The Rebirth Of The Hero’S Party’S Archmage [EN]: Chapter 3

Beneath the spring sky, a dazzling sea of tulips stretched to the horizon.

This was Sias Tulika.

A tulip district representing the affluent central region of Rich Land, a third of which was owned by the Ludwig Barony.

“The weather is absolutely perfect today…….”

Rain, who had been lying on his back, a foxtail in his mouth, blankly gazing at the sky, suddenly sat up.

“Originally, to achieve something, one must have short-term and long-term goals.”

The extreme of magic, the Truth.

Having decided to see it, he couldn’t waste a single day, even in his youth.

‘Then, should I summon RudiyËn again first?’

RudiyËn.

It was an ancient word meaning guide.

That’s why Lin gave this name to the guide magic he created when he was passionately exploring magic.

“O-vah, what are you doing?”

While he was spreading drawing paper wide on the grass and drawing a magic circle on it, his younger sister toddled over.

‘Ugh, this is annoying…….’

Ever since he was kind to her once, she kept bothering him. Every time he tried to brush her off, he heard Rista’s voice in his head…….

“I’m trying to set a guideline.”

“Gui-de?”

“Should I make one for you too?”

Then, Seri Ludwig started dancing with a bounce.

“Woo-ah~ Woo-woo-woo-ah! Woo-ah~!”

That meant she was very happy.

Whether there was something wrong with her brain, her language expression was always like that.

“The form of the magic circle is a multiple quadrangle; the runes to engrave are Pillar, Stay, Pause, Ladder.”

Four runes.

Making a single magic have a total of four qualities. This was the stage of a 4-star mage, the extreme of magic, of which there were only ten in the Holy Human Empire.

“Woo-ah!”

As magical power flowed fiercely into the magic circle drawn on the drawing paper, the light of supernatural power began to spark like electricity.

Crackle, crackle……!

The moment he felt a hot sensation in his body, his nose bled profusely, and he felt a stinging pain in his magic knot. A magic knot is an organ where magic power gathers.

‘As expected, I still don’t have enough magic power to use 4-star magic…….’

It was fortunate that this was guide magic with low magic consumption; if he had used combat magic, his magic knot would have burst from the rebound.

‘What a trash body…….’

From physical strength to magic power.

There’s no end to what needs to be trained.

As he blocked his nose, feeling childish annoyance, the storm of magic power soon subsided, and the light took the form of a butterfly and appeared.

“Come here, RudiyËn.”

A butterfly, it was a butterfly.

A butterfly of supernatural power with a clear cyan-white color unique to magic power, scattering particles of light every time it flapped its wings.

“Woo-ah.”

When Seri reached out her hand, it landed on her finger and gently fluffed its wings.

Rosushigietra

Detects the target’s magic circuit, magic suitability, and magic power that can be obtained from the surroundings.

The particles of light flowing from the wings gathered together, projecting a string of light letters into the air.

This was RudiyËn’s function.

It finds and teaches what to study now, what to acquire, and what can be obtained from the surroundings.

‘Pillar is a rune that teaches about basic magic power when used for guide magic, Stay is about magic power utilization…….’

To put it simply, it’s like cramming in all the runes that are good for learning.

Simply to the point of being ignorant.

That’s why it’s a whopping 4-star magic. There was a reason why Lin, the master of magic, couldn’t write it with mental arithmetic and drew a magic circle.

“Do you like it?”

“Uh-huh!”

“Then go over there and study alone.”

Did it understand the creator’s words?

As RudiyËn flew forward from Seri’s finger, Seri smiled and ran towards it.

‘First, recover magic power…….’

Until the sun reached the middle of the sky, he sat cross-legged to recover magic power and then summoned the second RudiyËn.

Gustaba: Objectifies the caster’s physical condition into mathematical values.

ㆍPillar; Current magic power 3024.

ㆍStay; Current magic line 77.

ㆍPause; Physical strengthㆍMental strength 64.

His magic power was worse than that of a beginner mage. The magic line is an ability within the brain for mental arithmetic ability.

And physical strength…….

It was a world of difference from Lin, who grew up as an orphan. Just raising this to 300 would be a bit difficult?

Ladder; It has been determined that the secret techniques of bloodline limits can be detected and acquired.

ㆍBell Siderius / Bell Querious.

His eyes twitched slightly here.

Bell Siderius…….

Come to think of it, I was the eldest son of the Ludwig Barony, a prestigious magic family of the Empire.

‘I like this……?’

When Rista and I were traveling, a young punk came to prove that he was the best mage in the Empire and join the party instead of me.

It was nothing.

He was a nobody.

I remember it was tricky because of the eyes with power. He saw through all the magic I used and countered it.

‘That’s Bell Siderius [Ludwig family’s bloodline limit].’

The Ludwig family’s bloodline limit.

It is said that you can see what magic the other person is using just by the flow of magic power.

This was truly an amazing ability.

‘Magic was a battle of who could counter better if the skills were equal…….’

And Bell Querious…….

It is said that only three people in the history of Imperial magic have succeeded in opening that legendary eye.

「If Bell Siderius peeks at the other person’s magic, Bell Querious is said to steal the other person’s magic.」

It was that eye that succeeded in opening that gave the Ludwig family the nickname ‘stealing mage’.

‘I don’t know the details, but…….’

I heard that it had ridiculous abilities, such as erasing the other person’s magic or making it their own…….

‘Then.’

His goals for his childhood were starting to take shape.

First, basic physical strength and magic power.

You can’t do anything without physical strength and magic power. To rise to the ranks of the great mage again.

“Rain.”

When he turned around slightly at the voice he heard, his father was approaching with a gait befitting a nobleman.

“Do you know that our family has something called a bloodline limit?”

What?

Was he watching from behind?

“Yes, well…….”

“Although it’s still early, would you like to learn the bloodline limit?”

Does things work out this easily?

Hmm…….

It wouldn’t be bad to just put the theory in my head and then master it when I have the physical strength and magic power.

“Yes.”

“Then, Elin will guide your education from today. Only while I’m out at the academy. I’ll guide you myself when I get back.”

“Elin?”

Oh, what?

It was definitely a name in Rain’s memory…… who was that?

“She has a kind heart and excellent magical talent, and she holds a professorship at Delaiteen [prestigious magic academy]. Above all, she loves her nephew more than anyone else. You met her when you were young.”

Then, he heard the sound of footsteps stepping on the grass, and Rain’s expression turned pale.

“Eh…….”

It was an unconventional outfit that broke all the rules of the nobility.

White jade earrings dangling from both ears, the hem of the robe was short and the width was narrow, and the Ludwig family’s robe was modified in a rebellious way to reveal her figure.

“Eek…….”

A sharp, cat-like beauty, she looked down at Rain with a sulky look, then crossed her arms and frowned.

“Geez, I, the genius professor Elin Ludwig, have to personally guide this kid who has no cuteness or talent?”

Keibern smiled brightly and pointed to Elin Ludwig.

“Well, this is your aunt Elin Ludwig, who loves you as much as I do! It’s your first time meeting her since you were six. Say hello.”

Father.

You don’t know what love is, do you?

* * *

“Do you know who I am?”

“You’re my aunt Elin, right?”

“Hmph, I’m known as the genius professor Elin Ludwig. Genius professor. A genius professor who hates dullards who can’t understand at once.”

Seeing that she kept emphasizing that she was a genius professor, it seemed that she liked that nickname quite a bit.

“So, never ask questions about what I’ve taught you once. Got it?”

That’s how bloodline limit education began.

Bloodline limit.

In other words, family magic.

It is said that family magic is never organized into documents for fear of theft by other mages.

To learn it, you had to face a senior member of the family and receive the knowledge engraved in their head.

“First, take a look.”

When Elin concentrated magic power in her eyes, her eyes burned red, and silver-white death stars were engraved on her eyeballs.

That’s Bell Siderius.

Feeling the same sensation he had experienced before, as if a gaze was scanning his body and soul, Rain let out a child-like exclamation.

“Wow!”

“How is it, cool, right? To use this, you have to be able to do three magic calculations at the same time. Three, three! Can a punk like you do it?”

Satisfied that Rain’s eyes were sparkling, Elin shrugged her shoulders proudly and wrote down a few formulas on the drawing paper.

Magic speed calculation.

Magic analysis.

Magic discernment.

Rain examined the formula closely and nodded his head.

‘I thought bloodline limits relied heavily on innate senses, but the theory is more important than I thought?’

If the family’s founder, Ryuken, hadn’t stingily imposed genetic restrictions, Lin in the past could have used it too.

“You don’t know, do you? You don’t know, do you? You won’t know even if you look at it a few times, right? You can’t understand it, right?”

“No, I think I’ll have enough time to sort it out.”

“Tsk, there’s no hope. I have no choice but to teach you specially…… what?”

“Thank you for your guidance. I’ll take care of it from now on.”

He bowed politely and spread out the drawing paper.

That was originally Lin’s personality.

Rather than learning directly from someone, he preferred to open a book, contemplate, and explore on his own. Above all, he was originally a great mage, so what was there to learn…….

“No, you don’t have to learn? Hey, hey, don’t bluff…….”

As her nephew resolutely spread out writing materials on the desk and started studying alone, Elin blinked blankly, then pouted her lips as if to say, ‘Just you wait and see.’

“Okay, do whatever you want! It’s impossible! Don’t come crying to me later!”

Elin sat across from the desk with her legs crossed, making a loud noise. However, while pretending to read 『Statistics Only Geniuses Understand』, she kept glancing at her nephew.

“Hmm…….”

Then, the moment her nephew frowned, perhaps because he was slightly stuck in organizing the formula.

“!”

She swiped the parchment to her side and solved the part that Rain seemed to be having difficulty with dozens of times easier and returned it.

“?”

When Rain raised his head, wondering what on earth was going on, Elin lifted the book as if pretending to read and covered her face. Of course, it didn’t last even 3 minutes.

“Hmm…….”

She only raised her eyebrows while solving the formula, but she took the parchment again and wrote down tips and explanations before returning it.

“???”

It was strange.

It was so strange that Rain stared intently at the mathematical expressions that Elin had written on the parchment in a neat and meticulous handwriting for a while.

‘What is it? Is modern magic education like this? Or is she testing me now?’

The boy’s mother, Brim, watched her brother-in-law’s attitude with a pleased expression, and took advantage of Elin’s absence to approach her son.

“Rain, Rain.”

“Yes?”

“Your aunt is a bit strange, isn’t she?”

“Yes.”

“She’s just not honest. She’s actually so eager to teach you anything. Ask her a lot of questions. Even if it’s something you already know.”

Brim, recalling the past when she attended magic school with Keibern, smiled brightly and stroked her son’s cheeks.

“She was like that when she followed your father and me around. She was so cute.”

As Lin, it was a human figure he couldn’t understand at all.

No…… where did the genius professor who hated dullards who couldn’t understand at once go?

When Elin finally returned, he pretended to focus on the formula and glanced up.

‘Oh my…….’

He couldn’t help but be shocked.

While whistling as if she wasn’t interested at all, she didn’t read the book at all and kept glancing at my parchment.

Then, when their eyes met, she hurriedly covered her face with the book, but in less than 10 seconds, she lowered it again and peeked at my parchment.

‘Annoying…… how can you be more annoying than six-year-old Seri, aunt…….’

He couldn’t just leave it like that, he couldn’t concentrate either…… barely suppressing the annoyance that reached his chin, he opened his mouth.

“Aunt, I don’t understand this part at all, what should I do?”

Then, as if reluctantly responding to the call, Elin slammed the book shut with a touch of annoyance. But as her mother said, she clearly tried to suppress the smile that seemed to tear her ears.

“A~gh! You don’t know this? Really? Ha…… our family is over, it’s over! Give it here. What is it?”

“This part.”

“It’s like this! Look, how easy is it if you do it like this! Ugh!”

“I see.”

“A~igo! If you use this formula here, it’s several times easier! You don’t know this?”

“I’m sorry.”

“There are mountains of things you don’t know! What have you been doing until you were nine years old?”

“I know, right.”

That’s what he said, but he looked happier than ever to have so much to teach.

Oh, I see.

There’s no normal person in this family.

Who was the person who said never to ask questions even if you don’t understand?

“Then what about this?”

“Ha…… I really have no choice. I’ll only teach you this.”

“Then what about that?”

“Tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk! This is really the last one? Just ask me again. I’ll just smash your head…….”

“Aunt, what about this?”

“Ugh, ugh ugh ugh! What’s so difficult about this…… this is really, really the last one!”

Elin’s education was like that.

She was quite an annoying person, but thanks to her, the time it took to acquire theoretical knowledge and practical experience was significantly shortened.

On the tenth day of class, Rain felt a burning pain as if the retinas of both eyes were burning.

‘Eye pain…… no, the headache is worse.’

As if blood was rushing to his head, the world began to turn red, and his eyes shone red with silver-shining death stars engraved on them.

010101010010110101.

No, what is this? Rain barely managed to take a rough breath.

Everything is seen as numbers.

Everything in the universe is interpreted as a binary mathematical expression, directly conveying information to the brain. Just like becoming the creator.

‘Magic, what about magic……?’

When he tried to deploy basic magic, 01010101001, the runes and mathematical expressions that made up the magic circle were instantly conveyed to his brain.

‘Ah, so it was like this……!’

That’s how that punk saw through all my magic when he competed with me in the past.

‘This is really awesome?’

At that time, he felt a hot gaze and raised his head, and his eyes met Elin Ludwig’s.

“You, this, this, now, in, ten days…… how……?”

Her lips were trembling.

Not only her lips but also her eyes.