It was a morning like any other. Early morning air is rushing through the curtains. This made enough room for the sun's ray to slip in a certain room. Though the atmosphere was ordinary but the room was not. The room was lavishly decorated with vibrant colors and furniture. There were dolls laying around in every corner. And in the middle of the room there was a big bed with a canopy. The bed was aquamarine in color and the canopy was light peach. You can tell by the scenario, that it was a girl's room. In one side of the room there was big mirror stationed there. And in front of the mirror, there was small girls about 4 or 5 years old, performing various poses. She had flowing white hair like silk. Her big and watery eyes were as vibrant as the purest light sapphire. As if they were crafted by the most gifted jewel smith. With small nose and cherry pink lips, she was the incarnation of beauty. And she was none other than our main character, Miss Sapphire Rosabelle Astly
"Yes, I am cute beyond words. How can someone like me exist. If you go outside with this look, you'll cause wars between Kingdoms. What a sinful witch!"
Then she proceeds to do various poses.
"What am I even doing?"
She crouched down holding her head. It's clear that she hadn't adjusted being a young lady.
It's been five years since I came to this world. I still can't believe, I have become a girl. But do have to admit, I am pretty.
"Keep yourself together Saphi, you are a macho man. In future, you'll have a harem of beautiful girls. You must conquer a lot of women. Cat-girls, Elves, Fox-girls, Blonde tsundere and many more that the world has to offer"
But our main character forgot, she already has started to address herself as Sapphire and not Satoru. She slowly started to accept the fact that she's no longer a man.
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These five years just flew by. Thank God for this. First few months were hell. I couldn't see properly and every day I did not but, eat, sleep, poop and repeat.
My vision recovered after six months. Then I could see everything properly and also could test out my skill, Appraisal. And I must admit it was really useful. And other than that, I think I'm op now.
Status
Name: Sapphire Rosabelle Astley
Age : 4 years
HP : 100%
Mana : 2M
Strength : 2
Agility : 3
Affinity:
Light magic lv.10(max)
Dark magic lv.10(max)
Ice magic lv.10(max)
Lightning magic lv.10(max)
Fire magic lv.10(max)
Water magic lv.10(max)
Earth magic lv.10(max)
Wind magic lv.10(max)
Void law 4%
Skills:
Perfect Language, Appraisal, Inventory, Void Cultivation, Mana manipulation
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My mana is over the roof.
And I also secretly practiced magic. And it seems I can use every type of magic quite easily. But for some reason, I can't use Void related abilities. In case of using other magic, how to use them, comes to my mind automatically. But when it comes to the void magic, there's nothing. But during these 5 years, its proficiency has gone up a bit. And I also learned a new skill, Mana manipulation. I do not know, how did it happen, but one day during my daily secret magic practice I heard a "ding" and here you have it, a new skill. But I have to admit, this skill is useful. It's like having a separate arm that can do anything that you want it to do. With my measly physical strength, I can hardly lift anything. But with this skill, I can even lift an elephant easily. This skill depends on mana. The more mana you have, the more weight you can carry. And large amount of mana is one of my strong points other than being cute. (⌐■_■)
And this skill is really compatible with Inventory. This skill could only work if I physically touch an object. But now, I can put anything in my inventory, as long as I touch that object with my mana strands. It's quite convenient if I say so myself.
"Knock, knock, knock"
While l was busy with my thoughts, a sudden knock on the door, I was brought out of my thoughts.
"Come in."
"Excuse me."
The one who came in was Maya. She was my personal maid. She's been taking care of me ever since I was a baby. She was a tall and beautiful woman. She was about 170 cm tall brunette. She's around 21 years old. So, she's been by my side from her from her teens. I'm really fond of her. She's been always nice to me, even when my parents weren't around the house.
"Good morning my dear young lady! May your day be bright and full of joy, just like the sunshine you bring to my mornings."
"Clap, clap, clap"
"Wow, Maya! Your coning skills are getting better by each day. I'm impressed"
Maya's smile froze. (╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻
"Lady, what I said is genuinely from my heart. I'm really sadden that you think of me as a con-man."
She told me with a painful expression, as if what I said, really hurt her badly. Well, I know she's genuine. And she also knows that I'm joking. This is like our regular comedic routine. This gets our morning going.
"So, Maya what's the occasion?"
"Sigh, miss! Lord asked me to fetch you for breakfast. If you have freshened up, please proceed to go down to the breakfast hall."
"Ok, I'm coming"
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I arrived at the dining table sometime after. There were already four people sitting at the dining table. At the head of the table sat my father, Charles Gürsel Astley. He currently holds the title of a count in the kingdom of Lion Heart. He is around 190 cm tall. His hair was the color of ripe wheat, framing a face with sharp, ice-blue eyes that missed nothing, and a jawline that hinted at a quiet strength. Even though he has that of look, he's a softie. Sitting on his left side was my mother, Lisa Rosabelle Astley. She wasn't that tall, around 152 cm. But she was gorgeous. She was a woman of ethereal beauty, her hair shimmered like spun silver, while her eyes, the deep red of garnets, softened her features with an undeniable warmth that bespoke a spirit of pure gentleness. Sitting on the right side was my second brother, William Bennett Ashley. There was nothing special about him. He was my father's carbon copy but was slightly taller, around 193 cm. As for my first brother, I never met him.
As I slowly approached the table, I greeted my family,
"Good Morning Father. Good morning mother and I guess good morning to you too second brother"
"Good morning Saphy"
"Good morning my dear"
My parents greeted me with smiles. But,
"Yeah, yeah, good morning. And what do you mean by I guess good morning to you too? You little squirt, you keep getting brazen each day. Should I teach you how to respect your elders?"
My brother glared at me while clenched his first. I didn't back down, I glared back. We regularly argued. Because I was shorter than my age, he made fun of me. As a former macho-man, I mean current macho-man, I felt offended by that remark. So, I never backed down when we argued. We never fought. But I wasn't afraid of him. I had magic. So, even if we fought, I'm sure I can clap his ass. And just I was ready to argue, my father strong voices came through,
"Stop arguing at the dinner table, sit down and eat."
Ans with that, this little episode came to an end. I sat beside my mother. Then Maya set my plates and utensils. When had a fancy table. The kind you expect from an aristocrat. It was rectangular with twelve sitting positions. The table was on dark mahogany color and with the edges being gold plated. There was also one layer of solid crystal on top. Utensils were made from silver and plates were, I don't know what they were made out of. But looks like ceramic. Chairs were also made of some kind of fancy isekai wood and has magical formations curved on it. It keeps warm in winter and cold in summer. They had soft leather cushions on top and back. The armrests also had them. All ten chairs were same except the two short sides. They both had taller backrest and the one my father sat on, was especially tall.
After I sat down and the tableware was placed, Maya served my breakfast. Compared to the atmosphere, the food was like night and day. There was only fruits, white bread slices and fruit jam. For beverage we had fruit juice, not even tea. This breakfast was truly sad. And for protein we had, hard boiled eggs and boiled sausages. ರ╭╮ರ
And the only seasoning we had was a little salt and pepper. When I was little, I thought this kind of thing was baby food. But later I found out that, even adults ate this. When I asked Maya, she said almost all the aristocratic families had this kind of food. My thoughts were, what about the isekai foods? Where are the isekai meat?
And once again with a heavy heart, I started to eat. No matter how bad the food was, I as a macho-man need to build my muscles. Need more protein damm it!
While I was busy with my muscles building journey, another maid, Zelen was bringing a bowl of soup on a kitchen trolley. The soup was a saving grace to this boring food. It was made from seasonal vegetables and meat, which gave it a tempting aroma and rich umami taste. The green haired maid, Zelen didn't stop the cart near my father but was coming near me. It was my father who suggested it. It was not like I was trying to hide the fact I did not enjoy my breakfast and ate less. And my short height was the result of malnutrition. At least that what my father thought. When my parents noticed that I seemed to enjoy the soup, the asked the servants to always server me first. Even my brother didn't say anything about me getting it first. Soon Zelen came near me and took the brown from under the tray was pouring soup on it. Soon the bowl was full. The aroma coming from that freshly made soup, made my mouth wet with saliva. After pouring soup on a small bowl, she made her way towards me.
Then out of nowhere, a little drop of soup from the small bowl fell into the larger bowl. That caused the larger bowls soup to spill out a little and fall on Zelen's feet. Which a sudden rush of pain, she lost her hold on the small bowl of soup in her hand and it was heading towards me. I was just about to create a mana barrier to protect myself when out of nowhere, Maya came between me and the soup. What was to be expected, happened. The whole bowl of hot soup fell upon Maya's arms and face. With a shrill scream, Maya fell on the ground, rolling with agony. And from what I could see, her whole face was burned and one of her eyes was damaged. It was truly a horrific site. Before anyone could do anything, I jumped out of my chair and ran towards her. The only thing in my mind was, I need to help her and I had the power to do so.
First, I conjured up water. I manipulated the conjured-up water with mana, and slowly washed away all the residual soup on Maya. It infused mana on my eyes to make sure no soup was left on her. Then I took a deep breath and started to concentrate. Because next step was critical. Because next step was to use light magic to heal her wounds. During practice, I often used light magic to heal many types of self-infected wounds on my body. I used mana to temporarily disable my pain receptors and created several types of injuries such as skin burns, broken bones, cuts and even missing flesh. I could heal them all with my Max Level Light Magic. But this is the first time I'm using my healing powers to heal someone other than myself. So, I have to concentrate. I took several deep breaths to focus. Then I tapped in to my massive mana pool, and converted mana neutral mana particles to light magic particles. Then I slowly applied the conjured up light magic to Maya's wounds. I was relieved to find out that; it seems to be working and working exceedingly well. Within a few breaths, her wounds healed. Not a single spot of burnt marks was left. As if what just happened, was a lie. Then those old cut marks during her duty in the kitchen were also gone. Her skin was glowing like a new born with no imperfections. It seemed to work too well. But I was relieved.
"Maya, are you ok? Did I miss any spot? Are you hurting somewhere? Can you see with your left eye?"
But Miya never answered. She was looking at me with eyes wide and mouth agape. As if she had seen a ghost. Not only her, everyone was looking at me with shock and trepidation. The hall was pin drop silent. It was so quiet that you can hear people breathing.
What's going on here?