Sylphy did not understand the situation.
Why? Why am I here? Why am I surrounded by all these people with scary faces?
However, since she was asked, she replied honestly.
I, who hail from Fedoa Region, am the only daughter of a hunter in Buena Village, and learned magic from my friend, Rudi.
And before I knew it, I was in the air.
Somehow, I came down near the place that monster was at, and then I used the magic I knew to defeat it.
I have no idea how or why any of this happened.
So I answered honestly.
The nobles who heard, looked at her doubtfully.
A village with a child magician.
Suddenly realizing they are in the air.
Suddenly realizing there is a monster.
It was not a believable story.
Still this matter, a wandering magician who tries to carry favor with the princess, did a performance of defeating the Terminate Boar to show their power.
It was easy to understand why they had complaints.
There wasn't one reason to believe in anything Sylphy said.
The nobles of the Second Princess Faction talked about this and that for a while.
[Come to think about it, there is a story like that....]
Amongst themselves, one noble recounted the rumor he had heard.
[There was a noble of Boreas who employed a tutor. They could use the chantless magic as well. He was a young genius who was able to use saint class magic at an early age. Is not, perhaps, this person that so-called genius?]
It is Rudeus.
To the Imperial City, only faint rumors of Rudeus had yet been transmitted.
It is because of the pressure of information Sauros exerted.
However, when Sauros was a bit moved by the sake[6], he was boasting about a boy who was like a son to him.
A story of a genius boy, who defeated the minions of the senior minister. [7]
A genius boy, whose superiority the Sword King Ghyslaine acknowledged.
A genius boy, who managed the Boreas' violent daughter.
A genius boy, with a tasteless hobby. [8]
It was nothing more than an unlikely rumor.
Therefore, the nobles treated it as only idle talk.
However, Sylphy was able to actually use the chantless magic.
Where it was able to fit in, the truth of the rumor began to take form.
[Ah, but sadly, that is the story of a boy!]
[The main point would be that wouldn't it be strange for them to be in the Imperial Capital?]
The nobles puzzled over this.
They questioned Sylphy again.
Asking leading questions.
[Perhaps your real name is that of the one called 'Rudeus,' isn't that right?]
[D, different! It's different, Rudeus that is, Rudi... umm, is the person who taught me magic.]
Sylphy, down to the tiny details, told them about how the boy called Rudeus Greyrat was the one who taught her magic.
How Rudi is very wise and how Rudi taught her various things.
That story had very much astonished the nobles.
If the story is really true then, that genius boy does exist, and before leaving the village, he had arranged to leave an apprentice.
It is not an ordinary apprentice.
It is a user of chantless magic.
Surely this is an ominous circumstance.
Well, if any of the stories are true.
With the information manipulation by Sauros, the case and circumstances of whether the person was a boy or girl can be changed.
However, the fact that this girl is a user of chantless magic is a reality.
Users of chantless magic are a rarity.
If Sylphiette said that she was not that genius boy in question, then the probability that she is his disciple remains high.
The real name of that genius is Rudeus Greyrat.
When the full name was spoken, a [Hm?] was uttered and many nobles were puzzled.
What is Greyrat? Why it is the name of the Upper Nobility who protect all the sides of the Asura Kingdom.
The name of Greyrat is not unusual to any degree in this country.
It is known as a family with a fondness for women.
To hear that a lower noble's daughter or maid has conceived a child in order to become a mistress is not an uncommon thing to hear.
And, thus, it is allowed for those mistresses to call themselves Greyrat.
They decided that the names of the four protected sides they would be called by would be: