This Is Way Too Exaggerated, Isn't It?

Watching the retreating figure, the inexperienced young man sighed.

Then he walked toward the stall selling the box that was said to be able to grill meat.

As he drew closer, his pupils suddenly contracted, his eyes filling with astonishment.

At the stall stood a young man dressed quite ordinarily. Everything about him seemed utterly unremarkable, as though he would attract no attention at all in a crowd.

Yet he knew this person.

The heir to the lord of the Bay Duchy in the Graycastle Empire—a child from another family, a genius of water magic, only nineteen years old and already a High-Order Mage.

Although all the mid- and high-tier magic he had mastered was water-element magic, that did not stop him from becoming an Advanced Mage.

The Baylands also had the greatest concentration of water resources in the Graycastle Empire, making it a perfect fit.

"Why are you here?"

The inexperienced young man could not help asking.

"Hm? If you can come, why can't I?" The heir to the Bay Duchy was also stunned upon seeing him, then smiled. "What? Are you here to further your studies at Rost Academy too? Which academy are you planning to apply for?"

"Of course the Magic Academy. What else could it be?"

Almost all nobles in the Graycastle Empire were mages. Naturally, they were no exception.

However, the heir to the Bay Duchy looked utterly baffled. "If you only want to study magic, why come to Rost Academy?"

"Doesn't our Gray Fortress have the strongest mage corps? With your status as a marquis's heir, you could join it and study there whenever you wanted!"

"You're not applying to the Magic Academy?" The inexperienced young man froze.

"Of course not. Since I'm in Rost Territory, naturally I want to study Magitech Devices. Even