Rebirth in the Magic Continent

In the 56th year of the Esteban calendar, Duke Kandra, “the greatest magician in the Esteban Empire* and the first commoner duke in the empire”, disappeared after sealing the magic dragon. With this as the demarcation point, Kandra, once a noble and symbolic family name of magical nobility, has gradually been dusted off by history, and only the town of Kandra, which is known as the “hometown of magical ambassadors,” remains as a testament to the magnificence that this family name once possessed. -- In the 556th year of the Aesop calendar, Inari* Kandra was born in an abode that was so simple that only its appearance could match the title of 'castle'. Under the care of her mother, who was already sickly and even weaker after giving birth, and her only old housekeeper, Inari grew up safely to the age of five. As she entered her fifth year, Inari would also welcome the first major event in her life - the magic attribute test. At the age of five, Inari inherited the Condra family's trademark black hair and black eyes, and because she grew up with only an old housekeeper who couldn't keep up with her physical strength and a delicate mother who basically didn't leave the room, Inari grew up almost savagely in this somewhat dilapidated castle, with only the innocence and happiness of a small child in her mind. Since she was three years old and gradually became aware of the outside world, her mother, who had always held her in her arms at night and told her stories by rubbing her back, would occasionally sigh in a sad tone about her father's untimely death due to his crusade against demons, and the fact that Inari was the only child left in the Kandra family, but she hardly enjoyed the treatment of the nobles. However, Inari, who grew up in the castle and had almost no communication with the outside world, was always happy and satisfied with the little things like having food to eat and new clothes to wear. Innocent children are always free of worries. In 561, about a month after Inari's fifth birthday, her mother, who had been staying in her room all along, suddenly and solemnly changed into a dress with shiny stones. Inari was put into a brand new, tummy-tightening dress, and her smooth hair, which she wore most of the time, was braided into pigtails and pinned with beautiful jewelry that Inari couldn't help but hold under her chin to soothe the discomfort of her heavier head. Holding her mother's cool hand tightly, Inari left her family's small castle for the first time. They boarded a luxurious carriage. The carriage had no horses, and after the two were seated, Inari heard her mother whisper a string of incantations, and two clouds of white mist in the shape of wings materialized at the front of the carriage, and then the little carriage took flight in a steady gust of wind. Inari knew that her mother was a wizard who could drive the wind, it was just that this was the first time she had seen her mother's magic. Her eyes lit up as she rested her head on her mother's hand, her eyes still looking out the window in new wonder. Inari could feel the gentleness of her mother's hand as it stroked the top of her hair, and she heard her mother whisper, “Today, Inari will become a wizard as well, and the pride of our Kandra family.” ... The initial journey ended at the Imperial Palace of Esther. Inari stood with a group of children of similar age, all wearing tight, shiny gowns. Inari was a bit formal; after all, it was not only her first time out of the house, it was the first time she had met so many people her own age. Before entering the palace, her mother hooked Inari up to a jeweled necklace with an intricate pattern engraved on it and instructed her to follow the lord who was guiding her obediently, before placing her hand in the hand of a young maid, about ten years old, and seeing her through the palace gates. Inari remembered the young lady who led her for a while, dressed in a non-shiny lace dress and plain without a bit of jewelry. On a stretch of road, Inari spoke curiously for a long time and asked countless questions, but this young lady holding her hand didn't seem very happy. She kept her head hung down, and her occasional replies were only a few sentences and a little stuttering. Inari couldn't quite understand why this young lady called herself “young lady”, but when she inquired curiously, this young lady, as if startled, shakily let go of her hand, and then fell on her knees in front of her, saying that she would ask for forgiveness, and that she would address her as the Duke afterward! ... It was truly overwhelming. Inari's shock didn't subside until she was among the children of her age. She didn't dare to speak easily anymore, but could only roll her eyes and observe the others around her. Inari felt as if she was a little different from the others. All the other children had their own little cliques, talking in twos and threes with lady/gentleman smiles on their faces. She was the only one standing alone, full of curiosity, but bored and playing with the pretty little rock on her chest. She might as well be in her own castle. Inari remembered her mother's advice to be obedient, and was already looking forward to a quick end to today's journey into the unknown. By now, about a hundred or so children were gathered in the great hall of the Este Palace. The great hall made of magical crystals was something that even children with little knowledge of the world could realize was not uncommon. About the same moment after the door into the great hall closed, the center of the hall lit up with a colorful glow. The moment Inari's closed eyes reopened, a round, transparent stone about twice her size appeared in the center of the empty space. Inari's eyes widened as she remembered this stone that had appeared in her mother's storybook, a magic stone capable of bonding with magic (though much smaller in the book). All the children in the palace held their breath the moment this stone appeared, their eyes sparkling with longing. Inari flipped through her stockpile of knowledge: after the age of five, anyone could see their magical talent by placing their hand on the magical Enchanted Stone. The principle of this was incomprehensible to her five years of experience, and Inari just remembered that this magic stone was named [Magic Edge Stone]. ...... The gathered children formed a queue with the help of several wizards wearing wide magical robes with indistinct faces, waiting to be bonded with magic. Inari's place was placed first on the countdown, and she was led to the end of the queue with bewilderment in her eyes. There was a black elk wizard holding a beautiful wand that tapped the magic stone necklace on her chest, and then she was given the lead to the end of the line, while the wizard returned to the perimeter of the magic karmic stone without saying a word. Holding her necklace, Inari glanced at the long line ahead of her, a little aggravated. Then her eyes fell on a boy, not much different in size from her, in front of her in line. Inari was used to the colorful hair she saw around her, in storybooks, and it was the first time she had seen someone her own age with a solid black hair color. Just looking at the short, fluffy, curly black hair made Inari feel a little closer. Inari carefully tugged at the hem of the boy's shirt in front of her, “I...I'm Inari, you, who are you?” It was the first person of Inari's age that she had worked up the courage to talk to, her voice a little shaky, but clear enough. The boy turned around, the same boyish features but with a hint of Inari's lack of steadiness and seriousness. He glanced at the magical stone on Inari's chest, then lifted his chin slightly and reached out to point to the magical stone-adorned pin clasped on his small tie. “Ollie* Bersia.” After saying his name, Ollie was silent for a few seconds, and after briefly locking eyes with Inari's revealing politely well-behaved eyes, he suddenly realized that the girl had completely missed his exact meaning ...... Inari had no sensitivity to the topic of nobility, knighthood, or anything particularly grown-up like that. Although both her butler grandfather and mother had said something about it, she hadn't taken it to heart at all, and just vaguely knew that she was the bloodline passed down from the historically particularly honorable Duke of Kandra, and that she might be the rightful heir to the title of the newest Duke of Kandra. It wasn't until today that Inari truly realized the tip of the iceberg in terms of the preciousness of her ducal heir status. == Ollie in Inari's chain of questions under the attack of the things he knows all out... Inari realized that today this “magic bonding” activity is the king specifically for all the nobles of the Esteemed Empire held a special ceremony, the participants are all in the empire from the duke down to the baronial family lineage, the order of the bonding is also by the Duke of Condra, the order is also by the baronial family. The order of the marriage is also determined by the size of the title. Ollie belongs to the dukes of the Bershia family line of the purest blood, that is, Bershia Duke of the first heir, today to participate in the ceremony in addition to him, there are Bershia family dispersed marquis, earl, baron, viscount line of children, at least a dozen people.......The lower the title, the more the first name and last name to fall between the intermediate family name. After counting on her fingers, Inari gave up on continuing to memorize the long string of names that Olli read out as an example....... Names are still as simple as possible. After realizing that Ollie had rigorously combined the history of the Berthia family to give her the origin of the clan name, the long list of names made Inari's forehead swell with the sound of it, “Uh-huh, Ollie! I know!” “It's Ollie *Bersia*.” Ollie corrected with a serious little face. “But the full name doesn't sound good at all!” Inari was frightened by Ollie's explanation of names, and when he seemed to be trying to argue with him, Inari looked to the magic stone he was holding, and grabbed Ollie's hand as he compared it to hers, and complimented him, and then took the magic stone hanging around her neck, and began to concentrate on comparing the patterns on the two stones... Taking this as a turn, Inari was finally able to put in the amount of words she had been holding back today for the sake of being good, and started to output them to Ollie. It included where she played in the castle everyday, what she ate everyday, and what stories she heard... In her eyes, this Ollie, who talked to her for the first time, had unilaterally become the first friend she made after leaving the castle. Ollie had also experienced Inari's annoyance. He had tried to interrupt, but Inari had grabbed his hand and started talking. The hand that was being held all the time was very concerning to Ollie no matter what, enjoying the treatment of a quasi*duke, as far as he could remember, even his mother had not held his hand so intimately... Ollie's face was suffocating a blush, and he ultimately gave up resisting, and fell into the rhythm of Inari's conversation passively. In the end, during this important bonding ceremony, most of Ollie's attention was attracted by the free and easy daily life described by Inari, and he didn't even pay attention to the magical bonding situation of those relatives and friends who were more or less related by blood ...... When he returned to his senses, there were only a handful of people separating the two of them from the magic bonding ceremony. Inari naturally let go of Ollie, who had already been attracted to the magic stone that shone with a dazzling multicolored light in front of her eyes. When she was chatting with Ollie, Inari had been popularized about the specific functions of the Magic Edge Stone, which measured three things: affinity for the magic school, magic potential value, and spirit value. These three factors are indispensable in predicting a magician's future prospects. Inari did have a slight distraction while Kanji was talking, paying attention to other people's karmic tests, but the result of such dazzling light was also the first time she had seen it. Inari curiously looked at the child who was currently being tested, a girl with wavy blonde hair, about her age, but already half a head taller than herself. Under the light of the multicolored rays, it seemed that the whole person exuded a holy and unclimbable mysterious aura. Wow. Inari immediately landed her thirsty introduction gaze on Ollie, only to see Ollie firmly staring at the girl still under the colorful light, his eyes lost in thought. It took Inari waving her palm in front of Ollie's eyes to recall his attention, “Who is she?” Inari inquired softly. Ollie's expression, however, became odd for a moment, “Maria*Raphael*Berchia, a cousin two months older than me.” Inari's brain cleared for a moment in reference to Olli's expression, the middle name +1 = Marquis of Bethia line, and Olli, the heir to the duke, had a competitive relationship. ...... This bonding ceremony came to a hotspot as a result of Maria's miraculous, high affinity for five lineages of magic. The black-robed magicians had also gathered almost around Maria who had retreated to the side, and without regard for reserve, they began to publicize their own winning magic to Maria...even the king was startled and seemed to be planning to show up after the ceremony was all over. The children waiting in line for testing after Maria barely had smiles on their faces. Inari wasn't really nervous, except for the fact that she saw her new little friend Ollie's face tense up, which gave her a bit of a sense of reality. She gently pulled Ollie's sleeve, and after Ollie looked over, she raised her hand to touch Ollie's curly, soft black hair, “Ollie don't worry, you can do it, and you'll be the pride of the Bershia family.” Ollie's stiff pale face slowly filled with a blush, the corners of his mouth pursed tightly, he gently slapped Inari's hand away and looked away, “No need for you to say that.” Although Ollie's behavior was not quite what Inari was expecting, but looking at his face also warmed up a lot, Inari was still relieved. Surely rubbing his head like his mother did was the best way to ease the tension. Inari quieted down as well, looking intently ahead at the few remaining tests. Those at the back of the line were the children of high nobles, and the higher the likelihood of inheriting the bloodline of an excellent magician. The children after Maria were not so colorful, but almost all of them detected quite excellent talent... Although Ollie was not a five-system magician, he had also discovered the potential of lightning magic after the two contrasting magical attributes of gold and fire, and the light of the magical Edge Stone was dazzling enough to be considered as having excellent natural talent, no less than Maria. Receiving the gaze that Ollie cast in the gap surrounded by magicians, it seemed a bit complicated. Inari quickly raised both hands in a thumbs-up wave, celebrating her little friend... Even with the two special cases in front of her who had already stolen the spotlight, and herself being the last of the “contestants” to appear, Inari's mood was only a little bit heavier even with these two mountains weighing on her, but that was only because her anticipation for the outcome of her bond had only increased. Five hundred years had passed, and the proper bloodline passed down from the strongest magician in history, Duke Kandra, had thinned to the point where only Inari remained, and everyone in the palace was curious about the results of Inari's test. Inari slowly moved forward as instructed and placed her hand on top of this stone that was bigger than her. Two wizards in black robes waved their wands, whispered a small incantation, and a faint warmth radiated from the stone that was initially cold to the touch as Inari stared unblinking, straight at the stone in front of her. The stone, which in its ordinary state was just a flat, transparent mold except for the fact that it was round and large, seemed to undergo a subtle change after Inari touched it. There was a layer of white light flickering out, which was so subtle that it almost blended in with the surroundings, and could hardly be recognized without careful discernment. A magician suddenly waved his wand, the palace descended into a short period of darkness, the center of the palace of the magic edge of the stone put out the white light is obvious, gentle and non-irritating white light, looks no insignificant but also to take into account the corners of the palace. Inari looked at this light for her and bright light, but also a little confused, it is said that the edge of the stone bright light that means with the magic of destiny, but she has read the records and examples have not appeared such as her general situation. ...... short period of darkness ended, the palace is bright again, Inari also according to the instructions to move away from the hand pressed on the edge of the stone, she did not receive any special treatment, just some magicians gathered in twos and threes do not know what content in the muttering, in place quietly waiting for a minute so long, finally there is a magician walked up to her! in front of her, and handed out the magic inspection report that belonged to her. The rating of all three items was “?” However, Inari noticed that the final test column was written as “no chance”. ......