Magic Starts at Five
Lately, the food here tasted so bad with nothing but salt for seasoning that I had been going to bed hungry, and I woke up to the grand chorus of my growling stomach.
“Mawle, take me to Papa. I have a little favor to ask.”
“Good morning, Young Master Kaito. You wish to see your father, yes? Very well. I shall go confirm at once. Please wait just a moment.”
“Okay.”
Marle sent the other maid who took care of me, Zoid, to notify Papa.
While she did that, she helped me wash up and get dressed.
Today it was a pale yellow shirt and dark brown shorts. Cream-colored socks and dark brown shoes to match the shorts.
“Young Master Kaito, permission has been granted for you to see your father. Shall we go at once?”
“Okay.” Marle led me along.
But this is a familiar hallway.
Huh? This is Mama’s room.
Papa’s room is farther in, you know?
“Young Master Kaito, please.”
I walked past Marle as she bowed.
Papa was in Mama’s room, and the maids were helping him change clothes.
Mama was also being dressed in her gown by the maids.
“Oh, Kaito. Good morning.”
“Papa, Mama, good morning!”
“Kaito, you’re up early. What is it? Have you come to consult me? I hear you have a request. Well then, let’s hear it. Go on, tell me what you wish.”
Before that!
“Papa, what were you doing in Mama’s room?”
I know, but I ask anyway.
“I wasn’t doing anything. Well, I did do something.”
Thud— “Oof~”
Mama’s elbow slammed into Papa’s stomach.
A critical hit to his completely defenseless abdomen!
“Ugh!” Papa doubled over.
“Downey, what are you saying to a child?”
He totally got scolded!
“No, I wasn’t doing anything, but I did do something, didn’t I?”
Hey, cut it out. What kind of conversation are you having in front of a kid?!
“Ahem, ah-hem. Now then, Kaito’s request, was it? What kind of wish is it? Go on, tell me.”
“Yes. Um, I want to be able to use magic.”
“Magic is not allowed!”
“Why not? I want to use magic soon and get stwong!”
“Kai-kun, listen. Magic is still too early for you. You see, on their fifth birthday, children go to the temple and pray to the Goddess of Ikaruda-sama. She tells them which magic they can use, and only after that are they able to use magic.”
The Goddess of Ikaruda-sama, that’s the goddess who reincarnated me.
“We pray to the Goddess of Ikaruda-sama? And then I can use ma-gic?”
“Well, you see, some people can use magic, and some cannot. So we don’t know whether Kai-kun will be able to use magic. Even among those who can, some have a lot of mana, and some have very little. So even if you can use magic, it might only be magic useful for daily life, or, if you have strong mana, you might be able to defeat monsters. I wonder how it will be for Kai-kun. But until you turn five, just look forward to it, all right?”
“Okay.”
So I can’t use magic until my fifth birthday? Tch!
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