Stephanie POV

I was called by the pope and bishops the day after the strange event with the magic circles happened. What if found were 5 of the 12 bishops and the pope sitting around a large table and in the lap of the pope were two babies. The pope stood up with a smile when he saw it was me entering the room.

Michel: Good you have come.

Stephanie: Yes your grace you have called is there something you wish of me?

Michel: Yes you remember the event yesterday?

Stephanie: Yes.

Michel: Well it’s about that, just a warning what I am telling you does not leave this room. Our great goddess herself told us you are trustworthy enough to do this job so don’t disappoint us.

I was shocked to hear what he said. For the goddess to personally pick me for a job is a great honor. The pope then begins telling me about what happened and I could only stand there with my eyes wide and my mouth gaping open.

Michel: Knowing all this the goddess wishes for you to take care of these two young children.

Stephanie: Um if it’s not too rude to ask but don't we hunt demons?

Michel: Yes but we hunt evil demons, not all beings of the underworld are evil, they just live in an aggressive world. There are many who are passive and some live in our world peacefully. Fairies for one are a race from the demon world who willingly asked the demon lord to be come to our world.

I couldn't believe what I heard. Fairies are magical beings quite in tune with nature and are very friendly but not to those who attack them. To find out they are beings from the demon world is like a blow to so much I know about the races of the world.

Michel: I can see you wavering by finding out that fact. From now on you will be under my personal tutelage so you will find out about many of the races from both the greater worlds

Stephanie: Um greater worlds your grace. How can you call the demon world a greater world?

Michel: It is a greater world, it is home to much greater beings then our own that it can’t even compare. Also please use the terms upper and under world when in our presence. We see those worlds as different from our own but not a place of evil or good each are like our own but ruled differently.

Stephanie: Yes your grace.

Michel: Good now before you begin your schedule will change and you will be relieved of a few jobs you do to take care of these two. Please kneel on the altar behind me the goddess has a blessing for those she trusts. It will show you the true forms of any being in disguise by magic of any form this is to protect you and these two.

I do as he orders and kneel before the altar. As I enter the pose for prayer the room lights up and I feel it enter my own body. Soon the light fads.

Michel: good you have her blessing. now you may take them also please teach them basic meditation techniques to control their mana. Though they are beings that should grow at a quick pace that has been slowed down because of a curse and they will grow like a human child. I expect you to treat them in the same manner you would treat your family.

Stephanie: yes your grace I shall start.

He nods and smiles as I pick up the two babies and leave.

Baal POV

I’ve been living with my nice mom and a sister for a year now. She is really beautiful with her long straight dark blue hair which she hides under some cloth. She says it’s part of being a priestess we need to be modest.

Anyway about two months ago after I was able to start walking a strange screen appeared in front of me. I couldn’t understand it at all.

You have gained enough strength to rank up. You are now an imp.

The next morning I felt really strong, I could run like other bigger kids. Lilian also had the same thing happen to her. With a year old we could play like any kids a little older than us. After that day mom has been teaching us magic or at least how to meditate to gather mana and to help us control magic. Though we are still too young to go with her to the church we live close to the edge of town so we play a lot in the plains outside.

There are only bunnies and fox outside but for some reason there are tons of poor looking people who attack them like crazy. Once a bunny ran towards us he hid behind us and one of those people came up to us. They had a rusty knife that barely could be called a weapon.

Player: Look here the rabbit is hiding behind an NPC. First time I’ve seen that

Player 2: Who cares hey brats give is the rodent.

We looked at each other than at the sacred bleeding rabbit behind us. It was a newborn like us still really young and already being hunted. Lilian picked up the rabbit carefully and suddenly ran from them while I stayed behind.

Player: These brats hey get bac...urg.

I caught him off guard with a small kids punch between his legs. The man toppled to the ground and I ran after distracting the others. I was surprised by how weak the guy was I was one years old and I could make an old man like that fall to the ground.

When I told mom that day she fell to the ground laughing. She then explained to us who those people were. They were called foreigners by the natives of our world. It’s said that they are beings that come from a different world and search for adventure. After explaining that she noticed the small rabbit in Lilian's arms which was bleeding. It was the first time I saw mom using magic and I was mesmerized by it. The same for Lilian. Mom said it was a healing spell and that all the priests, priestess and paladins know how to do a basic spell like this. She also let us keep the little rabbit, she told us that if we raised it just right it could grow into a powerful monster. She said we each could raise one so we ran back the plains and found another little rabbit that liked me and took it in.

When we were one and a half years we could already use magic but we kept it hidden from mom. I was really good with fire magic and could make a fireball appear when I wanted. The fire color was a deep red color much different from the light red or orange like I have seen from mages. Lilian can use light and water magic really well. She already figured out how to do the healing spell mom uses and can use the water to make a wall. We are still weak but not our pet rabbits. We have been hunting to help mom get money since she is only paid a bit for her work at the church.

A week ago, we woke up to them almost double their size. Before they didn't pass half way up our leg but now they are at our knees and a small horn grew out on their head and they gained sharp claws.

The first day we went to hunt for rabbits those foreigner people looked at our rabbits and smiled before coming our way with knives drawn. Lilian and I were scared but not our rabbits they stood in front of us and protected us. 10 foreigners attacked us but they all died by our pets though they were badly hurt. Lilian was crying when she saw them but with a hit on the head from me to stop crying she remembered she had healing magic so the wounds closed soon.

That night was the first time we were ever scared of mom. When we told her what happen the air around us felt like it got cold. Her hair started to float upwards while her body started to glow a bit though she calmed down when she saw us four cowering in the corner.

Stephanie: I’m sorry about that I forgot where I was. I just got angry anyway Plum and Rook good job please take care of both of them.

She pat the head of the two rabbits he enjoyed the attention.

Stephanie: well anyway since you two have gotten in so much trouble I guess I shouldn’t wait so long to teach you about it them.

Lilian: Teach what.

Her eyes were sparkling as was my own.

Stephanie: it’s about what we call status, it’s a special ability all creatures have to see their own power put in a number. All you need to say is “Status Window” That goes for skills as well. The skill window tells you what spells or skills you know as well as traits you were born with.

I open both instantly as Lilian does as well.

Status WindowName:BaalLevel:3Fame:0Infame:0Health:500Stamina:40/40Rank:Lower DemonRace:ImpStrength:15Vitality:12Dexterity:10Agility:7Intelligence:180Charisma:10Leadership:10Luck:10

AffinityFire25%Water5%Earth0%Air0%Light-20%Darkness10%

TraitsCurse of the god of Evolution

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A curse which returns a newborn to the weakest possible form for his race before turning into a non sentient monster or demon. This curse leaves abilities that are inherited but they remain sealed until awoken.Royal demon

Being born the son of the Demon lord you are highly intelligent no matter what form you are in. You can learn skills, magic or techniques with much greater easy then others as long as you have a proper teacher.

tds]Imp fire (Basic 1)

This is a natural ability all imps and their descendants know or have an ability that derives from it. Though it is a basic level of ability it can grow to great power[/tds]

SkillsTaming

Your affinity to nature allows you to tame young animals since they have great trust in you.

Baal: ??

Lilian: ??

Stephanie: Is something wrong?

Baal: Um what’s an Imp?

Lilian: And a Fallen Angel?

Mom was silent for a long moment.

Stephanie: I’ll tell you another time, just know this NEVER tell anyone what is the name on the race window ok.

She made sure to have us promise so we just let it drop because mom is scary when she is angry.

Stephanie: Well I guess that is done now then I need to go get permission for something from the pope. You two, no hunting today please stay home.

We just nod and mom leaves. Since there is little to do at home we decide to play with our rabbits. I like how their horns grow just like a mystical unicorn mom read for us once. I think they might be able to do magic so I see but Rook just tilts his head.

I kept wondering how to get it to work so with a bit of mana control I put my mana on my finger tip and touch the horn and let the mana run inside. The horn suddenly lights up and the groves in the horn turn red and some turn black. Suddenly a ball of black fire forms at the tip. I had let go of the horn after the fireball vanished but the horn still had red grove lines around it. We both look at each other than at the rabbit which is scratching its head before looking at us.

Baal: Rook make a fireball appear.

As ordered the horn glows a bit and a small fireball half the size of the first appears before vanishing again with the rabbit looking visibly tired.

Lilian: We need to tell mom this, it’s important.

Baal: Ya but I think we should wait. I don’t want to see mom angry again.

She nods and we continue playing until mom returns.

Stephanie: Have fun kids?

Lilian/Baal: No.

Baal: It was boring except for what happen to Rook.

Stephanie: What happen?

Lilian: Look at his horn Baal was messing around and put some of his mana into the horn, now rook can make fireballs like Baal.

Mom’s eyes instantly snapped towards the little horn rabbit. Like she said the horn was slightly red because of the magic.

Stephanie: Why did you do that Baal?

Baal: Well you read to us about unicorns once and how they were powerful magical beasts so I though our horn rabbits were the same but he didn’t do magic so I was just curious.

Stephanie: Well he can certainly use magic now. Please be careful when you order him to us it. He will need training now as well.

Lilian: Can I put mana in my rabbit as well?

Mom sighed when she saw the alligator tears forming in the little angels eyes. Though she knew they were fake tears it was still a powerful attack on her mind.

With another sigh she nodded. Mom already knew we were using magic since a few months ago when she saw me training my little fire magic and Lilian her healing magic.

Lilian gathered mana in her hand and touched Plum’s horn. The horns groves turned blue and bright yellow. When she let go of the horn it suddenly covered itself in ice and became very sharp.

Stephanie: Seems your water affinity is greater and she can use ice magic now. Now kids rabbit magic is a no go until both of you can defend yourselves. I don’t want foreigners hunting your pets and you because they found rare rabbits. *sigh*”this will defiantly change the rabbits evolution paths greatly.

Michel POV

I stood there listening to Stephanie as she told me what the two children did to their horned rabbits. For a child 1 and a half years old to discover something like this is incredible. I guess considering who they were I can’t say it’s that surprising though I wonder how they will react when they rank up. Stephanie told me Baal’s rabbit had a black and red horn so it must have darkness and fire affinity now. Since demon mana is now in its I'm sure it will become a demon horned rabbit or something. As for Plum, bright yellow and blue, water and light would make a holy horned rabbit. Each complete opposites from one another but also the best of friends.

Michel: Stephanie can you experiment with the rabbits I think this discovery can make powerful combat units. If they take up the affinity of the mana of who gives them mana we can make many holy affinity horn rabbits.

Stephanie: And the children themselves?

Michel: They are using magic on their own already so there is no need to hold them back. Bring Lilian and Plum to the church and hire an advance rank mage in fire and darkness magic to teach Baal magic but make sure both of them learn together at the same time.

Stephanie: Can Baal even learn light magic?

Michel: Who knows Fairies can learn it as well as other beings so why can’t he.

Stephanie: Ok then I shall find a mage to begin teaching them should it be from the mages guild I could get an all-rounder mage who knows all elements.

Michel: If you can find one then it would be better light magic they can learn here in the church.

I dismiss her and sit thinking.

Michel: ”So changes are already coming. Learning about this fact I can’t help but think how many other animals can do the same. Hm an idea from a unicorn made horned rabbits into magic beasts maybe a few new pets are in order, though seem to have an affinity for animals as well.”

Baal POV

Today mom came home with two tiny pups. Fox pups really, she told us that the pope asked her to give it to us and that we would start learning real magic soon.

I was excited and when I held my little pup it licked my finger I was really happy.

Lilian: Hmm I wonder if they can be affected by mana like the Plum and Rook?

Baal: Are you going to do that to them as well?

Lilian: Ya so when they grow up they can be strong.

Her finger was already giving off a little light from the mana that gathered. She touched the pups head. The mana spread through its body and the orange body turned white with the red on the tips of the tail.

Lilian: Wow she looks cuter then before.

Stephanie: It seems she turned into a holy fox now. They are really loyal to good people and really good protectors?

Baal: Wow so cool let me try!

I gather my mana and touch my fox in the head. My mana spread through his body but it didn’t change his outer appearance

Baal: What!! why didn’t he change?

Stephanie: He probably did but it will show up later one.

Baal: What do you mean?

Stephanie: I mean I think he will become a nine tailed fox. In paintings depicting them they are orange in color and with each tail they grow their power rises. It’s said that when they reach the peak of their 9th tails power they are on par with a lesser god.

Baal: Nine tails...aren’t they demons?

She gave a wary smile towards us.

Stephanie: Yes your mana made him a demon because you were born in the underworld. Lilian was born in the upper world which is why her pets become holy creatures and yours become demon.

I was on the verge of crying.

Baal: so *hic* does that *hic* mean I’m an *hic* monster.

Mom hugged me and picked me up before sitting down with me on her lap. She called Lilian over and sat her on her other leg.

Stephanie: Let me tell you. You are only a monster if you want to be, there can be an evil demon but there could at the same time be a good demon. The pope is a really wise man and he taught me about all the creatures we know today that once lived in the demon world.

Lilian: What race are they?

Stephanie: For one the fairy race was once a resident of the demon world but do you hear fairies being called demons.

Baal: No there are people who really love playing with them though I never saw one.

Stephanie: if so then stop crying. You may be from the demon world but you are a good boy who doesn’t need to worry about his race.

Baal: Can you tell me about my race just so I know what they are normally like.

Lilian: Me to and tell me about my little fox and Baal’s as well.

Stephanie: Ok I’ll tell you but like I said before no one can know ok.

Baal/Lilian: OK!!