Chapter 88

My father runs a restaurant called "Restaurant Cook" in the capital of the Sacred Bandam Kingdom. My father's restaurant is well-known in the capital for always being full of customers. He is my pride.

Thanks to my father's hard work, I have never had to worry about money and was even able to enroll in the prestigious Royal Magic School. To live up to my father's expectations, I hope to graduate from the Royal Magic School and serve as a magician in a noble household. However, life often doesn't go as planned, so I help my father in his restaurant during breaks to hone my cooking skills.

On the day of the Royal Magic School's enrollment ceremony, I had a fateful encounter. I met a student who sat next to me, who appeared to be from a wealthy commoner family and had a very beautiful face—so beautiful that it could pass for a woman's, but he was wearing the uniform for male students.

I thought he was also from a commoner family and greeted him.

"I'm Peron Cook. Nice to meet you."

"I'm Christoph von Brütsels. Nice to meet you."

From his self-introduction, I realized he was a noble.

"Ah, a noble?"

There is a significant gap between commoners and nobles. If a noble becomes displeased, they can ruin a family with various complaints. Knowing this, I regretted speaking to him.

"By the way, you are a noble, right?"

"I'm sorry for speaking to you."

I apologized before he could complain. That was all I could do at the moment.

"It's fine. I despise those who act arrogantly just because they are nobles. Please feel free to interact with me. By the way, can I call you Peron? I'd like you to call me Chris."

I can't possibly call you Chris...

"Sure, you can call me Peron. But calling a noble like you by your first name..."

"Then, you can call me Christoph. Nice to meet you, Peron."

He spoke to me very casually. I said something I shouldn't have to such a person.

"Yes, nice to meet you, Christoph."

Oh no!

I called a noble "Christoph" so casually. I looked at Christoph, feeling anxious, but he greeted me with a smile.

After that, I also met Carla. She was a noble, but like Christoph, she treated me normally. Carla is a very lively and bright girl, unlike me. She invited me to form a party with Christoph and herself, and we also joined a clan called "MI Tsukuru" that she had established. In this clan, I met Clara and Pritz, twin noble siblings. Although it might be rude to say, they didn't act like typical nobles and didn't put on airs.

Before I knew it, I was surrounded by nobles, but all four of them treated me normally, so I felt I had made good friends.

Christoph is the second son of the Brütsels Margrave family, a major noble family in the south, second only to the royal family. His talent and power in magic and sorcery are already beyond that of a court magician, as evidenced by his actions. He seems completely unaware of his exceptional status. For some reason, I can't call him by his first name.

Clara and Pritz are twins but have completely opposite personalities. Clara is bright and speaks her mind, while Pritz is thoughtful and deliberate in his speech. Clara often leads Pritz, but it seems Pritz is actually controlling the situation.

Carla's personality is similar to Clara's, but unlike Clara, she takes the lead and pushes everyone forward. She is always cheerful and never shows her weaknesses. She is considerate of everyone but helps in a subtle way. Over time, I became attracted to Carla, and she accepted me.

Christoph told me that during the summer vacation at the Sejaka mine, he defeated the eight-headed serpent, a water deity, and as a result, became a god himself. He seemed nonchalant about it, but it was an incredible feat, and I realized just how exceptional he is.

As a god, Christoph bestowed a blessing upon me, as well as Carla, Clara, and Pritz. Thanks to the blessing of the Magic Item God, whenever I think of making a magic item, the method and the necessary magic array come to mind.

At the Royal Magic School, I learned a lot from Christoph, which allowed me to earn many advanced credits and even complete high-level dungeons. One day, our teacher, Mr. Bloom, informed us that we would graduate early. I wasn't the only one; Christoph, Carla, Clara, and Pritz were also graduating. However, there was a problem. We hadn't expected to graduate in just one year, so we hadn't done any job hunting. Normally, job hunting starts in the summer of the third year and is usually completed by November, but we were informed of our graduation in December—most of the good positions were already taken.

"What do we do? It's a bit sudden, and I haven't prepared anything."

Carla, Clara, and Pritz were in the same situation as me.

"Carla, we're all in the same boat. Oh, Christoph has the Brütsel Trading Company and received a land grant, right?"

"Peron, it's not a land grant, just permission to own land."

"Same thing. How about if Christoph hires us?"

Carla's suggestion decided our future.

"I was thinking the same thing, but it might be a burden on Christoph."

Pritz tentatively disagreed with Clara's idea but looked at Christoph with hopeful eyes. In the end, Christoph hired all four of us.

And then I found out...

I had already recognized Christoph's exceptional nature, but on Brütsel Island, we saw something that confirmed it...

**Spoilers ahead!**

Future developments:

- As Mr. Shogun mentioned, Pritz is planned to become a stealth or information-type cheat.

- Carla is planned to become a magic brain cheat, Peron an internal affairs cheat, Clara a housekeeper, and Feira will remain a follower.

- Dorothy's role is a secret.

- These are just plans and may change without notice.

That's all.