Chapter 5: My Sister, Jennifer
I looked at the little girl who was seriously introducing herself and a different feeling surged in my heart.
"Ah ah~"
I tried to respond, but the "Hello, Jennifer, I'm Will" that was on the tip of my tongue turned into aba aba.
"From now on, you have to call me sister!"
"Ah ah~"
"Will, be good. I'll protect you well in the future."
I don't know what it's like to be protected.
But I think that should be a different kind of happiness.
"Ah ah~"
I smiled again.
Because I could only smile in response to my sister's love.
Pfft!
Mother laughed as she watched our conversation.
"Jennifer, Will is still so young. Even if you tell him now, he won't understand."
"Will knows. Look, Mother, he's smiling."
"He was smiling before you got here."
"Then… I'll come and tell him every day until he can understand me!"
Jennifer thought for a while and looked at Mother as if out of spite.
"Yes, yes. Jennifer is really full of perseverance."
Mother couldn't stop smiling.
I wanted to laugh, too. When I could talk, I'd take the initiative to remind her if she happens to forget.
"Will, I'll show you a magic trick!"
Jennifer spoke to me mysteriously.
I watched as she stretched out her empty hands and muttered a few words. She crossed her hands and gently lifted them. A small flame burned between her thumbs.
My eyes widened. This must be magic!
So one can use magic at the age of three?!
"Oh! Good lord! Jennifer, where did you learn this magic? Put it out quickly. Do you feel uncomfortable anywhere?"
Her mother cried out in shock and looked nervously at Jennifer.
"I'm not feeling unwell. Mother, why are you so surprised? I found a book in the study and saw the pattern inside. I copied it and I could light up a small flame on my hand. Just like this. It's very simple!"
Jennifer, on the other hand, looked at Mother in shock. She stopped pretending to be mysterious and played with the flame in front of us with one hand.
I looked at her face. Other than a slight flush, she didn't look uncomfortable.
Based on my mother's surprised expression and Jennifer's experience of learning magic just now, I think I understood now.
My sister was probably a genius!
That claim about protecting me in the future definitely wasn't just a casual remark.
"Oh my god! Davis! Davis! Come and see Jennifer!"
Mother began to call out to Father.
"Lilith! What happened to Jennifer?"
Father rushed over and looked at the small flame in Jennifer's hand. After a moment of silence, he said, "Lilith, I think we should get a magic teacher for Jennifer."
"Davis, but Jennifer's not even four!"
"Then what can we do? Jennifer has already learned magic, and her body has already begun to accumulate magic. If her magic can't be guided, then we'll have a big trouble."
"All right. Go find Jennifer a good teacher. But make sure you choose well. At least someone who can get past me."
"Of course. If it wasn't for someone's poor learning attitude when she was young, how could a Grand Mage not be able to teach her daughter basic magic?"
"Davis! Do you want to fight me?"
My mother held me with one hand and formed a huge water bubble with the other.
Didn't the goddess say that magic needed to be chanted?
When did Mother chant?!
Alright.
I think I understand again.
I've been born into a family of gifted freaks. In terms of talent, I was under a lot of pressure.
On the bright side, according to genetic theory, I may inherit good parental genes.
However, all of this was still speculation. As for my talent, I would only know when I grow up.
I began to hope that my father would find a teacher for Jennifer soon. I was also eager to see what magic in this world looked like.
After all, I couldn't speak now. It was impossible to get my mother to show me.
"My Lord, My Lady, Miss Jennifer, it's time for you to eat. Let me take care of Young Master Will."
A maidservant came to report.
"Okay, we'll go now. Will's just had his milk, so he probably won't cry. I'll leave him to you."
My mother got out of bed fully dressed and handed me to the maidservant who had delivered the message.
"Yes, My Lady."
The maidservant took me in her arms and rocked me gently.
Soon, I felt sleepy.
Even though I didn't do anything for half a day, this little body's drowsiness came at will and was not under my control at all…
When I woke up again.
My mother put my head on her chest. My sister, Jennifer, was beside me, flipping through a book.
Just like that.
After eating and sleeping every day for half a month.
Father, Jennifer, and Mother went to the front door with me, as if to greet someone, possibly a teacher hired for Jennifer.
It was also my first time observing my current home outside the house.
The main body of the house was a three-story building built of brick and stone. The courtyard was large. There were flowerbeds, fountains, and pavilions. More than ten servants were busying about in the courtyard.
My father's Earldom most likely held real power, so I was now a true noble.
About an hour later, a carriage slowly drove into the courtyard.
A woman in her forties got out of the carriage. She was dressed in a sky-blue uniform and held a staff in her hand. There was a dark green crystal the size of an adult's fist embedded in it.
Behind the woman was a young man around 10 years old. He was also wearing a uniform, just like school uniforms I had seen in my previous life.
"Great Archmage Anna, it's been a long journey. Thank you for sending Chris back. He didn't cause you any trouble, did he?"
Father led us to her and thanked her profusely.
So that young man was my brother, Chris. I quietly sized him up.
The young man also looked at me curiously.
"Of course not. Chris is doing well in his studies at the academy, and he has the potential to become a Holy Knight. Earl Reinhardt, I heard that Lilith gave birth to a child, and I happened to be coming, so I brought Chris back to visit his mother and brother."
After Great Archmage Anna returned the greeting, she turned around with a smile and said to the youth behind her, "Alright, Chris, now that you're, don't be so reserved."
"Thank you, Teacher Anna."
Chris bowed to Great Archmage Anna and came to us.
"Lilith, why didn't you come forward and curtsy to your teacher? Have you become arrogant after becoming a Countess?"
I watched as Great Archmage Anna suddenly looked at my mother.
I was stunned.
Father actually got my mother's teacher to teach my sister?
Is this world too small, or is fate too strong?