“What are you talking about.”
Count Millennium asked again, narrowing his brows.
Ellis, who had been bowing her head in front of him, opened her mouth again with an expressionless face.
“The young master beat down the family’s apprentice wizards, Daniel and Richard Paul.”
Hearing those words, Count Millennium let out a breath and raised his hand to his forehead.
“I’m going crazy.”
After closing his eyes for a moment, he murmured softly.
Alice listened to it and continued to explain.
“Daniel and Richard Paul tried to ignore the young master first and use magic.”
“What did you ignore?”
“…He asked if I was going to class again.”
Elise, who was present at the time, could clearly see that what they said was disrespect for Raymond.
A situation where Count Millennium also knows their behavior to some extent.
“therefore? What did Raymond say made them try to use magic?”
“Where does that family’s dog bark at its owner?”
“her.”
At Alice’s words, Earl Millennium let out a sound as if it were absurd.
Never had anything like this ever happened before.
He has no talent for magic, even when his mother died many years ago.
This is the first time this has happened.
‘It’s been crooked since then… but it’s always directed at the attendants, but it never goes to the wizards of the family.’
For the Millennium Earl, it was confusing.
The sudden change in Raymond didn’t make sense to his mind.
He frowned, then the defendant looked at Elise.
“By the way, how did Raymond knock them both down? They must have learned at least one or two attack magic.”
“…literally, knocked it down with a fist.”
“With a fist?”
“Yes. After dodging all the magic arrows, I moved my fists and feet a few times and found Daniel and Richard Paul lying on the floor.”
Alice said politely.
Upon hearing that, Earl Millennium made a serious face.
“What the hell is going on…”
Something he couldn’t understand was happening.
***
The situation was quickly sorted out.
The apprentice wizard who was beaten by me left with the help of a female apprentice wizard who was with him at Beatrice’s instructions, and the class started right away.
“That’s why you shouldn’t try to easily accept mana into your body. Mana and mage can never be one…”
I looked at Beatrice, who was conducting a class on the lectern with a complicated magic tutorial spread out in front of me.
She was very attractive.
It wasn’t just her appearance, but her magical knowledge made her stand out even more.
In addition, the explanation was clear, so I was able to gain a basic understanding of magic.
How magic is activated, basic magic history and things like that.
I learned knowledge that I couldn’t get by reading the novel, ‘The Ruler of Talent’.
I had come with the intention of just getting to know Beatrice and talking to her, but the content of the class was quite interesting, so I wasn’t bored.
“there.”
Someone sitting in the back raised a hand.
Beatrice looked at the apprentice wizard, who looked a little foolish.
“Yes, please.”
“You just said that mana makes up the whole world.”
“It was.”
“Then, after all, we are also made of mana, so why do you say that mana and wizards can never become one?”
At that question, Beatrice furrowed her brow.
The question doesn’t seem to like it.
“Who are you from?”
“This is Nairion from the Plane Mage Tower.”
“like. Mr. Nairion of the Plane Magic Tower. A long time ago, our mage tower conducted numerous studies. Among them, we also studied the correlation between water and people.”
Beatrice continued speaking without interruption.
I was in awe of her sharp appearance.
“Has any of these read Howard Royn’s ‘Water and Man’?”
Nearly half of the apprentice wizards raised their hands at her words.
Of course, I didn’t know what the book called Water and People was, so I just watched it quietly.
More than anything, it’s hard to know what they’re talking about.
“Howard Royne’s ‘Water and Man’ explains the elements that make up the human body, and states that 70 percent of our body is water. Is that correct?”
“you’re right.”
“Other scholars also 65 percent, 68 percent. Although we put forward the same figures, it is an undeniable fact that water is a large amount among the substances that make up our body. Is that correct?”
At Beatrice’s words, everyone nodded.
He nodded his head at the words that sounded like common sense.
The fact that 70% of the human body is water has been taught since childhood.
“Now then, Mr. Nairion of the Plane Mage Tower.”
“Yes.”
“Can you become one with the water?”
“…?”
“About 70% of your body is made up of water, so maybe 70% could be water itself.”
The apprentice wizard didn’t say anything, as if he had honey on his lips.
Beatrice looked at him for a moment before opening her mouth.
“When you become one with water, you die. The same goes for mana. If you try to become one with mana, you die. Do you understand?”
“Yes, I understand.”
“Then would it be all right if I resume the class?”
“…please.”
No questions have come in since.
Beatrice continued the class without wavering, and everyone listened attentively to what she had to say.
After the class was over, questions poured in.
The question that piqued my curiosity the most.
“Miss Beatrice! I wonder how you are looking forward to the 4th circle despite being 17 years old. Is there any special way?”
“The person who just asked that question. Where are you from?”
“I am the German of the Pergian Tower.”
“Are you still in the first circle?”
“Yes.”
“How did you become a 1st Circle Mage?”
“I mean… study hard, train… so?”
“I did too.”
After Beatrice gave a brief answer, she closed the book she was holding and opened her mouth.
“Okay then, let’s finish class.”
That was it.
Taking her classes taught me one thing about her.
‘It’s a little hard.’
That her personality is hard.
I quickly got up from my seat and followed Beatrice.
“Beatrice.”
I called her name as she walked slowly.
Contrary to how others respected him, he did not add ‘sir’ to Beatrice.
For now, she and Raymond are on equal footing.
Beatrice, who was moving her steps, glanced at me, then quickly turned her head.
what? I think you saw me, but are you ignoring me?
Her gait slightly quickened.
Feeling embarrassed, I called her again.
“Beatrice Skylar.”
I called her name again.
“Barrier.”
As I tried to follow, a barrier, a level of defensive magic higher than shield, was created and blocked my path.
chin.
Being blocked by the barrier, I was a bit dumbfounded.
Aside from being ridiculous, I don’t understand why she is doing this to me.
Is it something I wanted to block even while casting the barrier?
I wondered if there was another story I didn’t know about.
“why…”
In the end, I couldn’t catch her again and headed home.
***
“Have you been? young master.”
“yes.”
As soon as I arrived, Alice was waiting.
She greeted him calmly, perhaps expecting me to come at this time.
“Have you been here all day?”
“No, I just came. I thought it would be over at this point.”
He scratched his cheek at her words and moved on.
“Let’s go to the room.”
“Yes, Bocchan. I have prepared the bath water.”
“bath?”
“Since you moved your body violently earlier, I prepared it in case you didn’t want to wash your body… Shall I get bitten again?”
“Nope. What do you wash?”
It was prepared, but there was no need to speculate.
After returning to the room, I immediately got help from Elise to take off my clothes and entered the bath.
The moment I moved, my muscles tensed up. I didn’t forget to wiggle my body to release it.
“Your body has really minimal muscles.”
Looking down, I could only sigh.
Perhaps thanks to his talent for swordsmanship, his body moved almost spontaneously… but his muscles were screaming.
With very minimal muscles, it was only natural to move the body vigorously and become overworked like today.
When I wake up tomorrow morning, I’m going to have a pretty hard time.
I can’t get up because of muscle pain.
“Umm… I need to train my body first.”
He knew very well that Raymond had no talent for magic anyway, so it was better to use the time Raymond spent on magic training to train himself in the future.
smart.
A knock on the door echoed through the large bathroom.
“Brother, this is Elise. May I come in?”
“Nope. I’ll wash myself and leave.”
She wasn’t used to washing her body yet.
It was more burdensome than anything, and the feeling was strange, so I feel comfortable just being alone.
‘It’s clear that Beatrice doesn’t like talking to me… Does she just hate people with no talent, or is there some other special reason?’
My head was complicated.
I never imagined that I would be rejected so firmly.
I thought about it for a long time, but in the end I couldn’t come to a conclusion, so I washed my body, put on a simple cloth, and went out.
Alice, who was tidying up the room, approached and handed over the clothes.
Although I have no memory of Beatrice, Elise has been with me for a long time.
I wonder if she knows why Beatrice avoids me.
“Ellis.”
“Yes, Bocchan.”
“You know Beatrice, right?”
“Is it correct that you are referring to Lady Beatrice of the Skyla family?”
Alice looks at me and asks.
My face was reflected in her clear eyes.
“Uh, Beatrice Skylar.”
“Of course I know.”
“Has something happened to me? Looking at it today, Beatrice doesn’t seem to like me.”
Perhaps the question was strange, Elise tilted her head.
However, she soon opened her mouth with a worried face.
“Bocchan, if you’re not feeling well, what did you do…”
“I’m fine. Sometimes my memory just flickers.”
The information about Raymond was obtained through novels, and was all I had learned by picking it up over the past few days.
Of course, I couldn’t help but know the details.
Elise lowered her hand to my waist and tied the belt around me and opened her mouth.
“Four years ago, there was an accident.”
“accident?”
“A group of orcs suddenly appeared in a hunting ground that seemed like wild pigs, and you were in danger… At that time, Master Xerion saved you.”
Xerion? When I recalled the contents of the novel, there was no such name.
If that’s the case, it’s a character that doesn’t appear in the novel.
I really don’t know who Zerion is.
“You saved me?”
“Yes, and while dealing with the orcs at the time, mana depletion and trauma overlapped, so four years later, he has not been conscious until now.”
“You said you became a vegetable? So who is Xerion?”
To that question, Alice once again sends a worried look.
As I waved my hand and pressed for an answer, she stared at me and said,
“Zerion Skylar. He is the older brother of Lady Beatrice.”
oh f*ck.
Her words turned her hair white.
Apparently, I was f*cked.
