The 7th Witch

On Sunday, July 7th, 777, in the world of Himlear, a rural noble family welcomed their seventh child—a seemingly ordinary girl who, from birth, appeared to have an indissoluble bond with the numb...

Chapter 5: Reading Magic Books

A sound came from the study. Lilia looked up and saw her little daughter, Hulim, struggling to move a stool. Then she stood on it, tiptoed, and stretched out her hands, trying to reach a book on the bookshelf...

A large hand reached out from behind and took out the book.

Hulim raised her head and looked back, and saw her mother's gentle face.

"Why, Hulim, do you want to read this book?"

Hulim nodded: "Yes, Mother."

Lilia smiled gently, carefully lifted Hulim down from the stool, squatted in front of Hulim with the book in her hand, and looked at Hulim levelly.

"Do you want Mom to read it to you?"

Hulim shook her head, took the book from Lilia, and said confidently, "No need, Mother. I already know how to read! The teacher at the preparatory school taught me a lot of words."

Lilia was a little surprised at first, but then she laughed: "I see, my Hulim is really amazing~!"

Hearing her mother's praise, although Hulim didn't want to show that she was too happy, her chin still raised a little unconsciously.

"Mother, I'm going to read a book."

Hulim held the book, bowed, and was about to leave.

"Well, go ahead. By the way, if there's anything you don't understand, you can always ask me. I'm always here."

"I know, Mom."

Hulim moved the magic book she found to the desk, climbed onto the chair where Lezelian usually sat, and opened the first page of the magic book with a serious look on her face.

"So-called magic is a miraculous power bestowed by the world itself. To harness this power, one must manipulate the most fundamental particles that make up magic. Magic... magic... magic what?"

“… …”

Lilia looked up at her little daughter standing in front of her with a book in her arms, and asked with a smile, "What's wrong, Hulim?"

Hulim held up the book and pointed to a word on it.

"Mother, how do you pronounce this word?"

Lilia blinked and patiently explained, "This word, Niansu, is the most basic particle, Mosu."

"So that's it, it's magic element, Hulim knows!"

After saying that, Hulim bowed deeply to Lilia and went back with the book.

“… …”

Lilia looked at Hulim's back, wanting to say something but stopping herself in the end.