Chapter 6: Chapter 6: Mother, Mama…What are your identities?

Once we get back home, Mama takes mother Haine and me to the living room.

"What's wrong, Selene? You have been in a bad mood since we get back from the mall."

I sit down on the opposite sofa from Mama while avoiding her eyes.

"Airi, do you have something to tell me?"

I startle when Mama calls out my name.

"Yes, Mama."

I have no choice but to tell the entire story about the boy I meet at the mall. I also don't hide the fact I find out many bruises on his body.

Mother Haine closes her eyes as she listens to my story, while Mama Selene still looks very serious.

"Is that everything, Airi?"

"Yes..."

Mama lets out a big sigh and sits right next to me.

"What if the boy just wants to trick you, Airi?"

The bruises look so real to me; I don't think it's something that a little boy can fake.

"Those bruises look too real for me to be a fake, Mama."

"I am not talking about real or fake, Airi."

"Yes?"

"Just what if the boy tricks and wants to kidnap you? What if he is not a good boy?"

My face darkens as I listen to Mama's cold and stern voice. Right...What if everything Mama says so far becomes true? What will happen to me?

"You can be kidnapped and never be able to meet us again, Airi."

"I-I..."

I can feel my body shaking as I think of that possibility. Suddenly, my front becomes dark as something soft wraps around my body. Mama hugs me and pats my head softly.

"I only want you to know how serious this incident can become, Airi."

"Yes, Mama..."

Mama's voice loses its cold and stern and returns to her usual soft voice.

"But you have done a great job this time, Airi. Even though you were a little naughty this time, you had tried to help others on your own."

Mother Haine arrives by our side and hugs both of us.

"But to us, those people are not that important. Because to us, you are one and only. There is nothing that can replace you in this world, Airi."

"Mother Haine..."

"It's like what mother Haine said. You are irreplaceable to us."

I feel warm as I listen to both mother and Mama. I peek my head out of Mama's embrace and smile brightly at them.

"Thank you, Mama and mother. I love you!"

Mama smiles back at me and rubs her cheek against mine.

"My little angel is just too cute~."

I calm down now, so I become a little embarrassed at Mama's action.

"Mama..."

"Still, I need to ask my underlings to investigate the boy's background."

Underlings? What does mother Haine mean by that? I thought she was just an ordinary office worker?

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"Hey, Haine. It's not something you should talk about in front of Airi."

"Ah, right!"

Mother Haine lets out a wry smile and scratches the back of her head.

"You don't need to worry about your idiot mother, Airi. Just leave everything to us, the adult."

Right, I couldn't do much as a kid. It's better to let mother and Mama solve the boy's problem.

As we finish talking about the boy's issue, my mother and Mama take me to sleep with them. I want to grow up fast, so I can sleep alone...

I will be five years old in a few days. It's a remarkable milestone inside the "Magical Academy." At the age of five, every child in this world will attend a ceremony to gain the ability to use magic. The church will organize the ceremony once a year and let the children from all over the country participate.

Speaking of religion, it's quite strange in this world. All the people in this world worship a single goddess. And I can't find information about other religions aside from that goddess's religion. This matter is not mentioned in the game, so I also know little information about this.

Well, let's go back to the magic of this world. When humans awaken, they can summon a grimoire. The grimoire has a certain number of pages that the user can engrave the spell on it. Once that process is done, the user will be able to cast that spell.

Most spells will take up one page of the grimoire. But in some cases, the advanced spells will take up 2 to 3 pages. Also, the user can't engrave the same kind of spell in the grimoire.

The grimoire is divided into four types and can be recognized by looking at its cover. And the user can only use the magic belonging to their grimoire type.

- Offensive grimoire: The cover of this grimoire is red and has the sun on its front.

-Defensive grimoire: The cover of this grimoire is blue and has a full moon on its front.

-Support grimoire: The cover of this grimoire is purple and has a crescent moon on its front.

-Summoning grimoire: The cover of this grimoire is pink and has a heart on its front.

The grimoire has around 20 to 40 pages depending on the talent, and each person usually has one type of grimoire. But in a rare case, a person can have over one type of grimoire. The MC of the original game is one of them that man owns over four different grimoires. However, he only has ten pages for each grimoire.

Aside from that, the user also needs to train and increase the mana's capacity, which can only be started right after the awakening.

Like every year, I have a small birthday party with just three of us. There is no sign of relatives will show up, but I decide not to ask them about that. There must be some reason they haven't told me about that until now.

And if nothing changes, I will awake my grimoire by the end of the year.

"Mama...?"

I look at the rainbow crystal in front of me with many questions in my head.

"Is this...?"

What is this crystal, Huh? Well...Every year, the church shows everyone the awakening process of the children on the TV. With that, I know the children need to touch a colourful crystal to awake their grimoire.

...How can this appear in front of me now?

"Airi, what's wrong?"

I pull Mama's sleeve and ask her in an afraid voice.

"Is it alright to have this crystal, Mama?"

Mother Haine notices my panic and reassures me with a calm voice.

"Don't worry, Airi. It's legal."

Mother! What do you mean by that?

Mama pats my head and replies to me calmly.

"Ma~Ma, the archbishop just lent it to me directly since they have no use for it now. So feel free to use it, Airi."

Hey! Why does Mama know the archbishop? Let's put that aside for now and focus on the awakening.

My face naturally curves into a smile because of the excitement. I can finally use magic start from today!