Adulthood at 15?
Age 10...
Was also crucial development period for my magical beauty treatments on myself.
I controlled my body's development and growth to have the ideal shape and height I wanted since I started magic. In this stage, I am quite, the control-freak as I admit.
I still have my pride as a deadly flower against my enemies, but a beautiful flower for my loved ones.
My skin so fair its almost translucent. My nose in a perfectly small triangle the way I wanted it with a round tip and I made my lips 'kissably-rosy, shapely and full.' I controlled my body into developing the features I wanted to become beautiful, sweet, frail and vulnerable. My eyes were 'asian round', 'soulful' and framed with thick long lashes grandma and Chris-neesan would tell me I look like a doll. I also made my teeth straight and white.
'Felicia, I know I told you to become a flower one day to become a beautiful bride but you're way too into it.' Melinda sweatdropped. 'At least I don't have to worry about you hunting for men but rather its men who'll come for you.'
It was also at this age that...I got my menarche.
'Grandma, I'm bleeding down there and my lower stomach hurts, what do I do?' I would ask with my potent, 'kicked, crying puppy teary eyes and face' that I swear I could imagine grandpa, Uncles Dis and Michel and Sieg-niisan balking in horror while Chris-neesan cringed and grandma sighed.
'Her time to grow up has just begun.' said Chris, doing a face-palm.
This was in order for me to learn how this world handles a woman's universal problem.
When I know how, its so...UGH, that I took to cheating with magic too to make my life easier. I made tampons using magic and had it mass-produced and sold too. I made 'light flow' and 'heavy flow' ones.
I once had my reservations against tampons out of embarrassment.
To me, they were like, white, soft-but-firm penis imitations. At least it does the job.
Now that I've hit puberty, I have five years till adulthood and independence age.
Funny.
In Earth it's 19 years old. Here it's 15.
I was trained and educated harder than ever before. But little did they know that I'm an expert fighter and killer in my mind...
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Years later, Felicia, age 15...
Felicia is 5'6 tall with a spoon-shaped figure...but unlike most spoon girls, she tweaked her breasts to be full and firm, big enough for a man's hand to naturally cup and her genes are predisposed to brown ones, so she made her nipples the palest brown she could possibly get it into a flesh color. She missed her old pink ones.
Her past lover said back when they were fifteen, 'I hate big breasts. They remind me of sagging cow udders, its so disgusting. Why women and most men go for it is beyond me. Haven't they heard of 'just right'?'
So she decided that breasts big enough for her lover's hand was the best size when she began taking in supplements and she hit the jackpot. He loved it that he enjoyed groping her while necking her from behind when he could.
She did the same in this world and stopped her breasts from growing, instead, focusing the rest of her hormones to her facial beauty and controlling her hip size to her desired levels. During training, she also controlled the growth of her muscles to grow up shapely-sexy and as little fat as possible. Slender arms with round shoulders. No visceral fat and abdominal fat exceeding that of 'what's needed to hide ribs'. She also has a triangular inner thigh gap as her crotch and inner thighs have no fat as she ensured shapely leg development. And a firm, round rear. She also has no dark skin patches on herself, and did a good job manicuring and pedicuring her nails to great shape.
Standards of beauty in Earth complete.
She wasn't sure about standards in this world anyway. But she'll go for what she knows, thanks.
She also kept her hair in great shape. Just shoulder length with zig-zag parting with a spiky half ponytail from behind, and bangs with side-fringes framing her face.
'You did a great job working on your looks your whole life, Felicia...all men will definitely fight over you for sure!' Melinda cackled.
Felicia's clothing of choice, were elegant lolita fashion for formal wear and sailor loli or simple empire waist dresses for casual wear. But when hunting, she would dress up in form-fitting tops and the closest thing she could get to jeans. She would buy dark blue and navy-blue fabric, thread, zippers and buttons, magically sew them on herself to get the size and fitting she wants and voila.
When she went to the capital once with her grandparents, she scoped out teenage fashion wear...and decided that they weren't her type. Too revealing. Teenage clothes for girls reveal too much upper chest, even panty exposures are OK. No such thing as bras. Only panties but even then, they are all a breed of high-cut, hipster tanga panties. Even her own dresses as a little girl showed way too much! What's with this world?! She studied magical sewing, to make her own clothes and underwear instead out of vexation and partial embarrassment. Given how grandma taught her about girls in this world, it clearly makes young girls 'exhibit themselves' to men and wearing modest clothes with long skirts only happens if you're married. If there's no such thing as bras in this world, she made her clothes with thin foam padding where it should be.
Women Objectification much?!
Bossu hated this sort of thing he ran the family into a literal tight ship for gender equality. When he became Decimo, a lot of women in the mafia flocked to Vongola, boosting its forces. Very few famiglias in the alliance did the same.
For her adulthood party and graduation wear, she wore a form-fitting pinkish-white, long-sleeved button-up top with ruffled collar and ruffles concealing the buttons of her shirt underneath. The top was long enough to cover her hips entirely. The hem of her sleeves and shirt were in triangular cuts. She wore a dark pink pleated schoolgirl skirt long enough to cover half her thighs. On her legs were knee-high light purple tights ending in fancy dark purple boots. On her hair is a white, wide hairband and simply wore her hair down loose.
A party was held to celebrate my 15th birthday. The participants were grandpa, grandma, Uncle Michel, Uncle Dis, Chris-neesan, Sieg-niisan, and uncle Tom the shopkeeper in town.
Uncle Dis is a nice middle-aged uncle who has a head of golden hair, wears a mustache, and has emerald-green eyes. He always wears very fine quality clothing and has a sense of style? Charisma? And somehow has an aura of a capable nobleman. He had the appearance of a sociable uncle. He always had difficult conversations with grandpa, and they would tell me to go out to play, this is adult talk. That will not stop an Illusionist! I learned that Uncle Dis is the King of our country, he comes to complain about what happens in politics or in the country in general. He would discuss his plans to her grandparents in order to make reforms and laws that would keep both wealthy and poor happy.
Chris-neesan is in her early twenties who has a head of red hair and ties into a ponytail, and light-brown eyes. She's a person who always wears an armor that doesn't obstruct her movement, and has a firm and slender body. Because she is a very serious and a stubborn person, I rarely see her laugh. Nevertheless, she is a kind person. It's regrettable that she's unsociable. Even though I think she has big eyes and a cute face, she also has various demerits.
Sieg-niisan is a silver-haired good-looking big brother with blue eyes. I think he's a magic user judging from the easy-to-move clothes and the robe he wears. However, since he's good-looking and has an easy-going personality, even if it was said that he was living a life as a gigolo, there won't be anything strange about it. Sieg-niisan and Chris-neesan were like oil and water. Whenever they meet, it becomes a fight. They were often scolded by grandma Melinda and Uncle Michel to not fight, in front of me.
Uncle Tom is the Merchant who comes to our house. It seems he's the representative of a fairly large business, but since he seemed to be in grandpa's debt, even until now, he still brings goods to our house himself. He's a plump uncle who has light-brown hair and eyes and has the kind of body that shows the dignity of a Merchant. He is a very kind uncle, and always brings books or something for me.
Chris and Sieg only came here recently together with Uncle Dis when she was a 'bit older' as a child. And as for Uncle Dis, and Uncle Tom, they often came here since long ago.
And so, as grandpa's visitors, they also came for my birthday celebration. I cooked the food of course.
By the way, since my actual birth date isn't known, my first birthday was set on the day I was picked up. However, when I was picked up, it seemed that I was roughly one-year-old.
Then, the celebration for my 15th birthday started. The one who started it off was Uncle Dis.
'Well now, for this occasion, the granddaughter of our very own hero, Master Merlin, has turned 15 and has turned into an adult. To celebrate this, I want to propose a toast. Well everyone, pick up your cups. To the 15-year-old Felicia and becoming an adult, cheers!'
'Cheers!'
Felicia's heart fluttered. She never had a birthday party in her life. Ever.
'Everyone, thank you very much.' she said gratefully with pink-tinged cheeks.
Like this, the party began.
'To think that the really small baby, Felicia, has become an adult, huh...'
For a while, grandpa and grandma continued boasting of their granddaughter, and I felt extremely embarrassed. Before long, the topic changed to what I will be doing from now on.
'Come to think of it, Felicia, what are you going to be doing after this?'
Was what Uncle Dis asked.
'Well...dunno.'
SILENCE...
'D-dunno?' Chris sweatdropped.
'I don't know what kids my age do.' Felicia shrugged.
'What? There has to be something, right? If you go to a town or a city Felicia, you could probably work as a Demon Hunter, or you could also set up your own Magic Tool Shop with your Enchanting magic, and there's also an option of meeting a handsome guy, get close to him, and let him support you.' said Sieg.
'Only you would come up with an idea such as that.' Chris scoffed snidely.
Sieg and Chris started staring daggers at each other.
'A Hunter? I can make a living by hunting demons? Is it that easy to set up my own magic tool shop if I became a shopkeeper?'
'Although it's an impossible thought...Felicia, don't tell me you have never gone shopping until now?' Tom croaked out.
'I don't see the point, I get stuff from Uncle Tom, I have never gone shopping before. Also, because I have grandpa and grandma, I've never had to exchange anything for money.' she said. 'I just pick what I want and then you bill them like we always do.'
'F-Felicia, I took you to the capital to shop once!' Grandma sputtered.
'And I didn't like anything there so we went home as fast as we got there.'
When I answered Uncle Tom questions, the room was once again wrapped in silence
'Uh...'
'You don't like anything in the shops in the capital?' Uncle Dis asked, perplexed.
'Nope.' Felicia said, shaking her head childishly.
'Well, she buys books on how to make this and that, fabric, thread, leather, shoe rubber, buttons and zippers and metal off of me as well as quality wood...that's pretty much it.' Tom shrugged.
'She makes her own things.' Melinda pinched her nose. 'Felicia has very unusual and specific tastes. Its difficult to shop with and for her so she buys base materials and does her own thing with them. And as she says, she just gets what she wants and Tom would tell us how much she incurred. Thankfully she doesn't overspend and her clothes, while unique are kind of cute.'
'Now that you mention it...' Chris mused. 'Felicia's clothes are kinda cute but covers up a lot when normally we girls expose our chests as much as possible.' she said.
Felicia snapped her fingers to show off her outfits that appeared around them. First her casual wear with accessories and shoes, then formal wear...and what she called 'hunting wear'.
'Ohhhh!' and her clothes are gone again.
'Her styles are indeed unusual and cute, the thing my daughter would go for.' said Uncle Dis thoughtfully. 'Interesting!'
The talk went back to her career but Felicia was at a loss.
She was a mafia woman, she who excelled in obtaining results no matter the means. There was no career in this world about that. And she knows nothing else.
Seeing her clueless and speechless expression...
'Oh dear...maybe an inspirational field trip to the capital is in order?' said Sieg sheepishly.
'Well before that, let's see her full magical prowess and combat prowess.' Uncle Dis decided. 'This way we can make helpful suggestions or if still nothing, we can enroll her in Magic Academy until she gets the inspiration she needs.'
'That could work.' Merlin mused as Felicia conjured a very ornate and cute french door. It was her spell Gate, inspired from both anime and the Flames of Night's ability to travel anywhere instantly.
'Eek!'
'Its her Gate.' Melinda sighed. 'She comes up with Original Spells after strict supervision as experimentations can and definitely will blow up.' she shuddered. 'Did it connect to the Training Ground?' she asked Felicia.
'Yup.'
'Good!'
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The Training Ground...is basically on a huge plateau and down below, is vast greenery of lush forests.
Felicia demonstrated magic.
For now, she demonstrated flashiness. Pokemon Showcase kind, solo act by conjurations and uhm...less dancing but more on elegant style no-chant casting.
'OOOOOHHHH!'
'WOW!'
'Its certainly wonderful! This is elegant flashiness!' Uncle Dis praised, very happy with the performance. 'What about your battle mode?'
That made the whole family pause.
'Y-you sure?' Melinda squeaked nervously.
King Diseum, Chris, Sieg, Tom and Michel blinked at the family's nervousness.
'Er, we have to know her ability to defend herself on her independence.' Chris pointed out.
'How bad can it be?' Sieg wondered, scratching his head.
'...its best to show them.' Melinda grumbled as Merlin looked sheepish. 'I taught Felicia restraint and prudence while Merlin taught her magical warfare but to think this is her holding back and being nice...' she gave Felicia the go sign...
Felicia put on an innocent face but to herself, she wore a predatory smile with half her face in darkness.
She used all aspects of elemental magic, following Pokemon Typings. But only showing what 'nature can do', not what 'magical techniques can do'.
For Fire magic, she demonstrated Flamethrower, Fire Pledge, Ember, Searing Shot, Fire Blast, and Flame Burst. She did both orange and the much-hotter blue flames they all felt the heat!
For Nature magic, she has seeds on hand...and basically mutated the plants to weaponize them to imitate Seed Bomb, Bullet Seed, Leaf Storm, Petal Storm, Razor Leaf, Frenzy Plant, Vine Whip, Ingrain, Frenzy Plant, and Leaf Blade.
For Earth magic, she demonstrated Earthquake, Sand Attack, Fissure, Quicksand, Sandstorm, Stone Edge, and Rock Tomb.
For Water magic, she demonstrated Water Gun, Bubble Beam, Scald, Brine, Whirlpool, and Waterfall.
For Ice magic, she demonstrated Frost Breath, Sheer Cold, Hail, Blizzard, Icicle Spear, Ice Beam and Mist.
For Electric magic, she demonstrated Electro Ball, Thunder Shock, Thunderwave, Thunder, Zap Cannon, Charge Beam, and Shock Wave.
For Wind magic, she demonstrated Gust, Flight, Aeroblast, Hurricane, Air Slash, and Air Cutter.
She could do more but for now, limit to this.
And her holding back still causes wanton destruction enough to wreck a castle by herself.
'That's enough power to wreck a castle.' Merlin deadpanned. 'If she went all out, she can destroy a city in one move alone.'
'Whu...?' their watchers croaked out in shock and disbelief.
'If we don't consider it properly, he won't be able to go out into the world.' said Uncle Dis worriedly, 'Magic with this much destructive powers and this is her holding back...even with just the transfer magic called 'gate' which Felicia used earlier...if any country gets their hands on her, the possibility of them aiming for world domination is high.' Uncle Dis started to talk about unpleasant things.
'Yeah, in addition, she also received martial arts training from Sir Michel. She can also do close-range battle, and as for long-range magic, she has this kind of power. If this was known, every country would desperately attempt to capture Felicia for themselves.' Chris also interjected.
'Master Merlin, truth be told, Felicia's power is abnormal. She has a power that can disturb the power distribution of every country. In addition, Felicia is ignorant of the world aside from this forest. If she's to be thrown to society as she is, she will be manipulated by every country's intentions. That is not good for either Felicia or for the world.'
'What you say is right...'
Well, that's kinda right. She's a dangerous powerhouse by herself who prefers to be subtle.
'Therefore, here's an idea. Why don't you admit Felicia into magic school first?' Uncle Dis suggested. 'As she is now, she must mingle with girls her age, show her the world while being subtle and hide her full prowess. As far as the public knows, she's a World-Famous Chef! We can find out how abnormal Felicia's magic is, and compare it to the level of other magic users who are generally deemed as excellent.'
'Uncle Dis, I think I'm normal.' Felicia pouted, making the King look sheepish.
'Moreover, the enrollment to Advanced Magic Academy starts from the age of 15. Don't you think it's the perfect opportunity for Felicia, who never went out with people of the same age, to make friends? Although Chris and Sieg are close in age, well, they're like this...' to make his point, he glanced at the pair in question making everyone follow his gaze.
Ah, Chris and Sieg who were glaring at each other, suddenly averted their eyes.
Like that, of course, they'll get treated as 'like this'...
'I see what you mean...'
'Certainly, Master Merlin has a house in the royal capital. If she were to live there, I think she can learn the common sense of the general society, such as how to use money, etcetera!'
'Hmm...Felicia.'
'Hmm?'
'I believe what Diseum had proposed is the best choice, but what do you think?' Merlin mused. Going to school, socializing with kids isn't bad...as long as Felicia won't be used for warfare.
'Humm...I'll try.' never been with normal kids. She was with teenage killers and mafia teenagers. 'Never been around lots of people before.'
'Is that so? If that's the case, I will say something to the academy. However, although I personally think it's okay for you to enroll immediately, but as a formality, you'll need to take the entrance examination, okay?'
'I don't mind.'
'I'm sorry. The reason you have to take the exam is because the class division after enrollment is decided based on the result of the exam. In addition, my country's Advanced Magic School has a perfect merit system, where a noble's authority cannot be used unconditionally.'
Ooh, so its a very fair school?! This wasn't Harry Potter wherein purebloods can simply flaunt their status and gain high-rank jobs of their choice as easy as breathing?
'What happens if you are found to be taking advantage of your authority as a noble?'
'You will be sentenced with a severe punishment.' said Uncle Dis firmly. 'Many nobles overabused that in the past. As a result, corruption and incompetence ran rife in the government, it was terrible! A Perfect Merit System ensured absolute fairness no matter the social status, ensuring only the best and hardworking get what they deserve, and slackers get pittance to nothings as they deserve.'
"Scary!"
'Because it is an act that reaps the sprout of an excellent magician, it is sometimes regarded as an act of treason towards the nation. Felicia also needs to watch out, okay?'
I was told this while being smiled at.
'Really, I won't do anything that will cause trouble for grandpa and grandma. And I like a quiet life.' said Felicia.
'By the way Felicia...' Uncle Dis began to look serious. 'Can I try something on you?'
'Eh? Sure...' Uncle Dis cast a spell on her, showing a magical thread loosely wrapped on herself.
'Dis? Is that what I think it is?' Merlin choked as he and Melinda's jaws dropped.
'Yes. Soul Bond Spirit Thread checking.' said Uncle Dis grimly. 'It means Felicia cannot marry 'just anyone' just like my poor son Auguste.' he lamented. 'They must find the other halves of their souls. I've been looking for Auguste's other half in all girls in the Kingdom when they hit fifteen on their birthdays. I've tried Aristocrats to Gentry to even commoners with Felicia being the first commoner I tested.' he sighed. 'Many daughters of Aristocracy hoped to be engaged to my son but alas, Auguste couldn't feel anything for them, not even attraction on various balls I've held. And now Felicia has the same problem so livelihood aside, she'll have to find her other half too.'
'Oh...'
'Ah, since the exam starts after the new year, it would be great if you can move to the Royal Capital before then.'
Because of that, the decision for Felicia to move to the royal capital has been finalized. Since Felicia also needed to learn about the common sense of the society, Merlin and Melinda will move with her while Michel watches over their forest home.
