It has already been four days since Master arrived.
Master seems to have some business that he cannot miss, so he can only stay here for 10 more days. In other words, I have to learn the healing magic *Ra Hiru* (Light Heal) in ten more days.
Master says that I’m a fast learner, but even so, it’s hard to learn healing magic in the remaining amount of days.
As I was thinking thay I have to do my best again today, Shizuku suddenly said something that I had not expected.
‘Callus-sama, His Highness First Prince Damian will be here this afternoon.”
‘My brother, isn’t this sudden?”
The First Prince, Damien, is the first in line in becoming the next king of the Kingdom of Ladybia.
Unlike me, he is physically strong, and when there is a war, he goes there without regard for the risks.
Thanks to that, he is trusted by the soldiers. He’s a brother worth being proud of.
“He usually notifies me three days before he arrives, what’s going on today?”
“Is something wrong?”
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As the First Prince, my brother has a lot of work to do, so he is usually confined to the Capital.
The villa where I live is half a day’s ride from the Capital, so it’s a lot of effort just to come here. I don’t remember how long it has been since we were all together.
“I respect my brother, but I feel a little uneasy.”
With these feelings in my heart, I started training for magic.
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Afternoon.
As I was training with Master as usual, the door suddenly opened with a bang and a large man entered the room.
“Sorry to disturb you Callus.”
This muscular, stout man was my older brother, Damian Lionel Ladyzweisen, the First Prince of the Kingdom of Ladyvia.
He is also referred to as the “Flame Lion” because of his red hair. He was cool.
My brother shifted his golden eyes from me to my Master and spoke to him in a low, resonant voice.
“You must be Sage Gory. I’m sorry, but my brother and I need to talk for a while…”
Master looked at me as if to ask me if it was safe for us to be alone.
I was afraid of his (my brother’s) face, to be honest.
“I’m fine, Master. Please take a break.”
“If you say so.”
After some hesitation, Master left the room.
Shizuku was also gone, so it was just me and my brother alone in the room.
After a moment of silence, brother came to my side and said.
He then crouched down while stopping his words and suddenly grabbed my shoulders with both hands.
“…… That’s really good to hear!bWhen I heard you were feeling better, I couldn’t stand still and immediately came over! Oh, and I brought you a bunch of souvenirs too! You want food? We’ve got books too! Anything you want!”
“Whoa, whoa, slow down! You have to say it slowly or I won’t understand!”
I managed to calm down my brother who was talking so fast.
Yes, this strong-looking older brother was surprisingly a very good brother who is very considerate of his younger brother.
He has always taught me many things about what goes outside the house, as I was too sickly to go outside.
And even though he was so busy that he rarely had time off, he would find time to buy me medicines from other countries that might help me with my curse.
“I’m really surprised seeing you looking so good. I’ll have to thank Sage Gory later… By the way, Callus. Is there anything you want to do? I was able to get some time off as I have complete my projects. I’ll be here a couple of times a week, so tell me anything.”
Hmmm, something I want?
I have enough magic training with Master…
“I have one. Train me, brother.”
“Train you? I’m not sure what you mean by that. Besides, I can only teach you Fire Magic.”
“No, I meant I want to be strong physicallybbecause my body is too weak.”
“I see, that makes sense.”
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I’ve spent all my life in bed and my body is too weak.
Although I’ve been able to eat rice for the past few days, and became a little better, but I’m still overwhelmingly thin compared to other people. Even more so than Master, who is very old.
“I need physical strength to use magic. I want to be at least as strong as an ordinary person. Can you help me?”
“Oh, come on, it’s obvious, Callus. If that’s what you want, I’ll take care of you. I’ll train you up so that you can join the knights in no time!”
“No, we don’t have to go that far…”
I’ve heard that the Knights of the Kingdom are elites.
It’s tough to get in and the special training required would definitely kill me.
“I also have magic training so please go easy on me.”
“Hmmm, well, if you say so…”
After much persuasion, brother reluctantly agreed.
However, being the person he is, there is no doubt that he would be very enthusiastic about teaching.
It will be a lot of work, but I have to do my best!
[T/N: I’m on my finals, sorry for the inconsistent updates]