4 Chapter 4

Edward finally turned his gaze to Zenith and nodded.

"Yes I'm fine, I'm sorry to bother you."

Zenith sighed and shook his head "Don't worry about that, instead don't try to use magic like that again at your age."

Edward nodded firmly "Yeah, I can't use magic anyway…I mean the spell to fail earlier…"

Edward felt a wave of regret at his earlier failure, he intended to impress Roxy by casting the spell and maybe be able to receive magic lessons from her...

Noting his gaze, Zenith glanced at Paul to encourage the boy.

Understanding the look, Paul approached, he coughed twice before speaking.

"Don't worry, kid! After all you are a man, you should rather dream of becoming a swordsman instead of using magic!"

Zenith glared at him "You dare say that in front of Rudy!?"

At the mention of Rudeus' name, Paul flinched and turned to his panicked son "Ha Rudy that's not what I meant… I just wanted to encourage him since he has no magic skill unlike you. !"

Rudeus looked surprised at his father's skill at almost hurting everyone in the room as Zenith sighed.

Edward, on the contrary, was rather delighted with the situation, taking advantage of his age to direct a look of admiration at Paul.

"Sir, you said I could become a great swordsman like you, right?!"

Paul turns to him and smiles "Of course! With training and a good teacher, nothing will resist you, believe me! Finally apart from me of course hahaha!"

Edward suppresses a smile 'This guy is so predictable!'

"So you're going to be my teacher!? Isn't it…" Edward used all his acting skills to put a face full of expectation and admiration towards Paul.

Paul met her gaze with a sheepish smile, and just as he was about to say no, he caught sight of the gaze Zenith and Lilia were directing at him, feeling a bead of sweat running down his back, he met Edward's gaze.

"S-Of course, but my lessons will be very complicated, if you fail or can't follow I won't teach you understood!"

Edward nodded "Of course Master!"

"Master ? That's pretty cool…" As Paul stared into space, pondering his new title, Roxy approached Edward and bowed slightly.

"I'm sorry, I should have stopped you from trying a spell at your age, I brought you here since Zenith works in the clinic but your parents must be worried by now, I I'll take you home."

Edward blinked and looked out the window, seeing the sun go down he swallowed thinking about his mother's reaction to being late.

'Shit I really have to go home!'

"Thank you, but I don't need any help, I have to get home quickly or my parents will be worried."

Zenith nodded "Oh good out the door and leave here."

Edward walked to the door and before leaving he turned around "Thank you for everything and sorry to bother you, I'll be there tomorrow for practice~"

At the mention of training, Paul resumed his thoughts "Hey wait I never said tomorrow!"

However, before he could finish speaking, Edward was already gone, earning a small sneer from Rudeus in his father's face.

Zenith she sighed with amusement "What a strange child, for a moment I thought he was going to cry but in the end I feel like he got what he wanted…"

Roxy also nodded thoughtfully.

Finally Rudeus spoke up with a sigh, "You didn't even ask his name...and he forgot the bunnies he had with him."

In his mind, Rudeus wondered about this strange child 'Is it possible that he is like me? I mean it wasn't clear but he manipulated Paul into becoming his teacher, I doubt a normal three year old could do that… Paul is still the protective knight of the village, even though he looks likeable a child should be at least a little intimidated.'

For his part, Edward quietly returned home satisfied.

'Even if I can't use magic, the problem may be my mana reserve, if I take rudeus as an example I will have to practice to increase my reserves, I may not be a lost cause!'

'On the other hand, I gained a teacher who masters three different fighting styles at the advanced level, even if it turns out that I can't use magic, learning from Paul will already make me an existence high level !'

Arriving home, he saw his mother waiting outside the door of the house, approaching slowly he waved to her.

"Mom, I am the…"

His mother quickly turned to him, a sense of relief evident on her face, however a moment later she grabbed Edward by the ear.

"You brat! Who taught you to come home so late! And don't think I forgot your late wake-up call this morning! Are you already a delinquent? ..."

Finally the cries of his mother lasted about fifteen minutes.