King Radeus

At Zenith's words, Roxy turned her head, rested a hand on the wooden railing beside her, and sighed as she muttered.

"Ah, you get these cases sometimes. Their children develop a little faster, and they jump to the wishful conclusion that their children are gifted..."

Although Roxy might have thought she was speaking very quietly, everyone present heard her perfectly clearly.

"Is something wrong, Miss! Rox! Y!"

Zenith spoke through her anger, stressing every syllable.

Hearing Zenith, Roxy looked flustered and quickly turned back to speak to her.

"Nothing, I just think the two little ones might not be able to understand magical theory..."

"It's fine. My Radeus and Rudeus are very talented!"

Seeing how insistent Zenith was, Roxy could only grit her teeth and accept the job. After all, if a few days of teaching revealed that her children couldn't learn magic, Roxy would have ample reason to leave.

"All right, I'll do my best!"

"Now, let's head out to the courtyard!"

At this moment, Roxy still had no idea what sort of monsters she was about to face.

"Are we going outside?"

Rudeus huddled in Zenith's arms, a little afraid.

"Isn't that obvious?"

Roxy continued walking without even turning her head.

Radeus was the first to jump down from Zenith's arms. Standing on the ground, he held out his hand to Rudeus and said with a smile.

"Let's go, Rudeus!"

Looking at Radeus's outstretched hand, Rudeus hesitated, then jumped out of Zenith's arms too. He took Radeus's hand and replied with a smile of his own.

"Let's go!"

The three arrived in the courtyard, where Paul had brought out a table and chairs to make Roxy's lessons easier. Radeus and Rudeus now sat on the chairs, listening to Roxy teach them about magic.

"Magic can broadly be divided into three categories: attack magic, healing magic, and summoning magic."

"And each type of magic is divided into seven ranks: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced, Saint Rank, King Rank, Emperor Rank, and God Rank."

"Using magic requires mana. The power of a spell is directly linked to the amount of mana used to cast it. In other words, even a beginner spell can have power far beyond beginner level if someone with vast amounts of mana casts it."

Next, Roxy demonstrated the beginner spell Water Ball for them, a spell the brothers couldn't have been more familiar with.

"Great blessing of water... Water Ball!"

A ball of water appeared before Roxy's wand, then flew toward the tree Zenith had so carefully tended. As expected, nothing unexpected happened. The tree smoothly brought its sinful life to an end, even cosplaying as Satoru Gojo's 2.5 version as it died.

What a cause for celebration!

Meanwhile, Rudeus and Radeus were secretly chatting through telepathy nearby.

"Looks like normal mages really do have to chant."

"Yeah. Until we know whether chantless casting is taboo, we can't use it in front of Roxy. Rudeus, hold back a little later."

"Got it!"

Seeing the tree snapped in half, Roxy turned to the two little ones and asked.

"Well? Did you understand?"

Radeus said nothing, merely giving Roxy a pitying look.

Rudeus scratched his cheek and said to Roxy.

"Teacher, Mother took really good care of that tree. You might get scolded later..."

"Huh?!!!"

Rudeus's remark frightened Roxy into immediately running over to the tree and casting a healing spell on it.

Miraculously, once Roxy finished chanting the healing spell, the tree reconnected at the break in its middle. It even became covered in flowers.

"Ooh!"

At the sight, Rudeus and Radeus both clapped.

"You're amazing, Miss Roxy. You can even use healing magic!"

"Amazing! That's so amazing!"

Their praise made Roxy blush outright, her shy appearance adding a little more to her beauty.

"Is it really that impressive? Still, I can only use healing spells up to Intermediate rank."

"Besides, anyone can do this with proper training!"

Miss Roxy is so easy to win over. I feel like I could trick her into coming home with me without even trying and have her give birth to a whole soccer team, Radeus thought.

Suddenly, Radeus slapped himself.

Fuck, what am I thinking? It's all Rudeus's fault. That bastard's to blame for everything!

Rudeus and Roxy both looked at him in confusion.

"What's wrong, Radeus?"

"N-nothing, my face just felt a little itchy. Please continue, Miss Roxy!" Radeus said sheepishly.

"Next, you two give it a try. Don't worry. With me here, nothing will happen," Roxy told them.

"Okay!" ×2

Radeus and Rudeus exchanged a glance.

Be really careful. Don't mess this up!

Don't worry!

Then the two began making a show of chanting the incantation.

"Great blessing of water..."

But halfway through their chant, a sudden gust of wind lifted Roxy's skirt, revealing pure white.

Recon squad: Reporting in! It's white!

Headquarters: No need to report. Even the cooks saw it!

Both of them had been Xiao Chunan in their previous life and had never even touched a woman's hand. How could they withstand such a spectacular sight?

No, no, any man who came across this scene would have been unable to resist taking a couple of looks. Even eunuchs were no exception!

Eunuch: Gee, thanks!

Rudeus and Radeus were instantly captivated by this sacred sight, even forgetting the words they were chanting.

As a result, in a moment of carelessness, both their water balls flew out before they finished the incantation, turning the freshly resurrected Satoru Gojo the Second back into his 2.5 version.

"Huh?!"

Seeing them fire their water balls before finishing their chants, Roxy was utterly dumbstruck.

"Y-you two just shortened the incantation?!!!"

Faced with this question, Radeus and Rudeus exchanged a glance and spoke through their mental link.

It's all your fault. Couldn't you just not look? Radeus shifted the blame.

What the hell? You looked too, didn't you? Rudeus retorted.

Pervert! ×2

"Y-yes!" Radeus finally stammered.

"Do you usually shorten the incantation too?"

Roxy looked at them in disbelief.

"W-we usually don't chant!"

Rudeus answered Roxy's question meekly.

One second, two seconds...

Roxy remained silent for a long time. She didn't particularly want to speak right now. Their words had shattered her magical soul.

Chantless all along, chantless all along...

Then what did all my years of effort amount to?!!!

Was all my effort for nothing?

Radeus and Rudeus exchanged another glance.

What's going on?

No idea. Maybe we're just too awesome?

Probably!

After quite a while, Roxy finally recovered from her inner turmoil and looked at them listlessly.

"I see. It seems you really are worth training!"

Radeus and Rudeus instantly raised their noble heads!

"Ah!!!"

"Miss Roxy, please don't use my tree as practice material!"

From the second-floor window, Zenith saw that the Gojo... tree she had been nurturing had been severed at the waist and cried out in alarm.

"Huh?" ×3

All three immediately looked toward the tree, only to see that it had now been ravaged beyond recognition.

Roxy immediately crouched down and drew circles on the ground.

"I messed up right at the start. It looks like I'll be fired tomorrow!"

Just then, Radeus walked up to Roxy and offered some heartwarming comfort.

"Not necessarily, Miss Roxy!"

At Radeus's words, Roxy instantly looked up at him, a light still shining in her eyes. Just as her excitement began to rise, she heard the second half of his sentence.

"You might get fired today!"

"Awesome!"

Rudeus looked at Radeus with admiration.

When it came to messing with people's heads, no one did it like you! King Radeus!