"Fate"
In the blink of an eye, half a month passed.
Over those half a month, the royal capital became incredibly lively once more.
Although the dignitaries from various nations had left, under the summons of Roxie, Aiyi, Anima, and the others, renowned figures from all over the world arrived one after another, then departed one after another, gradually causing quite a stir in the royal capital.
Slowly, many people came to learn that the purpose of these people coming to the royal capital was to teach the increasingly famous Count Poztut the skills they knew.
Yet they came in a hurry and left in a hurry, leaving many people thoroughly puzzled.
Shien, however, ignored all the commotion outside and remained shut away at home, receiving instruction from masters from every corner of the world and learning skill after skill at a rate that continually frightened people away.
Of course, Shien did not accept everything indiscriminately.
There were some skills he did not need, so naturally, he would not learn them.
For example, even if he learned magic skills, without chants, Shien still could not cast magic. He also did not want to bury himself in a sea of books and study bitterly as he had before, so he rejected every magic skill.
There were also skills whose effects overlapped, or skills that had superior advanced versions. Shien would not learn those either, since that would merely waste Skill Points.
Therefore, whenever Shien learned a skill, he carefully picked through them first and learned only those confirmed to be useful to him.
Unfortunately, there were also some skills whose learning requirements Shien could not meet. Even if he took a liking to them, there was nothing he could do.
For example, only descendants of great families that had produced loyal