Yakagi Suimei Alternate
Prologues
Felmenia Stingray is one of the proud court magicians of the Kingdom of Astel. Born as the second daughter of Earl Stingray, she is a girl of noble descent who was raised without ever knowing her desires or difficulties. After discovering his high mana capacity as a child, he learns magic under an old man known as a sage. Even as a young girl, she was considered a genius who peered into the abyss of magic ways.
Ten years passed when he learned magic with a wise man. Under his tutelage, Felmenia delves into the depths of magic that are usually said to take a minimum of thirty years to comprehend.
"Since this moment, there's nothing else I can teach you. Using your wits, find your own way of magic" he said at the time.
And after that, Felmenia's life became very busy compared to her study time under the sage. For the caliber of his magic research, he was appointed as the youngest initiator of the court magician. The amount of fixed jobs entrusted to him could not even compare to invitations to night parties, unknown occupations, and tea parties with noble ladies he had received. Ever since he left the sage cave where his time was devoted to studying magic, his life had been nothing but a series of new learning experiences.
His busy life left him with little time to sleep and brought difficulties like he had never known, but it was so satisfying that he found it hard to think. He has already felt an incredible achievement. He feels alive. She was no longer the little noble girl trapped inside the cage like a bird: she felt like making a difference as the vital cog of her country. Thus, he continued his busy but fruitful way of life. A few years after parting ways with the wise. Felmonia made a great discovery. In the middle of one of his jobs as a court mage where he is assigned to conquer the great threat of monsters and demons, he
discover the truth of the flame unknown to man.
Yes, at fifteen, Felmenia came to the truth. True fire that all fire wants. He found what could burn everything to ashes - a white flame. After trembling with joy for a moment. Felmenia reported this to her teacher and His Majesty the King. He even received words of high praise from the two of them for his great achievement.
But it wasn't just the white flame he found. That was when he also found value in her. This is what he really wanted. It was the validation and self-esteem that he had been pursuing all along. It pushed him forward, and he decided to continue forging the path of magic.
From then on, Felmenia continued her magic work, amassing many achievements for her service to the kingdom. From defeating the demons in the north, to exterminating the huge monsters enshrined in the desert, to reforming the magical scholarship within the country, to his appointment in the Mage Guild, the, it serves as a platform for more academic change... For almost everything he did, he was showered with admiration from anyone and everyone. The gratitude of the people, the jealousy of his comrades, and the words of hope hanging from his father and mother were all the greatest honors he could imagine.
That's how Felmenia lived up to now. His remarkable life of achievement eventually earned him recognition as the foremost magician in the kingdom, making him even more remarkable at his young age.
But even Felmenia, who prided herself as the kingdom's strongest magician, could not lift a single finger against the young man standing before her now.
The full moon shone from the dark sky decorated by the luster of the stars in the king's favorite courtyard of the Royal Castle of Camellia. It illuminated the young man dressed in black, who continued to ridicule him.
"Yes my.. Surely it was in bad taste to stalk someone like this. That's a behavior that fits with a miserable, stupid wild sheep that doesn't know anything about the truth and the preservation of the world, you know?"
This young man who spoke in a way that was unfamiliar to him was one of Reiji's good friends, the summoned hero. But unlike the young lady who also came with them and agreed to participate in the Demon King's conquest along with the hero, the, this completely innocent young man violently rejected the king's request and demanded to be returned to his own world.
Overcoming the confusion and fear that threatened to destroy him after being suddenly summoned to this world, his girlfriend loudly announces that he will accompany the hero on his quest. But not this young man. He insisted on being left alone and sent home. It was a joke. He's a coward. And the selfish. How could he call himself a man? Not only high-ranking castle officials like ministers and generals, but all the castle staff got to the servants and the lowest soldiers laughed mercilessly behind his back.
But... what is the truth?
Felmenia risked her pride on her white flame, the perfection of fire magic. But unfortunately it wasn't enough to win against this young man, who had been teasing him with just a flick of a finger. And now he was standing by her side, filled with a calm mana that was so incredible that it felt like turning it into ice.
"Now, little mage. Is it my turn?"
It was at this time that Felmenia Stingray learned how much she was worth.
This young man is strong and smart. His simple appearance was a lie. Disguises. He was so cunning that those who looked down on him with pity and scorn were true fools. He cannot be underestimated.
No, this young man was a monster who lived much deeper in the abyss of magic means than the wise man who taught him. He had many secret arts within him that he was no match for as he was now. He had such absurd skills and knowledge that it seemed he could bring out even heroes who received divine protection in the summoning ritual, all with ease and contemptuous laughter.
Not wrong anymore. He was a magician at the peak of his skill.
"...You who?"
Felmenia asked that with a trembling voice. The young man fiddled with something on his hands with a bored expression and answered it flatly.
"Magician Yakagi Suimei.
It would be the first time he had properly introduced himself.