mana was just enough to make 12 ice cubes, filling a small room with steam and 30 minutes worth of hot air. If I exceeded those amounts, I would start breathing hard and my breathing usually returns to normal after ten minutes have passed.
Also, my days didn’t really change even after she left. In the morning, I would spend time with my mother, reading books in father’s study. In the afternoon, I would go to the garden and practice magic.
The only days that would change my days are visitors and celebrations. Like my seventh birthday, which was today.
“Happy birthday, Lumina. Today will be a bit more special than your other birthdays.”
My mother had a big smile as she congratulated me and was unusually much more enthusiastic than last year.
“I can’t wait! Nee~ mama, what do you mean by special?”
I asked my mother who sat beside me as the servants placed a lot of food on the dinner table. She didn’t answer my questions but only laughed and said, ‘It’s a surprise’. Mother seemed really pleased seeing me impatient, so I continued to ask her.
Laughter reverberated inside the dining hall until the servants finished placing the food. Like my previous world, a cake with seven candles that were lit was placed in front of me. As the preparations were slowly done, the chandelier that was on top of the dining table was turned off using a magic tool.
Well, this is a fantasy world, so magic tools are bound to exist.
The entire room became dark and the only light source were the candles on top of the cake.
“Make a wish, Lumina.”
I was already contented with the life I was living, so I only had one wish. While thinking of the wish, I blew the candles turning the room pitch dark.
Clap* Clap*
Applause resounded around me in the darkness and the moment light returned to the room, a tall man with black hair and black eyes stood in front of me with a smile. He wore a full set of plate mail and a sword dangled on his waist. This meant that this man is…
“…Papa?”
I tilted my head to the side as I asked that question. When the man heard me, his smile became broader and he opened his arms wide.
“It’s Papa, Lumina. I’m back!”
When he answered my question, my eyes opened wide in amazement and shock. Sometimes inside the study, my mother would talk about father and what he did to me. I would listen to her and wouldn’t feel anything special about it. But when I saw him standing in front of me, emotions such as joy, sadness, and longing welled up within me.
(Eh? Why am I crying? Did I yearn for my father this much?)
“Eh? You’re crying? Eh?”
Father started panicking as he saw me while mother and the other servants laughed. I think he expected me to jump into his arms but because I started crying, he became lost at what to do.
Seeing him like that, I started laughing a little while tears continued to fall from my eyes.
(I really am love in this world huh.)
This was what I had thought while we ate dinner together. All throughout the night, I talked to my father about the things I did and was able to do. I even showed him my magic. He became happy as he saw a small fireball float in front of him.
***
By the next day, I, mother and father spent our time together inside his study. We would read books together, eat snacks together and listened to my father’s talk about his days while he was on duty.
Weeks continued to pass like this and one day, I tried asking father a few questions.
“Nee~ Papa, how long will you be here?”
“Oh? You’re anxious if Papa’s gonna leave soon?”
I nodded to his words and a smiled formed on his face.
“Don’t worry, Lumina. Papa will be here for a long while!”
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Father laughed heartily as he answered my question. His laughter started to infect me and without me knowing, I was making a big smile. Seeing my smile, father’s laughter became louder making my mother curious; therefore, she entered the room.
At night, while we were eating dinner, my father made an announcement that tear me apart from my family.
“Lumina… since your already seven years old, you’re already old enough to go to school.”
“School?”
“Yes, I’m planning on having you enroll in a school in the capital. It’s the only place where nobles like us can be properly educated.”
(Now that he told me, going to school seems like fun. I wonder who I’ll be meeting. Will I be able to fit in properly? Will I be able to make friends?)
I started thinking about a lot of questions about the school. But there was one question I wanted to ask before all of those.
“In the capital? Will we be moving to the capital?”
Father shook his head as he answered me and said, “The school is a boarding school. You’ll be the only one who’ll go there and live there with other children of your age, Lumina.”
“… is that so?”
I became depressed as I heard his answer. Father started to panic and tried to comfort me, but my mother who was by my side spoke to me with a gentle smile.
“Don’t worry, Lumina. Although it’ll be lonely at first, I’m pretty sure you’ll enjoy your time there. Since you’re a very charming girl, you’ll make friends in no time at all. Then as you grow older, you’ll find someone you love and marry him.”
(Marrying huh… since I was a guy in my previous life, I think that’ll be hard.)
I glanced towards my mother and nodded to her. I became really used to living here, so I became quite reluctant to leave this place. I then remembered an old saying I often heard in my previous life. I think it was ‘Nothing in this world is permanent in this world except change.’
Seeing my expression slowly becoming lively again, father coughed a bit and added his words.
“Even if we won’t see each other for a while, just remember that we’ll always be here for you, Lumina. We will always love you.”
“Yes!”
I answered my father with a big ‘Yes’ and resumed eating. I didn’t want the two of them to become depressed, so I smiled as I ate the food.
I had trouble sleeping during that night. My thoughts continued to revolve around school and because of that, my eyes were red by the next day.
***
3 weeks has passed ever since father announced that I was going to school. Right now, I was standing in front of the carriage that would take me to the capital.
“Are you sure you’ll be alright by yourself?”
“Yes, mama.”
“You won’t get lonely along the way, right?”
“I won’t papa.”
My mother and father continued asking me a lot of questions as a servant sorted my luggage on the carriage. Although it wasn’t prohibited for my parents to come with me, I opted not to. It was because; my desire to stay with them would only grow stronger if they would come with me. So I won’t be confident that I won’t cry the moment we separated in school.
“Look, papa, they’re done sorting the carriage. I’ve gotta go.”
“Nn….”
Father couldn’t answer me anymore as large beads of tears started falling from his eyes.
“Take care, Lumina. Don’t forget to find a servant to take care of you once you get there, okay.”
“Yes, mama.”
The driver opened the door and helped me board the carriage. I sat on the chair with cushions and waved my hand to my parents as I said my farewells.
“Mama! Papa! I’ll see you soon!”
“Nn….”
“Stay healthy, Lumina!”
The driver hopped onto his seat. The horses neighed as the driver whipped them so that the carriage would start moving. My parent’s silhouettes became smaller as the distance increased. When I couldn’t see them anymore, tears fell from my eyes.
“Don’t worry mama, papa. I’ll thoroughly enjoy my life in school.”
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