The Youngest Daughter of the Swordsmanship Family Turned Great Mage - Chapter 66

There were no special events during the past 5 years. Under the protection of Duke Adrian, the four siblings grew up sometimes freely and sometimes strictly.

The biggest event was when Clara and Teresa came to visit.

And Rosette turned thirteen a few months ago.

During that time, she grew considerably. Her limbs became longer, and her chubby face became a bit slimmer.

However, she was still smaller than her peers. Rosette wondered why she didn’t become plump despite eating well, and why she was still small compared to the Adrian family members.

One day, Duke Adrian expressed a similar doubt.

To his question, ‘Our children were a span taller at this age, why is Rose still small even though we feed her well?’, the family doctor replied, ‘It seems she was born with a small build.’

He added that her difficulty in gaining fat or muscle was also due to her innate constitution.

Hearing this, Duke Adrian comforted the depressed Rosette, saying, ‘Our Rose was destined to be a magician, not a knight. Isn’t that even better?’

‘Well, I’ve grown a lot compared to when I was in the Dallas family.’

Not only in body shape, but there were also many improvements in other areas.

First of all, Rosette had now perfectly adapted to noble society. She had fully mastered etiquette and studied a lot of subjects like history and geography.

Her magic skills had improved significantly. Rosette turned thirteen last winter, and thanks to her hard work, her mana core had grown a lot. It was equivalent to the skill level of a sixteen-year-old before her regression.

However, strangely, her embroidery skills didn’t improve. Even though Rosette spent much more time practicing embroidery, Isabel’s skills were better.

‘I guess I really don’t have any dexterity.’

Rosette glared at the handkerchief with crooked embroidery.

That was a gift for Daniel.

This year, Daniel turned nineteen, which meant he became an adult under imperial law. And as soon as he became an adult, he declared that he would participate in the martial arts competition he had been preparing for.

So Rosette started making a handkerchief as a gift for Daniel, wishing him luck in martial arts.

However, due to her poor skills, she had already ruined several handkerchiefs.

Even Lucas laughed out loud when he saw the embroidery. He said even Pipi could do better than that.

Even Pipi arrogantly said, ‘Should I try instead?’, which made Rosette even more upset.

‘After saying that, he asked me to make one for him. Let’s see if I make it for him.’

Rosette pouted and then started embroidering again. Hearing Pipi chirping and cheering beside her made her feel energized.

As she was concentrating on embroidering like that, the door suddenly opened and Lucas came in.

“Hey, shorty!”

Rosette was startled and hid the handkerchief behind her back.

“You scared me!”

“Why are you so surprised?”

Lucas chuckled. Lucas, who turned fifteen this year, had completely shed his childish appearance and become a young man.

Thanks to training under the sun every day, his skin was moderately tanned, and his body had become quite sturdy.

However, he still enjoyed teasing Rosette. His mischievous expression was the same.

Rosette puffed up her cheeks.

“Did you come to tease me again?”

“No teasing. So, is it going well?”

“I won’t show you.”

Rosette made a ‘hmph’ sound and quickly put the handkerchief in the drawer. Lucas clicked his tongue in disappointment.

“More importantly, do you want to go watch Daniel sparring?”

“Sparring?”

“Yeah. The sword competition is in two months, right? He’s doing some final practice.”

“Okay!”

Rosette headed to the training ground a little away from the mansion with Lucas. There, Daniel was already sparring with a knight.

“Lucas, Rose.”

Isabel, standing at the edge of the training ground, waved. Rosette ran to her side and admired Isabel anew.

‘Sister has grown a lot too.’

Isabel, who turned sixteen this year, was tall like any member of the Adrian family. Last time they measured, she was over 170cm, which was much taller than the average height in the empire.

Moreover, her arms and legs were slim and long, so whenever Rosette saw her, she was reminded of the jaguar she had seen in an animal encyclopedia.

‘I wish I could be like sister…’

She glumly compared her shadow with Isabel’s.

Rosette was small compared to her other tall siblings. Her height was just over 150cm, which was short even considering she was still in her growth period.

‘Of course, when I was in the Dallas family, I wasn’t even 150cm as an adult…’

While she envied Daniel and Lucas, seeing Isabel with her nicely toned muscles made her want to be taller even more. Isabel had somehow become Rosette’s idol.

“What are you looking at?”

“You’re just so cool, sister.”

“What?”

“Hehe.”

When Rosette laughed, Isabel turned her head away. But her ears turned red. She was still an honest sister.

The tactless Lucas started teasing Isabel.

“Wow! Sis’s face is red!”

“Can’t you be quiet?”

As Lucas continued to make strange noises and laugh, Isabel picked up the wooden sword she had placed on the ground.

“You keep…”

“No!”

Rosette spread her arms and stepped between them.

“We came to watch the sparring, right?”

Isabel glanced at Rosette and then put the wooden sword back down.

“You, I’m letting you off because of Rose.”

“Heh.”

Lucas stuck out his tongue and plopped down under the shade of a tree. Rosette sat down next to him to watch the sparring.

Daniel’s sparring partner was Sir Keren. Rosette felt a bit nervous.

“Will brother be okay?”

“Why?”

“Sir Keren was the winner of last year’s Adrian Swordsmanship Tournament, right?”

Isabel replied nonchalantly.

“Strictly speaking, he wasn’t just last year’s winner, but the winner for three consecutive years.”

Duke Adrian held an internal swordsmanship tournament every year to boost the morale of his knights. The winner was given an enormous prize money.

There were so many capable knights that the tournament was as heated as the imperial-hosted swordsmanship tournament. The winner was even considered a candidate for winning the swordsmanship tournament.

Chris Kellen was a skilled person who had won such a tournament for three consecutive years.

‘Of course, he’s a really nice person.’

Chris often helped correct the posture of Rosette or the three siblings, or analyzed their weaknesses.

Besides that, he was so good-natured that he was popular among his colleagues. She heard that there were quite a few maids who had a crush on him.

But he was so competitive that he never went easy on anyone during sparring, no matter who his opponent was. Rosette had often seen knights who sparred with Chris shouting, ‘Take it easy, will you!’

Being such a person, would it be any different with Daniel as his opponent? He would surely fight with all his might.

Of course, Daniel’s skills were no joke either, but wasn’t there a difference in experience?

“What if Daniel gets hurt right before the competition…”

Lucas laughed out loud.

“Daniel? Hurt? By Sir Kellen?”

He put his arm around Rosette’s shoulder.

“Shorty, watch carefully. See how amazing Daniel is!”

“Mmm.”

Rosette carefully removed Lucas’s arm while focusing on the sparring.

Chris Kellen, with black hair and blue eyes, charged at Daniel with a shout. Rosette could barely follow his movements.

Rosette unconsciously covered her mouth and gasped. At the same time, with a sharp ‘clang’, Daniel blocked Chris’s sword.

Chris didn’t hesitate at all and spun to aim for Daniel’s waist. Instead of meeting the sword, Daniel twisted his body to dodge.

Even among the knights, exclamations of admiration leaked out.

“As expected of Young Master Daniel.”

“He doesn’t have much muscle yet, so he’s still a bit lacking in strength, but he’s that much more agile.”

Rosette turned her head to glance at Lucas sitting next to her and Isabel standing next to him.

The two were watching Daniel with even more serious faces than Rosette, not taking their eyes off him for a moment.

At times like this, it felt like the two of them were truly born to be knights.

Rosette wiggled her outstretched feet back and forth while continuing to watch the sparring.

After that, the sparring became as fierce as if it were a real fight.

The speed of the two also gradually increased, and Rosette couldn’t follow their movements with her eyes. She just flinched every time she heard the sharp sound of swords clashing.

As the intense exchange continued, Isabel let out an exclamation.

“Ah…!”

“What is it, sis? Tell me too!”

Lucas urged, but Isabel didn’t seem to hear and focused on the sparring. Lucas made a ‘tch’ sound and looked back at Daniel.

Daniel’s sword drew a large arc as it extended towards Chris. At that moment, sand flew in the training ground, blurring the surroundings of the two.

Rosette covered her mouth and coughed while still keeping her eyes wide open.

That’s when it happened.

‘Huh?’

Rosette felt the aura of mana emanating from Daniel. There was only one thing it could mean when mana was felt from a knight who wasn’t a magic swordsman.

‘Aura manifestation…?’

As if to prove it, a yellow light resembling Daniel’s warmth was seen in the hazy sand smoke.

Rosette and Lucas stood up at the same time. Isabel let out an even bigger exclamation than before. Exclamations of “Ooh!” spread among the knights as well.

The sound of swords clashing was no longer heard between Daniel and Chris. The faint figures of the two standing still could be seen.

A moment later, when the sand wind had somewhat settled, Rosette could see exactly what the situation was.

Daniel was standing with his sword at Chris’s neck.

His sword was surrounded by a yellow aura, which extended from the tip of the sword and stopped just short of touching Chris’s neck.

It was at a distance where Chris’s neck would be cut by the aura if he moved even a little.

Chris had stopped with his sword at Daniel’s waist.

Waist and neck. The match was already decided.

After hesitating for a moment, he stepped back and graciously admitted defeat.

“I lost, young master.”

At that moment, cheers erupted from the knights surrounding them.

“The young master won!”

“It seems the eldest young master can now freely control his aura as well?”

Rosette also excitedly raised both hands high in the air.

“Daniel won!”

“As expected, brother won!”

Rosette and Lucas hugged each other and reveled in their joy. Isabel smiled at her two younger siblings.

“So you were all here?”

Daniel, who had been receiving congratulations from the knights, approached while wiping the sweat on his chin with the back of his hand. Rosette handed him the towel and water bottle she had prepared in advance.

“Brother, here.”

“Thanks, Rose.”

Rosette looked up at Daniel as he drank water. The boy she had first seen had now completely become an adult.

His height and build had become similar to Duke Adrian’s, so it would be hard to tell them apart if you saw them from behind.

‘Actually, Daniel’s face resembles father’s the most.’

His voice had also completely changed, becoming much deeper than before. However, it was still soft and pleasant to listen to.