I can’t summon a familiar.
“Oh, right! I should raise a pet!”
I was given freedom in daytime but I actually don’t have anything to do in this place.
First, work help is prohibited since it can cause the inheritance dispute in territory.
It has not been directly told but I was given a warning from Erich nii-san in the letter that comes regularly.
“Kurt nii-san won’t have that much courage to go so far but…”
I can cultivate a new land and digging irrigation ca.n.a.l to contributed in land and road works.
That’s okay for a large territory.
A great n.o.ble’s family head will try to leave it as younger brother in high treatment that can be used.
It can be useful as branch family head or a va.s.sal with preferential treatment.
Our Baumeister family however, is poor.
Only the second son’s Helman is married to the branch family.
If I take active part and territory people who look at it directly will certainly start to say that I should become the lord instead.
It can be justified for a small territory.
Contributed to the territory development with triumphant look and admired by territory people, everyone and even the heir would say that I am more suitable as the next family head
“You could be a.s.sa.s.sinated while asleep. I don’t want to see my brother gruesomely killing one another.”
Human jealousy is frightening.
I have experienced it several times even as second-rate trading company employees in my previous life.
Let alone for a small kid to fight over as n.o.ble next family head.
I’m afraid that I’d be killed while sleeping and called as “died from illness”.
Magic no matter how can I use it would not be enough if I get caught off guard.
Kurt nii-san perhaps also more important as the next family head for status and territory though, I was not really needed.
I can be declared as not needed instead.
“That’s why. It’s better for you to pretend as useless prodigal son. Because Vel after all was treated as an oddball for a long time.”
I’m subtly damaged at the last sentences but Erich nii-san truly the smart one in Baumeister house.
I might have fallen in love if I’m a woman.
In no way to experience it personally as we’re family but I can cooperates in any thing for Erich nii-san, I would not hesitate to lend my hand.
By that reason, I fly around freely in southern undeveloped land alone.
I goes to Breitburg about twice a week but I can not afford to make it public.
Because if they know that I can teleport freely, the inheritance problem will get complicated.
With that in mind
I have finally does not need to depend on dealer group that come to three times a year, if it was known that I could brought the necessary trade item as I like, that would be a big difference between me and Kurt nii-san.
It became natural for me to replenish my supplies that way, so a difficult problem appear as what would happen after I am dead.
Every kindness may not be rewarded.
Even if there is a benefit in short-term gains, it can cause large damage for long-term which is bad.
With that circ.u.mstances, I limited my acquaintance in Breitburg.
I comes to Breitburg to sell the catch that I had captured with traps and hunting from nearby farm village, I was Wendelin the dutiful son that does only shopping asked to return.
I’ve relation with several staff of commercial guild, several gatekeeper that in rotation, several familiar shop owner and employees and library receptionist Onee-san.
Onee-san in the library is not wearing gla.s.ses but she a beautiful woman who looks intellectual, I think she was a woman I’m in contact with most next to my mother in this world.
That description above is something that I thought this way.
There were many people in my previous life that keep pets because of loneliness in living alone.
I am a mage in this world so it would be not strange for me to have a pets and familiar.
Thinking that, I examine the magic related books that master left behind.
That remind me, master didn’t have any familiar because the reason was surprisingly easy.
“Familiar becomes mage eyes and ears, one that bears role to replenish magic to its master. Hence, only human with high affinity with animals can form a contract.”
Simply put, only those that liked by animals can do it.
“Master said that but let me test it out…”
I did not think I can say “good dog” to a wolf but this is just a test, there perhaps one animal that by some chance attached to me to become my familiar.
I who thought so take out rabbit meat from magic bag, looks for the most closer pack of wolves and try to tempted it with meat.
“Look here! it’s a delicious meat!”
“Wuuuu!”
There also such a scene or speech in anime I have seen in old days but I am not really copying it so I keep trying to tame it.
Then there soon a change.
“Grau-grau!”
“Uwooon!”
“It’s no use!”
Far from taming it, the pack of wolves on the contrary came at full speed trying to eat me alive.
Honestly, I was a little scared.
“d.a.m.n it! It’s not working!”
I know it’s difficult for cross-species communication, and I was lead to gave up with the half being okay to be a loner.
“I mean, it is hard for human to communicate with animals!”
In the end, I knocked down all wolves that came attacking me which become a fur now.
I can’t eat the wolf meat because of its smell but the fur can be sold fairly well.
“It would have eaten much meat though if it becomes my familiar. Beast is so pathetic…”
I look for the next candidate while putting dozens of wolves fur in magic bag.
However, every animal that I tempted out come showing its bare teeth to attack me.
Well, it can be said as something normal but territory people in Baumeister territory must be not come to the savage land quite often.
Wolf, wild boar and also big deer.
It is really belligerent even though it’s not a monster.
“My stock for meat and fur only get increased.”
Eventually, there was no animal that can became my familiars.
I defeat them all, what I had done is just increasing my stock in meat and fur.
“Oh well. A loner is just fine! I’ll just keep on training magic!.”
Nothing changed even if I thought more about it.
I who thought so start looking for something with detection magic while flying today.
“That is…”
Then I confirmed that the rocky mountain in front of me emitting thin light just now.
I take some of the rock and use verification magic on it, the result that come out is a copper ore stone.
I have no ability to distinguish a raw ore and gems but I can tell much with detection and verification magic easily.
Now, in what way I can do my purified technique.
If there is magic that I am devoted to, helping in rising my magical power and magic accuracy.
That’s mean it get faster as time goes.
“I need to go back to sleep at night. I’ll leave it like that for now.”
Mountain that generated the thin light was mainly produced copper.
I can do full exploration tomorrow as I decide to back home today.
I really want to sleepover but it can create a lot of problem for a minor like me.
“Copper, silver. And also gold, maybe I can mined it a little…”
The next day, I keep investigate the mine that I found yesterday while eating rice ball.
I ate breakfast at home, but I still want to eat rice so I am holding back at home.
Cook the rice in a large pot that I bought in Breitburg, I can put it out from magic bag to make rice ball, I can make a fresh rice b.a.l.l.s that I can eat at any time.
I make a stove in an instant with earth magic in the savage land and cook it at once with my own fire magic.
I saw it in CM a long time ago, that guy cooking with strong direct fire.
At first, the rice blackened several time as the heat is too strong, but I can even cook a delicious burnt rice now.
The ingredient is a meat that are caught in savage land or boiled a seaweed and fish that are caught in the sea with miso and soy sauce.
I make it with eggs and vinegar which the material that I have purchased in Breitburg and stir it with wind magic.
There no need to frequently preparing a huge bowl that I’ve created.
As expected of magic.
It is very convenient.
But no matter how versatility it was, there still a problem for ma.s.s production and spreading it.
I had no obligation to spread it, so I’ve no complain though.
“I don’t really want to sell it a ma.s.s. This is enough for me.”
This is only a self-sufficient so I only do what magic can perform.
Magic training is also like killing two birds with one stone, this business talk after I get out from house first.
Is there even a merchant that will try to deal with a 8 years old kid even if he was a n.o.ble?
I first need to leave the house as a grow up, I can’t do anything about worldly things.
Doing as I like the wilderness alone is some kind of stress reduction for me.
“Hmm? What’s that animal?”
I found one bear in a little distance away after I had finished creating copper ingot as a test.
It’s quite big.
It can’t be compared with black bear that I saw in the bear ranch in my previous life, the bear also not get angry when looking at me, its look at me with great interests.
「Maybe it was this?」
The so-called matches wavelength.
It was rare for bears as familiar but it’s not impossible, the possibility for this bear becomes my familiars is high.
‘I can do it! Let’s do this!’
I was secretly full of joy but outwardly calmly taking out rabbit meat from magic bag and try to show it to the bear.
Then the bear sniff it while approaching me little by little.
‘So my familiar is a bear. How about its migration? Well, I can think about it later.’
Beside I feel exited as I can be put on its back with that size.
But a nightmare happen as if shattering my dream.
The bear suddenly approaching closely and attack me with its teeth exposed.
Honestly, this is quite dangerous.
I’m glad I have also learned handling my body along with training in the sword every morning even if I have no talent in it
“d.a.m.n it! How dare you playing with my pure heart!”
The bear head eventually hit with magic arrow that summoned from heaven, leaving a good fur, meat and liver that seems to be used as medicine.
With that difficulty in cross species communication, I have confirmed again the fact that I am a loner.