――Recreating the flesh from the information of Gilbert Loto Amelia's soul within permissible range of provisional member.
――Notice from the subjugation picture book―― Since Gilbert Loto Amelia has been registered as a temporary member of
the subjugation picture book, part of his sealed memories will be released. Soul link rate 50%.
――――Memory released 50%.
A lot changed from the memories that I saw so far.
Though the memories of the worst trash were fragmentary, it returned in the form of a monologue. Though it was still that
lowlife's memories, I noticed that some details had changed.
I was drenched in sweat, lying on my back as I looked at the clear azure sky.
It seems I passed out after overusing my magic.
「That's enough for today, Your Highness.」
The freckled youth attendant, Tetle, gave me a towel with a worried look on his face.
「Yeah, thank you~!」
I received the towel from Tetle with a whole-faced smile, and wiped my face with it.
Though I should be worrying about my body, there was no sense of incongruity, I felt refreshed instead.
「Finally, tomorrow is the exam day, isn't it?」
「Indeed.」
I've been training to the point of vomiting blood for this day. I had to pass the test tomorrow no matter what.
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「Your Highness, passing the test means that you have to leave this royal capital, are you sure about it?」
Tetle asked timidly while playing with his hands.
Due to our long relationship, I knew that he only made such a gesture when he offered his opinion to me.
「Well, I have to become stronger to become the king of Amelia kingdom. And for that, I decided to learn magic.」
Even the king who I respected was the founding father of Amelia kingdom and the one hailed as a magic king, Cyrus Loto
Amelia. A truly wise king who founded this Amelia kingdom with the power of his magic and excellent political strength.
「But in my humble opinion, there's no need for you to go as far as studying abroad in Babel.」
I smiled wryly hearing Tetle's almost vanished voice.
The reason why he opposed my idea was simply because he would miss me who had been his playmate since a long time
ago. This fella was easily getting lonely after all.
「Well, the title of the youngest entrant in Babel's history is also important. In the first place, our kingdom gained a nasty
reputation thanks to my uncle.」
Because my uncle, Canute Loto Amelia, committed genocide, Amelia kingdom's reputation fell to the bottom. At this rate, it
was only a matter of time before each territory lord rebelled against us. That's why this was a race against time to prevent
that from happening.
「I know that but still…」
「Don't worry, Tetle. You'll come with me too!」
When I presented my right hand to him,
「Y-Yes!」
Tetle's face beamed brightly as he took my outstretched hand.
The scene then moved on to the examination hall.
The examiner around us was watching the match between a blue-haired girl, another test-taker, and me.
Both the score of our aptitude test, every magic practical test, and the comprehensive martial arts test with the most point
was evenly matched. And then, I took a direct hit from her magic and passed out.
When I woke up, the blue-haired girl was already sitting right next to me, she then stood up and offered her right hand to me.
「I've never expected to meet a peer who can fight toe-to-toe against me. My name is Celis. Well, let's do our best since
there's a high chance that we will be placed in the same class.」
Her name was Celis, and despite coming from low-rank noble like Tetle, that girl was extremely haughty, and powerful at the
same time. One year after I was admitted into Babel, I kept getting defeated by this girl.
But, that only happens in the first year. Gradually, I improved and learned more powerful magic. And then, easily bested her.
「Gil, why are you pulling back in the match!?」
She grabbed my collar, baring her teeth as she shouted angrily at me.
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「As rude as ever eh? I'm not holding back at all.」
「Stop spitting such obvious lies! I know with a glance during the match that you definitely pulled your punches!」
「How insistent. I really am serious.」
Naturally, I had no intention to cut a corner in today's match. But, the truth was, I don't care even if I lost.
That was because I heard the rumor that Celis' hometown was in an extremely dangerous predicament and needed much
assistance.
And the Babel's comprehensive tournament provided an enormous sum of money for the winner. This money was definitely
something the current her really needs right now.
That's why she might be right about me pulling my leg. But, what's wrong with that?
I'm pleased with her. Every once in a while was no big deal. I could at least do this much to help her in this tournament.
「Gil, I'm disappointed in you. You're looking down on me.」
Celis spoke with a teary gaze. In fact, that was the last time I saw her.
Eventually, Celis didn't take the prize money. And then, Celis and her family were killed by a group of outlaws who led the
people of her territory who suffered from famine.
Yeah. I understood that I might've hurt her pride when I lost intentionally to her in that tournament. I should have been able to
defeat her if I had gone all out back then, She might have accepted my assistance if I defeated her in that tournament, and
she didn't have to die.
But, me from back then refused to accept the fact that she might've died because of me, I blamed magic and my own talent,
I blamed the citizen who easily got led around by the nose by the outlaw.
Around this time, my cog-wheel started to make me mad