A pair of man and woman were peering into the face of a newborn baby.
“Reus is the son of me and you, I’m sure he’s incredibly talented.”
“Yes, there is no doubt about that dear.”
The name of the man who has a stern face and a strong physique is Galia Brazel. He is the current head of the Brazel family, known for its magical powers, and is the lord entrusted with guarding the frontiers of the country. Of course, he is also a first-class magician himself.
On the other hand, his wife, Meliena Radolf, is a peerless beauty. She’s not just a beautiful woman. She, too, is known to be a brilliant magic user, as good as the head of the family. The first child born by such two people is this baby. Naturally, the whole territory congratulated them on his birth.
“But he doesn’t cry at all. I wonder if it’s because he is a powerful child.”
“Auaah”
“Oh my! Dear! This child is already trying to say something!”
“Mmm. Maybe he is a genius beyond us.”
They had high hopes for the future of their newborn child.
……But, only a few days later, their hopes are easily shattered.
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“I’ve been waiting for you, my lord. Now then, can I have Reus-sama please.”
“Hmm.”
Galia was greeted by an elderly priest in the largest cathedral in the territory. He took the baby, whose neck couldn’t hold steady yet, and carefully placed him on the altar. Most babies start crying at this time, but there is no sign of crying from the baby placed on the altar. On the contrary, he seemed to be looking around curiously.
“Alright. From now on, with the help of the Gods, I will test Reus-sama’s magical aptitude value.”
Saying this, the priest took out a disc-like device. It has clock-like hands and it comes with memory. This was called a divine tool, and it is a tool that allowed people to see their latent magical talents. Naturally, it is a fairly rare item and only a small number of cathedrals own it.
This ritual of looking at a newborn baby’s magical aptitude is a tradition of the Brazel family. If it is found that the child has a high aptitude value, he or she will be a strong candidate for the next head and will receive a rigorous gifted education. Of course, Galia also underwent this ritual at an early age and showed a talent worthy of being the next head of the family, far surpassing his older brothers.
The priest held up the divine tool while chanting a spell. Suddenly, the divine tool seemed to glow divinely, and then the needle began to spin in circles.
“What’s the light just now…!? And, the needle is spinning!? What does this mean!?”
“I-, I don’t know… I’ve never seen anything like this before…”
The priest’s body trembles as he was approached by the family head. But after a while, the needle stopped.
“Thanks God… It looks like it’s been fixed.”
The priest let’s out a breath of relief. But the next moment, he gasped.
“T-This is…”
“What’s wrong? How talented is Reus?”
“Uhm, well, that… The magic aptitude value is said to be around 5 for commoners… then about 20 for aristocrats…… It is said that if you are a first-class wizard like the family head or your wife, it will be more than 50…”
“I already know that! Don’t beat around the bush and just say it!”
The priest spoke fearfully,
“R-Reus-sama’s magical aptitude value is… t-three……”
“Whaat!? I-Impossible! There’s no way it’s only 3! It is my and Meliena’s son you know!”
“B-But the actual result… the divine tool…”
“It’s true that the needle points to the memory number 3, but…”
At that moment, the baby spoke up.
“Uwaaah—, Uwaaah—”
It looked like he was trying to convey something, but of course, everyone refused to think so. They all concluded that there is no way a baby could have such intelligence.
To have a child like that… Galia looks down on the newborn child with eyes devoid of emotion.
“…… My child… died of illness shortly after he was born.”
“Lo-, my lord…?”
“That’s what we are going to say! Understood? Today’s matter will be forbidden to be talked about!”
“Ye-Yes!”
Fortunately, apart from Galia, the only people present at the ceremony are the priests of the cathedral. As long as they remain silent, the result will not be known. In this way, the baby was made to die.
After the family head walked away, the priest mutters to himself,
“But… What was the rotation of that needle about…?”
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“Be careful. There is a possibility that demons from the demon realm will appear in this area as well.”
“Yes, yes, big brother.”
The brothers drove their carriage to the woods north of their domain. It was a dangerous forest known as the Demon Domain, and because of this, there were no towns or villages in the vicinity. In order to protect the country from the vicious monsters of this forest, the Brazel family, a famous magical family, has been entrusted with the rule of this land.
“Is it okay around here?”
“Yeah, this place is probably enough.”
When they came very close to the forest, they stopped the carriage and lowered the box they had brought with them to the ground. Then they immediately turned around and moved away from the forest.
“But… big brother, what the hell was in that box? It is sealed really strong with magic you see.”
“Who knows… Well, it’s not something we should concern ourselves about. As long as we get the commission fee, I don’t care what it is.”
“Well, you are right.”
It is a special job requested through the dark route. They probably never have thought that the person in the box was the newborn son of a lord.
Let alone that….
“Uwaaaahh.”
Boom!!!
They must have never dreamed that after they left, a ten-day-old baby would burst open from the tightly closed lid of the box and crawled out.
“Uwaaaah, Uwaaaah (Seriously!? I was abandoned right after I was reincarnated!)”
This is translated by Yume Neiji. Kindly read at yumeineijiworks.wordpress.com.
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