Pov: General
*Clang!!*
*Clangg!!*
*Ping!*
*Clank!!*
Loud sounds of clanging can be heard resounding through a plain. The distinctive sound of a hammer hitting against steel, giving shape to the blade of a sword.
With the fire blazing in the forge, the sun on the horizon, and the clanking of steel, you can find a small dwarven child with bright blonde hair and stars in her light blue eyes.
This child was of course our protagonist, Parsley, who has just spent the last hour and a half of her day watching her father's forging process.
*Shhhhhh!!*
Taking the blade out of the quencher, Zoro observed it for a while, checking the straightness of the blade. Giving it a once over he grunts in approval, turning around to put the sword blade on a rack, he spots Parsley Sitting at the foot of the stairs, looking at him with a bright smile befitting a child of her age.
" Oh! Parsley! I didn't see you there, how long have you been waiting?" Zoro voiced, surprised at the child's presence in the forge.
" Not that long, I just got here. I stayed 'cause it looked fun!" She said, her smile never leaving her face.
Looking at his daughter with an awkward smile on his face, he can't help but wonder about her weird sense of fun. I mean who can blame him, what kid asks for a book on mana theory when they turn 4? Mana Theory!!! not even actual spells, just the theory. And when asked why, her answer is always the same.
' It sounded fun.'
*Thud*
Placing the blade on the rack, Zoro turned back to his kid he had a semi-serious expression on his face.
" So, Parse, what's on your mind?" He asked, much to Parsley's surprise.
" What do you mean dad?" She responded, feigning ignorance.
" Haha!! Oh, come now Parse! I have the eyes of a blacksmith, I think I can tell when my own daughter needs to ask me something." Zoro said with a laugh, before shrugging at the latter half.
*Clap*Clap*
" C'mon Parse, lay it on me! Hahaha!! No need to be shy!" He laughed out after clapping his hands twice as if to prepare himself, feeling quite happy that his daughter is asking for something. Since she doesn't ask for much, but when she does want to ask something, it's pretty obvious.
' Hell, she doesn't even ask for candy!!' The father thought, in exasperation.
Him and his wife, who expected a normal energetic, and needy dwarven child, were completely taken aback when faced with this anomaly of a child. Unlike normal children her age, she's quite calm and quiet most of the time, doesn't constantly pester them with any random thing she finds, and most importantly, she isn't constantly endangering her life with childish antics.
' All those 'How to be a parent' and 'Baby 101' books were useless!!' He complained in his mind, unable to cope with the fact that all those books he read and the hours he spent studying for fatherhood, were completely fruitless.
"Oh, but I don't want to bother you or mom, you guy's already have your hands full with the shop." Parsley replied, hanging her head low, obscuring her face with her bangs.
Seeing His child's downcast appearance, Zoro couldn't help but reassure her that that wasn't the case.
"Baahhh!!! That's a bunch of hogwash! Don't worry Parsley, there isn't anything you can ask me that will be a bother" He said, accomplishing his task of reassuring her, if the smile on her face is anything to go by.
What he missed though, were the mischievous intentions behind said smile.
" Weeeeel~ If you insist~" The child said, jumping up from her sitting position, making the father stop for a second, wondering about the weird tone in her voice.
' Fufufu, all acording to keikaku!' Parsley thought, seeming to have planned this entire conversation from the start.
" There's actually a list of things I wanted to ask." She said, pulling a long list of requests out of R.O.B. knows where. Slowly walking up to him, the list somehow extending the closer she got.
' W-What sorcery is this!!' The man asked himself, shocked at the sudden turn of events. Looking down at the list that was now in his hands he began to read the requests, no, more like demands.
-1. I want my own room.
-2. I want to bathe myself.
-3. I want to choose my own clothes.
-4. I want to have more privacy.
-5. I want an allowance.
-6. I want to learn magic
-7. I want to learn to smith
-8. I want to be homeschooled
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-269 Please, and I mean Pleas! If your gonna do 'it', at least use protection
"!!!!"
*Cough*Cough*
Coughing in his hand, with a visible blush on his face, Zoro took his eyes off the paper and onto his daughter who has been patiently waiting for him to finish reading the list. Seeing him finished she just looked at him with an expectant expression on her face.
' Did she plan this from the start' He thought, wondering how a four-year-old can think this far ahead, to the point of leading a conversation in the way she desires.
' Wait, did I just get tricked by a four rear old?' To embarrassed at himself to continue that thought process, he responded to his waiting daughter.
" Hmnn... I'm going to have to talk to Angy about some of these requests, but overall, you've proven yourself capable enough for me to approve of most of the things on the list." Zoro said, ignoring the last item on the list completely, though he does make a mental note to have a talk with his wife later.
" Yes!" Parsley yelled out in happiness, jumping around in celebratory fashion befitting of a kid.
Looking down at the over-exited Parsley, Zoro can't help but let a slight chuckle escape his lips, while discreetly pulling a certain blue sphere out of nowhere.
' Heh, she said no more pictures without her permission, buuuut, we haven't agreed on anything yet.' He thought, taking as many pictures as possible before Parsley realizes.
*Kachaa!!*
*Kachaa!*
*Kachaa!!!*
*Kachaa!!*
*Kachaa!*
And so things went on, Parsley celebrating, and her father sneaking around her, taking pictures in various different angles.
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Pov: Parsley
*Slam*
Closing the door behind me, I look at the nearly empty room, already visualizing all the things I'm gonna be doing in here. A small grin slowly etching itself onto my face.
" That went easier than expected." I said, laying down on the lone bed in the baren room. Staring at the ceiling for a few seconds, contemplating the results of my little experiment.
" So 'Anime/Cartoon logic' can be controlled to a certain extent, it just loses its potent effect of making it go unnoticed." I theorized, opening up my journal and writing it down in a mix of Spanish, Dutch, and Japanese (written in English, so like instead of the symbols just in English. Like 'arigato'), for some type of privacy so that no-one can read it.
Tapping the butt of my pencil on my chin, I flip through the pages to one of my little side projects. Nordic runes. I got it from my memory if you're wondering.
Since old magic is basically all done through a specific sequence of runes, I decided to check and see if Nordic runes can work by themselves or in tandem with old magic runes.
The results were interesting, though Nordic runes work, they're much less effective than old magic runes. I had a theory that it was due to the world itself rejecting them, like magecraft and Gaea in the fate series.
It was also pretty surprised when I got some basic old magic runes from the random knowledge rewards.
Anyway, When used together though, that's when the real magic happens. How did you mix two different types of runes you may ask? Easy, I just used the basic concept of Fuinjutsu from Naruto and matched them together, and badabing badaboom. A new runic language, or more like a dialect of the old magic alphabet.
Through the mixture of the two runic systems, a larger 'vocabulary' was added, so it gave a larger variety of combinations for possible spells.
Raising my right hand up, pointing it to the wall, I start slowly moving my fingers in specific patterns, carefully crafting the spell, after a minute or two of working, there's finally a bright pink intricate magic circle floating in front of the palm of my hand.
" Fuuuu~." Breathing out, I extended my arm out pushing the magic circle towards the wall. Slowly floating up to the wall, finally touching it after waiting a couple of seconds, all the walls in the room glow bright pink, before the glow slowly dies down.
Instantly afterward I can feel a cold breeze, making me shiver slightly. Walking up to the wall, I took a brief pause before extending my arm to touch the wall. Right before touching it, a magic circle appears right in front of where my arm was extended. Twisting my arm counterclockwise, the temperature in the room starts rising, turning it clockwise, it starts lowering again.
With a huge smile on my face and a skip in my step, I walk back to the small bed. Raising both my hands this time, in the direction of the bed, both my hands start forming two different magic circles. Sweat dripping from my chin, I finished both circles before pushing them into the bed.
Glowing brightly for a second, the bed starts expanding and reshaping itself into an entirely different bed.
" Fiuw~ Okay! One more!" I cheered myself on, feeling the effects of being low on mana.
Making one last circle, this one a lot bigger, and a lot more detailed than the rest, requiring both my hands to finish. Casting this last spell on the bed, it glows brightly before the light subsides, showing no visible differences.
But I could care less about that, currently losing balance while losing strength in my legs. Pushing myself to fall forward onto the bed, I was immediately embraced by the comfortable feeling of the bed.
Slowly losing consciousness, I only have the strength to do one last thing.
" G'night system." I said in a soft murmuring tone
[ ... ]
[ Good night, Parsley ]
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(A/N: The 1st spell is basically an Ac.
the 2nd and 3de ones are an expansion spell and a transfiguration spell.
And the last one is the hardest of all, it's basically a 'Comfortable' spell, that makes things affected by it extremely comfortable.)
[ Displaying status screen ]
『 Name: Parsley
Age: 4.5
Lvl: 12
Gender: Futanari
Race: Dwarf
Titles: Reincarnator, Player
[Stats] [Skills] [Quest] [Help] 』
[ Stats ]
『 HP: 450/450
MP: Average at best
Stamina: You have more energy than the average 5-year-old!! Good job!!
Strength: Pfff!!
Speed: Meh
Endurance: You don't cry when you trip, so it's alright I guess
Wisdom: You watch anime, you'r still the wisest person in the room
Intelligence: You've been really taking advantage of perfect recall, you got slightly smarter
Willpower: 20 Cause you've been using all your points on it, I wonder why~
[ Skills ]
Players Mind Lvl: 45
Players Body Lvl: MAX
Intermediate Drawing Lvl: 55
Beginner Writing lvl: 24
Beginner Polyglot Lvl: 27
Beginner cooking Lvl: 1
Beginner Iaido Lvl: 2
Beginner Taekwondo Lvl: 3
Perfect Recall Lvl: 69
Ambidextrous Lvl: 14
Meditation Lvl: 54
Mind palace Lvl: 45
Mana sense Lvl: 1
Box breathing techniques Lvl: 30
Basic Biology Lvl: 17
Emotion recognition Lvl: 7
Acting Lvl: 3
Crying Lvl: 96 (Don't ask)
Gender identification Lvl: MAX
Knot making Lvl: 5
Rune recognition Lvl: 6
Spell crafting Lvl: 18
Stealth Lvl: 16
Parkour Lvl: 3
』
(Tell me if I'm missing something)