Star Speech

Fortunately, the results were quite good.

Hekate felt that his physique had grown much stronger.

In the blink of an eye, two days passed.

An elderly mage came to the house. He wore an exquisite mage's robe and had a white beard, looking like a learned old scholar. Leaning on a massive staff, he appeared at the entrance to Hekate's home.

Count Fortes had heard that a Royal Mage was traveling through the area and had specially invited him over.

After the two chatted in the study for a while, Count Fortes had the butler summon Hekate.

Over the past two days, Hekate had not drawn anything good. However, his Magic Level had broken through, making him a 9-Star Magic Apprentice.

"Young Master Hekate, the Count wishes to see you in his study." Butler Fei Qi arrived at the classroom.

Loria's bored little eyes immediately lit up as she said, "I want to go too!"

Teacher Julia tapped the desk and sternly said, "Loria, your father asked for your brother, not you. You need to stay here and practice writing. Your Uruk Language progress has been a little slow, you know~"

"Ah~ No, Teacher, let me come with him~" Loria pleaded.

"No, unless Lady Audrey is satisfied with your next Uruk Language test!"

"Wuu~"

Hekate smiled, waved beneath Loria's pitiful gaze, and left.

When he arrived at his father's study, Hekate noticed an elderly man with white hair and beard in the room. The mage's robe bore the emblem of the Royal Glantz Academy.

"This is Professor Emand from Grants Academy. He was traveling through the area and heard that you suffer from a strange and difficult illness, so he came to examine you," Count Fortes said.

Hekate was immediately startled.

He won't discover the Witch Bloodline inside me, will he? Witches were not welcome beings in this world. Whenever the words "Witch" appeared in history books, they were inevitably accompanied by evil and disaster...

But this old man was a professor from the Royal Academy. He sounded incredibly powerful. Even if Hekate wanted to run, he would not be able to escape.

"Hehe, don't be afraid, child. Hold out your hand, and I'll take a look," Professor Emand said kindly.

"Okay, Professor Emand."

Hekate nervously held out his hand.

Professor Emand took hold of it and cast a healing spell.

A moment later, the magic stopped.

"His body is very healthy. There are no illnesses or curses," Professor Emand said, shaking his head at the Count.

Count Fortes's gaze darkened slightly. It seemed that even a Royal Mage could not find anything.

"If you are still worried, Count, I can have him enroll at Grants Academy. With him by my side, if anything happens, I will be able to keep watch over him immediately."

Count Fortes was startled. "He can?"

Professor Emand nodded. "His Magic Aptitude is excellent. I'll write him a letter of recommendation."

His Magic Aptitude was excellent?

Count Fortes's mouth twitched involuntarily. Of everyone in the family, this third son had the worst Magic Aptitude, and strange things kept happening to him for no apparent reason.

But this was not the time to expose him.

"...Hekate, what do you think?" His gaze shifted to Hekate.

"I want to go! I hope Father will agree!"

He had been wondering what excuse he could use to live on campus after enrolling. Now this was perfect—he could go straight to the Royal Magic Academy in the capital, far away from home.

Since even the professor could not detect the Witch Bloodline in him, most others probably would not be able to either.

"Very well. I agree."

After saying that, Count Fortes still seemed somewhat dazed. His least gifted third son actually had a chance to enter the Royal Academy. It was truly unexpected.

"Hekate, go bring Loria here."

"Professor Emand, my youngest daughter's aptitude is not bad either. Could you take a look at her?"

Professor Emand smiled faintly. "Of course."

That night, his second sister suddenly barged in from outside and stared at Hekate with wide eyes.

"Sister Edith, I'm about to go to sleep. Is something the matter?" Hekate calmly met his second sister's gaze.

Edith frowned. "Why are you going to bed so early?"

"Where's Professor Emand's recommendation letter? Let me see it."

So that was what this was about.

Hekate thought to himself, then took the recommendation letter out of the drawer.

Edith said in shock, "You just left Professor Emand's recommendation letter here?! Oh my God, this is a recommendation letter from a Royal professor!"

"Where else should I put it?"

"Of course you should lock it in a safe!" Edith raised her voice, deeply dissatisfied with how casually her Younger Brother had stored a recommendation letter from a Royal professor.

Hekate said, "Don't get so worked up, Sister Edith. No one will steal it, and even if they do, they can't use it."

Only he could use this recommendation letter. It would be useless even if someone stole it.

"Oh my God, do you know how the nobles of Lundria would fight until their heads bled for a recommendation letter from Glantz? Yet you don't value it at all!" Hearing her Younger Brother's casual tone, Edith felt her fists clench as she gritted her teeth.

Hekate did not want to argue with his sister, so he hurriedly promised that he would lock it in the safe.

Only then did Edith nod in satisfaction. Then she said enviously, "How nice. You actually get to study at the Royal Academy."

Hekate smiled. "I'm surprised too."

The Witch Physique possessed the ultimate affinity for magic.

Professor Emand must have detected that before he was willing to write the recommendation letter.

"Father, too. He actually invited Professor Emand without telling us. If I'd known, I wouldn't have gone to the Academy," Edith muttered unhappily. She felt that if her Younger Brother, whose Magic Aptitude was so poor, could catch the professor's eye, then she definitely could have as well.

Another five days passed.

The moment Hekate woke up, he opened his status panel and clicked to draw once.

Duang~

Gift of Fate: Magic Level increased by 1 Star, height decreased by 1 centimeter.

A beneficial gift.

The gains far outweighed the losses—that was what made it a beneficial gift.

His original aptitude had been terrible. His previous status as an 8-Star Magic Apprentice had all come from such beneficial gifts. But now that his Magic Aptitude was high enough, he could break through one Star at the apprentice level every few days. There was no need to ruin his own height.

With a wave of his hand, he rejected this gift and sensed the amount of magic power within his body.

"One more day of Meditation, and I'll break through to a 10-Star Magic Apprentice."

At that moment, Hekate noticed changes in his status panel.

Name: Hekate Noah di Calilans

Age: 12/73

Race: ? (Sex does not match. Witch Bloodline transformation in progress, currently 10%)

Magic Power: 9-Star Magic Apprentice

Magic: None

Equipment: None

Talent ①: Gift of Fate (Conduct a Fate Lottery once per day)

Talent ②: Star Witch (Magic Affinity Max) (Star Speech: Starlight will tell you things you do not know.)

His Witch Bloodline had reached 10%, and a new ability had appeared under his Star Witch talent.

Star Speech.

It would tell him things he did not know...

It seemed like a very interesting ability, but it was morning now. The sun blocked the Starlight, and he could not see a thing.

He could only try it again at night.