Volume 1 Chapter 2 From Mom, Magic; From Dad, A Sword
Edited by: Kanaa-senpai
It’s been half a year since Mom became my magic teacher.
”Rob, wake up. It’s morning!”
I was woken up in the dark before the sun had come up.
We moved to the garden together, and Mom took out a huge iron ball from another space.
”Okay, until breakfast is ready, keep this iron ball floating above your eye level.”
”Yes! Got it, Mom!”
This iron ball is 4 meters in diameter (≈ 13.12 feet) and super heavy.
Every day, I’m being trained hard like this.
The other space is a time-space magic, kind of like a game item box.
And time-space magic is ancient magic, with only a few books about it in the world. There are hardly any people who can use it, or even know about it.
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I’m a bit late, but let me introduce my family.
Dad, Izana Cartwood.
An S-rank adventurer, the highest level.
He’s a master swordsman and can take down most monsters even with his bare hands.
He has blonde hair and blue eyes, and he’s annoyingly handsome.
Mom, Emma Cartwood.
A former S-rank adventurer.
She seems to have retired right after marrying Dad, and now she does housework while making magic potions in her free time.
Plus, she’s my magic teacher.
She has long black hair down to her waist and black eyes, and she’s super beautiful.
Little Sister, Nana Cartwood.
0 years old. Super cute.
We all thought of her name, and mine was chosen.
Lucky Seven!
She looks like Dad with her blonde hair and blue eyes.
Finally, it’s me, Rob Cartwood.
Four years old. The mob protagonist of this story.
Currently training in magic.
I have black hair and black eyes, just like my mom.
With the 4 of us, we spend our days happily.
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My dad is a sword master and an adventurer. He often goes on dungeon explorations and sometimes doesn’t come back for days. Recently, he seems interested in my magic, so he often practices his sword while watching me train.
It looks like he also helps the other adult men in the village with hunting nearby monsters.
As for my mom, she teaches me magic while also taking care of Nana, doing housework, and even making magic potions.
Her magic potions are so amazing that sometimes the traveling merchants who come to the village buy them for a high price.
(Yeah, at first it was tough, but I’ve gotten used to keeping this heavy iron ball floating in the air.)
Thanks to 6 months of training, my magic power has increased a lot, and my recovery rate of magic per hour has gone up too. I can now use intermediate magic without getting tired.
My mom has been teaching me advanced magic, and once I can use advanced magic without getting tired, I’ll be able to learn magic of the 11 ranks or higher for each attribute that isn’t written in books.
I’m really looking forward to it.
”Good morning, Rob.”
My dad, Izana, who still looks pretty sleepy, has woken up.
”Good morning, papa.”
”Hey, where did you get that huge iron ball?”
He asked while looking at the iron ball floating in the air.
I guess he’s curious.
”Mom said she stored it in a pocket dimension when she was still an adventurer, and it was used as a trap in a dungeon.”
Only mom would bring something like this back home.
”Ah, I definitely remember seeing a metal ball like this in the dungeon. The person who set this trap probably never thought it would be taken back,”
Dad said with an exasperated look.
”Alright, I guess I’ll do my morning training too!”
He said, starting to swing his sword near me.
As usual, his speed was so fast that I couldn’t even follow it with my eyes.
”By the way, I’ve never seen your magic, Papa. What kind of magic can you use?”
Dad has a lot of magic power, but I’ve never seen him use it.
”Well, since I’m a swordsman, I’m not as good at magic as your mom. The magic I can use is mostly mana cloak and barrier magic. I’m actually more confident in magic wrapping than your mom!”
Mana cloak, huh? It’s definitely useful in battle, and it seems like it could help a lot in training to increase magic power too.
”Papa, can you teach me that magic?”
”Oh, sure! I’ll teach you mana cloak… and how about trying some sword training too?”
Hmm, sword training? I’m a bit interested, so maybe I’ll give it a try.
”Yeah, I’ll try the sword too. But can you teach me mana cloak first?”
”Alright! Finally, I can teach you swordsmanship! I’ll make you the strongest swordsman!”
Dad said, getting really excited.
I guess he really wanted to teach me…
”Uh, okay. I’m looking forward to it.”
With a thud, I dropped the metal ball to the ground and turned my body toward him.
”First, let’s start with mana cloak. This magic hardens your body and makes it less likely to get hurt, so let’s master this first.”
”Okay!”
My dad stabbed the sword he was holding into the ground, spread his feet shoulder-width apart, closed his eyes, and stood there looking completely relaxed.
Then, he spread the magical power that had gathered in the center of his body throughout his whole body.
”The magical power in your body usually gathers near the heart in a magical organ when you’re not doing anything. But you need to move that magical power and spread it to every part of your body, from your toes to your hair. This is called ‘mana cloak’.”
I see, all the way to the edges of the body.
Until now, I had only moved the magical power from the organ to different parts of my body, but I hadn’t wrapped it around my whole body.
”Okay, I’ll give it a try!”
I copied my dad, spreading my feet shoulder-width apart, closing my eyes, and trying to spread the magical power throughout my body.
…I was confident in my magical control, but this is tough.
Lately, I had only been gathering magical power in my hands to activate magic, so I need to practice more to improve my magical control.
”Yeah, it’s a bit uneven, but you’re managing to spread it across your whole body. At first, it’s good to practice spreading the magical power evenly.”
”Dad, this is really hard.”
”Yeah, I figured. It took me 3 years to master this, and even Rob, who is better than me, will take some time.”
Hmm, I don’t think I’m better than an S-rank adventurer dad, but I’ll do my best.
From that day on, I started learning magic from Mom Emma in the morning and swordsmanship from Dad Izana in the afternoon.
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Edited by Kanaa-senpai.
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