MTLNOVEL Chapter 3: PILOT PT 3 FINAL
"Mom, can you train me so I can become as amazing as those other people?!"
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Kaito
While still in my mother's lap, I said that embarrassing but necessary phrase. I saw how, after hearing that sentence, she showed a clear look of appreciation and fell silent for a moment, as if weighing all the consequences before making a decision. But after what seemed like a few minutes of her silently looking at my face, while I tried my best to make an expression of excitement and anticipation for her answer—in my past life, I wasn't some mega-manipulator or excellent actor, but after five years of studying law, it was inevitable that the basic knowledge of psychology and criminology that was passed on to me would take root—she opened her mouth and slowly, with love dripping from her voice, said to me,
"Are you sure you want to start this at your age, my love? You're just over a year old, you won't be able to do anything really practical. What you'd be taught would be mostly theoretical knowledge. But, my love, could you sit still for hours listening to someone teach you various boring subjects?"
Yasaka
Right after finishing my answer, I saw his serious little face, he was so cute o(≧ω≦)o. Well, back to the subject, it wasn't that I didn't want him to learn those subjects, but for now, he was too young. I wanted him to play, to run like any other child his age should, because I know very well that later in life, he'd pay the price.
Many who look from the outside might be very envious of my little Kaito, son of Yasaka, leader of the Yokai of Kyoto, priestess of the gods, and one of the few Supreme classes in Japan, but I know very well the weight all those prestigious titles carry, and unfortunately, my little cub would end up being forced to understand that being born into such a high position wasn't just a blessing.
These few years of freedom are very short from the perspective of Yokai like us. So I'd like him to make the most of those years, because later...
But well, in the end, it was a decision for him to make. It wasn't like he couldn't change his mind.
So, while I was looking at him, I felt him adjust in my lap. 'I think he's made a decision...'
"Mom, even if it's boring, I want to learn, because if I become a figure like those, I could stay with Mom forever!!"
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My eyes widened and a violent blush rose on my face. I imagined a simpler answer from my baby, but this one works too.
"Ara.. Ara, so my little fox wants to stay with his mom forever?"
I said with a teasing voice to my little cub. It wasn't fair that I was the only one to get like this, but just when I was about to celebrate my victory.
"Yes, Mom, I want to stay with you forever!!"
Critical Hit
Critical Hit
When I heard his answer, I quickly kissed his forehead and put my head over his, so he couldn't see the red mess I'm sure I became. While I slowly calmed down, I looked at his expectant face.
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'Sigh!... My cub, with that straightforward way of yours, you'll be a great heartbreaker in the future...'
"Well, since you want it so much, then tomorrow, first thing in the morning, I'll arrange a tutor for you."
"Yay, Mom's the best!!!"
He said while hugging me.
"Alright, alright, you little 'fox', now Mom has to go back to work, Mom will be back later, remember, don't make too much of a mess in the castle!"
I said while getting up, gave one last kiss on his forehead and left, I still had a lot of things to take care of today.
Kaito
After that long, embarrassing conversation with my mother—it's really embarrassing to talk like a child—but anyway, I wanted to say what I said, especially the fact that I want to stay with my mother forever, because I really don't know if I could bear to lose my mother again. I almost broke when I lost my mother in my past life, it was the worst pain I've ever felt, life itself seemed to have lost its colors, I never want to go through that again.
Anyway, after that long dialogue, the rest of the day went by without anything notable, but I can't help but say that I had a hard time sleeping that night. The information I was told was very shocking, so I spent the rest of the night divided between the shock of the information and the anxiety for tomorrow, but who can blame me? I literally have the chance to achieve one of the greatest dreams of all humanity.
Since we were children, we've always been told that magic doesn't exist, but for me, that's about to change.
There's no way not to be excited about it.
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The night passed slowly, as the sunlight replaced the veil of Nyx.
Early in the morning, in the beautiful palace that was the headquarters of the Yokai of Kyoto, you could see a beautiful blonde Kitsune walking through the corridors while carrying a little fox in her lap. Soon the pair arrived in front of a room, a room filled with shelves full of books, in the center of it, you could see a long table. There was a figure there, next to the table, a man with a 'blonde' hair similar to a light brown tone, he was of average height, 5 ft 10.08 in (1.78 m), he wore a white shirt with a black vest over it.
Kaito
Early in the morning, my mother woke me up and started getting me ready to meet the teacher she had chosen.
She didn't tell me many details along the way, except that I would like my teacher. After a short walk, we found ourselves in front of a room.
My mother stopped at the door and rang a small bell that was on the wall next to the door. After a few moments, the door was opened, and the first sight I had was a room with several bookshelves. Then I noticed the person who opened the door for us.
He was a man with hair of a brownish color, who appeared to be around 33 or 36 years old.
But I learned not to trust appearances too much during my time here, take my mother for example, she looked like a beautiful belle in her late 20s, but she was a being of almost 300 years old.
He wasn't very tall, and his skin had a wheat tone, but other than that, there wasn't much to say, he had a normal face, no striking features.
Yasaka
Early in the morning, I woke up and quickly got out of bed.
We Yokai don't need much sleep anyway, we are mainly nocturnal beings, but since I had my little Kaito, I started sleeping more, mainly to keep him company.
I quickly got ready and woke up my cub and helped him get ready, today was a very important day, after all, it was my little fox's first class.
As much as I wasn't very confident that a child just over a year old could sit still for long in a classroom learning subjects that are extremely tedious even for me, I had some hope, since he was the one who asked for it, even though I warned him about the real nature of such activities.
Anyway, this whole experience, whether it works out or not, will be positive for him, since, whether he wants to or not, he'll end up being forced to learn about all these subjects sooner or later.
We soon arrived at the place of the tutor I chose for him, Mr. Yoshida, a Tanuki.
I chose him mainly because he had a lot of experience dealing with the education of noble children, like my cub.
It was relatively expensive to hire him overnight, but as the leader of the Yokai of Kyoto, money was never really a problem.
I soon entered the room and sat in a chair that Mr. Yoshida had already prepared.
Then I started explaining the general situation to him, that my son wanted to learn magic and other subjects like history and politics, which, from what I saw, surprised him a little that a cub so young already wanted to learn those subjects. Then, after his surprise subsided, he politely interrupted me.
"Apologies for interrupting you, Yasaka-sama, but both history and politics are not my areas of expertise, so I feel that my teaching might be a little... lacking in those areas."
"Yes, I understand that it's not your area of expertise, Yoshida-san, but anyway, I don't intend for my Kaito to have an in-depth study in any of those fields at this moment, what I would like now is for him to have an overview of those topics, so that when he starts to delve into those fields, he already has an excellent foundation." I said calmly while looking at his face.
"If that's the case, I believe I will be able to meet your expectations, Yasaka-sama."
"That's what I hope, Yoshida-san." I replied with a slightly firmer tone of voice this time.
After that, we moved on to a more technical conversation about exactly what I wanted him to teach.
After we had everything settled, I slowly got up, took Kaito from my lap, and sat him in the chair I had been sitting in. After that, I spoke to him in a teaching voice.
"Kaito, Mom is going back to work now, I want you to learn as much as possible from Mr. Yoshida, whom from now on you should refer to as Yoshida-sensei, okay?"
I saw how he adjusted in the chair, which was a little too big for him, and answered me in his usual gentle voice.
"Of course, Mom."
After that, I left the room and went to my meeting room.
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After Yasaka introduced Kaito's chosen tutor and left the room, the two of them, now alone, began to introduce themselves to each other.
After these introductions, Yoshida quickly assumed his teacher persona and began to teach Kaito the basics of things. And now, with this new routine, the days flew by, and soon Kaito turned 2 years old, and shortly after his birthday, his mother thought he was ready to start his martial arts classes, of course, no sparring or anything too physically strenuous yet, just fighting theory and the repetition of certain katas.
His chosen teacher was a blue Oni, Aoi, a tall and strong woman, and above all, an extremely skilled fighter in physical combat.
And so the days passed quickly in succession, without any major events, until he turned 7 years old.
When suddenly his mother introduced him to a figure he never imagined he'd have.
A stepfather.
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