ALSAR

CHAPTER 3: The Beginning of My Freeloader Life

 The Beginning of My Freeloader Life

A/N: From now on, the story will proceed from Ren's POV.

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I've decided to live in Malik-san house but to be honest, I didn't want to trouble Malik-san more than necessary but there was a lot of things I still didn't understand so I had no other choice but to keep troubling him..

Well, let's start by learning how to do housework!

Especially how to cook and clean!

"Umm.. Since I will be freeloading in your place, please let me do all the housework! I've been living alone all this time so I'm pretty confident with my housekeeping ability!" I inquired Malik-san.

By the way, I really liked doing housework.

When I was little my father left us, leaving me and my mother alone.

So to support my mother, I've been doing housework to lessen her burden.

All my friends who were living alone said that housework was a pain to do but maybe because I've been doing it for so long, I become accustomed to it and able to actually enjoy it.

By the time I went to university, my mother already remarried and went to live with her new husband though.

Their new house were a little far from my university so I rarely visited her.

It might take a while for her to notice that I had already gone.

"Is that so? Well it'd be hard to live if you don't even know how to brew tea so I guess I will teach you then." Malik-san nodded thoughtfully.

"Thank you very much!"

First, the kitchen!

To my surprise, the people in Alsar used magic in their everyday life.

For example, they needed to imbue their magic power into the magic stone to light up the fire in the stove or to get the water flowing from the tap.

Malik-san said every living being have magic power, so even an otherworlder like me should have magic power too.

I didn't know how much magic power I had, I hoped just a little bit of magic power will be enough to use the daily appliances.

"First, touch the magic stone on top of the faucet. Imagine your magic power flowing into the stone, producing the amount of water you want. Since you never practiced magic before, it's okay if not you can't do it on your first try. Just take it easy."

"Alright. Ah, somehow my heart is beating so fast!"

I imagined a drop of water flowing steadily as I touch the faucet but suddenly!

A tremendous amount of water bursted out of the tap!

"Eeeeeh?! W-why?!" I panicked as more and more water flowed through, wetting the floor with it.

"I knew it. I've heard that other world has huge amount of magic power, a lot more than average people. Well now that you've experienced it first hand, you can learn how to manage your magic power so it won't overflow again." Malik-san chuckled light heartedly.

It was good that I had enough magic power to use the daily appliances but if I couldn't control my magic power, wouldn't it be dangerous?

What if I accidentally let my magic power loose when I try to lit a stove....?