Volume 1: 04 - Virtuous Old Man, You're the Strongest Person in History

As the result of the water in the pond failing to measure my magic power, we decided to use a rock next.

The rock that was prepared for me to use is the size of my six-year-old’s head.

The rock is placed on a platform at the right height for me to reach out without the need for me to lower or raise my arms to touch it.

「Etto…. Mother? Father? 」

Unlike earlier when it was only a lesson, my father and mother came to watch me. They are looking at me behind the rock, in what would have been the special seats if this was a theatre. And they have their heads lowered to get a good look.

「I came to see Alec in his new brilliance 」

「Don’t go overboard with the brilliance though, remember this is only for measurement of your magic power 」

「This will be the first time Alec makes measurement of his magic. I want to watch as my son takes his first steps in his growth 」

My father as usual is very straightforward, only my mother is the one who sounds reasonable for coming.

But they both look determined to watch.

「Come on, let’s see it, Alec 」

「Just do your best, my dear Alec 」

My parents cheer me on excitingly.

In defeat to their persistence, I reach out and put my hand on the rock.

Same as before, I have to pour magic stone power into the rock and watch for any changes to it.

I take in one deep breath, and then began to pour my magic into it.

「Mmm, it’s gone 」

「It really disappeared 」

「It’s the same as before, Alec-sama 」

My parents and Angie react astonished.

I look around the platform where the rock was placed before, and sure enough the rock has disappeared without a trace.

「What does this mean? 」

Father asks the governess.

「Yes, I think the Baron’s magic is so strong, that he made the rock vanish just as he did the water, yes 」

「Oh, that’s my boy, Alec 」

「But dear, this is troubling. We still don’t have a result of how much magic Alec is capable of 」

“Mm. I know how extraordinary Alec, but I don’t know how much extraordinary he really is”

Father said with a straight face.

「Is there another way to do it? 」

「Yes, there is, yes sir 」

「What is it then? 」

「Yes, we can use gold, yes 」

「「「 Gold? 」」」

The voices of my father, mother and Angie’s overlapped in surprise.

I see, that’s right.

「How does that work? 」

「Gold is the metal with the most stable properties. It stays undamaged and shiny forever, doesn’t it? In addition, unlike other metals, gold is flexible enough to endure a variety of conditions. Because it’s hard to change and sturdy, it’s used to measure people with high magic power 」

「Yes, very true, yes….. 」

「What’s wrong? Did Alec say something wrong? 」

That’s not the reason father.

「More importantly, how much gold should I prepare? I’m guessing it’s the same size as the stone earlier 」

「Yes, that’ll be sufficient, yes 」

Father wasted no time in ordering the servants to fetch the gold.

The Duke of Carlisle’s mansion is full of gold and silver treasures. In a few minutes the gold was prepared for my magic test.

It is placed on the platform, in the same manner the stone had been placed earlier.

「That’s enough, isn’t it? 」

「Yes, it is, yes 」

The governess bowed deeply.

「Yes, there is no one known in history who cannot be identified by this, yes 」

「 Good, Alec, give it a go 」

「I understand 」

Father, mother, Angie, the governess, and more number of servants than before the procurement of the gold, stand by to watch.

I put my hand on the gold before the audience that has grown even larger.

Again, I take a deep breath and release the magic into the gold.

「Yikes! 」

I heard a scream from no one in particular.

At the same time, I cover my eyes with my hand as a golden radiant light fills the garden.

「What’s this? 」

「What happened? 」

「Alec-sama!? 」

There is a slight pause and then I hear a number of voices.

It is after a while that the light finally subsided.

「Are you okay, Alec— u~o 」

「What’s wrong father? 」

「The gold is gone 」

「Eh? 」

I look at the platform in front of me where the gold was placed and it is now empty.

「What does this mean? 」

「Yes, no, yes…. 」

The governess is at the loss for words, and he stammers.

「Dear, you already have the answer, don’t you? 」

「Yeah? What do you mean? 」

「Alec has also erased the gold, he has erased the most magically resistant metal in the world. You understand — 」

「– He is the world’s strongest! 」

Father is breathing heavily and mother is calmly smiling at me.

No, that’s….. that’s……

I can’t say what it is.

I have been reincarnated as a SSS-rank and I remember I had the option of becoming a god.

So I cannot immediately dismiss the term「world’s strongest 」, it must be that my SSS-ranked magic power is comparable to that of a god.

「Amazing Alec-sama, the strongest in the world! 」

Angie with her glittering eyes, also exclaimed to me.

「Ah, I see 」

I suddenly have a realization.

It is something that I have to do, I had forgotten.

That amount of gold can be used to help a lot of people.

I cannot leave it off erased.

I shut my eyes and sense the presence of gold in the air.

It’s the presence of the gold that I have just erased.

I’ll use retrieve spell. It is a very simple spell that is used along with a magic test.

It’s a spell that restores an object that was altered by the magic test its previous state.

Now then.

「Alec-sama! The gold has returned – oh, could it be that Alec-sama did this? 」

Angie being a smart girl noticed what I had done when I closed my eyes.

「What? Oh! It’s really back, that’s incredible, Alec! 」

「That’s amazing. I have a vague recollection, but doesn’t it take twice as much magic power as it did to restore something that is altered in the magic power test to its previous state? 」

「Yes, that is correct…., yes 」

The governess is much more speechless than before.

My parents, Angie and the servants all look ecstatic that I have brought the gold back.

Afterwards, under my father’s order, the entire dukedom family researched the documents and historical records to find if someone before has made gold disappear.

We discovered that there was none.

Not the strongest in the world, but the strongest in history, my father said.

Father looked even prouder because of this.