The streets were bustling with people, and there were all kinds of small shops and vendors.

Rudy held Michelle's little hand and looked around curiously.

"Selling fruit!"

"Come and take a look, don't miss it if you pass by."

"Selling fried dough twists... Delicious fried dough twists! Young man, would you like to buy some to try?"

"..."

Having spent six years at the mansion, this was Rudy's first time going out to play, so he seemed very interested in everything.

Rudy spent a little money to buy two snacks that looked pretty good, and handed one of them to Michelle.

"Thank you, young master!"

Michelle happily accepted it, feeling a warm glow in her heart.

The little girl's fair face was radiant with a pure and lovely smile.

This cheered Rudy up.

Looking at this little girl, he felt a sense of childhood friendship.

"Alright, we've spent almost all the money. Let's bring some gifts for Mary and Mother, and then we'll head back."

“Yes, Master Rudy, I’ll take the things.”

Michelle took the items from his hands.

Rudy smiled and agreed, continuing to hold her little hand.

There are so many people here, it would be bad to get lost.

The journey back was peaceful.

There was nothing that happened, like being blocked or causing trouble.

But thinking about it, it makes sense.

Rudy has divine markings etched on his hands.

How could an ordinary person dare to attack a messenger of the Divine Seal?

In addition, this is Mers' territory, and the security is quite good. Rudy came here in Mers' dragon carriage, so naturally no one would be foolish enough to come looking for trouble.

Back at the mansion, Michelle stole a glance at Rudy, who was holding her hand, her face turning rosy and looking incredibly cute.

When Rudy let go of her hand, she was actually a little reluctant.

But she is already very satisfied today.

As a slave in the mansion, a lowly maid was considered extremely lucky to be taken out for a stroll by her master.

"Alright, Michelle, you can go back now. Come to my place every afternoon from now on, and I'll teach you magic."

"yes!"

Hearing this, the girl felt even more excited.

"Go ahead, and by the way, give this gift to Mary for me."

"OK."

Michelle nodded vigorously, looked at Rudy one last time with reluctance, and then turned to leave.

Looking at her petite and adorable back, Rudy smiled.

He also has Eli to thank.

Thanks to Eli's impulsiveness, he was able to play the hero and leave a good impression on the little maid.

Michelle has great talent.

Rudy planned to groom her to be his own, while he himself would retreat behind the scenes and focus on his cultivation.

Well, speaking of which, we should also speed up the development of destruction magic.

In this magnificent and fantastical world, without strength, everything is meaningless.

Eli did not appear at the dinner table that evening.

Rudy asked out of curiosity and that's when he found out.

It turns out that Eli, that little brat, has been put in solitary confinement by the Duke.

In other words, they locked him up in a dark room and sent him to reflect on his actions.

The Duke was furious that the Duke would use intermediate-level magic against his own brother and even lay a rude hand on a maid.

What angered Gerald the most was that Eli was so bad at the game.

There is no harm without comparison.

You've at least used intermediate-level magic.

But Rudy easily neutralized it by raising his hand. What does that mean?

This shows that Eli was not serious about his magical training, causing his magical power to dissipate and resulting in insufficient magical power.

...

The next day, Eli emerged from solitary confinement, full of energy again.

He still had that arrogant and conceited expression.

He approached Rudy and said smugly:

"Third son, don't be too smug. So what if you can use fire magic? In the end, you'll definitely end up in the army. Who told you your mother was a lowly commoner?"

Hearing this, Rudy glanced at him with the look one would give someone mentally challenged, and uttered a single word indifferently:

"oh."

And then… that was it. He completely ignored Eli and walked towards the back garden.

The time has come to meet Michelle.

He was about to begin instructing Michelle in magic.

Rudy didn't want to bother arguing with the somewhat brain-dead Eli, because it was pointless.

As the third son, he was indeed not qualified to inherit the Duke's mansion, after all, he had an older brother named Kadia.

But wasn't Eli himself the same?

He really couldn't understand why this guy was always targeting him.

Aside from his older brother Kadia, Eli, like Rudy, would theoretically need to leave the family and find his own way after reaching adulthood.

The only difference is that one goes to the Hero Academy or joins the army.

Rudy was not interested in the Duke's mansion's luxury.

He will strive for what he wants and earn it back himself.

Why bother with the title of his elder brother, Cadia?

In this mansion, Rudy only cared about three people.

Mother Anne, maid Meryl, and little maid Michelle, that's all.

Eli was furious at being ignored.

But Rudy didn't respond at all, and Eli grew increasingly bored with the back-and-forth.

So he focused his attention on practicing magic and swordsmanship.

Eli wanted to prove to his father that he was the best person in the Duke's household.

In short, the child must not be inferior to the child born to a commoner maid.

Of course, Eli maintained this drive for a year.

Before we knew it, another 5 years had passed.

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