While opening Bell Curious, her younger sister, Se-ri, had almost finished her third year of elementary school at Livarden Magic School and was preparing for her graduation exam.
When Se-ri returned to her mansion for summer vacation, Lane bought a book from the bookstore and sat with her in the carriage.
My mother, Brim, gave birth to my younger brother, Bran (now three years old), and this year, I had no choice but to return home because I had a torch to come and see him.
“Brother, look at this! I’ll show you how great Seri’s magic has become!”
“I’m reading a book, so be quiet. ‘Nobles must be arrogant and act confidently and confidently in everything’… … Uhm?”
Should I be arrogant?
Can I be arrogant?
Lane was dumbfounded for a moment and smirked. You don’t even need to train for this. That’s right, Rin lived just like this.
– Rin, if you act like that, you won’t be able to make any friends later?
As for how severe it was, Friede used to scold him like that throughout the journey.
– A man should have a cute taste. Who would be cute if you live in your own good taste like you?
So after I was reborn, I tried to become a slightly different person… … Even if you don’t like it anymore, you have to live like the old days, right?
The road back to the Belwyn Mansion was noisy with the sound of rain.
The summer rain, which started a week ago, was pouring particularly heavily and knocking on the roof of the carriage.
“eww! 『Introduction to Nobility』… … That such a strange book is more important than a publican?”
The younger sister puffed out her cheeks, but Lane’s eyes only quickly skimmed through the words in the book, and she answered with only her mouth moving.
“Because I have to go to school soon, I thought I needed to do something special.”
“… … ?”
“You’ve been faithfully following the noble mage’s path, while this side has completely followed the evil path.”
“Your brother is that special!”
While praising Lane, Se-ri shrugged her shoulders as if showing off for some reason.
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“Okay, I don’t know how a great noble should treat other humans. It’s like a short-term class. If you know, please be quiet.”
At those words, young Sherry Ludwig only tilted her head. All Seri knew was that Lane was more special than anyone else in the world.
– Mom, why doesn’t your older brother go to school?
– Lane is special. There is nothing to learn by going to school.
Lane was a doctor of pretending. Didn’t Se-Ri explain all the magic questions more easily and perfectly than the school teacher?
Se-Ri was called a genius at school, but she only diligently reviewed what Lane taught her.
‘Is there something that such an older brother doesn’t know?’
I narrowed my eyes, wondering if I was playing a joke, but suddenly, the carriage came to a sudden stop, and the siblings’ bodies floated upward for a moment before being buried in the cushion.
“it hurts! what are you doing!”
When Se-ri got irritated, the guard knight Swann, who was riding next to the carriage, lowered her head. The rain-soaked cloak was dangling weakly.
“I’m sorry, lady. Because it was confirmed belatedly that the road was flooded… … .”
“Flooding?”
Shoot, besides the noise of the heavy rain, other commotion was brewing outside the carriage. Men’s shouts, women’s sighs, children’s cries.
“What is going on?”
Lane asked as she turned the pages of books expressionlessly.
“It looks like it was flooded with water. It looks like they’re building an embankment, so let’s quickly find a detour.”
“Aren’t there any wizards?”
“I can see people wearing robes, but they don’t seem to be using much power. I don’t know if this is enough for the head of the mansion to come… … It’s not something the Bocchan and the lady should be concerned about.”
The book Lane was reading at that time was page 127, and the table of contents to which the page belonged was ＜The Duties of Nobility＞.
「Aristocrats have the duty to take care of the subjects of the territory they rule… … The lord is Yeong Ji-min’s father, so he must take care of their pain like a father embracing his son.”
Lane frowned.
I don’t know why the nobility has so many things to do. I don’t know if this guy’s status is a coffin of honor or the shackles of bondage.
“Do, young master?!”
As Lane suddenly closed the book, jumped off the carriage, and walked out into the rain, Swann jumped off the horse in a fright.
“The rain is cold and heavy! The jade body must be damaged, but how… … !”
In an instant, Rain’s black hair and black silk coat were soaked in the rain, and the hem of his clothes were soaked in muddy water. The flood that came in 100 years was large and fierce.
“This is Sia Stullica, right?”
“… … ?”
“It’s our family’s manor. Aren’t I obligated?”
* * *
“This nonsense… … Have you ever had such a severe flood in your life?”
“Hey, you guys! Bring some more dirt while you’re talking!”
“It’s no use, Grandpa! Look, the dirt you just built is already crumbling!”
At the shoal, where muddy water rose below the knees, the men who were building an embankment with soil and sandbags stuck out their tongues and stepped backwards.
“What are the wizards doing?”
“I see! Those humans must be incompetent once or twice!”
The Imperial Magic League placed one or two civilian rescue mages in each small town, but it was really absurd that they were usually bluffing and not doing anything when they were really needed.
“Stop it and come up! Any more than this is impossible! If we do this, we will all be swept away by the flood and die!”
The women who were scooping soil in baskets shouted to the men as they watched the floods intensify. However, the village chief shook his head.
“If these tulips die, we die too! Shouldn’t you sell this to bring food!”
“Then you die! Escape to a higher place!”
“Even if I can’t stop this, I will die!”
It was then.
While the mother was arguing with the village chief, a child swimming in a shoal that rose to chest level was swept away by a tidal wave.
“Three, my God!”
“Ah, uncle! We, our children!”
How did the strong men who wove ropes around each other’s waists not be swept away by the flood… … That was it. The flood was so violent that I couldn’t even swim to the rescue.
“Magic, wizards! What are you doing! Please save him! I have nothing to do, how!”
“Poem, noisy! Do you think calculating coordinate equations is a kid’s game? How did you use magic on a target that moves so fast!”
In this case, telekinesis type magic should be used.
To use telekinesis, you just have to calculate and interpret the coordinate equation, twist the equation, intervene in providence, and capture the child… … .
The problem was that the civilian rescue mages deployed in small towns by the Magic League were so-called ragged mages who could not go to the Mage Tower or the court.
“What should we do, we, we… … .”
It was then that a boy quietly walked into a world of turmoil and panic.
The black hair that had been hit by the rain, and the red eyes that shined more beautiful than ruby through the hair.
“Hey, kid! Where are you going!”
It was difficult to determine the son-in-law in the pouring rain and wind, so people could not recognize the Madose family’s crest engraved on the boy’s back.
Red eyes drawn in black circles.
That the coat of arms belonged to Prince Ludwig, who was influential in the central part of the Empire’s five sorcerers.
“Soon the embankment will collapse, and the stomach—”
Before the man who was trying to catch Rain finished his words, a dazzling tail of light bloomed on the boy’s palm and elaborately woven into a magic square.
The magic square is a three-fold rectangle.
The runes engraved are Gyeol (闋), Du (阧), and On (鞰).
Earth attribute magic
‘Gyeol (闋): Close the door’,
‘Du (阧): soaring’,
‘On (鞰): pile up’
give shape
The equation used for the solution is ‘Chemball Page’s multi-order function theorem’.
coo coo coo… … .
Those who stood at the scene could not keep their mouths shut at the miracle that occurred as the earth’s axis shook.
Du (阧), the ground on both sides of the shoal, which had been shaking like a wave, suddenly rose like a cliff, and on (鞰) formed a huge Saturn and headed toward the end of the horizon.
It was the moment when the waves of Mother Nature, which could not be countered no matter how many embankments were built, were isolated in an instant.
“to?”
“uh?”
The strongmen and the wizards, who had been screaming while holding each other by the collar, stopped their movements and stared at each other in a daze.
“Eh, what is this… … .”
“What, what the hell just happened… … ?”
“Did a high-ranking wizard come? where?”
It was only natural that the shock of this incident would be greater for wizards than for ordinary people who did not know magic.
The sophistication of magic was close to perfection. The surging earth even caught the child who was swept away by the flood and brought it back to shore.
“mom mom!”
Anak, who was weeping while holding a child soaked in water, bowed her head to Lane.
“Thank you, thank you, thank you.”
After looking at it in the rain, the black-haired boy turned around with a yawn and headed towards the road where the family carriage was located.
“Since we set the time limit, by the time the flood is over, this ugly earthen wall will slowly sink. It’s the first time I’ve done it, so don’t do it.”
The young man who stopped the boy earlier looked up blankly at the earthen wall and then looked back at the lane. There were two people, the woman and the young man, who were clearly aware of this situation.
“How can you do this all at once… … ? You, ah, no, no, who the hell is the master… … ?”
The boy paused for a moment, thinking about how to answer, but the contents of the book flashed through his mind.
Nobles must be arrogant.
No, you can just be arrogant.
It means that there is no need to smile brightly like Lista here, you can act like the old days.
“A noble who was just on the road?”
That’s why I just waved my hands as if it was okay, and didn’t even look back.
But just like that, the young man could see clearly. The crest of Madose embroidered luxuriously on the back of the boy’s robe.
Its mouth gaped blankly.
“Mister Ludwig… … ?”
* * *
“Are you okay with just ending it like this?”
When Lane returned, Swann asked cautiously.
“hmm?”
“It would have been fine if you had let me know that it was the young master’s performance.”
Magical energy swayed in Rain’s eyes once again, and the rainwater that had soaked his entire body separated from his body and clothes and floated into the air. It was a formidable level of mana control.
“The people of the territory will live with gratitude to the young master, and word of mouth spread through those wizards, so maybe the Magic League received commendation.”
Then, Lane raised her eyebrows as if she didn’t understand.
“Does the son of the lord need to receive special thanks or commendation for helping the young people, even if he is only doing his duty?”
It was a word that came out as if it were natural from an expression without any selfishness.
Then, Swann’s eyes shook greatly at the hot thrill that hit deep in his heart.
The family guards, most of whom were selected from among the villagers, stared blankly at Lane and lowered their heads one by one.
‘Our young boy… … .’
‘Brother Lane… … .’
The moment a person dedicates their lifelong allegiance to someone is not necessarily a dramatic story.
When you see the sincerity hidden in a person’s words and actions, people are moved to kneel with all their hearts in admiration.
‘I will serve you for the rest of my life.’
On the other hand, Lane, who had no way of knowing Swann’s or the soldiers’ feelings, was smiling contentedly for another reason.
‘Hey… … .’
Maybe being a noble is better than you think? You behaved the same way you did in the past, so why are there so many different reactions?
* * *
Shiastulica’s Kiriten region is a village located at the crossroads leading to ＜Rainbow Garden＞, and was originally a place where travelers of all kinds, such as adventurers and peddlers, stopped by from time to time.
However, as tourists flocked to see Saturn, which was said to have been made overnight by an unknown high-ranking wizard, the village prospered greatly in half a year.
A village youth said it was Lane Ludwig’s job, but no one believed that Ludwig’s Prince, who was reputed to be incompetent, had done such a thing.
“Did you hear that?”
“What do you mean?”
“Princess Ludwig has submitted the documents for the entrance exam to ＜Deleiten＞. Rumors spread in the South.”
“Oh, you’re only going to be humiliated. If it were me, I wouldn’t have made all sorts of excuses to go.”
Then, when the bar clerk slammed a glass down on the table, the merchants fell silent for a moment, then burst into rage.
“This is crazy right now—”
“—Merchant nobles don’t know what. discredit? Our young master?”
“You don’t know what you don’t know, man? There are rumors that the heir of the Ludwig family is lacking. Eh, tsk tsk tsk.”
When the merchants clicked their tongues, the young man burst out laughing. The villagers working at the bar only smiled meaningfully.
“hahahaha! Then merchants, if you are confident, let’s make a bet with me.”
“What bet?”
“I bet this bar on Master Lane graduating top of the class with overwhelming grades. Now, what are you guys betting on?”
* * *
“There are many excellent applicants this time.”
Magic University, ＜Delayten＞.
A fantastic faculty room in the main building, where adamantine stone statues of dragons elegantly wrap around the exterior walls.
Seven professors were sitting at a round table, looking through the application documents that had flowed in from all over the empire.
“Shouldn’t it be seen as polar opposites? Christa Warden, called the genius of the century… … On the other hand, Lane Ludwig, who is more famous for his derogatory title of genius Confucius.”
Lane Ludwig… … .
He had never attended a magic school, won a prize in a contest, or taken a magic ranking test. It was an existence with almost no data.
‘I only showed my face once at a family meeting at the age of seven, but they say I had no talent for magic at all…’ … .’
That’s why his nickname is Genius Confucius.
It does not mean a talent bestowed by heaven, but a natural calamity sent by heaven to the Ludwig family.
It was impossible to know how such a bowl was born under such excellent parents. One professor sighed.
“I don’t think there’s any need to check the next jockey’s first and last place.”