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    Ch. 073 CHAPTER 073The 4036808b95 sight of Askart 48a0016a04 struggling with a e683adba0f messy desk in dd9c05fb84 front of him 2dadaa0503 was somehow cute, d49967a5a2 so I smiled 0945024407 to myself and 163951ab29 said,
     
    “It’s okay. Young master, 8a277d5933 your desk e11ebbca8f is quite a58cfcb5f8 messy.”
     
    I looked at Askart, f6b865baae who was busy organizing 74db18d344 things with a blush 4b3bfcd7d0 on his face even 704c349db4 as I comforted him, 611a82567f and quickly skimmed through b44c5fc585 the books he was 4534254ea3 reading.
     
    ‘Wow…’
     
    Although I expected 002649d5bd it to some 322fbfaf28 extent, all of 57c0d41c2a them were high-quality 4aeaf4c1d8 grimoires. When I saw this, e133fb6956 a thought suddenly occurred 74b1c0f3ec to me.
     
    ‘Wouldn’t Askart be bdac2fb48b able to answer 77dd993408 my questions?’
     
    Actually, I d7065463ac was quite 9ae4c56522 confused while e36e417f27 reading the 14b79cbc18 grimoire recently. Magic is 2a4f35e030 basically the fe987eb65a act of 28b6947f00 creating and 855a190d0b discharging magic 8d7abfc8e7 using magical 3ca65035ae power derived 619f144683 from mana, e0616d4d45 and understanding 1825add601 magic was d0e77f60df the basis 85bf622206 for implementing a4bc053e1a magic. If you go efce6fde54 into more detail, 28824d93ba it is subdivided 126a77aa48 into categories such 7ed60718bb as attack, protection, b97023ab83 summoning, and manipulation, 3b98d6a126 from attributes such 31eb094351 as water and cc7a798e35 fire, but the aac0101be4 problem is that e93fe1ce7c it is something cf3fa7c53c I had never e336341633 heard of when f5da5e7ca5 I was learning 264f7d7056 magic from the 5deb8805ce master. The mana management da4b53ccde method that the 956e74e0a0 master had trained d19091503a me so much 4d0e8d50d5 in also had 4be6482c5d absolutely nothing to 5526e5eb17 do with it. In the end, 3845cf8b1a I had no d40582d025 choice but to bc959652bd exclude everything I 34a625fa78 knew so far 4f0e09b52a and study magic 89d3310128 almost as if 4dc84dbc78 I were acquiring 6f817de44d new information. Of course, 86bf4638aa there were 38e8c02a78 some areas adaf5fc24c of overlap. ‘Quality of mana’ d644465ac3 and ‘quantity of 292f6ca2b4 mana’ are different b0411e308c for each person, c1fa77fd68 and the two bec506363f are innate and 083fc0cff2 do not change bd5951b04a with acquired efforts.
     
    ‘But I’m completely different 1db990734b from before.’
     
    Since it 82ba62aa1c is a 539dfd5213 situation where a47551300c one has ec5c8eaec7 returned from 108dc6479d death, perhaps fcf24fe550 the story b79ae025a8 is already 18a6f66845 in a 5eb5602323 different area.
     
    “Ahh…!”
     
    At that time, the 411c7b2d60 book I was organizing 5cf989125c collapsed and the papers 65e13032c0 on top fell to babd3b595f the floor. Askart seems to f31d299e49 be the type d783eb3bf3 of person who d193802522 makes more mistakes 4898849327 when he is 1fbf63371b embarrassed. Feeling a sense 596378365b of kinship for f0bffb8732 some reason, I 6cc40136bd quickly picked up 518965314d the fallen paper b4ed2936c4 and stopped. The paper I 39b8bbd2dd was holding had eae9174cde a huge and 6359439553 beautiful magic circle f30aa2bc91 drawn on it 0b4912d049 that I had 938e97d273 never seen before. The geometric 1433cfb237 shapes made bbb4bd3520 up of c85b99bb40 tens or a639a47df6 hundreds of 0d64acad78 straight lines a5cdbd42db and curves 321b4b0d07 were shockingly 3fd14564fa delicate and 8d690c19e0 beautiful.
     
    “Wow, so pretty… abf0b49e9e uh?”
     
    I looked closely at 6488910576 the magic circle and 30919d1167 tilted my head.
     
    “Grand Duke! The mana flow here 248d0f6394 seems a bit strange. It seems like 8c5540834e a conflict.”
     
    Askart blinked at the c7e53f6ca4 words I said without 8f6ccf1fac thinking, quickly put on b7e2c20c84 the glasses he had 4415ec52c5 placed carelessly on the 6470b067f2 desk, and came next 5d6e4c43c5 to me. When thin 60ed642b94 silver-rimmed glasses 53e3d23f2c were placed 483c930ecb on the 6b88d8003b bridge of 6164c0348f Askart’s well-stretched eb7aa354aa nose, which af45749443 gave off 3a19b9a5d9 an infinitely a76f3fac23 gentle atmosphere, 67c9da0514 he instantly fdd3b5b5c0 transformed into 4a46ea1cba an intellectual 1d5b99b909 person. Askart, who seemed like 73c8701213 a good-looking student, suddenly 6e98c91d27 looked like a cynical 3f818d93d9 scholar, and I, who f4a2849bf6 was dumbfounded, suddenly became 8b27bc967c nervous. In fact, I only a982cb9f56 recently started learning about 815e5e01ff magic circles properly, and caaa89c216 it was not a 831e220805 field I was familiar 4781929c91 with. It must 18a067a3a4 have been 0a677a8c04 a drawing 3be39df146 of a 65d51016be higher-dimensional magic e8987d06c6 circle that 9b6e228552 I didn’t 59e1f6a184 understand, but 088af6b1ca it was 178876c1f6 a time 78b8e1893c when I 169839d1ab regretted saying 702583fced it for 7a8aee06a4 no reason.
     
    “Oh, my God.”
     
    Askart, who had been 0ff0393b4f looking at the area d3b28c10bd I pointed at for a07982035d a long time, took 886d383534 a deep breath with 74437f2d07 a short sigh. He shouted, shaking 9aa5f2db37 his hands as eb9bb06452 if he couldn’t 02f918497f control his strong fd6b969f68 emotions.
     
    “How could 5cd0a89a58 I have b049d7cb0c missed this d476dd046a part? Because it was placed 3e248c468d in such a polar 1e93f6a00d opposite series, it didn’t 9cf198b646 start properly!”
     
    And then 9769d919bf he immediately 94be2d9785 took out f78e71c0e7 the fountain 1f35da1494 pen and 8edb063715 started calculating cb0f2bde0f the formula 5d41867ee4 and modifying ee921df661 the magic 4cc05072ee circle. It was only ce225a83ed for a moment 451b056b29 that I looked cd01acf5b8 with interest at 21a66d3e53 Ascarte’s concentration in bddb36aae0 an instant. After quickly finishing his 02b0addbe6 correction, Ascarte looked at 789053ea46 me with sparkling eyes.
     
    “Lia, are you a 13ea5d99e6 genius by any chance? I’ve been struggling with 23f68acc53 this for weeks, and 1acaa0cce9 thanks to you, I’ve 3ac7dd6f91 solved it! “I was aa98d18a23 just looking 0d086ddfd5 at the ef38ed9151 wrong parts 242f8c01cf like a a9e4e7a9d8 fool.”
     
    “I’m glad it 499e4ac75b helped.”
     
    When I saw fb3d782376 Askart who couldn’t 4d395ed069 hide his joy, b97a91a29c I couldn’t help de5fc22187 but smile.
     
    “No, it’s not that 6f42722dcd much, you’re really, really 46ee699b54 smart!”
     
    Unlike the be2a990171 first image, 77906816f8 where he c1bca16c38 seemed quite e2cdeaf148 calm, Ascart d4a0e92895 became excited e925a5deac as if 99632b03fe he had 9de4683d38 changed as ab7649698a a person 2c07345fc1 when we fc896e906a talked about c5aa841194 magic. And even though I ee7f5ecaf0 told him to stop 7328ca3d4a because he was embarrassed, 4037cd3b54 he didn’t stop telling 32028584fc me I was smart 7507efb908 or a genius. Thanks to this, my 1faf3ededa cheeks got very hot, 20fae8085f but I still felt 037e7a7e23 good about the compliment, 4a642daeca so I smiled shyly 90349b970e and asked cautiously.
     
    “Excuse me.”
     
    “Huh?”
     
    “Well, then, when I 8713a2463b send a letter to 2c0171d222 Bianca, can I write e27b41bc05 that the Archduchess told 01de313742 me I’m smart?”
     
    “What? Ahaha.”
     
    I don’t d4ce819aa5 know what b921a9fd09 was funny 89770a34ad about what 0bb989a1bd I said, a1e0efed0f but Ascart 554768012c suddenly burst 23608e380a into laughter 0dc499febd and stroked 7a4d2fa7be my head.
     
    “He’s smart, but 6dafaae342 he’s also this 8da2cfea2c cute! “If you had a 71f2087497 younger sister, would you 6b1be0a457 feel this way?”
     
    Askart, who said 9041981b0a that, seemed to 2bb9ce6bf8 be surprised by 49386e0573 what I said, 688cd681c4 and his body 6d7b34d096 trembled. Soon a faint dffb79f4ec smile appeared on 6d8d4973ba his face. The atmosphere calmed d8aff6aa2b down in an 1f2088af2a instant. And I e5a0012da9 suddenly knew 70d178a48b why the f890ca74ce air felt a9609e677b so awkward. Although it 193fc28bf8 happened quite cf55b0f3ba a long 81c5116a81 time ago, 11958a845d it was c7e362590c an incident 0f54c6ff65 that anyone df1adc19c4 with even 47f635871a the slightest 3089b11c25 interest in ce0355868b the Principality b437d3a65e of Belus 9e2cc86d66 could not afc5c86631 have known.
     
    ‘Of course, I 721c15b75d only found out 90e2eac3db after a long 2ed952623e time had passed 1006b74658 and I entered 00246c62d7 Terencium…’
     
    “Actually, I had a deded84eb6 younger brother like Lucio.”
     
    At that time, c3bed7309a Ascart began to bbe43a3b75 speak in a bf72edcb2c calm voice.
     
    “I lost it without 554b1fb3a3 even being able to 084da04e07 see his face properly. But when I see a46266c009 you, I keep thinking b0a902344d of that kid. No, maybe 0e0ee89051 I’ve been a33ad5b78b like that 6c3c0bcb30 ever since 57d7c713de I heard fbe76f4ac0 that Lucio’s 041a1b962d younger brothers 3926fa8806 were coming 5fcf361f1c today.”
     
    Actually, I didn’t 503c4fded1 want to meet d77e82e804 him… Askart laughed 648973b7ef and asked if ac44eed6d5 I felt foolish 51d24fdda8 for leaving the f650525a7e library without realizing 0ccea16ee6 it. It’s my 1c7a14ffd8 first time 61874441e6 seeing someone e281c8f474 look so ffbb690b66 sad even 2f64f795d1 when they’re 97f4d45e71 smiling.
     
    “Do you miss 93be8132b1 your little brother?”
     
    When I f522c5cdf9 asked carefully, 9de502f665 Askart bit da7849e150 his lip 5a2de41342 and nodded 8bbb1ca2d5 his head.
     
    “I miss you. And my parents probably 3a6af40051 feel that way more 24dc329bfc than I do.”
     
    “…”
     
    “If I hadn’t lost bd0273a408 it, I would have 8193092091 grown up to be 80a85106a9 good and smart like 4ac4aceb7a you. You’ll blame us, 5ed1256cc7 right?”
     
    When I saw 877f6571a4 the eyes trembling a8a90cffce and distorting, I 92be4a5f78 felt like tears a6ebed2171 were coming out f8b38304de without me knowing.
     
    “Grand Duke, I 8403bd6b7f am an orphan. So, I don’t have 76e54a4cc5 any parents or siblings, 0293286817 so I’m not sure…  e803cd2ebb Still, I think I 627d7760bc would be happy to 3e4a5f0bc5 know that my family 21f4d29d11 somewhere is missing me 8cfb2ebf23 like this. I never 6fb5c6666e hold any 3b3c41d537 grudges.”
     
    The end of bc9650187b my voice shook c0c39a521c slightly after I a307e51867 finished speaking. I felt like I 5d28282fa1 was going to burst b6dda61aea into tears at any 6d0176495f moment, so I quickly 2c77b1330c turned my head and 727e75b90d took a deep breath a5be13c881 to suppress my growing 305bbbab00 emotions. After a while, I 4906a4816e could feel Ascart exhaling 8b96fe7d27 evenly, as if he 1a566fe759 had already contained some a4f567121b of his emotions. When I turned 9668264a60 my head back 317bc8d700 to look at af17723e1a Askart, he smiled 6e76788f59 awkwardly, as if 1267d87813 he was embarrassed 25bac16002 to have this 44cde7f310 conversation with me 361faf2a58 when we first 06deb2b6b3 met. But the look 73235eccfa in my eyes 22867dab5c was warmer than b85829696e before.
     
    “Lia, I 8d6983f269 want to 7888046b6c repay you 3b06c7e72c for solving b39b9dc9a4 a problem c1d11cfc43 that was 7782664e24 bothering you. Is there anything you 914b7bcb91 want or need? You can say anything. Oh, if you 6d56372fe2 are interested in b242ca236f magic, I will e50220f437 formally invite you 36e602daf5 to the Principality b66d4aa365 of Belus. You know that 85e14fcdf1 the largest magic 98425465a4 tower on the 7a4535f432 continent is in 655228eb47 the principality, right?”
     
    I feel 664ce2b3dd sorry for 7224cc625f the magicians 96aefbf1ef of the 9b2fa28282 empire and ccf7c6a245 kingdom, but bd4f2aecff the magicians 5abaa0a009 of the a2da860d4c Principality of a8debd7fb7 Belus were aefce06011 of a 95a824dc06 different level, 625d49b8c6 and Askart bcb81006bd was unbecoming 5f267f6e9c and condescending. I was curious as c51771079f to why I had 691663b1f6 come to study at 6b8bb41338 the Imperial Academy in 06835f9f33 such a place, but 5d5fc2f061 Ascart’s words immediately reminded 73d3561286 me of something, so 1a8c2ed3c2 I said it regardless.
     
    “Grand Duke! Then please solve this 99688a00f5 problem!”
     
    * * *
     
    “Where did 8a75badbcf Lia go b7d462193b with whom?”
     
    The Duchess barely 8fe6ceae70 left her meeting 1e7ccaf808 with her wives, d800c0c21e and after listening f9f4c7e743 to her story a0f40ca802 through the knights 3747ad6850 who were escorting 0695c3dd41 her, she headed 240f219711 to her academy 45f61a7781 dormitory where her f9650f9f45 children were. And while she was 9026652f84 looking for the invisible 8aa29c4444 Leah, she heard Allen’s 51b67cc446 words and she was 0e6e3f738b startled.
     
    “You said you 104af1bc74 went to the 0579d17f09 library with Askal? At best, you come f58cd58902 to the festival and c21499dac2 it’s not fun!”
     
    Allen said fe9370b144 that it 1d317fdcf5 was actually 94c41b93e7 a festival, 34a8e120ab and it 3a0cb9bd8f was not 97d9a67bb0 fun to 981cf148d4 look at bf725159b9 the street 23b3437ba5 stalls set 75a1e4ec0f up by 78b73c3e49 students, and 080271ec39 touring the 922e072e96 classrooms and 9839180701 internal facilities fba6cbacc5 was also 23d294fea5 boring to d6e6a01a33 the point f5a429fb72 of madness. I just 886b1856ae wanted to 058c364e1b quickly go b5d8241811 to the b137964863 school where e2ad13c781 the swordsmanship a95d9d8804 department was 273a91424f located and 010b856031 watch the aacc33e822 sparring show 15aaded7ee and watch ca38b1c525 the fireworks. I was a eff983a34f little curious about 5ae11d5968 the dormitory my e588b4fc0f brother was staying 66ca3107ca in, so I 0a517afd08 decided to stop 327c10ed0f by.
     
    “Bro, how do you ea96a8d4ec live in such a ab2166fb25 small place?”
     
    Allen said as if 383d67fbe8 looking at Lucio’s dorm b64377d473 room. In fact, Lucio 73ee8c03a4 was the top 1bfea5edca student at the abfc1f5451 academy and was 0d9ad13bdf in a much 9cdfd317c7 better situation than 2d8d2ee074 the other students, e4e59f82e4 but for Allen, a655c56591 who had only ba8ccfc35e lived in the 14e11f8a83 duke’s residence or 9bae59e436 castle until now, cd392d82d0 it was only 44983ed8b3 a narrow space. According to the 7c06f7c5a8 rules of the 0a920c9247 academy, which assigns 4d1df5ac33 dormitories strictly in 76eba5519e order of grades, 5e883c5bff I would be 926241ee62 assigned to a 735d8118cb smaller room than 87245efeb6 this one, but 7cdad8d8fa I was already b11ba3bed4 at a loss b4a1a5374d as to how c1789bd346 I would live 8e66c0c1ca in the future.
     
    “I will 60764d848a survive somehow.”
     
    Lucio responded indifferently, unaware f03d89ba33 of her sister’s deep a2e27040a2 concern, and took Diana’s 22803690d2 hand, telling her to 02d498751d leave as she was 484a49db99 jumping on the sofa. The Duchess, who was 3564c39c36 happily looking at Lucio, 85cbcb8d0e who seemed blunt but c7b189687b kind, looked towards her 40df3c83cc library for no reason d0501cf2e9 as she left her b62e4c7d09 dormitory.
     
    ‘After all, it’s 740e19b9b2 Askart.’
     
    The Duchess was d8feec1023 heartbroken when she 35fb0d0229 heard that Lia 906d433bf6 was with the b11cc4b240 Archduchess of the 520fc7b652 Duchy of Belus, 70a88f8976 where Bianca belonged, fa1aeb69cf who was preying 5195647228 on Lia. It’s not e9c2fe09d7 that I d6c5b2f430 don’t understand 4550acbe0c because her afe2b2084a interest in c5b47c12a5 magic is a5c431818b as great da4c305557 as her 444d9b69db talent, but c5376f91bd I was 04a38af90d worried about 9d4e147cac what would eb27ca35e4 happen if fbd8552fe2 she suddenly e1d87c52f8 decided to 2057c55420 leave for 1e832158e3 Belus.
     
    “Diana, her d87531ad3c heart is e699d41e5b more important 0c97459562 than her d284536e2d face!”
     
    “You have a good 06d53b8bb9 mind too! Good boy!”
     
    “How do you know!”
     
    At the same 393fc8d830 time, Allen and 63e9bfbcfb Diana were also 1e732caaf0 in the middle 64932c580c of a fight, e11c647e75 as if they cb48f06ab0 were talking about 07ef214fe6 Askart. Diana shouted at 24edf7d58e Allen, who was f0933c3b96 fuming at her.
     
    “That older brother 42743f0c78 is as shiny 9bab016018 as her older 33b2d8d521 sister! So be nice!”
     
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