---- Five Years Later . Beramus Five Years Old.

　Mostly goblins' houses are made of straw and wood.
　It's a poor-looking house. In fact, they're not completely sheltered from the wind and rain.

　In one of these houses, Beramus lived in Aretha's house.

"Vellumus ...... are you really five years old?

　Aretha came up to me after breakfast.

"What do you mean? You're the only one who knows I'm five years old.

　He was slightly upset, but Bellamus replied firmly.

I'm sure you'll be able to find a way to make it work for you. Look, Delarosawo.

　Aretha pointed to where Delarosa was sleeping with her stupid face on.

　She should have been up by now, but she just won't.
　I've tried every possible way to force her to wake up, but no matter what I do, she just won't.
　I decided to give up and wait for her to wake up on her own.

Delarosa was two years older than you, but she was still like this. Well, this one's a bit more of an idiot than most, but aren't you a bit more mature?　Isn't this what all carrots do: ......?

　Vellum didn't tell him the old man was inside.
　It's a crazy story and I try not to talk about reincarnation.

Then I'll go help everyone in the village.
Ah, vellums!

　It's not good to be pursued any further, so Bellamus said that and left home.



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Oh, vellum. You came to help me again today!

　In the village, everyone works together.
　Bellamus helped with the work. I just didn't want to sit around and do nothing.
　They were too young to go hunting or anything. I helped her with cooking, gathering wild plants, sewing and other tasks.
　As a result, the human, Beramus, had become acclimated to the village.

　With his help, he looks for a place where the goblins are not.
　Aretha and Delarosa are not at home.
　He sits on the floor of his house with his hands above his head and his eyes closed.
　And .

"Light.

　. and so on .
　Then, a sphere of bright light appeared just above my hands.

　It was a light spell. Elementary magic that shines in the dark.
　When he was five years old, Bellamus had awakened to his magical power and could use magic.

　Bellamus snuffs the ball of light. Then he said "light" again, and brought out the ball of light.
　Over and over again he threw the ball of light in and out.
　The reason he's doing this is because of his training.

　When you're awakened, your magical energy is low.
　When your magic is low, you can only use weak magic.
　Using magic over and over again like this was the best way to increase your magical power.
　Bellamus wanted to raise his magic level right away so he could use stronger magic.

　There was a reason for that.

　Originally reincarnated to live a quiet life.
　In the next life, I didn't care if I couldn't use that much magic, but my upbringing in this goblin village changed my mind.

　I just wanted to repay you for saving my life.

　The environment in this goblin village is pretty vile.
　There are about 50 goblins in all.

　They have no farming skills. They hunt in the woods and harvest wildflowers to survive the hunger.
　The food situation is not so good. The goblins have lived a fairly modest life.

　When they go into the forest to hunt, they are often attacked by demons that can injure or kill them.
　The goblins here live close to death all the time.
　Aretha's husband was also attacked by demons and died.

　But even on the edge of life, not a single goblin has come to chase Vellums away.
　The goblins here are just as kind.

　That's the kind of goblins Bellamus took a liking to.
　He wanted to repay the goblins for their kindness by using knowledge and magic to help his village grow.

　I tried to pass on the knowledge as soon as I was able to speak, but they wouldn't listen to me as a child.
　Therefore, I decided to hold out until she awakened to her magical powers, thinking that if she could learn to use magic and defeat even the strongest demons, the goblins might believe her once she gained some recognition.
　Lately, Aretha has been wondering if Vellumus is really a child?　I'm not sure if you'll believe me if I tell you now, but since there is a lot of knowledge that is difficult to make use of if you can't use magic, I've decided to train to increase my magic power.

The amount of magic you can use has increased as well, so the number of magic you can use has also increased. It's about time we could defeat a powerful monster. Just to be sure, I'll practice a bit more.

　This should not happen, so he made a careful decision.
　Thus, Vellum's magic power was steadily increasing as he trained.