Re:START/If {Book 1.0}
Chapter 52: Toward (Part 03)
“Of course ...” The young man stopped his hands, stared intently and determinedly said, “There is no reason for me to give up. I have told the mother the reason, now just do it. Mommy knows, even though Mommy forbids I will still do that.”
“Mother understand the reason ...” Mavis briefly recalled the previous talk in the library, understanding the reason Odo was so stubborn as to do something to help people and make their lives better. It was indeed a form of redemption for the young man because he came to the world, but his unwillingness was still left in Mavis's mind and he said, “Mother also understands what you feel, my son. But, still ...”
Odo had not expected his mother to really support him, Mavis's nature had always been like that. The blonde woman wanted to maintain a passive state without change, a small happiness in the family that was very valuable to her. It was different from what Odo felt now, the young man wanted to share that happiness for others and hoped that he would get his reward in the future.
“If you still disagree, pretend to see nothing and not hear my words. Mother is free to forbid, but I will not obey it.”
Mavis stared scowlily, the green-clothed toska lady resentfully asked, “Are you in a time of rebellion?”
“Eng?” Odo looked at the astonishment of hearing that.
“Mother often read about it, there was a time when children tend to argue with their parents. It happens during puberty ..., especially when they already know the opposite sex.”
“Eh? How, it feels to have discussed like this before?” odo thought in wonder.
“Is there someone you like in the city? Fiola and Julia have also said there are people who catch your attention.”
Odo fell silent, briefly understanding why Mavis suddenly discussed such a thing. For a mother who has seen her child's large body, of course, it feels like it will be the body and make her say it. Sighing and turning his face away, the young man fretfully said, “Why even reply that? As long as Mommy knows, I have not been able to give Mommy a grandchild, loh.”
“Cu-Goodies?!” Mavis stood up from the seat, looked anxiously and walked around the table towards her son. With a worried face full of annoyance he snapped, “You think up like that?!” Mavis held onto both of Odo's cheeks, forcedly facing the young man's face and stared intently as if to devour him.
“No! No!! Why take it so seriously! After all, isn't it that I'm going to be the Princess' fiancee?! Why did Mother even talk about it? If I really like it and choose it instead of the Princess, how?”
“Choose?” Mavis stared hard.
“A—!”
“Neh, son. Wh who? Who do you mean?” Mavis stared darkly up close, completely intimidating her son.
“Eh? How come the response is even scarier than the time in the library?” odo's mind was in cold sweat.
At a glance Odo turned his eyes, thought about many things and he replied, “If I already have someone I like, what will Mother do?”
Mavis was a little surprised to hear that, raised a hand from Odo's face and just stood next to the young man sitting down. With a resigned expression he said, “Mother .. will let it.”
That answer feels strange. Although he said that, but Mavis' expression and aura did not seem willing. It really made Odo confused and re-think his mother's feelings.
“Bunda taste ...” Mavis placed her right hand over Odo's head, and rubbed it, saying, “Your happiness is indeed a priority .... My son, you have told me a secret that you have difficulty revealing. Of course Mother wants to appreciate it and fulfill your wishes. If you want, Mommy can persuade your father to cancel the engagement plan.”
Odo did not expect to hear such an answer. Taking a deep breath and putting the work on the table, the young man changed his sitting position and faced his mother. With a serious look he said, “I don't think it's necessary. You know, I'm not the one who understands such things. I could say less sensitive, such a thing is still very foreign to me. I don't know which is called love, or which is just lust. Anyway ...”
“Again?”
“I still want to immerse myself in knowledge. I want to research, I want to assemble, I want to study magic more deeply.”
“That?” Mavis looked at the glass balls on the table, a little surprised and asked, “You how much you made? Do you like making magic tools like that, my son?”
“Yes, I like it enough. I want to make five more. There are variations of the attributes of water, fire, lightning, and also the radiance of life energy to accelerate plant growth.”
“What is it for?” Mavis looked back at her son, then with a bit of fret she pulled a chair from the table column and sat down near the young man. “And also, from where can you make that many glass balls? Is this Mansion a tool to make it?”
“Not me who made it.” Odo picked up one of the glass balls with the tendency of the color to hunt, then observed the surface of the magic tool and replied, “All this was done by people in the craftsmen district of that city, in his workshop Uncle Osel .... Kov Osel did it.”
“Kov South?” Mavis slightly looked away, then remembered something about the workshop, “Rasanya ... Mother had heard that name.”
“It, loh.” Odo pointed his index finger forward and said, “The ironmaster who has been trusted for the care of weapons in the warehouse every year.”
“Ah, the Dwarf? Mommy remembers, the disposable swords that your father often used were also forged by him if not wrong.”
The words at a glance made Odo lower both hands onto the lap, put on a flat expression and sighed. Luke's family is known as the Royal Sword with a high level of sword skill, but it is contrary to its basic nature that does not appreciate a sword at all. In the Luke family stream, the sword only acts as a tool that can be replaced easily and it can be said that the user and his sword are not tied at all.
“Don't say that to the guy, Mommy. A blacksmith's self-esteem can be hurt if he hears that,” Odo said in a flat tone.
The expression of his son at a glance made Mavis astonished, then he asked, “Can you also learn to forge?”
“Not ...” Shaking his head, the young man stared flatly and replied, “I'm not good at it.”
“Have you ever tried it?”
“But.”
“Hmm?” Mavis was astonished, leaned slightly forward and asked, “Then why do you know you're not good at it?”
“Eyes and hands?”
“Ya ..” Odo took a deep breath, looking very reluctant to put it off. Realizing that his mother was waiting for an explanation, the young man in black hair finally opened his mouth and said, “My eyes are not too resistant to bright light, then my hand shape can also change if it continues to be used for forging. Mother must have heard it from Father, a man who likes swords but has retired will mostly be a forger. They stopped not because they wanted to, but their hands could no longer properly swing a sword. If I forge at my age like this, my perception will lead to it.”
“Hmm ...” Mavis looked a little surprised and did not understand such logic, then hesitantly asked, “So you want to become a swordsman and continue the flow of this Luke family sword, huh? Don't you like magic, my son?”
“Of course, I'm the only heir.” Odo smiled thinly, put on a little face full of confidence and asked back, “If not me, who is it?”
“My son, do you have no problem leaving magic?”
Odo momentarily fell silent, once again putting on a reluctant face to answer. Aware that his mother was in a bad mood, the young man tried not to dodge and replied, “Actually I do not like to use this phrase, but I think this situation is right to use it. Someone once said, ‘if you can, why not both?’ Deep in magic and sword techniques, if I can why not both?”
Mavis understood such thinking and believed that Odo could do both. His son could clearly master the God Step Technique which was one of the mainstay steps of Dart Luke. Thinking about some other things and considering it, Mavis asked, “Isn't that draining your energy? Learning two things at once like that ...”
“Not really. The proof so far I've been able to learn some kind of magic. If there's time and Dad wants to teach me, I don't think it's impossible.”
“Then when you went to the Academy, you wanted to get into what department, my son? Military route with Knight stages? Or Witch?”
“Eh? Academy?” Odo did not think about it at all, stunned with both eyes open and confused as to what to say.
Mavis sighed lightly looking at her son's expression, feeling indeed that the young man was too complacent with his satisfaction with knowledge. Leaning back to the chair, the woman tiredly said, “You have to go to school, of course the noble boy needs that, right? Mommy understands that you are very intelligent and even Mommy feels that there is no need for school, but there are also many things that cannot be learned on your own. You can find friends, research and learn many new things.”
Odo paused for a moment, thought about it and put it into a plan to consider. With a little anxiety the young man asked, “When ... will I be sent to the Academy? Also, which Academy is it?”
“Of course Miquator .... Approximately, the age range of 14 years you will Mother entrust there.”
Odo's expression looked hollow upon hearing that, he looked disinterested and turned his gaze grimly.“14 years, yes .... Is ... I still there until then?” mind Odo, mind Odo,
Fiola who was standing across the table knew the contents of the young man's head, his two eyes were opened and completely shocked. He wanted to ask directly what Odo's mind meant. But considering Mavis' feelings, Huli Jing shut her mouth tightly.
Odo sat up straight, then enthusiastically asked, “Mother, may I ask for something?”
“Eng ...” Mavis held up a sitting position, stared flat and said, “About you can guess it ...”
“I want to go back to Mylta city again! I want to get it done!”
“Haaah ..” Mavis shook her head tiredly, then in a soft voice said, “Mother has guessed.”
“Please! Let me go!”
The young man stared excitedly, as if he had found something interesting inside his head. Looking at that expression at a glance Mavis smiled, took a light breath and slightly fretfully said, “Tell me. Mother gives up ...”
“Really?! Can?!”
“Yes .... But!” Mavis pointed her index finger forward, then said, “My son, you must meet one condition.”
“Terms?”
“Mother should come with you.”
“Eh?” Odo was confused hearing that.
Smiling lightly, the woman with an easy face said, “Let's just relax, only Mommy comes.”
“Mistress?!” Fiola who heard that immediately ran towards them, then rejected the decision, “Why did you even follow along? Not that Mr. Odo is banned, but why mala—”
“Be quiet ...” Mavis stared flatly at Huli Jing, then in a slightly dark tone said, “I have entrusted Odo to you Shieal several times, but what is the result? Odo did many dangerous things. Then what's wrong with me watching over my own son?”
The words sounded plausible but were unacceptable, both by Odo and Fiola. Imania and Julia who heard that also put on a flat expression hearing the words like a child. Immediately gazing towards Odo, the blonde lady asked, “No problem, ‘kan?”
“But ...”
“Then you can't go? Will Mother install restraint magic in this Mansion so you can not go out.”
“Ba-Well ...”
“Hmm, nagif~” Mavis thumbs up and with a smile with a story, with an expression and nature that is completely unsuitable for a mother.