Blaze Lamplog closed the books that were open in the stationery.

A luxury inn in Teito.

Unlike a lodging on the second floor of a liquor store, it was a clean, quiet room - but now it's just a little bit, I can't concentrate on my studies.

Today was the day for Seika to leave for Rodney.

By now I would have stopped by the first city and taken an inn?

Was my choice right?

Thanks. That's all I think about.

****

Seika is not Blaze's own child.

Twelve years ago.

A mysterious woman in a black robe brought Seika to the mansion, where she was still a baby.

This kid... - Tell me he's Blaze's brother, Gilberto's son.

Gilberto had changed, even from the point of view of his brother, Blaze.

Free to run, no shards of aristocracy. He wanted to see the wider world, so much so that after school he became an adventurer. Probably about my brother, such as the magic landlord, the one who became an adventurer from the Earl of Lamplog house.

However, Gilberto was also outstanding.

In school, the chief. Even as an adventurer, he appeared dizzy and heady, quickly becoming one of the upper echelons.

Many in the clan did not admit it, but as a brother it was something I was secretly proud of.

So I couldn't believe it at first.

When Gilberto heard the news one day that he had lost news in the Demonic realm.

Years later, when the mysterious woman brought Seika.

Blaze didn't want to keep the child in an orphanage.

Maybe it's all a lie - but I felt like this was one edge.

Isn't he a demon child?

I convinced my wife to be so surprised and decided to raise Seika.

Some would be equally suspicious, and they decided that they were mistresses' children around them. Of course the truth lay down on my two sons.

But as time passes.

The suspicion that Seika might be drawing the blood of the demon clan grew thicker in the blaze.

Unusual in this country, eyes on black hair. That's not all.

When she was a year old, Seika began to show her magical powers.

That wasn't any attribute, it was just primitive to move things around - but it was roughly impossible.

Magic and language are closely related.

That makes no difference even to a mage who excels in unchanging chants.

So it's impossible for a toddler who can't even speak a word to use magic.

Unless you are also a demonic child, supposedly able to handle magic at birth.

Seika's magic grew stronger and stronger.

By the time I was two years old, I started not only moving things, but destroying them.

From small things to larger things gradually.

And next, to the creature.

Seika was neither pleased nor amused, but lightly broke toys and beds, as well as insects and birds.

Just make sure you can do what you can.

The magic thing about Seika lay low except for her wife and some servants.

Just sensitive sons must have felt something from their frightened wives.

Luft becomes scared of Seika.

Gly, on the contrary, became hostile.

How much magic does Seika have?

I thought so, and in the ritual of measurement I made when I was three years old - contrary to expectations, the result was that I had no magic power at all for any attribute.

This is weird again, too.

You can't use magic without magic.

Of course there are exceptions. But it is such an example of a man who exercises magic that is not enough to be taken, only to such an extent that he cannot even measure it.

It doesn't apply to Seika.

Strangely enough, after the ritual night - Seika became visibly decent.

We no longer use the magic of destruction in any way, but we also have more conversations normally.

Sometimes I look more adult than Luft.

Wouldn't you grow up as a normal child like this?

Such an idea was defeated by the time Seika turned seven.

Seika showed it in a magic exercise, the magic of fire.

That's not a flameball or anything.

Before power and color, that flame is not caused by magic.

Probably something mineral burned.

I mean, it's completely different magic.

Even though he was carefully distancing himself from the magic, Seika once again showed it using her own magic.

What's more, the monster commotion was strange the other day.

I quantified Elderneut's carcass, but that, obviously, was not defeated by the flames.

Too few burns and trauma.

It's as if it was even poisoned.

To add, the median magic shown by that slave's daughter, Efa, is also odd.

The surgical name was pronounced, but it is a magic similar to Flame Note.

That father is a brilliant man, but he has no magical talent. The same goes for a mother who died a few years ago.

Efa was close to Seika these days.

I really don't think it has anything to do with it.

There's something about Seika that my father, Blaise, doesn't even understand.

That's why.

That's why when Seika said she wanted to go to school, I thought it would be convenient.

It's too dangerous to do Seika to the army.

The Imperial Army is a matter of national defence. There must be no such thing.

I did something bad to Gli.

He's a brilliant kid who used medium magic that year. I would have had results in school too...... I can't replace my belly on my back.

The truth is, I was going to identify that kid's nature in a duel with Glee.

You wouldn't have been the first person in Gli. So if there is any danger at all, intervene immediately, if necessary - even killing Seika, I was thinking.

Happy or unhappy, that didn't come true.

But...... Probably glad this is it.

My wife is still frightened, but Seika is a sweet child now.

Treat the civilian population calmly and allow crude slaves to laugh as well.

I didn't kill creatures without darkness anymore, but on the contrary, I used to grab the spiders that were in my room softly and let them go out the window.

Friendly with Efa.

These days, I have also broken it with Luft.

And it's the same against Grye.

The night before the duel. Seika beat Glai, who had not cared about the terms of the blades and set them up, without causing one scratch.

Gli didn't follow suit about how the hell he did it... but the results are enough.

Just the result that my son is still alive safely.

If we are blessed with the people around us, Seika will also be a brave man defending the country.

But on the contrary - if you suffer betrayal or ruin, you can also be the demon king who destroys people.

I don't feel that way.

Gilberto once said the school was a good place.

If I may - I still hope not.