Chapter 6 - Volume 1 (1/2)

Volume 1, Chapter 6: The Splendid Daily Life of a 3 Year Old Child

Human beings and other creatures of this world live serious lives.

Half a year has passed since my 3-year-old Birthday. As expected, I’m a 3-year-old. It’s different from a 2-year-old. Understand that in this half a year many, many things have changed; or so I feel these days.

The first change was from my Father.

His visits of this mansion, which were once 1-2 times per Year, have now increased to 1-2 times per Month.

What happened, Father? Did you get fired?

No, no. If it’s my wonderful father, customers would come by the dozens. As his daughter, I can guarantee it.

Then, there’s that…… I don’t care for sweets, so there’s no need to bring them every time. Eating them makes me restless. Even if you serve them by hand with teary eyes, I’ll refuse.

Well, although when I say that, his face becomes very lonely……

Ahh, I can’t resist the temptation of Father’s lap. I love sitting on his knee a lot. Recently, he along with my Mother have started patting me.

…… You guys, aren’t you pampering me a bit too much?

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Min came to read me a book. I really like stories.

Of course, I’ve also read before, you know? The book Min’s brought is a picture book; it’s essentially a biography of this land, the surrounding areas, and other such things.

“Deep within the forest, a Fairy tribe known as the Shiodaifuku dwells.”

“……… Eh?”

“Deep within the forest, the Fairy tribe Shiodaifuku lives.”

“Ah, I see.”

I carelessly interrupted Min, causing her to energetically repeat what she said. [Salt Daifuku] is…… What is it? I think I sort of recall some sort of strange creature.

As a Demon… Or more, as an inhabitant of the Spirit World, even if I don’t understand the language, I can feel the intentions contained within the words.

I [Heard]the proper noun through the sound it makes. For example, a word that means Apple, when heard, will translate to Apple. When I say Apple, it’s translated in a language above the common [Spirit Language]: the [Holy Spirit Language], so it’s translated and understood of its own accord

Though speaking is incredibly convenient, letters are a bit troublesome.

I can read without a problem. The writing is converted into characters of a known language, and sorted properly; even if it’s just a glance, so long as I’ve read the word once before I can read fluently.

But that won’t do. I can’t write. Not understanding the grammar of the language I’m writing is fatal.

I have to remember each and every character written while watching the characters reform converted while writing. It’s really troublesome.

And so, I’ve begun to think that it would be better to tone down the ability of [Language Conversion] and started studying.

I lower [Language Conversion] and slowly mutter [Salt Daifuku].

“…… Elf.”

Seriously?

From the story, my knowledge of the Elves wasn’t changed much, but the common sense of this world is quite tricky.

Incidentally, Dwarves are also present.

Their natural pronunciation is better than Salt Daifuku: [Mochipurun].

…… Hm? It doesn’t really matter, but their height seems to be ~2 meters.

Both races seem to live in seclusion, so finding any in this country is quite improbable. Even so, I still wish to see them. Because the moment I meet them, I’ll likely burst into laughter.

Now, I should teach you of this Country.

The Holy Kingdom Taterudo. The Imperial Capital has many surrounding cities; it seems that millions of people live there. Whether many things are shared between the cities or not, I do not know.

To the west is the Touru territory. Hundreds of thousands of people live there.

It seems that it’s common for people to live their entire lifetime without taking even one step out of the territory.

Many Countries are similar in that respect, however, as it can take 2-3 weeks to travel long distances by carriage. I’d prefer not experiencing such a thing if possible.

“There’s a [Daemon King] in the far-off country of Yul, tooー”

“D-Daemon King?”

…… As expected of a fantasy world!

Far away, it seems that a [Demonic] country exists, and there are numerous countries with Demonic inhabitants.

But don’t Demonic beings live in the Spirit World? Although, I seem to be living on ordinary land.

I’m different from common Humans in appearance, so this information is making me a bit restless. I need to calm down a little.

In the end, my fears were dispersed upon learning that the last attack on Humanity was several hundreds of years ago. Hey, Min, stroke my head. There’s no guarantee that another war won’t happen? Don’t raise such a flag.

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“Yuru seems quite fond of fish.”

“… Yes.”

As a matter of fact, I don’t particularly like them.

Our Mansion is situated in the middle of a slightly elevated hill, and there’s a brook just outside of one of the walls.

Because of this, Franz the gardener usually goes fishing together with some guards.…… What about the work?

I’m being held completely by Fer when we came to see it, but how old will I need to be for her to stop carrying me around…?

Won’t doing this result in bigger arm muscles? Will you be able to get married with such arms?

As an aside, will the fish that’re caught today be used for dinner tonight? Their taste is a bit plain.

Why can I feel that way without being a fish enthusiast? He had used magic to catch fish before, that’s how.

To be frank, I feel a strange temptation after pulling dying fish out of the water. It’s similar to the feeling I would get by chasing Mice and Insects inside the Spirit World.

But following my instincts and attacking a Fish-san with my bare hands would result in me being taken to the Hospital under the suspicion that something’s wrong with my head, without a doubt.

At the same time, the main reason I don’t do it is because I don’t want to get my hands dirty… How selfish of me.

It’s also slightly frightening that I’d be able to do so and promptly use [Recovery Magic] on the Fish.

It shouldn’t be used for such a cruel reason.

Timidly, I peek into the creel and see several River Fish-sans twitching within.

Anyway, the trouble I’m faced with is that I find these half-dead looking Fish-sans more delicious than cooked ones.

Hm? Is it natural to like Fish-sans in this state?

Waaー I really am childlike, aren’t I………?

Mhh〜…… I really can’t understand my sense of taste.

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Vio teaches me about Magic.

Even though I know that I can’t use Magic types other than Summoning Magic and Holy Magic, I still need to understand other types of Magic after all.

Also, I don’t understand whether my Magic power is that of a 3-year-old Human or that of a Demon currently, so if I don’t learn about it early, I could end up revealing my true identity.

“This Magic is a common spell of the Water attribute.”

So Vio said with a serious face while a dense ball of water floats above her palm.

“…… Common?”

“It’s an extremely common Water Spell.”

“………”

How vague.

What’s common……? Is it just common in general? Or maybe it’s the principles the magic is invocated with? Or maybe it’s the incantation?

“It can be used by chanting its age-old incantation.”

“…… So that’s how it is.”

Really vague…… What’s the Magic Academy teaching?

“… Who invented the Spell?”

“I’ve heard that it was the Elves, but…”

Is that so? Good job, Elves.

The incantation is conveyed without thinking about it, so it can be used at any time…… What foolishness.

It’s stupid, and just barely tolerable to think that the incantation is chanted using a [Common Language]. I don’t know what language it’s spoken in, probably Elvish, but it’s making use of the [Spirit Language] in order to summarize the words.

But that’s even more foolish, because the people who’re using it won’t understand what they’re chanting!

Instead, it’s simply memorized!

But I’m a Demon, so I can understand it. Even if I didn’t want to understand it, I would.

I heard the Chant used by Vio earlier; this is what it sounded like:

“[Water, which governs all of creation, kiss mine hand.]”

It’s compressed. It’s commonly spread. And for some reason, it works.

This common magic is really, really vague.

“What about Spirit Magic?”

“It calls them.”

“…… Eh?”

“You can use it to call upon a Spirit.”

What would happen if there were no Spirits nearby…?

“Well, Wind Spirits are present when the wind blows, and Water Spirits are always hidden somewhere within the water.”

So you call out, and they find you. …… What is this, spectral hide-and-seek?

I haven’t seen Spirit Magic used anywhere but the Magic Academy, but……

In my puzzlement, Vio slightly tilts her head.

“Come to think of it, the area around the Mansion didn’t have any signs of Spirits at all.”

“………”

They must have ran away from me.

The fact that when I sit beside a Fireplace the fire becomes smaller is proof of that.

So, in short, for Spirit Magic, if a Human can call an appropriate Spirit properly, the Magic works. So, if I can manage to find a Spirit that doesn’t hide from me, it’ll be fine.

I’d like it if a Spirit went out of its way to find me, but…… Well……

Frankly, the number of Spirits which would do so is lacking……

Is this really what you’d call magic……?

“It is said that Summoning Magic makes use of shapes in a similar way words are used for Spirits.”

That’s surprisingly decent.

“And so?”

“…… And so what, Yuru-ojousama?”

“………Ha?”

That’s all?!

“Well, Summoning Magic itself is still being researched, and it only became possible to summon Spirits with it recently……”

“What about in the past…?”

“The moment they were called, they disappeared.”

Is this even usable?

But if Summoning is based off of Spirit Magic…… Wouldn’t practitioners be unaccustomed to granting the summoned creature’s request?

Ah, I see. That’s why Demon Summoning is mainstream.

Since Demons can simply make a Contract if there isn’t a [Souvenir] of some sort.

And so, summoning Animals using the same method one would use with Spirits and Demons would be difficult. I can understand the reasoning somehow. Their bodies would essentially be a mass of Magical Power, and so they wouldn’t be able to enter the physical realm properly.

My impression is that Magic Formations, when written neatly, are quite stable. If it was messy, then it would feel similar to being caught on a hangnail.

The size of the formation itself likely changes the required amount of Magical Power.

Because I passed through by force, I ended up in this state.

“Last is Holy Magic……”

I have Vio teach me a simple incantation.

Though this is similar to other Magic, I feel that it’s a bit different. It’s extremely simple. The Spell that Vio used, when translated, ended up as [Let there be Light]

Similar to a ball, a Magic Light was formed when I tried it. In the case of common lights made via Magic, the use of Fire Magic for me is impossible.