Royal Road
“Leon? What the hell is this?”
Riel couldn’t keep up with the sudden turn around, so he had a puzzled expression on his face.
It was also because the situation was so rushed that there was no time to explain the situation to Riel.
It wasn’t Leon who answered him, but one of the knights standing in front of them.
“It is an honor to meet you. Miss Riel. Under the orders of our master, Marquis Parostel, we are now serving Master Leon and Madam Riel. With him, Master Leon is going to enter Philo Academy, and his wife, Riel, will be inaugurated as the custodian of the villa in the royal capital where the academy is located.”
“you are?”
To Leon’s question, the knight bowed his head and answered.
“The introduction is late. My name is Isaac, the commander of the Iron Knights that will serve you.”
no last name
As expected of Leon, these were the knights of commoner status.
But their expressions were never good.
It was good that he was hired by the Marquis of Parostel by proving his skills with difficulty as a commoner, but because the lord they would serve was none other than Leon.
The illegitimate son of the Marquis family of Farostel.
Garbage from the attic.
He had only recently been known as a genius, but from the point of view of the Knights Templar, he was only a 10-year-old master.
Where among the children of the Farostel family were there one or two geniuses?
Even more than half of the members of the Knights Templar were the first to know that there was a 12th child in the Farostel magic family, so it was almost over.
No matter how much the Melit Flare Farostel’s name was, there was no way that his loyalty to Leon would arise.
Besides, Director Isaac remembered.
‘The Lord’s command was not just to protect and serve these people.’
I don’t know why such a command was given, but the goal of the Knights Templar wasn’t just an escort.
It was the order of the Marquis of Parostel to guard and serve them outwardly, but to keep them from escaping in any way.
‘It’s not easy either.’
And that was something that Leon was also familiar with.
Leon’s admission to the academy was granted, and Riel was appointed as the custodian of the villa in the royal capital.
Naturally, going outside the fortress wall with her mother was the perfect opportunity to escape from her family.
Although it has now been revealed that Leon was gifted with a genius magic talent, there is no reason to hide anymore.
If the family takes care of Leon and develops even a blood and blood bond between them, then there would be no reason for Leon to leave the family, but the Marquis of Parostel is well aware that there was no room for a blood and blood bond between them.
If there was anything that Leon could feel the affection of blood and flesh, it was his mother, Riel.
Leon looked at the aspects of the Iron Knights and guessed their status.
It may have been a little difficult when the state of quantum magic was in the 1st circle, but now that he is in the 2nd circle, Leon can grasp their state in detail.
Even the lowest level knights crossed 7 stars, and Isaac, the leader, had reached 9.
In terms of magic, they are comparable to circles 5 and 6.
Even though Leon’s talents were genius and he was learning quantum magic, it was impossible to get rid of them and run away from the family at the current level.
‘Well, I didn’t mean to run away from the beginning.’
If he wanted to escape, he had a chance to escape.
If he had quietly developed his magic skills rather than participating in a friendly contest, it would have been possible to make a big hole in the wall and leave the family with his mother.
However, it was an act of turning the Farostel magic family into an enemy.
Considering the fact that Melit Flare Farostel possesses the powerful power of the Red magic lord, although he was a genius, there was no hope that an organization that would protect a 10-year-old boy and a sickly woman would exist within the Philo Kingdom.
In order to find such a group, at least he had to flee to a foreign country outside the power of the Marquis Farostel, but it was unclear whether the weak mother would be able to withstand the unreasonable escape.
On the other hand, even if the purpose of the Rebel Knights was to monitor Leon and Riel, the safety of Riel was guaranteed just by being together.
So Leon and Riel were escorted by the Knights of Repulsion, got on the carriage, and left for the royal road.
Riel, who was brought along with young Leon 7 years ago, still didn’t feel like it.
The gate, which had been closed so heavily that it seemed like it would never open, opened so easily that the carriage passing through the gate ran down the street.
Although she was the one who taught Leon that she had to learn magic to live, in fact, Riel never dreamed that Leon would show such excellent magic skills.
It wasn’t that Riel didn’t trust Leon.
However, Riel was aware that the rest of his life was not long.
He realized that the chronic disease he had been suffering from since childhood was gradually eroding his life.
So said.
You have to learn magic to live.
Fortunately, the Marquis of Parostel was known as a talentist who would hire even ordinary people if they had excellent skills, and after Riel’s death, if it became known that Leon was learning magic, he would take it as his last hope, and he insisted that he learn magic from Leon. .
Even if Leon had his talents blossomed, he thought that Riel himself would die at that time.
But Riel didn’t die.
Not only that, didn’t Leon prove his skills at such a young age?
Under the warm sunlight pouring down from the carriage window, Riel quietly wiped away tears of emotion.
* * *
From Plesis, the estate of the Marquis family of Parostel, to the royal capital, it was a distance that could be reached by driving a wagon for a full six days.
Riel’s chronic pneumonia has improved to some extent with the pills that Leon has given him for the past two years, but his face turned blue due to lack of stamina because he had lived in an attic for a long time.
Looking at it, Leon quietly placed a hand on her back and cast a spell.
Restoration magic was a miracle that could only be achieved with the divine power of the priests who served the sea goddess Primiti in the temple of water with the power of the gods, but Leon was able to imitate it to some extent if it was just imitating it.
In fact, the principle of recovery magic called the miracle of primitive was very complicated, but to simplify it as much as possible, it can be said that it is ‘stimulation of metabolism’.
Metabolism is a life activity that replaces old things with new ones, and all cells are always being reborn with new ones.
If so, what is the most basic energy of that life activity?
‘Adenosine triphosphate.’
It was ATP.
In this world, the warriors who have learned martial arts place great importance on breathing.
This is because they believe that they supply Aurors to their body as bio-energy through breathing, and the level of inaction they can perform depends on how they actually breathe.
But Leon knew that wasn’t the case.
They can exert superhuman powers by strengthening their musculature through an aura, that is, the magical energy imparted to the material.
However, even if the density of the muscle increases and it can exert transcendental power, the Auror does not provide the vital energy to move the muscle.
Magical power and Aurors were obviously powerful sources of energy, but they were too raw energy for living things to use.
In order to utilize it, it was necessary to convert it into bioenergy. At this time, the mitochondria need a large amount of oxygen in the process of converting glucose into ATP, so breathing was important in martial arts.
It stimulates mitochondria as an auror to accelerate the oxidation-reduction of oxygen.
Simply put, it helps oxygen burn in the body, thereby generating enormous bioenergy.
But Leon skipped that process.
Without having to rely on the performance of mitochondria, the application of Lynphos increases the glucose stored in the muscles and directly generates the necessary amount of oxygen in the body. .
The process required a much more complicated process than described in words, but in the first place, quantum magic is a science that magically controls particles in the microscopic world.
Fortunately, Leon’s mental power, which had reached the level of 2nd circle of quantum magic, was sufficient to realize the magic formula that existed only in theory.
With the precise control of magical power, the oxidation-reduction reaction of each molecule was induced to generate ATP in Riel’s body.
There are two things to watch out for at this time.
It was necessary to prevent the body temperature from becoming too high with the thermal energy generated by the magical chemical reaction to produce ATP, and the amount of carbon dioxide produced as a result had to be controlled so that it did not exceed a safe level.
It’s just that he has to keep the line that can support Riel’s falling physical functions and replenish his vitality.
And finally, when low-frequency electricity is applied to the muscles of the whole body,
Shake!
Muscles contracted by low-frequency electricity produce a massage-like effect, promoting metabolism and blood circulation.
Then Riel gave a startled expression on his face, and blood began to circulate in his face.
“Oh. Leon? What have you done to me now? It feels like energy is springing up from my body.”
“It’s just how you feel. I applied the method used by knights to strengthen the body, and gave energy to my mother’s body.”
Seeing Leon’s indifferent reply, Riel simply moved on as if his magic was great, but the two knights who were riding together in the wagon to protect them had no choice but to raise their eyes in astonishment.
“… Master Leon, is that really possible?”
The one who asked that question was Isaac, the commander of the Iron Knights.
Not to mention, he had also heard that there were high-ranking priests and Elyos who could use such magic, but the problem was that Leon didn’t chant any spells in the process.
Unleashing the power of the gods without a chant was only when they were blessed by God or were born with a genius talent for magic.
No, in the first place, considering that the principle of no chanting is to imitate the movement of magical power through repeated mastery of magic, it could not be described as simply a genius level that Leon, not a priest, unfolds the magic of a high priest with a silent spear.
miracle.
A realm that would be impossible without a miracle.
Leon put his thoughts together for a moment, reached out in response to their question, and enchanted them too.
Initially, these knights were selected to protect Leon and Riel.
Even if their role was to be a watchdog, there was no reason to hide their magic because they were not people who would be a threat to Leon and Riel’s identity.
Most of all, they said they would serve Leon, but the lord they served was Leon’s father, Marquis Parostel.
Even in order to change their minds, it was not bad to show a fragment of Leon’s abilities.
“Unbelievable······!”
Isaac, who was enchanted by Leon, shed a shock.
As it should be, his level was 9 stars.
It’s already been 10 years since he was stuck in that state.
The auror breathing technique that Isaac was learning was a lower-class martial art compared to those taught by a noble family from knights.
He felt the limitations of such a low-level martial art, but it was judged that it would not be unreasonable to shake off the 10-star inaction, even if it was limited now.
“Where the hell did you get this kind of magic?”
Isaac asked, but Leon responded with an expression of knowing what he was asking.
“It’s self-taught.”
Then the little boy had no choice but to keep his mouth shut.
so will it
According to the information Isaac received from the family, Leon had been confined to the attic of the family annex since he was 3 years old, and it is known that he learned magic alone there.
However, the more he thought about it, the more his doubts about Leon only increased.
Despite Isaac’s reaction, Leon only looked out the window of the carriage.
Leon could see that the high wall in the distance was getting closer.
‘Wang Dora…’
Of course, it was the first time for Leon to come to the royal capital.
However, the only thing he knew about the royal capital was that he had heard stories from the senior soldiers before returning.
Lyon and Riel, riding in a wagon with the insignia of the Marquis Parostel family, were able to get to the villa of the royal capital through the gates too easily.
As the carriage entered, numerous servants who were managing the villa stood on the left and right, bowing their heads to meet Leon and Riel.
From among them, a well-groomed old man in a neat suit walked out and showed manners in a respectful manner.
“welcome. Master Leon, Madam Riel. My name is Aylan Bastia, the butler who has been in charge of this villa until now. In the future, I will serve as a counselor to Mrs. Riel, who will be inaugurated as the manager of the villa.”
Having a surname means that you come from a noble family.
However, it seemed that he did not succeed in the title.
This is common in noble families.
In the case of a butler, he not only takes care of household chores, but also serves as the face of the family, such as receiving guests who come to the house.
Naturally, in the case of upper aristocrats, even if they could not succeed in the title in order to acquire the status of the family, there were many cases where members of the noble family who were equipped with noble courtesy were adopted as vassals.
On the other hand, Riel, a native of the poor, was bewildered by the news that a member of an aristocratic family would come as his servant.
Leon stepped forward and responded to her appearance.
“Thank you for your hard work in managing the villa so far. I hope you will continue to serve my mother and teach me a lot.”
The butler’s eyes lit up for a moment at Leon’s confident look.
He had already heard about Riel, who was newly appointed from the family, and her son, Leon, but it was because Leon’s manners were more theft than expected.
Even so, it wasn’t just magic books that flowed into the attic where Leon lived.
Among them, there were plenty of textbooks on basic etiquette that a nobleman should have, and Leon remembered all of them.
“Yes. I wish you well. young master.”
“Then, do you have an allotted schedule for me?”
Leon’s question was answered by the old butler, Aylan, with his head bowed deeply.
“I heard from Master Leon that he turned 10 this year. Admission to the academy starts at the age of 11, so I hope that Master Leon can rest comfortably for a year from now.”
“Then, now that I have arrived at the royal capital, I want to take a look around the city, is that okay?”
At Leon’s words, the butler put a light smile on his lips.
It had been a while ago that Leon’s appearance was neater than he had expected, but he thought that Leon’s age was unavoidable.
“of course. However, even the royal road is a dangerous place. I’ll escort you, so if you don’t know anything, rely on them.”
With those words, Isaac, the commander of the knights, waved his hand, and the three knights stood behind Leon.
The total number of the Knights of Repulsion was 12, and the remaining 9 members, including the Knights Commander, seemed to have joined to protect Riel.
Leon nodded at the sight.
That’s enough troops to protect mother’s health.
And Leon was able to leave the villa, both physically and mentally, right away.
It was no different to where Leon was headed.
‘My body is aching.’
Leon has been active as an attacker for the past two years.
However, since he had already been resting for ten days after the surveillance was put on, he was so frustrated that he could not bear it.
Above all, Leon’s quantum magic had reached the 2nd circle, so it was necessary to check its ineffectiveness.
As Leon stepped out of the safe road and headed for the slum, the faces of the guards following him gradually began to bewildered.