Ritchie is the second son of Viscount Star Lake.
In the noble families of the Empire, the eldest son would be trained from a young age and set to be the successor.
But the second and third sons would receive far fewer resources and had to fend for themselves when they grow up.
This was not cruel, but a necessity. If every generation were to split the territory, in just a few generations, everyone would become commoners and the noble title would cease to exist.
As the second son of a viscount, he was lucky. At least he learned literacy and arithmetic from a scholar at a young age, and when he grows up, he could serve a noble of higher rank.
At worst, he would live independently as an outstanding scholar.
What he regretted was that he didn't have the qualifications to become a 'Hyperstring Warrior'. If he did, he might have had the chance to become a noble through his strength.
He once thought that this was his life, where the end could be clearly seen.
