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Chapter 4 The Power of Stepping Forward
Cridarin was sitting on the couch in the living room smoking his pipe and going over the three months of training that has passed for the Young green hair boy that he found, but saying that Cridarin was impressed was an understatement, this young boy who had an unusual connection to the weave, turned out to also be a prodigy in three months he was already capable of controlling The Weave enough to not accidentally trigger a wild magic surge and with permission from the boy's mother, he has started Apprentice level in the magical Arts which includes magical Theory Arcane history and among other subjects, he also got young toga interested in learning how to control Magic in the process of him learning it himself,
since I was planning on training her anyway this just made things easier. if he keeps this up in two years I can teach him his first cantrip. but today is the day when he goes back to school and I'll have to wait for my young Prodigy to come home from it to train him even more, oh well just gives me the time to catch up young toga to the young green-haired prodigy
Cridarin was brought out of his thoughts thanks to a young blond hair girl tugging at his cloak, oh, toga what do you need is your Cravings acting up again,
no, Grandpa, I'm just wondering where izuku is. she says with a worried look in her eyes,
oh, izuku has school today but he'll be here later today for some more study
toga looks at Cridarin with complete confusion, what is school?
Cridarin pics toga up and puts her on his lap and then he starts to speak to her in a grandfatherly tone. you see toga, a school is a place of Education where youngsters such as yourself go there to learn about a great many things like math, history, science, and philosophy, it's also a place where you can socialize with your peers around your own age.
is this School outside, toga says with a hint of worry in her voice
a person who has not lived with toga for the past 4 months wouldn't understand why she asked if the school was outside, some people wouldn't be hung up on it, but Cridarin knew this was a problem with toga's mental state for her the outside was dangerous and a totally different world to Toga, the fact that Cridarins house was technically infinite in size making his home a totally different world to her. so the problem that Cridarin faces is trying to get her to see that the outside world is the only world and not as dangerous as she thinks and his house is just a house, a very big house but just a house nonetheless, then an idea struck him.
yes toga the school is outside, do you want to go to school you can spend time with Izuku and other kids your age and learn tons of stuff
Izuku is going to be there with me, she says curiously.
yes, I'm pretty sure I could arrange it so you both will be in the same class
will there be anyone who's going to hurt me there, she says warily
Cridarin lift his head in thought and stroked his beard, he knows all about the environment of the public school system and how cruel kids can be, then add the addition of quirks and that explosive blond that he met at the park that was picking on Young izuku
I am not going to lie there is a possibility that some kids won't like you and may be even cruel to you but know this young one. any person who picks on my little girl will answer to me and you know how protective of you I can be.
wait so you'll be there with me, toga says with excitement
no, but I know a way to keep you safe when I'm not there
At first, toga looked downcast when she heard the word no, but then mediately looked up when the rest of the words met her ears, and with a little hope in her heart she asked, what can keep me safe better than you? then with a little more excitement, she asked another question, then is Ember coming instead?
Cridarin chuckles a bit before answering, no, but this is even better than Ember.
now completely confused Toga asked, what's even better than you and Ember?
do you remember the lessons on familiars, Cridarin says with a smirk.
toga looks up with excitement, wait, do you really mean?
yes toga, I'm going to help you summon a familiar
Aldera Elementary School
izuku was dropped off by his mother at the front entrance of Aldera Elementary School, Inko seeing her son go in safely she starts heading back and misses the encounter that is about to come to the young boy, as izuku walks in the doorway he's immediately stopped by a group of three boys and one of them is none other than Katsuki Bakugo
oh look it's Deku, are worthless, quirkless punching bag is back, Bakugo says with a grin
izuku stops in his tracks when he hears the blonde hair boys voice, as he turns around slowly and his eyes meet Bakugos, all of a sudden the words of his teacher pop into his mind
"Flashback"
tomorrow izuku you will be going back to school, Cridarin says proudly
izuku looks up at him in shock, wait I thought I had three more months?
Cridarin looks at him with a Stern glance, you're not excited to be going back
izuku looks down at his feet, aah, not really
Cridarin crouches down to Izuku's eye level and he puts his hands on his shoulders to comfort the boy, do you not have friends there you're looking forward to seeing
still looking down at his feet Izuku speaks solemnly and says, my only friend, there is Kacchan and I want to learn more before seeing him.
Cridarin Strokes his beard in thought and he says, is that the blond hair boy that I saw at the Park where I found you?
still looking at the ground izuku nods in acknowledgment
and you want to learn more so you can pass off your skills as a Quirk, so you can be accepted am I right?
izuku nods again
Cridarin Psy's, I'm sorry to tell you that is not going to happen, for you see I was going to forbid you from using any magic that I taught you before you left this house, and even if you did go for the full 6 months you still won't have enough knowledge to even cast the simplest of spells. the skills I'm trying to teach you are going to take years to master Young izuku and it's way too early for you to be thinking of using anything that I taught you quite yet. plus why would you want to be accepted by people who were bullying you?
izuku looks at Cridarin in shock, Kacchan is not a bully he's my friend
I am sorry young one but this Kacchan kid is not your friend, he stopped being friends when he attacked you and in my opinion, he does not deserve to be your friend. because friends do not hurt each other but instead, help each other grow and protect each other from danger and except you for who you are, that is what a friend is. so tell me young one does this person fit this category?
Tears start to stream from Izuku's eyes and with a shaky voice izuku says, so I don't have any friends,
Cridarin Chuckles shocking Izuku from his sadness, boy, are you saying that young toga is not your friend I'm pretty sure she would say differently
so young one do not despair and stand tall, then when you see that boy again look him straight in the eyes, then say straight to his face ( a dramatic pause)
not waiting for the dramatic pause to end so izuku excitedly asked, and then what?
then yell at the top of your lungs that quirkless does not mean worthless, then run away as fast as you can
izuku face faults, then slowly looks at Cridarin and says, are you serious
trust me it will work it'll put a shocked expression on his face and increase your standing among your peers, but you have to stay away from that blonde-haired boy for at least a week afterward
"End of Flashback"
izuku was huffing and puffing trying to catch his breath after running away from Katsuki Bakugo, and now he was surprised it actually worked after he said that he was like a statue, now other kids were looking at him in a positive light and it was all because I stood up to Bakugo, now all I have to do is stay away from him for a week. but as the day went by it became harder and harder to stay away from Bakugo he was worried that he was going to be caught by him at the end of the day when he walks through the main doors, sure enough there he was waiting by the main doors and there were two boys with him and the blond-haired boy was angrier than he ever saw him.
luckily for him, there was a familiar redheaded bearded man right outside waiting for him, so with a quick Sprint past the blonde hair boy he made it to Cridarin's side before Katsuki Bakugo could react. when he made it to him he finally relaxes and looked up at Cridarin
Cridarin looks down at the green-haired boy with a smile and says, I'm assuming since that blond-haired boy over there looks really angry and frustrated that you did what I told you to do and it worked
izuku looked up at Cridarin and nodded happily
good, now we have a good walk ahead of us I think it's best we get going
as the two leave the school grounds izuku starts to speak, Cridarin why did that work? he says confused.
Cridarin look down at the boy and said, what do you mean how did what work? he said questioningly
I mean how did you know that me saying that would freeze up bakugou and make people like me,
ah, I see, like I said many times the mind is the greatest weapon for a Wizard and as such I studied psychology, when I met that boy in the Park after I saved you I noticed that he had a very high Superiority complex and as such his young mind could not handle the fact that you stood up to him in such a loud and explosive way, you see we used a method called shell shocked to get him shocked like that, but it's only temporary that's why I said you want to run away. now you just have to wait till it cools down and for him to shrug off the incident but from the stairs, you have gotten when you ran up to me he's the type of boy that holds grudges and will not forget that easily.
izuku began to panic, what am I going to do then
you're right it is a problem, I thought a week would be enough but don't worry I have a solution.
izuku looks up with hope in his eyes, you do, what is it?
this. Cridarin held out an old bronze ring it had many symbols scratched into it, "think the ring of power from Lord of the Rings", you see this ring it's called The Ring of unseen stealth, which allows you to turn invisible to all who cannot see through it, but this ring has conditions that you must meet before it activates like, for example, you must be unobserved before it activates the same when you turn it off, this means people, security cameras, Etc and also, you can't touch anyone or anything that can't see you because you will simply just passed through them
izuku got excited, that's amazing, then izuku gets a curious glint in his eye, but that's not invisibility is it?
Cridarin gets a proud glint in his eye, good eye but I want you to explain to me, so tell me what is it then
izuku stops moving, then puts his hand on his chin, it's not invisibility because I'll be able to touch things if it was, so that can only mean that I will temporarily slip into the Ethereal plane
which is better than invisibility and has Mumble mumble. but before izuku goes into a mumble spree Cridarin Cuts him off, good I'm impressed that your analytical skills is getting even better.
izuku says happily thank you
and now before I give you this ring you must promise me to never let anyone else have it and tell no one of it Cridarin says in a serious tone
izuku looks up at him, not even toga or Mom
you can tell toga but your mom already knows of it, so there is no reason for that, now we better get you home your mother's making dinner, and I was told Ember was helping her out with it and teaching her a recipe or two
izuku Was ecstatic, he loved Ember's cooking and always made different dishes every time; every one of them was one of the best food he had ever had.
really, what is he making do you know, izuku said excitedly.
I think dish 442 as the main course and dish 165 as a side, Cridarin said stroking his beard in thought,
why couldn't you in Ember name the food properly and not give them weird numbers, izuku pouted
it is because we have over 2 million original dishes and naming them all is a pain, but numbering them in the order of perfected dishes made it easier, now we're far enough away from anyone so we can now teleport straight to your house.
Cridarin puts a hand on izuku shoulder and with a quick tap on the ground with his staff they're immediately inside the Midoriya residence. izuku immediately left Cridarin's side and he runs straight over to his mom in the kitchen and wrapped his arms around her leg
Inko felt something wrapped around her legs so she looked down and saw her son and then smiled
hello honey how was school
good I did what master Cridarin said and it worked, izuku said with a smile
Inko frowned for a brief second as the memories of the conversation that she had with Cridarin came to mind
"Flashback"
just getting home from dropping off her son at school, Inko starts to take off her shoes, and as she does a familiar scent reaches her nose, by this point, she is familiar enough with this scent and its meaning, after taking off her shoes she makes her way into the dining room and sitting at the dining table with a fresh pot of tea was Cridarin, seeing him Inko starts to sit down at the dining table across from him, then Cridarin poured her a cup of tea and then waited until she drank some of it before speaking
yesterday night before leaving with you to go home I had a talk with young izuku. he told me he didn't want to go back to school and when I asked him he said a young boy that he called Kacchan was bullying him
Inko was shocked but remained calm thanks to the tea she drank
wait do you mean Katsuki Bakugo
aah, so that's the boy's name, I had a feeling that was a nickname, but yes apparently he was being bullied by him, but don't worry I've given him advice to deal with bullies, and I even made a backup plan
Inko was glad for Cridarin's presence in her life, ever since her son was diagnosed quirkless her son lost that spark in his eyes but in three months he did not just give back that spark he enhanced it and kept it from Deming. so she trusts whatever advice he gave to her son will work, but a backup plan made her curious, what advice requires a backup plan
what advice did you give my son exactly and what is this Back-up Plan? Inko says as she took another sip of her tea,
but before Cridarin could say anything Ember flys in from the kitchen after depositing groceries on the counter then he lands on the dining room table and asks, this is the first time I'm hearing of any advice you giving to the young boy and the fact that you need a backup plan means this advice you gave him must be interesting
Cridarin Psys, it's quite simple really, I told him to Stand Tall look him straight in the eyes, and ( after a dramatic pause) then yell at the top of his lungs quirkless does not mean worthless, and then run away
Inko Face Faults Out of her chair and Ember starts to laugh uncontrollably
that's brilliant and hilarious I'm assuming you're going for the shellshock tactic?
indeed Cridarin says as he takes another sip of his tea
Inko recovers quickly wait are you telling me this is actually good advice,
Cridarin looked at her with a confused expression on his face, of course it is, otherwise, I wouldn't give it, it might seem odd but that young Katsuki Bakugo boy has a huge superiority complex so I gave your son advice to take advantage of that, so in simpler terms that explosive blond sees izuku as weak and terrified of him, and he's absolutely convinced that he's better than him and there's no way for him to fight back in any way, then somehow that same weak Boy all of a sudden stand up to him and makes a quick outburst of conviction straight to his face, and for that short time that will freeze that boy up because he would not be able to process the fact that somehow all of a sudden he stood up to him, and that will give our young little hero time to escape. and as long as he avoids him for a week it'll be perfectly fine and his school standing will rise as well.
what do you mean his School Standing, Inko says confused
basically, people will respect him more because somehow he froze up the most powerful kid in school and got away scot-free. but there is a chance that the boy will not forget about it and Hunt our young hero to the ends of the Earth until he feels it is settled, hence The backup Plan.
so what's The Back-up Plan Ember asks
Cridarin Psys, if you would have given me a second I would have told you, Cridarin pulls out a small bronze ring. this ring will make your son invisible so only I and Ember can see him, it will keep your son safe and allow us to pick him up from school safely every day
"End of Flashback"
after remembering the conversation and still not happy about the bullying but also remembering that it has been settled even if it was settled in a strange way made her happy.
well, that's good just make sure you stay away from Katsuki
when he hears this izuku winced in realization, the fact that she finally knew that Bakugo was bullying him made him feel that he let her down somehow
Inko seeing her son's downcast expression kneels down and started hugging him, at the same time the famous Midoriya tears start to spray out of izukus and Inkos eyes like faucets. which is astonishing to Cridarin, but absolutely terrifying for Ember, being a bird made of fire and seeing a large amount of water spraying in his Direction terrified him.
as he tried to Dodge the tears he yelled to Cridarin, grab the tea I do not want to be extinguished again
after both of them took a sip from the calming tea izukus started to look around, not finding the friend that he got to know for the past 3 months who was not here made him confused, master Cridarin, where is toga she's not here,
but before Cridarin could speak Ember spoke first, she is afraid of leaving the house but don't worry she's with my sister.
Inko knew why Toga didn't want to leave the house since she asked earlier when Ember arrived, but the fact that toga was being watched by his sister was new information.
I didn't know you had a sister. Inko asked confused
yeah I have a sister in fact I have two sisters and Three Brothers but the one looking after toga is my little sister Mestra, she is the body mint of mischief and a Master of Illusions I wouldn't be surprised when we enter our house it's full of booby traps, Ember Psys, but since she is togas familiar now I'm going to have to get used to it.
togas familiar, does that mean I'm going to get my familiar to, izuku said in excitement?
unfortunately no, because of your strong connection to the weave you're going to need more training before we can get you a familiar, especially to the scale of togas, now why don't you go wash up while I talked to your mother? Cridarin said in a grandfatherly tone
as izuku runs into the bathroom Cridarin looks over to Inko, Mrs. Midoriya I will like to request your help with toga, you see it's about time she finally gets out of the house I'm hoping to bring her to the police station to see the donators who been donating blood for her diet, I hope that I can convince her that there are good people out there and that the outside world is not as dangerous as she thinks, I would like you and your son to come with us so I can soothe her mind
I am perfectly fine with that I'm pretty sure my son would be excited as well but do you think she's ready for it
To be honest with you she's never going to be ready for it but it needs to be done, she's never going to take that leap on her own unless somebody pushes her a bit and I want to make that push as comfortable as possible for her after he finishes that sentence a young green hair blur rushes out and jumps on top one of the seats in the dining room, clearly excited to eat
but first I think we should eat the dinner that you and Ember made, as inko nodded her head in agreement ember immediately started to serve their meal and as they eat in comfortable silence, eventually it came to the time for Cridarin and Ember to go home and start izukus training
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