A Deal

I had just found an amazing book filled with conditions to obtain F to C rank spells. I was really excited to finally learn some magic. But now I had to attend study classes and learn all the shit that I already knew by reading books. Only thing the tutor was teaching me that was new and useful was their language. Which I won't lie I was grateful for because now I could talk a lot more freely and my vocabulary had increased by a lot. But still I wanted to learn magiccc !!!! The tutor was also teaching me English. They called it an ancient language but his English was worse than 3 year old. To put it simply, their language did not have enough words to describe English. It seemed complicated to me because I already knew English so this disaster of a language with the same letters and different pronunciation was a headache for me. A person totally oblivious to the English language could learn it in a month.

I used to wake up at 9 or 10, eat breakfast and get ready to learn at 11. Well, the official time for breakfast was 8:30 but it would be a stain on my legacy as a kid if I would wake up early in the morning. (sleeping is justice was my motto.) 11 to 1 was my learning time. 1 was lunch time. 2:30 to 5:30 were just studying with a tutor. I would go to learn my magic after that till 8 which was dinner. Zhira would not let me out of sight after dinner so I had to play with her. After 11 I was alone in my room. I had made a secret room underneath my room where I used to read at night till 2 or even 3. My secret room had furniture much more comfortable than what the palace had. I had created tubelight and bulbs. It took me 6 months of trial and error in remembering and drawing plans and formulas but at last after creating various intricate parts of it, I successfully created a simplest low efficiency diesel generator. It was too noisy though, so I had to create a separate room with soundproof glasses and a ventilation system to keep the noise as low as possible. I couldn't remember the stuff for soundproofing so I just created thick walls of glass and layered it all with plastic coating, it turned out pretty good. I had an air ventilation system installed too in my room with a couch and furniture. So it was pretty comfortable living here.

But still I wanted to hurry up and acquire all the knowledge on magic and start hunting monsters and level up. So the next day I went to my father's work room or office for a short. I was sitting opposite him, table in between. He was scribbling some notes.

" Father, I don't want to study."

My father looked up like I was some fly disturbing him.

" And why would that be ? " he said.

" I already know everything there is to know. " I replied.

" What's the capital of the west? "

" Pridefall "

" Who created highswords ? "

" garisu highsword "

" Where is Tristia ? in the east or west ? "

" Neither. It was unconquered by the empire and they defended all attacks from the east with their great defensive capabilities. "

" Hmm how do you know so much in just a month ? "

" He taught me common language, his lessons were too slow and I wanted to know so I read everything from the library. "

" There has to be something you still need to learn…"

" I will continue the lessons for common language. I am still lacking in that. "

" What about ancient language ? "

" Let's just say I know more ancient language than your tutor does."

" ohh really…. scholar lady nefarantiny ! "

" Don't make fun of me ! Let me have my afternoon nap time !! "

Ohh shoot i might have just revealed my true feelings….

" Okay If you can translate these lines you can skip everything else except common language. "

He gave me some notes written in English. It must be one of his schemes, he won't give up that easily….

" It's a condition for acquiring B Rank skill…" I said.

He looked at me like looking at someone else in me. Whenever he did this it felt to me like he knew who I really was. It gave me an uneasy feeling.

" What is the skill ? " He asked.

" Mimicry – a user can transform into the skin of any monster he eats. Acquires skills and magicule capacity of monster too...ohh that's cool one but eating random monsters sounds yucky !! "

My father was in deep thought then he started looking for some documents on his desk. After finding something and reading it carefully he looked convinced of something.

" Can you understand the conditions to acquire it? If you need some time you have till tomorrow. " Seems like he was almost convinced.

" No I don't need time but I did come here for something else… " I saw a chance and I leapt at it.

" Oh yes, sure you can skip everything except the common language. "

Hm he agreed ? Maybe I was a bit too convincing in my translation. Maybe I should make some mistakes on purpose.

" Eating the flesh of 5 different monsters in 4 different seasons. All 5 same monsters in each season. " there was no chance to make a mistake.

" Thank you Neff you can go…" my father mumbled while deep in thinking.

" Can I try to acquire it ? it sounds so cool…" I asked, imagining myself as dragon throwing fire or flying high in clouds.

" You can't just add anything you like on the skill repository…your skill points would run out. And also you can't hunt monsters until you are 8."

" Huh ? Skill points ? " That's new.

" Ohh so you don't know everything…" He mused.

" It wasn't mentioned in any of the books…" I replied.

" It's discovered recently… all the new last 50 to 100 year old books are here in my office. They are too expensive so kids can't read them."

Hmm I smelled some scheme here. Wouldn't older books be more expensive?? And my instincts were right.

" However, you can borrow them if you do what I say…."

Here it comes…

" What ? " Scheming for your kid, don't you feel ashamed ??

" You will help me with all these documents. And translate some stuff from time to time.." he explained.

" Isn't that your job as lord ? hire some assistant will you ? Child labour is crime you know? " I said.

" Haha it's important confidential documents….so I guess you don't want new books ? " Man, he was dirty.

" Okay I will do it… but you will also teach me conditions for all the cool skills !! agreed? " I raised the bar.

" I can't teach you everything but I guess I will share a few…"

" Okay deal. "

" Deal? What does that word mean? "

Ahh I mixed up some English in there….i will have to be more careful about what I say from now on.

" It's an ancient word " I explained.

" Where did you learn so much ancient language ?? " he asked, confused.

What should I do ? Should I tell him the truth?

" I wanted to read this one book in the library but it was in ancient language so I tried translating it. "

" Just how much do you want to read?? But that much growth in a few days you must have acquired some learning skill. Wait the ancient book in the library !! It was locked in a safe. How did you open that ?? "

Oh shit I forgot about that. I tried some excuses.

" With my pure heart ?? "

" Don't joke with me, young girl. " I guess it won't work.

" It was already open when I found it. " I lied.

" Hm already open ? Is it still open ? "

" It is, but book is in my room. " I reassured him that it was still with me.

" It's a family treasure !! Do you even know that? It's not a night time story book…." he mask of serenity was truly broken now.

" Ohh but it's filled with amazing stories about the past…" I broke it even further. I was evil like that.

" you read it all??? " asked my father with a horror filled surprised face.

" Should I say yes ? "

" You asking me??? "

" It's not my fault you know…I was bored you won't even let me go out. " I also released some of my pressure.

" Hmm whatever, take anything you want from that bookshelf and be here from tomorrow everyday after dinner. " He just gave up in the end.

" Thanks father. " He looked so dejected so I felt pity and put up a big smile.

I spent 20 minutes just looking at books and deciding what to read first. Then I looked at father and he said,

" Only 5 at one time "

" Ughh stingy…. "

So I picked 5 oldest one. And left his office happily smiling. Enjoying the amazing deal I just made with a crafty man. I successfully skipped boring classes and gained new books to read plus my father will teach me new skills...

I can't wait…..