We went with Dad to buy the newspaper, he carried the bags of food and vegetables. Dad clearly told us no candy, but I still bought a small amount for my and my sisters' enjoyment, I also bought Dad some chocolates. Going out to town for a while takes the stress out of thinking about what they wrote to Mom, I worry that those cult people are hanging around nearby.
Luckily, Mr. Enrs was sent to watch over and protect the area.
For a strange reason Antonia seems very happy that Dad is going near the guild. Today is Saturday and the union only works part-time with half of its workers. I know because mom told me what the job in the guild was like from the point of view of an adventurer, about what the job of an administrative person is like, I have no idea.
What if I know is that administrative positions can only be filled by people with university degrees since they are rigorous, the pay must be very good.
We got to a kiosk where they sell a variety of magazines, some comics (I take one) and what Dad was looking for, the newspaper, my sisters take some simple game magazines. I should tell Dad to come buy some novels with me.
"Hello again, little Antonia" greets elegantly a feminine voice.
My sister Antonia turns to see who is calling her by name.
She was a young feline semi-human, she had her hair tied with a beautiful golden ribbon, she has a beautiful smile and wears a one-piece dress with a neckline which leaves little to the imagination, the dress had a hole in the back which allowed it to be seen the tail, a hairy and fine brown tail with white spots. He was carrying a basket with some fruits and meats.
(There is hell, this demihuman is very beautiful, Antonia was not lying when she told us, she looks like one of those magazine models)
It's Miss Bast! He exclaims cheerfully, then pulls the crease of Dad's pants.
He was paying for the magazines and the newspaper, when he sees the young demihuman he gives him one of those smiles that makes any woman's heart stop and I can see that the lady called Bast almost out of herself when dad greeted her . Does dad really think that no woman sees him? It seems to me the opposite, I have been watching Dad since we arrived and most of the young women fix their eyes on him. They don't come close because I look at them badly.
"Hi Bast," Dad says simply, then goes about his business.
Antonia pulls a fold of his pants again.
"Daddy is not the way to greet a maid" she says annoyed.
"Excuse me Bast, I was distracted paying"
Bast smiles and shakes his head.
"I see that you improved the way you dress," says Bast, looking at Dad from head to toe, "those clothes make you look like a foreigner."
True? Dad touches his vest "I think the same, my daughters chose them for me"
So they are all your daughters? Bast asks Dad.
"Yes" he introduces each of us, Bast "she is Maki"
By etiquette I formally greet her.
"Nice" I say without emotion.
"You already know Antonia"
My dear sister rejoices and gives the young demihuman a hug.
And she is the youngest "Anna"
"Jumm" Anna turns her face and doesn't say hello.
she comments.
I hit him on the head.
She was going to cry, but Dad picks her up and makes her aware.
I don't really care if the young woman plans to flirt with dad, it's difficult for a woman to really notice a man with three daughters, knowing what he represents. What really worries me is Dad's low self-esteem.
"How beautiful your daughters are" says the young woman.
"Thank you, they look like their mother"
I have the same eye color as daddy! Antonia highlights.
"And tell me Augusto, what are you doing in town today?"
"I was buying groceries and also looking for a poster that talks about jobs, although first I need to register as an imperial citizen"
So if you are a foreigner? Curious question the young woman "you even speak in another language that I cannot identify, although what seems particular to me is that you look very young, I came to think that your older daughter was your younger sister"
Dad scratches his head with his free hand "if it's difficult to explain, all three are my daughters. In addition, I am 21 years old well almost 22 "
"I understand, if you need help with your paperwork with citizenship, you will see I work in"
I take Dad by his hand "Thanks, but no, a friend of Dad's is going to help him with that."
"Okay" says the young woman somewhat confused.
"Dad, we're leaving now" I say annoyed.
"Okay darling" he replies, then he looks at the beautiful demihuman "It was a pleasure to see you again Bast, I hope we will see each other again" Dad says goodbye.
I pull daddy to get him out of there fast.
"Bye, Miss Bast" says Antonia shaking her hand saying goodbye to the young woman.
"Jumm" Anna who was being carried by dad makes a face at him.
The young woman also says goodbye to us. (I hope to see you again)
Is something wrong Bast? Asks a female voice.
"No, it's nothing"
Were you flirting with that human? "Although from what I see, he is very handsome. I like her brown hair.
DO NOT!
"Yes, of course" the other woman laughs, what color are her eyes?
"They are brown, so beautiful, but so sad they seem so full of tenderness" Bast sighs, then he realizes that he fell into the trap "you are a very bad sister"
"You're never going to change sister, let's go better"
The two young women leave, Bast is left with a memory of that single father, hoping to see him again.
"Don't pay attention to unknown women dad," I tell him.
Why are you worrying so much darling? "She's just a nice girl" he says, then he gets sad "a woman like that would never notice me" Dad lowers his head disappointed in himself.
My two sisters glare at me and shake their heads in disapproval.
Anna, whom Dad was still carrying, kisses him on the cheek to cheer him up.
"Cheer up daddy, you have three beautiful girls by your side. You do not need anything else"
Antonia whispers something "well done silly" to me then walks away.
That low self-esteem is going to affect dad, I should talk to my friends to see if they know someone who can help me with that.
To cheer him up, I tell him to go eat ice cream.
Our day ends as the beginning.
I start to regret what I did, because of my jealousy I indirectly affected Dad. I still wonder why he has such low self-esteem, sometimes I think he must have suffered a very big trauma to make him feel that way.
To cheer everyone up, I tell Dad about the trip to the lake, so we took advantage of Sunday to go. He asks me about my homework, I wouldn't worry a lot since I did it since Saturday, but… ..
Some irresponsible brats have not done them, I spend all night helping them.
Dad wanted to help them, but I said no since I would take care of it myself.
"Maki, you're stupid" Antonia tells me as she finishes her homework.
He looked away and helped Anna finish her homework.
"Silly little sister," Anna tells me without looking into my eyes.
"I know I screwed up" I reply, "stop being annoyed with me"
"I don't like the demihuman, but I can't say she's bad either," says Anna as she sharpens the pencil.
(Now my younger sisters scold me) Luckily, Dad is already in bed. Thanks to Selene he no longer has nightmares.
"The next time a woman talks to daddy let him handle it," says Antonia.
"We better promise that none of us will get in the way of a woman that dad likes, except if said woman wants to separate us from dad", do you think?
The three of us accept and make the promise with the little finger.
The lake is not far from home. If we go on foot, it would be a total of one hour there and back. So we went on foot. On more than one occasion, Dad carried my sisters.
We carry fishing rods, caps and baits.
I wanted to tell Dad about witchcraft.
The 4 of us were sitting on some rocks near the lake, thanks to heaven it was not hot, we threw the hook as far as possible with its bait tied to the strong nylon, the nylon was decreasing in the reel, while I waited for the hook to be bitten. Dad what it means to be a wizard.
"Dad, do you remember when I told you that you were a sorcerer?" I asked for.
"If I still remember it darling, what does that mean?" Dad answered, Antonia was sitting eating fruit that we had brought, she doesn't seem very interested in fishing.
Anna looked up at the blue sky and pointed to the birds of various colors. At some point one of them threw herself at high speed into the water and after a few seconds she took out a fish.
The water was still calm and the sun's rays were strong, I put on a straw hat so that my head wouldn't hurt from the heat and Dad spread a striped tablecloth so as not to get burned by the rock. If we continued without the tablecloth it was possible that we would burn our bottoms.
"I was born as a sorceress and a witch, something that had never happened before, I want you to remember this dad, a witch is different from a human if any witch runs out of magic will die immediately"
My God! Exclaims dad worried, then heart and love if they run out of magic will they die? He said even more concerned, then looked at my sisters who waved their hands in greeting.
"Right dad, but don't worry about it. Mama taught them about how to use their magic properly, although you see them using magic continuously they both know their limits "that calms him down, I continue with my story" we sorcerers do not have magic "
"You are an exception to the rule of witches" says Dad while looking at me, then he looks away at the water, since small waves form near his bait "I am still worried that they will hurt you"
"Right, I am and I am not a witch, I do not have veins and arteries through which mana is distributed, so I cannot use magic, on the contrary that allows me to be a sorceress. But that is rare that someone cannot use magic does not mean that they are a sorcerer, I can put it that way dad, almost 70% of the world population cannot use magic and only 0.001% is a sorcerer, if we put it like that they exist in total in the world about 4 or 5 wizards at most, 2 are in the empire a friend and I are those two, and the other 3 have no idea where they are located and with you we would be 6 "Dad listens to me attentively, while he looks the water move close to your bait.
How do I know that I am a wizard? Asks me.
Antonia moves Daddy's arm and gets in the way, then helps him hold the fishing rod, Dad takes a small straw hat out of the suitcase and puts it on Antonia. Anna gets jealous (I get jealous too) Anna imitates Antonia, but she does it with me, I don't put a hat on her and tell her not to take my rod, which annoys her.
"You must find out for yourself"
How did you know you were a sorceress darling?
I tell him my story (although he should know it first hand) "Well one day while I was watching you practice with Mom, I saw some little fireflies in the air and I felt like I could touch them, when I got close to one of them. Puff! A beam of light shot from my finger and hit the roof, at that time I did not know that this was the way my mind had given the ether "
What is ether darling? Curious question dad.
Antonia moves the rod when she feels the thread tense.
The thread of my rod does not move, Anna is starting to get bored.
"It is the energy that all living beings give off, a sorcerer can manipulate this energy to a certain extent, because if he uses nature too much, it punishes the improper use"
Heavens!
"If everything has a limit, the way nature punishes the sorcerer is by taking years off his life or killing the living beings that surround him"
"It is a bit extreme, but the punishment does not seem unfair to me, if the same happened where I come from, nobody would destroy nature. And from what I have seen, people do not abuse natural resources "
That sounded strange, well dad usually says strange things. From telling us about something called "Star wars" (I love his strange stories, the character I like the most is young Obi Wan) or talking about something that tells him on television, a car, a motorcycle and among other things, sometimes he has an accent ( although it is not so common anymore)
Daddy, daddy something spicy! A cheerful Antonia interrupts, holding the fishing rod with her little hands.
Dad starts to roll and a big fish jumps out of the water, Anna uses her magic and traps it in a water bubble, taking all the excitement out of fishing.
"There was all the emotion" she sighed disappointed.
Dad also lets out a sigh and explains to Anna that it is not necessary to use magic to fish when we are using the rods.
The string of my rod begins to tighten, I begin to wind it and struggle with the fish, excited I begin to attract it while my father and my sisters cheer me on, at the end I bring it near the beach and take it out. If we had a camera we would take a photo.
In total we took 4 fish, it was not the best and it was not the best, but it was enough.
We eat some fruit while I help dad with the fish, the excitement wins us over and we decide to prepare them immediately. Fortunately I always carry a magic stone.
While we eat the fish for dinner, I keep telling Dad about witchcraft, while I give him a little demonstration.
I take a rock in my hands, crush it and transform it into a small figure.
Great! Dad says excitedly while clapping his hands.
"Each sorcerer is unique, there will never be two alike, for example, I can use non-elemental sorcery, light and dark, depending on the time of day, my spells will also be, in the same way I have the ability to transmute objects as you just finished. to witness "I puff out my chest proud of my abilities, while restoring the ancient form of the rock" I am in advanced alchemy classes at the academy in order to improve my transmutations "
"You must have alchemy and transmutation at +10" says Dad.
I don't know what you mean, but I guess you must say that I have them very advanced.
"Well I plan to live on that, an alchemist and transmuter makes a lot of money, plus I have already created different armor for myself"
You should show them to dad! Excited Antonia comments oh! "I have a better idea" Antonia creates a small magic circle and summons a small basilisk "
"It looks like a chicken" says Anna while imitating the sound of a chicken.
Actually, if it looked like it, its rooster head and serpentine tail made it look very particular, although that thing is extremely dangerous.
The basilisk and Antonia frown.
"He's still young, when he grows up he'll be like mommy's" then she looks at dad excitedly "his basilisk killed just by looking at people" Do you want to caress him?
Dad thinks twice before touching the basilisk. But he agrees, reaches out and caresses the summon's scaly skin.
Now is my turn! Anna says, do you want to see how dry the lake daddy? Then he points a finger at the lake.
"I don't think love is necessary," argues dad.
If I think about it on a scale of power, although it is difficult for me to accept it, I am the weakest of the three since I dedicate my sorcery to creation and personal defense, no exaggerations in attacks, but it does not mean that I cannot beat a high-level magician . Also, my attacks are ranged unless I'm wearing my armor or it's at night. In destructive power I would believe that Antonia is the most powerful, as long as she learns to control those things that she has as invocations, or maybe Anna if she improves in the use of her water magic she can do whatever she wants. The magicians of water and black are few, the most common are of earth or fire and even of wind. The light mage is particular as anyone can be, but not everyone dares. They are usually field doctors or surgeons, some trackers or supports.
Dad hooked the line one last time.
Pick something! He said excitedly, he began to struggle with whatever was there, but what actually happened was that it had gotten stuck in the middle of the brush at the bottom of the lake.
Pushing it hard releases the hook, the only thing it pulls out of the water is weeds.
When he cleans the hook he finds a seed in perfect condition.
A seed?
"Maybe it's from a nearby tree that once existed here."
Many birds pass near the area, perhaps some just defecate the seed.
Dad saves the seed, hoping to plant it in the garden that we all made.
We return home and take advantage of our holiday as a family.