In a very quiet office-like room, A beautiful lady was quietly reading and scribbling on the paper with a unique fountain pen with a weird creature inscribed on it.
Because of the bright sunlight coming from the window behind her, the shiny blond hair she had were almost sparkling.
The atmosphere was quiet and she looked in a good mood.
But then... she suddenly stopped writing when the shadows inside the room started reacting weirdly.
As if to be alive, the shadows moved and a dark humanoid outline ca out of the shadow.
It then slowly cleared up and revealed an older-looking man with dark clothing.
With white hair, dark blue eyes, and a normal face which was like any other good grandpa who lived next door.
He bowed and spoke with a very low, nostalgic voice.
"Have you been well, young miss?"
My eyes widened in surprise.
-THUT.
With shaking hands, the pen in my hand fell on the paper.
With my eyes still wide open, I looked at him with surprise but, there was joy in my eyes while looking at him.
"You almost surprised grandpa Zhen...'
Even though I had seen him do that many tis this ti, it completely caught off guard.
Though unexpected, seeing him after such a long ti was... definitely a good thing.
He chuckled as put his hand on his mouth to hide his smile.
"Seeing you surprised is a rare sight to behold, miss."
It wasn't every day that he could see that flustered face of hers.
And if it had been in the past, this would be sothing that no one would believe was possible.
"Gramps! You just..."
With a slightly red face, I shouted in frustration.
There weren't many people who could tease her like this.
Taking a minute to calm down, a strange silence shrouded the room.
With a serious expression, I asked.
"You coming here must an that... things are about to end, right?"
The voice that ca out of my mouth, however, was desperate.
Nothing like my usual self.
"Yes. Just two more months.
We have almost gathered everything."
This was one of the most reliable voices for .
If he said that, it ant that the ti had almost co.
"Finally... "
My heart ran faster and my blood almost ran cold.
Now that I knew how long it was going to take, waiting would feel much longer.
"Master is also excited to finally be able to see you two and young master.
I, too, want to et him as soon as possible but... master ordered he will be the first one to et him."
He then chuckled and put a letter on my desk.
I instantly recognized it was from big brother when I saw the glowing blue rose on it.
"Master Elkan was... ahem! Very eager to co along with but master locked... ahem! Stopped him.
Well, you know... that's him."
He awkwardly scratched his cheeks with his index finger and sighed deeply.
My brother was more dramatic when it ca to and now, Eon too.
'I'm sure he's gloomily sitting in the corner of his room, all gloomy.
How does big sis even handle that crybaby?'
A defeated sigh escaped my mouth while thinking about him.
"So gramps, wanna see him?"
He was the person who took care of my brother and for as long as I could rember.
He was very good at stealth and was almost at [Upper-Advance level] in using his [Origin skill].
I was already thinking of letting him teach Eon but, he has to wait a bit longer for that.
"Hmm... I can't et him directly but, seeing him from afar would be ok, right?"
nodding with a bright smile, we walked downstairs.
Opening the door of the backyard, I stood at the door and watched him doing his magic training.
***
Almost a week has passed since we started the magic training.
I was almost able to grasp every spell there was in (tier-0) so, we had started doing so mana control training.
From Mana breathing to manually circulating Mana, I had always relied on my skill so I didn't know how it's done manually.
Learning it wasn't a bad idea.
Dad was already at a loss for words when I finished learning all the spells he taught in just a week.
It was... unprecedented?
'Huuu... it took an entire day to calm him down.
Mom was having... fun? Was my suffering funny? It's hard to understand her sotis,' I sighed.
"Ok Eon. This is enough for today. We can start the physical training now."
I opened my eyes slowly at dad's voice.
Exhaling deeply, I stood up and stretched for a while.
It took high ntal fortitude to trace the Mana circulation manually.
Looking around, I suddenly spotted mom watching us while leaning against the door.
But...
'Is there sothing besides her?'
I rubbed my eyes and looked at her again, with a confused expression clouding my face.
Now... there was nothing.
'Is it just my imagination?'
I waved at mom and called her out.
"Mom!"
She waved back at and shouted in her happy tone.
"Eon~. Don't overwork yourself. Honey! You too."
She talked with dad for a bit and went back inside.
I thought she was just checking up on us so I didn't pay much attention to it and went back to training.
***
"Young miss. I think young master Eon is more amazing than I heard from the master."
As soon as I entered my room, grandpa Zhen comnted in an admiring voice.
"Isn't he? He Is amazing. After all, he is MY son~. Huhu..."
I was always proud of him.
Hearing soone complint him was one of the greatest joys for a mother like .
"Yes. Indeed. It's very comndable for a young child like him to almost see through this old man's primary concealnt.
If we had stood there for another minute, then I'm sure he would have seen through ."
There were signs of respect, shock, and pride in his eyes.
"Hah-ha. I-it's amazing. Right?" I replied with a cracking voice.
Even I was shocked to hear this.
I knew this friendly neighborhood grandpa's prowess well. If he said that then, he really ant it.
"Young miss... I know as a parent you must be worried.
But, he has unparalleled talent.
That fact can't be changed.
I will just say that... being a bit selfish is ok but if it escalates much... those emotions might change into sothing different.
I know you know this and will make the right decisions in the future."
Saying that he lted into the shadows and vanished.
"I know..."
I whispered under my breath and went back to my desk to continue the work I left.
***
Once again, holding my bow and three different arrows by the bowstring, I looked straight ahead.
The targets were quite far away this ti.
Almost six hundred ters away from where I was standing.
It was almost sunset and there would soon be ti to go back inside.
The three arrows I was holding were enchanted with a new spell I made.
The arrows with (Small gust) spell on them were supposed to work as a combo and join tougher to be more powerful than normal wind elent arrows.
Aside from (small gust) there was a (join) spell which should work... as I hoped.
Well, its function was to join the things like glue with earth and water type mana but...
"The targets have to be in touch with each other for this low-level spell to work."
I can not do sothing fancy like shooting arrows and combining them together with so electric sparks and then making a BOOM!
Nope. Not possible for now.
Releasing the arrows at ones like that manually is very difficult.
I don't even know if it will go as I planned. The probability was minuscule.
'Who knows? Maybe it could get influenced by my whopping 21 luck.
Or lady luck would get chard by my heavenly 19 charm?
If there is a possibility, then what harm is there to try?'
And if sothing does go wrong, dad was watching from there.
If he is here... then there isn't anything to worry about.
"Huuu..."
Taking a deep breath, I adjusted the arrows between my fingers.
There would be a gust of wind around them as soon as I relies them so the distance had to be calculated and the spell invocation ti had to be aligned.
After thinking for a mont, I gathered all my focus on the target.
Only focusing on it and nothing else, maintaining my breathing, I gathered my mana on my fingertips and onto the bow and arrow.
After checking the air disturbance and so other factors, I confird everything again.
With my heart beating faster with the excitent of the result, I released the arrows.
And then...
Contrary to my expectations, all three arrows flew in different directions as soon as they left the bow.
When the enchantnt got activated, all three of them were already 50 ters away from each other.
The Mana activated in it an arrow's speed accelerated.
In two different directions, the arrows are stuck in different things.
One stuck the log on which the target was set.
One struck the grassy ground before the targets.
The last one, however, changed its direction and flew back towards .
I closed my eyes in fear and put my hands in front of in defense.
But... fortunately, the arrow fell after colliding with an invisible shield before .
With a horrified expression, I fell to the ground.
This was the first 'things go wrong' situation for .
"Eon!"
Dad shouted and ran in my direction.
He was also terrified with his eyes popped out.
Sitting down by my side, he helped stand back up.
Checking from head to toes, he sighed in relief.
I wasn't hurt in any way. That was a relief.
This was a very unfortunate result.
The airflow created after the three spells were activated caused the directions of the arrows to change.
I had thought of a situation like this but... the chances of it really happening was very minuscule.
'Looks like lady luck was in a bad mood today for sothing like this to happen.'
"Haaa..."
I sighed and stood up.
Walking forward, I collected all three arrows and ca back to my position.
"Dad. We will do this two more tis to see what happens.
If it goes wrong again, then... we will call it a day."
My voice was firm and he could see the determination in my eyes.
He was now really worried. This was a really dangerous situation.
Though I had put a (Mana protection) enchantnt on my clothes and even made a small shield in that split second, things might have really gone wrong.
It was the best thing to have him around.
But, as a father, he was worried beyond common sense.
But, after seeing the determination in my eyes, he couldn't help it.
After a solid minute of thinking and deciding, he sighed in defeat.
"Ok."
Giving a short answer, he stood just two steps behind .
It was ok so I went back to my previous stance.
With so focus, I tried again.
The other two tries were also... failures.
'My bad. Well, tomorrow might be lucky?' I sighed deeply.
We packed up and went inside with dad still having a complicated face and mind full of chaotic thoughts.
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