A week has passed since Maki was delivered the letter, his attitude has completely changed, now he is alert to any movement, but today is Saturday and we are all at home. Maki decided to cancel the fishing trip after receiving the letter.
Also, as I understood I am a sorcerer, that's what Maki told me when I asked him if he could recharge the stove device.
"Dad, I'm a sorceress like you, neither of us can use mana to charge her," she calls out to Anna. "Observe" he tells me.
Anna takes the device with her hands which begin to emit heat and the device begins to glow from a dim light to emit a light like that of a light bulb. I can say that magic is very practical for daily use, I still wonder if it can be used to place streetlights in the house, it would be good if I experienced a next one, as well as the ones I saw in the village.
As I understand it, if a person runs out of mana in his body, he can fall from fatigue, or in the worst case, die. Although these girls do not run out of mana? Anna and Antonia use magic for almost everything, they are practically dependent on it, be it to attract things, to move, play and many other things, if it were for them they would use it in school.
From what I have read, sorcerers are rare and their power depends on ether, or natural energy.
"We are part of the environmental balance" Maki explains to me, "we cannot take more than is necessary from nature, if we do we can kill the environment and as punishment nature takes our life, it is a pact that all sorcerers have with the nature. Before you lost your memories, were you the only human who was able to make a contract with Mother Nature?
"Incredible" (it seems that the father of these girls was extremely strong from what she tells me, although her mother is practically the best summoner in the world. If these girls went astray it would be walking nuclear bombs, I thank his parents for good education)
I am simply a human being transported to this world with nothing special, I thank (the girls' mother) the angel for saving me, I do my best to take care of the girls, thanks to the efforts of all we seem like a happy family.
Anna tugs at the end of my shirt.
"Daddy can you help me with my homework"
This little girl with those eyes full of tenderness are impossible to resist, in recent days Daddy tells me in a very tender way.
Can't you do them alone! Maki says annoyed.
"Ñooooo" he responds with that tender voice "I want you to help me daddy"
"He's busy now, better let me help you"
"Your way of explaining things sucks" then sticks out his tongue at his older sister.
You disrespectful brat! Maki gets up, but her sister is very agile and hides behind me. "Don't hide behind dad, come out you brat"
She keeps making faces at her sister, the only thing I can do is laugh, so this is what it feels like to have children, the memory when I lost everything still does not disappear, for some reason both girls stop.
"Daddy" exclaims the little girl. Why are you crying?
When I touch my face I realize that I am crying, I wipe the tears away and then he smiled. It had been a long time since she had cried, but now it was not sadness, the tears were happiness.
"Nothing little, I'm just happy to be with you" although I suffered a horrible death and lost everything, I thank these girls every day for taking care of me when I was injured, I will try to be the best father she can have.
The girls rejoice.
"Dad we will always be together remember that"
And where is Antonia? Annoying question Maki
"He's still in bed"
Maki makes a face of annoyance and goes to the room where they sleep, suddenly a scream is heard, then Maki leaves with Antonia who is half asleep and with her hair in a mess.
"Lazy brat, go take a bath and then come have breakfast."
"Zzzzz"
Maki is more offended.
"Anna uses water magic and shoots directly at this brat's face."
His little sister shows a sadistic smile and proceeds to create a water ball in her right hand. Then he takes it and throws it as if it were a baseball, it hits his sister's face, which is thrown against the wall.
Haaaaaa! I get up from the chair in shock, about to say something, but Anna stands up as if nothing has happened to her.
But what the hell is wrong with them! Soaked Antonia exclaims, "if I didn't always have my armor against magic, that would have hurt me"
The two sisters laugh at her.
"That will teach you to wake up early" exclaims Maki. "Better go take a shower and change, dad will wash your clothes in an hour and if your dirty clothes are not ready you will have to do it yourself" Maki crosses her arms and gives me an inquisitive look, "and I hope that dad is not a procurer again cleaning your clothes just because you ask with pitying eyes "
He looked away (haaa this girl knows everything, lately Antonia has been spoiled, although what seems more like blackmail to help her with her duties around the house, she always comes up to me and sees me with her shy gaze "Daddy, can you help me with cleaning "I always fall into the trap and end up doing everything, while she goes back to sleep.
"Stop blackmailing daddy" says annoyed Anna, "only I can do it"
Antonia gets up wet, but looks defiantly at her younger sister, "hmm you don't have the ability to do it like I do, right daddy" she rolls her sad eyes and looks at me, (haaa my weakness)
"Well .. me"
"Don't say anything dad" says Maki, "and you two" see his two sisters who turn pale. "You go take a shower, don't make me repeat it again, and you" will help you do your homework. "They both obey and run away.
"Next time I'll summon the guardian to beat you up, Maki," Antonia yells from the bathroom.
"Go ahead and summon him, last time I beat them both up" she responds defiantly.
And your dad stops pampering them! She places her hands on her waist and scolds me, a girl scolds me "you must be more strict, if not later they will be lazy"
Her way of acting is understandable, she had to raise her sisters for almost half a year, so she had to behave tough in front of them.
"Understand"
Since Maki received the letter, Enrt has been going through the house continuously to learn how to cook, (he is a lousy cook, but an exceptional magician) he tells me that he is a battle magician, but at the same time he is a reinforcement.
"It is an advantage of being an elf, we have more mana than any race, it is also easier for us to use magic as we please" he says calmly while mixing the flour, he helped me in the kitchen, we both wore decorated aprons with flowers (it was the only thing I could buy)
"The elves always believe the great thing with the use of magic" replies another being that is in the room, it was the peddler K'vool the troll, he was drinking coffee and telling Anna and Antonia children's stories, " we are the best summoners "
Her caravan is parked outside the house, every 3 days she stops near the house to chat, have coffee and sell me the necessary supplements for the home, she also likes to teach Anna about invocations, she asked herself to do so. .
I pay attention to the story he tells the girls.
"And then the great leader of the horde pierced the skull of his rival with his spear, and then san ..."
That doesn't sound like a children's story! I tell him
"Daddy, don't stop Mr. K'vool, he's in the best part" exclaims Antonia excitedly.
"Yes it's true daddy" Anna joins in.
I sigh "OK, but K'vool omits the violent or bloody parts" he gives me the ok sign and continues with his "childish" stories, the girls get discouraged, but they still listen to him, his stories are very fascinating and they talk a lot about troll and orc culture.
Enrt comes out of the kitchen with a pot while he mixes the ingredients with a wooden spoon.
"By the way, K'vool, haven't you heard? On attacks on the roads by the cult of Cimenes.
K´vool stops his story and pays attention to Enrt, "unfortunately yes, but if we are going to touch on the subject it would be better if the girls are not here"
"This is an adult conversation, girls better help Maki in the garden"
"Mmmmmmmmmm" they both pout at me, but in the end they obey and go to their room to change their clothes and go help their older sister.
The three of us took a seat, the chairs are small and practically the three of us were almost out of them, especially K'vool.
"You should buy a new table"
"I know, but now we are short of money"
"Well, what are we going to do?" Exclaims Enrt very seriously. "The cult of Cimenes, as it says, worship a superior demon in order to obtain forbidden knowledge and hidden treasures, but those wretches sacrifice people to seal their contracts with said demon. From the capital of the empire an alert was decreed on possible attacks of the cult to caravans, passers-by and travelers on the roads of the entire region "
"If I had heard it, but that of possible attacks" an uncomfortable silence takes over the room, "2 days ago 4 children were kidnapped from a caravan, according to what they told me were several subjects with dark masks in the shape of a monkey, the parents were unable to follow them because they disappeared instantly, the news has also spread about bodies that are stripped of their organs, most of them travelers "
Are they the same guys that attacked Maki at the academy? I exclaim concerned.
"It is very possible, sacrificing young people is more effective for them"
"I still don't understand how they could attack your daughter in the academy, it is supposed to be the institution with the best defense against magic or sorcery, I remember it well since once an idiot tried to use magic to attack the academy and the only result he got was that his spell bounced against him "
"She told me that" I reply, "I have been very concerned for her safety since that day, at any moment some of those subjects can attack her again and I cannot defend her, I cannot even use spells or magic" also next week I will go to Anna and Antonia's school, apparently they are using their magic to make jokes to their classmates… "a few murmurs are heard from the guilty room.
"Cheer up, I wouldn't worry about Maki's safety, the academy has the best teachers, many of them would give their lives for their students"
"Well that calms me down a bit, but it doesn't leave me alone"
"Any news I know about the robbers on the roads, I will keep you updated" says K'vool "after all I am the one who travels the most" but I am really concerned about the safety of the girls and yours in this house, they still haven't they are experienced in magic or sorcery and well, your Augustus cannot even defend yourself "
Painful but true, I can't protect girls, I don't have skills like everyone else, my only skills are cooking and housework.
Maki enters through the front door, she was wearing field work clothes along with pink boots and a straw hat, in her right hand she carried the gardening tools, she leaves the tool box in the entrance and then leaves the hat in a seat.
"Don't worry about Anna and Antonia dad's reunion, Aunt Velvet will take care of that," she says.
Hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii! A cry of fear is heard from the room, suddenly the girls open the door and run at full speed to hug me, they are both trembling just hearing that name.
"Daddy don't let Aunt Velvet go"
Daddy Aunt Velvet is like Maki but x1000!
They both hug me tighter, when Maki looks at them with a look full of anger.
The Hurricane Witch! K'vool exclaims impressed. Does the witch Velvet know about her father?
"I told him in a letter" says Maki happily "I hope he takes it well"
I still didn't understand what was going to happen.
"If that was also my reaction when I found out" says Enrt "Alexia was a companion of mine in the empire, she almost never spoke of her past, but she did speak of her sister Velvet, she is the older of the two and is the best user of magic in mainland wind. During the war 160 years ago she fought hand in hand against the Lich, while Alexia was in charge of the witch king, I fought in that war, but on another front, it was total chaos if it weren't for them we would have lost the war " have some tea and continue "I think I have heard stories of the supreme sorcerer, who could revive an entire continent is supposed to have married and had daughters with the witch Alexia" is that you Augusto? Or is that supposed to? My friend points out something unsure about that question, I can only raise my right eyebrow as a sign of doubt.
It seems that the real father of the girls was extremely strong, Enrt only knows the stories about the war and what Alexia told him before they met. To all this how long does an elf live? Is he over 160 years old? Are witches immortal? Do girls have witch blood so will they live for hundreds of years? (I should try to learn sorcery if possible, maybe I have the same ability as him or maybe not, after all we are not the same person)
"Your sister is right" they are both impressed and stop hugging me "unfortunately I don't have the power to protect them, but from what I hear their aunt has all the capabilities to protect them if they try to attack them at school, I am more concerned about their safety In the House"
"You shouldn't worry about the security of the area, since I was assigned as the imperial guard of the region," Enrs intervenes.
With the calmer situation I give important news to the girls, I want to look for a part-time job in the town, so I will travel with K'vool to the town and Enrs will help me get the imperial citizenship papers which I urgently need If I want to work, as he told me, I need to register as a citizen in order to enjoy its benefits.
I made a garden and Maki has helped me a lot with the heras, while her sisters help me sow the seeds, in the same way Enrs spends every day and helps with many things, (it seems that this region is very quiet and with time to He prefers to come visit and help, in the same way he also improves his cooking skills)
We take advantage of the weekend to go out with the family again.
The girls tell me to put on my new clothes, although I don't see it as necessary anyway.
I don't like putting on new clothes, I like the ones I buy that are light. But the girls want me to put it on, so I change and dress in a short shirt and jacket, while I have brown pants and long leather boots, they also put the khaki beret on me. When I look in the mirror I look like one of those people that appear in old photos, I just lack the long mustache.
I carried a list where I wrote everything we needed and I keep it in the hands-free backpack that I buy.
"Dad, I don't see a need to ride the wagon, you know well that I can teleport from home to town and vice versa," Maki points out.
"I know, darling, but I like to travel in the car, I can see the landscape and greet a lot of people," I reply.
Now he was telling Maki (sweetheart) Antonia (heart) and Anna (love). They were delighted.
"I hope we see Miss Bast" says Antonia happily.
"Seriously, I don't expect it," Maki answers sharply.
To be honest, he no longer remembered the name of that young feline.
Enrs is not going with us, as he must finish his round before going to town.
I love riding the wagon, the weather is cool now and many parrot-like birds travel in herds, making their nests in the tall trees while singing.
Horses go through the meadows and some animals that I do not identify hide in the thick forest.
Can I take off my beret? I ask the girls.
Do not! Respond in unison.
"This is how you look good daddy" Antonia replies.
"I don't feel comfortable wearing this," I exclaim.
"Yes daddy, it's because your tie was missing"
"Luckily I brought her" Maki pulls out a tie and ties it for me. "Now if you look better" right, Mr. K'vool?
My friend raises his thumb in approval.
Then Antonia comes over and whispers something in K'vool's ear.
He nods his head in agreement.
I wonder if I can tell you?
When we got to town we parted ways with my friend, since he had to take care of other matters. I go with the girls to the plaza to buy the market.
Maki was wearing a comfortable cloth blouse and a sweatshirt, her long hair was tied with a blue bow.
Antonia and Anna wore long blue ornate dresses, tied with a red ribbon, Anna wore two pigtails, while Antonia wore it loosely.
Maki stops and places an ornament on her hair.
"Dad will go with Anna to the meat area and you go with Antonia to the vegetable area"
I give her part of the list so that she knows what to buy.
"No sweet honey," I say seriously.
"No problem dad" she lifts her thumb and Anna does the same.
I take Antonia's hand and we part.
While I buy the vegetables I talk to Antonia in my original language, it serves as a practice for both of us. I don't want to forget it and she wants to learn it.
People who pass by look at us curious since they had never heard a language like that, at times we alternate between languages so as not to seem strange.
Antonia says as she reads the list, then she takes some vegetables and hands them to me so I can pay for them to the owner of the shelf.
I had a question that I wanted to solve, the last time we visited the town I forgot to find out if there were newspapers. So I asked the owner of the shelf about it.
"Sure" he replied, then continued "the news is sold every day close to the adventurer's guild"
Didn't you expect those things to exist in this world? I thought they were only seen in novels and animes.
"If you want more information, you'd better go yourself," the lizardman told me.
"Sounds interesting"
Daddy we should go see! Antonia comments excitedly.
"Maybe later sweetheart, we must first meet with your sisters"
"Oooooo, daddy let's go!" He says it while looking at me with his cute little eyes.
I must resist that look, I cannot leave Maki and Anna alone.
"No sweetheart, we will go when we are all together" I reply.
"Well daddy" she crosses her arms annoyed.
I wonder what I expected to find there when it was just the two of us?
I meet the other girls in the center of the square and we continue on our way. I tell them about buying the newspaper and they all accept it, so we head close to the adventurer's guild. I told them that we would not go to the union directly, but to the place where you can get the newspaper.
The three of them look at me in disappointment, but they know we don't have that much time.
"It will be a next one" I tell them, the truth is I also want to see what the adventurer guilds are like.