As time progressed, Shien’s ennobling ceremony approached closer and closer.
And on this day, Shien was still in the same great mood as always.
“I finally finished studying astro magic.”
That’s right. Shien had finished memorizing all the incantations for astro magic.
Now, Shien can use all beginner, middle, and high class astro magic without exception, so it’s only natural for him to be in a great mood.
“Now it’s just enchant magic left.”
Once he finishes memorized those spells as well, Shien will finally be able to relax and give his brain a break.
“I’ve been memorizing all kinds of magic incantations all this time now that it feels like my head is stuffed with nothing but incantations. Here’s hoping I didn’t turn myself stupid doing this.”
As reality shows, it’s not easy being a swot.
A true swot is someone who was trained that way since they were little. It’s something that’s built up little by little from the foundations up before eventually delving into the deep tops. They’re nothing like Shien, who has only been in this world for two months or so and is thus still lacking understanding on a lot of stuff in this world. That’s why he could only forcibly stuff everything in his brain despite how uncomfortable it feels.
Thankfully, he really only needs to forcibly memorize everything. So long as he has it memorized and is thus able to chant it, everything’s fine, and there was no need to for any comprehension or enlightenment or anything. If not for that, Shien would even consider giving up on the path of magic and instead follow Lucy in focusing on melee combat.
“Well, it’s my fault for being a fast growth Hero, I guess.”
A cheat is where one get one instant of showing off before getting cremated. Shien might not have gotten cremated yet, but in the end, he’s still lacking in certain areas compared to the original residents of this world, and he’s even worse off compared to geniuses who have already been on this path for many years now.
Even so, he has finally completely masters a style of magic. Thus, he won’t lose out much compared to those dedicated professional mages.
Next, if he can finish his study of enchant magic, Shien’s month long goal would finally be completed.
However…
“Compared to astro magic, it’s enchant magic that’s really troublesome.”
Shien’s joy completely vanished at the thought of how many more incantations enchant magic has compared to astro magic.
As a magic style that’s famed for its versatility, the result of being “many” and “complicated” is unavoidable.
Thus, enchant magic has a lot more incantations than astro magic does.
This made Shien regret things not for the first time. Why did he have to study this magic? That said, the effects of enchant magic has never disappointed Shien, so he just grit his teath and charged forth with all his might.
“Here’s hoping that I can finish memorizing all the incantations for enchant magic before my month’s time limit runs out.”
Shien let out a silent sigh as the thought of the long and heavy road ahead of him.
However, after that, Shien finally got a piece of good news.
It was Lucy, who was waiting for Shien at the entrance of the library, who brought it.
“You’re house has been decided.” Lucy looked at the slightly numb looking Shien with an upset expression, “Let’s go. I’ll show you to it.”
Shien finally perked up a bit at that news.
…
The western noble district.
In this district filled with noble residences and side houses, there are quite a few rules regarding where one lives.
Generally speaking, the higher ranked the noble, the closer to the center their residence will be, and the lower ranking the noble, the further to the borders they are. It’s very clearly stratified.
For that reason, every time a noble rises in rank, they would always consider buying a new house closer to the center. The nobles whose families have fallen would often end up unable to keep their homes, and in the end, they would either be forced to sell their homes or be chased away. This leads to major shifts in ownership of residences in the noble district every once in a while.
The Latrard home where Shien and the others have been staying at is in the area closest to the center, which displays the status of this great family.
Generally speaking, a viscount like Shien may not need to live in the boundaries, but there’s also no way that he could possibly get close to the center. Thus, his location within the noble district should have been in the mid to low areas.
However, Lucy instead brought Shien right through the noble district. They place they ended up arriving at is actually at the very center of the noble district.
Here, a castle like mansion stood. Around it were also a number of side buildings surrounding it like they’re layered protectively over the center building.
One might assume that they’re separate properties.
That’s wrong though.
If one would take a closer look, one could see that there are a number of paths connecting the side buildings to the main building.
Besides that, not only is there an enormous garden around the main and side buildings, they’re also surrounded by a tall fence.
In other words, this entire main residence, side buildings, and the gardens are all considered part of a single property.
This magnificent looking residence stands at the very center of the noble district like an independent territory in and of itself.
“Well? Do you like it?”
Lucy brought Shien here and flashed him a smile.
“…”
Shien fell silent.
After a moment.
“Goodbye.”
Shien turned about and made to leave.
“Wait, wait, wait! Why are you leaving!”