Jobless Reincarnation: The King with a Mental Problem

Loki M. Grerat—no, Loki M. Migrudia now—stood in front of the Grerat family’s gate, taking a deep breath—though she looked like a teenage girl, she was already thirty-seven years old.

"Calm down, Loki. This is just a regular tutoring job. Teaching a child magic is a piece of cake."

Despite telling myself this, I couldn't help but squeeze the staff.

"It's been three months since I graduated from magic school. I thought that after becoming a Water Saint-level magician, requests would come flooding in, but the reality is—it's too peaceful here. There are quite a few requests to get rid of pests in the fields, but the pay is pitifully low, not even enough to cover the cost of an inn."

When Loki saw someone post a request through the Adventurers' Guild to "find a magic tutor for a child," she accepted it almost without hesitation. She hadn't saved much money.

"It sounds like those families who spoil their kids... but as long as the pay is good, it's fine. Generally, it'll just be a basic introduction to magic, right?"

After knocking on this door leading to beyond cognition...

The door opened.

My worldview also opened up.

"What do you mean I'm going to teach a three-year-old child?"

What do you mean by saying a three-year-old child can sing without singing?

What does it mean for a five-year-old to teach a two-year-old from the perspective of a four-year-old?

Even though it sounded like utter nonsense, the short-term mental shock didn't make Luo Qixi's mind start working again.

The Migrudia are a small race on the other side of the world's continent, the Demon Continent. Their lifespan is about 200 years, and their bodies stop developing after the age of 14. Therefore, the entire village consists of young boys and girls whose ages are indiscernible.

At the age of fourteen, young Loki ran away from home, leaving behind everything she knew and becoming an adventurer. After many twists and turns, magic has been the only thing that has accompanied her all this time, so she eventually came to the other side of the world to study at a magic university.

A water-level magician under 37 years old after graduation is already a rare find, let alone someone with a lifespan of 200 years, whose future heights remain unknown. The more experiences one has, the more one understands one's own excellence, but today, the confidence that excellence brought about has been completely shattered.

Initially, Loki started teaching with the intention of introducing magic to a three-year-old. However, the idiot Rudy revealed his lack of incantation, which startled both Rudy and Loki. After all, it was said to be rebellious and against human reason.

When Rudy realized that the teacher was only shocked and that his brother's magical theories weren't disliked, the kind-hearted Rudy naturally wanted to help his naive brother. He couldn't let his brother's talent be wasted because of his chuunibyou (middle school syndrome).

"Actually, I'm just a little clever. The real genius is my older brother, but he's a bit childish and always wants to be his so-called Shadow King."

Unaware of Loki's expression, Ludius was preoccupied with his childish older brother.

He was probably thinking that he had worked so hard even though he didn't have much talent in his life, so of course his genius brother should work even harder!

"Anyway, Ms. Luo Qixi, please perform some amazing magic tricks for my brother, like Saint-level, King-level, Emperor-level, and if you can even do God-level magic, that would be even better! My brother has already turned five, we can't waste his time like this!"

Having witnessed his older brother's magic firsthand, Rudy naturally didn't see anything wrong with the 14-year-old genius magician being more skilled in magic.

...Wasting time at five? What about my thirty-seven years? Or rather, do I even qualify to be a teacher of such a genius? I only had a few years of schooling; has the world changed that fast?

"I'm sorry, I only know one Saint-level spell."

"Huh?" Rudy's understanding of this world was flawed.

I don't know if the teacher is a bit incompetent, or if the older brother is just too good at it.

"About your brother... could you tell me more about him? Was he also a non-chanting singer? How did he teach you?"

"That guy... let me think about it. He sleeps until noon every day, eats lunch, and then teaches me some magic tricks depending on his mood. Or he goes to sleep under the tree next door and just lies there for the whole afternoon."

The rest of the time he would cling to his mother to compete for her affection, and occasionally he would secretly go to the forest to practice magic.

After dinner, he started tormenting me by making me play the game of King and Knight with him.

Later on, I'd start staying up late, occasionally writing or drawing. I learned my magic from the notes he gave me.

"A genius... truly unique..."

"Yeah, they always say that the Shadow Lord doesn't belong to the daytime, that he always sleeps during the day and stays up all night."

"Could I see the Shadow Lord's notes?"

"What? Has this little girl reached that age already? She's already calling for the Shadow Lord..."

"These are the notes he gave me that I could read. There are some others that he locked away, saying, 'This is the most forbidden of all. If it is discovered, the only options are to either flee alone to your death or destroy the world.'"

As he spoke, Rudius began to imitate Trevor's expressions and movements.

Upon opening the notebook whose cover read "Book of Truth," Luo Qixi gasped. The first page read: "The essence of magic is to manipulate the magical power within the body through specific methods, causing it to operate according to predetermined laws, thereby generating certain phenomena."

There is no faith, no will, no mythology. Spells are all broken down into several modules for generation, setting, and strengthening, which can be freely combined like building blocks, and the efficiency of the magic can be changed by adjusting the incantation.

This isn't magic. It's more like... engineering.

Scroll down further, and you'll find an advanced learning approach without chanting. It's not about "genius intuition," but rather a methodology that can be learned step by step.

There are also several optimized spells—several times more efficient than the regular versions, but only if you have mastered the no-casting method.

The contents of this book, "The Book of Truth," are already subversive enough. It was written in a notebook by a five-year-old child and used as an "introductory textbook" to teach his three-year-old brother.

Startled, Luo Qixi thought, 'Whether it's true or not, I should keep his secrets. What if he's some kind of demon king reincarnated...? What am I thinking...? But he's definitely not just an ordinary child.'

Indeed, the above conclusion is the judgment made by the experienced A-rank adventurer, Loki, after calming down.

The explosion that came from the distant forest startled Luo Qixi before she turned to look at the fire.

A huge ball of flame spun in the air like a storm, spreading over a vast area. Fortunately, it was high enough that it lost its burning effect before hitting the ground.

Otherwise, if it falls and burns, it will cause fires in forests, wheat fields, or villages.

"That must have been caused by a fusion spell combining wind and fire magic. The principle is similar to a fire explosion, but the way it manifests is quite different. Was that the commotion your brother caused?"

"Usually, my brother doesn't cause that much of a commotion... Don't worry, he'll usually be back soon, just wait a little while."

"Okay, sure."

Invited into the living room, Loki sat nervously, sipping the black tea brewed by Senis while waiting for the legendary "Trevor" to return.

Senis and Lilia were busy cooking a big meal to celebrate Loki's arrival.

"Am I really inappropriate to meet a student looking like this? Should I wash up? No, what if he suddenly comes back... But just sitting here isn't right either, is it? My master is busy, should I help him...?"

Paul noticed the girl's nervousness and quickly tried to find some lighthearted topics. After some casual conversation, Loki finally calmed down.

"He's just a five-year-old, why is he under so much pressure? The magic exams back then weren't even this difficult. What am I here for? To teach magic! To be a magic teacher! If that kid named Trevor is really as amazing as Rudius says… then what's the point of me being a teacher?"

The girl's reverie was temporarily halted by the shouts that followed the opening of the courtyard gate.

In the courtyard, a slightly older child with long brown hair was carrying a child with green hair on his back, and they just stood there without moving.

He had a black eye, was drenched in sweat, and his clothes were covered in shoe prints and mud—signs of a fight. A short sword was tucked into his waistband, and he looked like he had just crawled down from a battlefield.

Although he looked disheveled, he exuded a strong presence, as if the dirt on his body didn't embarrass him, but rather added a touch of masculinity to his still-young frame. It was completely different from what he had imagined.

Is this the "Lord of Shadows" who wrote "The Book of Truth"?

When I came to my senses, I realized that I hadn't heard what they had just said at all.