The Magical Spoon

And like that, a year has already passed. The story focuses on a young boy who looks incredibly thin, although looks do deceive, because this boy was Red, who only reached 2 years and can already read and speak the language he grew up to.

And after 2 years of actual experimenting, hunting, and earning, he has finally become a professional thief in their street. Anybody who showed malice towards his family would find their belongings gone the next day, not even their undergarments would remain!

Of course, he could only do this with the help of his new found magic. After finding out that he can manipulate electricity, and inevitably, electromagnetic waves, he learned how to bend visible light to his bidding and disappearing from plain sight. Although his execution is crude, it still gets the job done nonetheless.

Others use several spells to strengthen their 'grasp' on magic, but he used his innate ability to sync with the element and tell it what to do. He didn't try to overpower the elements, rather, he tried syncing with it, which caused a tremendous boost to his magic even without spells!

He picked up this trick from listening to various conversations of Mages in the Main Plaza, though he can only walk alongside them, he picked up some topics and hypotheses about Magic.

One theory was that all the elements needed to be subjugated, and spells help them gain a firmer grasp on the said elements. While another was that the elements sought out people who has the "attribute" they liked, and they make themselves "known" to that person, and make them a godly figure who has perfect synchronization with the element.

Red pinpointed the good parts and the bad parts of both theories and had a moment of enlightenment. What if he synchronize with the element, and instead of him being the favourite "child" of sorts, or their "master", he'd become the "friend" of elements, which brought him great benefits he didn't know was possible.

As he was walking down the streets, he was munching on a small chicken wing. Although he looks frail and thin for his age, he actually had the appetite of 5 humongous men and probably more, so he had to hustle through the streets and tried to steal from the stealers, and giving money to the economy by wasting the money on food.

His parents didn't know what he was doing, all they know was that their child was very active when he learned how to walk, speak, and move. They supported heir child although it was very strange to witness a 2 year old child running through the streets, no one cared. This was the slums after all, maybe the child was old but lacked nutrition so he looked like a 2 year old.

Red shook his head in dismay as people easily let down their guard around him and try to offer him sweets. Whenever he reaches the plaza however, his stealing abilities was a joke when compared to those refined thieves, hands so fast and actions so subtle they barely look like they were stealing, but you'd be sure as hell that if you ever let your guard down, you'd lose your pocket in a second.

Red sighed and continued walking through the slums as he looked left and right, trying to find someone to steal from, maybe that obese guy would give his food if his life was on the line, but Red stopped the thought there.

'Annoying how I can't sell game to the Plaza because I'm only 2, how agist are they?! If they witness a 2 year old giving them atleast a Rank 0 beast, they should've given them a silver coin!' He thought gloomily.

He did try to sell a rabbit he stealed, but the guard at the plaza only looked at him and made him scram. He still hated the guard, but he couldn't do anything about it, since he is a 2 year old mage.

The guard was said to be blinded in an 'accident', giving the guard too much trauma that he quited his job.

Red scoffed as he remembered the 'accident' again. He didn't mean to blind that guard, he only meant to maybe burn his retinas a little bit. But maybe the elements saw right through his true intentions and overpowered it.

He shrugged and continued walking, eventually reaching his house. His Father was away from home as usual, as he worked in the mines to sustain the family. His Mother also wasn't home because she worked on the Kingdom's Fields, tending to the sheep.

He sighed and entered his home, and when he got to his dad's old room, which was now his room, he layed on the bed and opened the system again.

[NAME] Red Lith

[HEALTH] 20/20

[STAMINA] 10/25

[MAGIC] 5/5

[ATTRIBUTES]

•TECHNOLOGY (Sub Branch: Electricity, Illusion)

•UNIVERSE (Sub Branch: Fire, Light)

•CHARISMA

[TITLES]

•Dead Broke {USER HAS NO MONEY. -5 Charisma towards strangers}

•Young Prodigy {FEW WHO KNOWS YOU ARE AWARE YOU ARE A YOUNG PRODIGY IN MAGIC. +2 Charisma towards Friends, Parents, Teachers}

He glared at the [Dead Broke] Title and tried thinking of ways to eat without jeopardizing his earnings. He only realized that all the money he earns are spent on food, which shouldn't really be a problem, but the fact that he steals atleast 6 silver in a day, which is equivalent to a full 3 meals of an average family, be spent by a 2 year old child.

'Wonder why my appetite is so large, like I'm super thin but my meals are like that of a feast. Maybe the system is also eating with me? Who knows'

[ANSWER TO USER'S RHETORICAL QUESTION, USER'S BODY HAS BEEN TEMPERED BEFORE BIRTH TO BE THE PERFECT VESSEL. LARGE MEALS ARE NOTHING COMPARED TO THE QUO YOU ACTUALLY NEED TO FILL EVERYDAY.]

'Well shavist, how much should I have been eating then? To become the perfect vessel?'

[CALCULATING]

DING!

[ANSWER TO USER'S QUERY. YOU MUST EAT 200KG WORTH OF FOOD EVERY WEEK FOR THE FIRST 5 YEARS AFTER BIRTH, 500KG WORTH OF FOOD EVERY WEEK AFTER 5 AND BEFORE 10 YEARS AFTER BIRTH. 1,000KG WORTH OF FOOD EVERY DAY AFTER REACHING 11 YEARS OF BIRTH. AFTERWARDS, ONLY 5,000KG WORTH OF FOOD EVERYDAY UNTIL 18 YEARS OF BIRTH. AFTER THAT, USER WILL BE TEMPERED ENOUGH TO BE THE PERFECTLY FIT AND CAN EAT A MEAGER 1 GRAM OF FOOD TO LAST A YEAR]

'what the fuck'

[YEAH I MEAN THIS IS PRETTY INSANE NOT GONNA LIE BRUH, HOW CAN SUCH A SMALL BODY FIT ALL THAT FOOD? ARE YOU GONNA HAVE SOME DIABETES OR SOMETHING? YOUR CHOICE OF TEMPERED BODY REALLY MAKES ME QUESTION EXISTENCE ITSELF]

'I mean, same. But even I don't remember any of these things. Heck, I'm slowly forgetting my past life!'

After he thought that, a sudden bang can be heard in his head, and then everything seemed to slow down. Red's eyes turned blue, then gold, then red, and then dimmed down. After Red's eye colors changed, time seemed to resume as he gasped and clutched his chest with how traumatized he was with that experience.

[USER HAS ACTIVATED ONE OF MANY HIDDEN SKILLS, OMNIPOTENT MEMORY. USER HAS UNLOCKED ALL MEMORIES FROM HIS SEVERAL PAST LIVES CHRONOLOGICALLY. LISTING DIFFERENT LIVES]

[•Jeremy - Artist

•Florence- Ballet

•Belle- Architect

•Drake- CEO

•Vincent- Illustrator

•Severus- Author

•Astro- Musician

•Bryan- Avid Manga Fan]

[LIVES LISTED HAPPENED IN TBE TECHNO-PLAIN UNIVERSE. INTEGRATING DIFFERENT VALUES]

While Red was having the worst seizure of his life, different thoughts passed through his head. First was everything "he" learned about art. Then "she" learned all about Ballet, and then Architecture, "he" also felt the cruelty and decisiveness of a CEO, "he" felt the joy of Illustrating different forms of Novels and Music Videos. "He" then adapted the charisma of words from an author, the "she" remembered how melodies form together to form a heavenly ring to the ears, be it pop or jazz.

Red felt disoriented, feeling the love life and struggles of his past lives. He started to question many things about himself that even he didn't know about.

First off, did he even prefer men more or women? And is he having an identity crisis or should he bang some kitchen tools to start a band? Then can he repair the broken system of this society? Can he mass produce phones? Is there another deadline for the manga he was working on?

Red felt defeated and decided to answer every question one by one.

'To not complicate my lives' problems about preference, I'd go Bi, since I haven't read that in a novel anyways. Then next, his goal was to conquer the universe, not start a band. Though it would be great though. I also can console myself that I can perfect out my own hierarchy system or caste system once I have a conquered land. Next, Phones will be on the to-do list whenever I can. Lastly, I have no boss so I can rest knowing I have no deadline to worry about'

[USER HAS SUBCONSCIOUSLY GAINED THE SKILL ORGANIZED MIND]

[ORGANIZED MIND

:The User can withstant intense stress and can be calculative at all times, taking every factor into account and being precise. +10 focus at all times]

After he gained the skill, he immediately felt his headache recede. He sighed and organized his thoughts once more.

'Now that I have subconsciously gained my past lives' experience, it seems like I am meant to be an Emperor. I mean, being a CEO definitely helps, though I'm not sure if I should be joyful about the fact that I gained several decades of experience or be depressed that I also gained the affection they felt to certain genders. I mean, Astro definitely was weird, She was a furry, and now I don't know if I should be horny towards foxes or curse myself'

He cried internally and tried banishing the feeling he suddenly gained for animals, but what stays in his soul, stays in it.

He closed his eyes and felt several elements 'staring' at him with curiosity. One second he has the attributes POISON liked, then he had the attributes ICE loved. He kept switching attributes until all the elements felt confused, who was going to cultivate a multi-faced genius enigma?

Of course they all did. So without even second though, the elements invaded his house and tried connecting with him. Red happily accepted it but treated all the elements as friends, which further increased his reputation with them.

'With this, I should be able to quicken the pace of my conquest.'

[SYSTEM IS SCREAMING IN CONFUSION WITH ALL THE ELEMENTS AND THE SUDDEN SPIKE IN DIVINITY USER HAS GAINED. SYSTEM HAS UNDERGONE FORCED UPDATE TO GAIN EXCESS DIVINITY USER HAS GAINED]

Red sighed and looked at the ceiling, feeling his body slowly churning from the inside.

"How peculiar. I'm only a 2 year old kid but I have already surpassed a Rank 8 Mage with all the elements I have. Maybe I'll get nerfed next chapter, who knows"

Red said as he slowly fell asleep and let nature take the wheel.