[Master is in charge of expanding Zius' magic power, just like other children of knight families.]
The fact that she deliberately disclaimed that Zius would be treated "just like any other child of a knight family" sounded like a restraint to not give him any special treatmen t.
[Also, since Zius is not yet well-informed, his magic training will probably take a long time to come. I think someone from the Rougon family will be the one to instruct him e ventually.]
Magic expansion and magic training have slightly different nuances in terms of content. However, what they both do is essentially the same, so they can be lumped togethe r with magic training.
[I know that my father is in charge of expanding magic power.]
It is one of the important jobs of the head of a noble family. There's no way I don't know.
[However, since I have already become the next head of the family, I thought it would be a good idea to help out. My father is still going to Othelloria.Surely it's not like all th e knight families in the territory will come together as guards and take a young child to Othelloria, right?]
It is unrealistic to take a precious Lord-class baby to Othelloria City, which was enemy territory until recently.
[it would be a waste to let magic sac idling around during the peak of growth stage.]
It seems that the bodies of the Highlord and Lords have an organ called a magic sac that generates and stores magic power. The reason it seems "likely" is because no one has ever seen it before. No one really knows for sure because no similar organs were found during human autopsy.This "where the magic sac is" is a relatively popular research theme related to magic. It's a long time ago, but teachers and students at Rene University, an academic institu tion in the Holy City, dissected human bodies while they were still alive and harvested their organs little by little in order to find the truth. The experiment being investigated is actually causing a scandal. This research was so inhumane that even the Zeth Holy High Society outlawed it, and all those involved were punished, and in the end, the Po pe and the High Priests at the time jointly issued a ban on the dissection of living human bodies.
In any case, to this day, we don't really know what they look like or where the magic sac is. There are those who believe that the heart or brain has the function of a magic s ac, those who say that the body itself is a magic sac and does not exist as a specific organ, and those who believe that the blood that circulates throughout the body is the magic sac. It seems that there are various factions among experts, such as those who believe that it has simply not been discovered yet due to its small size, and those wh o believe that the magic sac may not be visible to the naked eye, just like magic power.
However, no one doubts the existence of the magic sac itself. The Highlords and Lords do not say that they are convinced that an organ that corresponds to the magic sac exists, but they subconsciously affirm it. No matter what form it takes, there is something inside me that generates and stores magic power. It's a standard thing to say in m agio and magic, don't think, just feel. Of course I think so too.
[Why don't I try it here once? It's probably best to layer it up now.]
So, as if to demonstrate, I raised one hand and tried to sway the magic in my body so that I could seal it at any time.
If a person forces their magic power into someone else’s magic power, the latter will not be able to properly release the magic power inside their body. Their entire magic s ac becomes as if it’s wrapped in rubber.
It is said that there is no harm to the human body. In the first place, the magic power itself does not disappear from the body, so the strong body remains intact. However, si nee the accumulated magic power cannot be released, the magic cannot be activated.
A magic technique that applies the properties of this magic power is a magic seal.
It is used to neutralize dangerous enemies with magic powers, but it can also be used for magic training. Although it has to be slightly customized for training purposes.
The image may be a little different, but if I were to force an analogy, it would probably be similar to a rubber water balloon with two holes. The hole on one side connects dir ectly to the faucet, and the hole on the other side is left alone. When you turn on the faucet, water flows out through the water balloon. In this case, the magic power is wat er and the magic sac is a water balloon. And the magic seal can be said to be in a state where this open side's mouth is tied with a string.
Basically, Highlords and Lords generate magic power just by being alive. In other words, the faucet is always open. Therefore, if the exit hole is tied up, the water balloon wi II continue to fill with water.
Eventually, the water balloon will not only fill with water, but will swell beyond its normal capacity. If this happens, the pressure of the water trying to escape will become str onger, and if it exceeds a certain point, it will reach its durability limit and the string will break. This will open the hole and allow the accumulated water to escape. That's the reason why the magic seal suddenly breaks.
Because the magic sac has the ability to generate and store magic power, it is thought to have the property of expanding and contracting depending on the amount of magi c power it holds. It can expand to tens to hundreds of times the normal limit. And if this "water balloon bulging state" continues, the magic sac itself will get used to being st retched to its fullest, and even after the magic power wears off, it will become a little sluggish. It might be like if you force yourself to wear small clothes, the clothes will re main stretched even after you take them off.
Furthermore, unlike clothing, the magic sac is a human organ, so the parts that are stretched and thinned out will quickly recover. Therefore, the only positive result that re mains is that the capacity of the magic sac has increased. From infancy to early childhood, the magic sac seems to be very flexible and stretchable, and by repeating the w ater balloon state over and over again, its capacity can be greatly increased.
Also, it's not just the capacity of the magic sac that increases. Of course, in this state, not only the string holding down the exit is in trouble, but also the faucet. It is necessa ry to pump water without giving in to the pressure to go outside.
The existing force cannot overcome the pressure of the water balloon, so what can we do to keep push the water into the water balloon? There is only one answer: just tur n the faucet even more. Perhaps it is the instinct of those with magic powers that causes them to naturally strengthen their ability to produce water and push water.
By applying a magic seal, the capacity of the magic sac, the production amount of magic power, the pressure, and the so-called magic power amount can be trained all at o nee. This is said to be one of the techniques discovered by the people of the Manipulator tribe.
[As a member of the knight family, you won't be ashamed, and in fact, you will be able to acquire powers that you can be proud of.]
Inevitably, there is a huge difference in the amount of magic power between a Lord from a knightly family and those from the commoner community. This is because serfs cannot apply magic seals. Unless you are born in an environment where there are Lords or Highlord around you, you will simply waste your time in the period when your m agio sac grows the most.
Lupetta and Melgin would be good examples.
Lupetta's magic power is weak for a Lord...or rather, Lupetta is a genuine Lord without any kind of reinforcement. It’s not that Lupetta is weak, but that people from the knig ht family are just too strong.
Melgin, on the other hand, seems to have been raised as a hired assassin in the noble territory of the Free Cities, so despite his commoner background, he has the same a mount of magic power as someone from a knight family. That's why he has quite a suspicious presence when he's wandering around commoner neighborhoods. There's s omething about him that makes me think that he’s probably a follower of some knightly family.
If Lupetta is a calico cat, Melgin is a large breed cat like a "Maine Coon". If you see a calico cat wandering around, you'd think it was just a "stray cat", but if it was a "Maine Coon", you'd wonder if some pet cat had escaped.
[I should be able to seal it pretty tightly.]
The stronger the magic seal applied, the stronger the water balloon punching effect will be. Naturally, it has a strong suppressing power.
People from the knight family are blessed in the sense that they can receive a magic seal from their master, a Highlord. Although the Lords' magic seal was effective, it still couldn't compare to the superpower of the Highlord.
With my amount of magic power, I can create a seal that is much stronger than my father's. By giving "special power-ups" to the Lords, the head of the noble family is sho wing their superiority to their vassals, but if I, the next head of the family, were to do it, there would be no problem. In fact, it would be better to do so in order to solidify my current position. Well, it's too late to talk about it now, but in terms of improving the quality of the Lords who belong to Quordenze, it would be a loss if I didn't do it.
[....would Young Master mind if I ask one thing?]
I just silently waited for the maid's question with serious eyes.
[The expansion of magic power by Young Master's magic seal is expected to have a considerable effect.]
It is said that there is a possibility that the amount of magic power will grow several times, perhaps even tens of times, compared to that of the current knight family's. Of co urse, it is impossible to predict how the magic sac will grow, so if I actually try it, it is quite possible that it will end up being about 20% more than what it was before. After all, you won't know unless you try it, and I'm just curious to see how much it can be strengthened, so I'd like to try it.
[If you are going to give alms to Zius, you will need to do the same for all babies born to the Quordenze knights family from now on. This is an instruction from Master.]
[...that's it?]
[That is it.]
[If that's the case, then there's no problem at all. It’s for Quordenze, so I welcome it.]
I don't think I'm going to give special training to my child or anything like that. Originally, if I was going to do it, I was going to take care of all the babies of the Quordenze K night family.
[Well, I understand your concerns.]
For the people of Eruo continent, power is power, so if only my child's magic power increases, there is a concern that strange hierarchical relationships and cliques will aris e among the Quordenze Knights and government officials in the future. For those who come from a knightly family, there is the idea that the vassal is just a vassal, and both of them are one rank below the Highlords. We have to respect that.
If I train all the babies that will be born from now on, there will eventually be a difference between the old and new generations of followers within Quordenze. However, I g uess that's something I have to accept. I want people to understand that this is a generation gap rather than a privilege for some people. It would be foolish to miss the cha nee to increase your magic power because you are afraid of conflict. If I got involved, the Lords that will be born from now on might even surpass the "Maine Coon" and gr ow up to be as big as a "Serval Cat".
[If Young Master will treat all babies equally, there won’t be any problems.]
Zeth may have failed in that sense.
The priestly families founded by each of Zeth's children are also called the Sacred Bloodline houses, and they once boasted tremendous authority. I thought it was due to bl oodline authority. Since a Highlord is a Highlord, there is no difference other than history.
However, now that I have met Orshian and am convinced of the existence of the Progenitor, I can understand something. The founders of the Sacred Bloodline houses mus t have had an overwhelming amount of magic power. Because they were trained by a Progenitor parent.
Zeth was born with the power of a Progenitor, and grew up under the protection and education of the people of Manipulator tribe, who were superiors. The people of the M anipulator tribe taught the Blessed Child how to use magic, and Zeth himself wrote in the Pure Scriptures that he had been trained with magic seals since he was a child.
...No matter how you look at it, Zeth is probably the strongest in the entire history of the Eruo continent.
Orshian, a commoner, was a genuine Progenitor who had never received any training using magic seals, yet she had an extraordinary amount of magic power. Taking that i nto consideration, how amazing would a Progenitor with enhanced specs?
There's no way anyone can win against something like that. The Obieto River will freeze over before that happens. Too much cheating.
And the amount of magic power of the children who would have received the magic seal from this cheater, the first heads of the Sacred Bloodline houses, might have been greater than what I have now if I didn't do it right. I get a little excited when I imagine how far the magic power of the Highlord baby was extended by the magic seal applied by the strongest man in history.
[I have no intention of causing trouble for the order.]
It is said that Zeth only applied magic seals to his biological children, excluding experimental ones. This created a clear hierarchy of power within the position of the Highlor ds, and it also became a cause of conflict after his death.
I think the Sacred Bloodline houses monopolized this high amount of magic power as a vested interest. Although it is far from Zeth, the magic seal applied by the Highlord who boasts an overwhelming amount of magic power compared to others, must have had an extremely high water balloon-like effect. Well, I think the amount of magic po wer that can be inherited decreases as the generations pass, but if you have this power boost for 100 or 200 years, that means that the backbone called history has grown i nto one of the materials that supports authority..
In this way, the Sacred Bloodline houses continued to hold power throughout the era of priests, eventually becoming corrupted and ushering in an era of war.
...No, wait. If the Sacred Bloodline houses had not been given special treatment in the first place, there is a possibility that after Zeth's death, the Bermana region would hav e had a bloody conflict between its highlords in a battle for succession. If you think about it that way, you can think that Zeth's decision to only train his biological son was n’t that much of a mistake. Although it was corrupt in the latter half, it is true that peace continued and culture flourished in Eruo continent under the rule of priests for at lea st 500 years.
If only there had been a peaceful change of government at the very end without causing turmoil, the era of the priests might have been rated as the most wonderful period i n the history of the Eruo continent by now. It's a story that makes you think about various things, such as what a kind of reign is and what a ruler should be like.
[I apologize. Well then, would you mind if we treat the baby in the annex first?]
[That's right. Please notify the knights as well.]
After she told me once again that it was okay, the maid held Zius in her cradle and turned it towards me. I guess she wants me to put a magic seal on the baby.
[Yeah, leave it to me...yosh.]
Minith seemed to be the only one who didn't really understand what was going to happen, and looked at me with interest, but my powerful magic seal was completed witho ut any visual effects.
[ ]
Zius made a strange noise and his expression was distorted.
I braced myself, thinking he was going to start crying, but the reaction ended there. Minith said that he's always full of energy, but so far I just get the impression that he's a pretty calm baby.
[The magic seal is a bit cramped, I understand how you feel... If I do this over and over again, you'll probably end up hating it.]
Since I was an infant, I was also sealed by my father, mother, and grandfather. When I was a newborn, my thoughts were unclear and I felt that I was being oppressed by a mysterious force.
Then, an elderly maid nearby burst into laughter.
[It will take a long time for Zius, a baby Lord, to be freed from the magic seal applied by a Highlord. If there is a next time, it will be a long time from now, so such things are impossible. It probably won't happen as often as it did when Young Master was a baby...]
[Did I break through the seal that often?]
[Yes, indeed. Both Master and madam were happy.]
I somehow remember that too.
If it were a normal baby, after being sealed with a magic seal, they would probably think,
[It feels a little uncomfortable]
, but would just put up with it. Or rather, they wouldn't be able to do anything. The Highlords and Lords have some understanding of how to use magic power from the time they are born, but that does not mean they can use it freely. Just as your fingers won't move if you don’t have the will to grab something, you won't be able to handle magic power properly unless you have a corresponding ego. And even though it's cramped, it's not that painful, so you'll eventually get used to it without having to put up with it. However, even though my thoughts were a little vague, I still had a sense of self. That's why I thought there was something I could do to break away from the feeling of invi sible rubber surrounding me, so I did a lot of trial and error, and eventually mastered the art of creating magic power with my own will.
Anyone can temporarily generate magical power if they put their mind to it. I didn't really understand what was going on, but I just tried to create magic power and try to esc ape from the difficult situation. In other words, although I didn't realize it, every time I was sealed with a magic seal, I was pushing towards the water balloon state. Compar ed to a child who simply waits for magic power to accumulate naturally, my magic sac's growth rate was probably on a whole other level.
At first, the goal was to break out of the current situation, but from the middle of the project, I feel like I was trying my best to see the happy faces of my father, mother, and grandfather. Although I didn't know what I was doing, I was happy to be praised and called [amazing] after repelling the magic seal. Also, as the magic sac grows, the amou nt of magic power required to release the seal increases, so it was fun because it was the only challenge in my infant life where I had so much free time.
When I was around 5 years old, I was taught magic training, a so-called self-magic sealing technique that could be completed inside the magic sac, and then I began to trai n voluntarily, but by that point I had already accumulated a considerable amount of magic power. After all, my starting dash is great.
[I'm looking forward to seeing how much Zius will grow.]
As I was saying this, I had one thing in mind. I wonder what Romilie will do with the baby of the Spierzeig Knights family.
That Princess is the current Head of the Spierzeig family. I think we need to think about that as well.
...Okay, I've come up with a good idea. I'll talk to my father about it later.
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