7. Addition

Time was gaining momentum, and the books that I had not read were becoming fewer and fewer. It was a good thing that it was only a small library that was collected by the Leaders for their needs, but there was a general library in the city, where there were much more various books, manuscripts and even old parchments.

This world reminds me of the New and Old World, where the people of the people of fire act as white faces, who have an established army, production capacity, as well as a number of innovations put on stream. When the peoples of water and earth still use simple sailing ships, the people of fire already at the time of the outbreak of war has a fleet of ships made of high-quality steel that work on coal. Even the forms of government converge, the Peoples of the Water have essentially remained tribes that simply united and minted their coins, while the Land of Fire is an absolute monarchy that has a stronger and more complex form of statehood.

To some extent, history also converges, at one time the Wise Men of Fire ruled the islands alone, a semblance of the main religion that was in Europe at that time. At the north Pole, they worship spirits, which is very similar to the Indians.

***

I recently turned one year old, no cakes were eaten, candles were not blown out, but there were several gifts, both from my parents and from people who actually work at my house, or rather in the Palace, I will not get used to it in any way. They gave me new clothes, the old one had already become small, there were several toys made of animal bones, as well as a whole notebook, this was a really valuable gift, it was very difficult to find at the North Pole, my father gave it to me, that's what the leader means, he could immediately see my love for books and draw the right conclusion. Now I need to learn to write with a vengeance, yet if I start writing in languages from a past life, my parents may interpret it incorrectly, they will think that I am just doodling on things that have the best use, of course it is not very critical, but they may stop giving this kind of gifts.

A few days later, Mom started going to the Healers' Huts to teach healing bending, which she abandoned when she found out she was in a position. The birth of a child already loads the body so much, and the birth of a potential bender, while taking away the resources of both the body and energy, June was allowed to fully use bending only recently, when it became clear that the situation had normalized.

Now Asuka, the nanny who has been looking after me since I was born, sits with me more often. I began to notice that my parents sometimes do not sleep in our room, but leave as soon as I fall asleep, leaving Asuka, I think someone finally got to the sweet, hehe.

As soon as I started walking on my own, albeit slowly, new spaces opened up for me to explore. The world, being one room, has expanded into a whole palace, where there are so many new and unexplored things for me. Every day according to the schedule after breakfast, I went to explore the palace. I used to be influenced by the nature of the lower spirit, now I am influenced by the body of a child, I am glad that the second one is definitely temporary, and I'm going to enjoy my childhood to the fullest, how did I miss such simple pure emotions in life when you rejoice in everything.

I became more and more familiar with the Northern tribe. My father often took me to his office and taught me what he knows: about our way of life, traditions, and things that a leader should know. Sometimes I sat in the Healing Huts and watched the work of experienced healers, which negated all the damage that in the 21st century would have been treated for months.

Sometimes they took me for walks around the city, this part was my favorite, especially when they passed the place where the masters of water teach their students. It was only there that I realized how one-sidedly I used the water element, yes, it was effective to have several techniques that guaranteed to kill my enemies, but here I saw a whole art that had been honed over the centuries, fluid smooth movements seemed slow, but it was just an illusion, when the situation demanded it, the bender calmly changed his fighting style to a rougher and sharper one. People who were inherently weaker than spirits took not with overwhelming power, but with the ability to adapt to any opponent. I haven't seen so many different techniques even in the series.

I realized all this just by watching the sparring of ordinary students that I'm not even close to masters, I'm afraid to imagine what monsters people are that they have learned the element much deeper. Live forever, learn forever, right?

There was also an opportunity to see there another character that appeared in the series, this is the water master Pakku, now his head is just starting to turn gray, but he beats the students be healthy. By the way, the cartoon showed only one water master Pakku, but there are a lot more of them here, there were even old men who managed to go through the war.

Watching the old men from afar, who seemed to be blown away by the wind, you do not expect to see how he shows with stingy movements that even Pakku cannot do. Even the other masters seemed to get smaller when dealing with them. Maybe already after the arrival of the Avatar, they simply did not exist, yet benders do not live much longer than ordinary people, but while they are here, I will be able to continue watching how they scold other masters, including Pakku, as youngsters.

There was an opportunity to beg for the start of training, which I successfully used. After seeing the fight, make plaintive eyes and with visible determination say "I want to be like them" and point a finger at the benders training. For my age, they came up with simple gymnastics, when basically my mother just stretched my body, which in the future will make my body more flexible, and also will not interfere much with my subsequent workouts, as they say, the devil lies in the little things. Now, having never been a manipulator, I'm trying to intuitively lay down some of my features more, so that in the future they won't pay much attention to them.

At the age of two, I again descended deeper into myself to check the state of my energy, everything is going well, already half of my spirit has merged with my body, which, according to calculations, means complete completion by the age of four.

***

Absentmindedly looking at June's rounded belly, I began to suspect that this was not just a loss of figure due to overeating, hitting myself on the forehead, I remembered how parents allegedly casually started talking about younger sisters and brothers.

- Mom, are we going to have an addition to the family? I asked expressively looking at her growing tummy.

- Finally someone noticed, oh, you don't even pay attention to me and Dad, do you? - all this was said with a sad expression on her face, but the eyes that sparkled with fun gave her away completely, - it seems that you grow up to be such a smart kid, - June continued her teasing.

The main thing is not to say that I thought of something completely different, you can also get hit.

- I noticed it last month, but somehow I forgot to ask, - I said, with an unperturbed look, while continuing to drink tea calmly, to make my words convincing.

- Well, well, I strongly believe, - said June, who was already completely amused, - Arnuk and I decided that you would give the name, how do you like the idea?

- I'm all for it! – I said with a joyful smile, to myself, hoping that a new child would be a good consolation when I want to travel around the world, after all, they are unlikely to let me go.

***

Looking at my reflection in the mirror, I was thinking about why I look five at the age of three, only one answer comes to mind: "This is magic, Harry," or in my case it's your nature of being a spirit, Yuki.

Having long enough, silky hair that seemed whiter than the very first snow that fell, clean skin unaffected by earthly affairs, which would have been envied by millennia-old cultivators, delicate facial features that were even more feminine than the famous bisenen from the anime Naruto Haku Yuki.

I just wanted to shout "This is a trap, don't be fooled by a woman's face." Where is she? My brutality, I cried to myself. Although, there are pluses, I'm a walking target for setters, but it's a pity that this is not an everyday etty, with such an appearance, I would take the main role, only thanks to the appearance. Okay, I've lost a little steam, I need to get ready.

Today, according to the doctors' orders, June will give birth, but I didn't want to wait in the room, I want to be near the ward just in case. From the very morning I had a bad feeling, not knowing what to expect from today, I was on my nerves all day, my father was also uneasy, he even put up additional guards on the wall and increased the number of guards patrolling in the city.

Even if there are problems with the birth, the father can always ask for help from the spirits, they did not refuse in the series, so they should not be here either.

Sighing heavily, I decided not to harass myself while nothing had happened yet.

Coming to pick me up, my father took me to the ward where my mother's labor had already begun. The wait seemed like an eternity, even though only two hours had passed. An hour ago, my father, hearing my mother's screams, went to her ward to morally support her, but I decided to stay here so as not to get in the way of the healers.

The birth began at sunset, at about nine o'clock in the evening, and has been going on for eight hours. The body, unaccustomed to so much long wakefulness, gives the signal to go to sleep, but the tension that keeps me all day and does not think to subside, as the birth goes on, it only increases.

After another hour, my father appeared in the doorway, as if he had aged ten years, I had never seen a stronger person in spirit, and it seemed unreal to me to see him so tired and broken.

At the same moment, I felt the time slipping away with all my soul, already knowing that the baby most likely did not survive, I still ran headlong into the ward, the father tried to stop me, but I twisted and ran under his feet.

In the ward, I was greeted by sad faces of doctors and a sobbing mother who was holding a baby. Running up to her, I leaned against the child, there was some small hope that this little lump was alive, and the reason for all this atmosphere lies elsewhere, but there was no breathing.

Panic seized me, and when I was about to give up, I remembered that being not quite human. Grasping this thought and hoping for a miracle, not knowing why, how and why, succumbing to intuition, I simply tore out a part of my spirit that almost merged with the body and mentally pushed it towards the baby. The last thing I remember was my mother's worried face looking at me.

***

- Is he really all right? June asked the healers anxiously for the umpteenth time, while stroking her son and newborn daughter with each of her hands

- Yes, physically so exactly, the only thing we diagnosed is a decrease in his energy volume, as well as the tension in the energy itself, but in a month everything should pass, - said the chief healer soothingly, - we don't know exactly what your son did, but we assume that he unknowingly shared his gift of bending, being a healer yourself, you know that the body of benders is much stronger than people, most likely now your daughter will be a conqueror. Well, after all, what a brave young man, it's even a miracle to call it means to be modest," she finished under her own approving nods towards the boy.

The child's mother also knew that her son was a great fellow, but a few minutes ago, seeing that he had lost consciousness, the thought came to her tired head that she would lose him too.

- What will you call the girl? - the healer asked, to fill out the book where, all the children that were born were recorded.

- Leave the name blank for now, we promised that Yuki will name the newborn baby himself, - said the mother of two children.

- Well, promises need to be kept, - closing the book, she said, and without waiting for an answer, turned to June to see her sleeping peaceful face.