No Fatigue: 24-jikan Tatakaeru Otoko no Tenseitan

Chapter 1: The Tale of the Man Who Could Fight for 24 Hours

When I exited the Game Centre, I heard a scream.

In front of my eyes, there was a man in a black jersey on the street opposite.

The man was chasing an office worker who was fleeing after being stabbed in the shoulder, and stabbed that fleeing back with the blood-stained knife in his hand.

The man stabbed the office worker another 2, 3 times, ignoring his screams.

Losing interest in the office worker when he fell limp, the man starts searching for his next prey.

What caught his attention was a female high school student who had collapsed in shock and couldn’t move after witnessing the sudden homicide.

The man ran towards the female student.

The female student tried to run but the man seized her arm before she could stand up.

The man’s broad grin made the female student feel short of breath.

Splattered in blood, the man raises his arm overhead.

I dashed from across the road and clung to the arm.

I don’t know if it was because of the situation, but I kept my head cool as I carefully observe the man’s appearance.

He was around my age, maybe a little older, but I suppose he was in his thirties.

He had a slender face covered with stubble, but the bloodshot eyes and inflated nostrils gave it a strange intensity.

I tried to pin down the man’s arm one way or another, but the man shook me off and retrieved a new knife from his belt.

When I looked at it, I saw various-sized knives hanging from the man’s belt.

I reposition my backpack to block the knife swinging down at me and then ram into the man, backpack and all.

However, the man dodged, circumventing my body blow, and slashed with his knife.

Blood sprays out from my arm.

My consciousness recedes due to the pain and by the time I recovered, a knife had been pierced into my stomach.

“This…..!”

Anger erupted in me, along with the pain.

I swing my backpack around recklessly.

I felt the backpack collide with something solid as it hit the slasher’s head.

Inside the backpack was a sturdy ArcCon (Arcade Controller).

I grapple with the man, who was groaning with pain, and try to snatch the knife from his hand.

I almost managed to take the knife from him somehow, but it was at that moment.

The female student, who had sunk down to the floor, suddenly grabbed at the man.

I think she might have been trying to help me, but that’s when misfortune struck.

“….gubu..”

A sensation I had never experienced before transmitted through my arm.

The man collapses onto the ground with his eyes wide open as he mutters something.

In a daze, I looked at my hand.

There’s blood.

It’s a knife.

A blood-stained knife was clasped in my hand.

……In other words.

I… stabbed him?

“C-criminal discovered!”

While I was frozen in shock, a pair of police officers appeared from the roadside.

“The criminal is wearing a black jersey and is a slender man in his thirties― It is confirmed!”

I look down at my torso.

I was wearing a black jersey.

Moreover, I was certainly in my thirties and had a slender build.

“W-wait a moment…! I am….!”

I swung my arms in front of me without thinking as I called out to the police officers.

However,

“H-he’s resisting!”

“Y-you’re mistaken…. I’m not the slasher….”

“Then what’s that in your hand!”

Hearing that remark, I check my hand.

Yeah, this is a knife.

And furthermore, it was dyed red with the blood of the criminal I had just stabbed.

It was hard to deny it with this circumstantial evidence, and I became flustered.

I was stunned.

And then of all things,

“H-hey… J-j-just wait a moment, I am……!”

Stuttering intensely, I tried to run over to the police officers.

Of course, this happened to be while I was still waving the bloody knife in my hand…..

I must admit that I should have been more composed somehow.

“D-don’t come any closer…!”

The police officer warned, holding his gun out.

I was enraged, but I also came to my senses after seeing the senior police officer’s stern expression and the muzzle pointing at me.

However.

“Eep, uwahhh!”

This time, the younger police officer panicked.

“O-oi.. stop it….!”

The senior police officer’s restraining was to no avail either, as the young police officer pulled the trigger.

And it wasn’t just once, but many times.

Bang, bang, bang, the sounds reverberated as the bullets penetrated through my abdomen.

Together with the last of these sounds, a scorching heat travelled through my chest.

My head turned blank from the excessive shock.

And then, my vision darkens.

Within my narrowing field of vision, I saw the senior police officer pin down the young police officer.

With that as the last scene I witnessed, I collapsed onto the ground and lost all sight.

“T-this is…. too much, right….”

My lungs haemorrhaged after muttering that.

Thus, my life came to an end.

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“…..Certainly, this was a bit much.”

“Wh― wah..owa..uaaahh!”

I think I heard a woman’s voice but I was in no mind for that.

I don’t know how it became like this but suddenly, the world was at my feet.

…….

Sorry, that was poorly worded.

To put it simply, I was in the sky, gazing down at the world from a distance.

Look, there’s footage of ‘the world from the perspective of an International Space Station’, right?

Like that, I was floating on a satellite orbit with blue oceans, reddish-brown land covered by clouds, and green forests spread around below me; that was the situation I was in.

“I-I.. I’m falling……!”

“Calm down. You’re not falling.”

I realised after I was told this.

Indeed, I was high in the sky, so high that even the air seemed non-existent, but there was no sign of me falling towards the earth.

“Ah, yeah…. You’re right.”

I understood that I was safe for the time being (although I didn’t know a single thing apart from that), and I finally had the composure to observe my surroundings.

First, the woman in front of me.

Well, how should I put it, it was…

“A goddess?”

I think an apt description would be the image of Venus, from Greek mythology.

­She was an inconceivable beauty, with a magnificent body covered modestly with a fabric that resembled white silk.

The difference was that her hair wasn’t blond like Venus’, but closer to black.

“Yes. That’s right.”

With an enchanting smile, the goddess(?) spoke.

“….Yeah, well, I kind of understand.”

I sigh as I say this.

“Oh? About what?”

“To sum it up: you’re a god, I died in my previous world, and right now there’s an unfamiliar planet below me. Thus, this is about reincarnation.”

I thought it was the Earth at first, but this planet doesn’t seem like Earth.

There were huge desert continents at random, red hurricane-like clouds, and islands floating in the sky. No matter how I looked at it, this wasn’t Earth.

“……Well, that’s the gist of it.”

The goddess smiles again and starts to explain.

“Just like you just said, you died. Mistaken for the slasher, you were shot by police…… Ah, you don’t have to be worried about your reputation after you died. The girl you tried to save was there, right? Thanks to her testimony, the media reported that you weren’t a random slasher; you were just a third-party who tried to subdue the slasher.”

“…That’s good.”

I was just a corpse with no relatives anyway, so it doesn’t bother me even if I had been treated as the slasher but as expected, I guess it seemed off-putting.

“Well, it seems like the police filed charges against you, saying you died as the suspect for the murder of the slasher. There was a riot when they said the police shot you by mistake.”

“Serves them right.”

So I said, but as the one who ended up dying, I do feel a little unsettled with only the dismissal of a few police executives.

“Well, it can’t be helped. No, maybe something could have been done, but that’s life. Since I get to live a second time, I should just forget the slasher and the stupid police.”

“Right…… But there’s something I’d like to say about that. I have some bad news.”

“Bad news?”

“Yes. That slasher has been reincarnated in the world you’ll be going to.”

“Huh!?”

“More than that, I want you to defeat the slasher. That’s the reason I’m offering you a chance to reincarnate this time.”

“Why do I have to….”

I had been absorbed in rushing out back then, but what was I thinking, leaping at a slasher who was holding a knife.

Anyway, now that I’ve cooled off, I don’t want to fight him a second time, nor do I feel up to it.

“I understand your feelings but I’m just as pressured as well. The aforementioned slasher― he’s called Kizaki Tooru; he was summoned by a wicked sorcerer working for an evil god, and has been reincarnated in the body of the baby girl used as a sacrifice.”

“Why can’t you let the humans of that world deal with him?”

“The rules of this world states that gods cannot interfere with the material world. An exception to that, or rather, an underhanded trick is to reincarnate someone like what I’m doing now. In times of emergency, such as a crisis approaching the world or intervention from another world, the gods will attempt to resolve the situation by reincarnating a soul they choose personally like this.”

“Is that guy…. that dangerous? He wasn’t just a petty slasher?”

“That slasher isn’t an ordinary slasher. He has been influenced by Monguenues ― the evil god who reincarnated him ― and the number of people he has killed in your country exceeds one hundred.”

“O-one hundred!?

If that’s true, his cutthroat homicide would be at the world-record level.

…..I did a really good thing.

“It seems that the slashing homicide was a death ritual dedicated to Monguenues. You managed to stop him, but he just managed to accomplish his greatest desire and reincarnated in this world.”

“……Tch, so I was too late.”

In the end, I wasn’t rewarded for fighting with my life on the line.

“No, what you did was not in vain. Kizaki Tooru’s ritual was interrupted because of you. Thanks to that, Kizaki did not gain a complete body and was only able to reincarnate in this world by possessing an infant’s body.”

So it wasn’t completely useless.

“Thanks to that, we have some temporary leeway until Kizaki Tooru grows to adulthood. In that time, you will―”

“Locate and kill him, huh.”

I gave a small nod.

This goddess is unable to directly intervene in the happenings on the surface.

This is why she is trying to reincarnate me, to somehow do away with the slashing murderer, Kizaki Tooru, who reincarnated in this world through the evil god’s schemes.

“……I understand what I have to do. However, I’m not a soldier or martial artist or anything. I don’t have any combat power.”

I liked fighting games, but games and actual combat were completely different things.

I had never actually fought anyone prior to the fight with that slasher.

“Of course, I will grant you power. That said, I can’t give you that much power since I am exploiting this reincarnation after all.”

“Hey, hey, isn’t the other party a dangerous character who was reincarnated by the evil god?”

“What I’m giving you is a Soul Seed, so to speak. If you give it water and fertilizer and raise it, I’m sure you will obtain the power to oppose the evil god’s apostle.

And then the goddess continues.

“You have your mission to do away with that slasher ― the apostle of the evil god ― somehow, but I don’t mind if you live as you wish aside from that. If you make the best of my power, so to speak……yes, I believe the [Cheater’s] way of life is possible.

Cheater. In other words, playing the game with an extreme and advantageous condition omitted by the game system.

That was the remuneration for accepting this goddess’s request.

Considering my death, it certainly wasn’t bad.

I would like to decline having the slasher as my opponent at all costs, but to challenge him with a clear cheat is still preferable.

…Well, I guess it’s not bad. This opportunity to reincarnate into the real world, I probably won’t have a second chance if I miss it.

“…I get it. The reason I died was also that guy’s fault to begin with. I’ll take a shot at what I can.”

Besides, although the goddess didn’t say so explicitly, I didn’t have the choice to refuse after dying in my original world.

The goddess cast her eyes down apologetically and spoke.

“Thank you. I am the goddess who governs the transmigration of souls, Atrazenec. And this world spread out below, the name of the world you will be traversing from now is Marquekt.”

The goddess extends her hand to my cheek.

An ethereal, soft and dainty finger brushes my cheek gently.

While stroking my face as though ascertaining something, the goddess speaks.

“Hmm, I see. Perhaps that skill would be good for you. The skill has a bit of an edge, but it should suit your tastes perfectly.”

And then―

“I pledge. To bestow my divine protection unto the one who consents to fight the evil god. ―Skill conferment 【No Fatigue】”

With the words of the pledge came the feeling of the goddess’s moist lips on my cheek.

A tremendous heat permeates through my body, originating from the goddess’s lips.

“Uu….Gua…”

“…..It’s soon time to say farewell,”

the goddess says to me, who was crouched down holding my cheek.

My body could be seen slowly becoming transparent.

“The skill is something that belongs to this world, Marquekt. You, who acquired this skill, have partly become Marquekt’s. And according to the rules of Marquekt, gods cannot interfere with those on the surface. We cannot keep you in this place.”

As the goddess spoke, my body floated gently.

No, wrong…… This is falling!

I fell to Marquekt with an intense force while listening to the goddess’s final words.

“I can’t be said to have granted you this kind of fate but…… please take care of your life. You were brave for fighting against the slasher, but you were also reckless. I don’t wish for you to stake your life for the sake of my mission. Use that skill to survive ― Kagi Tomonori.”

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Prologue of NO FATIGUE you can understand in 3 lines:

1. The protagonist Kagi Tomonori was mistaken as a random slasher and shot dead by the police.

2. When he realised, a goddess was there and he was able to reincarnate in another world with the condition that he pursue the random slasher who was reincarnated in the other world through an evil god’s intervention.

3. He received the <No Fatigue> skill from the goddess.

Chapter 2: No Fatigue

And thus I, Kagi Tomonori, reincarnated in another world called Marquekt.

Thanks to having an explanation beforehand, I wasn’t very surprised when I woke up to find myself surrounded by unfamiliar adults and that my body wouldn’t move very well. When I looked at my arm, I saw that the arrangement? resulted in me becoming an infant.

At most, my astonishment was revised to ‘Oh, so I really reincarnated!’

However, I was surprised by another matter.

It had to do with the [No Fatigue] skill I received from the goddess.

In this world, the first thing I realised was that the adults in the vicinity were my parents and after drinking from my mother’s breasts, the day came to an end.

My mother (a woman who was still around twenty years of age, judging from the senses of my previous world) tried to rock me to sleep but――I didn’t fall asleep at all.

In the beginning I briefly thought it was because I was nocturnal in my previous world, but my current body was a newborn infant.

Despite this, I wasn’t the least drowsy.

I pretended to fall asleep before my mother when she was rocking me at least, but not a hint of drowsiness came, while the moon outside rose high into the sky.

While wonder what on earth it was, I vacantly gazed at the moon (it was dark so I couldn’t see anything else well enough), when characters suddenly floated in my mind.

《Luranius (ルラヌス): the moon orbiting the planet Marquekt》

“Hogya-!?”

(Woah!?) was what I intended to say, but my vocal cords were still undeveloped so it turned into babble.

Flustered, I fell back onto the bed and look at my sleeping mother but my mother was asleep with her mouth partly open and seemed to be drooling while making a somewhat happy-looking face.

Being both a parent of mine, and a married woman, she had an unimaginable charm.

Calming down at her face, I calmly reassess the phenomenon from just now.

……Well, I didn’t need to think about it.

It was probably an ability from the so-called [Appraisal] system.

In my previous life, I often read webnovels to pass the time on my commute to work.

I wasn’t tired anyway, so I try out the [Appraisal?] I had acquired.

《Luranius: the moon orbiting the planet Marquekt》

《Luranius: the moon orbiting the planet Marquekt》

《Luranius: the moon orbiting the planet Marquekt》

《Luranius: the moon orbiting the planet Marquekt》

《Luranius: the moon orbiting the planet Marquekt》

From what I can tell, I spent around two hours on this foolish operation.

《Luranius: the moon orbiting the planet Marquekt. Routinely faces Marquekt with the same side.》

It increased!!!

The information wasn’t that helpful but the entry grew with no prior notice.

“Fu..hua..fuee..fhuaa……”

(Th-then if I continue this……)

Due to having an infant’s body, every single action was slovenly, but I realised that this was a good opportunity.

And then,

《Luranius: the moon orbiting the planet Marquekt. Routinely faces Marquekt with the same side.》《Luranius: the moon orbiting the planet Marquekt. Routinely faces Marquekt with the same side.》《Luranius: the moon orbiting the planet Marquekt. Routinely faces Marquekt with the same side.》《Luranius: the moon orbiting the planet Marquekt. Routinely faces Marquekt with the same side.》《Luranius: the moon orbiting the planet Marquekt. Routinely faces Marquekt with the same side.》《Luranius: the moon orbiting the planet Marquekt. Routinely faces Marquekt with the same side.》

I continued to repeatedly use [Appraisal?] with increasing vigour.

And then, when the moon was disappearing by the window,

《Luranius: the moon orbiting the planet Marquekt. Routinely faces Marquekt with the same side. Orbital period is 24 days.》

“Fuoh!” (Ooh!)

The information increased once again.

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After the moon was hidden beyond the window, I was unable to use [Appraisal?] because the room was too dark.

Moreover, I didn’t get tired no matter what.

While I was in anguish, the sky brightened.

If this was my old world, I would be starting to think there was something wrong with me, but regardless of the surging [Appraisal?] rush and insomnia, I was not excited or sleepy and just maintained a very normal condition.

I just had plenty of time to think, so I was able to come up with a realistic hypothesis regarding this situation.

Bluntly speaking, the hypothesis was as thus.

――Isn’t this because of a skill?

The skill that I received from the goddess was called [No Fatigue].

In short, it means I won’t get tired.

I won’t tire, nor will I get drowsy.

And my physical condition (probably) won’t deteriorate either.

It’s still the first day so it’s possible that I might feel sleepy at some point, but there are no signs of drowsiness at present.

Not getting sleepy was obvious, but the fact that I don’t feel worn out after the barrage from [Appraisal?] after so many hours, or even lose interest, was also abnormal.

Even in my past life, I would forget the time when practicing combos for a fighting game, but there’s no way I wouldn’t get worn out after continuing for so many hours without rest.

I dare say, this ‘won’t tire’, ‘won’t get tired of’ result is probably part of this skill’s effects as well.

To sum it all up, the [No Fatigue] skill’s effects were: ‘not tiring’, ‘not getting tired of’, and ‘not feeling tired’.

It’s only just a hypothesis, but I think I can consider it as that.

Now then, how do I view this skill?

I suppose there are also people who would think, ‘is that all?’

Indeed, compared to easily understood skills such as having an increased learning speed for martial arts or magic, or being able to appraise everything in society, or having a radar-like, mental map depicting the movements of people in a fixed range, this [No Fatigue] skill was…… how should I put it, rather ‘subdued’.

But if it think very carefully, there might be huge potential sleeping behind this skill.

I’d like to think so.

Take sports for example.

Even a professional athlete, no, all the more for a professional athlete, they must condition themselves and get plenty of rest when they are tired.

And when training the basics, the repetitive practice may steadily wear out their spirit. Fundamentally, even weight training and stretching are repetitive exercises filled with pain.

But with this [No Fatigue], they ‘won’t tire’ so rest is unnecessary, they ‘won’t tire of’ it so they can steadily continue basic training all day long, and they ‘won’t feel tired’ so they can designate 24 hours each day as practice time in its entirety.

Or perhaps for fighting games.

I could give many examples, but combo practice is a given. For instance, practicing an anti-air attack against opponents who flew, or practicing the transition for a two-sided or mid-low guard, or practicing an ultra-hit combo. It’s exceedingly straightforward but if it is possible then one can seriously continue practicing as much as they like, for as long as time allows.

Certainly, the fact that great effort is needed doesn’t change, but for that endeavour to be easily done―― no, it probably won’t be at that level.

It’s possible to become a practically superhuman practice machine.

There might also be people asking ‘You want to be like that?’, but I hoped that this delusion of expansive potential wouldn’t cease and that this abnormality of mine, who treated the discipline-like repetitive practice as a solace in my daily life, would be such a wonderful ability.

“Fuefuabi fuama.. Waiaho~!” (Goddess-sama, thank you!)

I shout out from the bottom of my heart――though it was in a baby voice.

Chapter 3: The First Counter Stop

From that day, the endless days of training started.

First was [Appraisal?].

I tried using [Appraisal?] on myself from the outset.

《Edgar Chrebl (キュレベル): Viscount Chrebl’s fourth son. Level: 1, HP: 4/4, MP: 6/6. Skills: [No Fatigue]－, [Appraisal] 3. <Goddess of Virtue’s Blessing>》

……First of all, I learnt that the ‘Level System’ and ‘Skill System’ exists in this world.

I also learnt that I have three elder brothers on top of that.

I also learnt that skills have levels as well.

Or rather, this is the first time I knew my name.

However,

“Fuanfua, winfuia.” (It’s kinda.. hard to read.)

The information display wasn’t good. Couldn’t I do something with the layout somehow?

I thought, as I used [Appraisal] (it was cleared up, so I removed the ?) once again.

《Edgar Chrebl (Viscount Chrebl’s fourth son)

Level 1

HP 4/4

MP 6/6

Skills

[No Fatigue]－

[Instant Interpreter]－

[Appraisal] 3

<Goddess of Virtue’s Blessing> 》

So I can do it if I try!

Well, the matter of which display layout is better depends on the situation though.

Many questions came to mind after seeing my own status, but I was still an infant anyway.

Since it’s fine to gradually learn the language and general knowledge of this world, what I can do now is,

[Appraisal][Appraisal][Appraisal][Appraisal][Appraisal] ……

《Edgar Chrebl: Viscount Chrebl’s fourth son. Level: 1, HP: 4/4, MP: 6/6. Skills: [No Fatigue]－, [Appraisal] 3. <Goddess of Virtue’s Blessing>》《Edgar Chrebl: Viscount Chrebl’s fourth son. Level: 1, HP: 4/4, MP: 6/6. Skills: [No Fatigue]－, [Appraisal] 3. <Goddess of Virtue’s Blessing>》《Edgar Chrebl: Viscount Chrebl’s fourth son. Level: 1, HP: 4/4, MP: 6/6. Skills: [No Fatigue]－, [Appraisal] 3. <Goddess of Virtue’s Blessing>》《Edgar Chrebl: Viscount Chrebl’s fourth son. Level: 1, HP: 4/4, MP: 6/6. Skills: [No Fatigue]－, [Appraisal] 3. <Goddess of Virtue’s Blessing>》《Edgar Chrebl: Viscount Chrebl’s fourth son. Level: 1, HP: 4/4, MP: 6/6. Skills: [No Fatigue]－, [Appraisal] 3. <Goddess of Virtue’s Blessing>》 ……

Well, it’s to raise the level of [Appraisal] of course.

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And thus, the few days after my birth were somehow spent repeatedly using [Appraisal] behind my mother’s back, who was looking after me.

Thanks to that, my [Appraisal] rose to level 9 four days after my birth, and it appeared to have reached the limit.

Incidentally, when I look at my status with [Appraisal] at level 9, it looks like this.

The important thing was, helpful information was also displayed

《Edgar Chrebl (Viscount Chrebl’s fourth son| Noble of Santamana Kingdom)

Level 1

HP　4/4　(HP: the abstract conversion of one’s life force into a numerical value. Current value/Maximum value. 10 is the standard value for an average level 1 male adult. It is rare for someone to die when HP remains, or to live despite having 0 HP, but it is possible. The maximum value can temporarily decrease due to injury, illness, or fatigue.)

MP　6/6　(MP: the abstract conversion of one’s magical capacity into a numerical value. Current value/Maximum value. 10 is the standard value for an average level 1 male adult. One will faint when their MP reaches 0.)

Skills

• Mythical class (An unparalleled skill that can be first acquired through difficult methods such as conferment from a god or reconstructed from legend.)

[No Fatigue] -　being released from all physical and mental fatigue.

[Instant Interpretation] -　ability to understand Marquekt’s primary language and communicate one’s intentions, while insufficient. Only valid for speech. Effective: Until 3 years old. Can consciously switch ON/OFF.

• Legendary class (A rare skill whose extremely rare acquisition path may be opened through diligent practice)

[Appraisal] 9 (MAX)　ability to decipher the information contained in the items of this world by utilizing one’s refined judgement.

[Database] -　ability to consult information previously acquired with [Appraisal]. Searching via keywords is also possible. Gained from [Appraisal] reaching the upper limit.

Age　0 (6 Months 3 Days 21 Hours 03 Minutes 19 Seconds)

Relations

Father　Alfred Chrebl　39 Years Old　Viscount | Santamana Kingdom Third Army Commander |《Castle Destroyer》

Mother　Julia　20 Years Old　Mistress| Former Adventurer (A Rank) | Magic User | 《Flame Prison Witch》

<abbr title=”(elder brothers with different mothers)”>Step-brothers</abbr>　Belhart　19 Years Old　Viscount | Santamana Kingdom Imperial Knight |《Young Falcon》

Chester　17 Years Old　Adventurer (B Rank) |《No Second Shot》

David　　16 Years Old　Santamana Kingdom Royal Librarian’s Assistant|《Wonder Child》

<Goddess of Virtue’s Blessing>　(The blessing of the goddess who governs the transmigration of souls, Atrazenec. Accelerates the soul’s growth. Releases all skill acquisition conditions. Small compensation for the skills’ learning | growth.) 》

[Database] was acquired after [Appraisal] reached the cap. My only targets of [Appraisal] have been myself and the moon so I’m not sure, but it will probably be a very helpful skill in the future.

[Instant Interpretation] is probably the reason I have been hearing things in Japanese despite this being a different world.

The effective duration is 3 years. In other words, I must learn the language before I turn 3.

If I don’t turn it off and practice the language now, while it still isn’t urgent or needed, I’ll be troubled in the future.

I also confirmed that the <Goddess of Virtue’s Blessing> had rather cheat-like specifications.

Didn’t Goddess-sama say she couldn’t give me anything big?

Or is this amount not considered to be ‘great’?

……This wasn’t because she overwrote the original baby infant’s character or something, right?

Well, that goddess probably wouldn’t do such cruel things.

I’d like to think that I just didn’t awaken the memories of my previous life until I had been developing for 6 months.

Apart from this, I was able to see the particulars of the Chrebl viscount household and the family members’ personal information, but the information I hoped for wasn’t there so I had to give up.

But didn’t our family excel a bit too much?

Every single member seemed to possess a nickname.

Even my mother, Julia, seemed to have been a spirited adventurer. 《Flame Prison Witch》. It was an incredible nickname, unexpected of her ordinary appearance.

I was still unacquainted with my father Alfred.

Since he appears to be part of the military, he may have gone to war.

And this person has a somewhat grim sounding nickname.

With his 《Castle Destroyer》 nickname, it seems possible for him to receive a slightly higher peerage though.

But then again, I don’t know the conditions for receiving a reward in Santamana Kingdom? so that may just be the way it is.

Be as it may, there are a few issues.

Like a 39 year old having a 20 year old wife (as a second wife at that), among other things.

It’s truly outrageous!

With this status quo, I don’t feel like getting along with this father of mine!

In my past life, I didn’t have a lover even at 30.

From [Appraisal]’s results, I could see that my three elder brothers were also quite remarkable as well.

Because it called him an imperial knight, Belhart must be an elite among elites, to be protecting the royal family. As for Chester, from the impression given by in the webnovels, reaching B Rank adventurer at 17 years old is also should also be really great. Being called a librarian assistant gave off an apprentice-like image, but considering his age and that the place of employment was the royal library, David might differ from the elder brothers above him and have outstanding scholastic talent.

By the way, the initials of us siblings are, in order from the eldest – B, C, D, E (Belhart, Chester, David, Edgar) respectively, so if I get confused then I can just refer to our initials! Ah, I’m guessing A is for Father (Alfred).

Huh? Why does the alphabet appear in this world?

Don’t ask me that, ask the Goddess.

To be accurate, it has letters that are different, but look similar to the alphabet.

Back to the topic, the Chrebl viscount household are nobles of the country, possessing a small territory in the area…… Or so it was supposed to be, but it seems as though it is greatly flourishing, with my father as chief and my elder brothers each prospering in their own fields.

I wonder if I will slowly learn about these matters?

Be that as it may, I’m not that concerned about these household matters.

What’s occupying my interest at the moment is,

S-K-I-L-L-S!

But in three days, I have already reached the counter stop for the [Appraisal] skill I could easily use indoors.

There’s not much that I can do as an infant who can’t even crawl well enough yet.

If this was a webnovel about reincarnation, I wouuld utilise [Appraisal]’s MP consumption to exhaust my MP, and then earnestly increase my maximum MP with the MP overcompensation, but this [Appraisal] skill doesn’t consume MP for some reason.

Even though it’s called a skill, it seems it isn’t magic, but a pure technique that tempers my discerning eye to see through the target’s information.

At present, I don’t really know how statuses like the one from before are being displayed. What I can say is, it doesn’t use MP so it’s probably not at the level of magic. By the way, the display language is in Japanese.

Therefore, what I think I want to obtain the most right now is a method to consume MP.

In short, it’s fine even if it’s something simple, I just want to use magic!.

As there is MP, it should be certain that this world has magic.

But how does someone learn magic in this world?

Reading books? Having a mentor? Attending a magic academy? Or is it an innate talent?

Hmm, I don’t know. Rather than that, I’ve never seen magic before that. I should try starting from there first.

――Because there’s a perfect role model nearby.

Chapter 4: Magic Acquisition

“Fuahofu! Fuahofu!” (Magic! Magic!)

“Ah, there there. Is it perhaps time to change your diaper?”

“Hyaho! Myahyofu!”(Magic! Magic!)

“Maybe you want breastfeeding?”

“Hihya, hohehoiihedo, fuafuou!” (Well that’s also good but, Magic!)

What am I doing, you ask?

Naturally, I’m asking Julia-kaasan to teach me magic.

Sadly, it seems my mother can’t understand my words very well.

Of course, it would be stranger if she could understand me, since I’m asking to be taught magic when I can’t even speak properly yet.

……Well, more than that,

I don’t know how magic is used, but if magic needs an incantation, then I would probably need to understand the language of this world. And even if I can acquire it by reading books, I will still need to be able to read the letters at the very least.

[Instant Interpretation] is only usable for interpreting and not for translating, so it looks like I can’t use it to translate the content of books.

Well, even if it was possible, it would still be limited to 3 years. No matter what, it’s necessary to study the letters.

Alright! Let’s learn words first.

With that decided, I’ll quickly….. How should I go about doing it?

Needless to say, the current me is a newborn infant, and it might be a little early to get someone to read to me at this stage, even in Japan.

Hang on……?

When I fell prostrate, there was something at my feet. It lay underneath the cheek of Julia-kaasan, who seemed to be making a happy sleeping face.

With drool dripping onto it, I could see what looked like a book.

Moving excitedly on the bed, I approach the book?

Sure enough, it really was a book.

I take care so as to not disturb my mother’s sleep while I try to extract the book from under her.

But this…… is heavy.

It’s a bulky book that seems to have at least a thousand pages.

The cover is leather, and the insides are paper.

It seems Marquekt has papermaking technology. If there was only parchment then it would be difficult to even secure notepaper for writing down the letters.

Ah, that’s right, [Appraisal].

《Rare book『Abaddon Magic Compilation』: An encyclopedia of magic written by Gweg Abaddon(グェッグ・アバドン), a magic scholar from the 10th century. It is well known for its tenaciously elaborate depictions and accurate descriptions, but is currently out of print, and is only possessed by several large-scale libraries.》

I’ve hit the jackpot!

Full of anticipation, I turn the cover of the 『Abaddon Magic Compilation』 with a trembling hand.

There―

“……Fun, Fuaa, Fuafuah hehaone” (Yeah, well, I already knew though.)

The page was completely covered in mysterious letters that I couldn’t read.

And furthermore, it was packed with small print arranged in three columns.

This.. wouldn’t this be difficult even if I could understand the words?

And,

“……Hm? Huh, Edgar-kun?”

Perhaps it was due to my wretched rummaging around, but my mother woke up.

I don’t know why, but she called me “Edgar-kun”, adding -kun to my name.

“Oh my, were you reading the book?”

“Aii~”

I didn’t actually read it, and couldn’t even read, but I replied adorably for the time being.

“That book is difficult, you see. If you read it at night when you can’t sleep, you’ll be able to sleep all of a sudden.”

Is that really alright, 《Flame Prison Witch》?

“There are picture books more suited for you, Edgar-kun, so let’s look at those, okay~”

“!!!”

Saying that, Julia-kaasan tries to take the『Abaddon Magic Compilation』 away from me.

“Ah~daa~!”

I frantically cling to the 『Abaddon Magic Compilation』.

As if I’m going to let this chance get away!

“Geez. Didn’t I say it was difficult? Well, in that case, how about I read a little bit for you?”

My mother says, thinking I would understand if she read it.

When she sees me babbling happily in response, she says, “what a strange kid,” as she sits on a chair beside the bed and spread the 『Abaddon Magic Compilation』 before me, who was on the bed.

“Let’s see, alright. Then, let’s read the [Water] entry.”

The 『Abaddon Magic Compilation』 is an encyclopedia, so the records are itemised.

“In regards to the study of magic, water refers to the possible series of events (matter | phenomenon) caused by interference from the magic letter 『π (Aqua)』. However, it must be kept in mind that what it is comprised of deviates from our everyday impressions. For example, it is possible to manipulate human blood using π, but not mercury, as it is part of the magic letter representing earth 『Ω (Gaia)』’s scope of interference instead. The clouds drifting in the sky may appear to be within the jurisdiction of the magic letter of Wind『λ (Wind)』at first glance, but the ones who reported a success in interference are limited to those who utilised π. It appears that this matter is easy to understand for those who have climbed a high mountain. Because part of these mountains, their summits, reach a point surpassing the clouds, mountain climbers will penetrate the clouds en route. In that situation, mountain climbers will pass through chilly and moist air as if they were walking through fog, and their whole body will be subject to a vast quantity of water. In other words, clouds are formed from water. As you can see, the study of magic is not only the cultivation of magic, but the comprehension of all things in nature as well. Incidentally, there exist ‘reports of success’ within the reports concerning the manipulation of clouds in which the magic letter of wind 『λ』 was used. However, this is no more than scattering clouds by way of wind, and is a completely different phenomenon to altering the shape of clouds by manipulating its base form of water. The young magic scholars of the present have a tendency to rush towards achievement and shirk on straightforward verification work, but theory which doesn’t pass through verification is no more than the mere delusions of those people, and by all rights, is presumptuous to call those sort of people scholars.

……Umm, is that enough?”

She seemed to have read to me because I had been earnestly listening, but indeed, this was a somewhat considerably tiresome book.

The passion of the author, who incorporated all the information that he personally knew, was amazing but it was hard to understand the logic behind including even the finest details, and above all, it would make one sleepy if they read it.

I felt that the base form of clouds was a natural matter, as my past life was of a modern Japanese person. The end part also seemed somewhat silly too. I can also understand Julia-kaasan using it for sleeping.

However, I thought that it was unexpectedly good.

I don’t know the common sense of this world at any rate.

This encyclopedia which even insistently and persistently includes the obvious things, might be a mountain of treasure if one can ignore the boredom at least.

But……I really couldn’t read it.

The letters in the book were comprised of a combination of approximately 20 character varieties indistinguishable from the alphabet, Greek characters, and Cyrillic characters, so the language concept was probably fundamentally similar to European languages.

Even so, there were things I understood at once.

It was the letters for magic.

Water is 『π (Aqua)』, Earth is 『Ω (Gaia)』, and Wind is 『λ (Wind)』.

It didn’t appear so I don’t know it, but there’s probably one for Fire as well.

Here, π (pi), Ω (omega), and λ (lambda) were scattered about, although more accurately, they were unknown symbols that were similar to them. As for the reading, I listened carefully to Julia-kaasan’s words and that was how they were pronounced.

My mother points to the corresponding section with her finger as she reads aloud, so at least I was able to pick up the important parts one way or another.

However, I didn’t understand the other parts at all, seeing them for the first time.

“Auau~”

One more time! I yell out, hitting the passage just now with the palm of my hand.

“Eh~? You want me to read it once more?”

Julia-kaasan appeared blatantly troubled, but she answered to my request and read the same passage once again.

This time I’ll switch my [Instant Interpretation] to OFF, and pick up the raw sounds.

……Woah, I seriously can’t understand.

“#$%◇…………『π (Aqua)』…………『Ω (Gaia)』…………『λ (Wind)』……”

I move my mouth, mumbling along in my lisp, as I attempt to imitate my mother’s words.

And when she finished, another encore.

While crying and clinging to the book, I had Julia-kaasan read around a dozen times.

I was still unsatisfied but as one would expect, my mother who didn’t have [No Fatigue] had on a fed up expression.

Casting a sidelong glance at my mother, I frantically continued reproducing the sounds I listened to just now, in my mind.

I wouldn’t be able to learn an unfamiliar language by having it repeated ten times with the brains of my past life, but maybe it was thanks to the absorbing powers of an infant, or perhaps [No fatigue] preventing me from tiring mentally, I was able to remember the words to the extent of following them.

Of course, I would immediately forget them with just that, so I continued to memorise nothing but the water entry in the 『Abaddon Magic Compilation』 for half a day afterwards.

It was harsh repetitive work like the ascetic practices of a cult religion from somewhere in my previous life, but thanks to [No Fatigue], I was able to continue nonstop without tiring or losing interest.

Mother left the 『Abaddon Magic Compilation』 by the bedside, so I recited the water entry in a mutter while following the book’s sentences with my eyes.

While doing that, I could somehow understand the sentence rules.

I was able to infer the meaning of the numerous words in the Water entry, and I was able to decipher the spelling conventions corresponding to the sounds.

Fortunately, it seemed the spellings generally represented the sounds as they were, and I was also able to grasp the conventions which separated the consonants and vowels.

They were unfamiliar characters, so I compared them to the alphabet of my former world and successively memorised the corresponding relationships (It would be useful if I could write them down in a notebook or something, but there wasn’t anything like that in this room).

I would decipher them when it was bright and would do nothing but repeatedly reciting them from memory at night, sorting them inside my head so that I would be able to recall them even at random times.

It was such troublesome work so that if it was my previous life, I would want to flee just by imagining it. But thanks to [No Fatigue], I didn’t tire so inside my head, and I was able to completely dedicate the whole day to the correspondence chart for the Marquekt characters and the alphabet.

With this, I was at least able to pronounce sentences for now, even when I’ve never seen before.

And then, while working on the correlation of this alphabet, I realised something interesting.

The magic letters π, Ω, and λ frequently appear in the spelling of other words.

Furthermore, it seems these represent vowels.

The correspondence chart I made looks like this.

・π = a

・Ω = o

・λ = u

And this language (Marquektese?) only has 4 vowels (they have composite vowels that combine vowels, such as – au, ou).

In other words, the final vowel remaining,

・卜= i (e)

This vowel should be the magic letter for Fire.

I don’t know the pronunciation, but it should probably be something like Fire, Flame, or Flare.

I read it as “Boku” for the time being though.

Well, I was excited when I reached this inference.

I AM A GENIUS!

I felt like there was a banner with such, hanging above my head.

And, while keeping this symbol (卜) in my mind, I traced it with my finger on my blanket.

I continued writing “卜卜卜卜卜卜……”

With the concentration powers of [No Fatigue] on full throttle, that was.

And then――

It resulted in a small fire.

Chapter 5: Small Fire

I clearly remember the events that transpired in that instant.

The moment I wrote “卜” , the letter that should not have been visible shone with light, and I felt something come out of my fingertip.

In the next instant, there was ignition.

It was a lighter-sized flame, but I had written the character on my blanket. It caught fire in the blink of an eye.

“Fuafueeeeeee!” (Craaaaaaaap!)

I cried out in a flustered voice, hoping some adults would come running.

I’m just an infant. I’m unable to even run away by myself.

Before long, I could hear the sound of footsteps within the estate.

However, the fire was still spreading.

Then, I suddenly realise.

“……! Akua! Akua! π (Aqua)!”

I shout, picturing in my head『π』, the magic symbol for water that was introduced in the『Abaddon Magic Compilation』.

Among the magic symbols, I was barely able to pronounce π with my infant vocal chords at least.

Be that as it may, I was taking a gamble and only shouted out, without writing the symbol.

However, it was successful.

With a splash, a cupful of water was produced from my fingertip and extinguished a portion of the flames that had spread on the bed.

Because the flames had spread, it wasn’t enough to extinguish everything.

(……I can do it!)

“π π π π!”

I recklessly called out the magic symbol repeatedly.

Splash, Splash, Splash. I dispense water around the bed, and the flames that spread vanished, leaving behind black burn marks.

Then, the door of my room opened.

“Edgar-kun, what’s wrong!? ..Kyaa!”

Julia-kaasan barged in, and was surprised at the devastating spectacle on my bed.

At this time, I use magic as added insurance.

“π ,――au..!?”

As I heard my mother’s shriek, I lost consciousness for the first time, on the fourth day of my reincarnation.

◇◆◇◆◇◆◇◆

When I opened my eyes, my mother’s worried-looking face came at me.

Judging from the scene outside the window, not much time had passed.

I was scolded amply by Julia-kaasan.

I feel like there’s no point in scolding a 0 year old baby, but I suppose she had been that concerned.

Mother constantly supervised me after that.

It might be a justified reaction as a parent, but I was very troubled.

When my mother is here, I can’t use magic.

It appears that Mother is also an excellent magic user, and will immediately sense it when I try to use magic.

I thought I could somehow get away with the inconspicuous wind―― λ (wind), but it was “thwarted” before I could invoke it, as if she perceived signs of my magic invocation.

In regards to this “thwarting”, when I carefully observed my mother, she seemed to write a “∃”-like character on her own thigh to match my invocation of magic.

In that case, I thought to first show signs of using λ, solicit my mother’s “∃”, and then try writing my own “∃” in that instant.

But, it failed. Mother’s “∃” only erased my λ and my “∃” targeting Mother’s “∃” was not invoked.

I wrack my brains.

I see, I had pictured “∃” but didn’t picture its effects.

In other words, what’s necessary for the invocation of magic is to clearly picture the magic symbol and its effects.

With that conclusion, I once again displayed the action of invoking λ and induced my mother’s “∃”.

Then, I also invoked “∃”. This time I pictured both the symbol and effect. The imagined effect was, for the time being, the concept of “erasure”.

And so, in regards to what happened:

My “∃” was also safely invoked, negating my mother’s “∃”.

My mother opens her eyes widely.

And then, my λ that my mother tried to negate was invoked without obstruction, and a soft gust of wind blew in the room.

“The ∃ (erase) just then…… Edgar-kun?”

I giggle in response to Julia-kaasan, who was making a grim face.

“To think you would learn magic not even a year after your birth. It’s dangerous so stop……but even if I say that, you probably don’t understand.”

Mother exits the room while muttering, ‘how troubling.’

I feel like I did something a little bad, but it’s favourable for me now.

First, I’ll start with [Appraisal].

From now on, I will cut out unnecessary information.

《Edgar Chrebl

Level 1

HP 4/4

MP 5/7

Skills

• Mythical class

[No Fatigue] –

[Instant Interpretation] –

• Legendary class

[Appraisal] 9 (MAX)

[Database] 1

• General

[Fire Magic] 1

[Water Magic] 1

[Wind Magic] 1

[Mana Manipulation] 1

[Simultaneous Invocation] 1

<Goddess of Virtue’s Blessing> 》

Hmm. The status displayed each kind of attribute magic skill, not the magic symbol.

In any case, it looks like I safely acquired the skills, which is good.

Besides that, the issue is MP.

Firstly, the fact that my maximum value has risen.

This was still easy to understand.

It was because during the small fire incident just before, my MP was exhausted and I fainted.

It was probably the case of my maximum MP increasing after the MP was used up, as with the arrangement in the reincarnation webnovels.

Yeah, it’s good news.

However, the incomprehensible part was my current MP.

5.

I wonder why it has become this sketchy value.

Let’s think chronologically.

Firstly my MP became 0 due to the small fire incident.

This was evident from my fainting. It was even specified in the helpful information about MP, “One will faint when their MP reaches 0.”

After that, MP recovered during the short fainting spell……I suppose.

In that case, I should have fainted when I tried to discreetly cast magic in front of my mother.

The magic invocation was thwarted by Mother’s “∃” but I did sense the consumption of mana itself, so my MP should have decreased as well.

From what I could grasp with that thinking, the current MP should be 3.

The first try: λ was thwarted, -1.

The second try: λ was thwarted again in the same manner, -1. ∃ failed, 0.

For the third try, the ∃ that negated mother’s ∃ was -1, the λ invoked after that was -1, making it -2 in total.

That is to say, the total MP consumed after I woke up becomes 4.

And so, with 7 – 4, my current MP becomes 3. That would be the natural concept.

However, my current MP is 5.

Whilst puzzled, I perform [Appraisal] one more time.

《Edgar Chrebl

Level 1

HP 4/4

MP 7/7

Skills

• Mythical class

[No Fatigue] –

[Instant Interpretation] –

• Legendary class

[Appraisal] 9 (MAX)

[Database] 1

• General

[Fire Magic] 1

[Water Magic] 1

[Wind Magic] 1

[Mana Manipulation] 1

[Simultaneous Invocation] 1

<Goddess of Virtue’s Blessing> 》

……Huh?

My MP has recovered.

In other words, the MP in this world is something like the Stamina in certain hunting games and recovers through the passing of time?

Or, is the “won’t tire mentally” characteristic of [No Fatigue] involved somehow?

In that case, the mystery of the deficient ‘current MP’ from before is solved.

In short, it’s something like this:

・First λ negated, -1

・Second λ negated, -1. ∃ failed, 0

・At this time, MP recovers <- NEW!

・Third λ invoked, -1. ∃ invoked, -1 (Total -2)

・Consequently, 7 – 2 = 5

Incidentally,

・I had been contemplating the appraisal result

・During this time, MP recovers

・MP is 7 upon reappraisal

It needs verification but in the end, my MP recovers to the maximum value a short time after using magic.

Julia-kaasan returns, after I have analysed up to this point.

“I can’t do anything about what you’ve learned already, but ordinary magic is dangerous, okay~”

Saying that, she places a cardboard box-sized wooden crate down in front of me.

Inside the wooden crate were toy building blocks.

My mother picks up one of the building blocks from inside, on top of which she writes some kind of symbol with her finger.

It was a “♭”-like symbol.

The symbol disappears suddenly without even glowing and in the next instant, the building block floats up from my mother’s palm.

“Aua!” (Wow!)

I unintentionally give a cheer.

Mother retrieved a card-like thing from her pocket, and handed it over to me.

On the card was the “♭” from just now written in a large font.

When I turn it over, written down were the Marquekt letters read as “Physik”, according to my mental interaction chart.

“This is ♭ (physik). It might be complicated if I start talking about the details, but I suppose it’s fine to think of it as telekinesis, maybe? ……but even if I say that, you probably don’t understand.”

Mother puts several building blocks in front of me.

I immediately crawl towards them and write “♭” on a building block with my finger.

Gently, the building block floated.

“Uwah, it really succeeded. Is Edgar-kun a genius by any chance?”

Julia-kaasan chuckles in happiness.

A little pleased, I cast “♭” on the building blocks in front of me, one by one.

A total of six building blocks floated in the air.

When I looked at mother as if asking, ‘Howzat?’ Mother stared in wonder again.

“Y-you can do simultaneous invocation? W-well you did use ∃ on my ∃ while invoking λ just then……this is, I better consult with that person too.”

Casting a sidelong glance at my mumbling mother, I release the ♭ on the building blocks, and again etch ♭ on the building blocks fallen on my bed.

This time I was careful, so I realised that the MP recovery started about ten seconds after I released them.

During the small fire, I used π in a flash, so there was no time to recover.

“Ah, Edgar-kun, if you use magic in succession too much, you’ll faint again?”

Mum says worriedly.

As I expected, this recovery seems abnormal. In that case, it’s reasonable to think of it as an effect of [No Fatigue].

It might be better if I don’t continuously invoke magic in front of my mother.

――Anyhow, with this, I discovered the next repetitive operation after [No Fatigue].

Chapter 6: Counter stop

A week passed since I learned magic.

The repetition works I’m currently doing are the following two:

First: I use up my MP all the way to 0 and with that raise the maximum MP value.

Second: I make the building blocks float with ♭. Of course multiple ones at the same time. When releasing, instead of releasing it normally, I use ∃. In other words, I’m leveling ♭ and ∃.

The other magics, partly because Julia-kaasan said so, I’m leaving until later for now.

I don’t think it would be found out at night, but mom was also worried about misfires. I’m still just a baby, so if some accident happens I perhaps wouldn’t able to deal with it myself. I think I will start with them when I’m at least big enough to run away when something happens.

Besides work, I’m progressing with the deciphering of 『Abaddon Magic Compilation』, which I got from mom by throwing a tantrum.

It’s a process where I ask mom to read an entry a few times, which I earnestly try to memorize and then compare it with the written words.

It’s a mentally tiresome work, which I would’ve stopped before long in my previous life, but thanks to the [No Fatigue] skill I don’t get bored or tired.

Thanks to the correspondence table, only reading the writing is no problem, and as the result of comparing it with the memorized words, my vocabulary is also steadily increasing.

I would really like to have a trustworthy dictionary, but since the six months old me spends his entire day in a crib, I couldn’t even explore the insides of the mansion yet.

From the window of this child room, a fairly spacious – more than a modern Japanese person could hope for – garden can be seen. If the building is also comparatively sized, then maybe there is something like a study or a library room.

It’s a different topic, but the day after I used magic in front of mother Julia, an exclusive maid was assigned to me.

Julia-kaasan brought over three maids in turns, checked my affinity with them, then assigned one of them to me.

She is a girl in about her mid-teens, has a childish face and big breasts.

…..Of course, during the above-mentioned affinity check, it’s needless to say that I did my utmost to indicate that this girl is the best.

Her name is Stephanie, and according to the conversation between her and Julia-kaasan, she appears to be a daughter of an influential person within our domain.

Waiting for a moment when Julia-kaasan wasn’t present, I covertly used [Appraisal] on her, and

《Stephanie: Village girl. Age: 16. Level 1, HP: 8/8, MP: 7/7. Skills: None》

Mhm. Ordinary. Is the only impression I have currently.

I thought there would be skills like housework and such, but it doesn’t seem to be the case.

Maybe the skills in this world are only those that are related to combat.

I want to use [Appraisal] on Julia-kaasan too, but I feared that she may notice, so I didn’t try it yet.

But I know that [Appraisal] isn’t magic, so if I wait and use it when she’s asleep it should be alright.

Thinking that, I use [Appraisal] on mom when she fell asleep rocking my crib.

《

Julia Chrebl (Wife of Viscount Chrebl《Flame Prison Witch》)

Level 47

HP 79/79

MP 253/253

Skills

•Master class（Skills unlocked by diligent training.）

[Fire Element Magic] 4

[Mana Control] 4

•General

[Fire Magic] 7

[Water Magic] 3

[Wind Magic] 3

[Earth Magic] 2

[Light Magic] 3

[Telekinesis Magic] 2

[Mana Manipulation] 5

[Mana Perception] 6

[Simultaneous Invocation] 3

》

…..isn’t she, helluva amazing?

Having that many skills is also probably amazing (there are even Master class skills), but since I don’t have a point of reference for this world I’ll just leave it for now.

What I find most amazing of all is the HP and MP.

At a quick glance, those numbers look like they belong to a magician from a generic RPG.

Perhaps the HP feels a bit like with those numbers it would be somewhat troublesome to take on a boss from the second half of the game with.

But, remember.

[Appraisal].

《HP: the abstract conversion of one’s life force into a numerical value. Current value/Maximum value. 10 is the standard value for an average level 1 male adult. It is rare for someone to die when HP remains, or to live despite having 0 HP, but it is possible. The maximum value can temporarily decrease due to injury, illness, or fatigue.》

Particularly important is this:

《……10 is the standard value for an average level 1 male adult.……》

In other words, Julia-kaasan’s 79 HP means that she has nearly 8 times the amount than an average Level 1 adult male.

In this world, I don’t really know what the ‘Level 1 adult male’ is like, but seeing how Steph (Stephanie) is Level 1 at 16 years old, it probably means that common people that aren’t soldiers or adventurers are mostly all Level 1.

Take for example the reason I ended up reincarnating on Marquekt, the slasher.

The office worker he stabbed from the previous world should have approximately the same status as a ‘Level 1 adult male’ in this world.

By that criteria, that should mean that even if Julia-kaasan were to be stabbed by a slasher a few times it wouldn’t become a fatal wound.

Is that really possible?

Moreover, her HP is already very high, but Julia-kaasan’s real worth should be in her MP.

253.

According to [Appraisal]’s Help, 《10 is the standard value for an average level 1 male adult.》, so that means that Julia-kaasan’s MP(amount of mana) is more than 25 times the average person’s.

Considering that the MP consumption of the simplest configuration magic using letters (like 卜 or π ) is 1, it probably means the she has quite an abundant amount of mana.

Of course, the possibility that in the outside world there are plenty of mom-class adventurers is not nil.

And as an extra, here is my status.

《Edgar Chrebl

Level 1

HP 4/4

MP 77/77

Skills

•Mythical class

[No Fatigue] –

[Instant Interpretation] –

•Legendary class

[Appraisal] 9 (MAX)

[Database] –

•Master class

[Physical Magic] 1

[Mana Control] 1

[Letterless Invocation] 1

•General

[Fire Magic] 1

[Water Magic] 1

[Wind Magic] 1

[Earth Magic] 1

[Light Magic] 1

[Telekinesis Magic] 9 (MAX)

[Mana Manipulation] 9 (MAX)

[Simultaneous Invocation] 9 (MAX)

<Goddess of Virtue’s Blessing> 》

Yes, I reached Counter Stop with [Telekinesis Magic], [Mana Manipulation], and [Simultaneous Invocation]!

Their respective Counter Stop bonuses were [Physical Magic], [Mana Control], and [Letterless Invocation].

[Physical Magic] uses ♭ just like [Telekinesis Magic], but its effect and power are greatly augmented, it seems. It’s okay to think of it like the [Telekinesis Magic] version of Julia-kaasan’s [Fire Element Magic].

[Mana Control] uses ∃ just like [Mana Manipulation], and it’s the upward compatible version of [Mana Manipulation].

It matches with mom. Mom didn’t reach Counter Stop with [Mana Manipulation], so there should be other ways to learn it.

As for [Letterless Invocation], the process of invocation for magic requires at least one of the ‘writing of a magic letter’ or the ‘pronouncing the magic letter’ action, but [Letterless Invocation] allows the user to omit both of them.

By imagining the letter and the effect in the brain, and with the signal of a trigger action, like voice, thought, or gesture, one can activate the magic.

But leaving aside [Physical Magic] and [Mana Control], [Letterless Invocation] is definitely nasty.

What’s nasty about it is, well of course when I’m using it it’s very convenient, but if some vile people were to learn it, they could freely execute surprise attacks and feints to their heart’s content.

Even mom, who has a nickname, has the [Simultaneous Invocation] at 3, so there shouldn’t too many people with it, but I mustn’t forget about it.

On the request of the Goddess, I have to do something about the slasher that reincarnated in this world.

The other side has the Evil God with him it seems, so most likely he has cheat-like powers just like mine.

Moreover, he is also a reincarnated person, so there is no way [Simultaneous Invocation] wouldn’t catch his eye, and so there is a chance he would also get its Counter Stop bonus [Letterless Invocation].

No, it’s nearly certain he will get it. I have to assume that.

Certainly, I have [No Fatigue]. If our starting points are the same, the other side shouldn’t have [Letterless Invocation] yet, but it’s probably only a matter of time.

Just like how Julia-kaasan obtained [Mana Control] without reaching the Counter Stop in [Mana Manipulation], there could be other ways of acquiring it.

That being said, there are limits to what a 6-month-old baby can do.

For the time being raising the levels of the 3 new Master class skills and expanding the maximum MP should be alright.

Thanks to [No Fatigue] my MP recovers fairly fast, but even so the significance of the maximum MP doesn’t go away.

In the 『Abaddon Magic Compilation』 book, which I’ve memorized almost a third of by now, there are descriptions of large-scale spells that consume huge amounts of mana.

Also, there are situations where using spells one after another without rest is needed.

If in dire situations one can’t use a spell because their maximum MP is too low, or they used up all their MP because there wasn’t any time to rest, it really affects the chances for survival.

It’s a drawback that whenever I use up all my MP I get assaulted by splitting headaches, but getting over that with guts, I make sure to exhaust my MP at least 10 times a day.

Fortunately, thanks to [No Fatigue] it seems I wake up after a few minutes anyway.

In this way, I spent all my days training 24 hours a day, without sleep, without rest, until ――

“――Julia! I’m home!”

With a more youthful voice than expected, the one that leapt into my room was,

――Alfred Chrebl.

The man that is my dad in this life.

Chapter 7: Debut Meeting

Father came bursting in just as I was drinking from Julia-kaasan’s breasts.

Somehow it felt as though a husband had finished work earlier than planned and was returning to where his wife was having an affair, but if you think about it, there’s nothing to be guilty of.

“――Al-kun!”

Julia-kaasan’s face suddenly brightens, and she turns around to her husband.

That was not to say that she was making a completely submissive face, but it gave the impression of a pet that had awaited its owner’s return home.

Or rather, this person even attaches ‘kun’ to her husband’s name.

“It seems Sonora-to (ソノラート) finally calmed down as well, so I took a little holiday and came back.”

I didn’t know what Sonora-to refered to, but there was something more important.

This person, was 39 years old…… right?

I can only see him as a handsome guy with long, silky blond hair in his mid-twenties. Let’s use [Appraisal] once again.

Thanks to the newly acquired [Mana Control], I can now cast [Appraisal] without Julia-kaasan noticing.

《Alfred Chrebl (Viscount | Santamana Kingdom Third Army Commander |《Castle Destroyer》)

Age 39

Half Elf

Level 39

HP 91/91

MP 79/79

Skills

• Master class

[Leadership] 4

[Spearmanship] 4

• General

[Command] 7

[Sword Skills] 5

[Bow Skills] 3

[Spear Skills] 9 (MAX)

[Unarmed Combat Skills] 3

[Dagger Skills] 1

[Horse Riding Skills] 5

[Water Magic] 3

[Wind Magic] 4

[Earth Magic] 4 》

Half-elf!?

Now that you mention it, the tip of his ear tapers a little.

And that might also be why he appears younger than his actual age.

My mother, Steph and I are clearly human, so was the race not appearing in the [Appraisals] so far because I didn’t have the idea of investigating our races from the start?

And I was harbouring doubts about my father’s youthful appearance when I used [Appraisal] this time so this information appeared…… I guess.

In other words, I shouldn’t believe that information can be obtained as long I use [Appraisal] mindlessly.

Yeah, I learned a good thing.

Putting that aside, it seems my father’s status is quite something.

He has over 9 times as much HP as a level 1 adult male.

And his MP isn’t at the level of ordinary people either. It is 2 higher than mine.

In regards to the spear, the general skill [Spear Skills] has reached the counter stop, and he’s even acquired the master class higher tier skill [Spearmanship].

He seems to be poor at magic for a half-elf, but I’m using Julia-kaasan as a reference so this might still be within their capacity.

Even in the 『Abaddon Magic Compilation』, it is written that elves have a large mana pool by nature and are also proficient in using magic.

What concerns me more are the [Command] and [Leadership] skills, the “Santamana Kingdom Third Army Commander” title, and the 《Castle Destroyer》 nickname.

I already knew about the latter two from the [Appraisal] results on myself.

I thought for sure that he would be a more soldier-like, proud-looking middle-aged man with a good physique, but the real Alfred-tousan is a man of delicate features and appears younger than his real age, just like an elf. There’s no out-of-place feeling even when he stands alongside the child-faced Julia-kaasan. They appear to be a well-matched young couple.

Although this handsome elf is apparently the elite “Santamana Kingdom Third Army Commander”, I can’t imagine it at all.

However, the level of his [Command] is high, though it hasn’t reached the counter stop, and he even possesses the master class higher tier skill [Leadership]. Furthermore, [Leadership]’s level is also raised to a decent level.

In other words, he has been working in a field that requires [Command] and [Leadership] for a considerable length of time.

Let’s use [Appraisal] on [Command] and [Leadership].

《[Command] : A skill for commanding a low to mid-scale unit. Provides an offset when commanding a group with Skill Level × 20 people.》

《[Leadership] : A skill for commanding troops over a thousand. Provides an offset when commanding a group with Skill Level × 1000 people.》

In short, Father can receive a skill correction when commanding/leading an army with a maximum of 4000 people.

He could probably lead a slightly larger group somehow if he isn’t counting on the skill correction.

Assuming there are around 4000 people in the Third Army, ‘Santamana Kingdom’ has 3 divisions and thus 12,000 soldiers employed at the least. That in itself seems like a large kingdom.

Now then, it seems to be the first meeting for the other side as well, and Dad takes me from Julia-kaasan, who has finished breastfeeding, and nervously embraces me in his arms.

“Wahh.”

“There, there, it’s Papa. I’m sorry for not coming to see you for so long.”

Seeing that I wasn’t afraid, Alfred-papa throws me high up in excitement.

But for me, who was an adult inside, being thrown up high was somewhat scary.

This… I won’t be able to enjoy it because I’m not an infant who doesn’t know that ‘it will hurt if I fall’.

This weightless feeling when I separate from Papa’s arms, and the OMG feeling at the moment when my rising changes to sinking, it was sort of like a rollercoaster ride.

“W-waaah.”

I ended up letting out a stiff cry.

My apologies, Papa. I’m not a cute child.

A while after our first meeting, Father seemed to recall something.

“Come to think of it, I received a letter saying that he could use magic but…… you were joking, right?”

As expected, his reaction was like that.

Julia-kaasan pouts in rebuttal.

“It’s true. Even I wouldn’t write such a joke to my husband at the frontlines.”

“B-but, hasn’t only 6 months passed? Even David, who was the earliest, was 5 years old. And that too caused quite an uproar. Ed can’t even talk yet.”

Papa had a point.

Or rather, apparently David-niisan (B, C, D, so he’s the third brother) used magic at age 5. Is he a genius?

However, at this rate Julia-kaasan might be doubted.

Perhaps I should make my debut?

“Babu!”

Crying out, I attract the attention of the two.

And then, writing ♭ in the air, I elevate one of the building blocks on the bed.

My skill level had raised so this much was within the scope of effects.

The building block gently floats up into the air.

Adding just a little force, it bumps into the forehead of Alfred-tousan, who was watching dumbfoundedly.

“Ow! You!”

“It’s because you were doubting Edgar-kun.”

“Even so, he really can use it……”

Dad went beyond surprise and into bafflement.

――I was actually quite hesitant about whether I should show my abilities or hide them from my parents.

I suppose this is the point where plans diverge even in reincarnation webnovels?

I also wavered, but in the end I decided to show them to some extent.

Naturally, the reason was because I wanted to be able to learn with my parents’ authorisation instead of practicing magic in secret.

I mastered [Telekinesis Magic] as such, but the essential attribute magic is still unmanageable.

It might be difficult while my body is small but even so, I want to master it someday.

At that time, it would be difficult to practice while hiding it from my parents with this infant body.

Besides, Julia-kaasan is a mage with a nickname, and Alfred-tousan is a half elf.

If I can have them lend a hand when I learn magic, it would be the greatest reassurance.

Their temperament was gentle, and I could tell that they really loved children even without them doing anything.

――These two people won’t become a drawback for me.

Today, I held that belief so I decided to let them know about me possessing a special power, though I I did moderate it to some extent.

Now then, since that was what I decided, it’s time to let them witness it.

I again wrote a few ♭ in the air, raising the other building blocks scattered on the bed into the air.

12 in all.

Although I didn’t use [Letterless Invocation], using [Telekinesis Magic] and the level 4 [Simultaneous Invocation] was a befitting feat.

“Oh!?”

While still in the arms of my surprised Papa, I extend my stubby arms towards the sky with my palms facing towards the ceiling and wave them about.

Moving together with those actions (to be accurate, it’s ‘made to move’), the building blocks whirl around in the air in turn, drawing a large arc and returning to the top of my palm on the opposite hand.

That’s right, I was juggling with [Telekinesis Magic].

“S-, [Simultaneous Invocation]……!?”

“T-the precision of [Telekinesis Magic] is also extraordinary.”

Both husband and wife gave a good reaction.

In that case, I’ll add a little more.

While continuing to juggle the building blocks, I smack the returning blocks with my left hand while repelling them with an emphasis

Of course, it’s repelled with [Telekinesis Magic].

Just like that, I cause the building blocks flying in the juggling wheel to be suspended in a suitable place in the air.

The same number as I was juggling – in other words, I repeated it for a total of 12 times.

As a result, there are now 12 building blocks hanging in midair.

“This is a…… horse?”

“Babu.” (Correct.)

Alfred-tousan saw through it correctly.

That was, the horse depicted with the building blocks.

For each of the legs, I combined two long and narrow building blocks, and gave it an impression of running in plains.

Casting a backwards glance at the two who were so surprised that their jaws almost dropped, I shift the building blocks to form a different picture.

“I-is this a flower by any chance?”

“Babu.”

“This is….. a castle?”

“Babu.”

“I’ve got it! It’s a doggy?”

“Babu.”

“A steeple, maybe?”

“Bubuー”

The correct answer was Tokyo Tower.

Now then, the real questions start here.

Wearing a pointed hat, a person carrying a broom-like rod.

“Hm, is this… a mage?”

“Babu!”

That’s good. It was understood.

I suppose the mages in this world also wear pointy hats.

Then, the next one.

A cone-shape protrudes from the mage’s hand.

“Is he using magic perhaps?”

“Babu!”

Mama got it right.

With this, Julia-kaasan and Alfred-tousan are tied in points.

This final question is worth the most points!

――I move the cone from the mage’s hand to my own palm.

“”You want to use magic!””

――Bingo!

I want to award this well-coordinated pair with a couple’s trip to Hawaii.

If I manage to deal with the slasher somehow, I’ll think about it too.

Chapter 8: Flying baby

“Are you going already?”

Julia-kaasan said dejectedly.

“It can’t be helped. The neighbouring Sonorato is still rowdy at the moment.”

According to Alfred-tousan, the internal strife between influential lords in the neighbouring country Sonorato is slowly coming to an end with a ceasefire, but the embers are still smouldering, so the Third Area Army is still in a semi war-ready stance watching the borders of Sonorato.

In such a situation, Alfred-tousan managed to ask for the impossible and get a leave of absence after 7 months.

Its length is 2 weeks.

That feels long to a modern Japanese person, but it seems the distance on foot between this mansion and the Ranzrack Fortress, where dad is stationed, takes about 1 week to cover.

By having the [Horse Riding] skill, dad managed to come back in 5 days by changing horses, but even if he returns with the same pace, just traveling would take up 10 days.

Therefore, out of the two-week leave of absence, the number of days he can freely use is essentially 4, or if you take one off as a backup for traveling, then barely even 3.

“Even with things being as calm as they are, there is no telling what will happen. Normally something like the commander leaving the fortress shouldn’t even happen, even temporarily. Thanks to my subordinates telling me ‘We will make time for you to at least take a look at your child’s face no matter what’ I managed to come home somehow, but I can’t stay for long. I really need to return to the fortress.”

“‘Return’ to the fortress….huhh..”

Mom muttered wistfully.

Hey, Mr. Dad, isn’t that a taboo word?

I draw a ♭(Physik) and poke the head of the old man with a building block.

“Ouch! Hey, don’t hit people with building blocks!”

“Baabu”

While being carried by dad, I glance at Julia-kaasan.

With that glance, it seems dad noticed what I wanted to say.

“…..heh? Me?”

Dad tightly hugged Julia-kaasan, who tilted her in confusion.

…..hey, don’t squeeze me in between.

“A child is sensitive to their parent’s feelings, they say. ‘Don’t make mom sad’ is probably what Ed wanted to say. Being my son, he is quite…. no, much too sharp!”

After giving me snappy retort, dad starts to think hard about something.

“….alright! Fortunately, battles are currently scarce. Let’s take you to the fortress this time.”

“Eeh? Really?”

“Well, as a father, being reprimanded by a baby like that…. Ed, do you want to visit dad’s workplace?”

“Baabu!”

So my first outing was decided to be a trip with both parents to the Ranzrack Fortress.

◇◆◇◆◇◆◇◆

It’s a one week journey to Ranzrack Fortress.

If it’s only dad, he could go faster it seems, but this time, in addition to Julia-kaasan, the barely six months old me is also here, so this became a trip where we ride the carriage in a gentle pace, so that we will arrive on the exact day when dad’s leave of absence ends.

(By the way, my private maid, Steph, is house-sitting.)

But, even with such a high level, was it alright for a commanding officer to ride home alone?

I started having such concerns, but it seems that while riding home, dad had town and village guards escort him alternatingly, and the plan was to rendezvous with the escorts from the fortress on the way back.

That means dad really did many unreasonable things to able to get home.

Maybe I did a bad thing somehow.

I was also interested in the towns and villages on the way, but since dad hurried forward, we only stayed for lodging in every town and village, and there was no extra time to look around.

There should be more flexibility with time on the way back from the fortress, so if I ask mom, we should be able to have a short look around a town.

On the way to the fortress, I decided to focus on expanding my maximum MP.

Since we were traveling with a carriage I couldn’t just move any way I liked, even if I wanted to raise my magic levels, it was a situation where it was physically difficult to do so.

Also, I was able to get a promise from mom during the unveiling party that she will teach me magic, but only after we return from the trip.

However, there are problems with expanding my MP.

The biggest one is, that since both my parents are always with me, if I use up all my MP and faint, it would most likely become a small commotion.

Regarding that, I thought of a way of deceiving my parents and use magic sneakily by keeping my eyes closed, keeping my mana from leaking out with [Mana Control], and omitting the letter writing movements with [Letterless Invocation].

If I keep my eyes closed, even if I faint, no one can tell by looking.

The problem was what kind of magic should I use, but I got an excellent idea about that one too.

Having my butt hurt by the shaking of the carriage, I suddenly thought of using [Physical Magic] on myself.

‘fuwari‘, only a little, but my body was floating.

Fortunately, on the way to the fortress, I could endlessly repeat the chain of ‘keep using [Physical Magic] on my body, then faint when my MP runs out’, without tiring.

My MP has grown quite high, so I thought that it would become difficult to use up, but I’ve found out that the Master class magic skills eat up at least 10 MP.

Furthermore, by activating [Mana Control], [Letterless Invocation] and [Physical Magic] in parallel, I can use up 30 MP at once.

Knowing that, it’s simple.

I kept steadily increasing my MP, by continuously (not counting the time for meals and when my parents started talking to me) executing the infinite loop where I use up all my mp – which took a few seconds at first, then a few minutes after -, then faint for about 5 minutes, then start using up my MP once again.

――Those gratifying times continued on for 1 week (168 hours).

And then at last, the day of arrival to the Ranzrack Fortress, which was Alfred-tousan’s workplace and the base of the Third Area Army of Santamana Kingdom, has finally come.