2 years old
A week ago I had my second birthday, though we didn't celebrate it specially, after all only first, fifth, tenth and fifteen birthday are celebrated because they have their own meaning:
- First year is celebration of survival.
- Fifth year is about some kind of test that I was still not told about.
- Tenth year means taking first responsibilities on oneself.
- Fifteen year is when you become adult, a lot of people also get married at this time
For me becoming two years old has means that my mother will fully return to her work and I will be staying with father by myself more often. It's not so bad right now I go used to him somehow, truly, I'm not lying, yeah... ow to hell with it how can you get used to someone who makes even thirty years old veteran caravan guards working for my mother blush, and they know he is a male. I'm okay now I only needed to vent a little.
So now about my mother work, simply put she owns biggest, and only, merchant company in this town. There are more than 300 people working for her, from simple coachman through shopkeepers and scribes up to highly trained guards. She really is big mama in the town.
She imports things that town can't produce by itself and exports food and body parts of best hunted in the forest, it looks that by being so close to monster grounds city is able to grow by hunting them. Normally she would be going with caravan to keep an eye on the trade but last two years she had something else to do... But right now she decided it's time to return to work and she will be going with caravan tomorrow to return in the month, in normal year caravan is going out three to four times a year. So it looks that I will be staying with that for the next month, and I even tried so many thinks to be able to go with mother starting form begging and crying ending on attempt to give mental damage to father by calling him mother. Of course the last thing didn't work he is to airheaded to be able to take notice about how much like a female his looks and character are, what kind of parents raise child like that no, no, no better not thing about it its simply too scary.
The worst thing I did notice is about myself. I have blue hairs and eyes like my father and I can only hope that I won't be cursed with the rest of his features. To reduce chances of it I plan to start to train my body so the worst variant of future won't happen.
Now it's time to sleep and await what tomorrow brings...
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- Do you really cannot take me together with you.
It was morning and I was standing together with father outside the house saying goodbye to mother which was getting ready to go with caravan. Today she was wearing leather breeches
and light leather armor with sleeves and finished with grey fur. Thought our house was quite far from the towns center there still was quite a lot of traffic, and I could even see some other races like elves, dwarves, few gnomes and even an red skinned tiefling, but right now there was other things that were taking my attention like using my puppy eyes attack at full power on mother. Thought it looks like it's not working, really she is one a tough mama.
- Barakiel we already talked about it, so be good child and stay with your father. Really when you are like this it's easy to see similarity between you and Kadinsi hah.
When I heard it legs buckled under me and I dropped on the ground. No its impossible, I can't become like him, I don't want to, noooooo sniff sniff. For better or worse my parents thought I was crying because of parting with mother. When I was still in shock they continued their goodbyes.
- And remember I already Talked it about with Mirabel from "Dancing Boar" and she agreed to bring you two three meals a day so don't even try to use my kitchen.
- Honey you worry too much after all there was only few small accidents.
- Two days ago you burned soup. I cannot understand how someone so good with alchemy can be so bad with cooking it simply is inconceivable for me.
- I, I understand I won't touch kitchen sniff, I will be good so don't hate me. - When she heard it her face softened.
- I won't hate you for something like that, after all you are someone that I decided to spend life with. I only want you to be careful when I'm not here and take care of Baraciel. Can you promise me that.
- yes I promise.
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And now when I got it somewhat together here comes a kiss scene where mother takes father in her muscular arms and kisses him, and he gets shy and red like teenage girl over her first kiss.
I had enough of this and simply stand there waiting.
When it ended mother went west and father cried while waving. After all of this we went in to the clinic where father started working and I was observing. On the beginning I thought it will be boring but I was wrong after all it was my first time to see magic and its something you never forget.
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The women who came inside was at least fifty years old from what I could tell, she had grey hairs on her head, cat ears, tail and arms, yes she was a demihuman catwomen, and she wore dress from white wool what most likely mean she was wife of farmer or fisherman. I wasn't to interested after all her race wasn't rare around here. It looks like she was feeling great enough pain in her right arm to make her unable to work so she come to him for help.
First he started toughing her arm from fingers up to shoulder. After that he made diagnosis that I didn't quite understand but what he did after that made me shocked. From his finger grown transparent pointy needle with with which he stabbed women in few places over whole arm. I thought that there will be blood gushing and screams of pain but I was mistaken, she only moved her arm around while being happy and left after paying and thanking father.
After she left I couldn't hold back and asked
- Father what was that thing you used to stab that granny, and why she felt better after it. - Father was really startled by my question after all I spend most of those two years evading him. But almost immediately his face was almost split with smile.
- Ahem - oh we are trying to play a teacher, this time I did ask so I won't do anything - What I used is called mana needle its one of magic techniques I learned from my family, and what I used it for was not stabbing but to push pressure points in patients body to control her mana and use it to heal her body.
- Mana? Magic? What are they?
- Mana is energy that is in all things in the world and magic is simply a technique to allow people to use it in different ways, like this one.
After his words sounded he showed me his hands that in single moment were encased in something like skin tight, milky white gloves that reached his elbows. After a moment he continued his explanations.
- This is another technique that I learned from my parents its name is "Eternal Jade Guard", it's not only powerful defensive magic but also it wont allow poisons or acids to go through it and even has healing capabilities. It only has one unpleasant side effect and its that when its activates it shaves of all hair from that area of the body. How about it barakiel are you shocked how great your father is he he he.
Yes I am shocked really shocked, you want to tell me that you weren't shaving your own arms all this time like I thought?!! No, no concentrate I will think about implication of this choking truth some other time now I have something more important to do.
- It was amazing, can you tech me it, please.- Puppy eyes technique full power.
- Of course I will after your fifth birthday we will start your training.
- Eh, why can't we start now I'm ready for it.
- Normally magic training is started after you reach five years of age so the child can understand it on the other side you may be able to learn it right now, but we should wait for your mother first. Its serious matter so we should get her consent first.- You really under mother thumb aren't you father, but after longer consideration about her character its not such bad idea to be cautious of her reactions. - For now I can start teaching you some reading, writing and counting. Later we can start teaching you theory of alchemy and where are pressure points in the body of humans and other races, how about this little Barakiel.
It was good bargain after all I needed to learn writing and reading though I had some understanding of mathematics but I still don't know why, oh well.
-Okay father I agree.
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