Chapter 5: The Red One

Three weeks had passed, and it was nearly the end of the afternoon. I had a whole new outfit, which was a white shirt, an emerald green colored laced-up vest, and new black shorts that looked the same as my old ones. I was now six years old.

I looked as normal as I had been before that incident. It was expected that my tutor would come this week, and I learned that Taren knows a noble who looks after this part of the region. Even though Taren knows this guy, it's not like everything Taren does is for free, which was a shame because I thought my family was more important than I thought.

I expected this tutor to be some old, wise guy like some retired mage or even some hot mommy with big melons that would have a Seris cup size.

A knock was heard at the door, and Ria and Taren opened the door, expecting it to be my magician tutor. As I squeezed through to see who it was, it was not someone I expected at all.

The girl out the door itched her head and then cleared her throat as it was silent. She had a big bag behind her back and was also carrying a mage staff that had a red stone or crystal on the top of it. "Good afternoon, my name is Larah. Larah Shirasu." She softly said.

"O-oh, right," Ria said. "You aren’t the magician tutor, right...?"

I looked at her from top to bottom. What!? I exclaimed to myself. She isn’t some old retired man or a hot magician D-cup chick. She, she’s... A loli! She is probably about fourteen years old or even younger. I squinted my eyes. She is definitely five-one in height or even in her fours. I can work with this. Sure, soft chest balls and all of that are cool and all, but a small and shy cute girl just gets me all fluttery on the inside, Hehe.

"Oh, well," Taren said. "We are pleased to meet you, but uh, aren’t you a little..." Taren looked at Larah from top to bottom.

"We don’t mean to be disrespectful, but aren’t you a little too young?" Ria asked.

Larah shook her head. "No, ma’am. I am much older than I look."

I was pondering as I was looking at her, Wait, is she a... Loli hag? Well, it's a fantasy world for a reason. I guess this makes sense.

"Older... Right, I guess we’ll take your word for it." Taren said.

Larah would just blink a few times. "Anyways. We should get to it," Larah said. "So, am I training one of you or...?" A small leaf then fell on Larah’s hat, but she wiped it off.

"Oh, no. Our sweet little miracle here is to teach." Ria said with a bright smile as she rubbed my shoulder. Larah turned her head down only a little and saw me.

"You want me to teach... Him?"

"Mhm," Ria said as she nodded with a smile.

"And those are some... Interesting number of cowlicks when both of you are..." Larah said as she looked up at Taren and Ria.

"It's just something rare he had at birth. Don’t worry about it," Taren said.

"Guess that makes sense." "It would only be strange if he had white hair..." Larah mumbled.

"Sorry?" Ria asked.

"Oh, nothing, it's just I expected him to be someone much older. What is he like, five?"

Watch your tongue there, miss. You look five yourself. And I just turned six not long ago. I said in my inner thoughts.

"Well, first of all, he is six, and second, does it matter how old he is?" Ria said with a smile as she started to feel like the Larah was being disrespectful.

"Well, it's just that I train like children around ten or older because they understand better, and it's not wrong for the kid to learn magic, but I don’t think I do well with young and very energetic children."

"Well, he's actually a very mature boy. He really just needs guidance to control his magic because he created a big hole up there, as you can see." Larah looked up at the hole in my room wall and then back down at me again, and I winked at her.

Larah sighed. "You both sure it wasn’t some beast that attacked? I mean, a boy his age I’ve seen usually starting lightning magic just creates a good spark."

"Tenshi has never lied once in his life, and Taren here made sure to check if any monsters attacked."

Larah looked at us with zero emotion and looked away. "Great. Parents are just in denial and think their child is some prodigy who could have the potential to be a god. What a classic..." She muttered.

"Excuse me?" Ria said as her eye twitched.

Larah looked back at us and kept her composure. "Nothing. All I'm saying is that your son should have a tutor that actually works for children his age."

"Please, we will pay double if we have to."

Taren's eyes widened. "Ria..." Taren whispered to Ria.

Ria looked at Taren. "Oh, come on, it's for our son."

Larah thought about it for a little longer and made up her decision as Ria looked back. "Fine, I understand. Just know I’ll be needing a room because it will take a couple of years till he graduates. A lot."

"We understand," Ria said as she looked back at Larah with a soft smile

Guess this is how my first day starts... Larah said to herself. Larah took a deep breath. "And one more thing. You don’t mind if I train your son out here in the yard, right?"

Ria shook her head. "Nope, we don’t mind at all. You could also use the backyard if you’d like. There is more space there.

"Very well. All right then, so is it okay if I just leave my bag here, or should I go to my guest room? Wherever it is."

"Just set them down here, and I’ll set them on the bed."

"All right." Larah left her bag on the porch and then looked down at me. Larah looked down at me. "All right, kid, come on." Larah started to slowly walk away.

Wait, like right now!? "Wait, miss," I said.

Larah looked back toward me. "Yeah, what's on your mind?"

"I just wanna make sure I heard everything right. You are gonna teach me outside but in the yard or backyard, right?" I asked with a nervous expression.

Larah nodded. "Come now," she said as she turned back around.

"...Okay..." I began to follow Larah.

"Be good, Tenshi!" Ria shouted as I followed Larah. I looked back and looked in front of me again. Ria and Taren went back inside the house. As I followed Larah, we made it to the backyard of the house.

"All right here should be good. More opened than I thought." Larah noticed a wooden stool. "All right, kid, go and sit down there," she said as she pointed at the stool.

"Okay." I went over to the stool and sat on it. I was a little nervous because the stone fences were not high enough, so anyone walking by could just see me, which I don’t like being stared at by people I don’t know.

"All right, so I think we should start on getting to know each other better and go over with the specifics on what's going to happen for the next couple years."

"Okay then," I said as my finger kept tapping on my knee.

"So, I'm sure you heard my name is Larah, Larah Shirasu. I'm guessing your name is Tenshi Trius?"

"Uh, actually, my real name is Tenshin. Tenshi has just been a short way to call my name."

"All right then, I’ll just stick with Tenshi. It sounds nicer in my head anyway."

"That's fine with me."

Larah nodded as she scratched her cheek. "All right, I want you to listen to what I'm going to say."

"Okay," I said as I nodded.

"I need you to listen carefully. I understand you're still a child, but I expect you to manage your energy levels. If you become too disruptive, I will possibly leave and quit being your tutor. I hope we can make this experience go well since this is also my first time being a home tutor or just a tutor in general."

I nodded again. "I understand. Don’t be annoying, and stay mature. I promise I’ll be a great first student, miss."

"Oh, so you did understand that," Larah said with a very small hint of surprise.

I nodded.

"I see. I guess I underestimated your knowledge just a little." Larah and I looked at each other in silence for a bit, and Larah snapped out of it after she blinked. "Oh, right. Now that we're done with introductions, I’ll be your tutor for probably the next few years till you become a saint class at magic. It's best that I also start explaining what magic is to you. Even if you say you know a thing or two, I'm still going to tell you anyway since I don’t know for sure how much you know."

"Well, uh. I guess I understand."

Larah then cleared her throat. "All right, as you may know or not know, there are the five main elements of magic. Earth magic, fire magic, water magic, air magic, and lightning magic. And the others that matter for another time. And there are 8 ranks that say how good you are at using these elements; the same goes for sword, but we don’t have to get into that. These ranks are Novice class, intermediate class, advanced class, saint class, master class, king class, emperor class, and God class. Got all of that?"

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"Mhm." I started to tap my finger on my knee a little faster. God, I don’t think I’ve ever been out this long. Being on the tree doesn’t count. There’s already some lady walking by. It’s fine, Tenshi, she won’t see you. She’s just minding her own business carrying her potatoes or whatever she’s doing. Just keep on moving... I said to myself as I was looking at what looked to be a nice-looking old lady just carrying something in a basket outside the house property, just completely minding her own business. Larah then snapped her fingers two times in front of my face.

"Hey, Larah to Tenshi, eyes up here. Did you get what I said?"

I quickly looked up at Larah and nodded, "Uh, yes."

"Hm, all right then. So. Of course, to learn magic, you need to tap into your inner power, which is mana, which also depends on how low or high your inner potential is. Some have low potential to the point of none. Some even get high enough to get up to king or emperor class, maybe at the age of sixteen or something like that, and if you do ask, I am a saint class magician nearing master class."

I nodded.

"All right, now I want you to listen carefully to this part. I'm going to be doing a small Novice class spell that should be at your level." Larah turned the other way.

"Wait, but I've already done lightning magic before, and I'm not even a novice class. I'm at least an advanced class."

Larah rolled her eyes and turned her head to face me. "Okay, well, maybe you can prove that later," she said sarcastically. "I just want you to do this specific spell. If you can’t do it as big, then that's fine, as long as you try."

Hmph, Doubter, I said to myself with an annoyed expression on my face.

Larah pointed her staff in front of her, and a skinny, four-foot-tall stone came out of the ground.

Wow, that was cool. I said to myself with a hint of amazement.

"There." Larah would accidentally drop her staff. "Oh, whoops." Larah would bend down to grab it. And under her skirt would be revealed.

Holy crap, pantie shot! I covered my face from the blushing. Larah had some nice black lingerie, and to me, size didn’t matter. thick or flat, as long as it was still a woman.

Larah stood back up and quickly looked right at me as if she were flustered. "Oh, I'm sorry you didn’t see that, right?"

I would tilt my head to look confused. "See what?"

Larah sighed with relief. "Uh... nothing." Larah turned back around.

"Hey. I also realized can also do Earth magic?"

Larah turned her head to face me. "Yeah, also, you seem a bit flustered. And only up to advanced classes. You have an interest in earth magic, too?"

I scratched my cheeks, thinking it would make it go away. I nodded. "I want to learn all the elements. The next one I plan to do would be fire, and then after, it could be Earth and then water and wind. I really wanna be able to do all of those or any other I missed if I did." I said with a big smile, and Larah gave a small, soft smile.

"Hah, I like fire too." She then looked over at the small pillar she had made.

"All right, see that over there. I ask of you to cast Lightning String on it. I’ll show you how I do it, in case you’re a little unfamiliar with it, because I don’t want you getting it mixed up with another spell."

I know exactly what I am doing. But hey, at least this first-timer knows the right one to start a child off so far.

She would aim her staff at the pillar. The wind would get only a little stronger. "I call upon the power bestowed by Alucelia. The electrifying energy within me surged forward, striking the enemy before me with a painful thunderbolt. Ha!" The wind would stop as A bolt of lightning shot right out of the staff and broke the pillar.

I started to clap, "That was amazing, master!"

Larah turned around and looked right at me. "Master..." She mumbled. "Oh, Heh. Right..." She looked away and quickly shook her head, and looked back at me. "Now, it's your turn, Tenshi."

I got up from the stool, and Larah aimed her staff at the tall earth magic-made stone again, and then it reformed itself back together. Larah then stepped aside, and I walked a couple of feet away from me.

I aimed my hand at the small earth pillar.

Larah kept eyeing me down, making sure I was doing it right.

All right, so all I have to do is show her how strong I really am. Well, at least that's what I plan, but should I really do that, though? I mean, this chick seems kind of cute, and what if I use too much power that she would just say I graduated and be done with it? Maybe I should go slow and do intermediate level. Yeah, that should be good. I kept my hand aimed at the pillar and was ready to shoot, but then I realized something. Oh crap, incantations, right. "I call upon the power bestowed by Alucelia. The electrifying energy within me surged forward, striking the enemy before me with a painful thunderbo—"

The wind grew around me as I spoke. Before I could finish, the wind lifted Larah’s skirt, revealing an extra bit in between her legs, and I saw those black panties once again with the side of my eye.

My heart felt a big pound, and I started to feel so flushed that the lightning coming out of my hand immediately came out and shot the pillar.

It was so bright that Larah covered her eyes, and then the light stopped as the pillar was completely turned into ashes, as well as the grass burning up a bit and leaving a small crater. Larah was left speechless and patted her skirt down even though the wind was already gone.

...Since when was being horny affect magic!? I questioned with an embarrassed look on my face. I quickly faced Larah and kept my posture straight. "S-so, um... Did I do good... Master Larah?"

Larah didn’t say anything and looked completely in shock as she was still looking at the pillar.

Larah blinked and woke back up from her shock. "Uh, Master? Oh, um... T-that was... Tenshi, I have a question."

"Okay, I'm listening." It was silent for a few seconds.

"I just need to hear from you again. when did you learn lightning magic or any magic, and how quick was the process to get to the point you are in now?"

I started to think back for a moment. "It was somewhere near..." I snapped my fingers as I remembered. "It was when I was near three and four. I used my mom's magical guidebook and learned lots of lightning magic and trained it by using a mana bulb." I said completely casually.

Larah was stunned to hear the fact I learned magic at such a young age. "Uhm, hey, I hope you don’t mind, but is it okay if I touch your head?"

"Touch my head? Why?"

"Oh, uh, I just want to see something really quick. Please."

"Oh, well, okay then."

I stood still as Larah took a step closer to me and put her hand up on the top of my head. The palm of her hand started to glow white.

Wow, what is she even doing? It kinda feels good, like a tingly feeling when getting a haircut.

Larah had a shocked face again. "Uh!?" she put her hand back down, and it stopped glowing. "Oh, I see." Larah backed off and looked the other way. "Wow, you have such a high potential. you could even eventually get to my level..." Larah said with a nervous smile and a hint of a shaken voice.

What? She can read potential? Oh wow. I smiled and felt more pride that my big smile couldn’t go back down. But seeing someone so freaked out and surprised, I actually feel special, hah! I stopped smiling as I started to smell something. It was like a burning smell. "Master, what is that smell?"

Larah turned back towards me and started to sniff the air. "Huh... Smokey." Larah turned around to where the tall earth magic stone once was, and the burning grass was starting to touch one of the bushes. "Ah! Oh no, no, no, no, I can’t get fired on the first day!"

Larah quickly ran toward the fire, and she quickly used some water magic, but in the process, she also slipped after making a puddle of mud by mistake. "Ah!" She exclaimed as she fell. The fire was now out.

I ran to Larah to check if she was okay. "Are you all right, master?"

Larah just stayed on the ground and sighed. Her face said it all looked like she had the worst day ever.

I guess she isn’t so fine. I held my hand out to Larah, and Larah gave a soft smile and took my hand, and got up.

Larah was a mess now, and she cleared her throat and stopped smiling, and kept that professional tone again.

"Ahem. Thank you, Tenshi," she said as she wiped the mud from her cheek.

I smiled back at Larah, and there was a small scream behind us. It was Ria with a hint of shock. Both Larah and I looked back down, and the bush was completely charged, along with the berries. I started to realize that this was my mother's bush that she just planted to make the other berries.

Uh oh. I said to myself.

"Miss Larah! If you're gonna teach Tenshi magic, it doesn't mean you can destroy the yard!" Ria said.

Larah started to freak out. "I'm so sorry. I-I can fix it." Larah went over to the bush and slipped on mud again. "Ah!"

"Oh boy, yeah, she has every right to hate her life right now," I said with a fake smile.

***

a couple of minutes later, Larah was just done with healing the bush and was given a towel by Ria before she went back inside for a moment. Larah was just sitting on the stool and looking down, as she was still a little dirty. She just didn’t have wet mud around her anymore. I was just standing beside her awkwardly, itching my cheek and figuring out what to say, and I put my hand back down.

"You know, master, at least it’s all back to normal." Larah was still looking down, but she then spoke,

"Thank you for the reassurance. I’ll need it before I get fired..."

I stared at her with a guilty look on my face. I then looked up at the sky and itched my cheek a little again. Dang it, Tenshi, you screwed up again. You had one job. How do I make the situation better? The closest thing I did to talk with a girl was the AI girls and with my ex, but it was more of just a friend relationship that was toxic. Think... I thought for a moment and then looked back at Larah. "Well, you still feel like an amazing master. And, uh..."

Ria was about to come back out, but as she looked at me talking to Larah, she hid on the side of the house and took a listen.

"I mean, you're supposed to learn through trial and error and to keep going till it all goes well. Even though you did doubt me for my skills, I still want you to be my teacher and teach me till the very end."

Larah still sat in silence but then had a small smile. "Such wise words coming from you, and something I really needed." Larah looked at me. "You sure you're just some normal little kid? You're not some reincarnation of some old wise man, right?"

Wait, she knows!?

Larah made a small chuckle. "Kidding, but thank you. It's still up to your parents to decide if I can stay or not. And it was rude of me on how I acted towards you and your parents a little. You are honestly the smartest kid you're age I know, and it feels embarrassing that I have to take advice from someone like you."

Well, that didn’t feel nice, yet rude.

Larah looked up into the sky. "But you know, that's truly something special you carry within you. You might be a fortunate individual with a wealth of knowledge, and you deserve to be proud of that. It's a gift that not everyone possesses, and I'm sure it’s wonderful to embrace it."

I smiled, and Ria did the same and walked over to me and Larah.

"Excuse me, Larah," Ria said.

Larah stood up and quickly bowed down. "Oh, uh, I again apologize for what I did, and I won’t argue if you decide to fire me."

"No, no, please get back up. I appreciate the respect, yet you don’t have to." Larah brought the other half of her body back up, and her eyes looked down into the grass and looked nervous.

"I just feel like I should. I heard you loud and clear in the first place, and I'm hoping you're not forgiving me because you thought it was Tenshi’s fault. It was completely on me." Larah slowly brought her head up.

"I'm not sure how you feel, but don’t be so down. It's not like you couldn’t fix it, and I don’t think it’s Tenshi’s fault at all. We all make mistakes now and then. Please, Larah, I would like for you to stay as Tenshi's tutor. I don’t think I could ask anyone else. Unless you don’t want to be."

Larah was surprised. She looked over at me and back at Ria. "Wait, so I'm not some problem to you or the family? I don’t want to cause any negativity. I don’t even know if I trust myself. I'm always clumsy and make mistakes. Are you positive?" Larah asked with shock and confusion.

"Of course. We would be happy to treat you as one of us. You still have your own choice to make, but I think you would be an amazing tutor. You could even be the only tutor Tenshi would allow."

Hang on, what makes her say that? I said to myself.

Larah would think about it for a moment as she looked down and then bring her head back up. "Thank you for welcoming me in, and I’d be happy to stay as Tenshi’s home tutor."

Ria clapped her hands together. "Great, now let's head inside. We have many plates full of food nearly ready, and you should definitely get cleaned up."

"Of course," she replied as she nodded.

Ria walked back to the porch of the house, and Larah followed,

"You to Tenshi," Ria said.

"Okay!" I ran over to Larah and Ria.

***

As we got back inside, Larah took a nice warm bath inside. She came out wearing a nice and comfy black dress, and the food was set on the table, which was full of meat and vegetables and pastries for Larah’s welcome into the house.

Larah took her time to greet Seris, and then we all started eating. It was amazing to see how much I saw the others treat Larah as if she had lived there for years.

I smiled. Man, how was someone like me so lucky to be reborn into this type of world? I feel so happy in these moments. I’m hoping I don’t make the same mistake I made in my old life. All I want is peace and happiness. But even if something bad does happen, I just have to keep trying and to get up and keep on going, and with this family, I might even grow stronger on the inside.

***

As we all finished eating and talking half an hour later, we all headed into our rooms, and after I said goodnight to Seris, Ria, and Taren, I saw Larah walk over to her room and yawn, and I poked her twice on the arm. "Hey, master," I said.

"Hm?" Larah looked back and turned around. "Yes, Tenshi?"

"I just wanted to say goodnight, and I can’t wait to see what you will teach me next tomorrow," I said with a smile.

Larah smiled back and patted my head. "Goodnight, Tenshi. Sleep well so you don’t get so tired tomorrow."

I nodded and saw Larah get in the room and close the door behind her.

I then walked over to my room, and it still had the cloth cover over the wall that I broke with my light magic, but my bed was fixed and fine now.

I hopped on my bed and took a deep breath, and I still had a smile on my face as I took a deep breath. I’ll make it in this life, and I know it. I can’t promise it all now, but I’ll grow to make it a promise in the end, so I can grow to live and be happy and have no regrets. I closed my eyes. To live life at its fullest.