"For now, care about your past, the important thing now is not the past but recuperating. Wait a moment, I'm going to make some food so don't move and stay lying there. I'll be back soon."
Erina went back out of the room leaving the child alone again. But this time the child just stayed still as Erina instructed as if she didn't have the strong will that children usually felt.
Time moved quickly, after a few tens of minutes. Erina returned to the room to look at the child and was surprised that the child really didn't move as Erina had said.
"I brought food."
Erina then placed a plate and various types of food in front of the child.
The child looked at the food Erina had brought curiously. The food Erina brought was just a bunch of purple-black something like poison.
"Eat as much as you want. I've prepared a meal full of nutrients! .... Although I can't guarantee the taste."
Erina's final words somehow sounded so small that no one but Erina herself could even hear.
The child looked at the food (?) and didn't know why but she felt that something strange would come if she touched the food (?), but her weak body couldn't help but feel the 'Hunger' that she felt for the first time since she woke up.
The child grabbed the spoon and stared at the spoon in confusion of how to use the spoon.
Despite not knowing what to do with it, instinctively knowing how to eat, the child put the food in his mouth and chewed.
Every time the child chewed, the senses that should be sensitive suddenly disappeared, the child who didn't yet know what 'Taste' was just assumed it was normal and continued to eat the food.
On the other hand, Erina was surprised to see that there were people who could eat her food, considering that in her entire life, only Erina's teacher had ever eaten her food without vomiting or fainting.
Suddenly Erina felt proud of herself, she thought that the food Erina made was more evolved than it used to be.
As soon as the hell eating session was over, Eeina looked at the boy who was getting sleepy. Erina decided to bathe him first, considering he was quite dirty.
"You can't sleep just yet. Come on, let's clean you up until you're really shiny. Can you stand up? If you can't I'll carry you-"
The child immediately got off the bed but this time she didn't fall and moved normally as if the previous scene was a dream.
'Healed right away? How is that possible. Is my homemade food that good?'
Erina thought that at least the child's body condition had improved. So Erina immediately took the child with her.
Erina dragged the child into the bathroom and bathed the child. Erina used her magic to bring out water from nature and warmed it with her magic as well.
Although her house was far from the village or city, the facilities in Erina's house were very good considering that the one living here was a witch let alone one of the important people in the current wizarding world.
During the boy's cleaning session, Erina soon realized that what she thought was the truth, turned out to be a self-deception.
"Kid, are you a boy?"
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"Gosh, if one of my friends sees me now, I'll be made into a criminal. From a wandering witch to a criminal notorious mage."
Erina decided to stick to her task and bathe quietly and thought of burying this story deep in her memory and vowed never to tell anyone about it.
After bathing the boy, Erina dressed him and brought him back to his bed.
The child was starting to get really sleepy considering her body was in sufficient condition to recover her energy again.
"Ah, I forgot your name... Hmm what should I do for your name."
"?"
Erina looked at the child and was immediately surprised by her face that was already clean from dirt making Elise know her true face.
Black hair typical of the Eastern Empire with a hint of white around the hair, violet eyes, handsome facial features that did not belong to any race Erina had ever encountered.
Suddenly Erina saw her teacher in the child then briefly recalled Erina's encounter with the very teacher so similar to the encounter with them now.
So Erina uttered the name of the teacher she loved so much.
"Akasha!"
"?"
"Right, from now on. Your name is Akasha."
...
Akasha woke up and saw someone sleeping next to her.
Akasha remembered that this person was the first person she saw when she first woke up.
Like a chick seeing someone for the first time as a mother, Akasha saw Erina as a kind of mother to the child.
As soon as Akasha woke up, Erina woke up too. Erina opened her eyes and the first thing she saw was Akasha's blank-eyed stare.
"Morning kid, did you sleep well?"
Akasha who still hadn't learned the dangerous way had no idea what was being talked about and what happened Akasha just had an expressionless stare like before.
"Ehem...First of all let's get up and continue the conversation that we didn't finish before after breakfast."
Akasha who was a little awkward because her greeting was not answered again turned the conversation in another direction.
Even though Akasha didn't answer her, Erina continued and dragged Akasha along with her.
While Erina prepared the 'food', Akasha sat quietly at the dining table.
Feeling the atmosphere was too quiet, Erina engaged Akasha in conversation.
"Do you know why fish live in water?"
"?"
"It's because a fish is a fish! "
"..."
"..."
Erina decided to keep quiet rather than embarrass herself further. And in that silence, Akasha's hoarse voice was heard.
"E-... Ri-... Na"
Holo's finger pointed at Erina, Erina turned to look at Akasha and immediately understood Akasha's meaning.
"Yes, my name is Erina, the one who will be your teacher later. You should be grateful for being the student of a great witch like me."
Akasha still did not understand many of the words Erina said, but Akasha understood one thing. That is the person in front of her is an important person for Akasha for now or in the future.
After a few minutes of silence, the food (?) that Erina prepared was finished.
Erina prepared a plate and put the purple-black food onto Akasha's plate.
...
After the meal was finished, Erina said to Akasha.
"From now on we are teacher and student, so you should call me Master or Master Erina."
"Master?"
"Good! It's quite nice to be called like that, is this how master felt back then."
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"Well, congratulations for becoming a Discipline of The Little Witch."