"That team? They're pretty decent. Though they're a fairly ordinary team, they're all good people... Oh, and there's one particularly interesting little guy among them."
"Oh? Tell me about him."
Flora's words immediately piqued Bexila's curiosity. Any young person whom the Kingdom's magical prodigy described as "particularly interesting" could not be ordinary.
"He started from nothing, learned skills on his own, and became a professional in just over half a month."
Sure enough, that first sentence alone was startling enough.
Bexila thought back. "Grand Duke Preston, the Transcendent Grade warrior known as the Sword of the Kingdom, took nearly a month to advance back then, didn't he?"
"Twenty-three days."
Flora remembered clearly. "And Grand Duke Preston had ready-made skills to learn, as well as guidance from famous teachers."
"Then he truly is a rare genius. Given time, he may even rival—or surpass—Grand Duke Preston."
"And that's not all."
Flora shook her head. "At the same time, he also advanced as an Assassin."
Bexila's eyes widened. This was clearly beyond her understanding.
"A few days ago, he even came to me to learn magic and displayed magical talent far beyond my own."
"Beyond yours... Little Flora, are you sure?"
Bexila felt as though she was listening to a story.
Any one of those three achievements would have been enough to shock people. To possess all three...
"Are you sure he's human?"
"I wondered that too."
Flora shrugged. "I even suspected that he might be some god's illegitimate son."
Bexila shook her head. "There is still no conclusion on whether gods even exist... But putting aside such absurdities, if he truly has that kind of talent, then even in the Empire... no, across the entire continent, it would be exceedingly rare!"
"Besides, most of those geniuses come from noble families and are