3 Chapter 3: The Promise

Note: It wasn't mentioned in the previous chapter, but each continent had a king that ruled it with lower nobles like lords that ruled the regions within the continent. Under those lords are other nobles, but that would be discussed in another chapter.

Robert walked out of the room he was in, and proceeded down the long hallway towards the chamber of his beloved mother Astrith. After a short while, Robert found himself in front of a door made out of some sort of lacquered wood. The wood had some engravings it, and even though Robert didn't know what it was for, he was sure that the engravings weren't ordinary as they seemed to emit a low glow all the time and he had this tingly feeling whenever he was near it. Anyways, Robert tried asking his parents before, but they mostly responded that he will know when it gets older.

Going back, Robert knocked on the door three times before hearing a pleasant and soothing voice that said for him to come in. Entering the room, Robert saw a gorgeous woman sitting on a chair reading a book wearing a long red dress with long straight abyssal black hair, silver eyes that seemed to see right through you, and two horns at the side of head. This woman was Astrith, Robert's mother in this world and the queen of demons.

"You're back again my son" Astrith said with a lovely smile.

Robert ran towards his mother and hugged her.

"Mother! Can you please teach me a new spell?????" Robert asked looking up to his mother while using the infamous "puppy dog eyes" technique.

'Hehehe this is the infamous look up technique! It should work well as I'm still an adorable kid." Thought Robert.

"Awww, my son, I'd love to teach you a new spell, but sadly,I still have yet to see you master the elementary flames spell I thought you a couple of days ago" Astrith responded with a smile.

2 months ago, Robert asked his parents on how to use magic. Robert was interested and excited as he always dreamed of being a mage especially since his favorite element was fire as he found it extremely bada**. His parents told him to first train in sensing and manipulating mana, and that it would take quite awhile for him to do this, but thanks to the cheat blessing and advice given to him by his parents, he was able to master the basic in one day. This was a monstrous feat which caused his parents to be bewildered at the same excited, because their son was a fudging genius.

Anyways, for the part where Robert was said to have not yet mastered the elementary flames spell? That's absolutely false as Robert already mastered it the same day he was taught it, but due to him trying to experiment and manipulate the elementary flames into different shapes like a dragon, this caused him to often fail for the past few days when observed by his mother.

Robert may have the cheat blessing, but he lacked the knowledge needed when it came to advanced mana and element manipulation as that was something he'd cover in the nearby future, but not the present. Magic was as simple as he saw in anime and novels in his past life that as long as he concentrated and imagined then he'd be able to master it. As a matter of fact, in this world, magic was considered to be extremely complex even in elementary spells as you need to understand the principles and laws of mana along with the relationship of mana to the particular element to execute it. Basically, it's easier said than done.

Going back to the flame spell shape shifting fiasco, Robert thought it would be cool to have a dragon shaped spell to use as some sort of bluffing tool so he practiced hard for it. Unfortunately, it didn't quite work out due to the reasons stated before, and now he decided "Fudge it! I'll deal with this next time!" so he now wants a new spell.

Back to the present....

"tsk tsk tsk not to worry my dear beloved mother for I have mastered the elementary flames spell!BEHOLD MY MAJESTIC FLAMES!" Exclaimed Robert while separating himself from Astrith before pushing his palm upwards towards the air releasing a ray of flames that went up 4 feet in the air before extinguishing.

Were the flames majestic? Unfortunately, that wasn't the case. Why did Robert say it was? Of course, he was trying to act tough. Truthfully, Robert could have made it bigger, but his mana capacity as a 3 year old was quite small unlike those in some novels with their overpowered and huge mana capacity despite being a damned toddler.

*Clap* *Clap* *Clap*

"Amazing!You mastered another spell so easily! My son is truly a genius!"Exclaimed Astrith

"HAHAHAHAHHA WITNESS MY GENIUS HAHAHAH" Laughed Robert

Robert actually mastered quite a number of spells besides the flames spell. For example, elementary healing, elementary barrier, elementary detection, and even elementary haste. Even though, he has a cheat blessing, Robert seems to have only mastered these spells and not more, but this is due to one undeniable fact about Robert.

HE WAS DAMNED LAZY!

Robert believed that even though he will probably have his life sought by future heroes, he still has plenty of time to relax as things between continents right now are quite peaceful.....on the surface at least. Hearing from the conversations from his parents and other workers in the palace, he knew that the current peace was a facade, and that each continent were building up power for a war. This is especially so when it came to the continent of Arcusterra where the humans reside. The humans there are prejudiced and abhor the demon race as the religion in that continent is based upon the facts that angels are holy, humans are the chosen ones while other races especially demons are dirty. Basically, the standard plot and circumstances in novels that Robert has read before.

Anyways, he knew from those talks, that it would probably be when he is 15 years old before the leaders of the continents decide to become warfreaks. Knowing this, Robert decided he should chill until his 4th birthday so that he would work out once he gets his system just like that damned Savos promised.

Going back to the present scenario....

"Seems that you've mastered the elementary flames spell. I guess it's time for me to say what your father and I discussed." Astrith said.

"What would that be?" Robert asked.

"Well, I can't say the specifics, but it will be an object that will vastly improve your magic ;)." Astrith responded.

"?????" Robert made a confused face.

"*giggles* you'll see it in 2 months during your 4th birthday. Anyways we promise that you won't be disappointed." Said Astrith.

'Hmmm I guess there are two promises that I'd be looking forward to this coming 4th birthday of mine' thought Robert before saying goodbye to Astrith, and going back to his room.

"Ararara he forgot to ask me about the spell he wanted to learn *giggles* must've been too excited." Said Astrith looking at the doorway Robert went out from.

Note:Robert may seem immature, but that's due to his hyperactive personality and excitement from being able to be reincarnated in his dream world, but don't worry, he'll have his moments where his maturity will show.

To be continued.....