27 Moving

-Lucielle POV-

[It's way past lunchtime already, and he's still not home. What could he be doing on that woman's place? AH?! NO! He likes her right? What if… No. I don't think she'd let him do it though, but if he did atleast try. She's gonna wonder where did he learn all of that stuff and naturally it can only be…]

If she's the one who corrects his misunderstanding about sex, then he would think that his mother was using him all this time. But if I'm the one who clears it up, what would happen then? wouldn't he still think the same? I've been letting him touch my pussy for years now, if I were to suddenly say that it's wrong. Ugghhhh…

In the end, I have to say something so atleast he won't do it with other people. I can't have him 'cheering up' girls randomly. I don't think I can get out of this without ruining my image as a mother. So either I tell him about it and create a rift between us, or I'll just continue telling lies to change the way he views sex. Of course, I won't say anything harmful, I just have to make sure he won't go down the wrong path.

"I'm home!" I heard his voice below

Finally, What took him so long? I ran down as I made sure none of my worry will appear on my face. I have to act casually, like nothing is wrong.

"Why were you late? Did you do anything with your Teacher?" I asked with an admonishing voice

"Uhm… I gave Teacher a massage… since she looks so tired..." he said guiltily, as he looked down at his feet

[A massage? What the hell is that harlot making my son do? To think she's getting him to service her, so much for being a teacher.] I was gonna get angry, but I realized I'm not one to talk.

"That's it?" I had to act calm, I was getting angry at that woman, and even more so at myself.

I felt like I wanna cry, my baby hasn't even met that much people yet. And he's already being taken advantage of, by his 'Teacher' and by his own mother as well. Well, atleast his sister is there for him.

"Um… Yes." he said unsure if I was gonna get angry at him

"Haaah… Come, you haven't ate lunch yet, right?" I said as I guided him to the table, I don't have the right nor the energy to get angry right now

As he was eating-

"Mom, You won't believe this! Teacher said that if I become really good, we can live at the capital because people would pay for my music! Fufu~" He said happily as he ate

Biting my lips, I lowered my head as my thoughts circled in my head. Seeing him smile at me like that, any thoughts of telling him about the truth slowly vanished.

In the end, I don't think I have it in me to be able to willingly strain our relationship like that permanently. I don't want this relationship to disappear, his bright eyes everytime he wants to tell me what he learned, and how he always think of us first when he does something. I can't get myself to willingly ruin this.

"Hey, Riel. Sorry that your mother isn't brave enough, okay?" I said quietly

"Huh?" he tilted his head, as he either didn't hear me properly or he doesn't know what I meant.

But it's fine. I didn't mean to say that to him, I said it to console myself. It's fine as long as he doesn't know that its' wrong, and as long he doesn't go down the wrong path. I'd be happy.

-Maelriel POV-

When I finished eating, I went to the library to find out more about the 'Dark Magic' those humans spoke of. There was also the 'Necromancy' they mentioned, I don't think those belongs to the 'elemental magic' that most people believe. So other types of magic aren't new, but somehow its still widely believed that the only proper magic is the use of the 'four elements'.

Maybe this has something to do with history? Or perhaps religion? I could definitely think of a world where anything they do not know is branded as 'heresy' or dark magic. I mean surely out of all the people who have lived in this world, there must've been people who thought of using other types of magic.

Me using 'Ice' magic wasn't something groundbreaking. Some have already observed winter, and have used it before. All I did was make it more efficient, and way more versatile. Not to mention me using fog and mist. All those things could be replicated by observing nature. The only one where I'm pretty confident no one else does is, me using blue flames and my 'nature' magic, just a cooler way to say plant magic.

"Uncle, you know where the books about the history of magic is located?" I asked the man at the counter, I'm pretty sure he counts as an uncle by now. Even if he looks like he's at his 20s, he could be 70 or 120, for all I know.

"If it isn't Lucielle's kid, well go over that section and you can finds books about magic okay?" he kindly gestured towards the corner.

"Okay, thanks Uncle." I thanked the man as I went towards that direction.

I was skimming through the contents of the books in the shelves, but found that most of them were only about the spells themselves. Their chants and how to make your mana do the spell. They were like guidebooks instead, being a compilation of all known magic spells. There were some about creative uses of each elements, like using fire and water together to create steam or using Water and Earth to use Mud Magic.

One particular book that caught my attention was, how magic affected warfare throughout history. Magic also wasn't all about combat, there were books about architecture and how magic made obnoxiously large structure possible. But none about dark magic. Well, I also learned other useful things so I don't think the time I spent was a waste.

Some useful stuff that I found out, is the existence of magic sealing minerals, these stuff were mined and they were once used in armors, to directly dissipate magic spells that hit them. Although the armor is pretty obsolete now, since people can just avoid directly using magic on the people with such armor, like using earth magic to create a hole in the ground or slowing them down by dampening the soil with mud before shooting them down with arrows.

But the minerals themselves are still used in stuff like chains, shackles, arrow heads, and weapons made of such materials. Which is where the 'slicing-fireballs-with-your-sword-thing' came from, when they use their anti-magic swords to cut through direct magic attacks.

Of course though, warfare continuously evolved as well. Atleast in the Elban Military, according to Celine. There are corps of Artillery Mages, which is literally what they sound like, bombards enemy cities by using hard-hitting long range magic to level cities down the ground. And according to Celine, the way I fight resembles them.

There are also Battle Mages, which is sorta like the infantry equipped with the anti-magic weapons, some are mounted in horses to serve as the cavalry. Of course, that's only in the Elban Military, where every citizen is capable of casting magic. Though it is one of the reasons why we are considered one of the great powers in the continent, despite the fact that we don't have any decent port or connection to the ocean. The land army is just too strong, combined with our vast landmass. We became one of the great powers, despite having a pretty non-existent Navy.

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When I finally went back home again, Mom finally told us about the decision that we would be moving to the Capital City Lograth soon. Celine was ecstatic since it means that she won't be separated from us.

And though I was excited as well, I had some lingering feelings towards this place. The total years that I spent alive is about 33 years including my time on Earth, and 15 of those were spent in this small village, built on humongous trees.

Mom seemed to have noticed my feelings as well, as she hugged me saying-

"Don't worry we still own this house, okay? We can come back anytime~" She spoke as she rustled my hair

"Really?"

"Yes, dear. We can come back once your Sister is done with her studies or every time we have a vacation." she told me

That's nice… I felt like this place really was my home after all. The days I spent living on earth, seemed so faraway now. I could barely even remember what my house looked like back there. My mini garden at the tree-top as well as the familiar bedroom, plus that pond has a lot of 'good' memories in them. So it's pleasant to know that we can still come back.

We won't be moving right away though, Mom will be leaving shortly to find a place in the capital. So we would be alone for quite some time. And with those thoughts we went to our rooms, as we prepared to sleep.