It was early morning. The sun shined bright and the sky was as blue as the ocean. The clouds were shiny white. And gusts of winds blew the fields. The blacksmiths pounded and pounded hoping to create a masterpiece. The grass was green and so were the trees. It simply was like every other day in Třekov. The people of Třekov were already active and started selling. Cries of joy could be heard by the children of Třekov as they ran by followed by the sound of the roosters' morning cries. It was a common day for it was warm, silent, and boring. Xavier was under his favorite tree with Xandyr. He was given the role of a babysitter, however, Xavier knew how to handle babies since he had a little brother in his previous life so he knew how to take care of one. Back then in Xavier's life as Alex, children practically loved the guy more than their mothers, he was that much of an attaching guy. Children struck him like a magnet. He was practically somewhat of a father in their minds. One could imagine how many times he had been mistaken as a child predator for having so many children surround him.
" Ahhh," Xandyr tried nipping at Xavier's grimoire.
" No, that's a bit dirty." Xavier smiled as he touched Xandyr's small face as a friendly way to make him not do it. He then placed Xandyr on his lap.
" I need to get stronger so that I can unlock new pages." Xavier only had four pages revealed so far and depending on the situation they would change but to weaker spells yet more helpful in that situation.
'It's still unbelievable that I got a grimoire.' Grimoires were rare and overpriced in other words, people would kill for just one of them. Grimoires didn't grow on trees nor do any normal person own one. Just as stated before, it was extremely rare but not legendary. Xavier was lucky he was happened to get his hands on one. Now that he had one, it could accelerate his progress to get stronger. It just so happened that Xavier was a quite lucky person, in fact, too lucky. As Alex, the guy had bad luck and now he's a child prodigy.
Grimoires were used by mages to get stronger control of magic and the ability to manipulate hundreds of spells except one would have to learn them first. It was a pretty hard thing to come across. As Xavier lay down, he noticed that Xandyr was fast asleep.
"Let's get you to bed, little guy." He smiled as Xandyr's baby hand held his pinky finger.
Xavier held Xandyr in his arms as he walked inside. With a few steps, he was inside the house already. He soon placed Xandyr in his crib."
Have a rest."
Since Vivian nor Feran wasn't home, he couldn't just leave a baby alone for hours, could he? As much as Xavier wanted to leave since he had other plans, he couldn't just leave his baby brother home alone— could he? Xavier had already accepted it, Xavier didn't care about those other things more than his precious little brother. He reminded him of himself and Andrew too much, mainly because he was a bit loud. While Xavier was chilling at his tree, he was a bit bored. He couldn't leave the house, Vivian nor Feran were home and he couldn't make noise since Xandyr was sleeping. Neither did he have any friends either because he thought kids around his age were annoying. The only thing he could do was practice magic quietly but he was a bit stressed already. Xavier had regretted being a lone wolf. Just what was there to do?
" I should try that lightning cloak spell to waste time." Xavier thought this before he saw it.
Xavier got into a thinking posture.' Mmh. Could a grimoire be used to do stuff other than learning magic? If that was all it could do then it would be considered overrated. Maybe it can fire spells, no, of course not, that was a childish thing to think. Just what purpose does this thing serve other than learning magic?'
Xavier sighed," Well then, I'll research subsets." Xavier left the garden and took up the very same book based on magic that Baron wrote and also where he learned from.
" There are many types of subsets such as Alchemy, trickery magic, necromancy, teleportation magic, barrier magic, creation magic, cosmic magic, curse spells, dark magic( lost ), summoning magic, transformation magic, physical enhancement magic, spirit magic, plant magic, and charm magic. Seems like people who can't manipulate magic can use their magic spirit's magic abilities as their own. A magic spirit is a spirit made by magic itself, it could come in form of an animal or human-shaped body. They chose their masters themselves and hold a deal with them. In a way, they're a bit similar to mana beast but way different. While some people are geniuses at elemental magic such as wind and fire, others aren't but some are masters at a certain different subset. At least that's what they say. Maybe I should practice subsets after mastering elemental magic."
Xavier said his thoughts once again since he was bored and only had himself to talk to.
' I think the only subsets I'll be needing are teleportation magic, trickery magic, and barrier magic. But I guess it depends on if I can do them anyway. My talent probably lies in my elemental capability so let's not get my hopes up.' It was true. As said before, some people have a talent for a certain type of magic and can't cast the ones they cast. Magic wasn't called a hard thing for anything; Xavier already knew just how hard it would be and was prepared.
" Xavier, I'm back." It was Vivian's voice. She had returned from the market.
' Well, let's wrap it up for today, shall we?' Xavier thought as he went inside the house.