Alice Von Kaiser

Upon arriving at the training ground in the palace area, I could see how expansive and magnificent this place was. However, a particular site allows you to customize the kind of practice you wish to engage in.

After that, I went to the building with the high dome dedicated to practicing magic. As I approached the entrance, I could feel the powerful magic surrounding this place, and as soon as I entered, my body began absorbing the energy that had been amassed in this location.

I could see Alice practicing magic in the middle of the vast field, accompanied by several maids and a middle-aged woman who appeared to be giving her direction.

I can tell that Alice is exerting a lot of effort based on how she struggles to breathe and the fact that the maid occasionally wipes her sweat off her face.

As I mentioned this morning, one of the things that give me pleasure is watching a person who is not talented put in a lot of effort but is ultimately unsuccessful. However, whether it all ends in disappointment or not, only a select few can avoid that fate.

Because of this, I feel a great deal of pride in Alice. Despite the fact that she is only 12 years old, she has already reached level 20, whereas other children may have only reached level 15 at her age.

While seated in the audience, I kept a distance from her and watched her from afar. If my recollection serves me correctly, my adorable younger sister Alice has many admirers, including nobles from different worlds and regular people.

She had a pretty face like Emilia's sister, some areas of her body were more developed than the peers of her age, and she had pale white skin that was rarely exposed to the sun. In contrast to the color of my blood-red eyes, Alice's and Emilia's eyes were a more vibrant shade of red.

The wind from the spell that she casts occasionally blows and hits her long, white hair, and as she walks to the left and right, she avoids the attacks the middle-aged woman is making on her.

I, along with Emilia and Alice, have somewhat contrasting preferences regarding color. My taste is for black and white, Emilia's is for black and blue, and Alice's is for black and red.

All of her accessories, beginning with the headband and ending with the dress, featuring a combination of black and red colors that are pretty suitable and elegant. Additionally, she is wearing a stunning dark purple pendant on her chest.

I continued to look at her while thinking about something else simultaneously.

- Alice Pov -

"As is customary, you are making significant progress daily," Said the middle-aged woman standing in front of me as she began to cast a spell at me.

I said, "this is all thanks to your teachings, teacher...after all, I'm still far from big brother and sister Emilia," while dodging the fireball flying at me.

Since I was a child, I've been interested in magic, but Emilia's sister is more focused on her swordsmanship than teaching me, so she cannot do so. Because of this, I would sneak into my brother's room and ask him to teach me magic when I was younger.

In the beginning, he read me books about magic every night until I fell asleep in his bed, and my mother had to carry me back to the room where I was staying.

He always said that I would become a great magus like in the legends of the story books he read. Hearing his words made me so happy, and we ended up laughing until we fell asleep.

"Again, this time you have to defend yourself from my consecutive attacks," Said my instructor as she cast a spell that took the form of a massive ball of fire directed at me.

My instructor is a level 30 veteran, and she is also known as the hot stove lady. This is because her magic is more oriented toward the fire element. I'm not sure if this is why her emotions are also frequently elevated, but she is now responsible for training me on occasion.

When I reached level 10, my older brother suggested I unlock a passive skill called energy core with extraordinary benefits.

Each time you gain a level, your INT stat will increase by 1, allowing you to allocate the leveling points to other stats.

I am currently at level 20, and despite having reached this milestone, I cannot decide which passive skill I want to learn next.

"Teacher, do you mind if we take a break?" I muttered in between gasps.

"No, don't you want to make up some ground?" Accompanied by a continuous fireball that shot towards me at a faster speed than it had previously.

Magus typically lack agility because they place a greater emphasis on developing their power and accuracy as well as their ability to store more magic mana.

Thanks to the energy core passive skill, I can have more points for my agility.

*clap *clap

Clapping could be heard coming from the audience bench, where there had been nobody until that very moment.

When everyone stopped what they were doing and turned their heads, they could see a man with white hair sitting casually in the audience. He wore a black suit with a white robe that looked very charming.

"For how long has he been present there?" Remarked the middle-aged woman with a look of astonishment on her face.

As I remained silent and refrained from responding, the other present maids also displayed expressions of surprise.

His crimson eyes were fixed on me, and if you looked carefully, you could almost make out a smile on his face.

When I saw him start walking here, my first thought was, "He just wants to show off," and I took a deep breath.

- End Of Pov -

After everyone's attention had been focused on me, I got to my feet and approached her.

As I approached Alice, the present maid immediately bowed with respect.

"I'm sorry, but I need to borrow Alice for today because I promised to take her for a walk yesterday," I said it nonchalantly.

"I didn't think Prince Hadrian needed to come here to pick up Princess Alice alone," The middle-aged woman who went by the moniker "hot furnace" was now displaying a pleasant smile while speaking condescendingly.

"Okay, Alice, the training for this time ends here, as it normally does, leaving me with a feeling of pride in my heart for your advancement."

"Yes, there is no doubt that she is the younger sister of whom I am the proudest," I said to her as I gently stroked Alice's head.

After that, without making any other preparations or announcements, I hastily took Alice's hand and walked out, followed by the maids.

"That's terrible. I don't know if I would have noticed Prince Hadrian's presence if he hadn't made a sound earlier," A barely audible voice could be heard coming from the vast field.

-

"Open the gate," Said the female security officer in a commanding tone.

"clop-clop"

The sound of three horse-drawn carriages running hand in hand out of the gates of the palace area could be heard. It seemed as if they were acting as an escort for one of the carriages in the middle, which appeared different because it was more majestic.

On the carriage's body was also engraved with a circle and skull symbol in the center, which indicated a time but with ancient numbers that most people, when looking at it, did not know but could only see its majesty.

Three carriages were moving through the busy city streets at a speed that was neither fast nor slow. However, it appeared as though they were heading out of the city.