I Have to Learn Magic!!

"Mushoku Tensei, huh…"

Currently, Kurt was once again in his "comfortable" straw basket, the darkness permeating the entire place, and a faint moonlight—with a slight breeze—entering through the window.

At this moment, unlike the other babies, who were already soundly asleep, he had his eyes wide open, staring into nothingness, lost in thought.

The events of today still played in his head, as he sought information from all the moments he had experienced since his very first day, which only confirmed his supposition.

After the animation ended, more serious thoughts took over.

"Indeed, there were quite a few clues from the very beginning."

"I probably didn't notice them, as I didn't yet have knowledge of the demonic language."

"Apparently, I'm on the demonic continent. Now that I know this, everything becomes so obvious, especially the strange races…"

"If I were a bit bolder in my speculations, although, this might be a bit obvious...."

"Probably I am Kurt, the one and only great leader of the adventurers' group Tokurabu Village Thoughs."

"With my two faithful squires, Gablin and Bachirou, we had a beautiful amount of screen time in the original work. Great for supporting characters who would never appear again until the end of the work."

"With the highlight being the death of my comrade Gablin…"

"Poor chicken..."

"At this point… I only have one question left to ask… how did I end up here?"

"It's too specific to be an accident… so, probably someone brought me here…"

"But who..? And why would he do that?"

Previously, Kurt had already thought about this question, but gradually he came to accept it as simply a reincarnation in another world with strange races.

Now that he knows he is in a fantasy world that existed in his previous life, things change dramatically, and he is sure that he was probably brought here deliberately.

"It probably has to do with the memories I can't recall… Now that more time has passed, I am certain."

"After I died, I must have spoken with someone, but I really can't remember anything…"

"Well… if that's it, so be it."

Kurt had already gone through these excessive thoughts many times during his first month in this world, and if there was one thing he was sure of, it was that they led nowhere.

After recovering from his slight relapse into depressive thoughts, the animation resumed, for in his previous life, he was a great fan of Mushoku Tensei—and could say that he knew quite a bit about that specific world.

Enough information to allow him an easy path in this world. Although, on the demonic continent…

"Well, although it is not the best option to be reincarnated, the demonic continent has its advantages, such as, for example…"

"hmmm… What advantages does it have again?"

"Now that I mention it, it doesn't seem to have any advantages…?"

"Well, I will probably manage to think of something; if anything, the demonic race has greater resistance, and a larger amount of mana than the others, at least…"

"And also, those who rule here are laid-back…"

After thinking for a while, Kurt came to the conclusion that, although the demonic continent was the most hostile of all, it could also be the freest in terms of society.

After all, there is no political war happening here—the Demon Kings are the absolute rulers, without dispute.

And these same ones, after having lived for ages, are bored and merely letting their days pass.

With a few being the exception, of course.

And demonic society itself had a clear hierarchy.

If you are stronger, you rule.

"Well, I guess it's not so bad, as long as I'm strong…"

Well, before anything, let's make a brief summary of what I can remember that's important and see what I can do with this information… hmm, ahh?!

"Ah, damn, again…"

While Kurt was preparing to start organizing the information he knew about the work, he was interrupted by his current greatest enemy.

"Wow, what a stench…"

His lack of control over his basic needs.

"Well, let's go again."

Kurt, of course, had been through this many times and was already accustomed to the situation, but still, he never cried like any baby would; instead, he waited until another baby cried, or until morning came so that they could change him.

But over time, he developed some skills to solve this…

From the middle of the straw in his basket, he took out some little stones that he always grabbed when he went out to the patio.

And then, skillfully, he tossed one up. Which then, forming a parabola in the air, fell to his left.

"Toc"

"I missed"

"Toc"

"I missed again"

"Puff"

"I got it right!"

A few seconds later, a sound of crying was heard.

"Kruuuuu! Kruuuuu!"

His friend and loyal comrade Gablin was awakened by the call of his leader, and took the liberty of calling for help in his place, like a good friend.

"I got it on the third try, I'm getting better at this."

Kurt thought with pride.

Before, he had delegated this difficult task to his other friend Bachirou, who was closer to him.

But his sleep was so heavy that he had to be hit two or three times to wake up.

Sometimes the little stones would run out before he could manage to wake him up. It wasn't worth it…

Aunt Mia came in through the door, rubbing her eyes to shake off sleep, and went over to Gablin, giving him gentle pats to calm him down.

"Shu. Shu, calm down, my dear, calm, auntie's here~."

After calming him down and seeing that he was fine, she took her gaze away from him and looked at Kurt, who was staring at her and waving his hands at her while making small noises.

"So it's you again, huh~"

Mia was already used to coming here at night, due to a baby's crying, and catching Kurt calling for her when he needed to be changed.

She found it interesting that he didn't cry because of that, and if no one appeared, he would remain like that until morning.

After routinely changing his cloth for a new one, she glanced at the other babies, and seeing that everything was alright, she silently left the room and went back to sleep.

"Sigh~"

"Finally over, how much longer will I have to go through this?"

"Well, continuing from where I had left off."

"Well, what can I remember about the work at present…"

{Spoiler Alert}

"The protagonist was a 34-year-old NEET who reincarnated into the body of a baby named Rudeus Greyrat, after having been run over by a truck while trying to save a group of youngsters…"

"And among these youngsters, there is a girl who will be summoned 10 years later, causing a massive teleportation incident."

"Which then alerted the main villain of the series."

"Hitogami, who has apostles around the world trying to thwart the plans of Osterd, the Dragon God, to kill him."

"And the story ends there, the end."

"I think that was a good summary."

Basically, I must avoid being on the bad side of the protagonist, since he is said to have a powerful destiny.

And of course, far from being on the bad side, I also hope never to even meet the two most dangerous ones.

Hitogami and Osterd.

The latter, even more so than the former.

After all, although Hitogami might send someone to kill me or something like that, he cannot act directly against me.

As for Ostred… well, he can basically toy with God-level existences as if they were nothing.

And he is a cold-blooded killer, not minding mistakenly killing if he even slightly considers me an enemy; after all, he can come back and do it all over again.

"But I cannot…"

"Okay, summarizing everything, except for those three points above, there's nothing else so important that could limit my steps in this world."

"Given that I acquire a certain level of power, I can basically go almost anywhere."

"After all, with an entire world to explore, I'm not going to spend my whole life in the demonic continent, known for being the most difficult and hostile place to live."

After much reflection on the story and its events, as well as on the main powers of this world, Kurt realized that, despite being on the worst-known continent, he was also free from most of the events of the original work.

Basically free to follow any path he wished and could achieve.

"So, it's decided! I will live freely in this world, without letting myself be carried away by the plot."

"Taking advantage of the information I have, I can certainly acquire a considerable level of strength, and perhaps even some important contacts…"

"Let's see, the original Kurt was a swordsman, probably intermediate level, with a huge chance of being in the style of the God of the North."

"As for magic, he didn't have any, as far as was shown."

Kurt began to think about how he could increase his level of power; his first objective was to reach the Saint level in some style or magic, which would already grant him some status.

He intended to learn to use both the sword and magic—after all, if he can master both, why learn only one?!

And in the midst of his thoughts, Kurt suddenly remembered a vital piece of information.

The amount of mana in all beings of this world was given at birth, with few known means to increase it.

Only later, the protagonist, Rudeus, discovered that by using magic during childhood, magical power could be increased—up to roughly 9 to 11 years old.

To use magic, it was necessary to at least know some magic and use it constantly.

With this recollection awakened, Kurt made up his mind.

"Well, I don't know how I'm going to manage that, especially when I'm a baby at the moment, but…"

"I have to learn magic!!"