TBE Chapter 75

TBE Chapter 75

Ezekiel looked at the devastation that he had made in the forest and knew that because of the forest’s vitality, it would recover soon enough but he was worried about the area that had some toxic substances from the spells that he had cast that caused acid and other potent substances to appear like Acid Splash so he decided to clean those using his Prestidigitation spell.

Since the area of effect of the Prestidigitation Spell was small, he had to slot the said spell on all of his 11 spell slots so they would cover a larger area since he could cast them one after the other, and before lunch, the area was clean.

Some of the trees, rocks, and ground were still destroyed but there were no more dangerous substances that would prohibit the forest from recovering.

Ezekiel called his brothers from playing in the small river and they all went to the kitchen house to eat lunch after the boys dried themselves using their towels. After lunch, he fed, watered, and cleaned Prince Charming and his stable house then joined his brothers in playing in the stream.

Their laughter filled the area and if there were some travelers nearby, they would assume that the area was haunted by some sort of fairies. Ezekiel was comfortable for them to create as much noise as they could since Yuki Onna would warn them if any travelers were coming. Most of the animals nearby already fled because of the loud noises that came from his magic practice but he still made sure that his Familiar and the ten Butcher Knives that were awakened by the Tiny Servant spell were vigilant.

After a couple of hours, the three siblings exited the stream to eat some of the food that he prepared and after that, he went to the place where he was practicing his magic and renewed his practice.

Robert and Luke joined him to watch his shenanigans and they kept cheering at some of the particularly colorful spells but after about an hour, the boys got tired of watching his spell work and returned to playing in the stream.

Ezekiel was still worried that the three of them would contract some sort of sickness from the river like parasites or something so he still planned for him and his brothers to drink healing elixirs later.

He completed casting all of the first-level spells and he repeated them. He had to admit again that the practice that he made during the last few days was truly helpful. His body and mind were now beginning to learn the intricacies of the magic that was contained in his spells and knew that his plan to practice his magic was the right one.

Ezekiel was falling in love with magic all over again. The feel of the mana coursing through his body while he was casting his spells made him feel truly alive. He decided then that while they were traveling and no one was with them, he would make sure that every action, every movement that he did would contain some sort of spell casting as best as he could. He knew that his mind and his body needed to get used to containing the magic in his spells.

Later that night, he planned to create a plan on how he could use his spells in his everyday life. For example, while traveling he would keep casting spells and he needed to arrange which spells he would cast. While practicing his wood crafting skills he would also cast spells like using the cantrip Mage Hand and the other spells that could be useful. Basically, what he wanted was to live and breathe with magic.

Ezekiel knew that it was a bit dangerous in a way because once he got used to casting spells all the time, he might make a mistake of unintentionally casting spells while in the middle of mingling with normal folks but he wanted to take the risk. The advantage he would gain in getting used to magic would be tremendous and it would also teach him to be careful while he was among the muggles.

He laughed at himself for coining the mundanes as “muggles”. He wondered if he should read the magical world of Harry Potter to his brothers. It was a delightful world in which one could immerse oneself. He also had read the books a long time ago and missed Harry Potter’s world. Ezekiel decided then that once his brothers got tired of Luffy, he would read them the Harry Potter books.

Or maybe he could start reading them the Dungeon and Dragons, Dragon Lance, and Forgotten Realms series instead since his magic was loosely based on that universe. He particularly liked the Harper Series and some of the other series from the Forgotten Realm franchise.

Ezekiel then thought of the other fantasy series that he had read and had fallen in love with and for a moment, he had the urge to stop his magic practice and start reading books again then he laughed at himself.

He was still in the middle of a journey trying to find a life for himself and his brothers so they could grow up safely. Once they were settled in a city, then he could return to pursuing his love for fantasy books in his leisure time. He was truly thankful that he still had access to Earth’s internet and knew that he could live a good life anywhere as long as he had the internet.

Dusk had arrived when Ezekiel stopped his magic practice. He was able to practice all of his spells up to the third level and those spells caused the most devastation in the forest. He still cleaned the toxic substances that were produced by his spell casting and prayed loudly a bit, apologizing for the destruction that he had made due to his magic practice.

Ezekiel hoped that if there were any sentient and magical protectors in this forest, his prayer, and his effort to clean the toxic substances were enough to appease them. He might be overthinking it since if there were truly magical forest protectors, they would have appeared as soon as he started causing destruction the day before but it was better to be safe than sorry.

He looked at the stream and saw that his brothers had already left it and were already inside the bedroom house. When he entered the bedroom, Ezekiel was glad to see that Robert and Luke had already cleaned themselves using the washroom upstairs and were now playing while waiting for him. He took a shower and then prepared dinner for the three of them which was just him retrieving the food that he had already prepared from his 4th tab space.

While they were eating, Ezekiel thought of his earlier plan to read some of his favorite books to his brothers but he realized a major problem with that. The books from his system, either the ones from the internet or the system shopping site, were all in English since that was his original language. When he read something to his brothers, he had to consciously translate that language from English to the common language of this world. One advantage that did have was both languages were considered his first language so it wasn’t too much of an effort but it was still an effort and that meant that he wouldn’t truly enjoy doing it since he would still feel that it was work.

The best thing that Ezekiel thought that he could do was to teach his brothers English and he planned to do that once they were both proficient in reading and writing the common language.

“Okay, it’s now time for your reading and writing lessons!” Ezekiel announced causing Robert and Luke to groan but they obediently took their notebooks from their bags and sat in front of the blackboard that he had purchased before.

Since Ezekiel was particularly motivated to teach his brothers and they didn’t know how to tell the time, he broke his promise that he would only teach them for an hour. He spent two hours teaching Robert and Luke. After that though, Ezekiel saw that his brothers were sleepy so he announced that the lesson for the day was over and that it was time to sleep.

Both boys cheered and jumped into bed after cleaning up their notebooks. This time though, Luke requested a fairy tale story instead of One Piece.

“Brother, I want a story about a prince saving a princess,” Luke requested while looking adorable so Ezekiel hugged and kissed him while saying that he would tell them the story that he was requesting.

Both boys giggled while Ezekiel was hugging them. After that, he started reading the fairy tale story of The Sleeping Beauty. Soon both boys were asleep.

Ezekiel rose from the bed and started his plan of creating detailed notes on which spells to cast on specific work he was doing. He wanted to make it extensive. While writing down his plan, he didn’t notice the time and when he checked it, he was surprised to see that two hours had passed. He stored his notebook in his 4th tab space and joined his brothers in sleeping after one last check with Yuki Onna to make sure that they were safe.