The simpler the formula, the more magic power it requires. Conversely, the more difficult the formula, the less magic power is needed.

However, I can solve this magic book from beginning to end.

If I have at least a very small amount of magic power, rather than none at all…?

I quickly unfolded the magic book.

As I had solved spells as a hobby so far, the choices were limited, but I chose the one that appealed to me the most.

“Flight spell.”

The very spell Esmeralda had practiced at night, causing everyone to suffer.

I laughed heartily, choosing the most challenging stage of the flight spell.

“Ahem. Laplace transformation. It was worth working hard on during my undergraduate days.”

I laughed again and bravely placed my hand on the spell. Frighteningly, my body floated up quickly.

Thud.

“Ouch, ouch, ouch.”
I rubbed my bumped head. The impact on the ceiling was so strong that I felt dizzy.

“Miss!”

Eliza’s voice immediately came from outside.

“Are you okay?!”

The door latch, which I had walked and locked, creaked. Even if Eliza had the intention to break the door, she was the one to enter. I still didn’t know how to stop the magic, and if she came in like this, I would definitely be exposed.

I didn’t distrust Eliza, but for some reason, I didn’t want anyone to know that I had mastered magic.

The moment I revealed that I could solve all the formulas in the magic book, I would surely become the target of all the magicians.

“I’m fine! I’m fine!”

“There was a huge noise!”

“I was exercising! I was exercising. I’m going to meditate now, so please leave.”

Behind the door, Eliza’s suspicious sound could be heard, but fortunately, the door latch didn’t click again.

A sigh of relief burst out involuntarily. As I shrugged my shoulders, my body floated up again, and I hit my head on the ceiling once more.

“By the way, how do I solve this?”

A few hours later, with my legs crossed, I stared at the unfolded magic book.

With this, I reached one conclusion.

“I am a genius of the century.”

The rules of magic were simpler than I thought.

I organized in my head what I had realized by experimenting with various spells over the past few hours.

The more magic power injected, and the more complex the formula, not only did the effect of the spell amplify, but also the duration increased.

So, I was still floating.

“I didn’t start with the most complex spell.”

In the waiting moment, which seemed inevitable.

“Sister.”

“Gasp!”

Thud.

Startled, I dropped the magic book again, hitting my head on the ceiling.

“Ouch, ouch.”

I might get a concussion at this rate.

“Why are you floating up there?”

Kilian, who came in through the window, looked at me once and glanced at the magic book spread on the bed.

“It’s magic.”

It was an extremely ordinary voice with no surprise.

“Uh, well…”

I felt awkward for no reason and mumbled the end of my sentence. Then Kilian picked up my magic book.

“Oh, no! Put that down.”

I struggled to snatch the magic book, but my control over the spell was still insufficient, and it flew to the other side of the room. Meanwhile, Kilian finished flipping through the pages.

Taking it all the way to the end, Kilian closed the magic book.

“Sister.”

I quickly raised my hand.

“No, it’s not! That’s not really my book.”

Kilian tapped the cover of the magic book with a finger. My name was neatly written in very neat handwriting.

“I unknowingly solved all the formulas like this.”

“Is that so?”

Kilian put down the magic book without saying a word.

“Huh?”

“If you say so, it must be true, sister.”
Kilian, who decisively concluded, took my hand and slowly pulled me down.

“Here.”

Then he handed the magic book back into my hand. I stared blankly at the chubby magic book.

“What’s this?”

Kilian, still looking at me floating, smirked.

“Weren’t you trying to come down?”

The laughing eyes and the twinkling gaze definitely mocked me. I wanted to retaliate immediately, but for now, getting down before hitting my head again was a priority.

“How do I come down?”

I asked a bit hesitantly.

Kilian tilted his head.

“Weren’t you paying attention during the magic class, sister?”

“Umm.”

I should have been awake during the magic class. The problem was that I didn’t feel the need to be awake, thinking I had no magic power at all.

“You need to retrieve the magic power you put into the spell.”

“Retrieve?”

I tried to grasp the magic book again. I didn’t feel much when infusing magic power, and now, when trying to retrieve it, I still felt nothing.

“Huh.”

Then, for a moment, I started falling.

But I didn’t close my eyes tightly, nor did I brace for the impending impact.

I’ve fallen very naturally since my past life.

“Thank you.”

I believed.

That there was always someone to catch me.

“Kilian.”

“Suddenly so formal.”

The arm that hugged me tightened slightly.

“You.”

I hugged the magic book.

“You won’t tell anyone, right?”

I didn’t need to hear the answer. The beautiful face that had been watching me for a long time, the eyes that always softened when turned towards me. Without saying anything, I could read everything.

“Thank you. I knew you’d do that for me.”

In response to my words, Kilian raised an eyebrow.

“You haven’t answered yet.”

“I know. Even without saying.”

It was quite impulsive. I pulled Kilian’s cheek. Once plump enough to fit into my hand like a dumpling, the cheek now felt thin, but the feeling wasn’t bad.

“Let it be.”

Esmeralda, avoiding the eyes of others, headed to the secluded corner of the Duke’s garden.

“I thought I succeeded this time, tsk tsk.”

When the inhuman metallic voice resonated throughout the garden, Esmeralda trembled.

“S-Sorry, Mother.”

“Change the forest path so that only the Duke can find you this time, and lure the owl. I laid out all the plans, but it still didn’t work. Pathetic.”

Esmeralda looked down at her hand full of murderous intent.

“I tried to follow what you told me, Mother…”

Still, her hands trembled at the thought. She deliberately threw herself at the owl, flying it across, trying to endure the fear.

“All because of Lady Reyna.”

Even now, her hands trembled just thinking about it. Thanks to Kilian, the Duke was only trying to save the clumsy Lady Reyna, not her.

“Mother… wouldn’t it be better to approach naturally instead of using such drastic methods?”
Esmeralda pressed her slightly trembling hands together.

“Because of me, the people in the Duke’s mansion suffered, and Lady Reyna could have been seriously injured…”

“Naturally? You’ve been talking well even though you haven’t succeeded so far.”

Esmeralda shook her shoulders.

“Then…”

“We should use the most certain method. Isn’t that right?”