Knowing that after 2 weeks I will have my first interactions with new people, I tried to fix my communication skills as much as I can. I don't want to create awkward situations again.
Especially after what happened when I asked them to play in the garden. But instead I said I want to leave the house.
So I repated the good mannered words from my past world after translating them to human tongue.
'No need to screw this up too, Rudeus!' I reminded myself remembering the bad interaction with Mom and Dad that made them think, I will leave the house.
(I can't belive what I said that day. Nor could I get it out of my head for some reason.)
At the late evening while reading 'The Legend of Perigruies' for the 10th time after fully finishing it, still trying to figure out summoning magic and even if in a small level just from the hints left in the book.
But as usual Paul cutted my contraction of reading Perigruies's book by making goofy faces and keeping to poke my face.
(For the 100th time since Paul discovered I have a consciousness. He tries to pull my entire focus to him by giving me advice about women, I'm wondering what approach will he take this time to bring the subject of women).
"You know, Rudi, the adventures I have around the world as an adventurer were fun and enjoyable." Said the dark-haired blonde swordsman trying to gain my attention, after finding I'm very immersed in the book. (And he got it by a bullseye).
When he saw me leaving the book looking at his side he continued.
"And as a swordsman, you enjoy the wind swings and feel like flying in the midst of battle. The feeling of the wind in your head, make you feel like you are really flying. Like you are free!"
That's awesome and all but... he usually talks about women, (did he finally realised it is to early for this advice and won't say anything about it, today? And to tell you the truth I'm in for the sword.)
I like how he breaks the laws of physics with his swings, also for some reason, he is really happy while saying that he feels free, he almost as happy when I praise his swordsmanship.
"There you can find the perfect women and an enjoyable life. My only advice if you ever find your way to the Berrigriet continent, be warned of succubus; they are Greyrat's natural enemy."
(And here it's the advice I was waiting for).
I just rolled my eyes.
'Do I solve things myself or wait for someone else to solve it for me? Will he ever drop the subject by himself, and yield to Mom scolding him?'
I wandered to solve this problem with Paul. Finally deciding to leave him be anyway.
After that when Paul found me nodding without caring about the last part and continued reading he sighed in resignation and left me alone.
But before he left he looked at my side and reminded me that after 14 days he will start training me in Sword because my second year will be then.
Also when I asked them about my birthday they told me it is still 3 years early. They explained to me in this world you get birthday celebrations every five years, but they are extravagant compared to normal birthdays.
(Well, at least they hadn't forgotten my birthday at least, and of course he just said it's the usually the biggest celebration they can offer not saying compared to the normal. After all their normal is different than my normal.)
***
I also failed to gather any information in healing magic other than healing and detoxify. In attack magic: I memorised all intermediate spells, but I will try them in the garden when I'm 3 at least.
Also after some thinking, I prefer shooting toward an empty field from above it. With this my chances of hitting someone is almost 0%, because in the other one gravity (I mean the natural one) could make matters worse by returning the spell more fatal than it was initially. (I don't know how the idea escaped my mind when I initially considered it.)
I plan to tell my parents after I finished all the spells in the book. After that, I plan to ask them for proper teaching in all schools of magic beyond the book, and some to review my knowledge I got from it.
Now when I think about it... I'm really turning into one of this world residents by pursuing greater heights in strength.
All I wanted when I was young was to be healthy. (Hey, wait a second! I'm saying when I was younger, but right now I'm still hardly a one year old toddler who yet to be two... let's ignore my rapid growth.)
Also I'm in between rocks in some of my decisions, especially since I want to explore the whole world as soon as possible. (For someone who used to travel countries every three months, being settled down in a small village isn't my thing).
At the same time I don't want to leave my family behind. And I can't imagine myself persuading my family to leave this peaceful place to join me exploring the world. (I'm getting more and more attached to them everyday passing day, except for Paul me and him are like siblings who squabbles at everything).
I can't see myself leaving my family behind, especially with how I lost my former ones, when when I was young. (Well... Dad was defective after being semi-paralysed and lost his legs too since that day, until he died. Also it's very hard to comprehend calling myself young when I was 13 then, when I'm now barely two, my mind is messed up because of this strange reincarnation.) I will leave both of these problems for older Rudeus to solve.
***
After I went to have dinner with Mom, Dad and Lilia where Mom as usual reviewed with me a lesson of Millis faith, she is extra happy because I can't stop my habit of praying to god before the food. (Old habit from my past life, strangely enough it's the same as Millis religion pray. Is Millis creator was someone reincarnated as me? I'm considering it because how they hinted that Perigruies is reincarnated in his book.)
As usual all the members of the house sigh at the same time. (It becomes a normal occasion in the family dinner because of the daily repetitive events).
***
After 2 weeks of repetitive daily occurrences, finally I'm two years-old, and they proved it by finding more better breakfast prepared on the dinner table.
Also my body strangely increased my limit of using mana in one go. Out of nowhere I realised it by now I can both summon 5 molecules of waters one per finger and the gravity magic limit has increased to the ability to lift a small book 'The three swordsmen and labyrinth' book.
If you are wondering why I took with me, there are 2 reasons for that, I know Dad is going to explain to me the swordsmanship. That's the first, I took it to see if he was going to explain anything new when we started sword training.
The second one is to see the poses drawn in there to copy.
To my disappointment Dad's training today didn't include sword, until later parts. He started by making me make 5 laps around the house, then 10 push-ups, then 10 sit-up, then jump and shake till I can no longer continue,
***
After that, he started the theoretical explanation, where he didn't add any new information to my knowledge, except he showcased again cutting the large stone with wooden sword and called it 'Swordsman institutions.'
After that he told me to do the same, when he said I unintentionally stared at him while my mouth let a "huh?!" Passes with a look says WTF are you telling me to do.
"Do swoosh, like the one I just did, Rudi." Said Paul, like it's the most natural thing in the world. (Is he for real? He is kidding. Right?)
"Can you explain it one more time, please, Daddy?" I said with puppy eye and cute look but for some reason he looked confused by the approach.
(First time, I called him Daddy, by the way.)
"Take your sword and launch, and swoosh like this," said Dad, after repeating the same move again without explaining.
But, this time I'm not the same, this time I focused on his footwork in hopes of being able to copy him.
I stand up and copied his stance first right leg to the front, the sword next to the waist, use my left foot for pushing me to the maximum speed and use the sword to hit the stone as strong as I could, and to my surprise it did a very small crack on the rock.
(Best way to explain the crack shape is, it look exactly the same when water drops fall at a rock with high speed, after keeping the scene for some time it will make hardly visible crack like the one I did, in other word you won't realise it, except if you are focusing on it).
But.. the sword had been cut into two pieces and my hand vibrated to much that I think I probably had fractured my arm.
"Not like this, Rudi, you idiot! Don't do swash like that, do swoosh like this." Dad ignored my failure and pleads where I tried to ask: for time out. He show cased the move for the third time. (The rock has become four pieces and one of them has a crack which I caused, Dad's attack become a catalyst for my crack to grow by 2 centimetres and know it had become visible.)
But he didn't even see me talking or ignored me intentionally, because we continued with repeating sword slashes on the air.
After intense training with 0 experience teacher. He finished it after what it seems forever to me. (The moment he ended it, I fell on my butt and couldn't stand up).
He smiled and offered to carry me inside. I agreed immediately.
I agreed just because I don't think I can move a single muscle in my body.
***
After we got inside, he told Mom to bathe me and put me on bed to take a nap.
Mom smiled one of her ear to ear smile because she is going to bathe me, and with my state I cannot refuse it.
The moment Dad put me on her arms she hugged one of her tight hugs. (Thankfully not the bone crushing one.)
Then she went for the bath Lilia had prepared in silence, she started immediately the moment she realised Dad almost finished his training. (This woman day after day she proves to me that she is a robot.)
Let's skip this part.
Mom took me to bed and kissed my forehead before heading to the door to leave the room.
Before leaving, she promised me to wake me up at lunch. And left the room.
Before sleeping I put my hands on my body and doubled overcharged X-Healing and until my muscles stopped the pain a little. (I was able to move my hands thanks to Mom's healing spell during the bath, but she just used the beginner level one once and left the room afterwards).
After that with gravity magic I moved my legs to help in healing and I stayed on the same strange pose for the next 10 minutes.
My muscles stiffness became tolerable decreasing the amount of pain the training created. With that I finally I can fall asleep.
And for the first time since figuring mana increasing with training I slept naturally.
***
I got woken up with a gentle push to my back.
Where I found Mom waking me up before carrying me out. While I was still yawning.
"Wake up, Rudi, if you still want to visit the clinic today, you have to wake up, I will stay there until dinner and I was thinking of taking you with me."
"Okay, Mommy, give me 5 more minutes." I said in a sleepy state missing half of the conversation, but when I tried to stretch my body, the pain from my whole body, woke me up immediately.
I groaned in pain and when Mom realised how shitty my state is, she laughed a light chuckle then healed me with her intermediate healing.
"Thanks, Mommy, I feel better now." I thanked her with a genuine smile.
I felt gratitude for removing muscle soreness. She somehow had healed me perfectly with her healing magic, even though it's weaker (in raw mana usage) by a lot, but for some reason it heals better and has some warm effect on my body.
After this she put me on the table and we started eating the lunch and like breakfast it has extra rations but it was finished fully and not a single drop was wasted.
(I was starving and Mom used this to fed me, she was very cheerful since today I didn't refuse her tries to feed me. The opposite of what usually happens I agreed to her offer to feed me immediately, today, because my body was hurting very much and I was hungry too, so I just agreed) .
***
After lunch Mom took me to the clinic, where she was depositing small weeds, she planted them last month.
And the weeds grew immediately, apparently this weed helps to relieve the fevers by being put on soup made for the sick people.
When we reached I found a one story building about 15 minutes walk from home.
It was next to the stream on the other side of the wheat fields decorates the other shore and many fields the wheats are two or three months grown for two or three only, the rest passed the half way through to be ready to be harvested.
(The view is a masterpiece. I really want to run and play inside of it. Thats if I had the energy for it).
Mom showed me inside the building which has 3 desks for carrying medicines, (the tables are the normal tables we use for everyday use), with a chair in front of it, one of the three desks is more like a table than a desk, (there aren't anything like earth modern desks in this medieval world but instead it's more like a table with drawers and maybe even an extension in the top. This detail was only found in the desk in Paul's study), three chairs in front of the wall next to the door for the waiting patients and bed in the adjacent to the wall next to it.
Mom put the weeds on the farthest table. (Her own desk, I was sure of it because it was the second most detailed one from the three), then she asked me to bring some free jars and boxes to fill them with the weeds she brought.
She told me I can find both on the drawers of her desk. (The reason she sent me, she would have to crouch if she brought them herself, and that isn't the best pose to someone sees a woman in. Of course she didn't say all of that, she just told me where to find the boxes and jars).
After I helped her to get the boxes and jars, then filled them with her, she kissed my forehead and asked me if I want to play around till someone comes, but I refused her and sat on her lap. (My body is so sore, that I'm barely moving. I can't run around yet).
She was happy by how I strangely become very clingy to her and started to play with my hair while patting my head.
And she started talking and said, today will be a light day in the clinic because today is the monthly visit of Mr Aaron to the houses and the fields.
(He is doing that to check if there anything wrong with both the people, livestock, the vegetables and fruits planted. That's was her answer when I asked what is the monthly visit that's Mr Aaron doing? It was after I asked her who is Mr Aaron? And apparently he is the village doctor, as for his profession he is a herbalist. My expression of disappointment betrayed me and showed in my face when Mom told me his profession.)
***
After what appears to be an hour, some woman came carrying a girl barely older than me. Who apparently made a cut on her hand with a sickle. (It wasn't that bad of a cut in the girl's forearm her arm is still attached after the cut after all, but still the cut was was a deep one. About 3 centimetres deep).
Mom healed her with intermediate healing magic. Then kissed the little girl's hand. And with her cheerful demeanor, she made the girl forget the pain and smile to Mom, after the girl played with Mom for sometime. Mom told the woman that's the fee's 5 normal copper coins. (Also Mom called the woman by Mrs. Smith).
The woman smiled then gave Mom the money. And thanked her by bowing her head.
But Mom told her to raise her head, then she smiled one of her scary smiles before asking the woman, if she is free, and if she can leave the little girl to play with me.
"It will be an honour, Ms. Zenith, I'm sure Anna will like to play with your son too." As much as I want to make new friendships, I feel that the smile Mom has something behind it. (Ugh. I will leave it be).
"Good afternoon, Mrs. Smith, Anna. I'm Rudeus Greyrat, and it will be my pleasure to make your acquaintance." (I was keeping distance to avoid disturbing Mom while she heals the girl, and there wasn't any good chance to introduce myself before).
I said while I was coping Mom's stance when she greeted them. When I did, she chucked very loudly and couldn't control herself. (Now what?!).
"Pfft. Rudi you tried to copy my etiquette. But this greeting is for women to do." When she finished I felt my face has become red from embarrassment, especially when Mrs. Smith started laughing about it too.
"Hey! It's not.. funny.. at all." When I said that, after being stuttered and frustrated and even bit my tongue in middle of talking, that made even Anna laughed loudly about it.
She completely forgot her pain and now like she was watching a clown performing. They didn't stop laughing even after five whole minutes passed.
Where Mom had to dry many happy tears. Needless to say I pouted and took a side and almost cried. (That embarrassed me too much).
The first to stop was Anna who tried to break the mood by playing with me and we played until dinner time. (I tried to forget the embarrassment that happened before but couldn't).
We were returning home Mom closed the clinic behind her. (We said our goodbyes 10 minutes earlier to the Smiths).
And Mom wasn't lying when she said today will be almost light day. (She only had 5 people visited the clinic other than Mrs Smith and her daughter, and most of them were visiting to buy medicines not to get treated).
In the whole way she had a big smile on her face and if she wasn't worrying about her reputation in the village she would be deer-jumping now. (But that didn't stop the smug and how she was walking happily).
When we got home we found dinner's ready all we had to do is wash our hands and enjoy the food.
After we finished dinner, Mom with a big smile on her face recounted the day for Dad and Lilla about what happened.
And she laughed again when she told them about when I tried to copy her greeting way. Which appears to be how noble women are supposed to greet this way.
When I almost cried again Lilia felt sympathy for me and offered to teach me etiquette, when I grow up a little bit more at maximum after my first birthday.
But I asked her to at least teach me how the noblemen greet other people, and after long persuading, she showed me how noblemen greet each other, commoners and even royalty.
I was supposed to make a half arc with my left foot and put it behind the right one. At the same time put my left hand on my right chest and then bow my head slightly to nobility lower than me, to nobility in the same level a little lower and to higher nobility, even lower and make halfway bow to royalty.
(I don't like how people bow their heads easily in this world and they tell me the commoner usually makes a full kneel and even lower nobility bows like always).
After finishing with Lilia I felt sleepy and went straight to bed after the etiquette training, for the first time I used the new privilege of summoning 25 water molecules from my right hand, 20 from my left and 5 from each foot. (I unintentionally made my right hand stronger than the left hand in magic). After one and half minute I felt like I couldn't stay awake any longer and I fell asleep.