episode_0042

It’s been a week since the entrance ceremony, which was a more important decision than I had expected.

In the meantime, Zeros had to focus on adjusting to academy life, putting everything else aside.

Of course, as an avid reader of the original novel, Zeros had a rough idea of what academy life was like.

However, there was a huge difference between knowing something as knowledge and living and studying it as a person.

As it is literally a place to educate students, especially the high-level talents who will lead the country in the future, the difficulty of the classes was considerable and the amount of studying was definitely not small.

And, among them, the discipline that gives Zeros the most headache.

It was, unexpectedly, magic, a discipline that uses magic.

As for other subjects, since I am a Zero who graduated from elementary, middle, and high school and even went to college, I did not have much difficulty.

It’s just that there’s a lot of homework, so the process is annoying.

However, in the case of magic, it is a discipline that delves deeply into the concept of fundamentally operating magical power and converting it into phenomena through subtle senses and complex processes… which was only mentioned in the original work as a rough explanation of the setting, so it was approaching Zeros as quite a difficult task.

It was not easy to immediately draw out the magical power that was inherent in the body, and it was even more difficult to operate it.

‘The only good thing is that most other guys are in similar situations..’

Even though they were noble materials and such, they were still just ten-year-old kids.

It would take a considerable amount of time to learn the magic that applied principles as complex as mathematical formulas.

But of course, among them, there were those who were called geniuses.

Unlike Zeros and the other students who still fail to imbue the wooden sword they are holding with magic power.

Next to them, there was someone who was easily succeeding in this.

That person is…

*

A familiar feeling.

However, it was a much weaker sensation than what her soul originally remembered.

Feeling it, Katlena slowly began to move the wooden sword she was holding in her hand.

A reddish-brown aura surrounding the wooden sword.

She held her pose, keeping it from getting disturbed.

Then she swung it hard with short breaths.

-“Thud!”-

The next moment, the piece of wood splits cleanly in two.

Immediately after that, a loud applause began to ring in Katlena’s ears.

“Oh.. As expected, it’s amazing..”

“It’s indeed Lady Katlena.”

“After… ”

As she listened to the awkward compliments from the ten-year-olds, and realized that among them was Zeros, whose eyes were shining as he looked at her, Katlena quietly put down the wooden sword she was holding.

“Great. Indeed, Elios’ younger brother seems different.”

“Thank you, Teacher Freya.”

After bowing slightly to the teacher, Katlena returned to her seat and focused on the lesson.

“What Catlena just showed you is the basic magic called Condensation. As the name suggests, it concentrates magical power in one place and increases its destructive power to the limit, so even a simple wooden sword can be turned into a famous sword that can cut through anything. It is the most basic magic, but if you master it, it can become one of the most powerful magic, so remember it well and learn it from time to time.”

A teacher who is diligently teaching children.

Although most of the content she was teaching was things that Katlena, who had been through life once, was already familiar with, that was not the case. Regardless, Katlena was in no position to neglect classes like this.

Knowing the knowledge and taking the test are two different things. Above all, maintaining a good reputation within the school will help you in many ways later on.

‘That’s true, but isn’t this really frustrating? In my previous life, I was able to use magic to some extent, albeit weakly, but now even that power has been reset…’

The knowledge and sense of magic were still there.

The problem is that the amount of magical power contained in her body is insufficient to use this.

Although the amount of horsepower varies from person to person, it increases as you age.

As a witch who handles magic, the current Katlena has a considerable amount of knowledge, but with her body as a 10-year-old girl, even if she uses just one of the three most basic magic spells for a short while, her magical power runs out and she becomes exhausted.

Of course, the fact that it was possible at this age was amazing in itself. But from Katlena’s perspective, the fact that she simply lacked magical power and could not use magic was simply frustrating and disappointing.

“Okay, then. That’s all for today’s class. Don’t forget your homework report on the three magics, and everyone, be careful on your way back.”

“Yes, thank you, teacher.”

So, today’s schedule is over and the children start to disperse into their groups.

The schoolyard began to become quite noisy as usual as new students who had been taking classes elsewhere around the same time began to flock in.

However, if we were to choose the people who caught the students’ greatest interest, it would be these people.

“Oh, look over there.. It’s Katlena.”

“That famous person? As expected of a princess, she has a graceful appearance.”

“But… who is that guy following behind? He doesn’t seem to be anything special…”

“Didn’t you know? That boy is none other than Zero, Lady Katlena’s direct attendant. I heard he’s Lady Katlena’s most beloved confidant.”

“I see… She’s Lady Katlena’s confidant. I don’t know for sure, but she’s probably not an ordinary person either. If she was chosen as the princess’s attendant and is trusted by her…”

Even within the academy, which is filled with the nobles’ materials, the story of Princess Katlena and the boy Zeros who follows her around like a shadow has always been a hot topic.

It was a similar story in reality, where the children of those in power received attention, and Katlena’s outstanding appearance and outstanding abilities were bound to attract people’s attention.

And, Katlena was quite familiar with these facts.

‘Anyway… I’m telling you, receiving attention like this is no different now than it was then.’

She knew very well that, having already lived a life, she would inevitably become the object of attention of many people.

Whether for good or bad, it doesn’t matter.

And, Katlena knew very well how to actively utilize this unavoidable phenomenon.

“What’s next for Zeros?”

“I don’t think there’s anything special planned for this time… Class is over and I don’t have any plans.”

“Oh? That’s good. Then… Shall we have a meal together? There’s a nice place around here, let’s go there.”

“Yes, I understand, Katlena.”

With those words, Catlena gently grabs Zeros’ hand.

And then, some students who saw that sight gathered among themselves and talked quietly after they passed by.

“Look.. Did you see that too?”

“Yeah, Lady Katlena is holding the hand of that boy named Zeros.”

“As expected.. The rumors were true? Those two people like each other.”

“Honestly, I was wondering if it was true or not. But looking at it like that, it seems to be true.”

“The love between a lowly servant and a noble princess… Isn’t this a story straight out of a fairy tale?”

“Not quite a fairy tale. There are protagonists of those stories and the aftermaths of those stories in our country right now.”

“Ah..well, come to think of it, that’s true too.”

As the students watched the two of them, a warm smile automatically appeared on their lips, thinking of that person who naturally comes to mind when thinking of love between a commoner and a noble.

Of course, not everyone thought this way when they saw Katlena’s actions.

Although they were unable to speak out about it out of concern for the authority of the Duke’s family, there were many who were displeased with the behavior of the princess walking around the schoolyard holding hands with a lowly servant.

However, even they, here in Adelan, did not dare to say such things.

This is because they knew very well who would be the first to express their anger if someone said something about being of lowly origins.