Chapter 9: Rumor (1)

“So that’s what happened?”

Evening, dusk had already descended upon the earth. Sylvia was driving back to her mansion with Giltheon.

The steering wheel was in her father’s hands, who enjoyed driving, while she looked out of the window from the passenger’s seat.

“Darling, did you do it on purpose then?”

Sylvia nodded silently at her father’s question.

“Do you hate that girl?”

“She has nothing so what should I hate about her?”

“……Good. She’s a talented kid, but it’s already too late for her.”

After giving her that advice, Giltheon suddenly remembered some events from a long time ago.

10 years ago, on the day of the Academy’s entrance exam. The day two people with the making of an archmage were found in the Iliade estate’s ‘Aptitude Test’.

Normally one would have broken out in cheers, but the problem was that one of them was Sylvia and the other was a Luna.

Luna.

They had been a long-standing affiliate of the Iliades, but now too much time had passed and the families were estranged.

Also, a certain problem would inevitably occur when there was more than one person with overflowing talent, competition.

“She’s already behind in the race, so you don’t have to worry about her. Just ignore her.”

……The magic world of this continent had a long standing tradition.

No matter what the type or attribute, there were only three people who could be recognized as “Archmages” in one generation.

As the standards were so great, two positions had been vacant for nearly 30 years, but one position would definitely be occupied by the chairman, so if Sylvi rose to the remaining position, Luna wouldn’t be able to fill it and if the opposite happened, Sylvia would be eliminated.

Of course, on the surface, conflicts between families were rampant and there were many incidents, but that was the most decisive reason why Giltheon rejected Luna’s magical talent.

Giltheon said quietly.

“However, darling. Be careful of Deculein. He isn’t a very docile character. When he was young, he was called a prodigy. He’s stagnating now, but he could take off at any time. I’m just reducing the size of my talent by being sold to some woman.”

“I know. I’ve already been caught by that professor. He got something on me.”

“……Haha. It’s said that a tiger doesn’t father a dog as well.”