The day had started like any other with little Rhine excluding the fact that he was after getting his morning does of milk squeezed firmly in between his mother, Haruka and one of his big sisters, Siena. Both of them were rather stacked in the chest department causing Rhine to rely on the baby mode to save him from blushing more than necessary. Haruka was all smiles even with the slightest dark circles under her eyes and Siena's eyes were a tad red from having failed a basic duty of a big sister in her mind in all likelihood.
"Morning! Mama! Sis! Papa!" Giving his greetings had his father, Geralt in tears and he tried lumbering over to hug Rhine only to be stopped by the two women by his side without hesitation. Eventually the family all went their ways with Haruka taking little Rhine to her rooms carrying him all the way eventually setting him down on the bed.
"Ufufu nobody is here to interrupt us baby~ Mama is gonna reach you plenty of magic just listen well sweetie." From then on it was a lecture that almost made Rhine remember school though with all the papers of magic circles and actual displays of magic kept Rhine hooked on the edge of the seat actually bouncing up and down in excitement his little tail bopping against the bed constantly. Happy with her lecture that has gone far more in depth than she has expected and that Rhine hadn't seemingly zoned out she began to prepare some options to replenish her mana points or MP.
Essentially magic worked on the following principles: All magic consumed MP that is sort of like a second blood stream within the body for those who have the ability to cast magic. Magic can exit through certain channels such as the hands, feet, and mouth being the most traditional. Supposedly experts of the craft could project outside the body from any point at all and even at a larger distance rather than having the magic itself cross that distance. Magic could have the chant cut off though that produces deficiencies with the spell was the common thought at least. Prodogies were a different issue being able to visualize the process of a chant in their mind skipping the need for it entirely.
The first spell this time that was taught was fireball which made Rhine start to fidget a bit and luckily it simply looked to Haruka like he was nervous and she got an MP measurement device out after having recovered her own MP. "No need to be nervous Rhine~ Could you place your hand on this for me and think about the mana in your body?" Her voice was so gentle and sweet that he didn't think to ask what that device was obediently putting his hand on the device and focusing on his mana.
After a few moments the device showed a total MP of 475. Wondering if it was broken she took Rhine's hand off or it reset it and measured her own which sat at 800, but she was at level 30 herself. Haruka took her hand off and reset it once more confident it wasn't broke and put Rhine's hand back on and it still showed 475.
At this point Rhine was having a full on nervous sweat seeing his status isn't by any means normal. While he didn't know what was average in this world he felt without a doubt that being already past half of his Mother's MP wasn't a good sign in the slightest. "Wow look at my Rhine being such a prodigy! Maybe you can actually try some spells today! Repeat after me will you?"
While Haruka dutifully casted Fireball with the full chant perhaps weary from the shock of clearly having a abnormal stats in a highly likely to be releavant in a combat sense he didn't even say Fireball as he thought through the entire process in his mind. His fireball this time was the time of a tennis ball and before he knew it his Mother was staring deep into his eyes with hands on his shoulders. "Rhine did you just cast Fireball without saying a thing at all?" Her tone was surprisingly devoid of any emotions making it seem all the more foreign to Rhine causing him to squirm and fidget only for it to be made worse by a notification.
[You have gained the skill, Image spellcasting - Allows the user to cast spells at the same cost without the requirement of a chant.]
"Uhm .. Y-yes Mama ..." His head hung low Rhine prepared himself to be berated or chastised for skipping important parts of a spell only to get pulled into a warm hug. "Mama is so proud of you baby. Let's see if that works for other types of spells as well." A kiss on the forehead and a few pats to the head later Rhine was released from her grasp as Haruka went back into lecture mode talking about the water ball spell.
The results were pretty much identical to the fire ball spell though no new skills were obtained from casting it without a chant and got a familiar notification, but for a question this time.
[A cursed child - 2/5]
Now with confidence in casting magic in the course of a few hours he learned Gust: basic wind magic, Light: Conjures a small ball of bright light, and Rock bullet: Shoots pebbles made of stone. For some reason there was a special explanation his mother gave to the last one. "Rhine, you should especially use Rock bullet on your Father if he breaks anything in the house or if the maids talk about possibly expecting you to get a little sibling, aiming it between his legs would make it be even more effective." The serene smile on Haruka's face caused his throat to dry up just thinking about rocks being shot at such a sensitive spot.
[A cursed child - Completed 5/5, Gained 50% XP]
Once it came time for their magic lesson to come to an end and the maids started to prepare dinner Rhine snuck into the kitchen or was as quiet and stealthy as he could be for an infant with a monstrous dexterity stat. Only his sister had noticed him and simply flashed a smile his way before getting back to work. Counting the maids in the room and noticing five of them Rhine started gathering magic in the form of winds gently pushing the skirts up. He cast gust and the magic worked eliciting screams from all of the maids other than Siena who had an odd smile on her face likely thinking about how it was a cute prank for his age and the other half being pure surprise that he could already cast magic. He bolted out of the kitchen immediately making a hasty retreat to his room. The four maids had three white sets of underwear while the other had on black. Siena, however was the real reason he fled rather than try and act cute about the supposed prank. After all her underwear while black like one of the other maids had a pink heart on it with the words 'I love Rhine'.
[A naughty child - 5/5 complete, gained 50% XP. Leveled up!]
Sitting with his family was more awkward than ever with even their praise of his using magic going right over his head as they are. He refused to look Siena in the eyes while his father was looking at his around 4 months old son like a kindred spirit. Understanding that look both Haruka and Siena gave Geralt sharp kicks to the shin causing him to double over in pain.
It took a few days, but Rhine eventually got over his awkwardness with Siena over that whole event and for some reason his Father who had incubus blood offered to teach Rhine some lust curses which got his lights knocked out then and there though the system seemed to encourage that idea.
[Learn a lust curse - Learn how to use a lust curse either from your Father or someone else. 0/1]
[Practice a lust curse - Use a lust curse on someone else. 0/1 Special clear option - Use a lust curse on Siena. 0/1]
Once again that triggered another short period of Rhine avoiding Siena not understanding why the system was suggesting incest or all things much less with her being a Dark Elf making her naturally resistant to magic that directly targets her. After that whole episode died down and he didn't dare to proceed with those quests time flew by in the blink of an eye. The birthday parties were always fun though when Siena said she was his present for his third birthday and he flushed a light red in response earning some laughter as she brought out the actual present a smithing manual that he had wanted. Geralt tried to offer teaching a lust curse as a present and only got spared by a yell of no violence from getting knocked out. His mother who couldn't use enchanting magic gave him a tome on racial Kitsune spells and told him that she called in a favor with a local Enchanter to have Rhine be taught it earning both of the women big hugs from Rhine.
The best prize of all actually came from Geralt when said he would finally allow Rhine to explore the city with guards resulting in him being Papa's boy that night hearing no small amount of stories about conquests that a three year old should never hear.
[Explore the City - Learn how to smith 0/1, Learn how to Enchant 0/1, Spend a day exploring the various parts of the city 0/1]
That quest perfectly summed up what Rhine tried to rush into the very next day, but he got stopped by his Father. "I'm sorry Rhine, but I still need to organize the guards Can you give me a few more days?" Rhine was of course pouting with his tail having shot straight up. "A-alright I'll wait a few days." Those few days were spent being taught about the structure of the city by both Haruka and Siena who had been both denied by Geralt the chance to follow him into the city for a rather ludicrous reason that he didn't tell them. He didn't want them corrupting his poor boy into never learning a lust curse since he seemed to have the aptitude he just felt it in his heart.
Little did Geralt know that his choice to give Rhine freedom from his mother and sister who were clearly still rather over protective and Siena had only grown more over protective over Rhine as he grew older and she got to see more of his talents would place him in a crisis like no other.
[Status]
[Name: Rhine el Varn]
[Sex: Male]
[Age: 3]
[Race: Divine Lust Kitsune Lord]
[Job: None]
[Level 3]
[Stats]
[Strength: 70 Endurance: 60 Vitality: 90 Dexterity: 110 Resistance: 95 Magic: 155
HP: 270/270
MP: 625/625]
[Skills]
[Natural Blacksmith - The user is twice as likely to succeed in forging any weapon, armor or components. The user gains twice as much experience from any successful forging.
Natural Enchanter - The user is twice as likely to succeed in enchanting any object no matter what it may be as long as it can be inscribed on. The user gains twice as much experience from any successful enchantment.
One in a million artificer - The user is five times as likely to succeed in the creation of any artifact. The user gains five times as much experience from the successful creation of an artifact.
Image spellcasting - The user can cast a spell once they have learned it simply by imagining the construction of the spell in their mind at no extra cost or deficiency. Also allows the user to project spells outside of normal channels without the expertise needed for it. ]
[Racial Skills]
[ Divine Kitsune blood - The user's offensive and defensive spells that are not Kitsune spells are half as effective. Mana regenerates four times faster. Kitsune spells are twice as effective.
Demonic Lust Lord blood - All spells are twice as effective and lust curses are four times as effective.
Demonic Regeneration - The user regenerates from non-fatal wounds twice as quickly.
**Note: The fusion of this unholy bloodline caused even the status to glitch out. The effects of the bloodlines can be summarized like this:
Normal spells are twice as effective, Kitsune spells and lust curses both sit at four times effectiveness. Mana regenerates four times as quickly.**]