Assessment of Jude Rexhart

Present day

August 3rd,2002

"Your Majesty, Upon observing His Highness Jude, I have been able to see that he is very intelligent, however i have also been able to see his sporadic behaviour and temperament . Sometimes he is the perfect student,doing his work diligently and asking thought provoking questions. Other times, he tries truanting his lessons or outright ignoring me while I am speaking to him. But if you were to ask me of my assessment of him. I would have to say, he is a genuine genius. His ability to interpret, analyse and apply what he learns is outstanding. I would regard him as among the top,if not THE top, of his generation in regards to academics."

Working on his documents, King Julian Rexhart, did not even show a hint of surprise nor elation. Though, for those that knew him, the lack of a frown suggested that he was rather pleased with the assessment thus far.

"Continuing on his assessment, in regards to Swordsmanship and Magic. His swordsmanship is to a praiseworthy level however that is if we are to compare to your average noble child, if we were to compare to a squire of of similar age, then he is rather average.

A softer and more appealing voice then joined the conversation between the King and his subject.

"In regards to magic, his control of mana is quite poor and has much more room for improvement. Thus far, he fails to control the amount of mana he uses which may seem common but in this instance it is much worse. He rarely, if ever, is able to convert his mana properly into a spell and on the occasion he is able to, it spirals out of control. We have been unable to understand why so far but we have contacted the Court Mage who is not present at the palace right now."

Having calmly digested the information brought to him by Jude's tutor, Kazura, and his Magic tutor, Kira.

"His control of mana is poor,you say…..That is quite surprising,knowing who his mother is and how much he loved books about magic growing up. Keep observing Jude and upon his 8th birthday which is at the end of the month, increase his swordsmanship and magic training. By the time he enters the academy in two years, he should be above his peers."

""Yes, Your Majesty!""

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" 'hE iGNorEs mE', how can a grown man sound so hurt when talking about a 7 year old boy~, so much for being called the "Scholarly Swordsman~" Kira teased Kazura as they made their way to the First Prince's quarters.

"That's not what I said! And also I don't call myself that so don't try use that against me! And for someone who is nearing the age of marriage, your alias sure does ward off suitors, The Whimsical Witch~."

As the words left his mouth, he felt the immense bloodlust by his side and was about to pull out his sword to prepare his defence, but fortunately they had already arrived at their destination and therefore had to control themselves.

" Why are you two always fighting for!" a cute, but annoyed voice interrupted their bout.

Entering Kazura and Kira's sight was a boy of no more then 4ft with navy blue eyes and ice white hair that did was brushed to the sides

"It's because your magic tutor tried making fun of me but it backfired,your highness."

"I don't care anyway, let's begin." Jude Rexhart had long since lost interest in what he asked about 20 seconds ago and urged them to go begin their lessons.

'It's Diligent Jude today apparently' both tutors thought

"Ok then let's see whether you remember what we did last lesson."