“Dad! Teach me Spatial Magic!”

Lowell tried to persuade her Dad to teach her Spatial Magic.

“Ask your Mom for permission first.”

As expected, the decision comes from Mom.

Her mom said that she can't practice Spatial Magic before reaching eight years old or reaching Middle-Rank Practitioner Tier first, but Lowell was already near the bottleneck of Low Rank Practitioner Tier and its also three months more before she reach her eight birthday.

Lowell used 'Eye of Investigation' on herself.

『

Name: Lowell Zvalle

Level: 12

Title: —–

Job: —–

Status: —-

Age: 7 years old

Birthplace: Blanc City

HP: 210/210

Mana: 78/73 (73+5)

Stats:

Physical Power: 18

Magic Power: 95 (85+10)

Speed: 23

Constitution: 5

Luck: 40

Aptitude: Low-Rank Practitioner Tier Fleur

Attributes: Spatial(Main), Wind, Fire, Water, Earth

Special Skills: Skill Forger, Eye of Investigation

』

Lowell noticed she made a little progress since the day she last used the Eye of Investigation on myself. Whenever she leveled up, it only gives her one or two points in mana. Even the mana control accessory isn’t helping anymore. Lowell asked her dad how to increase her mana faster, but all he said was:

“Hmmm, why don’t you try to absorb those mana you percieve? It can help you enlarge your Mana Veins.

Lowell tried it, but she found Mana absorption really hard to do. Unlike gathering it on your hands or body parts, making it enter your body makes more than 90% of it disappear.

Mana handling for lower ranks is really hard…

By the way, her constitution increased by one.. When She looked on her dad’s stats, he’s at seven. It looks like it indicates body size..

“Lowell, don’t bother Mr. Zvalle. He needs to depart soon.”

That voice came from her teacher. Three days after that incident, she starts teaching Lowell again. But she became a little cautious when it comes to teaching her Magic. Lowell said it’s alright, but she still insist that let her do it that way..

“Teacher, Good Morning.. Teacher, where’s Qazar and Weiss?”

“Qazar’s back to his house. Their father left him so he said he’s not gonna go for today. About Weiss, he’s practicing the sword for today.”

“I see.. Teacher, can I visit Qazar?”

“Ask your Mom first.”

Now, I can declare, that Mom’s the law of our house.

“Yes~!”

Lowell asked her mom’s permission, and luckily, she agreed.

“You can only go when you’re with your Teacher, okay?”

“Okay~!”

After getting her mom’s approval, Lowell started to practice Magic for a few hours and then accompanied by her teacher, traveled towards Blanc City after eating lunch.

They reached the house by 1 AM. As get near the house, A woman that looks like in her late 20’s opened the house’s door and ran away opposite their direction. When my teacher saw this she starts to follow the woman.

“Go inside the house and look for Qazar, Lowell. It looks like he needs your help.”

Lowell obeyed her teacher’s words and enter the house.

“E-excuse me…”

As Lowell entered the house, she saw a coiled Qazar was lying on the floor. He’s sweating too much as he holds his right hand very tightly. His expression is one that looks in pain.

“Qazar? Qazar?! What’s wrong? Are you alright? What happened?”

Lowell started to panic. When Qazar looked towards her, he smiled momentarily and fainted. When Lowell saw his right hand, she had this complicated feeling.. It was both fear and confusion.

“Isn’t this… the Demon Lord’s Mark?! So, Qazar is the next Demon Lord of the Legends?!”

Whenever she couldn’t fall asleep or disobey Mom, she always use the ‘Demon Lord’ as a warning for her misbehavior. Once, her mom told her the origin story of the Demon King.

“Little Elle, the Demon King is a very scary person. Each Demon Lord of the history’s ambition is to conquer the whole world. The only person who could defeat him is the Hero. They are both like oil and water. They never agreed with each other’s ideals. Every time the Demon King was defeated, a new Demon King would be born in his stead. Some say he has the power to destroy our world, but Demon Kings never reach their full power before they are slain by the Heroes.

Our Kingdom’s ruler right now is the son of the Previous Hero, Lucian Grandforth. The whole kingdom rejoiced when his son, the newborn Francis Grandforth, showed signs of having the Hero’s Brand. This way, the new Hero can be trained before the next Demon King would emerge. The little hero is three years older than you, I think.”

“So, how would you identify the Demon King and the Hero??”

“There’s a story, that when Demon Kings awaken, their right hand creates a red, strange symbol called ‘Demon Lord’s Mark’. In contrast, the Hero forms a blue, beautiful symbol called ‘Hero’s Brand’. It is said that whoever saw the Demon Lord’s Mark would feel fear that could dominate you, and if you see the Hero’s Brand, you’ll feel comfort and safety.”

“So, what kind of person is the Demon King?”

”A man of ambition – even the cost of it is death and cruelty towards his subjects. He uses violence in ruling and death towards the people who disobeys him. Beware, Little Elle. People’s hatred would be directed towards the people who associate themselves with the Demon King..”

Lowell remembered that line ‘People’s hated would be directed towards the people who associate themselves with the Demon King..’

She trembled with fear because of that.

For the meantime, she used her ‘Eye of Investigation’ on Qazar.

『

Name: Qazar Aquila

Level: 15

Title: (Demon King’s Successor – Hidden)

Job: —–

Status: —–

Age: 8 years old

Birthplace: ????

HP: 232/440

Mana: 20/23

Stats:

Physical Power: 50

Magic Power: 64

Speed: 60

Constitution: 5

Luck: 89

Aptitude: High-Rank Apprentice Tier Fleur

Attributes: Darkness(Main), Wind, Fire, Water, Earth

Special Skills: ???, ???, ???

』

His physical stats are mostly high because of his practice. But that title ‘Demon Lord’s Successor’ bugs her.

Isn’t it supposed to be ‘Demon Lord’ instead of ‘Demon Lord’s Successor’? It mean he’s not a true Demon King right now?

Now, choices starts to pop out of her brain.

Shall I tell this to Teacher? Shall I keep it a secret?

She didn’t know what to do….

Lowell decided what to do until…

Lowell remembered her promise, 3 years ago..

*

Qazar: “Looks like it’s goodbye. Will I see you again?”

Lowell: “Of course! We’re friends, remember?”

*

Ah, I see…

We’re friends.

Qazar, whose abandoned by his Father, and maybe.. her Mother..

A very gentle person who defended his Father even though he’s at wrong..

A person who gets sad because of goodbyes..

A person who only has Teacher as his family..

and A person whom I could call a true friend..

What kind of friend am I, to forsake him?

Hahaha.. It looks like my feeling of friendship towards him is this shallow… To doubt this person in front of me..

Okay! I’ve decided!

Lowell started to carry Qazar little by little, towards the wooden chair.

She made him sit on it.

When her teacher returned, she had an ugly expression on her face. She stamped the table so hard, it almost got destroyed.

“That IDIOTT!! Arghhh!!”

Aurel starts to trash the house. After a few minutes, she stopped and starts to cry.

“Since when did you became this stupid, Elder Sister? To take you own life because a man left you.. What about your son whom you left behind! Stupid! Stupid! Stupid! Waaaaaaaah!!!”

Aurel starts to cry loudly. Lowell tried to console her, but to no avail. She only stopped crying when she saw Qazar waking up.

“U-uhhm…”

He starts to wake up. When he opened his eyes, he noticed them.

“Good afternoon, Teacher, Lowell.. What are you doing here…? Where’s mother?”

After looking towards Aurel’s face, it looks like he got some sort of idea of what’s happening right now..

“It isn’t true right? Mother wouldn’t leave me behind, right? I-I see! Mother bought our dinner! She’s coming back after buying dinner… I need to go out… I need to follow mother… She’s no good when it comes to buying our dinner.. She’ll forget what to buy.. My mother’s an airhead so.. ”

Before he could reach the door, he was hugged by Aurel from the back.

“What are you doing, Teacher? I’ll just follow mother.. I need to *hick* help her in buying *hick* our dinner.. Mother’s *hick* coming back.. She *hick* won’t leave me.. Mother…. Mother….”

Qazar starts to struggle weakly. He knew himself that her mother might not come back anymore.

I need to console him..

“Q-qazar.. Wah!”

Lowell tried to hold his hand, but he slapped her hands away.

“Don’t touch me!… Ah-! Lowell, I’m sorry… Please leave me be for today..”

Lowell looked towards Teacher, and she responds with a nod.

Aurel asked the neighbor to send her towards Weiss’ mansion and asks help to send Lowell home. Lowell saw Weiss in their garden, but she's not in the mood to talk with him.. Weiss’ butler guided her towards her home.

When Lowell arrived, her mom was done hanging the clothes at the backyard. She noticed Lowell's gloomy expression.

“What happened to your tour on Blanc City? It looks like something bad happened?”

“Mom, if you have a friend which is accused of people on something he didn’t do, will you stay by his side, or leave him to save yourself?”

Her mom starts to get angry at her.

“The person who left his friend is the worst. If it was me, I’ll stick with him until the people accepts him. People needs someone to cling on. Even if it’s just a single person.. The friend being accused still won’t lose hope in living.”

I see.. It looks like my decision was correct.

“Mom, well…”

Lowell started to tell what happened except the part where she discovered Qazar was a ‘Demon King’s Successor’.

“Mom, do you know why Teacher called Qazar’s mother her ‘Elder Sister’? Are they blood related?”

Her mom smiles at her and ruffles Lowell's hair softly.

“You silly Little Elle. Didn’t she said that they’re colleagues? She told me that they’re both from the Royal Library and shared a close relationship there.”

“I-is that so..”

Her mom started to look gloomy.

“Poor Qazar.. for him to be left by his family at a young age..”

“Ah-!”

Lowell remembered… Her mom’s circumstances maybe different, but she also lost her parents at a tender age.

When suddenly, a sudden announcement made by her mom shocked Lowell.

“Yosh~! We’ll adopt Qazar!”

“E-eh?? Aren’t you being rash, Mom? We need to tell this to Dad beforehand, right?”

“You don’t want him to be your brother?”

“I-it’s not the point… Dad might not like it…”

“Well, I can’t do anything against your Mom.”

A voice came from Lowell's back.

Her dad’s home already, listening at their conversation.

Her mom clapped her hands, as if she had finalized a decision.

“Then it’s decided!”

Lowell was still confused with the sudden decision.

“E-eh?!”

That day, She became the sister of the potential Future Demon King.