Chapter 8 of 10
Chapter 8
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It was the morning of the day I was heading to the territory.
After breakfast, when I stepped into the entrance hall with Maggie, the luggage to be transported to the territory was packed and piled up like a mountain.
The work was finished, but a few people who had carried the luggage were still waiting.
It seemed that those who were free had stayed to see me off.
"Good morning."
"Good morning, Sophia."
As I was looking at the piled-up luggage, my parents arrived a little later, accompanied by the butler.
When I noticed them coming from behind and turned around, both of them greeted me with smiles.
"Good morning."
"There's quite a lot of it, isn't there?"
After greeting my parents, Father stopped beside me and looked around, muttering.
It was a somewhat exasperated line, but his expression was gentle.
"Do you plan to carry all of this with you?"
"Yes."
"It seems my daughter is as excellent as ever."
Father's somewhat proud words made my cheeks relax involuntarily.
As Father said, I intended to use magic to teleport all the luggage gathered in the entrance hall to the territory.
To be honest, I might be the only one in the world who can do this.
Originally, teleportation magic is difficult, and there are few mages who can use it.
Even among those who can use teleportation magic, the most they can do is teleport themselves or luggage of a similar size.
Even Father, the head of the Imperial Mage Corps, can only teleport two others in addition to himself at once.
Even so, that is quite exceptional.
If the luggage gathered in the entrance hall were converted into the number of people, it would be about fifteen adult men.
The fact that I can transport all of this at once clearly shows the exceptional nature of someone with the title of "Sage."
Moreover, I can actually transport even more.
Incidentally, the fact that I can teleport more than ten people is a secret of our family.
Only the members of our family know this, not even the royal family.
Of course, information control is strict, and all servants, whether in the capital or in the territory, are bound by a confidentiality agreement through an unbreakable magic contract.
While an unbreakable contract means that the body won't move if one tries to leak information, it's a relatively mild contract because any attempt to talk will send the information to Father.
"Sophia, I'll miss you."
"I'll come back to visit from time to time."
I tried to reassure Mother, who looked sad, but she still muttered, "I might finish up some things and return to the territory myself."
I wish she would stop, as it could cause a lot of trouble at the temple.
From beside me, Father also said, "We could use teleportation magic to commute..." but I wish he would stop that too.
Even for Father, it would be difficult to use teleportation magic to travel between the territory and the palace every day.
Teleportation magic consumes a large amount of magic power.
Moreover, the amount of magic power consumed increases in proportion to the size of the object being transported and the distance.
Just the one-way trip between the capital and the territory should consume most of Father's magic power.
While the consumed magic power can be recovered over time, the recovered magic power would have to be used for the return trip.
In that case, Father wouldn't be able to use any other magic.
The king would certainly put a stop to that.
Considering the trouble that would follow if my parents went through with it, I should stop them.
While I was thinking about how to stop them, the butler cleared his throat.
When I looked at him, he gave my parents a cold stare and then, unusually for his usually expressionless face, gave me a gentle smile.
It seemed I could leave it to him.
I smiled back at him and said, "I'll leave it to you," then turned back to my parents.
"Father, Mother, I think it's time to leave."
"Ah, I trust you'll be fine, but let us know when you arrive at the territory."
"Say hello to Daniel, who's in the territory."
"Understood."
Daniel is one of Father's younger brothers, who is managing the territory in Father's place.
He is my uncle.
I don't know how long it will be, but I will be staying in the territory for a while.
It's necessary to greet him.
The letters for him are included in the luggage being sent to the territory.
As if to cherish the moment, my parents hugged me, then stepped back.
Taking that as a signal, I began to cast the teleportation magic.
I designated myself, Maggie, and the piled-up luggage as the targets for teleportation, and set the destination as the back garden of the lord's mansion in the territory.
With the words, "I'm off," I activated the magic.
A blinding light overflowed from my feet, and my vision turned white.
The next moment, a long-unseen landscape spread before my eyes.
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