Chapter 8: Roxy

Two more years passed, and Roa successfully found a wife for Rudeus: Sylphy.

After bringing a somewhat shy Sylphy home and letting Rudeus begin his "raising" plan, Roa thought to himself, "You already have one, so you can't be a playboy."

So, besides his usual magic and swordsmanship training, he was calculating the time.

What was he calculating the time for? To wait for Roxy, of course.

Rudeus had a wife, so it wasn't too much for him, as the older brother, to have one too, right?

When Rudeus was four years old, Roa began to make requests to Paul and Zenith with appropriate reasons.

"Father and Mother, I think Rudeus and I need a magic teacher to guide us," Roa said.

Soon, a girl with blue hair stepped down from a carriage.

"My name is Roxy, nice to meet you." A petite girl with blue hair tied in braids, wearing a magician-style brown robe, appeared before them. She looked to be about a middle school student, and her appearance could be described as petite and proper.

She spoke to Paul with half-closed eyes, looking a little tired.

Loli, listless half-closed eyes, and a cold attitude. That was the impression she gave everyone.

The moment he saw Roxy, Roa almost instinctively pulled Rudeus aside.

Roa said seriously, "Rudeus, have I been good to you?"

Rudeus was confused but nodded. Honestly, this older brother of his, although his expression was a bit cold, was actually a very good person.

Roa leaned close to Rudeus's ear and said, "I've taken a liking to this girl."

Rudeus's eyes widened. He looked at the cute Roxy, then at the extremely handsome little boy in front of him. The thought of them getting close made his cheeks flush. He instantly imagined dozens of gigabytes worth of doujinshi.

As if afraid that Rudeus hadn't heard him clearly, Roa repeated, "I've taken a liking to this girl."

Rudeus nodded, a knowing look on his face. He leaned close to Roa's ear and said, "What do you want to do?"

"What to do?" Roa looked at Rudeus strangely. "What else can I do?"

Rudeus chuckled, a lewd smile on his face. Roa couldn't help but take a step back. Rudeus whispered, "Of course, that! Such a cute girl, don't tell me you don't have any ideas."

Roa fell silent, then nodded. Rudeus patted his older brother's shoulder and glanced at Sylphy inside the house. Rudeus shouted, "Sylphy, you can come out and listen too."

Paul was unhappy with the two of them whispering to each other and scolded, "Roa, Rudeus, come over here and greet your teacher!"

Roxy looked at the two of them curiously, then adjusted her hat and said to Paul, "I heard you have two boys who want to learn magic. Where's the other child?"

With a look of disbelief on Roxy's face, Paul pointed to the taller boy next to him and said, "This is my eldest son, his name is Roa."

Then he pointed to the yellow-haired boy next to him and said, "This is my second son, his name is Rudeus."

Roa was used to this. He bowed and said, "Are you my teacher? Nice to meet you, my name is Roa Greyrat, you can call me Roa."

Roxy was stunned by the cute little boy in front of her. She pointed at him again and said, "You, male?"

Roa's brow twitched. He knew that his appearance often caused misunderstandings, but what could he do? That's just how he looked.

Roa nodded. Roxy smiled awkwardly and looked back and forth between Roa and Rudeus.

"So, they're the ones who want to learn magic?" Roxy asked.

Rudeus weakly raised his hand and said, "If possible, I'd like Sylphy to receive your guidance as well."

"Eh~ me? It's enough for me to be with Rudeus and Roa-nii, but to learn magic together, wouldn't that be a bit much?" Sylphy asked hesitantly.

Rudeus just gave her a bright smile, waving his hand as if to say, "Leave it to me."

Paul covered his forehead, annoyed. "I said, don't make decisions on your own! We agreed it would just be the two of you."

Roxy's smile was a little stiff. She looked at the timid Sylphy and sighed. "You can stay and listen, but aren't you all a little too young? One six-year-old and two four-year-olds."

The smiles on Rudeus and Sylphy's faces froze.

Paul proudly puffed out his chest. "The boys in our family are all geniuses," he said.

As if sighing in resignation, Roxy had no choice. She rubbed her temples and said in a gentler voice, "Then, let's begin today's first lesson."

So, the four of them found an open space in the courtyard and sat down.

Roxy took out a thick magic book from her bag. After thinking for a moment, she put the book down and said to the three children sitting cross-legged in front of her, "Then, let's start with this magic textbook… no, before that, let's see how much magic you can use."

Rudeus was about to speak when Roa interrupted him coldly. "We've only learned some related knowledge from books," Roa said.

Roxy's delicate face showed a "just as I thought" expression. She sighed slightly, looked around, and said to everyone, "I'll demonstrate first, and you can see if you can try to learn it. May the blessing of the great water descend upon your request, and may a cool stream appear here - Water Ball."

A fist-sized water ball began to gather in her hand. The water ball swirled and then flew into the distance.

Splat.

The sound of the water ball landing rang out, hitting the railing and wetting it.

"Did you see that?" Roxy's expression was listless, showing that she didn't have high expectations for the three of them.

"Amazing!" Rudeus said in an exaggerated voice, winking at Roa.

Sylphy was confused. Didn't they both already know how to do this?

Magic was amazing.

There was no doubt about that. It could create the four elements of wind, fire, water, and earth out of thin air.

But magic was also extremely difficult to learn because it had strict requirements for magic power.

Today, Roxy had met three top-tier prodigies.