(2-year time skip)
I am now eight, I am now 4 feet and 2 inches (1.27 meters), and my body is now lean and very fit. The days that passed were just more practicing, sparring, playing, quizzing, and going out.
It could be said it was very boring but I would disagree, the time I spend with my family is great, and even though the sparring and quizzes are hard it is very satisfying and rewarding when I improve or get stuff correct.
Even when I spar or hang out with Katrina it is really enjoyable, We sometimes just hang out together and talk about what we like and what has happened.
When we spar we both learn a lot, the first year I only used the bow and I got a lot better at it than before. I was more accurate from farther distances and found the proper fighting tactics with the bow.
The second year was me using the sword, It was a really good learning experience because scythes were not used as much as swords or spears but when they were a lot of people didn't know how to properly fight against one.
The spars also taught Katrina the dos and don't of fighting against a sword with a scythe.
After a year passed, she talked about how as a duke she has to maintain a certain image so she started getting a tutor for noble etiquette and the basic subjects.
That would limit the amount I could play with her by about ten hours since one hour was always used for sparring and her classes took up her morning or afternoon, so I could only talk to her for about three-four hours maximum.
When we did hang out it was a lot more precious because she had little time to prioritize me, it made me feel a little special.
When we would talk she would always talk about how sometimes she thinks she was given to learn with the tutor, She would sometimes get super stressed while trying to learn things if she didn't understand them immediately.
The best time I had with her was when she and I were able to take a break from our activities for a day and we just played together the whole day.
We played cards, and board games, sparred, and talked just like any normal day but she suggested we had a sleepover, so I slept over.
We didn't sleep; she just let out all her problems that night and cried because of all the stress this past year. I tried to reassure her and told her if she needed any help with anything she could go to me.
It made me realize how hard she was trying and it gave me even more respect for her than I had before.
When I wasn't with her I was also working hard sparring with my mother and learning about business from my father, I was able to cook more complex dishes.
My favorite days were going out into the capital either in a carriage or walking.
Just seeing the capital was amazing the mix of people from all classes. The many different jobs you can pursue, the people boasting, showing off their Seqguin abilities, and many more things that happen.
I can meet and interact with many different people to see and understand how people act and why.
It was simply to quench my curiosity, It also was a nice break from training. I also learn about the process of Seqguins forming contracts with people.
First, they both have to consent to the contract, then they would list the details of the contract, and last but not least they would decide the ownership/ownerships of that Seqguin.
Then while being in the capital I heard many stories about there being demons that once had a kingdom on a different continent and they attacked and conquered many kingdoms and continents.
Eventually, the war between the demons and humans was at a standstill, so they purposed a treaty where they were able to receive land, money, food, water, and other supplies.
The land they gave them was supposedly a big kingdom underground or in a cave but no one knows If this story is true or not.
I also heard one big difference is that they can manipulate mana but not use Seqguins.
With Seqguins, they can enhance the user's physical strength with mana they manipulate, and use the magic the Seqguin excels at. Assuming you talking about the middle and lower-class ones. High-class Seqguins depending on what form it takes while not in a weapon form can manipulate or use multiple different types of elements and non-elemental magic.
If they manipulate mana they would be able to pick what spells or the amount of mana reinforcement they want, in a slit second without having to tell a Seqguin. Both races were on equal levels with each other.
But rumors are just rumors, it is better to not get your hopes up and just write it off as some rumor.
(Back to the Present day)
My mother told me it is better to get acquainted with a Seqguin, so she gave me hers.
She told me "The best and the first thing you should do is get to know your Seqguin, they have a soul and should be treated as a friend or partner, not a tool". I remember hearing that during a contract they agree on a name the Seqguin likes and it prefers to be called that name. So I ask the Seqguin for the name and gender.
It replies with "My name is Angelica and my gender is Female".
Gender is included because the soul has a gender and the thing it turns into while not a weapon would be female. Let's say your Seqguin turns into an Ice wolf it would be a Female Ice wolf and have all the same body parts as a female Ice wolf.
So if some races have exclusive features for the different genders they only can use the ability of the gender they are.
While she said that is sounded a bit cold, It seems like Angelica doesn't like me that much.