Chapter 6: Apprentice
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Year 389 of the Touya Holy Calendar - Titan Castle garden

(Maria POV)

Today, on this beautiful clear day, I am training Alastor.

"Okay, that is enough!"

After his tenth lap around the building, I stopped him.

"Grandma Maria!"

He raises his voice as he approaches me.

"Did I do good? Did I do good?"

"You did great, my little adventurer"

I stroke his head, messing up his hair.

"Jijiji" Alastor

Obviously, this is not butler training, but adventurer training.

I don't need servants and I don't want him trapped in this place.

I tossed out all those useless trimmings of rich people like dresses and jewelry and cut my long hair into two ponytails at the nape of my neck. All to recover some of the dignity of The Crimson Wind.

*Pop*

I clap my hands.

"How about we kill some slimes now"

"Really!" Alastor

"Really" Maria

He is very excited and so am I.

Royal Butlers, by a side effect of the Eunuch Royal Ritual, have naturally enhanced physical abilities.

If well trained, Alastor will surely become one of the best adventures on this continent.

"Yay" Alastor

Slimes are weak enough for a child to kill. With them he will get some free levels without risk.

"Watch out, slimes! here I come!" Alastor

He runs into the forest surrounding the mansion. His speed is already very good.

"Remember to stay close to me"

Alastor turns and smiles at me.

"Yes! Grandma Maria!"

His smile is as dazzling as ever.

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Year 390 of the Touya Holy Calendar - Castle garden

(Alastor POV)

Today I am 10 years old.

"Grandma Mariaaa!"

I speak as I enter the revived garden, now full of life, smells and colors.

"Do you have it? Do you have it?"

I have been waiting for this day.

"Fufu, yes, I have it" Maria

She takes out a crystal ball the size of his hand from a leather bag.

"Whooa!"

So this is it, the affinity stone.

"Now that you are ten years old, your magical affinities are afianced and can now be appraised with this artifact" Maria

I can see through the colorless sphere.

"Are you ready?" Maria

I move my head up and down.

"Yes!"

Yesterday, I could barely sleep waiting for this moment.

"Are you sure you're ready?" Maria

"Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes!"

I wanna know, I wanna know, I wanna know, I wanna know!

"Fufufu, So lets start!" Maria

She puts the affinity stone's steel base on a round table in the garden.

"Use your left hand to touch the top of the artifact and close your eyes, the colors it takes will determine what kind of magical affinities are the best for you" Maria

She puts her hand on the orb.

"My affinities are wind and fire"

From the center of the orb, two waves of green and red colors now dance inside.

"It be more easy to teach you if your affinities are some of those two"

"Uugh" Alastor

I am nervous.

"Don't be nervous, even if you don't have either of those two, I can still teach you, so don't think about it too much and just do it" Maria

I focus my sight on the colorless orb in the table.

"Here I go!" Alastor

I do as I'm told and place my left hand on the artifact.

"..."

With my eyes closed, I can't see what's going on. Is this enough or should I keep doing it?

"Hoo, interesting" Maria

"?" Alastor

What is interesting?

"Grandma Maria, can I open my eyes now?"

"Yes, you can do it now my little adventurer" Maria

Red, a completely red orb is in front of me.

"Your magic aptitude is 100% fire"

"Y..." Alastor

"?" Maria

"YEEEEEEEEAHH!!" Alastor

Just like mom and dad!

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Year 391 of the ??? - Underground Magma River

(??? POV)

"!!!"

The bending in reality woke me up.

"So it happened again"

Chaos is about to cover this entire continent.

"The Isekai Hero... disappeared from this world"

...It is not the time yet.

"I need more"

More...

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