It was the day the tutor came.
It had been a month since the unveiling, and the tutor Garum had arranged for had finally been found.
It was noon and Cain was waiting excitedly when Sylvia came to call him.
''Master Cain, the adventurer who is to be your tutor is here to see you. I will show you to the reception room.
Thanks Sylvia, I'm on my way.
After knocking on the door of the reception room, Sylvia opens the door.
When she enters the room, she sees a female swordsman who looks to be in her early twenties with red hair tied back in a ponytail and lightly dressed in leather armor, and a female sorcerer in a robe with a hood up to her head sitting there.
They sat face to face and greeted each other.
''It's nice to meet you, I'm Cain von Silford. I turned five years old the other day. It's nice to meet you.'
The female swordsman was the first to answer.
''It's nice to meet you. I'm Millie, who is an adventurer in this Gracia territory. Ah, sir. I am the vanguard with a one-handed sword and shield, and I have a D-rank. The one next to me is Nina.
Millie uses an unfamiliar honorific and bites down in places to greet him.
'Nn... Nina, nice to meet you.'
Hey! Nina! I told you to use respect when you came to a nobleman!
Milly accuses her of being a teacher, but Nina doesn't seem to be willing to use respectful language and greets her with her hood up.
'Milly-sensei and Nina-sensei, right? Since you are going to be my teacher, you don't have to use honorific titles. I look forward to working with you in the future.
At Cain's words, Milly went from a nervous look to a smile.
'Huh. It's nice to hear you say that. Nina is shy, so she's always like this. Nina has the same D grade. ''Nina! You need to take your hood off for this.
Millie pulls Nina's hood back.
She's a green-haired beauty. And her ears are long.
Oh. It's an elf. I've never seen one before.
But soon Nina puts her hood up.
'I can't blame Nina for that at all! But still, you said you were tutoring the lord's son, but he's only five years old, right? Do you have to?
At the question from Millie, Cain looked at Millie with a serious face.
''I'm the third son, so I'm not going to inherit this family. I've told your father that I want to be an adventurer in the future.
'Hmm. So the Adventurer's Guild got a request. Well, that's fine. The contract calls for two sessions a week, one for swordplay and one for sorcery. I'll give you some homework to do as well.
I understand.
Cain nodded at Millie's story.
'Let's go to the training ground right away. 'Nina, let's go.'
Okay. Okay.
Sylvia led me to the training grounds in the backyard. Since it is the territorial capital of the frontier county, there is a training ground attached to it since soldiers are stationed there. There are swords for training, but they are for adults, so Cain takes his own personal wooden sword with him.
I'm going to start with swordplay. I'll show you how it's done and you can try your hand at swinging. I'll give you a heads up each time you do something wrong.
Hold the wooden sword in front of you in a Kendo-like stance, the sword moves naturally because the skill has martial arts in it.
He swings the wooden sword as he imagines it, swinging it down, cutting up, paying off, and many other things.
I finish the whole process and turn to Millie-sensei.
Millie's mouth was open and astonished.
''What the hell, Cain-kun! It's so awesome, there's nothing to pay attention to!
Maybe stronger than Millie: ...
Nina says in a whisper.
'I'm not ready to be beaten by a five year old! Mr. Cain! If you can make it that far, I'll teach you a mainstream mock battle.
Yes, sir. Okay. Dr. Milly.
We took a distance of about five meters from each other and faced each other before holding the wooden sword.
As expected, since I have the Blessing of the Martial God Lv.10, I thought it would be bad if I got serious, so I decided to attack with about 30% of my strength. If it looks okay, I'm going to raise it a little at a time.
''I'll take a look at it first, so come on,''
Millie is poised with plenty of time to spare.
'I'm going!'
He jumps out of the way with all his strength in his legs. He closes the gap by five meters in an instant.
He swings his wooden sword down, but just in time, he holds it back with the wooden sword Millie is holding.
''Cain-kun, are you really five years old? It's not possible.
'It's true. I was baptized just the other day.
I'm still strong enough to make it as an adventurer.
Cain just keeps attacking.
Millie ducks and catches it with her wooden sword, but it's pretty close.
''Wait a minute, take a break. If you keep doing this, I won't be able to last.
Yes! I understand.
They kept their distance from each other. Cain didn't have any problems, but Millie was already breathing on his shoulder.
''Cain-kun. You have the blessing of a warrior god. Otherwise, you wouldn't have such a sharp sword at five years old.''
'In truth, I've been told not to tell your father too much about my status, but I don't think it's a problem for you, sir. Indeed, he has the blessing of the god of war.
I knew it. You can't keep me company for a day. Let's change things up.
Millie replies, breathing on her shoulder.
'Every time, it's half me and half Nina. The first half is me, and then Nina will teach you how to use your magic afterwards. I need to take a break, so I'll leave it to Nina.
I got it.
It's hard to tell what his expression is because he's wearing a hood, but maybe he's good at magic just because he's an elf.
''I have the Magic God's Blessing Lv 3. I'll leave it to you. I'll teach you the basics of magic first.
Cain sat there, taking a break.
'We'll start with feeling the magic,'
Dr. Nina seems to be planning to teach me from the beginning of the magic book.
''Oh, I can already do the basics,''
'Can you do that anymore at ...? Perhaps you can use magic already?
'I studied the books so I can use the beginner's version.
What are the attributes? I have four attributes: wind, earth, water and light. Fire doesn't work well with elves. I'll teach you to match your attributes, Cain.
All attributes.
""..."
Millie and Nina both froze.
'Sir?'
It's impossible. All the attributes are for the sage class. Even court magicians don't have access to all the attributes. Let's see. Can you use a waterball at the beginner level? Let me see if I can use it.
I can do it. I'll give it a try.
Cain faces the target on the training ground and points his right hand upwards.
"Waterball.
When he chants his magic, a meter-long mass of water forms above his right hand.
You shoot it at the target. The lump of water flies with great force and destroys the target.
"Is it good like this?
I turn around and see the same two people who are frozen in place as before.
'Dr. Nina?'
Nina, who was frozen in shock, began to move.
''... uncensored. He has a high level of attribute magic. And on that scale, he also has blessings. A genius? It can't be five years old.
We may not have anything to teach you. Your swordsmanship and magic are already top-notch. There's only so much you can do on the training grounds.
I answer, wiping my hands of sweat.
'Oh, sir, I have a towel.'
Normally, I take out two towels from the item box and give them to Millie-sensei and Nina-sensei.
''What?''
Hmm?
Cain nodded his head, not knowing why he was surprised.
'... item box.'
Ah!
I just went with the flow and completely forgot that the skills in the item box were also rare.
''I won't be surprised by anything else. There's no end in sight if you keep up with Cain-kun.
Hm. Hmm. Cain, you're a genius.
They were dumbfounded.
'Then I have a favor to ask of you teachers. I have been told by your father that my status is not to be told, so please don't tell anyone about it.''
'Also, I've been inside the mansion in the territorial city for the past five years. The first time I went outside was to church for my baptism the other day, and I have yet to go outside. In the name of practicing magic, I want you to take me outside the territorial capital.
''Cain-kun, you haven't been out there yet. It's true that if you use magic above the intermediate level in this training ground, you'll be in a lot of trouble. I'll explain it to my lord and take you there once I get permission.
'Really! I'm glad! I'd love to see the city and visit the Adventurer's Guild!
Cain's eyes sparkled with delight.
'We'll just have to convince my lord to do this.
It was Milly who softly sighed.
◇ ◇ ◇ ◇.
I'm sitting in the parlor now. Next to me on either side are my father, Garum, and my mother, Sarah, and face to face are Millie-sensei and Nina-sensei.
''My lord, Cain-sama's swordsmanship is of the veteran adventurer class, and he can use all elementary magic. If you think of him as a five year old, he's a genius, that's all I can say. Even if I were to teach you intermediate level from now on, I can't do it in the training grounds. I would like to practice in the grassland area outside the territorial capital. Will you allow me to do so?
Millie explains.
Nina is still silent with her hood up.
Garum put his head in his hands.
From the moment he saw the status, he knew it would happen.
However, he hadn't expected to be told that much since the first day he got his tutor.
Beside her, Sarah was stroking Cain's head, happy that her child was being called a genius.
''All right. I will allow you to go out of the territory capital. However, I will not allow you to stay outside. It is a condition that you must return to the mansion before the sun sets. Even if you're outside the territorial capital, don't go deep into the forest.
Cain is happy to be recognized by Garum.
'If Cain's going to be out there, we'll have to get some weapons and armor, just in case! That's my son, after all.
Sarah is in a groove.
Cain was happy to finally get permission to go outside.