"Hey, hey, Tomo-chan! Can you tell me how you did that?! Huhuhuhu, I want to use this for myself, hehehehe~"
Eh, she wants to use this?! What is she going to use this kind of magic for?! I only used this magic for demonstration and nothing else, but this girl really wants to use it for something. Oh my, is my sister a terrorist?
"Um, didn't I already say all of the spells needed to make that?"
"I know, but I was curious as to why it exploded that much! After all, it almost cracked my barrier. If we were any closer, then it might have destroyed it. And from what I know, out of all of the spells you used, only [Gravity Ball] was capable of making something similar to an explosion, but it's definitely not enough to cause an explosion of this magnitude. I was also curious as to why you added both ice and fire magic to this thing. "
Isn't it obvious why I added those, though? I mean, it's simply because of-
Oh, wait. I think I know why she doesn't know that. Goddamnit, I forgot that science in this world is very undeveloped.
"Well, I added both fire and ice magic to create a steam explosion."
"Eh, what's that?"
"Umm, it's basically an explosion that happens when a lot of water or ice gets suddenly superheated at the same time, making a lot of steam and creating an explosion of steam."
"Ooh, interesting. I've never thought of that, or at least I didn't know it would cause this much destruction. Though if it already does that, why did you need the [Gravity Ball] and the [Small Barrier]? "
Why did I use those? That is a good question. Sure, I could have not used them at all, but I wanted the beginning to be dramatic with [Gravity Ball]. Oh, wait, I do have some explanation.
"It's because I want to use it as a ticking time bomb. You know, where it will detonate itself without any help? By using the [Gravity Ball] to constantly wear down the [Small Barrier], I can set the explosion to happen whenever I want to. It depends on how strong the barrier is. The stronger the barrier, the longer it takes for it to explode. Plus, as you said before, [Gravity Ball] can cause something similar to an explosion, and adding that to the steam explosion I was talking about, it can really make a pretty good explosion-type magic. What I created just now, though, is too inefficient since this is the first time I've used this. "
"I mean, you are right about being inefficient. I think there are a lot of improvements that can be made to this, but it doesn't change the fact that you managed to make something powerful from scratch. Also, you even named it, was it [Gravity Collapse]? The name doesn't make sense, so that also needs reworking. "
Oh crap, I forgot that I did call it [Gravity Collapse]. Yeah, I wonder why I called it that when it didn't even have anything to do with gravity?! Maybe because the name sounded cool, but oh well.
"Oh yeah, Tomo-chan."
"Yeah?"
"I think we should probably head back now. I just got chills all of a sudden. We should probably head back. " Yeah, I think we probably should. I nodded at her and she immediately teleported us back to the room.
Before we left, I think I heard something pop up... It's probably nothing.
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"Notice. You have successfully managed to distort space one too many times. You have acquired [Extra Skill: Gravity Control] and [Extra Skill: Space Control]"
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As I was about to talk, I suddenly noticed multiple presences behind me. I looked back and saw my mother, father, and all of my other siblings there just standing. Why the hell are they there?
"Hey, Fuyumi-nee-san, where were you guys, hmm??? Also, what was that loud explosion that we heard just now? Was it you guys? Hmm???? " My brother was asking. Wait, they heard that from over here?! How loud was it for them to hear it from here?
"Umm, aahhh, ehe?" What the hell, now she's become V*nti all of a sudden?
"Okay then, Tomo–chan, you can follow your brother to practice swordsmanship now while I and your father deal with your sister, okay?"
"Wait no! Please don't leave me here with them! "
Judging from my sister's reaction, it seems she is going to have a hard time getting lectured. So I should probably not join in. I just saw it in the corner of my eye, but I caught my brother starting to run away at full speed. Great. Sorry Nee-san, but I've got to go. Bye! And I ran away without looking back, but I knew that my sister was screaming behind me with an expression that said, ' You traitor! I'm going to get you back for this! '
Yup, I should run away as quickly as possible. I mean, she won't be too harsh on me, right?
After a while of running, I managed to catch up with my brother. It seems we are somewhere outside. I mean, it should be normal to learn how to use a weapon outside rather than inside. I continued to follow my brother until we stopped near a door that seemed to lead to a large room. Through [Magic Sense], I noticed many training dummies, targets, and all sorts of weapons inside the room. This skill is really useful for gathering information.
"Ok then, I think we should start the class now. You should probably need to know this before we start, but I'm known for not showing any mercy to anyone when it comes to fighting, even if you are a girl or a kid. All of that doesn't matter, so are you ready? "
Hmm, so this is going to be hard, is what he is saying. Sure, I want to learn how to use a weapon, so I should expect at least this much. I nodded. My brother smirked and grabbed something from the room. He tossed one of them at me. It looked like a wooden sword. Why is he giving me this? The moment I caught the sword in my hand, my brother suddenly leaped towards me and started to swing a wooden sword at me.
'Activate [Thought Acceleration] and [Rapid Reaction Speed], now!'
"Confirmed. Activating skills… Notice. I recommend activating [Future Attack Prediction] as well. Yes or No?"
'No!' I should not use [Future Attack Prediction] because I would not learn as much as I wanted. Heightening the speed of my thoughts is the only thing I need. I leaped back a bit and moved my body to try and block the attack and barely managed to stop it. I was blown away by the sheer force of his attack and quickly got back up to my feet, barely holding on. If I hadn't exercised my body every day for these past months, then I probably wouldn't have been able to stand up. I knew he was strong, but I didn't expect him to be this strong!
"Wow, you managed to block all that? That's good. I guess I should do it again then-"
"Wait, wait. Why are you doing this all of a sudden? "
"Huh? What do you mean? We are training."
What?! You haven't taught me anything yet!
"You haven't taught me anything yet! Why are we suddenly fighting? "
"Well, I wanted to see how skilled you are with a sword right now so that I could adjust how difficult the lessons would be and what I needed to teach you. Think of this as a pre-test so that I can see how strong you are right now. Well then, here I come! "
This brat! I still haven't gotten ready yet! I backed away some more to increase the distance between us, but he suddenly appeared right in front of me and attacked me. I barely managed to dodge the attack and was about to counter-attack when suddenly he started to swing his swords chaotically. Goddamnit, how am I supposed to block all of this?!
I widened my eyes to better grasp the situation in front of me and immediately activated [Enhanced Eye] to help me see better. I backed away just enough to barely see the range of his attack and started to parry most of the attacks. He expressed a shocked look on his face when I parried his attacks and immediately smirked. Suddenly, the speed of his attacks started to increase, so I also increased the speed. I began to tire from blocking his constant attacks. Crap, I'm running out of stamina this quickly! After a while of deflecting and blocking his attacks, he suddenly stopped and laughed.
"Hahahaha! I didn't expect you to survive this long. Tell me, how did you manage to do that? " Yup, I knew that he would ask this. After all, I not only managed to parry most of his attacks without much trouble, but I also managed to do it at abnormal speeds for a 5-year-old. Of course, he would be surprised.
"Um, I got lucky?"
"No, your swings were not only abnormally fast for a kid your age, but they were also done very efficiently and with as few movements as possible as if you were an expert. So tell me, how did you do it? "
"Let's just say I like swords very much," I said and smiled at him to make myself look cute. I think that should be good enough of an excuse, especially for a sword fanatic like him. I mean, it's not like it is false; after all, I do really like swords. It's just that I can't tell him the exact reason why.
After all, how am I supposed to explain that I was a pretty good swordsman in my previous life and that trait became a unique skill, which I have right now?