25 – School Lunch 4
The Adellian family is a magical lineage.
This was an undeniable truth for everyone on the continent, not just in the Croa Empire. Everyone born into the Adellian family inherited a talent for magic.
The awakening time for mana varies, but ordinary people typically awaken around the age of 10. However, members of the Adellian family usually awakened to mana at an average age of 6 to 7.
As people of the Adelian lineage, both the Adelian family and the empire were keenly interested in when a child born into the Adelian family would awaken to their mana.
When the current head of the Adelian family, Bakumo Adelian, awakened to his mana, both the family and the empire were astonished. This was because he had awakened to his mana at an age older than the average of 11.
“The fact that the heir awakened to his mana at the age of 11 is not something we can consider typical of the Adelian family.”
For the Adelian family, and even more so for the empire, there was no gossip as intriguing as the fact that the direct heir of the Adelian family had awakened to his mana at the late age of 11.
Moreover, rumors spread that Bakumo Adelian’s mother had an affair with another man and bore Bakumo Adelian. They spread such rumors in order to establish their child as the heir.
In the absurd situation where the lineage was trying to surpass the direct heir, Bakumo Adelian challenged the lineage people at a young age.
“Do you desire the position of the heir so much that you spread such baseless rumors? If you want it, then come and defeat me.”
Some of the lineage people tried to defeat Bakumo Adelian and claim the position of the heir, but Bakumo Adelian either used magic or his fists to beat them down.
Unable to defeat Bakumo Adelian in combat, the lineage people began to make accusations. They claimed that Bakumo could not be considered a normal mage.
“Bakumo can by no means be seen as a normal mage. It is unacceptable for such a strange mage to become the heir!”
“Are you speaking nonsense because you got beaten up? Let me show you whether I am qualified to be the heir or not.”
After that, Bakumo Adelian, along with the people of the Adelian family who followed him, aided a prince who had been a fellow student in causing a rebellion.
“Bakumo Adelian! How dare you incite a rebellion!”
Initially, the lineage tried to eliminate Bakumo Adelian for supporting the rebellion, but when the rebellion succeeded and the Adelian family was promoted to the rank of marquess, they closed their mouths and said nothing.
Upon becoming a marquess, the first thing Bakumo Adelian did was to clean. He cleaned up all the trash within the family, including those who had insulted his mother or tried to eliminate him.
After the cleaning was done and the family quieted down, Bakumo Adelian married and had children. Initially, when he had children, everyone in the family secretly worried, fearing that they might fight strangely like Bakumo.
However, those worries quickly disappeared. This was because both of Bakumo Adelian’s children were born with extraordinary talent as mages.
When Clara was born, everyone present was astonished. This was because Clara awakened to her mana immediately upon birth. Even in the history of the continent, there was no such case as Clara’s.
Furthermore, she possessed an overwhelming amount of mana, so the family members tried to become Clara’s teachers in advance. They thought that if Clara became famous, they would become famous as her teachers.
However, none of them became her teachers. This was because the Grand Mage personally accepted Clara as his disciple. When the Grand Mage, who had never taken a disciple, accepted Clara as his disciple, the empire became turbulent once again.
‘My son happens to be of a similar age as Lady Adellian. Perhaps you’d consider meeting…’
‘I have a daughter who wishes to be friends with the Lady. In the upcoming tea party that I am hosting…’
Noble parents with daughters tried to somehow make Clara and their daughters become friends, while those with sons attempted to link Joden and Clara.
In cases where there are siblings, it is common for one to be compared to the other if one possesses exceptional talent. However, Joden had never been compared to Clara, not even once.
He was, after all, a prodigy.
At the age of three, he awakened to mana. No one had broken his record until Clara was born.
While his mana quantity wasn’t as close to Clara’s almost infinite amount, he still possessed an amount far exceeding the average.
At a glance, everything about him was outstanding, but one could argue that he fell short compared to Clara. However, Joden possessed something that no one in the Adellian family had.
Unique magic.
Those who possessed it were extremely rare, and among them, only a tenth had a usable form of unique magic.
Joden’s unique magic was related to combat. He had self-taught magic because he found it most convenient. If he claimed to have learned from someone else, it would be the practical experience gained while fighting with Bakumo Adellian.
Exceptional magical talent inherited from the family.
Practical experience gained while fighting Bakumo.
And finally, unique magic.
During his first year at the academy, he became the strongest among all students. What that meant was simple—he defeated the top student of the third year during his first year.
And for the two years he attended the academy, he never once lost the title of the strongest.
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“Hasn’t anyone been trying to find out who did it? Well, I did it.”
The crimson eyes symbolizing the Adelian family were fixed on Berger and his subordinates. Like frogs in front of a snake, their bodies were frozen and unable to move.
All the students in the cafeteria were watching this scene. Maybe because all the students were watching, Berger smirked leisurely and said to Joden, “Seems like there’s a misunderstanding. Shall we dispel this magic?”
The man who had threatened me with a knife earlier was suffering, his hand frozen.
“Misunderstanding? I clearly saw you draw your sword. What’s there to misunderstand?”
“He drew his sword simply to educate an insolent junior.”
Upon hearing Berger’s words, Joden sneered coldly.
“Hah, who gave you the authority to do that? If there’s a professor who granted you such authority, bring them here.”
Ignoring Joden’s mockery, Berger seemed to be angered, his voice filled with rage.
“If you continue like this, I won’t be able to hold back any longer.”
“What can you do if someone like you can’t hold back?”
Without any warning, Berger and his subordinates were half-frozen. No one felt any mana or received any signal.
It was as if no one had sensed the freezing of Berger and his subordinates as if they had been frozen from the start.
Even after seeing it again after a long time, I can’t figure out how to overcome it.
“Iik, what’s this!”
“Release this. Joden!”
The Berger struggling to break free from the ice was strong enough to take on the entire third year from places 2 to 10 combined. But the opponent was Joden.
Even if all the third-year students from places 2 to 10 attacked together, they couldn’t defeat Joden.
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When I was fighting the Adelian Duke, I had fought Joden a few times at the Duke’s request. No, calling it a fight when it was against Joden felt strange.
If the Adelian Duke and Joden fought, of course the Adelian Duke would win.
However, whenever we clashed, Joden was always the one to finish me off quickly. No matter how elaborate my illusions and tricks were, Joden simply froze everything.
“Don’t flaunt your petty skills. Keep quiet.”
After leaving those words, Joden dispelled the ice in an instant.
As the frozen body loosened, the burrower looked extremely embarrassed, his face turning red. One of his subordinates, without realizing the situation, drew his sword and rushed at Joden.
“How dare you be so disrespectful to His Highness!”
Come to think of it, that burrower was a prince in some royal palace. I couldn’t recall which kingdom it was.
Joden stared at the approaching man with eyes full of disdain, sword still drawn.
“Stop. You idiot!”
The burrower, perhaps surprised by the foolish man’s judgment, shouted. Anyway, that man wouldn’t get close to Joden. He would freeze before reaching him.
While Joden dealt with the burrower, he could control his emotions. Yeah, there wasn’t enough reason to kill that burrower yet.
But a small lesson wouldn’t hurt.
The man rushing towards Joden tried to stop when he heard the burrower’s words, but he had already charged too quickly to halt.
“Ah~ Sitting for so long makes my body a bit stiff.”
I stretched my legs while yawning. As a result, the man caught by my legs crashed headfirst into the ground at the same speed.
Thud!
Pretending not to notice anything, I approached the man and extended my hand.
“Ouch, are you okay? You shouldn’t sleep in a place like this.”