The Youngest Daughter Of The Great Wizard Of The Famous Swordsmanship [EN]: Chapter 91

91. Seven Years Later

January 30, 2024

[To the heartless little rascal who never sends letters.

Hey, rascal, how are you doing?

I mean, I know you’re busy with your graduation thesis, but how can you not send a single letter for almost half a year?

Your family and I are all worried about you. We’re afraid something might have happened to you, though I doubt it.

Well, no news is good news, so I’m sure you’re fine. But please send a short reply when you receive this letter.

Everyone is doing well. We’re all excited about your return, including the employees.

Rascal, it’s already been three years since I met you. You must have grown a lot too, right?

I’m so sorry I couldn’t throw you a grand party last year to celebrate your coming of age.

But I’ll make sure to throw you the party I couldn’t give you this time, so look forward to it.

Just in case, His Highness the First Prince is also doing well. He seems to be very busy these days, going around suppressing pirates.

Besides, the empire’s atmosphere is turbulent these days because of the succession issue. His Highness also feels very different from before.

That’s about it for the news here.

Anyway, be sure to reply when you receive this letter.

Lucas, who’s waiting for your letter so eagerly that his neck is about to fall off.]

[To Lucas Oppa [Korean term for older brother, used by females].

I’m sorry, Oppa. Your neck hasn’t fallen off yet, right?

I’ve been so busy preparing for my graduation thesis that I haven’t had a moment to spare. I really didn’t even have the time to write a letter.

Fortunately, my thesis has been accepted this time. The graduation ceremony will be held in a month, and I’ll be leaving for the empire right away.

By the time Oppa receives this letter, I’ll already have graduated and be on my way to the empire.

There are many stories I want to tell you, but I’ll save them for when we meet since the day we meet is not far away.

See you then.

Give my regards to the rest of the family.

Rosette, who loves you so much.]

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“Iyaaa!”

Rosette, wielding a wooden sword with both hands, shouted and ran quickly towards Joseph.

Instead of parrying the sword, Joseph twisted his body and lightly dodged it.

Rosette didn’t panic and aimed for his side. Thanks to her not being very tall, Rosette was able to quickly penetrate Joseph’s defenses.

Joseph, who dodged nimbly again, attacked Rosette with only half his strength. Rosette quickly raised her sword to block it.

Even with half the strength, Joseph’s power was strong for Rosette. Her feet were pushed back, and her wrist stung slightly.

“Hmph!”

Joseph was taken aback.

“Milady, are you alright?”

Rosette took advantage of Joseph’s surprise and stepped back. After infusing mana into the wooden sword, she rushed in again. Rosette’s wooden sword glowed faintly.

“Iyap!”

“Whoa, wait a minute, Milady!”

Joseph dodged the sword. The tip of the wooden sword grazed his collar, and the fabric was slightly cut off.

“Wait a minute, wait!”

Rosette swung her arm again, not caring.

Joseph hurriedly blocked the sword. The wooden swords collided with each other. At that moment, Joseph’s wooden sword cracked.

With that, the sparring ended. Joseph, examining the wooden sword, shuddered.

“Milady, that’s too much! You infused mana into the sword!”

A Sword Master could infuse aura into their sword. Watching that, Rosette thought.

‘Aura is just a type of mana, isn’t it?’

So Rosette practiced infusing her mana into the sword. It wasn’t easy.

It took at least two or three years just to materialize the mana.

Other mages and children besides Rosette couldn’t even do that.

It took a long time, but the result was successful. A sword infused with mana had a similar effect to a sword infused with aura.

While Rosette was happily looking down at the wooden sword, Joseph was shouting.

“That’s too much! What if that had grazed my arm!”

“I knew you’d block it.”

“But if I hadn’t blocked it…!”

“Oh, Oppa! Why are you yelling at Rosette!”

Someone smacked Joseph on the back of the head. It was Melody Oser.

Melody, who was now about two finger-widths taller than Rosette, smiled brightly at Rosette.

“Awesome, Rosette!”

She trotted over and handed her a handkerchief.

“Thanks, Melody.”

“No need to thank me.”

Joseph grumbled, looking at his sister.

“Melody, you’re graduating soon, but you’re still calling Milady by her first name.”

“But it’s not graduation yet.”

Melody muttered bitterly.

Inside the academy, everyone was equal regardless of their status. It was not allowed for classmates to use honorifics or polite language with each other.

So, after Rosette’s persuasion, Melody treated Rosette like a friend again while at the academy.

‘But when we go back, I won’t be able to get along with Melody like this anymore.’

Rosette also smiled bitterly, and Joseph, noticing the gloomy mood of the two children, deliberately asked playfully.

“Melody, what about Oppa? Isn’t Oppa cool?”

“What’s cool about Oppa?”

“Just say I’m cool. Huh?”

“Hmph, not cool at all.”

Rosette burst into laughter, watching the Oser siblings bickering as always.

[Beep!]

At that moment, Bbi-Bbi came flying in with a wildflower in its beak. It was a small white flower commonly seen in the Kingdom of Ivelyn in spring.

“Flowers are already blooming?”

[Bbit!]

Bbi-Bbi, who had given the flower to Rosette, flew around her. It was making a fuss about how she would soon be able to return to the empire.

Rosette also looked at the flower and was filled with emotion.

‘I can finally go back.’

It had already been seven years since she left the empire and came to the Kingdom of Ivelyn. Rosette, who had recently turned twenty, had grown so much that she was unrecognizable.

First of all, her height had increased by about 10cm to 160cm [approximately 5’3″]. In fact, it was borderline, so sometimes it was less than 160cm, and sometimes it was slightly over.

So she just told everyone that it was over.

Her magical skills had improved without saying. Full of curiosity, Rosette took classes from all the professors in the magic department.

She even audited subjects that she couldn’t formally register for.

In addition, she continued to learn swordsmanship from Joseph every morning and sparred with him. As she diligently trained her body, her mana core became even larger than before she died.

Even though she was the same age as twenty years old, Rosette could feel that she had developed more than she had before her death.

“Hey, Rosette!”

Anthony Huxley came running from afar. Having come of age, he was very different from when he was a child.

The chubby baby fat had completely disappeared, making his face sharp, and he had grown quite tall.

Although he was a mage, he had learned swordsmanship as a nobleman, so his body was well-balanced. He didn’t have many muscles, but he had a lean and firm body.

Anthony Huxley entered Ivelyn Royal Academy with Rosette seven years ago when she enrolled. It was different from the past.

‘I’m sure she used to follow Elisha and enter Ernhardt Royal Academy.’

Moreover, the Huxley family had not proposed marriage to Elisha.

Although it was different from the past, Rosette was not very anxious. It was because Anthony was not lonely by entering the academy’s magic department together.

Lucas was angry, saying, ‘Don’t be friendly with that guy! He smells very suspicious!’

“Anthony, welcome. Guggu is also happy to see you.”

Rosette also greeted the white pigeon that was following Anthony.

Everyone said that it was impossible for Anthony to summon a familiar with his skills, but he recently succeeded in summoning a pigeon familiar, Guggu.

For reference, he named it ‘Guggu’ because the pigeon said ‘Guggu-gu’.

Rosette laughed and said, ‘What’s Guggu?’, but Anthony said, ‘You named yours Bbi-Bbi,’ so she had nothing to say.

“What were you doing?”

“I was looking at the flowers. Bbi-Bbi brought a wildflower from somewhere.”

“Oh, that’s right. Spring must have come already. Hey, Guggu. Why didn’t you bring something like that?”

Guggu rolled its eyes and flew away. Guggu always ran away when Anthony nagged.

“That…!”

Anthony looked at the receding Guggu and sighed, looking at Bbi-Bbi.

“If only Guggu thought of flying as much as Bbi-Bbi does.”

[Bbit!]

There’s no other familiar like me. Bbi-Bbi boasted.

Anthony glared.

“I think Bbi-Bbi just showed off.”

“Maybe. But why were you looking for me?”

“Ah.”

Anthony realized and got to the point.

“The graduation ceremony is coming up soon, and you’re going back to the empire, right? Let’s go together then.”

“Together?”

“Yeah! We came separately, but wouldn’t it be nice to go together when we leave?”

The thought that came to Rosette’s mind at that moment was, ‘Lucas Oppa is going to freak out again.’

But Rosette thought of Anthony as a good friend. If she had the chance, it would be nice to go together.

But….

“I’m sorry, Huxley. I don’t think I can go with you.”

“Why? The road is rough, and we’ll have to camp a lot. I know you have Melody and Sir Joseph, but it would be nice to have more people in the group, wouldn’t it? It won’t be boring either.”

“If I were going by land, I would have gone with you. But I’m going by sea this time.”

Anthony’s eyes widened.

“What? You’re going by sea? You don’t mean you’re going by ship, do you?”

Why wouldn’t she? Rosette shrugged her shoulders in a positive sense.

‘Well, it’s natural for Anthony to be flustered.’

As in the past, five years ago, the Attila Sea between the Ernhardt Empire and the Kingdom of Ivelyn was dominated by pirates.

The empire and the kingdom joined hands to suppress the pirates, but they had not yet completely eliminated them.

The pirate king, the leader, had not been caught, and the pirates appeared every now and then.

Since they didn’t know when pirates would appear, people used land routes rather than sea routes unless they had urgent business.

So, students from the empire who came to study in the Kingdom of Ivelyn took carriages even if it took a long time, but….

‘I can’t wait any longer.’

Rosette wanted to see her family as soon as possible.

Three years ago, Duke Adrian and his three siblings came to the kingdom to see Rosette by land.

Rosette was very happy to see the four of them. But knowing that the journey was not easy, she urged them not to come again next time.

Besides, Duke Adrian couldn’t leave the empire for a long time, and he couldn’t send the children alone, so the family didn’t come after that last time.

She tried to soothe her longing with letters, but now that she could really see her family, she couldn’t wait any longer.

Rosette had already agreed with Melody and Joseph to take the fastest ship possible.

“What if pirates come out?”

“What do you mean, what if? We have to catch them.”

“Catch them? You?”

Anthony, who had asked the question without thinking, realized that he had chosen the wrong question.

‘It was Rosette, right.’

The girl who was called a genius for summoning a familiar at the age of eight had fully bloomed her talents in the Kingdom of Ivelyn.

Even the King of Ivelyn was willing to give her a title and land, begging her to stay in the kingdom.

For her, petty pirates, not even the pirate king, would be a joke.

Anthony Huxley glanced at Rosette’s profile as she untied her high ponytail.