#One
When I was young.
To be more precise, shortly after entering the Academy Elementary School, Rubia and I were not yet friends.
However, sometimes we met with each other’s parents, and when they got together, I was forced to sit down and talked to Rubia alone, but I couldn’t deal with Rubia comfortably.
The reason is simple.
Because it was kind of embarrassing.
—Ezio, Ezio. where do you live
—… …
As a child, Rubia didn’t have long hair, so it was quite different from her current appearance.
Pale pink middle hair cut off the tip of the shoulder. Green eyes shining brightly on a face that did not fall out of breasts.
The elders of the village praised Rubia, the epitome of a cute and pretty girl, to dry her saliva. I’m sure she’ll become a great beauty in the future or something… …
I didn’t know. Because in my eyes, even then, she was already a great beauty.
It may sound embarrassing to hear Rubia, but it was true that I had such thoughts in my heart from the moment I first saw Rubia. So, I must have liked Rubia.
Really, it’s a very shameful thing – I fell in love with Rubia at first sight.
Of course, because I was young.
I didn’t know exactly what love felt.
I just wanted to talk more with Rubia than my other friends, and like all boys in my childhood, it was difficult to express what I liked for nothing, so I purposely tickled. .
—Sometimes you look really stupid.
—Mmm, you idiot… … ?
At a certain point in time when we opened the conversation with Rubia, there was nothing special today, but as we went home from school together, I spit out those words while looking at Rubia who was smiling.
The me of the past who casually spit out words that needed deep reflection. I don’t think I could understand Rubia, who was carefree, worried about everything, and always had a bright smile.
Silly Rubia. That kind of guy got closer to me and tried to paint me with his own color too. Did I say that because I thought that I would also become a fool like Rubia?
Turns out, Rubia was a genius that was second to none in the century, and I was a dumbass and an idiot that was second to none.
—You are always smiling. Laughter is heavy
laughter sucks right. Rubia was always a smiling award. When something funny or funny happens, he laughs and laughs until tears come out. There were so many laughs that I wondered if I could spread it like this.
Of course I liked Rubia’s smile. When a pretty person draws a pretty smile, it is natural that the viewer can’t hate it. If it’s directed at me, even more.
Anyway, Rubia laughed well.
—Heh heh… …
—… … uh huh?
I cried so well.
Rubia started crying on the spot after being shocked by a single word that she looked stupid, and me, who was helpless at the fact that I cried Rubia next to her. Ezio said Ezio was stupid… … He muttered and squatted down and wept bitterly.
From the standpoint of watching the scene, there was no way to stop the feeling of guilt from creeping up on her smooth skin. I called Rubia. I didn’t mean to. I was wondering what to do with this. If I was really sorry, would I have tried to put into practice the head pounding that the soldiers sometimes used to do?
In the middle of a path under a lush tree, I had to sweat for a long time to console Rubia, who had a dam bursting from crying, and to rectify the situation that had happened because of me.
Rubia was the kind of person who had a hard time controlling her emotions, so once she started crying, she couldn’t stop crying. If I kept crying like this, my eyes would be swollen and I would go home. I had to stop crying, but the repeated apology didn’t change anything.
So what to do?
Based on what I had seen and heard, I had no choice but to appease Rubia. So, when I was young and couldn’t hold back my tears, my parents gently embraced me and patted me in their arms.
— Whoa… … ?
So I just hugged Rubia and patted her on the back with an apology.
As I was very young, I didn’t feel too ashamed. what is it Literally a weird feeling.
Anyway, I was stiff and I was doing it, but Rubia’s crying, which was useless no matter what she said, gradually subsided like a lie.
—Hehehe… Ezio is warm.
As if I was crying, I couldn’t help but think that I was stupid as I looked at the rubia that came together like an idiot.
In that way, I gradually got to know Rubia. Originally, friendship was a relationship that developed under the agreement of both parties.
Just as I liked Rubia from the first time I saw it, Rubia also liked me.
Rubia was in a position where she had no choice but to receive considerable attention from many adults and her peers because of her doll-like appearance and soft personality, but unfortunately, I was there by her side.
Once he promised to play with me first, he turned down calls from other friends. Sometimes the children also joined in and played together, but when one of them became a tag and played a game of running around to catch the rest, it seemed like it was trying to catch the slow Rubia and deliberately missed it. Mostly I was Even so, he caught all the other kids and pursued Rubia at the end.
Rubia, not knowing that I was being cared for, was really desperate and ran. However, when I watch Rubia for a long time, sometimes I get an impulsive intuition. Most people will probably agree.
Naturally, he smiles like that, runs and falls.
Then, soon after, you hear a cry.
I will comfort Rubia like that again. If you get hurt anywhere, pick it up and take it home. Then he staggered because it was too heavy for a child’s strength and fell over on the hill. It’s painful, but it’s funny because it’s not funny. laugh because it’s funny Suddenly, the evening sky in my sight was always sparkling and beautiful, the memories of my childhood.
That’s how our relationship began.
… I only knew that those times would last forever, and if it was a dream, I was proud that it was a happy time to be able to assure you that I never wanted to wake up.
However, the wall of reality is high.
Now I know that it was an impossible origin from the start. Maybe he’d known vaguely from then on.
-Unbelievable… … This kid is a genius. Father, mother.
The class time of an outside lecturer who was invited after a short time with the intention of giving children a strange experience or finding a talent they might not be aware of.
Rubia used magic.
Curious Rubia just wanted to do something like this, and it just wasn’t something that could be realized in such a simple order.
It required computational power that was absolutely impossible at the level of an elementary school student with underdeveloped intelligence, a tremendous amount of natural mana, and extraordinary genius that would never fit with the expression I always thought of when I saw Rubia laughing at her, I was stupid. .
—It’s really brief, but you’ve mastered the magic of the third rank. A child who has never learned magic in his entire life… How could this happen… …
Rubia was a genius.
That concludes all the answers.
In the seat next to me, which I understood but couldn’t even dare to follow, I witnessed with my own eyes a strong spark.
Rubia would have been surprised, but I saw him standing still, immobile, as if he remembered the moment he just had. For a moment, Rubia’s eyes, who were young with guns, were dyed with a bright light. After realizing the miracle of magic that existed in the world for the first time, Rubia never wanted to miss the feeling that the magic circuit inside her body started to move slowly with just one shot.
Then, when Rubia came to her senses, she looked at me and smiled brightly. He loved the fact that he used magic. I was also very curious about using magic, so I smiled at Rubia’s laugh. Moreover, if you use magic, you will be able to find more entertainment. They were just so young and young.
Knowing the circumstances, the grown-ups of the village realized Rubia’s genius and discussed and debated over and over how to decide Rubia’s residence, but in the end, it was decided to stay in the village.
However, Rubia’s talent cannot be corrupted as it is. Occasionally, special training began, in which external instructors were invited for Rubia.
This did not reduce the amount of time he had to play with Rubia in a record, but sometimes he couldn’t meet Rubia because he was learning magic.
Each time I did the same thing Rubia and I did in the front yard, and I felt a strange, indescribable feeling to see that not even the smallest spark on the palm of my hand would explode.
… … I now know that the gap between us has only widened out of control since that day.
#2
“It’s an Ilchwiwoljang. Ezio-kun.”
The magic professor, Zeppelin, said to me.
After Wednesday’s major lecture was over, after confirming that there was no follow-up schedule, Zeppelin personally called me and sat down on the chair in the professor’s lab.
He even made me sit on the hospitality sofa and brought me tea and cookies. I wondered what it was that he treated me with such respect.
I was sipping the tea that Zeppelin had prepared for me, and a thought suddenly ran through my head.
I heard that there are quite a few seniors who go under a specific professor and continue their frontier life even after graduating from Frontier.
One of Raylin’s friends told me that they are people who say they want to go in on their own, even though they know it’s a hell road.
What do they call those people?
not.
In fact, it seemed like an official name, no matter what.
just call me a slave
Slaves without human rights who have been deprived of all human rights… … Those were the words of an outstanding student who was chosen by the professor.
‘… … nope uh. Probably not.’
I’m still a freshman, and I haven’t shown off my abilities so much that Professor Zeppelin took special interest in me.
But why does the smile on the corner of his mouth look so unsettling? Am I the only one who thinks so Without realizing it, I avert my gaze.
… … I’m really grateful that you look after me, but it’s really burdensome. Besides, I vaguely remember what happened when I was Nadieli.
This private time with Professor Zeppelin was not as pleasant as it was… …
“You said you were interested in Ezio-kun’s abilities as a scholar? Do you remember?”
“… Yes, Professor.”
“That bizarre ability alone raises a lot of curiosity, but Ezio-kun is really a curious student the more he gets to know him. My understanding of magic knowledge is still high, but it seems that my skills are not backing it up.”
“Is that so… … .”
Zeppelin nodded with serious eyes.
“Yes. … But not now. I’ve only been watching for a few days, but Ezio-kun’s skills are developing very quickly. Should I say that it is as if a dam that had been blocked for some reason has burst? After seeing the test results in this class, I finished all my judgments. At this rate, it may not be unreasonable for Ezio-kun to achieve 4th rank or higher within this semester.”
“Fourth rank… … ”
4th rank, 4th rank… …
… … Will that really happen?
“If it’s Ezio-kun I’ve seen, it’s possible. On the other hand, I am a little skeptical from the point of view of an educator. If I had this kind of talent, I would have already achieved the 4th rank by getting an early education… … By any chance, did you say you were from the Lawrsen Academy?”
“Yes, Professor.”
“From what I’ve heard, the Academy of Magic is a prestigious school recognized by the Empire as well. Actually, Rubia student is a senior graduate of the Ministry of Magic, and to be honest, it is very difficult to find a talent that is superior to Rubia student. However, Ezio-kun is such a graduate of the Integrated Faculty of Lawrsen Academy… No, he was a dropout.”
“… … ”
“I am not going to ask you the details. It was just purely a question. It is a self-evident fact that the level of education in the Epic Class is excellent, but Ezio-kun’s terrifying growth rate is a little questionable. Of course, this may also have to do with Ezio-kun’s personal circumstances.”
“… … ”
If you’re an Epic class professor, you can be ostentatious. It didn’t look that bad at all.
“So that’s it, Ezio-kun.”
“Yes, Professor.”
I have a feeling that the main point is coming out now.
I am very concerned that he continues to show interest in me, but I thought it would not be so, and I listened silently for the first time.
The next moment, Zeppelin looks at me and opens her mouth.
“This is something I had already said to Rubia student once… Would you like to join my circle?”
“… … Yes?”
“You seem to be familiar with the Rubia student. I think Rubia students and Ezio-kun will get along well.”
A different kind of invitation came in.