Mom is an unusual person in many ways.
　She loves to cook and cooks her own food, and her cooking is more of a home-cooked meal than a lavish affair.
　To begin with, she's not very interested in luxury, and has minimal jewelry and dresses.
　Due to his profession out in the open, he avoided the mountain of invitations to tea parties and parties that came to the Touahade family as much as possible.
　At the end of the day, he even sews clothes.

'I think these clothes would look good on Lug.
...Haha, it's cute, but it's a bit girly and a bit difficult to move around.

It's oddly fluttery and pushes clothes with too much embellishment.
　I don't like the design very much.
　Or rather, I think the average boy wouldn't like this.
　But when I say it, he looks sad, so this is how I phrase it.

'Yeah, rogue, don't you want to wear it?'
Well, I'm sorry.
Mother, I worked so hard on this but I really want to look like what Rogue wore. Please!

Mom puts her hands together and bows her head.

'I think this is what girls wear,'

I'm not getting anywhere, so I'm already saying it straight.

'But I think it would definitely look good on you!
Mother, you admit it's a woman's item...
'We're having a special roasted duck for dinner tonight that Roug likes to make.

I was born and raised in a house where love was poured out on me, and that's how I understood love. I am deeply grateful for that.
　That's why I try to be a good son to these people.
　Still, dressing like a girl like this.....
　My mother stares at me with moist eyes.

'All right, I'll wear it. But you'll have to make roasted ducks instead.
'I'll take care of it. I'll get the painter while Lug is getting dressed. I have to leave a painting of Lug in his pretty clothes.
''Well I'm not allowing it to go that far. Besides, today is the day the master of magic is coming, right? It would be bad if you made him wait.
'That was true too. Too bad.

Today, it's finally time to learn the magic that you've always wanted.
　It is a common belief that if you fail to learn magic at the first step, you will develop a strange habit and your growth will be slowed down afterwards.
　That's why my father and mother did not teach it themselves, but called in a professional. It takes a certain quality to teach witchcraft.

After being played with as my mother's dress-up doll, it seems that the master of magic has finally arrived. ........Thank God.

''Mother, you've had enough, haven't you?　I'm about to change into my original clothes. I have to greet my master.
'What are you talking about?　That's what we're going with. That's what I sewed these clothes for.

Seriously?　She nods when I complain with my eyes, and squeezes the clothes I was wearing earlier into her chest to keep me from taking them away from her.
　My mother seems to be enjoying herself.
　Perhaps she finds it amusing that I, who rarely gets upset, am confused.

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The servant called me to the parlor.
　There was a girl and her attendant in robes in the shape of a mage, and when she took off her hood, her silver hair flowed smoothly.
　This is the first time I've seen silver hair on anyone other than me and my mother. I thought she was very beautiful.

The problem was her age.
　Probably around ten years old.
　But it's not a good idea to judge her by her looks. I've already acquired enough power to lightly tweak most soldiers and knights.

In fact, the magic power she wears is strong.
　Since the eye surgery, I've been able to see magic power, but the girl's magic power far surpasses my father's.

There's no doubt that she's a nobleman or knight when she's a mage, but this amount of magical power, this amount of magical power, must be quite a noble bloodline.
　There are no exceptions, but if your parents don't have magical power, you won't have a child with magical power, and if your parents have strong magical power, that child will also have strong magical power.
　This country has traditionally valued those with magical power, and the higher ranking nobles multiply their blood with strong blood to create strong children. In many cases, the strength of magic power is proportional to the family lineage.
　That's why the head of the Touahade himself has carried out assassinations despite being a nobleman. ........A nobleman can only be killed by a nobleman.

My father appears and tells the girl to sit on the sofa, and he himself sits down, so I follow suit.
　The herbal tea is brought in.

'I'm sorry that you have taken time out of your busy schedule to visit us.
Never mind. It was that Touahade guy. I owe him a lot for what he did to me. He's a thief, too.
Ha, that's a tough one to steal.

There was an implication when he said "that."
　Perhaps he was referring to the back side. The number of those who know the back side of the story is quite limited, but a nobleman named Vicone should not be in the Kingdom of Alwan. Who could she be?

'Well, so that boy is going to be my apprentice. I heard it was a boy?
I'm a man and that's right.

I knew that's what they'd think of me in these clothes. My mother has a problem with this.

'This dress is my wife's hobby.
''Eh, ah, I see. Come to think of it, he's always been... gosh, that's about it... too young to learn magic, don't you think?

He's a mature and solid child, but that's just for his age.

'Lug is special. Believe it or not, at the age of seven, this kid is better than most of his men. Both front and back. He's a genius, just like Lady Dear.
'If it wasn't for Kian Touahade's words, I would have kicked him off as a parent idiot. 'Fine, I'll teach you the basics in two weeks. But if this genius, Dia Vicone, doesn't have the talent to teach you, I'll end my training as it's a waste of time.

My father nodded.
　If he doesn't show his talent, he'll run away from the master who finally found him.
　This guy can't be distracted.

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Instead of using the training room in the mansion, they were going to use the courtyard.

'Well, let me introduce myself again. My name is Dia Vicone. I'm ten years old, but I'm much better at magic than most adults.''
'My name is Lug Touahade. I would like to ask for your guidance and encouragement in the field of witchcraft. I am seven years old.
'Nice to meet you. Whatever you do, you have to know the strength of your magic power first. After all, if you don't have a certain level of magic power, it's useless to teach you anything.

Saying that, he prepares a colorless, marble-like tool.

''Lug, you can control magic, right?
I learned from my father, sir.
I don't want to be respectful. It makes my shoulders feel stiff and distant.
Master Deere is the master.
'That's true. Let's take it lighter. Besides, magic is exhausting, and it's ridiculous to be exhausted by anything other than magic.

I'm not sure what you mean by that, but I'll follow what my mentor says.
　I remember this kind of flirtation from Dia.
　........silver hair and a nice face, and above all, the atmosphere is somewhat like my mother.

"All right. Let's stop with the "sir" talk. So, what are we going to do with the ball?

I quit using honorifics and let my true self come out differently, even when dealing with my father and mother.
　It felt like the best thing to do. Dia smiled with satisfaction.

'Hold it, put your magic in it. Until the magic power is empty. Then you'll know how much magic you have.

I nodded my head and began to put in magic power.
　This marble-like object seems to have a property of storing magic power.
　I'm going to continue to put in the magic power, and continue to put in the magic power. At first, Dia nodded that it's pretty good, but after more than a minute, she began to break out in a cold sweat.

''It's funny that you can maintain that amount of release for a minute and still be able to produce magic power!
There's still room for more.

I'm not lying. I've only used about a fifth of my magic power.
　And the proof is that the magic flowing out like this has not diminished at all.
　This marble is amazing.
　Until now, I have experimented with various other things to see if they could hold the magic power in something else, but all the metal items I could get my hands on were destroyed.

'Oh, I see. Then go on.
Okay.

After that, she continued to put her magic power into it.
　By the time three minutes had passed, Dia's face was completely drawn out.
　........As a matter of fact, my amount of magic power is nearly a thousand times greater than that of an ordinary person.
　Even though I can't use magic, I've continued to use and train my magic power. When the goddess gave me information about this world, I also learned how to increase the amount of magic power.

The more magic power you use, the more it increases. However, it may or may not increase by 0.01% after using up all the magic power to the limit.
　A normal person would need three days to recover the empty magic power. Even if he used up his magic power every time it was full for a year, the amount of magic power would only increase by 1%, and after ten years of perseverance, it would only increase by 10%. Maintaining the release of magic power is terribly tiring, so no one can actually do it that stoically.

However, in my case, since my magic power recovers at a hundred times the pace with 【Super Recovery】, I can train my magic power at more than a hundred times the efficiency, and since my physical strength also recovers at a super fast pace, I don't suffer from the fatigue of releasing magic power.
　Theoretically, he could increase the amount of magic power by 3.3 times in a year. Moreover, the recovery rate of 【Super Recovery】 will increase as your skill level increases, and it becomes even more efficient.
　Since he was constantly dripping a large amount of magic power, his innate magic power had already swelled to a thousand times its original size. If it wasn't for the [Growth Limit Breakthrough], the limit of growth would have come long ago. ........This is one of the reasons why I chose 【Super Recovery】 and 【Growth Limit Breakthrough】.

''No, no matter how much it is, that amount is crazy!
'Some things are there. It's just a big tank, though, and the release rate isn't that out of spec.

However, it's just that the magic power he possesses is a thousand times greater. The amount of magic power that can be released at one time is also gradually increasing with training, but it is much harder to increase than increasing the amount of magic power, about five times that of an ordinary person. This is far from enough to kill a brave man.

That's why I'm interested in these marbles.
　If you can fill the marble with an enormous amount of magic power during normal times, and then release it all at once when it's needed, it will make up for the low instantaneous magic power release amount for a marble to hold.
　As if in response to that thought, the marbles made a snapping sound and were cracked.
　At that moment, Dia's face turned bright blue, then bright red.

''Throw it!　As hard as you can!　All the way up!

With Dia's reaction, I was able to roughly predict what would happen next, so I do as I'm told.
　I turn all of my magic power to strengthen my physical abilities and toss the marbles sky high.
　Even though he is a seven year old child, his physical abilities enhanced by the synergistic effect of Touahade's gifted education and 【Super Recovery】 are high, moreover, his body is strengthened with five times the magic power of an ordinary person.
　The marble instantly became invisible............................and a huge explosion that glowed blue far above the sky.

I'm glad I threw everything I had at it.
　It was so powerful that if it had exploded near the surface of the ground, the mansion would have been gone.
　Even though the explosion was far above the ground, the air trembled, the mansion shook, and several windows were even broken.
　There was a great commotion as to what was going on, and my father and mother came over, and my father opened his mouth to Dia.

'Master Dear, what was that?'
I'm sorry. I was trying to measure the rogue's magic.
So you're saying that Lugues did this?

With a sharp look, my father shoots Dia.

'I mean, no, no, it's not, wow, it's my fault.
'That's not what I'm asking. I'm asking if the rogue caused it.
'Yeah, well, yeah. But it's not the rogue's fault, it's mine, so if you're going to be mad at me, take me!

Even though she's mature, she still looks like a child, and Dia shivers and closes her eyes.
　She probably thinks she will get her head licked.
　But that's not going to happen. ........My father is not angry in the first place.

'That's great!　Esri, did you hear that?!
Yes, that's our boy!　I can't believe you used such tremendously powerful magic!
Yes, but it's not suitable for assassination. This is more of a magic for war. Master Dia, next time, please teach him a magic for assassination.
Ha, ha. I mean, yeah, yeah, I mean, aren't you angry?
'Mmm, Lug's first spell was brilliant. I'm glad I left it up to Lady Dear.

Laughing, my father and mother walk back in.

'Well, I'm sorry. I'm such a parent.

The two parents' idiots probably don't care about anything except that their son caused all those explosions.

''They're ... amazing people,''

Deere was very thoughtful in her choice of words.

'So, Dear. As a matter of fact, can you tell me where I can get that transparent ball?　That was great. Anyway, we need a few.
That's the kind of thing that's in my estate's possession and can't be given away to anyone else.
Tsk.
Why do you hold your tongue?
'No, I just thought it would be handy to get a lot of that stuff. It would make an awesome weapon.

In order to get the means to kill the brave, I was looking into many other things besides magic and training my body.
　One of them was the development of a firearm.
　However, I was having a hard time obtaining the gunpowder needed for that. I can gather materials and mix black powder on my own, but if it's a more powerful gunpowder, it's harder to gather and mix it.

In that respect, this marble is fantastic.
　With this explosive power, we could make something as powerful as a tank gun, or perhaps even a battleship gun.
　When I thought that, I instantly wanted more of them.

''Well in many ways, you were influenced by your parents. But like I said, you can't give them to someone from another territory. Gosh, anyway, it's a magic power measurement, but it's unmeasurable. It's enough to know that you have the amount of magic power to do anything. By the way, how much magic power do you have left in your system?
Well, I'm about two-thirds of the way through.
'I think I'm going to be jealous. ........But a mage is more than just a mage's amount of power!　Let's move on.
Hey, Dear.
What is it?
You sure it's not a good pitch?
No!

I knew it was a shame.
　At least we now know that we can get it if we go to Dia's territory. Let's do everything we can to obtain it.
　After all, if I can obtain that, I'll be able to obtain high performance gunpowder, and the amount of magic release that's too small for the tank. Both of these problems will be solved, and we'll be much closer to assassinating a brave man.
　I'm also looking for ways that don't require killing a brave man, but I'm not going to neglect my preparations for the assassination.
　I've got to make sure that when the time comes that I have to kill him, I won't be unable to do it and the world will be destroyed.
　And let's brace ourselves. The preliminaries are over. Now it's time to use our magic.