Reincarnated as an Overly Timid Countess

In the warm courtyard, Kanon was struggling with unfamiliar magic.

My mother, Ram, was enthusiastically teaching me in front.

She is my father’s second wife, who had become the Countess of Mercure some time ago.

My first impression of her was that she was a woman who was neither poisonous nor medicinal, but I wasn’t interested in her as much as I thought she was better than my evil late mother.

That’s why I didn’t bother to make up a reason to meet her and left her alone.

Had I known this, I would have come to see her sooner.

My impression of her took a drastic turn one day in class at school.

It was when some students and my teacher studying at the same school made a nasty request to Ram.

For my part, I was curious to see what would happen and just observed my mother.

Then, to my surprise, she began to use advanced spatial and illusionary magic.

It was something that even a teacher couldn’t perform, but Ram pulled it off effortlessly.

(What,what the heck is this guy?!)

That was the moment my impression of Ram changed.

「Kanon, it’s okay to add magic there. It’s image is more than that.」

My mother even managed to improvise magic tailor-made for me. She’s no ordinary person.

First step, put up a film of water to reflect the light and imagine the space in darkness.

The next step is to create a scenery by combining it with other magic, but this is difficult.

(Easy for her to say “image”…)

I had not received any such training.

All I’ve ever done is train in precise offensive and defensive magic, and magic control.

I don’t have the faintest idea about this kind of seemingly pointless magic of enjoying the scenery.

「You’re doing a good job of distributing your magic. The scenery projection is … subtle, though. What is this?

Trees and rocks? You have unique taste.」

Ram’s impressions were honest.

Kanon had no artistic ingenuity at all.

I thought of projecting something, and what came to mind was a tree that grew in the area and a training rock behind the school building. The rock, by the way, would be a target to hit with magic during training.

「Do you ever leave the academy?」

「No, not since I’ve been here. We’re not allowed to leave without permission.」

「I see. Let’s go out together next time.」

「…Did you hear me? I said it’s forbidden.」

「Why don’t I ask for permission? It’s time to exercise the Countess’s power.」

I was tempted to say that no matter how much of a Countess she was, it would be impossible, but she seemed determined to do it.

It was a pity to pour cold water on her, so I wisely kept silent.

I was so absorbed in the magic that before I knew it, it was past noon.

「You’re amazing, Kanon. You’ve mastered magic in less than a day.」

「I’m still a little unsteady and can only project simple landscapes.」

「But I think you’re outstanding.」

「…As the heir of the Count of Mercure, I am still incompetent and immature. Father doesn’t really approve of me either. I’m only the heir apparent because I’m the best student in the school, but if someone better comes along, I’ll be replaced easily.」

When I told my mother what was on my mind, she snorted and got angry for some reason.

「That guy is an asshole. He’s not a father. Next time I see him, I’m going to blast him with illusion magic and make him feel ashamed.」

「Wh, Mother!?」

I couldn’t believe she called my father, Shar – the Mercure family head, and the most powerful man of all time, “that guy” and cursed him.

But my mother didn’t notice how upset I was. Or maybe she didn’t care.

No one had ever declared that they were going to embarrass Shar, who was said to be the strongest person of all time.

My father is not the kind of person who would go easy on a woman. My mother will be in danger if this continues!

As I was getting anxious, I saw someone coming from the other side of the yard.

Oddly enough, it was the person I least wanted to meet right now… Count Shar Mercure, the man himself.