I am now three years old.


    My height is much taller than when I was one year old, and my muscles are getting stronger.


    I can run longer than when I was one year old, and I can do muscle training more often.


    And now I''m running around the village.


    I run at a steady pace, but sometimes I run as hard as I can to train my body.


    The village is so small that it doesn''t even have a name, and it''s only about two kilometers long if you run around the village.


    The population is about one hundred people, and the village is surrounded by forest.


    Sometimes wild animals and demons come down from the forest and ravage the village, but everyone lives there by repairing the fields and rice paddies over and over again.


    There are some hunters ... people like my dad, so it seems there''s no damage these days.


    And I''m running now and there''s someone following behind me.


    ''Wait ... Eric ... hah, hah ...''


    She is two years older than me, and is now five years old, Tina.


    Ever since I started running around the village instead of in my yard, Tina has been following me.


    From the beginning, Tina has been playing with me in my yard....which means we''ve been training together.


    So she''s pretty good at following me, but as expected, I''m training her consciously. I''m not as good as I am, but I''m able to keep up with you.


    Their bodies are three and five years old. The amount of training is greater than mine, but Tina''s physical ability is greater than mine, so it''s only natural that I can keep up with her. It''s only natural that you can keep up with me.


    "Okay that''s it for today''s run.


    ''Huh ... hah ... I''m tired ...''


    When we get to our house, Tina lies down on the ground like she''s about to fall over.


    ...When I say our house, it''s like we''re living together. I just mean we''re neighbors.


    I watch her as she lies on the ground next to me, doing calisthenics.


    Tina has gotten used to it, she rests for a while as usual, then gets up and does some calisthenics with me.


    ''Why is Eric so unconcerned about this...?　You''re so much smaller than me.


    It''s part of my training.


    I answer a little childishly. A normal three-year-old would be a little more childish, but it''s embarrassing and difficult to act that much for an adult who''s over twenty in a previous life.


    ''Mmmm ... I don''t get it.''


    Seeing her cheeks puffed out and honestly expressing with her body that she''s unhappy, I still think Tina is cute.


    As I said before, this village only has a population of about one hundred people, so there are only me and Tina as children.


    That''s why my parents and Tina''s parents have about the same number of children, and since we''re neighbors, we''re very close to each other.


    Well, I think we''re close now, too. I mentioned earlier that we don''t live together, but lately, Tina has been staying at my house and sleeping with me quite often, so it''s almost like we live together.


    Tina has a habit of hugging me, or maybe it''s just that she hugs me when she''s sleeping, so it''s pretty hard for her, but I''m trying my best to put up with it because I can see her cute sleeping face.


    Anyway, I''ve worked up a sweat, so let''s go inside and take a bath.


    "Come on, Tina, let''s take a bath.


    ''Hey, Eric!　Call me big sister!


    Sister.


    ''Yes!　I can''t help it - I''ll bathe with you!


    ...Lately, Tina seems to want me to call her big sister, and she''s been trying to get me to reiterate it many times.


    It all started when Tina overheard my mother and Tina''s mother talking.


    ''Tina and Eric are always together and they''re good friends!


    ''Yes, it was nice to get to know my neighbor, Eric, since I don''t have any other friends my age.


    "The pleasure''s all mine. We''re always together, so it''s like we''re brother and sister.


    ''But Eric, you''re so calm and collected that you look like my Tina is your sister.


    ''''Yes~ Eric-chan is kind of calm, isn''t he? There''s a height difference between you and Tina, so you look like a younger brother~''


    ''I wish Tina could learn from you.


    Tina overheard the two mothers talking about it in the living room and asked me what a sissy was.


    I was just answering appropriately and passing it off, when my dad came to the spot and Tina asked him the same question.


    ''What is a sissy!　Be the kind of woman that Eric can count on!　If you''re a cool girl, you''ll naturally get Eric''s attention!


    He shouted loudly and laughed as he left, and I wonder if that was something that hit a nerve for Tina, and she started following my training to be a big sister, or forcing me to call her big sister like she did earlier.


    Subtly, I don''t think my dad understands what he''s saying but I think Tina thinks this is okay.


    It was embarrassing for me now to call Tina big sister and I didn''t want to call her big sister, so I almost got groggy and almost cried when I refused a few times saying I didn''t want to, so these days I''m calling her right away.


    I still feel a little embarrassed, but it''s better than being cried over.


    Me and Tina are taking a bath in the yard of our house, getting along with each other. All I have to do is take off my top and wipe myself with a towel soaked in water, but Tina strips naked and dips her head in the water. It''s a little hot this time of year, so the cold water must feel good.


    ''''Mmm~!　It feels so good!


    Tina''s brown hair, which is about the size of her neck, sticks to her skin as she flails about so, and I wonder if it doesn''t get in the way, but apparently it''s okay because she''s a girl there.


    Tina is only five years old, so I''m not particularly aware of it, but I feel like a pervert if I keep looking at her, so I quickly look away and wipe myself off.


    Then I use the towel to begin my magical training again.


    A towel dipped in water this is a towel wet with water that I put out with magic.


    Three years have passed since I began to train in magic.


    The amount of magical elements from my previous life has already exceeded the amount of magical elements I can control.


    I''ve been training to increase the amount of magic in my previous life as well, but I was able to do it at this stage because it''s more efficient now.


    And now I''m not just controlling the magic element, I''m also training in solid magic.


    This will increase the quality, so the quality of the magic training will be even better and the growth will be faster.


    So far things are going well as far as magic is concerned.


    Now I just need a sword ... or rather a wooden sword, soon.


    I want to start training in sword skills as soon as possible to get as close as possible to my previous life.


    When it comes to swordsmanship, there is no practice method to think about efficiency or anything else, like magic.


    It''s just repetition every day. That is the way to train kenjutsu.


    --There are no shortcuts in swordsmanship. There is no shortcut. It is just a matter of how far you can go on the single path.


    This is what my father said to me in a previous life, and it is the most memorable thing he said to me.


    After he died, I believed in these words and started training with them, and I never once skipped a practice session.


    Because of that, I''m proud to say that my sword skills are moderately good.


    But........I haven''t even held a sword for three years now.


    This is a big blow. I shudder with horror at the thought of being out of practice for three years.


    In my past life, I spent more than ten years honing my swordsmanship skills.


    Unlike magic, it''s not good because of this body, on the contrary, it might take time because my physical abilities are inferior to those of my previous life.


    But ... not much time.


    There is only one path to swordplay. There are no shortcuts and no detours.


    If that''s the case, let''s take that path - let''s run through it at full speed.


    I haven''t even received a wooden sword yet, so I feel like I could get one right now if I said I wanted to take some training from my dad soon.


    It''s my dad with that personality.


    ''''Hahaha!　You say you want to be a true Han!　All right!　I''m going to put a special training program on you right away!''


    But they''ll give it to you in a heartbeat.


    It wouldn''t be a bad idea to train with him in the beginning. Not once had I trained with my dad in a previous life, so it would be a good training exercise.


    ''Hey Eric-''


    Hmm?　What?


    As I was thinking about things like I want to start practicing my sword as soon as possible, Tina seemed to be finished bathing and was already dressed, not naked.


    ''Eric is Mahou?　I know you''re practicing your


    Yeah, I do.


    Tell me about it!


    For Tina?


    For your sister!


    ...for your sister?


    Yeah!


    What should I do........


    I''ve been using magic since my past life, but I didn''t use it very well in my past life, so I''ve mostly fought with just a sword in battle. I''ve been using it at the level of living magic because it''s faster to make fire with magic than it is to use a match, etc.


    And although the amount of magic is more than in my previous life, I''m still able to use magic better in my previous life.


    I''m not yet good enough to teach magic. I''m not going to be able to tell you how to control the magic, such as how to feel the magic at first.


    But ... well ... yeah.


    Okay, let''s do it.


    Really?　Yes!


    Tina happily bounced on the spot, happy to see him.


    No, whether she''s strong or weak, I''ll protect her, but as they say, if you''re prepared for it, you''ll never be afraid.


    With that in mind, I teach Tina how to feel the magic element inside her body and other tricks.


    Hmmm, it''s complicated.


    Tina meditates hard on her eyes and tries to feel the magic in her body.


    Well, I don''t expect it to work from the beginning.


    Even I in my previous life started to feel the magic in my body a week after I started.


    It took me a week when I was fifteen years old. It would take Tina, who is now five years old, half a month at the earliest to start feeling the magic element, or even a month if you think about it.


    And since she''s a five-year-old child, she won''t be able to do the same thing for a long period of time... Well, I think the longest estimate is that she should be able to feel the magic element in about three months.


    Even if it takes that long, those who can''t do it won''t be able to. It''s said that people with no talent at all can''t use magic for the rest of their lives.


    If only Tina had a little talent........


    But at this time I didn''t think--.


    --I never thought that the day would come when I would regret teaching Tina magic.