It's been a week since my grandfather's funeral.

　This past week.
　My brother and sister went straight home because they had school.
　Mom and Dad were busy with the messengers from another country until yesterday.

　And today, they said the saints are finally coming.
　I heard that the saints will be representing their country at Shelly's birthday party soon, so they're staying at home until then.

　If you're going to represent your country, shouldn't the emperor and Sherry entertain them? I asked.
　He's going to treat her as a saint who came to see the mage (grandma) as a saint until Shelly's birthday.

　So I'll inevitably be the one to entertain you: ....

　Huh.
　I can't help but sigh.

Hey, you're coming, don't be such a dick!
　Mom was mad at me.

'Come to think of it, you said you didn't like it the last time you saw Shelia, but when you saw her, she seemed to enjoy it.

Oh, really?
　If you ask me, .....
　You certainly don't have to hate it that much: ......

Yeah. . oh, here it comes.

　A carriage pulls in.

　Then the carriage stopped and a woman who looked to be about my grandmother's age and a girl about my age came out.

　As soon as they stepped out of the carriage, the woman looked at Grandma and smiled at her.
"Long time no see, Carina, you've grown old.

It's mutual. Serena.

'Well, yeah ..... Oh, Diork, you're looking so handsome. Is that your wife and child next to you?

Yeah. Hey, Selina, it's been a while. Is that Brian's baby?
　Brian?

Yes. Her name is Rihanna.

Hey, Rihanna. This is Leons.

The boy is Carina's pride and joy: ....
　The saint looked at me warily as she said this.

'Yes, but you've been bragging a lot about little Rihanna.

"Rihanna is a good grandson, isn't she?

'Okay, well, then, Leo,' he said, 'Okay, okay, grandchild bragging, why don't you and your mother and Miss Serena come inside?'
　Grandma and the other grandmothers were bragging to each other about their grandchildren, and Dad hurriedly stopped them.

All right. Serena and Rihanna, you take your time.

Thank you. I'm coming in.
　Grandma leads the saint into the house.

Oh, excuse me.
　The saint's grandson also entered the house, greeting her in a small voice.

　My first impression of the saint's grandson, Rihanna, is that she is a quiet and serious child.
　She's different from the lively princess. ..... Silver hair is nice, but so is a blonde beauty!
　But this time, unlike Shelly's, she's more mature, so I wonder if the conversation will continue. I'm worried: ....


　Then I ate lunch while listening to the saint and the mage bragging about their grandchildren .

　The grandchildren's bragging by these two was amazing: .....

　I heard that Rihanna is so good at holy magic it's hard to believe she's 8 years old.
　They say my magic is unbelievably awesome.

　Anyway, it was an argument .
　Well, it wasn't too awkward for the one being bragged about!

　Then when lunch was over, Dad and Mom left to go back to their estate.

Then we're going to go visit Grandpa's grave, and you, Leo, go play nicely with little Rihanna.
　Ew! Two again, just like with Shelley: .....
　Could it be a Forster family tradition?

Oh, yeah. Okay.
　Well, I can't do anything I don't want to do in front of him: .....

　Grandma knows that, and she'll look at me with a smirk on her face.

Good. So we're all good friends then.
　With that, they left.

　Before things get awkward, I'm going to talk to them.
Let's see: ..... So, you'll call me Leo?

　I just said what came to me on the spur of the moment, and I'm being so over the top!

　I've done it: ......
　Now my impression is that I'm the youngest son of a pompous duchess: ......

　But the reaction of the saint's grandson is ...... 'Ha, yes . . you're Leo, aren't you? Well, you can call me .... ri, please call me Leena," she replied softly, blushing a little.

　...... Huh? You don't care what I said?
　Lena? Can I call you by your nickname?


　Huh? Why are you blushing?

　My head is in a state of confusion because of the unexpected reaction: ..... All I can say is this: ..... It's so cute.

"Uh-huh. Nice to meet you, Lena.
　Let's just keep up the smug attitude.

It's nice to meet you, too.

Well, I guess we're not gonna have to sit on the porch for this to work, so why don't you come on down to my office?
　So I said, and I showed Leena to her room.

It's my first time in a boy's room.

'Really? Isn't that weird?

'Not particularly: .... But those two swords are magnificent.
　Then Leena pointed to Elena and Serena.

''That's the Magic Sword and the Holy Sword.

What about it? Then it should be respectable, right?

It's a legendary sword.

Are both used by Leo-kun?

''That's right . I've only just gotten the holy sword from either of them, and I've been using the magic sword for longer.
　It's only been a week or so since Serena got it.

Oh, could it be that the holy sword is a memento of a brave man?

Yeah, you will.

'I don't know anything about my grandfather because my parents and grandpa were killed when I was just born,'

'What? That's hard...

'Still, I'm serious about life, so cheer up.

Yes, thank you.

　My first impression of Leena was that she seemed to be a quiet and serious girl, but in reality she's a serious and kind-hearted girl: ....
　Yes, she's even cuter now.

''And ..... Can I touch the holy sword for a bit?

Come in. I'll be right with you.
　Then I lifted Serena up and gave her to you.

　Then Lina lost her balance under Serena's weight.
"Watch out!
　I rush to support it. 　

"Wow, how can you hold this?

　If you ask me, it's certainly not heavy enough for a child to carry: .....
(Hey! You can't tell a woman how heavy she is, right? (Well, I'd be fine with that!)

　Yeah, I thought I heard something, but I don't care, I don't care .

'Well, my grandpa trained me.

"Training for bravery... That sounds like a lot of work.

"It's not as hard as it sounds. It's hell. Hell.

Wow, you're really strict.

What about the saint's special training?
　My grandfather and grandmother were so strict, I'm sure the saint who was a former companion of theirs must be Spartan too.

''I'm not so sure. I think it's different for me because I'm the one who wants to be taught,

　Hey, what a great answer: .... How serious are you? .......

'Oh yeah~ Speaking of which, what kind of magic is holy magic?'

Yes. I can treat your injuries, and I can do this for you.
　And then Leena took my hands in hers.

　What?
　I'm suddenly in a state of confusion as my hand is held, but Leena doesn't care and uses her magic .

　Then .... I felt a sense of calmness.
Oh, I feel like my mind has been drained.

That's good to hear. This magic is healing magic.

That's great. You have to have a high level of holy magic to do that, right?
　I was curious, so I got an appraisal.

　Rihanna Abelard Lv.1

　Age: 8
　Race: Human race
　Occupation: apprentice saint.

　Strength: 5/5
　Magic power: 2400/2400

　Power: 4
　Speed: 4
　Luck: 500
　Attributes: nothing, holy
　skill


　Holy magic Lv.4
　Non-attribute magic Lv.1 Magic manipulation Lv.3

　Title
　wizard

　It's amazing, I think it's quite a hard worker that his magic power has grown so far without using tools like me .
　And it's bad enough that your unique magic holy magic is level 4!

No, it's not. It's just a new kind of magic I've learned to do.

No, no, no, it's great enough.

'Really? Speaking of which, could you show us some magic, Leo? The mage told me earlier that you can create amazing creative magic.
　Ah, the lunchtime grandchild bragging match: .....

"You've shown me your holy magic. I'll prepare the ingredients now, just wait for me.

Thank you.

　Then, get the ingredients together.
Okay, I'll do some creative magic and you'll see.

Yes!

It won't be long now, so keep your eyes open.
　With that, he used his creation magic on Mithril and the magic stone.

　As always, the materials glowed and the light fell into place.

　And now we have...
＜Love Necklace
　Greatly enhances magical growth
　The scale of magic has been greatly accelerated.
　Being in love with someone you love doesn't put you in any other state than love.
　Creator: Leons Forster

　This time later, I tried to make the same necklace as Shelly's because I felt bad when Leena met with Shelly and one of them was better than the other.
　But after thinking about it, there was a big difference in the magic power in the magic stone.
　The scale of magic is greatly accelerated with the new one.

　Well, it looks the same, so is it okay?

Hey, Leo, what's going on?

Yeah, I was just thinking. Here's for you.
　I'll hold out the necklace to Leena.

"You shouldn't have to take it.

Take it. It was a thank you for showing me holy magic earlier.

But you can go to ....

No, no, no.
　Then I let Leena grab the necklace.

Okay, I'm going to have to wear it.

Yes, wearing it helps to stimulate the growth of magic, so you have to wear it all the time.

Yeah, can you make something like that?

I've been able to do this since I was three years old.

What can you do these days?

I could make magic.

'What? What do you mean?

　Well, that's how you'd react.
I can see that.

　And then I made fire.
　Then I created water, wind, and ice, one after the other.

Wow~ That's impressive.

I heard you can also build a golem, but I haven't done so yet.

Why don't you give it a shot tomorrow?

Yeah, sure.
　There's nothing more I have to do tomorrow.

Yay!


　SIDE: Carina.

Do you think Leo and his friends are getting along by now?

It's okay. I think we're getting along fine, you know?

Yeah. By the way, why did Selina come all the way out here this time?
　Greatly I wondered .
　How could a saint, who was supposed to be the most important fighting force of the Church State, come so easily?

Oh, that's because the Pope told me to go to him.

I'm asking you why that is.

Huh, faction warfare.
　Serena said with a sigh.

'Faction warfare? Is there a faction war in your church country?

Yes. And it killed my husband and my son and his wife, the ones I love.

Why would you get involved in a faction war?
　Serena should have hated to get involved in politics: ....

'The current Pope is an idiot . . thinks I can't be popular because I'm popular.

What? You're as stupid as some king.


　So, I really can't forgive him for killing my family: ....

'It's true . So they let me go in this case just to make it look like they were deliberately rubbing me the wrong way.

You really are a hopeless idiot: .....

'Well, this time it's good to see Carina for the first time in a long time.

That's good to hear. Now go home and rest until we get home.