# 73
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The sight of Askart struggling with the messy desk in front of him was rather cute, so I smiled to myf and said:
“Are you okay, young master, your office is very messy.”
I looked at Askart, who was busy organizing things with his face flushed even as I comforted him, quickly leafing through the books he was reading.
'Wonderful...'
Although I somewhat expected it, all of them were high-quality grimoires.
When I saw this, I suddenly had an idea.
“Won’t Askart be able to solve my curiosity?”
In fact, I was confused while reading the grimoire recently.
Magic is basically the process of creating and discharging magic using magical power derived from mana, and understanding magic was the basis for performing magic.
If you delve into more details, it is divided into categories such as attack, protection, summoning and manipulation, from attributes such as water and fire, but the problem is that it is something I had never heard of before when I was learning magic from him. Mr.
The mana management method that Master had trained me so often had nothing to do with her at all.
In the end, I had no choice but to dismiss everything I knew so far and study magic as if I were gaining new information.
Naturally, there were some areas of overlap.
“Mana quality” and “mana quantity” differ from person to person, and both are innate and do not change with acquired efforts.
“But I'm completely different than before.”
Since it is a case where one has returned from the dead, perhaps the story is actually in a different area.
"Yes . … !"
At that time, the book I was organizing collapsed and the papers at the top fell to the floor.
Askart seems to be the type of person who makes more mistakes when he's embarrassed.
Feeling a kinship for some reason, she quickly picked up the fallen leaf and stopped.
The paper I was holding had a huge, beautiful magic circle drawn on it that I had never seen before.
The geometric shapes composed of dozens or hundreds of straight lines and curves were amazingly precise and beautiful.
“Wow, so pretty...oh?”
I looked cloy at the magic circle and tilted my head.
“Your Highness! The flow of mana here seems a bit strange, there seems to be a conflict.”
Askart blinked when he saw the words I said without thinking, quickly put on the glasses he carelessly placed on the desk, and came next to me.
When the thin silver-rimmed glasses were placed on the bridge of Askart's well-stretched nose, giving off an infinitely gentle atmosphere, he instantly turned into a cultured person.
Askart, who looked like a good-looking student, suddenly looked like a sarcastic scholar, and I, who had been stunned, suddenly became nervous.
In fact, I had only recently begun to learn about magic circles properly, and this was not an area I was familiar with.
It must have been a drawing of a higher dimensional magic circle that I didn't understand, but it was the time I regretted saying it for no reason.
"Oh, my God."
Askart, who had been looking at the area I pointed out for a long time, took a deep breath and let out a short sigh.
He shouted, shaking his hands as if he couldn't control his strong emotions.
“How could I have missed this part? Since it was set in such a polar opposite series, it didn't start right!”
Then he immediately took out the ballpoint pen and started calculating the formula and adjusting the magic circle.
Just for a moment I looked intently at Ascarti's concentration. In an instant after quickly finishing correcting it, Askarti looked at me with sparkling eyes.
"Leah, are you by any means a genius? I've been struggling with this problem for weeks, and thanks to you I solved it! I was looking at the wrong parts like an idiot."
“I'm glad I helped.”
When I saw Askart who couldn't hide his joy, I couldn't help but smile.
“No, it's not a simple matter, you're really smart!”
Unlike the first photo, where he looked completely calm, Askart became excited as if he changed as a person when we talked about magic. Even though I asked him to stop because he was embarrassed, he didn't stop telling me that I was smart or a genius.
Thanks to this, my cheeks became very hot, but I still felt good about the compliment, so I smiled shyly and asked cautiously.
"Excuse me."
“Huh?”
“Well, then, when I write to Bianca, may I write that His Highness told me I was intelligent?”
“What? Ahaha.”
I don't know what I said so funny, but Askart suddenly burst into laughter and hit my head.
“He's smart, but he's also very kind!” “If you had a younger sister, would you feel this way?”
Ascarte, who said this, seemed surprised by what I said and trembled.
Soon a faint smile appeared on his face.
The atmosphere calmed down in an instant.
And I knew why the air had suddenly become so strange.
Even though it had happened a long time ago, it was an incident that no one with the slightest interest in the Principality of Pylos could have known about.
'Of course, I didn't know that until much later and I entered Terenceum….'
“Actually, I had a younger brother like Lucio.”
At that time, Askart began to speak in a calm voice.
“I lost him without even being able to see his face properly, but when I see you, I keep thinking about that kid, no, maybe I've been like this since I heard that Lucio's younger brothers are coming today.”
In fact, I didn't want to meet him...
Askart laughed and asked me if I felt foolish for leaving the library without realizing it.
It's the first time I've seen someone look so sad even when they smile.
“Do you miss your younger sister?”
When she asked carefully, Askart bit his lip and nodded.
“I miss her, and my parents probably feel that way more than I do.”
“If I hadn’t lost her, I would have grown up to be as good and smart as you. You’ll blame us, right?”
When I saw the eyes trembling and distorting, I felt as if tears were falling without my knowing it.
“Your Highness, I am an orphan, so, I don’t have any parents or siblings, so I’m not sure… However, I think I would be happy knowing that my family somewhere misses me this way, I would never hold a grudge.”
The end of my voice shook a little after I finished speaking.
I felt like I was going to burst into tears at any moment, so I quickly turned my head and took a deep breath to suppress my rising emotions.
After a while, she felt Askart exhale evenly, as if he had already contained some of his emotions.
When I turned my head again to look at Ascarte, he smiled awkwardly, as if he was embarrassed to have this conversation with me when we first met.
But the look in my eyes was warmer than before.
“Leia, I want to reward you for solving the problem that was bothering me, is there anything you want or need? You can say anything, oh, if you are interested in magic, I will officially invite you to the Principality of Pylos, you know that the largest magic tower on the continent is in the principality, right?”
I feel sorry for the mages of the Empire and the Duchy, but the mages of the Principality of Pylos were on a different level, and Ascart was inappropriate and condescending.
I was curious as to why I came to study at the Imperial Academy in such a place, but Askart's words immediately reminded me of something, so I said it regardless.
“Your Highness! Then please solve this problem!”
* * *
“Where did Leah go with who?”
The Duchess, who had barely survived her encounter with the ladies, immediately heard the story from the knights who were accompanying her and headed to the academy's lodgings where the children were.
While searching for the invisible Leia, she was surprised to hear Allen's words.
"She went to the library with Askart? At best, she comes to the festival and it's not fun!"
Allen said that it was actually a festival, and it was not fun to look at the stalls that the students had set up in the streets, and walking around the classrooms and indoor facilities was also insanely boring.
I just wanted to quickly go to the academy where the fencing department was located and watch the fencing show and watch the fireworks.
I was a little curious about the dormitory my brother was staying in, so I decided to stop by.
“Brother, how do you live in such a small place?”
Allen said as he looked into Lucio's bedroom.
In fact, Lucio was the top student in the academy and was in a much better position than the other students, but for Allen, who had only lived in the duke's residence or the castle until now, it was just a cramped space.
According to the academy's rules, which strictly assign dormitories by grades, I would be assigned to a room smaller than this, but I was already at a loss about how I would live in the future.
“I will survive one way or another.”
Lucio responded indifferently, unaware of his sister's deep concern, and took Diana's hand, who was jumping on the sofa, and asked her to leave.
The Duchess, who was happily looking at Lucio's frank and kind appearance, looked towards the library as she left the dormitory.
“Anyway, it's Askart.”
The Duchess was saddened when she heard that Leia was with the young master of the Grand Duchy of Pylos, where Bianca belonged, who was preying on Leia.
It's not that I don't understand that she would have a great interest in magic because she's talented, but I was worried about what would happen if she suddenly decided to leave for Pylos.
“Diana, the heart is more important than the face!”
"You have a good mind too! Good boy!"
"how do you know !"
At the same time, Allen and Diana were also in the middle of fighting, as if they were talking about Ascart.
Diana shouted at Allen, who was angry.
“This big brother shines just like Noona! So be gentle!”