Before I knew it, Sherry already became a natural part of our family.
To my surprise, she was actually two years older than me, even though she was shorter. So I guess that made her my older sister as well? Lame. I already had one. What I wanted was a little sister instead. She’s shorter than me so I should be the big brother! That was my thought.
Speaking of older sisters, Marina started teaching me magic once again, just like old times. To my awe, yet as I predicted as well, she already improved quite significantly from her old self a year ago. First, she was now capable of using summoning spells. The academy facilitated students’ attempt at forming contracts with spirits, something you would need to cast a summoning spell. “Every type of spirit has their own ways of forming a contract with a mage,” she explained to me. “For example, for a simple fairy, you would only need to place a pot of flower near your bed for a week, sprinkled by a special potion you would prepare beforehand that would contain a piece of your hair. Then, you would have a dream where you enter their world. There, you find a fairy to persuade in becoming your spirit. Mine, she just came to me and praised how I smelled, then she told me that she wanted to join. Odd fairy, wasn’t she?” She couldn’t help but giggle a little. “Well, she’s a flower fairy, so I suppose it makes sense that she would love pleasant smells.”
She liked the way she smelled, eh? Well, she indeed smelled good every time she hugged me…
“I then contracted with a dryad. She’s part of the Fey spirits, which meant I would do the same proceedings as before, then we had a little hide and seek game in the forest there. She was surprisingly hard to find, as she would camouflage herself amongst the trees. But I managed to find her anyway, so she became my spirit as well.”
“So, you can just choose whatever spirits you want to summon?” My eyes glimmer with excitement. “Then, how about some cool stuff like giant wolves or the like?” To be honest, I didn’t think I wanted to summon fairies or dryads. Maybe the dryad, if she’s all flirty and naked like the common depiction in fantasy games and stories. But if I wanted a spirit for that, I could just choose a succubus instead. Hmm, maybe I should really summon a succubus instead!
Wait, no, that would be too dangerous. I was still a six years old boy after all. If this world follows the same lore as the succubi back in my world, then they would probably want a constant meal of my semen as payment, which I would be happy to give… if I wasn’t a six year old boy that hasn’t even reached puberty yet. If not given, they would probably suck out my soul instead or something. Brr, no thanks.
“Giant wolves?” She replied in astonishment, before laughing. “Oh Hugo, they would be way beyond your level.” But then, her expression turned stern all of a sudden. “No, really, never try it. You could die doing it. There’s a good reason why we could never find anything related to spirit binding pacts at home. It’s because it’s really dangerous. So many spirits out there are outright malicious. They will curse or even devour any mages that called upon them if they don’t find them worthy to be their master. Basically, bad things would happen if you failed a pact ceremony.” I gulped. That sounded scary indeed.
“I only made my pacts under the supervision of the teachers of the Academy.” She continued her explanation. “So don’t try anything stupid while I’m gone, alright? Not that you could anyway. We don’t have any summoning books here after all. And no, before you ask, I’m not lending you any! If you’re going to learn any summoning magic, it has to be under my supervision! Understand?”
Damn, she’s good at this. She should be a teacher in the future.
I didn’t say anything about how the way she lowered herself in front of me exposed her budding breasts though, thanks to her loose clothes. Now that was something a teacher shouldn't do. Unless you're aiming for the sexy teacher look, of course.
She then showed me the two summons she had talked about. With each having their own chants, she brought them to my presence.
"Hola, Marina!” The fairy smiled with great cheer.
“Hehe, what do you need today, Marina?” The dryad smiled brightly as well.
The fairy looked like your usual fairy. Small with insect wings, about the size of an adult fist. This fairy styled her blue hair in a long twintail. She wore a short blue dress, matching the color of her hair.
The dryad, on the other hand, really did not wear any clothes, with her long and shaggy green hair covering her wood-like body. Unlike your monster girl interpretation where she would just be like a naked teenager, her wooden body certainly gave quite the turn off. Not to mention her pitch-black eyes that had no pupils whatsoever. And her sharp fingers as well, with no fingernails. In short, she’s the teenage girl version of a treant.
"Oh, nothing special. I just called you two here to show to my little brother how a summoning spell looks like." And just from that smile, I can already tell that she's really proud of herself.
Sis, being a showoff is no good, you know.
But then again, she's probably only like this with me and our parents, so I suppose it's forgiven. I too always loved to brag my accomplishments to my siblings and parents. I wanted to make them proud of me after all. Well, until I gave up and became a failure, that is.
"Ooh, so he's your little brother?"
"How cute!"
The two now stared at me with curious eyes. I couldn't help but blush a little from the sudden attention I was receiving.
"Oh, right, I haven't talked about how feys differ from demons, have I?" Marina suddenly interrupted. “Well, they don’t, really, fundamentally speaking. Do you know what the term ‘demons’ really refer to?”
Hmm? Now that I thought about it, I actually didn’t know. So many times demons were mentioned in the books I had read, but none of them really defined them from real. They probably assumed that their readers would already be familiar with the term.
“What people referred to ‘demons’ were usually those that lived in the Demon Continent. And that includes the Fey.”
“Hey, don’t lump us off with those brutes!” The dryad suddenly protested. “We Fey have a territory of our own that is free from the influence of them! Like the Great Fairy Forest where we live!” The fairy nodded in agreement.
“Oh, forgive me. It’s not my intention to insult your people.” Marina quickly apologized. “But that’s exactly my point. The common folk don't really care about the distinction. Any nonhuman races that don’t have an alliance with us humans are deemed as demons in their eyes. In Milicis lands, it’s actually forbidden to perform summoning spells even.”
Milicis? Oh, it’s the most prominent religion of this world. They got their own theocracy and all. Well, Father and Mother didn’t seem to be amongst its followers though.
“Oh, look at that! It’s time for me to go!” The fairy suddenly exclaimed. “Payment please!” She flew straight towards Marina’s hair and gave it a good, long sniff. “Mmm, smells good as always! Cha chao!” And with that, she suddenly disappeared with a poof.
“Time for my payment as well,” the dryad then exclaimed. Marina nodded with a smile, walking towards her before tapping her wand onto her head, almost as if she was knighting her.
“There. That’s enough nutrition, right?”
“Yep!” The Fey exclaimed cheerfully. “Goodbye, Marina! Goodbye, Marina’s little brother!”
She went poof as well. Hey, she didn’t even know my name!
And with that, Marina decided to end our lessons for the day.
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