Rander and Erodii
2 years later
⸢Elliot⸥
"Mom? why did Erodii sleeps in the yard? he's as small as me if not much taller", I said faking my enthusiasm and curiosity about mom's first spirit bond. l
Rander were sitting calmly broading his body off the sun, his head calmly resting in the soft grass. Mom giggled at this, before patting my head and grizzled my black hair. I squirmed a little, I really don't like what she does right now.
"Mom, stop that please... don't like it if you do that", I said looking at her amber eyes, her silky smooth auburn hair whirled as Erodii came down.
*SQUAWKK!!!*
A large bird flew down and landed near mother, it's height were past me.
Erodii were a Three Feet Golden Crow, and Rander were a Vinesprout Lion. These two were the most interactive to me, Rander likes to came near me and lick my cheeks, while Erodii always give me one of his black and golden feathers for me to use as a writing tool.
Right, I'm already reading and can talk fluidly like an adult. Mom just shaked her head when seeing me doing the spectacular thing, saying that I'm really a genius and her child.
What did shock her was when I casted ⸤Vegetate⸣ in the yard, even I didn't realized that she can know what do I do and were just shaken when she run outside hugging me. She didn't asked where did I learn it, like those mother's in webnovels and just happily cried. Dad followed next to her, and were shock when hearing that I used a wood element skill even I'm still a toddler. Being a special element, that's is the real problem. Dad, looked like crestfallen when he heard that I have an affinity in magic. To erase that, I just promised him that I'll practice the sword too when I'm right in age (since mom beat him up for good when he tried to make me hold a kitchen knife as an 8 months old baby). He then nodded smiling creepily, looks like I dug a hole now...
Anyways dad were always out of home because of helping the villagers on scaring or exterminating pests and monsters, specially the wolves and those giant toxic frogs invading crop farms and animal farms.
I got near Rander and scratched my fingers behind his furry earlobe, making him purr.
*Guurrruuu~*
*Squaaa...*
Oh? what's this?
I already knew the source but ignore it, let's make Erodii jealous to Rander.
*Guurrruuu~*
*Squaaa...*
*nudge* *nudge*
*Squaaa...*
Erodii came near me and nudged my little body, which makes mom froze.
"Oh, that's new. Didn't see Erodii wanting to get spoiled, my son were really the best child ever eh?", Mom said shaking her head before joining in.
This day was the very first day I have been taken to a stroll about this world, not that they didn't take me out of the house when baby but when teaching me things about it. Mom was a Great Druid, a very complex and hard to distinguish job in par of Summoners. Druids are those magicians that uses their charm to tame monstrous creatures in nature to help them in battle, while Summoners are summoning the "tamed" or created monsters or familiars to fight for them. Mostly Druids have high wood elemental affinity because of the nature of their job, and mom was the particular person which are said to beat down the prowess of the Druid Hero of the seventh batch of heroes before.
Back to the present, she were teaching me the basics of taming a monster by means of accompanying it with only one and direct desire. She said that I can tame a monsters easily if my desire were strong and not repulsive, or be unreasonable and use force to tame it but that does only hurt the monster.
Her desire before was to get stronger, to protect her family from danger and prevent her past to replay it's horrible contents. She tell me that when I was born, she named me the same of her great grandfather's name because of my appearance looking same like him.
Basically, I am my great great grandfather's living replica.
Her tribe wasn't aboriginal nor civilised, as it was just a Druid society. My grandmother, Lucia, were the idol of my mother in taming monsters.
Who wouldn't idolise someone that tamed a damn Legendary Monster?
Her Father, Arman weren't the normal Druid we can see. He was a Druid Shapeshifter, a rare kind of Job which he obtained through hardwork.
My reminiscence about her tale were cutted off when she called me out to come back inside, to eat lunch.
Complying at her order, I entered the house's door and go to the living room leaving the two with a last scratch in Rander's Earlobe and pat on Erodii's head.
Our house weren't that grandest nor looking shabby, a simple one to be precise.
Sofa and table along with shelves in the corner of the living room, a kitchen next to the back door I have entered to, a stairs going upwards to the second floor and a bathroom below the stairs. The second floor consists of two rooms and a bathroom, one room for me and one for my parents.
I sat on the chair in front of a large table in the kitchen, and with my little body I need a help...
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After lunch father came back with a present, a basket full of harvested crops and a handful of dried meat tied in his hand. Mom accepted it and quickly placed to preservation area, to of course make it last for the right time it should be used.
I'm reading a 270 pages book or if added the glossary and the frontal pages, 284 when he came.
Father look at me with a wry smile before patting my head and grizzled my hair, making me to put my little hands abive my head and push his hands.
I really don't like it, stop it please.
"Our little bud seems to be already reading much knowledgeable books, Honey. You seemed to be happy at these aren't you?", father said taking of his hands on my head leaving me to greet my mom with a passionate kiss. Mom pushed away telling 'stop it, he's awake' to father making him chuckle, I internally sighed at that.
[Helloooooo~ You miss me?], a voice spoke in my mind.
'Ah, so you came back Eve. What's up?', I asked the newcomer in my head.
[I cleaned the house of course, and browse some files about other things in this world. A-anyway, how did your first going outside there was? is it fine?], she said stuttering which made me a bit of confused.
'Hmm... did you stutter before?'
[I don't k-know what you're talking a-about?]
'I see... looking at something interesting eh?', I said jokingly at her. With this two years of accompanying her in my mind, I do get know her more. Example were when she stutter, she was rather doing interesting things or looking at something interesting, next were when the only answering were the monotonous voices, she was either angry or away of the system doing things I don't know, she were easily to get triggered too when the topic is about her.
[I said I didn't stutter], she said correctly this time.
'Oh, is that so?'
[Yes]
'Really?'
[Yes, I didn't stutter]
'Reallllyyyyy?'
[Ye- Ugh, stop it fine. I did stutter]
'Okay, haha. Can you tell me which of those things I've been thinking were the ones you did?', I asked her flashing some indecent things in my mind for her to see. I heard a yelp, fu fu fu~
The images were only for adult, and if I'm already one of them, I'd get a chance to jerk off.
[Stop it...]
*Psshhhsss*
'Okay, haha. I'm just going with the flow in the two you know? and can you tell me what you see?', I said to her with innocent tone.
[Mou... stop it]
Eve and I teased each other, ignoring the two love couple at the back for the rest of the day.
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Next Day's lesson were as easy than I expect.
The first bonds of druids were the most prized and essential bond to druid, as they were the ones that takes more spirit strands to the one who initiated the bond ritual.
Bond ritual was the ritual were the monster and the druid/person needs to mix the blood in their body by wounding a hand in both sides, then concentrate the nature's mana from it to accumulate and form the bond, which are believed to be sacred to both monsters and druids.
Mom meet Rander's Mother while she was in peril in escaping the pursuits of the attackers of her village, by it's claws it killed the enemies and heal the little body of mom. What happened next were unclear because mom didn't say anything about it and next were how they make the "bond", Rander who were just a lion cub agreed to be her first bond even she still didn't know how to do it.
About Erodii, I don't know the story because mom didn't tell it. I closed the book and take it back on the shelf, a proper etiquette of course and got upstairs and clean myself with the help of mom in the bathroom before drying up and going to my bed.
Since it's already 2 years, specifically 2 years, 3 months, 2 days, and 7 hours when I was born and gain access to the system...
Let's look at my status first.
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□- STATUS -□
Name : Elliot Adulla
Age : 2 ¼ yrs. old
State : Fine
Fatigue : 0%
Level : 4 (48/1 000)
Race : Human
Health : 70/70
Mana : 120/120
Job : ---/---/---
Mana Core : No Mana Core
Magic Affinity : Light, Darkness, Sin, Wood
Equipped Titles : Blessed by Otherworldly God/The Reincarnated/--- (+2 more)
□ - Attributes - □
Strength : 4 Intelligence : 25
Agility : 4 Vitality : 5
Wisdom : 14 Fortune : 3 (+2)
□- Bonds -□
[None]
□ - Skills - □
Passive Skills : ⸤Zen Meditation Lvl MAX⸣ ⸤Monster Tamer Lvl 1⸣ ⸤Beginners Wood Magic Lvl 1⸣ ⸤Beginners Light Magic Lvl 1⸣ ⸤Beginners Darkness Magic Lvl 1⸣ ⸤Mana Manipulation Lvl 1⸣ ⸤Comprehensive Learning Lvl MAX⸣
Active Skills : ⸤Appraisal Lvl 5⸣ ⸤Vegetate Lvl 2⸣ ⸤Illuminate Lvl 3⸣ ⸤Night Vision Lvl 7⸣ ⸤Invigoration Lvl 3⸣
Fused Skills (Combinations) : None
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Nah, I'm still weak physically... I wonder if I should take exercises tomorrow.
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Young Elliot's Character Data :
Hair Color : Black Hair Style : Messy
Eye Color : Amber Skin : Pinkish White
Height : 2''4 ft Weight : 17 kg
Likes : Books, writing poem, drawing, magic training, playing outside
Dislikes : Getting his hair messier than before, head pats
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A/N : If someone wants to draw Elliot, just do as you like. My reference of young Elliot's visual was Arthur Leywin of "The Beginning After The End" Novel of TurtleMe, and his favorite face reaction were the "Okay" meme.
Fact : Elliot already see his parents go at it one time, with Night Vision of course (A good boy's eyes is the foundation of the sanity of everyone, lol), thus making it more advance leveling than all of his skills.