“Dear older brother.

How are you living at the academy?

The Perdalos estate is similar to the previous year. Moderately good weather, moderately lively residents, and moderately tolerable finances.

As always, it runs smoothly and smoothly.

However, if there is one thing that has changed, it must be the presence of a mother.

After my mother woke up from the hospital, the management of the Perdalos estate became much easier.

As expected, he had looked after the territory on behalf of his father until now. As soon as you returned to your current position, you seemed to be exerting influence in many directions again.

Not long ago, the Highgarden Marshal also visited this distant territory. I’m just cautiously speculating that maybe this is also my mother’s influence.

Yesterday, after a long time, I had a drink with my father and mother. It will probably be three days ago by the time this letter arrives to my brother.

My mother was the first person to be with me after waking up from the hospital bed. You were still enjoying your drink.

Perhaps, if my father hadn’t collapsed first, the seat could have continued a little longer.

Next time, I hope that my older brother can also be with us.

It has already been more than four months since my older brother returned to the academy.

My father and I are both worried about my older brother because none of the letters of regards that he would send every month have arrived until the end of the semester.

My mother told me not to worry, saying it might be because I was busy with my undergraduate life.

Did you have an accident during class at the academy, or did you fall into a slump and didn’t even have the energy to write a letter?

As a family, it’s probably unavoidable that you feel insecure.

That’s why I couldn’t stand the many ominous feelings, and eventually I sent a letter to my brother first.

If you ever read this letter, please return even a short note of regards.

Even if the person reading this letter is not my older brother… No matter what situation your brother is in right now, please reply.

I’ll just shorten it so it doesn’t get too long.

After spending the rest of the semester, we will be waiting for you to come down this summer.

My brother’s only sister, Delphina Perdalos.”

As soon as I woke up in the morning, what greeted me was a long letter from my sister.

What came to mind as soon as I saw the envelope with the Perdalos family seal was a promise I made with Delphina when I entered the academy last year.

Send a letter at least once a month explaining how you are doing.

Certainly, until last year, the academy used to send a letter of regards once or twice a month.

After returning to the past, I had forgotten about it for a while.

“It made me worry.”

The contents of the letter were as expected. The feelings of my family, who were worried because they hadn’t heard from me, were written at length.

It seems a little unusual, but it was also a legitimate concern.

Unlike the Perdalos Territory, which flowed without any particular threat, the academy was a place of considerable danger.

Alexandros Academy is a specialized training facility for training national personnel.

If you go out after 4 years, you will have enough specs to be recognized anywhere. If only I could somehow get my diploma.

Of course, there were a lot of people who dropped out in the middle. It was said that the graduation exam was more difficult than the difficult entrance exam.

To be precise, it was difficult to hold on at the academy until the grade when you could take the graduation exam.

Statistically, more than half of freshmen drop out for various reasons before graduation.

Drop out because you can’t adapt to the fierce and competitive academic climate. Conversely, the academy considers them to be untalented and expels them.

In the case of bad luck, there are times when you lose your life altogether due to misfortune.

In order to prevent this, churches and high-ranking clergy are resident, but despite these efforts, not a few casualties have occurred every year.

It was impossible to dispatch church personnel to the depths of the Demon Forest or to private research labs.

My family wouldn’t have heard from me for three months, so the fact that these letters were flying was the seed I sowed.

It’s true that I’ve been busy doing this and that, but I should send at least one letter saying that I’m holding on safely.

“I should write it from now on.”

I took out a blank piece of paper and a pen from the drawer and wrote a letter to the Perdalos estate.

The main content was that there was no need to worry about simply reducing what had happened in the last three months.

In the midterm evaluation match, he won against a 4th year swordsman club.

Not too long ago, I caught a giant boa in the Devil’s Forest. Most of the content was that thanks to the profits, the situation became quite comfortable.

“Should I include the proceeds as evidence and send it?”

The amount of material purchased from the guild was 30 gold coins, excluding this and that. Even after dividing the share between Stella and Lulu, more than 10 living expenses remained.

I was the only one who caught the monster, and they just followed it, so the two of them argued that it was right for me to take them all.

Such as being able to sell materials without loss or saving disassembly fees.

Since the achievements achieved thanks to Stella and Lulu were obvious, not sharing them would have gone against their morality.

It may not have been known to Stella, who had a wealthy family, but to Lulu, it must have been a golden rain like rain during a drought.

Of course, so do I.

After thinking about how much to put in the letter, I enclosed five gold coins appropriately.

Not too little, not too much. Just the right amount to leave enough for my living expenses as well.

I sent a letter containing only good things to the Perdalos estate, hoping that my family back home would be happy.

a week after that.

“Older brother, I know you are doing well.

I understand that you don’t want to worry your family, but please don’t lie to me.

You said you won against a student from the swordsmanship club in the evaluation match? Even against the 4th grade right before graduation?

Even though I’m not at the academy yet, I’m aware of the fact that tryouts are only matched within the same department.

Besides, you caught a giant boa in the forest of demons. Where did you learn such bravado?

We will return all gold coins attached together.

If the money was borrowed to bluff, pay it off as soon as possible.

My older brother is already a wonderful and precious person to me and my parents.

Even if you haven’t made any noticeable achievements at the academy, as long as your body is healthy, me, my father, and my mother can rest assured.

I hope you will continue to be healthy in the future, and I will reduce it.

Posted by Delfina Perdalos.”

Inside the returned envelope were five untouched gold coins.

… I should have sent only three.

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A month had passed since the day the giant boa was hunted.

No matter how scared Dyke was, it seemed that he had disappeared from the academy without even going through the withdrawal procedure.

Thanks to that, the greatsword he left behind in the Demon Forest really became a greatsword that had lost its owner.

Currently, he remained in my room, showing off his subtle presence.

Let’s assume that there will be something to write about later.

In the first place, I didn’t care about it at all right now.

More important than that, today was the day I used the Ministry of Magic training ground.

“It’s been a while, but it’ll probably work out.”

Entered the Ministry of Magic training ground for the first time after admission with a bottle containing Giant Boa’s poison sac.

The goal, of course, is to liberate the 4th circle within today.

Unlike the 2nd and 3rd circles, where two levels were released at once, today, I would have to do everything in my power to unlock only one of the 4th circles.

I’ve only been able to get enough ingredients to try once, so it goes without saying that I’ll have to try more carefully.

Unleashing the 4th circle magic wasn’t too different from releasing the 2nd or 3rd circle.

Creating a magic formula by arranging 16 types of magic in a 4×4 shape.

Having already thought out which formulas to synthesize in what order, all that remained was to put them into practice.

In the process, what should never be left out was the giant boa’s poison sac.

If it was a material that could temporarily suppress magic, it wouldn’t have to be this, but among the materials that could be obtained, this was the easiest to obtain.

Paper made from the vocal cords of a cockatrice and the world tree.

All of them were products that cost at least 100 gold coins to buy.

Above all, freshness was the lifeblood of these types of materials, so using them when you wanted to use them was like picking stars from the sky.

Fortunately, this time there was a source I knew, so I could get it easily.

“Whoa.”

After clearing my mind, I began to memorize the first magic formula.

Multiple calculations could shorten the time, but it was important to memorize them one by one when releasing the magic circle.

If the order of chanting is changed by mistake, a completely different circle may be created. First of all, if you fail, you’ll waste the best materials you’ve ever saved.

Even in preparation for the upcoming hunting festival, that was something that shouldn’t happen.

Using the staff in hand, the first formula memorized was expressed.

As soon as I finished the first, I started memorizing the second formula and slowly linked the magic.

third… Fifth… seventh… .

First of all, after linking the eight formulas first. With that fixed, I went straight to the next task.

If you add just one step here, the magic will explode on its own and it will become a formula that can release the 3rd circle.

Because what I wanted was the liberation of the 4th circle, not the 3rd circle.

Linking magic formulas like one magic was a general method, and the limit was up to nine.

The formula linked until the moment the ninth magic formula was linked could not withstand the gathered energy and was activated as if it exploded at once.

That’s why it was the fixed action of the linked magic that was used when releasing 4 or more circles.

What was needed for that fixation was the deadly poison of this giant boa.

Unlike Boa’s normal venom, Giant Boa’s venom is magic poison, so it was excellent at fixing magic so that it does not manifest temporarily.

This was the only thing I could get right now.

I picked up the giant boa’s poison sac from the bottle with my gloved hand to avoid being poisoned.

After aiming at the outlet where the poison came out of the pouch at the magic formula, the poison inside was fired vigorously with pressure.

You don’t have to do all of them, you just need to paralyze one. Even though there is only one quantity in the first place.

Fixed the eighth magic formula so that it does not form a series of nine magic formulas.

The magic formula that came in contact with the poison turned black and temporarily turned into a paralyzed state in which magic could not be manifested.

From now on, I had to hurry up and continue the remaining steps.

I had to finish the rest of the work quickly before the deadly poison applied to the magic volatilized and the effect disappeared.

Under the 8 magic formulas, 8 magic formulas were quickly added.

Temporarily, the magical power formula I created took the form of 7+1+8.

From now on, I just held my breath and waited quietly.

Less than a minute after writing down the last magic formula, the effect of the deadly poison applied to the formula applied to the center began to decrease.

Shortly after, when more than half of the magical characters stained black were revealed, 16 levels of linking magic were simultaneously manifested as if bursting.

Before long, the vortex of intense magic that I felt in my body was proving that I had become a 4th circle wizard.

It was two years earlier than in my previous life.