Something... oh, right!
"Mom, I didn't chant the spell in Spraec, but I managed to cast my magic just fine. Can we actually do that?"
"Wait, you, what?" Mom is suddenly taken aback.
Her excitement seems to be increasing at a higher rate, but Mom... your face... you don't have any muscle spasm, right? I'm worried that she would wrinkle quickly because of me, that's such a waste for a beauty like Mom. Her doll-like features would disappear if she were to contract chronic muscle spasm—or wait, would she catch a nerve disease because of the spasms?
"Huh, but how...?" Dad is also surprised.
"Eh, Lyra can do it already, all on her own?" Alt-nii also looked at me in awe.
"...Yes?"
...I need some explanation, please.
What exactly happened? How is it possible? Has nobody else managed to accomplish such a feat?
Mom inhaled a deep, deep breath and exhaled it slowly. She then opened her mouth. Yup, your daughter is ready for the explanation!
"I have told you about voiced incantation and voiceless incantation—basically chanted magic and chantless one, right?"
"Yes, Mom."
"There are another two variations whose levels are in the middle of them. One is half incantation, in which someone can cast their magic with only reciting the shortened version of the incantation. The second variation is [Nonspraec Incantation]—that you just managed to do."
...Wait, I have ever heard of half incantation before in my previous life, I think.
I am not sure, as I only knew people who were capable of chanted magic back then. Nah, I didn't even pay any attention to whatever they chanted as I had no knowledge about it at all.
[Nonspraec Incantation]... such thing exists?
"It's great for people who can't remember Spraec language!" I said in excitement.
"Yes, but it still costs more mana. Therefore, I want you to try that after we have practiced a bit more, or after your second test's done...," Mom explained.
From her eyes, I can sense that she's thinking, 'I can't believe you tried it out without even knowing it.' Seems like I would be trained to do either Nonspraec Incantation or Half Incantation—or both in the future.
"Yes, Lyra~ The secret of [Nonspraec Incantation] is to imagine the effect of the magic plus the magic circle~ The more vivid they are, the better~," Alt-nii chimed in.
...Magic circle? It's still my habit to recall the image of them whenever I practiced. Though the version that I remembered may not be the detailed version of the circle itself. Still, ...I fulfilled the requirements without even knowing.
"Altaire's [Void] element is rare and there are not a lot of spells known, so he's mastered the use of Nonspraec Incantation," Mom explained.
"Yup~!" Alt-nii smiled happily.
Ah, understandable. With many of its spells remain unknown, Altaire would have more benefits if he were to produce his magic without the needs to know the spells.
"Then... Lyra's mana... can we safely assume that it's more than 600, already?" Dad asked.
Huh?
How did it come to that?
"Yes," Mom answered.
How did you come up with an exact number?!
"Eh, how do you know?" I asked, unable to wait for them anymore. Well, they have a habit of hanging me in the dark for the things that they might be familiar with, and would explain later on, after realizing that I have no clue about it.
"Well, only those with more than 600 mana capacity are capable of using half incantation and Nonspraec incantation, Lyra," Mom said.
"Heee, there is such a parameter based on mana capacity?!"
That is... cool!
"Yes. And only those with more than 800 mana capacity are capable of voiceless incantation," Mom explained further.
Which means, Mom is definitely capable of voiceless incantation. No wonder, as expected as the Head of Magician. However...
I stared at Alt-nii.
Alt-nii, then, he can easily...?
The moment our eyes met, somehow, Alt-nii seemed to understand what I was thinking about. Could it be that I am too easy to read? I would like to consider myself not easy to read, though...
"Ah, voiceless incantation is extremely tiring and hard to use, you know? I'm still in practice," Alt-nii puffed his cheek.
"Haha, yes. Being able to use it doesn't mean that they will be able to easily do so, Lyra. Practice is still needed, even more so to accomplish difficult things," Mom patted Alt-nii's head.
"But still, Lyra's discovered a lot of things in just a day. That's awesome," Dad lifted my body and put me on his lap. He then hugged me from behind and patted my head.
It's... warm.
"What to do, our children are both so talented...," Dad questioned it.
"We are very lucky, indeed. I think we need to thank the God more, haha," Mom answered.
"Ah yeah, then... let's close our eyes for a little while, clap our hands, and thanks Aion-sama for this amazing discovery," Dad said.
...Yes, such a custom is normal. We can't claim ourselves as religious people, but we still believe in our God, after all. We have routinely prayed and gone to churches at times, but that's all part of the routine we have. It's not something special.
Aion-sama is the name of the god that most humans would worship. It is said that Aion-sama is the creator of all life, the beginning of everything—the Alpha—and is often portrayed with the image of a pure, innocent child.
Alt-nii closed his eyes in an instant and clapped his hands.
"Aion-sama, thank you for your blessings!"
"Aion-sama, thanks for the blessings!"
Everyone recited it together.
In my past life, I was raised to put my faith in Aion-sama, too.
...The god that I have met doesn't seem to be Aion-sama, yes, I can't picture that little light as a being as divine and as gentle as Aion-sama is portrayed to be.
Aion-sama—our God's gender is unspecified—some may address Aion-sama with 'he', while some may address Aion-sama with 'she'.
Aion-sama can predict the future or see the possibilities of the future the world would have, and thus, Aion-sama will always pick the best route for the greater good, of the whole nature and all living beings. Aion-sama never made any mistake. Sometimes, we call His plan as [Fate].
...yup, that light—the one claiming itself to be god—is definitely not Aion-sama. It can be a different deity all along, or part of Aion-sama's governance...?
Did that meeting with the light-sama shake my faith to Aion-sama? ...I believe that Aion-sama is out there, probably scolding the little light that I met—yup, that god I met, he is probably Aion-sama's subordinate or what... As he meddled with someone's life and death—which should fall under Aion-sama's jurisdiction.
But anyway, I should also thank the god that forced me to reincarnate, since I believe it might be the little gift I received from the tiny spectre of light that I can still remember up until now.
I thought I didn't ask for anything, though.
Thanks for the present, God who is in the form of the tiny spectre of light!
Unbeknownst to them, a spectre of light is flying outside the window, then landed on the nearest tree's branch.
Before long, the light disappeared and a transparent figure of a mischievous child could be seen in the place where the light was formerly at, smiling while observing the family members who are giving their utmost gratitude towards their god.
"You're all very welcome."