Ni-sama, I'll be careful with that eyelid. For the sake of the group, it's not fair to you.
Really?　It sounds like you're taking it seriously, for one thing.

　Mom accepted Laina's application to become an apprentice with an immediate response.
　I thought Mom was the type of person who wouldn't take an apprentice, so it was surprising to me.

"She's my future wife. I'll teach you well.

　He was about to start teaching Laina the basics of housekeeping, saying happily, ''I'm not.

''No!　It's the sword that I want you to teach me!　I'm not here to train a bride!
"What?　Is it that way?　 I don't mind if it's in tandem with the housework.''

　And so, Laina was to learn not only the sword, but also general household chores such as cooking, cleaning, and laundry from her mother.

''Why am I cleaning the toilets in your house........''

　Laina is doing her best to do the housework in our house while muttering to herself about it.
　By the way, for some reason she is a live-in worker.
　There should be a family home nearby, though.

I'm happy to see that I have an additional daughter. And Laina-chan, your housekeeping is so bad that it's worth teaching her.'

　Mom seemed to like Laina a lot.

'Mirra is not happy at all.

　On the other hand, it is Mira who is puffed up.

'Don't say that, just get along.
Boo.

　By the way, I'm taking a bath with Mila right now.
　I was washing her head and doing it.

"Do you have an itch somewhere?
It's a true heart.
Whole body?
Yes. And so, Ni-sama, I will not allow you to abuse my body.


'-Why are siblings taking a bath together?


　The bath door suddenly opened and Laina's angry voice roared into the small bathroom.

'What's going on?'
Hey, don't turn around!　Shush, you can see down there!

　Laina hurriedly covered her face with her hands.

'I'm watching you through your fingers?
Mimi, I didn't see him!　I didn't see it!　That's not the point!　Why are you two brothers and sisters taking a bath together?
Hmm?　It's been my job since I was two years old to give Mira a bath, though?

　Of course, I couldn't do it while I was in the City of Swords.

'It's about time you got in there by yourself!
No way. I'm afraid to bathe alone.
Don't be so juvenile all of a sudden!
'I mean, it's not like it's appealing, Mila's actually only five years old. It can't be helped.
That's right. I have no choice.

　Laina groaned, giggling as she was rebutted.
　In the end, she didn't say anything back and quickly retreated from the bathroom.


Hmm?　What did you say?
It's nothing, Neesama.

　Then, as we were both soaking in the hot tub, the door opened again.
　What now?
　I thought it was my dad.

'Mira and.......can your father come in with us.......?'
No, sir.
'Why, Mira!　You used to come in with me!
I've had enough of this. The time for bathing with your father has passed.
And Arell is good?
It's natural. I don't care how old you are, as long as you're with your brother.

　.... hmm?
　I think Mira just said something strange........well, I guess it was my imagination.





''........Well, that's great, Arel. I didn't expect you to increase your magic power so much in such a short period of time....

　Dad rolled his eyes in surprise.

''Probably the equivalent of the Magician right after receiving the Blessed...''

　It's been about half a year since I started training to increase my magical power.
　Finally, I've obtained the minimum amount of magic power needed.

　I think it's probably more than 20 times higher than the tiny amount of magic power I had at first.

How do you feel, dad, can you activate your magic with this?
'Well...'

　I ask him, and he cracks up a little bit.

''It's true that the amount of magic you can unleash is sufficient for elementary level magic........ But here's one more problem you'll have to overcome, a tricky one.
"A tricky problem?

　"My father says.

"In order to activate magic, you need something called a 'jutsu', which is made up of special magic characters. This can be activated by drawing it on special materials, but generally the wielder can picture it in his mind to activate it.
Okay. Then I'd like you to teach me that technique. Or rather, in that case, you should have told me about it first.
Of course I planned to, but I didn't think I'd be able to take the next step so quickly.

　As he said this, Dad pulled something out of his pocket.
　There was some writing on it that I had never seen before, but it looked like it was handwritten.
　I wondered if my father had made it.

'This one has magic letters and grammar written all over it. Your father made it up for Arel.

　Dad says a little proudly.
　He looks like he wants a pat on the back.

"Oh, well. Good. .... hmm.

　I skimmed through it lightly and immediately realized how difficult it was to understand.

"Don't tell me a wizard has to build such a cumbersome magic formula in his head every time he uses magic?
'No, it's not. The necessary techniques will pop up in your mind semi-automatically. That's why you don't have to go to the trouble of constructing a complicated formula from scratch.

　I see.
　So that's the effect of magic-based skills.

But I don't have any skills.
'Yes. I mean.....

　Every time I try to activate my magic, it means I have to build all this nasty jutsu all by myself every time I try to activate it.

''Well, we'll figure it out.