TBATE - A New Start

Chapter 2

Casma POV:

11 Months Later

It's been nearly a year and I've figured out the rough outline of where in the story I currently am. Arthur has been in Zestier for a year and a half which means he's halfway to awakening his beast will. Which is unexpected because that would mean that they were more welcoming to him than in the novel, but I chalked it up to the motherly instincts that Mom had. I mean she would've been pregnant with me, so she must've felt really bad leaving a child alone.

Since I was born, I've spent a decent amount of time trying to form my core based on how Arthur did it. It's been a little tricky but I was making progress, and figured I'd finish just about the time that Arthur awakens his beast will. If I could talk properly though, I would be able to say something that would convince him but I'm still not able to speak appropriately yet. The only thing I've been able to accomplish is trying to bring Arthur and Tessia together.

Trying to bring them together is what has led me to my current predicament. I was currently sitting in Tessia's lap while she was watching Arthur spar with Grampa. They were simply practicing his swordsmanship, or well, Arthur was currently attempting to. Grampa was using his first phase while Arthur was trying to fight him. It was not going in his favor though. It lasted another ten minutes until Grampa said he needed to take a break so that he could meditate to refill his core after being in his first phase for so long. Arthur simply nodded and walked over to us and sat down.

Me being the child I am, I grabbed his finger and just held it. He smiled at me and let me hold his finger. I then grabbed Tessia's finger and held it as well. My sister chuckled and patted my head with her free hand. I know how annoying she gets in the future, so hopefully, if I can bring them together now, I can stop all the hate she was getting from other readers. Obviously, that doesn't matter as much now since this is my life. Personally, I believe Caera would be a better choice for him, but somewhere deep down I have a feeling that'll sort itself out in the future.

Getting back to my current plan, I pulled both of their hands into my lamp and made them hold hands. They tried to pull their hands away, but I tightened my grip. Since I'm still a baby they didn't try hard to pull away, which helped me keep their hands together. I smiled and looked up at both of them, both of them looked the other way from each other and were red in the face. Tessia was even redder on the tips of her ears. Laughter could be heard off in the distance where Grampa was sitting.

"Looks like the little Casma over there wants you two to get together."

"Geah" I made the best attempt at saying yeah but it just sounded like me making baby noises. Everyone looked at me and eyed each other.

"Doesn't it seem like at times he knows what we are saying and tries to voice his opinion?" Tessia questioned.

"What are you talking about? He's just making noises when he thinks it adds to what we say." Arthur added scratching the back of his head.

"Ga ha" I looked at him and smirked the best as possible. He flinched at this and quickly calmed himself down. I can already assume that he's thinking there's no way another person reincarnated, but little does he know that I technically make the fourth one that is to be reincarnated. If I have anything to do with it though he will only know of me. I've already planned to kill Elijah before the attack on Xyrus Academy and if I can stop Tessia from getting captured then Cecilia will never take her over.

"Casma, let them take their time. The married couple over there won't budge, I've been at it since Arthur got here." I frowned at what Grampa said and let go of their hands. The funny thing though, was that it took them a while before they finally realized I wasn't holding their hands anymore. Even then they stayed like that until Grampa was done filling up his mana core. They separated quickly and Arthur jumped up to go back to sparring.