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"Alright, don't look at me like that."
Isabella laughed and pulled his cheek as she said: "Now I know why your sister always wants to teasing you."
Joel frowned and said: "I doubt that you scared my sister, because then you can bother me alone."
Isabella laughed and said: "Guess."
Joel thought of something and asked while pushing her hand away that was pulls his cheek: "Mom, is there a God Wizard now?"
Isabella answered: "There hasn't been a God Wizard for 10,000 years. There are only five demi-god wizards, and your grandfather is one of them, and all of them are from the royal families of the five main races."
Joel asked with doubt and curiosity: "Why are they only in the royal families of the main races? Is it hard to find a demi-god wizard in other races"
Isabella looked at her little child who always acted like a small adult, but sometimes showed the appearance of a curious child toward everything around him, and even more toward everything related to magic.
Isabella answered her child's doubts and curiosity: "Because the royal families possess the experience and trials of their ancestors in breakthrough, which makes it easier for them, unlike others who gain experience on their own. The royal family breaks through faster than others."
Joel asked skeptically after hearing his mother's words: "So, the way a breaks through to a demi-god wizard is despised by the royal families so that their royal family remains ruling forever, or so that the five main races remain the five main races always without things that hinder their rule?"
"No, the method of breaking through to a Demi-God Wizard is not a secret to the other races, or even for the high level within the five main races, but none of these races have succeeded throughout the years, not even individuals from the same five main races except the royal family. Many speculate that the reason is that they are descendants of god wizards, so their talent is higher, or even because of their bloodline, but even the royal family cannot produce two demi-god wizards at the same time, so some speculate even more that only five people in the world are allowed to be demi-god wizards. In any case, there are many doubts about this matter and no one knows the real reason."
Isabella rubbed her son's snowy hair gently while continuing to answer his question: "As for your question about the royal family still despising the breakthrough method to demi-god wizard to keep ruling their race, I find that you underestimate the royal families because even if they wanted to give up the throne, their races would not allow it because they have brought prosperity so far since the war to their own races, and they also bring safety and status to their race among all races, and even people with malicious intentions cannot insult the royal family or they will cause public anger against them from the people and the public."
Isabella bent down to reach her son's level and said to him: "I want you to understand, my dear, as the crown prince, from now on, you cannot rule the world with only strength while ignoring your people and their feelings, nor rule the world with intelligence and tolerance without strength. You need both to rule the world: strength to intimidate those with evil intentions and other races, and intelligence and tolerance to communicate with your people to know what they want and make them live in prosperity. I don't want my cute little son to grow up and become a tyrant."
While listening to his mother's words, Joel thought that this may be the reason the royal families still rule after 100,000 years since the war and are still thriving, and their races still respect them, respect from the heart and not fake respect, and for the first time he also realized that his position as crown prince is not just a high title, but also a responsibility he must carry out.
Joel raised his head and said seriously: "I understand, Mom."
"Bucci~"
Isabella laughed when she saw the seriousness on her little son's face. She couldn't help herself, so she grabbed him, messed with his hair, and pulled his cheek strongly, and said: "My little one, I don't know how many girls will be charmed by this face when you grow up."
Joel struggled in his mother's hands, backed away, and looked at her in fear. Sometimes Joel felt that his mother or his older sister treated him like a doll.
Isabella put on a sad face and pretended to be sad and said: "Now you even learned how to run away from your mom and fear her, and I came you to tell you news I think will make you happy."
"Now I know where my sister's acting genes came from," Joel replied without getting closer to her.
"Boring. I don't know who you take after. Alright, I'll tell you. Tomorrow will be the magic lesson you've been waiting for."
Isabella regained her sad expression faster than flipping book pages, and said while looking at her son's reaction, because since he became aware of the world, he always wished to learn magic.
As she expected, when Joel heard that he would learn magic, he couldn't help but show happiness on his face and quickly approached her, raising his head and saying: "Really?"
Even Joel's indifferent personality cannot control itself or his curiosity when it comes to magic, as he lived in his past life in a world without magic, and magic existed only in movies and novels, but now here in this world he can learn magic.
"Yes, tomorrow is your first magic lesson, my little one. Everyone begins learning magic at the age of four, and you are now four years old."
Isabella raised her hand as she spoke and touched the eye patch on her son's eyes and showed real sadness in her eyes, unlike the fake sadness she had shown before. This time it was real because this patch not only seals the power of her son's eyes but also his vision, so her son cannot see. If not for the fact that he was born with a quantity of mana and uses a special magical sensing method invented by his grandfather to sense the shapes of people around him and the environment he lives in, he would have lived in a world full of darkness and would not be able to see anything. But despite that, it doesn't change much because to him people's shapes are white or red, so colored shapes. Even the books he reads are made in a special way where the text transfers to his mind like telepathy. But the look of sadness in her eyes was quickly masked so her son wouldn't notice.
But Joel felt his mother's mood and approached her of his own accord, hugged her, and said: "I don't mind this thing, I'm used to it."
In the beginning, Joel felt extreme discomfort when he discovered that he couldn't see, as anyone who lost their sight would feel. But soon his grandfather created a special way for him to see the shapes of people and the environment around him. He does not see people in their appearance but sees them in white or red or different colored shapes, but this is better than living in darkness, and he is used to it now.
Isabella regained her composure and affectionately patted her son's hair, this time not joking, and held his hand and left the hall, saying: "Come on, I prepared the food you love myself today."
"Long live my mom."
Their voices came from afar with their laughter and conversation.
Time passed quickly and Joel was lying on the bed, tossing in his bed and unable to sleep. All he was thinking about was that he would begin learning magic starting tomorrow. When it comes to magic, his curiosity overwhelms him. What kind of elemental affinity will he have? Or when he learns magic, will he be able to remove his eye patch and control the power of his eyes and see normally? Although he is used to the vision method his grandfather invented for him, who would hate being able to restore their sight? He always wanted to see again, but because he didn't want his family to worry, he doesn't show it. He had no family in his previous life, so he cherishes his family in this life very much, even more than himself, and he also feels their passion and love for him.
Joel kept thinking until late at night and then fell asleep in a daze in the middle of his mixed thoughts.
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