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101. Gresha

6 years ago.

The Duchess of Gresha.

Although not currently, it is one of the three founding families of the empire, a hegemonic power that ruled the continent.

A thousand years ago, when the warrior and the demon king became one and a labyrinth was created in their place, the entire continent experienced a phenomenon where, unless they had a racial constitution that awakened magical powers, the number of people who could awaken magical powers through normal methods gradually decreased over time. From then until now, the Duke of Gresha has never lost the title of the most prestigious magical family.

The secret was that the duke, who carried the great giant called the Empire on his back, awakened as an explorer in the labyrinth city and secretly conducted human experiments on commoners with increased magical status and numerous other races.

After countless experiments, he completed the vision of becoming a race with a bloodline that unconditionally awakens magical powers like a foreign race, and this became the driving force that allowed the Gresha Duke House, located near the capital of the farthest empire from the labyrinth city, to maintain its title as a prestigious magical family.

“Miss, it’s time to wake up.”

“Ummm….”

“Miss!”

Choaaaak-!

The nanny, who had confirmed that Sion had overslept for the first time in 15 years after attending the ball celebrating the coming of age of the second prince as the representative of the Gresha family the previous night, opened the curtains of her room with a mischievous smile.

“Sigh!”

And when Zion woke up with her eyes wide open, her face fully exposed to the dazzling morning sunlight, her nanny greeted her with a sly expression and said good morning.

“Oh my, you’re awake, Miss? Have a good morning today!”

“….Okay. Good morning, Nanny.”

“Ugh…”

“Huh… Why? Do you have something to say?”

Zion’s daily routine begins with her waking up in the morning, her nanny brushing her hair and greeting her on time, then heading to the bathroom to shower and eat breakfast.

If she’s going to shower anyway, she might ask why she’s combing her hair, but her nanny, who’s 5 years younger than her, has been doing it for her since she was 5, so she just does it.

But today, Zion finds it strange that the nanny is staring at him with a mischievous smile. When he asks her a question, the nanny comes closer to Zion’s ear and whispers secretly.

“Yesterday with the prince…”

“Quiet.”

The nanny is embarrassed to see Zion frowning as soon as he hears the word prince.

“Uh…. Didn’t you have a hot night?”

“What the hot night, that idiot was talking nonsense like proposing to me and stuff, it was embarrassing.”

“No…. The second prince kicked away the line of succession that was already confirmed?!”

“I am destined to be the head of a household.”

“No…. Ha… It’s just a shame that the young lady is the eldest daughter. I was excited that I would be entering the palace too since I heard that the groom returned alone yesterday….”

“What is the entrance, haa…”

“But Miss, why did you sleep so late today?”

“Ah…. I had a bit of a headache.”

Last night. Sion woke up late from oversleeping while trying to use magic to reform the mind of the second prince who had been following her since her days at the academy, who had been begging her to become his companion, and changed the perceptions of the many nobles around her, and mumbled something to her nanny.

“Ha…. Seriously, I always said that it’s a good thing.”

“Tsk.”

“No way..! Missy’s breasts are so big that it’s almost ugly, but they don’t sag and are as pretty as water drops… Gosh! I’m sorry, Missy!!!”

When I was 17 and entering the academy, my nanny came over and said with a sparkle in her eyes that she would teach me sex education, that the bigger the woman’s breasts and the bigger the man’s penis, the better. When I pinched her cheek with telekinesis so hard that she cried, she screamed and apologized.

“Stop talking nonsense and comb my hair. Hurry up. I have a meeting today.”

“Chi… If the young lady hadn’t inherited the position of head of the household, it would have been certain that she would have entered the palace right away…”

“Forget about foolishness, there is lukewarmness too.”

“Miss Mi-on has a good heart, but…”

The nanny trailed off, thinking of Mi-on, who was like a firefly in front of the sun compared to Zion’s genius.

The second daughter has a personality and a friendliness that makes it hard to imagine her as a daughter of a high-ranking noble family, but in all other aspects, she is overwhelmingly lacking compared to Sion, whom she serves.

Because of the huge difference in talent, Zion’s parents, the current head of the household, don’t even bother to oppress Mion and let her live however she wants.

As the elder of the family, it was natural that all family members would place all their expectations on Zion.

Zion, who has endured such burden for 15 years, starts jokingly talking to his nanny, the person he is most comfortable with.

“I’ll tell Mi-on everything.”

“I’m… sorry!!”

“Sigh… I’m tired. Nanny, I’m skipping breakfast today. I’ll just shower and get on with my schedule.”

“Yes, Miss.”

Zion, who had confirmed that his hair had been naturally tidied up, told the nanny as he left the room to take a shower.

“The tower master will be coming from the rooftop later, so tell him to empty the VIP room. I’ll just shower and go down right away.”

“Yes, Miss!”

Zion left with the maids who were serving her bath and headed to the VIP room after finishing her shower.

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Clank-

“Sorry I’m late, Lord Top.”

“Ah… No, sir. ”

An old man with a long, gray beard greets Zion with a difficult attitude.

Magic has been learned within the Gresha family since childhood, but the Magic Tower Master studied at the academy and interacted with others for external activities.

Although she is called the Magic Tower Master, she is treated politely by an old man who is close to an official and cannot even use magic unless he is a member of the Gresha family.

The five magic towers that existed on the continent were reduced after the creation of the Labyrinth, and the number of magicians awakening their magical powers gradually decreased, leaving only two places: the Empire and the Labyrinth City.

Kingdoms and empires outside of the Labyrinth City, with the exception of the Gresha family, were only able to utilize magic to the extent of refining magic stones exported from the Labyrinth City to maintain artifacts or magic circles.

Now, the magic towers in the empire have become academic institutions that only exist for knowledge, and the magic tower in the labyrinth city is the only one that maintains its lineage by conducting practical magic operations and research and development.

The Gresha family, which had the greatest influence among the three founding fathers, was now evaluated by the world as having lost the ability to recruit magicians outside of the Labyrinth City, and was now only a duke in rank, unable to enjoy the glory it once did.

However, the fact that Matapju cannot treat the next head of the Gresha family, who is only twenty years old and has just become an adult, comfortably shows that the family’s status is not the same as before, but that it is a measure of its weight as a duke of the empire.

“So, what brings you here this time?”

“Um… Regarding the supply of ‘test subjects’.”

“Ah…..”

The subject, of course, knows Zion too.

Because he has been assisting his father, Gaju, in his research since he was young.

If the Gresha clan had been consolidating its power for a thousand years by researching ways to release magical power only to their own bloodline, the current research that their father, the head of the family, was engrossed in was conducting research that would allow magical power to be released to ordinary humans, not just those of the improved bloodline that had been cultivated for a thousand years.

Of course, up until now she had only been in charge of paperwork for her father’s research materials, but from today on, she will be participating in the experiments in earnest.

“Um… I heard that obtaining test subjects isn’t that difficult. Is there a problem?”

“Ah… We’ve definitely done all the gathering for the elves. However…”

“Just?”

“There’s a bit of a problem with the number of people.”

“Ah…?”

It was a fact that Sion also knew that various races, such as elves, beastmen, and demons, who had awakened magical powers within their bodies, were obtained through the black market or dark routes.

In fact, he had only seen reports and had never actually seen any of the other races, so he didn’t really feel it, but Zion’s brow furrowed when he heard the tower master say that there had been a problem with the supply of test subjects.

“No, Lord Top, we provided all the funds and even sent hunters, so it would be difficult if you do this.”

“Ah…. Th… Th! Sorry!!”

To prove many hypotheses and confirm research results, countless experiments must be repeated, and to do so, a steady supply of test subjects must be available.

Zion gave a cold look to the Tower Master who reported that the supply chain on the Suin side had been broken while he was hiring hunters who were former explorers from all over the continent to collect test subjects.

“Get it somehow, they’re not elves, and they’re spread all over the continent, and you can’t get them? Get it done by the end of this month.”

“Yes…Yes!! I understand.”

The tower master, who was apologizing and intimidated by Zion’s momentum that was spreading out waves of murderous magic, ran away from the VIP room, and Zion sighed as he slumped down on the sofa.

Daughter-

“Did you call Miss?”

“Yeah, tell Mi-on to have lunch with me later.”

“Ah….”

“Why?”

Due to the unpleasant report from the top lord, he called his maid to have a meal with his cute and innocent younger sister, Mi-on, to change his mood, but the maid’s reaction was very strange.

“That’s…”

“Hey, Chloe. You know I hate being muddled, what are you doing now?”

“Sorry…sorry!!! Miss Mi-on went straight to the forest after breakfast…”

“Forest?”

“Yes… I heard you’ve been experiencing being a hunter for a while now..”

“Tsk! Bring it as fast as you can.”

“Net I’m sorry, Lord Soga!!”

She was a maid leaving the VIP room, trembling at the murderous aura of Zion.

Starting this evening, he will be helping his father with his research and the family’s long-cherished project in earnest, but since last night, the prince has been getting irritated by a lot of things, Sion thought as he leaned back on the sofa.