The dinner on that day was completely longer than usual; the family was talking about the world and their respective past and traded information.

Ryuu also had many inquiries, from a trivial questions to a complex ones. Their parents patiently answered each question. It was decided that the next morning would be a day off for the Chemist and the General Shop.

It would be troublesome to the villagers but there seem to be no problem for a day off. Even though, there was only one general shop for all the 300 people in Fuku.

Then a particular conversation appeared as Ryuu asked,

“Hmm, I know father is an [Chemist], but he also learnt about healing spells right?” I saw him healing two children before when they were injured in the past.

Listening to that, Taiyou couldn’t help but to brag

“Of course, your father is not only a proficient [Chemist], but also a proficient [Wizard] and healing spells are my specialties”

“Are you strong? In a battle or war?” Ryuu asked…

A silence followed the question…

Hana started to laugh softly and said.

“He has the potential to become a [Wizard] but he didn’t train in other spells aside from healing. So he is limited to use his items as his arsenal.” She showed a winning air around her as she grinned in front of Taiyou.

Taiyou suddenly sighed and palm faced,

“You are just a battle freak.”

Ryuu switched towards her mother and asked,

“Mom, are you strong?”

“Of course I am! Not only am I a perfect mother, but also a great warrior. Your father must be happy to marry someone capable as me.” Hana raised her chest towards me.

“Then mother, could you spar with me?” Ryuu calmly asked

Then, his parents faces started to become astonished.

Of course, they had listened to some of my past and nodded. However, it seems they still underestimated the strength because it was a year old baby who can barely run.

“Hey2… My son, I know you are a Hero/Demon lord. But you are still less than two year old baby”

“How could you fight with a full-pledged brute like Hana?” Taiyou was sincerely worried about his son outrageousness.

“Hey, the brute is uncalled for. But he’s right. Ryuu, how would you fight against me when you couldn’t even wield a weapon?” Hana asked Ryuu.

Ryuu had expected this word because he understands fully that he was incapable. However, he tried to reassure their family.

“Do not worry mom, father. I had already measured my power. I think I can give a decent fight as long I give my full effort.”

“Eh…” She doubted the word of his child.

“Well… I know it’s outrageous, I just wanted to measure the strength of people in this world. As for now, my parents are the one I could trust to do it, may I?” Ryuu eyes were serious and glared at his parents.

As they saw the serious eyes, Hana start to worry and looked at Taiyou.

His father sighed and said, “If you insist. We can try to do a mock fight on the backyard”

“Thank you father…” Ryuu bowed to him.

As the family had reached agreement, they switched places to outside

As they reached the door…

Ryuu said to her mom,

“Oh yeah mom, just in case bring your sword”

Her mom was dumbfounded and had so many questions arise,

“How did you know that I had a weapon?”

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The backyard had two paths,

One of them lead to the river, another to a flower field which was an alternate route to the forest mountain. It was summer and currently the sunflowers was in its full bloom.

In the middle of the open field. Stood her mother and Ryuu with his ragged shirt.

Her mother was using simple clothing that were suited for movement.

They were already distanced themselves 20-30 meters apart and had been preparing themselves for a mock battle.

Taiyou was a little bit apart from the area of battle, he was acting as the medic and referee.

“Alright, preparation is done. You two can go anytime”

He waved his hand with his muscular body.

Hana got the go signal, she started to look at Ryuu and quickly shouted.

“My child, you have brought this to yourself.”

“As you know, despite me being a mother. I am also a warrior and will never back down from any match. So brace yourself”

“We were also interested in your fighting power. But we wanted to test you after you are a little bit bigger. Although, I will use this opportunity to measure your strength right now!”

Despite that, she didn’t utilize her sword and let it sheathed and she decided not to use them.

‘She’s not using the weapon… I should say katana’

Katana was a long,narrow sword that was famous in his old world.

Ryuu sighed and came to a realization while looking at his father wryly.

‘My mother is truly a battle freak like father said’

“Okay mom, as long you do not use your full power on the first hit, I will not die.”

“Otherwise, you can fight as you like” Ryuu comfortably replied to her mother.

‘I have to be serious, after all the physical handicap is too far’

He made a wry smile

‘Well, at least within the realm of regular human.’

He closed his eyes and then he start to chant a spell in his mind.

“[Reinforce]”

His whole body was covered with a continuous green aura,

‘This infant body is way too weak to contend one hit without further reinforcement’

As he confirmed the spell has succeeded.

“Here I come!” Ryuu moved his first feet and he disappeared from the Hana’s sight…

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‘Fast!’ Hana was surprised by the speed Ryuu could muster.

She quickly raised her finger towards the person,

“Hear my command, Fire that tracks its target. [Homing Fire]!”

Three fireballs were summoned from the thin air and it quickly homed towards the child.

Ryuu saw the attack and he quickly reacted by raising his left arm, protecting his face.

A direct impact collided between the child and the 3 fireballs. However, the child did not pay any heed and his speed was not decreased at all, while the fireballs disappeared.

His recklessness was unexpected but she quickly anticipated by raising her guard and then pointed her hand again.

“The invisible wind, protect me from my adversary. [Wind Force]”

A translucent wind formed, creating an obstacle of air pressure. The high pressure would speed down any incoming forces and act as a shield.

However, in front of this. He did not hesitate and instead, he used all of his power on his left leg and charged towards his mother.

He raised his right fist and hit the barrier of the wind. A loud impact could be heard, it caused Ryuu’s movement to be halted completely but his fist also dissipated the air wall.

But, Ryuu had not finished his attack yet. He quickly combined both of his palms and created a flower hand.

“[Fist Energy: Linear]” A surge of energy was formed between his hand, and then a surge of light beam was shot directly towards the tummy of his mother.

Hana was shocked by the sudden energy release and quickly step backward to avoid the impact.

However, it was already too late. She was only able to move half a step backward.

The light beam impact had forcibly flung her body into the air and made her fell down towards the hard ground.

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‘Was it too hard?’ Ryuu was shocked.

The energy he had used was enough to knock a soldier in his previous world.

He did not hesitate and followed after the trajectory.

But before he could reach her, she had stood up and rustled her clothes, whipped out the dust on her dress.

“My child, I can’t look down on you anymore” Hana said that.

As Ryuu heard the vitality from her voice, he was certain the attack did not cause her to fall. More like she was pumped up.

‘Her body was tempered to a point she could take the strike up front and still remain calm.’

‘So energetic, that’s good in a way…’

Ryuu was smiling all over his face, he wasn’t able to contain the excitement of battle.

Hana unsheathed the blade and showed the katana that she held, showing the prowess of its maker. Steel that could reflect the surrounding clearly, with a flower petal crest engraved on the hilt.

She put the sword perpendicular from her standing posture.

A voice interrupted for the distant, it was Taiyou.

“Honey, please do not take it too far!”

She nodded towards Taiyou and then charged towards Ryuu, whom had prepared himself from afar

A sonic boom was created from the speed, and the ground had already cracked by her step. In an instant, she had appeared directly in front of Ryuu, with her katana trajectory directly on his head.

Ryuu quickly anticipated by putting both of his arms on top of the katana. On his arm there was a deep green light covered, blocking the sword from causing a deep injury to his skin. Although, his arm was still scraped due to the sword force.

The sword and arm clashed to each other causing a shockwave due to the impact.

However, neither Ryuu nor his mother was blown away.

Instead, she retreated for half a step, fixing her posture and launched two slashes towards the same spot.

The first slash caused Ryuu’s to tumble backwards, the other slash caused him to blow away to the air further away from the clash. Although, he managed to regain his posture as soon he touched the ground.

While he was blown away on the air, Hana sheathed the blade and did a fast draw posture.

“Hoshino’s Secret Art: [Crescent Cut]” She muttered a word, inaudible to the surrounding.

“Oi Hana! You seriously want to kill my son?!” Taiyou shouted from afar as he realized the stance of his wife. His voice was too distant to be heard by both fighter though.

This time, Ryuu was certain of the next attack were going to be tougher even from the first.

‘That stance… I better observe and avoid direct confrontation’

“[Flight]”

He muttered a word as he tried to avoid the sword range.

However, a sudden magic circle appeared above him, creating a spiral of wind similar to a serpent.

‘Crap!’ Ryuu criticized the ambush from his own mother and cancelled his flying spell.

He had raised the output of his mana in his body and caused the green aura around him to intensify.

A downburst had forcefully pushed his small body towards the ground. However, he was still standing straight while fighting the pressure that could crack a tree in halves.

As he had rooted to the ground, Hana had pushed her left feet and a fire aura had clouded her body.

In a flash she had caused a sonic boom once more, but the speed was greater and left a trail of blaze on the place she had moved.

‘[Mana: Barrier]’ He muttered a word as a translucent wave was formed in front of him around 10 meters apart in the form of wall. It was very thin but was filled with numerous layers.

In a flash, the barriers had clashed with Hana’s body but wasn’t able to decrease her speed at all.

‘Geez, that didn’t work at all!’

Ryuu critized at the uselessness of the barrier.

Ryuu raised both of his arms with his feet on the ground, this time he channeled the green aura onto the arm and a little to his feet, he had went full defensive.

Then, the woman appeared in front of him, somersaulted, then she unsheathed the blade, reaching for the arm, sheathed it back, and then with an unnatural angle she had slowed down and reached the ground with a gentle step behind him.

…. A silence ensued

Ryuu’s right arm had been cut quite deeply but somehow the injury was completely burned and there

“That attack had cost you your life, my child” As his mother slowly stated with a dignified voice.

She had smiled from the victory, as if looking down at the person in front of her.

Whereas Ryuu widen his eyes, as his defense were pierced with the single attack from her.

‘She covered her body in flame essence, utilizing the power to burst in movement speed.’

‘Then, focusing that essence into the blade before she attacked. Making it sharper and increasing its lethality.’

‘Furthermore, the delicate control and timing of her swing.’

Speed, Technique and Strength. She had all of them in her.

‘Her Katana art was the most refined amongst those I have seen.’

‘Considering the requirement needed to master and execute the art flawlessly. How admirable.’

As he recalled the whole event, his mouth had turned into a grin and he looked up towards the warrior in front of her.

His stamina was still full and his body was still functioning well, he could’ve continued the fight if he wanted to.

But as she had stated, my life would be over if she had went serious with that attack.

“I give up!” Ryuu raised both of his hand and surrendered himself.

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After the towel had been thrown, Taiyou quickly moved towards the two people.

He was worried for Ryuu’s health, however as he approached towards the two.

Ryuu had stood there, calmly while his right arm was bleeding profusely. Whereas, Hana had stood beside him, with a gentle complexion. As if the warrior before never appeared.

Looking at them, Taiyou couldn’t help but was relieved. He slowly kneeled down and had taken a look at Ryuu’s injury. After that, he took out a red-colored vial from his waist bag and slowly poured it onto the hand.

Ryuu looked at the potion and felt a surge of energy had been concentrated on the arm, causing his arm to regenerate quickly.

‘That’s a potent potion…’ His mind commented at the rapid effect.

After finishing the treatment, all of them were walking back towards the house.

The sun that gave a gentle light had intensified, causing the cold temperature to become a little bit bearable.

The crowd had been chatting happily; they were talking about many things, although most of the conversations were happening between his parents.

Whereas Ryuu had been pondering about something and his response was absent-minded.

The parent could only sighed and then as they had reached the entrance of the house.

Ryuu stopped and caused his parents to be in confusion, Hana looked back at him and asked,

“What’s wrong my child?”

… Ryuu was in silence for a short while, before he raised his head again. This time towards both of his parents. Then he kneeled in front of the two,

“Please teach me your way of the sword and the path to chemistry!”

At that moment, both of his parents’ eyes were widen and was shocked at the sudden request by their own one year olds child.

The snow that fell from the roof was the only sound could be heard after the complete silence on that area.

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