7 Chapter 1-5 Sage Appearance

Four years after Heavenly Horse was picked up, one year after I started studying magic,

"Tenma, I'm done studying with books alone today. Well done, I'll start practicing beginner magic from the ground up tomorrow."

and to forgiveness from Sealia. The tenma is

"Really! Can I use magic? Yay!"

and raised a voice of joy.

"Except! From now on, you know better than ever, to keep your mother's words, not to use magic against her, never to throw out practice, even if it's hard."

"Yes!"

"Tomorrow your father will be with you, to the nearby river and practice there. So go to bed early today and get well."

"Ha ~ i"

And, although I replied, I was a tenma who could hardly sleep with the joy and excitement of being able to use magic.

The next day, the Heavenly Horses came in the morning about ten minutes walk from the village to the river.

"Good tenma, I'll teach you from the magic of water first. Watch." It's water. ""

Seelia speaks with her hands where the river flows slowly. Then there was a column of water about a meter from the river.

"Okay? This is the magical foundation of water. Start with a gentle place, so that you can maintain the water column even where the flow is gradual and fast."

When Heavenly Horse tried to get her hands on the river, she turned around feeling her gaze inadvertently. At the same time Ricardo turned around and was stunned,

"Look, I think they've noticed. Sorry I didn't mean to interrupt."

About ten meters ahead of Ricardo, from Tenma stood a man who was sometime wearing a black robe from his head at a distance of about 15 meters.

As the man approached him, Shelia stood in front of the Heavenly Horse like a coward, and Ricardo pulled out a large swing of knife that was lowering to his hips as he stepped back and stood between the Heavenly Horses and the man.

"Who is it!

Against Ricardo, who was vigilant, the man stopped, not looking particularly concerned, and came calling out.

"Don't be so vigilant, Ricardo, you forgot me, Shelia"

And I looked out of my robe as I said.

"Merlin!"

"Uncle!"

The man grinned as Ricardo deepened the wrinkles in his face at what Ricardo called Merlin and Shelia's uncle.

"That's right, it's Merlin. If you understand, would you put the knife down, Ricardo?

"Oh, oh, I'm sorry"

and Ricardo returning the knife to the hips sheath. After seeing it, the man called Merlin slowly walked over.

"Long time no see. How many years have you both been shaking?

It's been eleven years, Merlin.

"Yes, uncle, I haven't heard from you in years and I was worried!

Merlin laughed at the two words with

"Excuse me. Excuse me. I thought I was going to leave a letter, but I totally forgot."

I said and I was scratching my head.

"As always, uncle."

"Well, once in a while, I thought he wasn't dead because he'd heard from travelers."

Merlin turned her gaze to the Tenma behind the two who are saying.

"By the way, is this kid two kids? When did you give birth, Shelia?

and asked with eyes to eyes with Heavenly Horse.

Ricardo took Merlin a little further away from the Heavenly Horses and whispered.

"Half right, but half off, Merlin"

"Say what?

"This kid was dumped in the Great Forest when he was a baby. I stumbled across it during the hunt, protected it, and adopted it."

"Is that what happened?"

"Well, now it's our treasure."

And Marlin smiled when she saw Ricardo laughing.

I introduced myself again after the two of us came back after the conversation.

"You're a mess. Nice to meet you. I'm Merlin. I'll meet Sealia's uncle. Sometimes the world is called the Wise Man."

Hearing Grandpa laugh cheerfully. Heavenly Horse doesn't think,

"Sage is that freak's"

I said. After I said it, I thought Merlin didn't care.

"Don't be called that."

And I said it all the time.

"Sorry, my name is Tenma, and I'm four years old."

"Oh, yeah, well, I don't care. 'Cause I've done what I call a freak."

And I was laughing.

"By the way, Celia, what were you doing?

"Yeah, I was trying to teach Tenma the magic basics."

"Right, well, let me try some tenma"

"Okay."

So Tenma put her hand in the river, and said, "Water," and a column of water was formed about a meter in front of her.

"Tenma, that's not awesome, it's awesome to succeed in one go!

"Oh, normally the water doesn't respond or I can't keep it in shape!

and the two praised, but Merlin had a rugged look,

"Tenma, you have things to do before this practice. You can't break your body like this."

I said. Before the Heavenly Horses said anything, Merlin continued,

"You have too much magic for your age. So it's better to do the practice of controlling magic carefully."

"But uncle, isn't it usually common for your body to remember to release some magic before entering into magic control?

"Sure, it's usually assumed that it's common to get used to the feeling of releasing magic from your body before letting you remember how to control it, but that's only in the case of kids with normal qualities"

"Tenma says it's not normal"

to Ricardo's words. Merlin nodded. And

"The magic and magic of this child is within reach of top notch. But your body is still a child, and if you unleash magic poorly, you will run wild uncontrollably. As a result, if it's good, it's obsolete, if it's bad, let's wrap it around and get the wood dust."

Tenma and the others blued at Merlin's words.

"Then what do I do?"

to the likely crying voice of Sealia. Merlin said,

"In order not to, let them circulate in your body without releasing magic, and let them acquire the art of controlling magic."

It was Seelia who settled a little on Merlin's words, but realized she couldn't teach herself. When Merlin saw how it was,

"What, don't worry, I'll teach Tenma. If the temper runs wild, I can calm it down."

With that said, Merlin is the head of Heavenly Horse. The face was like a grandfather who was a grandson.

"Merlin, say hello to Tenma!

"Uncle, please tenma!

"Um, okay. If you are children, let's do everything we can to be grandchildren to me. Is that okay with you, too?

That's what Merlin asks, because there's no other way for Heavenly Horse than to teach Merlin so far, and there's even less danger, and it's a good thing that she can be coached directly by Sage.

"Ha! Nice to meet you!

And he answered well.