5 Train and Study pt.1

Tomorrow...

As I sat up on my bed and the birds chirped outside, I could hear my mother preparing breakfast.

"Aug, you awake! You never wake you this early." My mother said surprised.

"I'm just excited!" I tried to sound excited, it's not like I'm not happy I just want to get over with the sword training.

"Eat your breakfast first, your father will be waiting outside for you." My mother said.

"Okay mother." As I finished my breakfast I headed outside to meet my dad.

"Aug! Come here and get your wooden sword, get into your stance like this." As my dad put one foot forward and one back, both hands holding the sword in front of the waist, like kendo style.

I didn't know this world had this style, maybe I was wrong about knowing everything.

As I took my stance my father told me some basic techniques and sword slashes, after he was done explaining he decided that I should try actually sparring with him.

As we both got ready, I leaped forward aiming my sword at his neck, my father stepped to the left and swung his sword down aiming at my back, as I tried to dodge his attack with the use of my mana; I leaned too much on my right foot and lost balance. 'Shit' I cured inside my mind, knowing my body is still small and couldn't handle what a normal grown body could do.

"Good job Aug, lets try again." My father said as he got into his kendo stance

(author's note: I'll just call it a kendo stance since I'm bad at naming things lol).

'Okay August, lets try again. This time I should balance out my mana throughout my body.'

When we took our stances I once again leaped forward but this time as I stepped forward I used mana on my leg to boost my speed.

Stepping towards the side and aiming at his neck once again, instead of staying on the ground I leaped up onto my fathers shoulder and locked my legs around his neck choking him.

"I give, I give." My father said while tapping my legs.

"How did I do this time father?" I asked while trying to catch my breath

"That was amazing! How did you do that?" My dad asked, surprised.

"I have my secrets." I joked.

"Okay, I won't push you hahaha." My dad laughed

Dominic:

As we walked inside the house I couldn't help but think about the battle before; it was as if he fought battles for decades, the use of his mana was good too...

The way he was able to control his mana and use it while in battle. Even a normal knight has a hard time to take in mana from their surrounding while fighting at the same time. I really wonder what goes in that small mind of his.

Maybe I should take things to the next level just to test him a bit...

August:

As we went back to the house I could smell the lunch, I could hear the sizzling meat on the pan and sounds of the warm soup in the pot. As we got closer I could see my mother chopping up vegetables and fruits for the salad.

"Welcome back." My mother said as she turned around.

"Both of you should go take a bath, your clothes are all dirty."

"Yes mom" I said as I walked up stairs to take a bath.

You might be thinking, 'how could a 3 year old do so many things by himself?' Well because my mind is much, much, much more mature than those other children. Well I was really 30 when I died so of course I was more...lets say mentally advanced then other children.

As I finished taking a bath I went down to eat my lunch.

It was delicious, the sizzling beef strips were carefully placed on top of the rice with some cucumber, radish, fruits, and a warm savory soup on the side.

After I finished my lunch I went with my mother to study about magic, in my opinion I think magic is more fun, more because I already know so much about the sword but I just need my body to mature to do some actual damage.

When I stepped into the library to learn more about magic I could smell the scent of fresh books all around. Stepping into the library was like heaven to me, it was peaceful, quiet, and there was so much I could learn. As we went further into the back of the library were I never stepped into because it was always off limits.

"Mom, why are we back here? Isn't this place off limits?" I asked trying to find an answer to my question.

"It was off limits because you weren't awakened before. I wanted to wait until you're old enough but it seems that you have already awakened so I thought it was the best choice." My mother answered

As we stopped at a shelf, my mom reached to grab a...lets say more unique looking book. It was big and bulky with weird symbols and a lock on it.

"Here it is. Now lets go and grab a seat at the table." My mother said.

When we reached the table and sat down, my mom took out a key from her pocket and unlocked the book. As soon as she opened the book I felt a surge of mana come out, It was as if the air around me became more dense and my whole body has been forced to be pushed down.

"Mom what was that?" I was surprised by what had happened.

"That was all the mana that was to keep this book closed. It's my bit of mana in there." My mom chuckled.

"Do you know who the first king is?" My mom asked

"Of course, who doesn't know? He was the founder of the Krentis empire who fought in the war of the Great Aztec and the rampaging beasts that came from the beasts forest." I answered matter-of-factly.

"Yes, but he was also the one who found the magic system, created the sword style we use now. The first King was named James Krentis. He said that he heard god's voice and was reincarnated into this world of the unknown." My mother added.

"..."

I was shocked that he was 'reincarnated' just like me, there must be connections; something that deals with the gods and why I am reincarnated. This book must have some answers.

"Now Aug, this book has more than knowledge about magic. This book has information about the mana beasts, our country, magic techniques, and most importantly, this book has things the first king wrote himself. You might ask why we have this book and I will answer. We have connections with the king Johann."

King Johann is the king that is in charge right now, the current king. But I don't have any information or idea of how they have such connections except that they are S ranked adventurers.

Knowing now that my family has such connections will make things much, much more interesting...

"I'll give you this book, the book will be your magic training. It will teach you about magic much more than I can show and tell." My mother smiled.

"Okay now lets go, you can read the book when you go back to your study room." My mother said while getting ready to go.

As we both walked downstairs I couldn't help but get excited to read this book. The title was written in another language that looked so familiar, it's like on the tip of my tongue but I just can't get it out.

As I walked into the study room and sat on the chair I flipped through the book searching for an interesting part to start on.

"Mana manipulation and fundamentals." I read.

As I read through the book I found out more and more in this book then any other books I read before.

Few hours later...

'Wew, that was a lot of information to take in' I found out quit a lot from just this section...this might take a long time to read but it's not like I have much in my schedule.

The next morning...

"Wake up Aug! It's time for your sword training." My dad yelled from outside my room.

As I got dressed and grabbed my sword I went out to meet my father.

After we finished training I dashed inside full of sweat into my study room but then got stopped.

"August! Go take a bath first, you're dirty from training!" My mom yelled after me.

"Okay mom!" I yelled back.

Finishing my bath I went back into the study to try and finish reading the book.