Chapter 21 - Seven Years Old

Another year has passed and now I have reached 7 years old. There were some eventful things that had happened and one for them is seeing my brother having a hard time trying to reconcile with Sylphy after the mistake he made but I managed to encourage him to apologize since I'm partially to blame for not telling. Though, it doesn't mean I'll let him be when I was having fun teasing my brother. 

I may be 57 mentally doesn't mean I'm not someone who doesn't enjoy a bit of teasing. Fortunately, the two made up while I only smiled at the two teasing about being my "sister in law" that made them blush much to my enjoyment. 

The other thing that had been the big drama is how my father two timed my mother with Lilia and managed to impregnate both of them. Though, I desire to have my own harem doesn't mean I'm someone qualified to cheat with them and wouldn't do it if both of them don't agree. 

Zenith had given birth to my younger sister during their period of time. Her name was Norn.While Lilia had given birth to a baby. Her name was Aisha. I recalled how this sister of mine would marry the son of Rudeus which I just let go since that is how it is and standard for this world shouldn't be viewed with the old world. Though, I won't do it to any of my relatives even if inbred won't affect them.

The news of my mother's pregnancy had sent our household into celebration, but when Lilia had announced her own pregnancy it was instead extremely tense and awkward. Because even the most clueless person could figure out that it was Paul who was the father without Lilia needing to say it out loud.

What followed after was not the epic and devastating fight between husband and wife one would have expected. It was instead sad, and heartbreaking to see all three adults of the Greyrat household looking absolutely crushed by the circumstances. Zenith had almost chased Lilia out of the house if  Rudeus had not pushed Paul to intercede on her behalf by shouldering all the responsibility of his extramarital affair.

I understand that my father was a scummy man whose history with scandalous affairs spoke volumes of his character. Yet, chasing Lilia out while she was pregnant in the dead of winter was almost assuredly a death sentence. It might not be fair for Paul to adopt the role of the villain and shoulder all the blame for the affair, but it was at the very least the right thing to do. 

Thankfully, I was able to reason with my mother and showed compassion to Lilia, albeit only after pummelling my father into a bloody mess while crying uncontrollably. Paul, to his credit, took her fists without resisting, and without protecting himself with Mana Reinforcement either. And while he was being punched, he still begged Zenith to forgive Lilia, pleading for her to stay, not for his own desires, but as an act of mercy for the long time servant of the Greyrat household.

Paul had to sleep in the cold living room for several weeks after, and Zenith had forbidden me from healing his wounds as well. Lilia was able to rejoin our household, continuing her role as our maid, and to my knowledge never slept with Paul again. This incident was thus settled.

I don't like drama much since I'm straightforward and find it annoying. Furthermore, my mother should have known it was coming since Paul is known for womanizer and couldn't keep it in his pants. Still looking at my sibling warmths my heart and made me sad that I couldn't stop the teleportation unless I could convince everyone to evacuate but who would believe a 7 year old kid? 

The best I could do is minimize the problem and ways to protect those I loved. I might be able to make a seal around the house using the magic circle but my knowledge in space is only at the beginner rank and I believe at least a saint or King rank would be able to protect my home from the incident but that would take years and would hinder my growth. 

The only thing I could only do is make protection that could save their lives which I spend the whole year along with my continued experiment with my new magic. The [ Trace On ] had created help in forging the materials and equipment in gifting everyone. The strongest I could give is to my mother to protect her if she somehow landed in the dungeon. 

It is an imperfect magic that relies heavily on energy and how much I understand what I want to create. Regardless, the item I've made would be able to take on hits Saint Rank and possibly even King. 

Aside from that, the Flying Raijin was a success when I made a magic circle into a drawing knife. Though, it has some flaws and doubt could compare to the real Flying Raijin was still enough for me to create points where I could teleport back into without the magic circle disappearing. Though, I haven't checked the distances and if it is possible to head home anytime I want to use it but that needs further testing.

Still this technique gave me less trouble when teleporting since normal magic spells that manipulate space take a lot out of me more than normal magic spells. 

As for the [ Magia Erebea ] then that is what I'm currently going to test since it would be a massive trump card and because of my clone helping me in creating the techniques had made things faster if it weren't for my clone I would tka at least 5 years to create. 

'Hope my theory is correct.'

The first thing in did was cast a powerful spell into the surrounding that flared across the training field of my Empyrea pushing everything while I created surging energy of lightning trying to make something similar to Raiten Taiso that I'll be using, namely as [ Godspeed ] mode for simplicity sake. Once it was formed into a chaotic manner that I was barely able to control its current flow frying the ground. 

My aura started to grow darker and my heart became increasingly violent but this is nothing for me and I had long accepted that in reality good and evil is a necessity for growth without challenges then all things would be meaningless because the feeling of reward and satisfaction vanishes. 

"Stagnet!"

This chant causes the released spell to be concentrated into a sphere that violently churn in my hands giving a hard time to tame it but push through since this is part of the process. 

"Complexio."

The spell at the palm of my hand was devoured by my body and with the insanity of absorbing one's own offensive magic and allowing it to devour the soul and body. I could feel it flowing through my body as this caused the same feeling as Touki but had elements added to it. 

"Supplementum." 

This chant facilitates the absorbing process of the spell into them allowing me to stabilize the raging energy flowing through my body.

"Pro Armationem."

With that final chant, I finally take on aspects of the absorbed spell. I can't start to describe how I am feeling right now besides being overwhelmed. Checking my forearm to find that it had created something similar to an armor gauntlet rather than marks that Negi had. This was similar to his alternative timeline clone grandson, Touta Konoe. 

Once I'm done expecting a turn to test my new power feeling that this form at its current state lasts at least a few minutes until my Mana fizzles out. The first thing I did was see how fast I am without the usage for [ Shundō ] or even [ Body Flicker Technique]. 

Whoosh!

At that moment I blitzed through the training ground and gave me a rough estimate of 150 km/s speed but my reaction speed still needed some adjustment to be perfectly applied in combat and quickly increased my perception for time. When I tested it with my movement technique, I found that my speed became nearly unparalleled, reaching at least 100000 km/s. 

I'm confident that my power was now on par with an emperor rank or even a God rank since until I fought one of them then I won't ever underestimate and claim that I am that strong. 

"What would happen if I added this with my Sacred Style?"

One way to find out, by making a twin blade and then taking a deep breath spreading my Touki while still covered by my magic, then performing the attack that slices through the nearby trees into tiny pieces. 

"Hmmm, this attack should have a name…..ah how about, [ Heaven's Wrath ]  Yeah that sounds good."

Having completed my training for the day and went outside, I returned to my room where I found my father was heading upstairs.

"Papa, where are you going?"

"Oh Rein, perfect timing, here. This is a letter for you and can you give this Rudy to me?"

"Sure."

After receiving the letter and went to my room only to hear my brother screaming the name of Sylphy and caught him by the act as the two of us stared in silence.

".....I forgot for a moment that we shared the same room."

"I'll just ignore that and give this to you. It's from Shishou."

I gave him his letter while I opened mine to see how she was going. With these past years I've begun to truly miss her and want to hear her voice again. I could give her my Flying Raijin to test the distance but I don't want her to feel false hope and scratch the idea. The letter starts off telling me about her current job and had rank up to King which made me extremely happy then the topic changed regarding the book I gifted.

"-Though I feel proud of my achievement, it all thanks to the gift that you've given me but I've already come to accept that it always the next generation to surpass the past which is why I will focus on growing stronger to prove myself to you because I am still confident that you'll be one of the great power soon. I have many questions that I want to ask but I'll save it until we meet again, my precious disciple, Rein. Sincerely, Roxy." 

I finish reading as emotion whelming up in my chest while I notice my brother contemplating about something. It was clear what would happen next which I just patted his back then left. 

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The next day, we were eating dinner at the table. I could feel the atmosphere was tense than before looking at my father faces was already clear what's in his mind

 "Father, can I make a selfish request?"

Rudy asked with a serious face. I can see that he was really stupid and grown far to attach to Slyphy but I can't voice my opinion since I'll the same in his position

"Hell no."

Only to be shot down instantly.

Fortunately, Paul's response earned him a good hard smack to the head from Zenith, who was seated at his side. And a follow-up attack from Lilia, who was seated on his other side.

Ever since that whole mess with the unexpected pregnancy, Lilia had been joining us at the dinner table instead of waiting on us like a maid. It seemed like she was officially part of the family now and I'm very happy for it

"You just tell your father what you want, Rudy. He'll make it happen."

Mother said with a sidelong glare at her husband, who was currently cradling his head in his hands.

"The young master never asked for much. This is a golden opportunity to demonstrate some paternal dignity, Master Paul."

Lilia was also very supportive of Rudy while I decided to voice my own selfish request. I know that they would decline and would lead to some argument but this is perfect to let them know my intentions. 

"Papa, I also have something I want to request."