How a Genius in the Kingdom of Magic Lives

The Duchy of Ryant is quite famous in the Empire.

The story of the ‘Steel Wall’ that he had been blocking monsters in the west for decades was quite well known, as did Duke Lyant himself, the number one knight in the Kingdom of Rome.

Even the best knights in the empire had many people who respected the Duke of Lyant, so he said everything!

Not to mention military force, his character with strict standards and certain rewards and punishments that did not discriminate against others made him a person considered a role model for knights.

Because of this, the members of the magic corps were initially disappointed.

‘Prince Leo was selected as the highest performer of the monthly unit?’

When I first heard that, I thought Duke Lyant had gone as far as he could.

They, too, knew what the medal was worth.

A medal to praise the efforts of knights and soldiers from commoners, not nobles.

When you think about it with common sense, it is impossible for a 10-year-old prince to win it with skill.

if there is one way.

To take care of the royal family, he took the merit.

That’s why I thought that the fair Duke of Lyant was a thing of the past.

So when Leo first came to the magic corps, few people welcomed him, even with empty words.

“Oh what A 10-year-old prince coming to our unit?”

“driving me crazy. There will be another boss.”

Rather, they all frowned.

Most of them majored in flame-type magic, and the reason they joined this magic corps was because the leader was Countess Ermeri.

5th class in their late 20s. Countess Ermeri, who also learned fire-type arcane magic.

The wizards of the magic corps were all her followers.

Although she wasn’t usually very friendly, the magician corps members had no objection.

In the first place, I was thinking of learning something, but I wasn’t sticking with her based on her personality.

But the coming of a new master is a different story.

That’s just a 10-year-old kid!

“But the rumors were great. I heard that he entered magic at the age of 7 and reached the 1st rank in one day, and now he is in the 3rd rank at the age of 10.”

“You are laughing. do you believe that As you can see, it’s an exaggeration in the kingdom. You are also very naive.”

They also heard the story about Leo, but they heard it with one ear and let it go.

You have to say something common sense to pretend to believe it.

Anyway, after being accompanied by Leo, the magic corps members did their best.

‘Exaggerated genius. Even if some of the rumors are true, it’s just a story in the kingdom.’

‘In terms of the empire, there are plenty of talents like that.’

Deep down, they wanted to show Leo how great they were.

It was intended to open the eyes of the prince of another country.

However, Leo’s reaction was a bit different than expected.

“Five. It just worked really well. Very monsters melt melt. Would you like to try one more time?”

“… Are you saying it one more time?”

“That’s right. If we can inflict such massive damage, wouldn’t our unit advance faster?”

When Leo said with an interesting look in his eyes, the wizard put on a puzzled expression.

Of course, I deliberately told Leo, ‘We are at this level!’ In order to show that he was, he forced himself to perform a splendid and powerful magic.

But it’s like… .

‘It’s not like admiration or surprise, it seems like they’re just praising that they caught the monster well… ?’

The more monsters he caught, the more Leo praised him.

“Awesome! As expected, it’s like the Empire’s magic corps. The standard is very high, yes.”

“Hey, thank you. Lowering.”

On the other hand, the wizards who went out to show the difference in the level of the imperial wizards, not for offense, continued to be criticized.

“What was that?”

“This is an arrangement of overlapping mana shapes… .”

“No, that’s about it, I know. But why do you do such useless things? Didn’t you just catch three orcs?”

“This is not intended to kill. So that you can learn something from watching this… .”

“Tsk. I know how to do everything, so I won’t have to do that next time. Why waste mana like that? It would be much more efficient to fire arrows or a few shots.”

“No lower… , You should focus on the unique subtlety rather than efficiency… .”

“Okay, so don’t do that again.”

“… … .”

Surprisingly, there was no interest in the wizard who wanted a little less hunting efficiency!

Anyway, while moving forward like that, Leo’s opportunity to show his skills came.

At the urging of Countess Ermery, Leo was the first to step forward.

“Twenty goblin groups have appeared ahead.”

At the words of the scout wizard, the other wizards prepared themselves.

‘Twenty goblins. If the lower Leo is a 3rd class mage as rumored, it won’t be too difficult, but… .’

‘… It can’t be. I must be prepared just in case.’

If Leo is in danger or embarrassed, he is prepared to provide immediate support.

As if he knew what the wizards were thinking, Leo took a step forward.

“Ice of.”

Blue mana was woven into a lattice pattern over his palm, and a large orb was launched.

– Parts.

The goblins saw the slowly flying sphere of ice and raised their clubs.

-Kieek!

– Kyaaak!

The goblins approaching to strike the slow sphere right away.

At that moment, the sphere exploded.

-Puuuong!!

Tremendous cold and ice shards scattered in all directions.

The area close to the sphere was frozen solid, and hundreds of pieces of ice flew like light beams at a distance.

The approaching goblins had their bodies pierced or frozen.

The goblins slump and fall.

The wizards stared at him blankly.

“wait for a sec… . Was the real Leo a third-class wizard?”

“Besides, I don’t think it’s just a 3rd class level? That mana array just… No matter how you look at it, it’s not like a 3rd class beginner, but it seems like you’re very good at it… .”

I was so flustered that I spit out those words in my voice.

Some realized their mistake and hurriedly shut their mouths, but it was too late.

They noticed Leo belatedly, but Leo didn’t care at all.

Then applause rang out.

“As expected, that’s great, my dear.”

Only Countess Hermery was clapping as if she knew it.

‘… Why is this woman doing this?’

Rather than other wizards, I was curious about her intentions.

Why are you being so kind to yourself?

I felt a considerable gap between the red witch from the time I was playing Lost World and Countess Ermeri, who was smiling like that now.

Leo looked at her with pitying eyes and said a word.

“Even if that’s the case, I’ll be as good as Countess Ermery.”

“It has been well over 10 years since I entered magic. I haven’t taken it lightly enough to catch up with you yet.”

When the magic corps members heard that, they were dumbfounded and stuck out their tongues.

‘Who cares?’

She was called the next-generation star of the empire.

If you catch up with someone, you catch up, and vice versa.

But… , If you talk about it in relation to Leo, it wasn’t all that strange.

‘If it’s at that growth rate… , I could really go up to the 5th rank in 10 years.’

‘Huh… , to be in the 5th rank before the age of 20. You wouldn’t believe me if I told you this in a novel… .’

The talent Leo showed was shocking.

Of course, Leo, who had to rise to the ninth rank by the age of 20 to survive, would have snorted if he knew what they were thinking.

“Shall we start again, dear?”

“… The commander of the unit is the Countess, so take care of yourself. I am just a unit member.”

“Whoops. I’m just asking for your intention. I don’t know why you’re being so mean?”

“… … .”

* * *

Countess Hermery is a person whose evaluations are mixed in many ways.

She possesses a genius talent that can be counted in history, and usually smiles sadly.

That’s why people who don’t know her well say she’s talented and has a good personality.

Of course, the magic corps members could not agree.

arrogant genius.

That was what they thought was the identity of Countess Hermery.

On the outside, she shows a beautiful appearance and often smiles, but those who do not have skills and talents ignore them without knowing.

When I was with such people, I ended the conversation roughly, and when opinions clashed, I never gave up on my will.

It was proof that they discriminate against those who lack talent even if they don’t show it.

‘Of course you said it wasn’t like that before. He said he was a talented person with great talent and kind personality… .’

‘… He said it became that way after his death.’

It’s not something incomprehensible.

It is said that she stopped eating and drinking for a while after the death of the former Countess Hermery.

anyway.

At first, the members of the Magic Corps couldn’t understand why she, who was called an arrogant genius, treated Prince Leo like that.

Even if he was brought to the magic corps for the purpose of protection, why did he ask Leo’s opinion so much about the direction of the advance or detailed operations?

It was a woman who moved almost on her own, so it was very unexpected.

But now i know

‘Is it because genius recognizes genius?’

‘I’ve been to the Kingdom of Rome before as a representative of an envoy. From then on, he must have been aware of poor Leo’s talent.’

It was Leo who possessed such a violent talent that it was understandable for her, an arrogant genius, to bend herself like that.

– Multi-faceted.

The magic corps members slowly rode their horses.

Countess Hermery glanced at Leo next to her with her horse’s head together.

‘Looking at it again, it’s an amazing talent.’

It has already been three days since he joined his unit.

As a result of living together and observing him for several days, Leo had reached a stage of maturity among the three classes.

I was honestly surprised.

It’s only been a year since I haven’t seen him, but he’s already on the verge of breaking through the 4th rank.

‘Originally, I wanted to meet you in person and help you, but… . I didn’t really need to.’

Her deal with Leo was simple.

When Leo reaches the 5th rank, do him a favor with Frost Tracking.

Instead, until then, I will help Leo grow as much as possible.

It was about this.

But to be honest… .

‘If I can really find the beast that killed my husband with that frost tracking technique, I’ll be there to help, not just until I reach the 5th rank, but forever.’

She even joined the Casein Guild for revenge.

If you can achieve it, you can become the prince’s right-hand man a hundred times.

While thinking about this and that, I looked at Leo’s face.

Mysterious silver hair and silver eyes.

The appearance of a 12-13-year-old was already looking forward to the future.

‘… If I had a child, he would have been exactly the same age as poor Leo.’

It was possible enough because she had married early.

At the time, I was crazy about magic, so I didn’t really think about it.

Sometimes I even regretted it.

By the time Countess Ermery’s eyes were filled with remorse, Leo, noticing her gaze, spat out words without hesitation.

“What do you keep glancing at?”

“… this. Did you catch it?”

“If you stare at me like that, of course they’ll find out.”

It was Leo who ticked off casually, but he actually knew.

‘Your hair looks complicated.’

Aside from herself, Leo is probably the one who knows most about her.

I could guess what she was thinking right now.

So I deliberately spoke up.

said Countess Hermery.

“Lowering. Would you like to learn my arcane magic?”

When she went to the kingdom before, he said that he would teach his magic if he fought against his pupil and won.

After that, he had a fight with her and negotiated, and after that, he escaped the kingdom as if he were running away, and was lost.

Leo shook his head.

“it’s okay. I’ve already decided on the ice type.”

Where is that?

I also need to acquire light-attribute light ice and study the light-attribute someday.

In such a situation, there was no time to even touch fire magic.

“I’m sorry, that’s why. My arcane magic doesn’t fall short compared to Breath of Frost.”

“Stop talking about this. Because I have no idea.”

“Hmm. Oh, or how about the Princess Elise we saw before?”

“well. My sister has already learned to be okay, so she probably doesn’t really want it, right?”

The arcane magic that Alice has learned is the judgment of the phoenix, and it does not lag behind Countess Ermeri’s at all.

“Sheesh. sorry Wherever I go, if I say this, they line up to ask me to accept you as my disciple. This is the first time I have been treated like this.”

In spite of that, she was kind and smiling.

“Then why don’t you visit them?”

“Huh. Bad Guy.”

“… What are you talking about?”

Leo and Countess Ermeri chatted and continued their conversation.

The two of them were talking like this casually, but the magic corps members who were listening behind them were frightened.

‘… The Countess is teaching her arcane magic?’

‘I’m crazy. Refusing it wasn’t enough, so refusing to pass it on to my older sister… .’

They couldn’t keep up with the conversation between the two.