I had unintentionally harmed my precious big brother by forcing his mana core to form. I am feeling very guilty at this time.
My dad walks in the room and sees me looking down and quietly sobbing. "Oh little princess why are you crying?" Dad asks.
"Da da did I hurt big bru da?" I ask him with tears and a shaky voice.
"No little one you didn't. He only has a fever because his core formed rapidly in such a short time. He will recover the magic academy are coming in the morning to pick him up so they can assess his condition and get him back to good health." Dad said to me with a soft voice.
"Then I can see him again after he's better?" I asked.
"Yes, princess you will see him again."dad says to me.
"Okay." I say after I calmed down a bit.
Mom comes in and informs us about brother's condition. "His fever isn't life threatening yet so we can keep him home today but tomorrow is a different story altogether." Mom says in a somber tone.
"Wha reawy I did hurt bru da!"I scream. "Waaaaaa waaaaaaa waaaaaa." I start crying. I continue crying until I pass out. Dad and mom continue their conversation in hushed tones.
"What are we going to do she's very upset?" Mom finally asks. Dad says, " What can we do? The only thing we can do is send him to the academy of magic tonight." "Okay. Let's send him there in an hour because we need to let the children need to say good-bye to each other."
~~~~~~~~~~~ 1 hour later ~~~~~~~~~~~
I wake up and fly out of my room and into my brother's room. "Bru da." I whispered. "Sis…ter… I love y…you." He whispers back barely able to say it. "Get better bru da. I love you too." I say to him. I decided to forgo the baby talk. " I hope you don't hurt too badly. I had no idea it would cause you pain and a really bad fever." I admit to him.
Mom comes into the room with a man in a golden robe. "Hello, children I am Liam the first golden mage. I know that one of you is the second golden mage and one a nature mage." He said.
Mom says, " The young man is the nature mage. The young lady is the golden mage."
"Ah I see now. The young lady has a very strong mana core." Liam the golden mage says.
"Have you come to take brother to the magic academy?" I ask forgetting to revert back to baby talk.
Mom, dad, brother and now this stranger all heard me talk normally like I had always been able to say full sentences. They all stop for a moment then mom says, "My baby when did you start being able to talk normally like a child your brother's age?"
I look down and say, "I have been able to for about a month now. I feel guilty about not talking more than I have but I wanted to seem like a normal baby. I have no clue what it could mean for my mind to be older than my current body means but I know that I can be considered a prodigy. I just don't want to be alone in that regard so I gifted some of my own energy to my brother." I say guiltily.
"We wouldn't have made fun of you and what makes you think that your mind is older than you?" Mom asks. The others nod their heads including my sick brother.
"I am a reincarnation of a woman from another world." I finally tell them.
Liam just stares at me stunned like I had just blew his mind to pieces. Mom stood there with her mouth open and dad just glares at me like I am not even their daughter.
"I meant to tell you that soon but I wanted to grow up and be able to say I have a loving family unlike in my last life where I was used and ridiculed for my hair and my body. I had to work very hard for them to even show me an ounce of affection." I say as they continue to gawk and stare in disbelief at what I was saying. I start to cry and look at my little hands. "I am still your baby girl. You raised my current body until now and I wish to continue to be your baby girl. I can't see myself being anything else." I say continuing to cry.
"Sis…", my new brother says. I look over at him and he is reaching out for me to give him a hug. I move into his arms.
Mom snaps out of the daze that she was in and comes over to envelope us in a hug as well. Dad on the other his face is a complicated array of emotions. Liam just regains his composure with a soft clearing of his throat.
" I don't think we should wait any longer or his health will start to suffer again." Liam said with urgency. I let go of my brother and sighed as he closed his eyes to sleep.
I look at mom and then to dad. Mom hugs me in her bosom and says, "You'll always be my baby girl." Dad just moves to moms side. He doesn't say a word to me. I get it he just got told that his baby girl is a full grown woman in a baby's body. He probably doesn't want me to be around him anymore. Saddened because of it but I can't do anything to help him with his feelings about everything I just told him. I start to sniffle.
Mom continues to hold me while Liam performs a spell to take him and my brother to the magic academy. I turn to dad and see a single tear slide down his face.