Wills POV
The next day I woke up with a fresh attitude. Mom fed me the now normal food and went out to do her work while Nila came in and dropped of the excited Amy. Her face is so cute when she's all excited like that. Now I know I said I would be more careful with my magic practice but I don't really know what I can do to hide it better since its so showy. For now I'll try to get the variant form of Wind Magic and if I destroy some stuff people would just think wind came in from the window and did that. I mean no normal person would think a little baby used magic unless they saw it happen infront of them. Hell, most people still wouldn't belive it.
Alright, The way the book explained Wind Magic was that you use your mana to push air to create a force of wind. This is just for the most basic Wind Magic of course and I'm assuming the higher level ones require more structure. What is the scientific explanation of wind again? Come on High schhol memories come back to me! All of a sudden I start remembering the time I asked Ashley to prom infront of the school where she rejected me and then the whole school laughed. Wait, not those memories! Fuck! Now I'm all sad and shit. I feel something warm toching me and I look bakc to see Amy hugging me. How sad, I have to be consoled by a little kid. Focus!
I remember now! Wind is created from...uneven heating...of the planet? Yea I think thats it. In that case, what if I heat up the air? No that's just going to make hot air. Wait, what if I make warm air at the bottom of the room and cold air at the top? Isn't that how tornatoes and shit are formed? But that's not gonna be a variant of wind, that's just using water, fire and wind all together, although I will have to try it out one day. Okay, what if I use my mana to make the air into very tiny spheres and then use my mana to shoot them at high speeds? That might work! Let's try it.
As always, I start of by closing my eyes and making sure Amy isn't in my shooting range. I imagine some of my mana probably around 20% to move outside my body and mold small spheres of air, at first they are too big so I'll pack them in closer to each other to shirnk them smaller. I keep forcing them smaller until all of the spheres are half the size of bb bullets. That should be small enough. Now I take the rest of my mana and split it up equally into 20 parts, because thats how many spheres I made. Then, I infuse all of that mana into each of the spheres to shoot them forward. Instantly I heard the sound of something flying really fast. I open my eyes and see nothing different than normal. What's going on? Nothing happened? I move closer to the wall to investigate and realize when I get really close that there are 20 tiny holes in the wall and they go all the way through it. Shit! I made more holes in the wall. I'll have to ask Tina to fix them when she comes to clean the room and feed us lunch. She isn't gonna be happy about this.
While the thought of Tina getting angry starts to terrorize me the blue screens pop up to make me happy again.
You have learned Variant Wind Magic level 1!
Would you like to combine Wind Magic level 2 and Variant Wind Magic level 1 into Special Wind Magic level 2?
YES! NO!
Naturally I chose 'YES!'. Thats 4 out of 6 magic types as a special magic skill. Just gotta figure out the other 2 and I'll be able to take over the world. Okay probably not but a man can dream. Now to take a break and play with the cute Amy until Tina comes and gices me another lecture and my MP is restored so I can do something similar again.
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Tina's POV
I am really angry right now! As a maid I can't possibly yell at my master but this young master is so much toruble already. I can't even imagine what he's gonna do when he grows up. Oh Goddess! You must be wondering why I am angry at this 6 month old master of mine.
Just yesterday he used some crazy fancy magic to light up his room like an explosion and created a hole in the wall. Naturally I gave him a lecture about how he should be more careful. Now remember this was yesterday! Now today I came in to clean the Duchess' room and feed master Will and Amy only to find him pointing at the wall. When I looked over I didn't see any holes so I thought he was showing me that he had been good today and I rpaised him for it. Instead of looking happy about the praise, he made a wry smile and shook his head. He then crawled up to the wall and pointed again. I thought 'not again' in my head and walked up only to see 20 small holes in the wall. Yes, not 1 or 2 but 20 fucking holes! How the hell did he even do this?! I was so angry I didn't even have the energy to lecture him so I fixed the holes, cleaned the room, fed the 2 brats, and left. I did all without saying a single word or making eye contact with master Will.
This is too much. What I go into that room tomorrow only to find that whole wall missing? I can't possible fix that. What should I do? Should I tell Lady Maria? What if she thinks I'm lying? Lying to a noble is a big crime and it has heavy punishments. In some places commoners have had their tongues cut out for lying to a noble. I don't want that to happen to me. I'm so screwed! I should have never worked here. Humans are too crazy for me to work with, I should have listened to father and stayed in the tribe. Then again, I would have had to marry that Kiro so I guess having to deal with a crazy human brat mage is still the better option.
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Will's POV
Tina was angry. She was very angry. I know this because she didn't say a single word or even make eye contact with me. Remembring my previous life, a woman is most angry when she doesnt talk to you or look at you even once. If its like this I really do have to stop my magic practice until I get old enough to go outside and be in a secluded place.
Until then I'll focus on the Mana Manipulation skill and Mana Perception skill. They could come in real handy in my future. Witht this I practiced Mana Manipulation inside my body for the rest of the day and ended up getting it to level 7. I just barely managed to get it htough because the moment I saw that blue screen is the same moment that mom walked into the room. This time however I was completely aware of everything going on around me. Maybe thats why it felt alot slower leveling up than last time. I guess I was in some kind of a trance but I don't know how I did it so I don't know if I'll be able to do it again. Anyway lets eat and sleep. A baby needs a lot of food and a lot of sleep.
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3rd person perspective
This time Will had stuck by his word and only practiced Mana Mnipulation and Mana Pereption for the next 6 months. At this point he was able to walk so he tried to do other physical activities to make sure his body was getting stronger and not just his mana. As he got older he did more and more excersice but stuck with his Mana manipulation and Perception practice for an hour or so a day each. He did this until he reached his 5th birthday. He is now been 5 years old for a couple months and is ready to find himself a hidden spot to practice his magic without disruptions.
Alongside him Amy copied everything he did, when he rand around the mansion garden she did the same, when he did push ups she did the same, when he sat to practice his Mana related skills she thought he was just sitting wierdly but she did the same anyway. She turned 5 just a week after Will but that didnt stop her from following and copying him.
Today they are going to go into the forest just a little while outside the city they live in. Naturally no sane person would let two 5 year olds go into woods filled with animals and monsters on their own so they have to sneak out.
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Will's POV
"Today is the day Amy, we are gonna go into the woods and do some fun stuff!" I whispered excitedly to Amy in my room. Yes my room. I was able to get my own room when I turned 3 and now I spend my time here but I still sleep with mom sometimes because her embrace just feels so warm, a warmth I never felt in previous life.
"But master, Mom told me those woods are dangerous and there are monsters in there." Amy whispered back looking scared and worried. "Don't worry I'll protect us, just remember to stick close to me okay?" I replied back with full confidence.
"I can do that, I'm very good at following you master!" Amy answered with excitement completely replacing her fear and worry.
I am confident in being able to protect us, after all my status looks like this
Name William Lucifer Hargreed Race Human Age 5 lvl 1 HP 300/300 MP 350/350 STR 17 DEF 10 AGI 20 STM 19 INT 18 WIS 15 CHR 12 LUC 15 Special Blessings
XP Gain Multiplier: 100x
--------(Unlocked at level 10)
Skills Mana Perception lvl 8, Mana Manipulation lvl 9, Special Fire Magic lvl 2, Water Magic lvl 2, Special Wind Magic lvl 2, Earth Magic lvl 2, Special Light Magic lvl 2, Special Darkness Magic lvl 2, Unarmed Combat lvl 4, Persuation lv 3, Groping lvl 2, Spying lvl 2
I was able to level up the Mana Perception and Mana Manipulation skills pretty high I feel like and I gained Unarmed Combat by practicing moves that I remembered from movies and anime. The persuasion skill I got when I initially lied to get out of trouble and the more I did that the more it leveled up. Those are all the skills we need to talk about, let's just ignore that last one. I definitly haven't been feeling up Tina's tail and ears whenever I get a chance. I also never peeked on the changing Tina.
Now its time to sneak out. Its still pretty early in the morning so it shouldn't be too difficult. I have been planning this for a while now so I know the complete layout of our mansion as well as the gaurd rotations. I used my spying skill to the fullest and that's how I leveled it up so lets ignore the way I originally obtained it.
I guided Amy thorugh my perfectly devised route to the edge of the wall surrounding our mansion. Naturally the doors are always gaurded so we will have to climb over the wall. The wall is pretty tall probably about 15 feet but Amy and I should be able to climb it.
It took us a little bit of time but we both managed to get on to the wall. Next up, we jump down this side. Now our mansion, or rather castle now that I look at it from on top of this wall, is located at the very center of the north section of the city. I never told you guys anything about this place did I? I guess now is as good a time as any.
The city we live in is called Hasginia and is the capital our territory. Its the second largest city in Philon Kingdom, the only city larger is the capital which is called Phubus. Hasginia is split into 4 sections by 2 perpendicular roads going north-east to south-west and north-west to south-east. The sections don't have official names but the east section is the commercial section, all main businesses, most crafting workshops and the merchant guild are located here. The west has the adventurer guild, lots of ins, some blacksmiths, and the most amount of restaurants and bars. The south is where most average commoners live and is also home to the slums. In each, of these districts there are resataurants and bars but as stated earlier the most are in the west and the highest end and luxurious ones are in the east. Now the north is where our mansion is and is also home to some of our vassals. Most of them are nobles but some are commoners as well. Still the section is seen as the section of nobles.
Back to us, after getting past the wall we are now in the north section of the city where we have the highest chance of being recognized. Therefore, we sneak our way into the west section. The reason we went to the west is because the forest we are headed to is on the west of the city so we are gonna use the south-west gate to leave and also its less likely for someone of this area to recognize us compared to the east. Also, as we were sneaking around I got another skill.
You have learned Stealth level 1!
I thought stealth would be a part of Spying but I guess it isn't. Anyway, we slowly make our way through the west district and I realize that people seem to be staring at us a lot. I was confused for a while and then it hit me like a brick wall. Think about it, in a section filled with hardened warriors there are two 5 year old kids, of which one is wearing fancy ass clothes that scream "I'm a noble!" and the other is wearing a maid uniform, just walking along. I would be staring at us too if I was them. This isn't good, we are attracting too much attention. The whole reason I was walking at a leisourly pace was so we dont attract attention by running but now i think we are better off just running at our fastest. I signal to Amy and then we both run at our top speed. Our top speed is also really fast for a 5 year old because we have basically been strengthening ourselves since we became able to walk.
We ran until we got close to the gate and then we hid. Now I'm pretty sure the city gaurds wouldn't recognize us for who we are but they would defnitly know I am either a noble or the son of a rich merchant from my clothes. There is no way they would let a 5 year old like that out on his own, because if I am a noble and they let me go then my parent can kill them out of anger for allowing their child to leave unattended. Naturally to get around this I thought about climbing the wall but this wall is much taller at around 50 feet. There are also gaurds at the top of the wall in a constant patrol. However, I did think of a plan for this as we were running over here. If our clothes are causng such problems we have to just wear different clothes. I thought this was a good dea until I realized how dirty and disgusting everybody's clothes are, no way I'm wearing something like that. The stench would stay on me and mom would notice. Thats when I saw carriages with covers on them leaving the gate. Some were empty while others carried cloth, stones or people. I saw another carriage going towards the gate with cloth on it and we jumped into that one. We both hid underneath all of the cloth towards the middle o the carraige since thats the hardest spot to check. We felt someone picking up some of the cloth and then putting it back and then heard the gaurds say that the carriage was good to go.
We continued to ride in the carriage for ten minutes or so to make sure the gaurds wouldn't see us hoping out of the carriage, and then hopped out. We also made sure the carriage driver didn't see us. Thankfully we made it out without much trouble, I don't really know how we're gonna get back in but we'll cross that bridge when we get to it. Now the woods are about an hour long walk away so let's get walking.
An hour later, we are at the edge of the forest. As we walk into the forest I realize its a lot darker in here enven though its the middle of the day. I guess the foliage blocks out a lot of the sun. Its not like it was completely dark, just darker than the outside. It was at this time I realized that I never thought of trying something very basic in a fantasy setting. What if I move mana into my eyes? I decided to try it out and I saw a beautiful blue screen.
You have learned Mana Vision level 1!
This is called Mana Vision huh? Its like everything got easier to see, I'm also able to see details from far away that I wouldn't be able to see normally. I decided that I would try it out more later and stop it for now since its using my mana and I might need that to fight off animals or monsters. This is cool though because Mana Perception is like a radar that shows you how mana is moving around you and if you get the skill to where me level is it can cover the entirity of our castle. I am also able to use it to detectecah persons individual and unique mana signitature, and once I put together a person and their mana signitature in my head I never mistake them for a nother person ever again. This way I know all the gaurds and maids and vassals in the mansion. I know their location at all times including mom's ofcourse so this allows me to be even sneakier and never get caught doing things I shouldn't be.
Now, we are quite a ways into the forest so lets start the magic practice. I thought that until I saw a large pack of Wolves staring us down after surrounding us.