A few months have passed since Gesalt has been born, in those months he had learned his parent's name and their occupations mostly through context clues, while he still has no idea what they are saying, he was able to figure out a few words. His mother is a young and plain looking woman, with blond hair and pretty average height, no higher than 165cm, she had medium length hair and she wore simple dresses. Her name was Sene, and she would pamper Gesalt constantly, something that at first he enjoyed, but now, Gesalt feels annoyed by the constant bothering and pampering from her, in contrast stood his father, a tall but pretty normal looking man, around 180cm height, young and not that interesting, his name is Maren, and he works at the local church, as a graveyard keeper, he makes decent money off it, enough to afford having a child at least, unlike Sene, Maren is pretty reserved, however, at heart, he is very much a family man, constantly being worried about Sene and Gesalt, even if he doesn't show it.
As time passed, and Gesalt grew larger and larger, he eventually learned the language, and could speak to his parents, in his time growing, he figured out that its wiser if he doesn't tell Sene and Maren about him being reincarnated, the two of them are supportive and loving, however, it would certainly make their life more confusing if they find out their son is actually some guy from another world, besides, he figured out that this is a new chance at a new life entirely, so he'll strive for new experiences.
One peculiar morning...
*It has been 5 years* Gesalt thinks to himself, *5 years since I've been reborn and... holy crap there is NOTHING to do, no village raids, no speeches, no livestock escaping, nothing, this is so dreadfully peaceful. I've seen magic happen a few times, mostly my mother, Sene, healing my father, Maren, when he would get hurt working around the house, but I still don't know how to do it. Sene doesn't want to show me either, she says that I'm too young and my energy is too low to attempt magic right now, ah, what can I even do? I'm only 5, there's literally nothing I can do.*
As Gesalt loathed the peacefulness, his father, Maren would enter his room, holding a book, trying to keep it hidden. He spoke to Gesalt with a dumb smile on his face.
Maren: Hey, son, I heard you wanted to try magic from mommy, is that right?
Gesalt: Yeah, I asked, but she said I'm too weak to do it...
Maren, with a dumb smile on his face, gives Gesalt the book, he then would speak.
Maren: This is a beginners Grimoire, it contains spells, now, your mom is right, you're too young to do magic, but, I'd say that when you're about 7 or 8, you could so some weak spells, but don't show it to mommy, okay? If she found out I bought this for you, it would be... well, let's just say, daddy would sleep with the cows for a week or two, haha.
*A grimoire? Hmm, I'll have to check this later and read through it, who knows what I can find, good thing I learned how to read a while ago, so I can read this book.*
Gesalt: Thank you, daddy, I can't wait to learn!
Maren: No problem son, remember, keep it hidden from Mommy, okay?
With that, Maren leaves the room, letting Gesalt play with the Grimoire alone. And not even a few seconds later, Gesalt opens the book, and tries to read it.
*So, to do magic, I need to concentrate on the results of the spell? How can I know the results if I haven't seen the spell? I guess I gotta figure it out based on the name, here it says Water Shot, so I guess, I need to concentrate of water that shoots? I need someone to teach me magic, this is going to be a pain, but, too late, I already committed to this.*
And so, Gesalt would try to practice magic, for hours on end, whenever Sene wasn't near him or home, he would practice magic, and for 3 months, well, no magic would happen.
8th of The Celerean , Year 1022
*3 months have passed, and I still can't do magic, I guess Sene was right, I can't do it, still, I need to try, I need to keep going. I have a feeling that today something will change. I just need to keep going.*
For that day, Gesalt kept practicing magic, as usual, he would focus on creating a water shot, and nothing would happen. Evening comes, Sene is in the kitchen, she was cooking a new recipe involving Boar Meat she got for helping out the neighborhood hunter, Miss Casera, with making some traps. As she was cooking, suddenly, the Boar Meat caught on fire, Sene realized that the boar wasn't properly skinned, and a small part still had a bit of fur, a part that she hasn't seen. Sene instantly rushes to try and put out the fire, but it was too late, fires from Boar Fur are infamously strong and hard to put out with just some water. Realizing this, Sene runs to Gesalt's room to try and get him out before the whole house burns down, thats when she catches Gesalt practicing magic.
Sene: S-Son? What are you doing? I-Is that a grimoire? Where did you get that- actually, never mind, you'll explain to me as soon as we are out of here, come, the house is burning down!
Before Gesalt could respond, Sene already grabbed him, and carried him on her back to escape.
*A fire? Crap, the smoke is pretty high, where's the fire?*
As he was thinking that, they almost imediatelly passed the kitchen, and Gesalt saw the fire. Out of instinct, he puts his arm forward to the fire, and without even thinking, he would do the Water Shot, putting the fire out.
"Wh-WHAT, what did I just do? Was... was that magic? Wait I actually did that? I must be hallucinating, the smoke must have gotten to me, no way I just did magic like that.. it's so... so GENERIC, but... the fire is put out, it worked, I somehow did magic, I'm only 5 but I did magic, ha, HA, I must be gifted or something, yeah, that must be it!"
As Gesalt was hyping himself up, Sene had have a look of disbelief, she was thinking.
*Gesalt did that? He must have been practicing for months, when did he get that Grimoire... Maren, oh when I get my hands on you... ugh... still, Gesalt saved our house, I suppose I won't punish him for this, but he and I will need to talk when Maren gets home from work.*
Sene puts Gesalt outside with the Grimoire in hand, as she took care of the smoke, opening all the windows and doors, and using a simple breeze spell to force the smoke out, after about 30 minutes, it was finally good to go, she spent the rest of the evening cleaning the house from the smoke. It was now around 8 in the evening, and Maren finally came home, confused and a bit scared seeing Sene dirty with smog.
Sene: Maren... would you care to explain why Gesalt just has a grimoire?
*Oh crap, she found out, I gotta be careful here.* Maren thinks.
Maren: Well, uh... uhm... well... I uh, I bought it for his 5th birthday since he said he wants to learn magic, and... I may have... forgotten to tell you...
Sene:.... Fine, it's too late to return it, and it saved us today, so you get off the hook for now, but I expect you to buy me a nice gift on my birthday too, okay?
Maren: W-Why of course! W-Wait, what do you mean the grimoire saved us?
Sene sighs and speaks: I got some boar meat from Casera as a thank you for helping her make some traps for her hunting business, but it wasn't skinned right, and the fur caught on fire while cooking, but our little magician here, Gesalt, managed to do a Water spell, and put out the fire before it was too late.
Maren, now in disbelief, speaks: G-Gesalt put the fire out? He actually did magic? I-I can't believe it, but he's just 5... we-we should get his energy levels checked, it can't be normal or healthy for him to do magic so early.
Sene nods and speaks: You're right, as soon as we can, we'll take our little mage to get him checked, but for now, let's just eat something and head to bed, it was a long night.
And so, Gesalt, at the age of 5, managed to do his first spell, a water shot, while it's not an impressive spell, for it to be done by a 5 year old is very much peculiar. Gesalt got to keep the Grimoire as long as he practiced outside and didn't use his spells indoors unless he had to. That night, they ate bread and drank water.