How to Survive as the Second Son of a Mage Family - Chapter 289

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How to Survive as the Second Son of a Magic Family (289)

 

What? Suddenly?

 

This isn’t really something to say like that, is it?

 

I swallowed my doubts and continued looking at the King. At that moment, a notification window appeared again.

 

Ding―!

 

‘Suggestion 1. Find a job.’ Success!

 

― Reward: EC point +1

 

‘Suggestion 2. Find a host’ Success!

 

― Reward: EC point +3

 

‘Huh?’

 

Why did the second one succeed at the same time?

 

I haven’t even attempted finding a host yet. But why….

 

“….”

 

I unconsciously opened my mouth then quickly composed my expression.

 

The most likely hypothesis among the correlations of variables flashed through my mind.

 

I get it. Now I understand why the modification possibility increased by 1%p after receiving Abraham’s blood. I also understand why I coincidentally dropped into this stage on the day Bavaria was holding a competition.

 

‘Good.’

 

I came to the right place. I chose Leo thinking I’d work leisurely while extracting information, but absurdly, that was the correct answer.

 

Not the Magic Department, not the royal family, not the clergy of Muenchfreyzing. Prussia or other small countries are even less so. Once again, I had to come to Leo and no one else.

 

Let’s think about the timing of the Extra Chapter’s appearance, and the timing of Stage 1’s appearance which was later than that. When did Stage 1 open? Why did I achieve the ‘Find a host’ suggestion right after receiving Leo’s private tutor position? What’s the reason the modification possibility increased after receiving Abraham’s blood? Isn’t there a fact that can be connected to this?

 

There’s a clue to find the answer here. So far, the only human blood I’ve drunk is Leo’s. The blood Leo fed me while I was sleeping must have summoned Stage 1.

 

The conclusion is this. If you drink a specific person’s blood, a world opens with that person as the master.

 

I chose the private tutor position to work more comfortably and to solve the theft incident, but this was laid out as the most orthodox route from the beginning.

 

‘…This actually works. It’s like backing up and accidentally catching a mouse….’

 

Anyway, success is success. I received the points well.

 

I can immediately upgrade the time difference characteristic. Now 10 minutes here will become 1 minute outside.

 

While I was thinking such thoughts, the King closed his eyes, exhaled deeply, then slowly nodded his head.

 

“Good. If that’s your intention, then so be it. You can teach the Prince general combat magic. However, there’s one thing I’d like to ask of you.”

 

“Yes, please speak.”

 

“When you’re not working as a teacher, move together with me.”

 

“Pardon?”

 

Now I was the one who stiffened. The King regained his composure as if nothing had happened and spoke.

 

“Just as I said. I need your abilities.”

 

“….”

 

Even after waiting, he didn’t say more. He’s not saying exactly how he wants us to move together, but what he desires is clear.

 

He’ll give me the private tutor position as I want for now, but it means he’s willing to give something higher than that in the future, and he’s trying to block me from accepting offers from other countries or people in advance. I softened my expression and answered.

 

“I will do so.”

 

“It’s good that our intentions align.”

 

The King raised the corners of his mouth satisfactorily and looked out the window as if to wrap up the conversation.

 

“Count Everett’s quarters will be prepared in the Prince’s Palace. Will that be acceptable?”

 

Come to think of it, is Leo using that huge building alone now?

 

That lucky bastard…. No matter where you search in Munich, there’s no building better than the Prince’s Palace. No, there’s exactly one. Only the King’s Quarters. In such circumstances, how could it not be acceptable? Let’s share it a bit.

 

“Of course.”

 

“A servant who will attend to you daily will be there. The Prince is sleeping now, so let’s meet in the morning.”

 

Sleeping time.

 

Since the competition was held from evening to night in the first place, it was now past midnight.

 

“Well, I don’t want to keep you any longer at this late hour. Go in and rest now. We’ll meet again tomorrow. And….”

 

The King stood up from his seat first and spoke. A smile like Leo’s briefly crossed his face.

 

“Welcome to Bavaria.”

 

“….”

 

I heard similar words from this person’s child 12 years later. No matter when or from whom I hear it, it’s words that make me feel comfortable.

 

“It’s an honor.”

 

After the King left, I warped to the Prince’s Palace with the servants. When crossing buildings, you can only warp from specific points within the palace for security reasons, so thanks to that, I could look around the Munich Residenz and Prince’s Palace again all the way to the warp point. I felt relieved by the antique appearance that was no different from 12 years later.

 

“The library and kitchen are on the first floor, and except for His Highness the Prince’s room, you may freely move anywhere in this building. And from now on, you can stay in this room. Please call if you need anything.”

 

The servant waiting in the room spoke while making a motion of pulling the cord beside the bed. He briefly informed me of this and disappeared.

 

I looked around the room with familiar interior. It wasn’t unfamiliar since I had often visited as Leo’s friend 12 years later.

 

The guest room at the very top floor of the Prince’s Palace, this place will now be where I live in this world.

 

It was smaller than my room in the manor Leo lent me in Berlin, but it had everything it needed. I lay on the bed while infusing divine power into the fireplace and feeling it spread along with warmth.

 

I’ll meet Leo right in the morning tomorrow.

 

‘Come to think of it, how old is Leo now?’

 

5 years and 10 months. He’s lived 70 months now.

 

Living and living, I get to see a 70-month-old friend too…. Actually, I don’t really want to see it. Because I wasn’t curious. I don’t think there are many humans who want to see what a close person was like when they were 70 months old.

 

But anyway, I absolutely can’t say such things in front of someone who’s only lived 70 months. I shouldn’t even show such signs. It’s not that 70 months is the problem, and I feel a bit sorry to do it in front of someone who’s 17 years and 10 months old.

 

I organized my thoughts so as not to do anything I’d be sorry for.

 

‘Still, since I’ve come this far.’

 

I should remember well what Leo was like at this time. I’ll use it to tease him later.

 

Well then, let’s level up first.

 

Time Difference Lv. 2

 

― Current time [Extra Chapter:Chapter 7] [2:1]

 

― Next time [10:1]

 

― 2.0 EC points until next level

 

‘I have 4 points now.’

 

Good.

 

Let’s go to level 3.

 

Time Difference Lv. 3

 

― Current time [Extra Chapter:Chapter 7] [10:1]

 

― Next time [30:1]

 

― 3.0 EC points until next level

 

Next time, 30 minutes here will be 1 minute outside? The increase is bigger than I thought.

 

Since I’ve been here for roughly 10 hours so far, 5 hours must have passed outside now. I haven’t even studied the occult, but the sun will rise soon.

 

Of course, now isn’t the time for that. Due to the fact I newly discovered earlier, there’s something I need to test now.

 

The moment I got up to return to reality, a notification window appeared.

 

Ding—!

 

Suggestion 3. Cumulative stay 24 hours

 

― Reward: EC point +1

 

‘Cumulative stay?’

 

Still, this time it gives 1 point just for enduring, so it’s quite easy. Is it trying to give me rest time in its own way? Or does it have some other intention?

 

‘…Could this system also be waiting for the birthday celebration?’

 

The meaning of this suggestion is, don’t go out and come back much later like before, but stick here steadily.

 

If I leave here, time won’t flow, so I need to stay here to meet the Duke of Osterreicheste as soon as possible. It might be my speculation, but could I really get clues here…. I let out a hollow laugh and dismissed the window.

 

Good. But there’s also something to test before achieving the cumulative 24-hour stay, so I should go visit my friends. Narke will come soon, so I can’t just disappear without saying anything.

 

I opened my eyes on the bed in my room at the Berlin estate. Before and after opening my eyes, the Bavaria emblem was drawn on the ceiling wallpaper, making me laugh hollowly.

 

The room was still dim. The sun hasn’t completely risen yet.

 

Let me experiment first before leaving a letter for Narke.

 

I took out the blood Abraham had given me half a day ago in this world. The magic power in the blood was sticking to the bottle surface like gold and shining. Perhaps because magic power remained, even this didn’t undergo plasma separation unlike human blood.

 

“….”

 

Do I have to drink this again? Just thinking about it is disgusting.

 

But the modification possibility also increased, so I can’t just leave it without testing the hypothesis.

 

A little at a time first. I brought the blood to my mouth while making a disgusted face.

 

“…!”

 

As soon as the blood went down, I reflexively grabbed my throat. My magic and the blood’s magic were colliding in my mouth, and the blood’s magic was forcing its way down my throat as if it were alive and moving.

 

‘This….’

 

Damn it….

 

Since I had already drunk it, it should just be absorbed, but instead it was disgustingly attacking me with vitality as it burrowed in. Even this was so like Abraham. Just from the magic alone, you could easily tell what kind of bastard the owner was. The sensation of knowing where my stomach was located was unpleasant.

 

This was my first time drinking real raw blood without healing magic cast on it. What Leo gave me wasn’t even blood. That healing magic was devoured by my magic as soon as I drank it. It didn’t try to devour me so irritatingly like this, but became part of my magic just like that. I now clearly realized that it had been completely a product of consideration.

 

I wasn’t confident. I wasn’t confident I could drink more of this blood.

 

I suppressed the urge to throw it away and tried drinking a little more, but nothing had appeared yet. There was still a lot of blood left. Could my hypothesis be wrong? Blood isn’t the condition for opening the extra chapter stage? Come on, show up. I know it doesn’t make sense if this isn’t it. My hand holding the bottle was sweating.

 

It probably didn’t even take a minute in reality, but it felt like I had been struggling for about 10 minutes. Only after a long while did I hear the familiar sound.

 

Ding—!

 

Extra Cha+%ter

 

S Stuf%e ■

 

“….”

 

The notification sound only appeared after I had emptied the entire bottle. My vision was shaking according to my heartbeat, making me dizzy.

 

‘…Extra chapter. S stage….’

 

That’s probably what those letters said. For some reason, there was no word “open” this time. I didn’t even notice I had dropped it, but I could hear the bottle rolling on the floor. Trying to hold back nausea was making my vision blurry.

 

Whether because of that or because it was originally like that, the letters were in dark red and so broken they were hard to read. Instinctively, goosebumps ran down my spine. Until now, all notification window letters had been white and written in clean fonts. They hadn’t appeared in such a chaotic mess like this. Indeed, just from this alone, that S Stage was definitely Abraham’s world.

 

I caught my breath and called up the extra chapter window again.

 

Extra Chapter

 

Stage 1: Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!

 

Stage 2: ―

 

Stage 3: ―

 

…

 

—

 

S Stage ■ : ■■■■■■….

 

“….”

 

Now it appeared properly without being broken. However, the stage number and name were still hidden.

 

It was separated by itself. There must be something there. Abraham’s weakness or something important is in there. Then it should open right away, but there must be a reason why it can’t.

 

I thought of various hypotheses and chose the most reasonable one.

 

‘Is there a problem with causality?’

 

I don’t understand it, but in this crazy world, it’s the most plausible hypothesis. I need to know what the unlock conditions are, but no matter how much I pressed, nothing like that appeared. Do I need to drink more blood, or is there more I need to achieve in the extra chapters? When they said they’d give 1 point for staying 24 hours, I shouldn’t have thought it was surprising. This system remained the same.

 

Anyway, I confirmed it. I need to focus more on the extra chapters.

 

I rummaged through the drawer, took out a notepad, and wrote a note to Narke.

 

[Narke, sorry but I’m going somewhere. Don’t look for me and could you go out alone today?]

 

Searching the club auction house is important too.

 

But that’s from when I studied occult and strange artifacts. Since finding a job—getting points to reduce time difference—took more time than expected, I couldn’t even do the occult study I planned to do all night at dawn, so there’s no point in following along now.

 

Rather, it would be more efficient to send Narke alone today while I either do belated occult study in the extra chapters or reduce the time difference level to advance the birthday celebration in my remaining time.

 

And.

 

[And, could I meet with the Duke of Osterreicheste? Could you arrange a schedule?]

 

I wrote that and put the letter down.

 

Narke would have already heard investigation records through the Papacy about the clergy from places where the Holy Cross and Holy Scriptures were stolen, so in a situation where Pleroma’s involvement is suspected, the Duke of Osterreicheste who inexplicably had his jewels stolen alone takes priority.

 

If Narke talks to the government, after I spend 24 hours in the extra chapter, that is, after I get 1 more point and raise the time difference level, I should be able to hear the story from the Duke in 1898. After that, I’ll try meeting the Duke from 1886 once.

 

I’m confident that Narke won’t pry into where I’m going. He’ll explain well to my friends too.

 

I opened the extra chapter window again.

 

‘Stage 1.’

 

At that moment, I had my face against the blanket. An unfamiliar scent came from the newly washed blanket. This time I opened my eyes peacefully in bed. After opening my eyes on the street twice, I’m truly grateful just for it not being the street.

 

Thinking that, when I turned my head, I felt some magic in front of the door. The flow of magic was hovering quite low.

 

‘Could that be….’

 

Even so, Leo isn’t that kind of guy. I don’t really know what a 70-month-old person is usually like, but anyway, no matter how young, he’s not such an ill-mannered guy. Sneaking out during sleep time to lurk around the private tutor’s room?

 

“….”

 

When it comes to magic, he might be able to…. He’s not standing there asking me to use magic right now, is he? Anyway, 70-month Leo hasn’t seen my magic yet, so it’s fine.

 

But I should think about the possibility that it might be Leo.

 

As I quietly held my breath and pretended to be half asleep, at some point the magic disappeared.

 

The moment I realized that, I immediately got up and headed to find the library of the Prince’s Palace.

 

About half a day passed like that again. About 36 minutes would have passed outside now. In half a day, I’ve become quite knowledgeable about occult artifacts, at least by my standards. I want to believe that. Although I still don’t know the name of some treasure box made by a lion that can only be opened by misusing holy water, I now know about things like Tutankhamun’s dagger or the London Hammer.

 

‘This really isn’t my field.’

 

What about just manipulating the club members’ brains with divine power?

 

I briefly imagined something with unmanageable consequences. If I use divine power under Lucas’s name instead of Nicolaus’s, I’ll be in big trouble. Bringing Nicolaus would drastically increase the risk.

 

‘…Never mind. I’ll just spend time here for now.’

 

It was almost time to meet the Crown Prince, so I changed clothes with a servant’s help and went out to the garden of the Prince’s Palace. And the moment I arrived at the garden, I had no choice but to stop in place.

 

“….”

 

To be honest, I had been so preoccupied with thoughts of S Stage and the occult that I neglected mental preparation.

 

A child with bright, dull blonde hair was standing there in front. He had a face I’d seen many times before, but his eyes took up half his face, and his gaze was far below. A little kid whose height only reached my waist was looking up at me with a blank expression for some unknown reason.

 

I had to desperately prevent my mouth from dropping open.

 

My spine was getting chills just from seeing him.

 

The King, even 12 years ago, was still tall and middle-aged. Even if there were differences, he was still within a similar framework. Munich Residenz, downtown Munich, and the Prince’s Palace hadn’t changed much in 12 years either.

 

But what on earth happened to this side in just 12 years? I expected to see Leo—of course I knew he was five years old!—but I never expected to see such a perfect kindergartener. Of course, thinking again, I knew. I knew, but actually seeing this was an insanely crazy thing that was causing tremendous shock to my mind.

 

‘That’s supposed to be Leo.’

 

A kindergartener? Forget Leo or whatever, he’s just a kindergartener. This grows up to become that? I don’t know why, but I want to go back and flick him on the forehead. How can such shocking things happen?

 

“Teacher?”

 

As I just kept standing still, the Crown Prince’s secretary spoke to me with an awkward smile.

 

“This is His Highness Crown Prince Leonard Wittelsbach.”

 

“…Yes. I know.”

 

Right.

 

This must be Leonard too. If this isn’t Leonard Wittelsbach, then what would it be? This is 12 years ago, so I need to calm down.

 

“It’s an honor to meet you like this. I’m called Lukas Everett.”

 

I smiled and greeted him.

 

Leonard looked up at me with a tense face, yet also with a completely excited expression as if moved by something—I think it might be because he could learn combat magic.

 

‘…This is new.’

 

As my confusion cleared, laughter was starting to burst out. This guy, so this is how he looked at this age. Aside from the impression that his face was rounder and his eyes seemed to take up half his face, there wasn’t really anything different from now. He just looked like a 5 year 10 month old.

 

His height was about 120cm, or maybe a little taller. Compared to ordinary five or six year olds, he seemed a bit tall.

 

“Your Highness, this is the teacher who will teach Your Highness combat magic from now on.”

 

Leo, no, Leonard couldn’t say anything to the secretary’s words and just looked up at me. This is the first time I’ve seen such an expression. There are really many things I’m seeing for the first time since coming here.

 

The Crown Prince’s secretary looked back and forth between such a kindergartener and me, then patted Leonard’s back.

 

“Um, His Highness is so surprised that he can’t speak….”

 

“No.”

 

70-month Leo said solemnly.

 

What? Tell him to take his hand off your back.

 

Everything he says is so funny now that I can only laugh. I’m just glad I’m someone who has acted for a long time. I just want to take a picture of this scene and show it to 17-year-old Leo.

 

Leonard took another step closer and held out his hand.

 

“I’m Leonard Wittelsbach, Teacher. Please take care of me.”

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