When I arrived at the Imperial Palace, I was greeted by my grandma and my sister.
Welcome. Long time no see.

It's been a long time since my mom and dad were here, how's Leo doing?

"Long time no see, Helena, I heard you made S-class. Congratulations!
　Then Mom hugged her sister.

　By the way, the S class is a school for noblemen between the ages of 8 and 14 years old, and only the top few students in the placement test that begins in the fourth year can become one, and those who were in the S class when they graduated will be recommended to the magic school.

Congratulations, sis. I've been fine.

Thank you. You know, Leo's got an easy future in S-class.

'Oh, no, not at all!

'Uh-huh, then all my kids will be graduating from S class.

Hey, hey, hey. You can't put too much stock in a kid. Just don't expect Leo to be okay.
　Then my grandma stopped me from saying so: .... of?

'Well, the guys are waiting for you, so let's get into the house.
　Dad's words and they all walked into the house.

　Speaking of which, I thought there was something wrong with me: .... My sister won't stick around!
　The last time I saw you, you were all sticky, and I guess your sister has grown up!
　I'll miss that, but...

　When I walked in, I saw my grandfather and his brothers and a man I didn't know.
　He had blond hair and looked like my grandfather and my dad.

　And then the stranger saw my face.
Oh, that's Leo, isn't it? It's nice to meet you, I'm brother Diork's brother, Damian.
　He introduced himself.
　Apparently, this man is my uncle.

Damien is the captain of the Imperial Magicians, the most powerful magician in the world today.
　You're the strongest in existence: ....
　Now, let's see what kind of skills you have.

　Damien Forster, Lv.120.

　Age: 28
　Race: Human race
　Profession : Mage

　Strength: 7200/8200
　Magic power: 10400/10400

　Power: 4200
　Speed: 4540
　Luck: 40
　Attributes: nothingness, lightning, shadow
　skill
　Attribute free magic Lv.8
　Lightning magic Lv.8 Shadow magic Lv.9
　swordsmanship Lv.9 magic manipulation Lv.MAX
　Magic Sense Lv.7 Concealment

　title
　mage
　The Tower Dungeon Treader.

　Here's another mage, just in time, but a mage!
　It's like a combination of grandpa and grandma.

Wow!

Yeah? I'm embarrassed...but Leo-kun will get over me soon enough.

Why?

She's got way too much magic. You've got way more than my mother did in her prime, don't you?

(GIKKURI)

What? I'm only eight years old.

It's true, Dad, don't you feel that way about your mother?

I can feel it.
　Grandma nodded at her uncle's words.


Isn't that awesome?
　Everyone was silent, and then Brother Ivan, who was in the corner, spoke up.

'More magic than a mage at your age...'
　Brother Alex said that in a voice that sounded like he couldn't believe it.

　Come to think of it, it's been a long time since I've heard the voices of Brother Ivan and Alex.

''Okay... Leo is tired from the long journey, so let him be...''

Yeah, well, it's tomorrow.

Oh, I just remembered. What's going on, the Princess is calling me out the day after my birthday.

　What?

Oh, you look so happy to see Shelia.

'Did you get along so well on the Emperor's last vacation?

That's right, Father-in-law, Shelia hugged Leo on the way home and cried.

You're going to have to go see him, Leo.
　Pomp and Circumstance, my uncle taps me on the shoulder.

Uh-huh.



　Well, if I didn't go, I'm afraid of the consequences.

Look, look, I'll break it up around there.
　With that, Grandma dismissed everyone.

Okay, Leo, let's go.
　Then my mother took me out of the room.


All right, everybody's gone.
　After everyone had left the room, Diorc and Damien stayed behind.

It's been a long time since we've talked alone.

We're all so busy working together.

So why does Leo have so much magic power, brother?

'I have no idea either: .... .because you had more than me when you were three years old.

So you were born with it?

Maybe.

Leo, you're going to have a blast if you keep up the pace.

So I don't tell anyone outside of my family about my magic.

'Well, it's going to be a pain in the ass if you don't.

'So, now that we've talked about Leo, how many nobles are coming tomorrow?

'It sounds like a nobleman with kids as young as Leo's will be there, and the duke will be there too.

That's quite a few.

It's going to be tough for you tomorrow, Leo.

Yeah.
　Then they laughed.

＜The day of the party.
　It's evening now, and I've been made to wear my formal wear, which is quite awkward.
　There are already many noblemen in the hall.

　There are three great houses in the empire.
　The Lefebvre family of the north.
　The Baudelaire House of the South
　The Philibert family of the west.

　Two of these families are joining us today: .....

　Incidentally, the Forster family is also a duke, but they're new, so they're not included.

　The east of the empire didn't flourish until my grandfather gave it to me as a fiefdom, because historically it has been prone to disasters caused by demons.
　Because of that, the nobles in the east at that time were either crushed or remained poor nobles.

　The Baudelaires were my mother's family.
　The Lefebvre family was my grandmother's family.
　These two dukes are here today.

　There are many other noblemen who are also coming .

　The thought of having to greet this number of people now makes me want to run away now .....


　And as I entered the room while being applauded, the party has begun.

　As the party started, the nobles came to greet me in turn.

　First up was the Baudelaires.

　A red-haired man in his late 30s, with a boy about my age (a redhead).

"Hi Leo, nice to meet you, I'm Kara's brother, Lawrence Baudelaire. Happy birthday.
　This guy sounds like my uncle.

Thank you for making it possible for me to meet you.
　I bowed and thanked him.

"And this is my second son, Frank, who, like Leo, will be starting school next year.
　Then Mr. Lawrence pushed the boy next to him.

Hi. Nice to meet you. Happy birthday.

Thank you. I'll see you at school.

Yeah, nice to meet you.

　After the Baudelaires, of course, was the Lefebvre family.
　A blond man and his daughter came to greet them.
"Happy birthday. I'm Diorc's cousin Alberto Lefebvre, and this is Josettia, who will soon be your age.

Happy birthday to you. Please call me José.

"Thank you. Thank you, José. See you at school.

Yes, it's nice to meet you too.

　Others were mostly noblemen who tried to somehow get their daughters and sons to remember and, hopefully, like them, which was very annoying to deal with .

　So, by the time the party was over, I was exhausted and not enjoying it.

＜The next day.
　I was exhausted from last night, and I was sleeping very hard when someone woke me up.
Come on, get up.

Hmm.

She'll be upset if you don't wake up.

What's he doing here?
　When I woke up, I saw my uncle.

Because the Emperor asked me to smuggle you in.

'Oh, by the way, I had to go to Sherry's.
　I was so tired from yesterday that I didn't have any of it left in my head: ....

'Yes, then I'll get dressed quickly and go.'

All right.

　Then I finished dressing and was walking out the front door when the guy put me in his arms.

"What's the matter with you?
　I don't know what the hell it means to be carried?

"The emperor's orders are to come to me in secret, so I'll use my covert skills and take you there on a super express.



Huh.
　I tried to protest, but ....
　As if to stop me, my uncle runs at breakneck speed, carrying me through the city .....