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Chapter 5 : A Mother's Tears
Originally, he had no intention of going.
Academy or whatever, there was no reason for him to go to a place where pathetic humans went to learn pathetic magic.
'Such a pathetic school where humans teach humans.'
Even if Aman spoke to his father directly, nothing would change.
Send his precious child to an academy near the imperial palace? The Count he had observed so far was not a person who could ever do that.
Ē_n ú ṁ а . id
The Count, who knew full well that enemies would come running to bite his neck if he so much as raised his head, their snake-like tongues flicking, would never send his precious child into the heart of such an enemy camp.
So he could nonchalantly say 'go ahead' and completely ignore Aman's words.
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'And I don't like that blue lizard bastard either.'
Although the last excursion given to him as a living being was bound to the weak existence of a human, he was slowly getting used to it, and now that he had set a goal, it was no different from the previous excursions he had enjoyed.
Though it was too raw a reality to be called an excursion.
He was ignoring Aman and sitting in the garden, slowly drawing circles in his body.
W̃ е̄b̈ n o v̄ е ĺ Ě n̈ um á
'Absolutely not. This is impossible.'
His body, which had not a single speck of mana. Reaching the state of the 5th circle was a great achievement for a human body.
An achievement that an ordinary human could not have accomplished.
But he was not an ordinary human. The five thousand years he had lived in the body of a dragon at the pinnacle of magic were not easily forgotten.
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So it was only natural that he was not satisfied with the phenomenal achievement of the 5th circle he had now accomplished.
But didn't they say that everyone has a vessel? This was his vessel.
Ёn̆ u m а̊ .i̊ d
'At this rate, I'll end up selling magic potions somewhere and dying.'
Lucas let out a long sigh with his small mouth and kicked a stone on the ground irritably.
"Ugh!"
What he thought was a stone and kicked was a rock stump.
Pain was bound to follow after kicking a rock stump firmly embedded in the ground with all his might.
'...?'
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Just as irritation was washing over him along with the pain, a thought suddenly crossed his mind.
"...Human."
This weak body, so painful from a small rock stump, was making him keenly aware that he was human.
'Humans would know the human body best. In that case...'
Having thought this far, Lucas dragged his still-aching foot and walked quickly towards the county estate.
***
Еn u m̌a
"W-what do you mean by that?"
"I said I'll go. To that place called the academy."
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"Lucas, you don't know anything yet. They're just going to see if you have talent."
Lucas let out a small sigh at Cibie's worried voice and raised his small hand.
-Flash!
"W-what is this!"
W̊éb̆nо́ṽе l̄ Еnǔ m̄ а
Cibie took a step back in surprise at the small light shining from Lucas's fingertip.
"I want to go. To the academy."
***
Blaine, who couldn't seem to let go of Lucas in her arms, couldn't stop her tears.
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"Lucas... Lucas... my baby..."
"Honey... he'll be fine."
Еn ũ m̃а̊
"If anything happens there, be sure to remember this, Lucas."
Blaine's hand trembled slightly as she pressed a return scroll into Lucas's hand.
Despite seeing the talent in his son, Cibie had been dead set against Lucas going to the academy.
But at his wife Blaine's words, he had no choice but to reverse his decision.
Hearing the words, 'A parent's karma cannot be passed on to their child,' Cibie held back his tears and packed Lucas's luggage himself.
He, who had attended a swordsmanship academy in his youth, personally prepared the items, and after swallowing his salty tears several times, a luggage bag larger than Lucas's small body was completed.
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After saying he would enter the academy, Lucas spent three days saying goodbye to his family, and he felt very strange.
'What is the existence of a child to these humans who live a fleeting life?'
This was the first question that came to mind.
There were countless parents with children in the world.
Among them were also mixed in trash-like humans who were not even worthy of the name 'parent'.
A father who sold his daughter to drink, a mother who sold her son into slavery to gamble, a woman who abandoned her newborn, not even the umbilical cord cut, in a back alley and ran away...
Е̊ n um.а
His head was full of complexity, having watched the raw faces of so many humans for a long time.
At first, he had simply thought of himself as the last seed of hope for a fallen noble family that had obtained him preciously.
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Just that a child who came like a ray of light into a difficult life was precious.
But as time went by, that thought began to go astray.
Even at the words that the child who came like a light into a difficult life might have the ability to raise the family, his father, Cibie, had shouted 'absolutely not' and was dead set against it.
But at his mother Blaine's single word, Cibie's resolve was broken.
Е ň ū.mȧ
Seeing this, a small spark of suspicion, 'as expected,' had ignited in Lucas's heart.
A small hope that had arisen in a fallen noble family. The decision to send a child to a place where danger lurked even brought a little sense of relief, as if confirming the raw face of humans he knew.
But that spark was coldly extinguished in less than an hour.
The sound of his mother's wailing he heard as he passed the corridor. The mournful voice of a mere human woman dug into his chest.
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The voice, stifled and sobbing in a corner of the back garden where even the servants rarely went, for fear that someone might hear.
The resentful voice, blaming herself, that he heard in between, made him feel ashamed of the small suspicion he had harbored.
Eń ú m_а . і̊ d̀
A single precious scroll held in his hand. The ring, the family heirloom, the last remaining treasure on his mother's hand. A heart-wrenching something bloomed in Lucas's chest at the painful scene indicated by its absence.
The place where the ring had been for a long time had turned whiter than the rest of her hand, clearly showing that a ring had been there.
'Don't worry, human mother. I'll bring you a thousand more of those rings.'
Lucas gently stroked his mother's back with his small hand and kissed her cheek lightly.
"Don't worry... mother."
"Sob... Lucas!"
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***
How long did the winding country road continue? The carriage soon arrived at a village in the middle of the way to the capital.
He tried his best to cut off the flow of conversation by occasionally nodding his head, no matter what the blue lizard sitting next to him chattered about, but this lizard, what was so exciting, kept its mouth moving nonstop.
'I wish he would just shut up.'
As the carriage's speed gradually decreased, Lucas looked out the window.
'Oriha Village.'
Ӗ ñu m̄ å. і̀ d
The size of the village indicated by the population written under the small sign with the village name was considerable.
The village scenery visible from outside the carriage also showed the size of this village.
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Lively merchants and people passing through them. Even the touting of the inns gathered around the square.
The carriage door opened, and he grabbed the hand of the coachman who was helping him, as he was still too small to get out of the carriage on his own.
-Comfortable Inn-
A chuckle escaped him at the simple and intuitive name of the inn.
Е n̆ ûm̄ а̊ .і̌ d̀
'What a naming sense.'
He had been in and out of countless inns during his excursion days, but this time, it felt somehow new.
Perhaps because it was the first time he had come in a human body, or perhaps because he had left home...
He had long since stopped resenting this small body, but today, he couldn't help but resent this damn small body.
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To think he had to borrow a human's hand because he couldn't even get on and off the carriage by himself.
He put his small hand to his forehead, but even this didn't look cool.
W̃еb̂ ńо vе́ ĺ Е̃ṅumа̄
"Oh my~ welcome."
When the blue lizard said a few words to the friendly employee, his room was quickly prepared.
"Young master, are you really going to be okay on your own?"
Aman asked again, worried about a ten-year-old child staying in a room alone, but Lucas simply nodded his head in response.
"You are a very brave young master. Then, if you need anything, please come to my room at any time."
Lucas's lips twitched as he suppressed the urge to kick him with superhuman patience when Aman patted his head.
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Entering the room, Lucas let out a deep sigh at the thought of finally being alone and flopped onto the bed.
'Insolent blue lizard bastard! Just wait a hundred years, I'll blow your head off.'
He was so furious at his actions just now that he was now looking forward to the day he became a god.
***
Perhaps because Oriha Village was the exact midpoint, after running for the same amount of time it took to get to the village, the carriage was soon entering the capital.
After passing through the checkpoint and going a little further, the imperial palace was visible in the distance.
E ň ŭṁ а̃.і ḋ
A large building visible not far from it. That building was said to be the magic academy.
Arant Magic Academy.
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Rumor had it that after hearing the prophet's prophecy, the emperor established the academy and was trying to build a magical powerhouse by gathering mages and talented people from all over the world.
The qualifications for entering the academy were very simple.
Age, nationality, and status did not matter, and it was an academy where no one was discriminated against and was evaluated solely on their skills, creating their own solid system.
Because of this, it was said that talented humans from all over the world were flocking like bees to support the emperor's will.
Ẇ_еb ňо̀ v́ е́ l̈ Ě n ú mа̃
Since it was a place where one was evaluated by skill, classes were also divided from beginner to advanced, regardless of age, nationality, or status.
With a certificate of completion from the advanced course of the Arant Magic Academy, it was a free pass to any country.
Immense wealth and lavish treatment wherever one went were a bonus.
Since mages were an important military force for any country, the price of a skilled mage was whatever they asked for.
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But Lucas didn't care about his price.
If he set his mind to accumulating wealth, it was possible even in his current state.
Еňum̂ а̌ .і d
His body was small, but he had the wisdom of his long life, so if he used that wisdom a little, he would be overflowing with money.
His purpose was one. To look at his current vessel from a human perspective and find a way to expand it.
"New students, gather over here!"
At that moment, a booming voice, as if using amplification magic, hit his ears.
Following the voice, he came to the central square of the academy.
Aman had offered to guide him personally, but he had refused with a light shake of his head, asked only for his luggage, and came to the square alone. Lucas looked around.
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There was not a single person who looked his age.
'I must be the youngest human.'
He didn't want to stand out, but now that it had come to this, that wish was already far gone.
Because the gazes of those around him were already directed at him.
'This is going to be tiring.'
The number of new students was not that large.
Ẽ n um̄а̄.
When he roughly counted, it seemed to be around thirty.
This was probably possible because it was a magic academy that accepted anyone with even a little talent, as mages were so rare.
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One by one, names were called, and people went into a room for a test and came out. Soon, it was his turn.
"Lucas Rodrigo!"
"Yes."
The gazes on Lucas, who raised his hand with his answer, changed. Even before, gazes had followed the young Lucas from here and there, but this time it was a little different.
Е̄n u ṁа. і̄ d́
It was probably because of the surname 'Rodrigo'.
Lucas's small brow furrowed deeply at the fatigue that was already washing over him.
'I want to flip everything over.'
The test was simple. If you could do something, you showed it, and if you couldn't, you just had to place your hand on a mana stone that measured whether you had mana in your body.
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When it was his turn, Lucas entered the room and hesitated.
Whether to show something or just end it by placing his hand on the mana stone.
Ẁ е̇ b̌ñ о̄ v̇е̂ l̂ Êń um̌а̃
Having finished his deliberation, Lucas raised his small hand.
-Flash!
"...?"
The expressions of the judges who looked at the light that bloomed from the small hand distorted with astonishment.
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