Chapter 8: The Observer in the Attic

Chapter 8: The Observer in the Attic

Its been five years since Ive reincarnated into this world. I turned five and began to meet with aristocrats every day.

Most of them introduced me to their daughters who are the same age as me. They thought their daughters would make good consort candidates, but I had no right to decide this.

By the way, most of the aristocrats are men. I guess the idea of male supremacy is still strong in this world.

However, there were a few women who held aristocrat titles, and they all seem to have a talent for magic.Yôur favorite stories at novelhall.com

Apparently, the aristocrats of this world are all originally from mage families. This makes sense when I consider the principle behind the creation of aristocrats.

Aristocrats were originally warrior class people on Earth.

Being able to use magic in this world means that you can fight. If so, then most of the warrior class must have been mages. As a result, many of todays aristocrats are also mages.

Which means the talent to be a mage is probably inherited.

Mage supremacy may take precedence rather than the idea of male supremacy.

I dont know what to do. I was going to hide the fact that I can use magic, but I night be ostracised since youre not a noble if you cant use magic.

I have to be careful in this area.

By the way, the girls dont look at me kindly. The reason is simple. Im too chubby.

Thats because Im barely allowed to exercise, and Im forced to eat a lot of food; and its all fatty foods and sweets. Its no wonder I got fat.

But well, the worst thing about this is that its fine as it is. At most, look down on me and ignore me.

Its not like Im scared of the girls because they look at me with disgust. Its just I cant have what I dont have.

Meeting with nobles, eating, agreeing with what the Chancellor and Chief of Ministry of Ceremonies say, and secretly practice magic. Thats what I do every day.

That only thing I enjoy is practicing magic.

Eating? You think cold, greasy food tastes good?

I would be afraid to eat them without a poison taster since Im the Emperor.

Well anyway, thats why Im making a lot of progress with my magic practice.

I can control heat freely and I can now control objects remotely.

Ive also learnt a lot of new magic.

Among them, Im focusing on developing magic that I can use after my escape such as magic to create invisible barriers and healing magic. I can also use sleep magic to force the sleepless guard to sleep.

I was able to successfully develop this magic without any obstacles.

However, as usual, Im not good with magic that requires water or wind.

Ive never seen anyone use magic indoors other than me before. If few people can use magic indoors, then that means that I have a rare ability.

People call that talent.

Bad, bad, this is bad!! Have they found out that Ive been pretending to be incompetent? They might get rid of me Would they rather kill me off pre-emptively? But I dont think that would make the situation any better

What the hell should I do?

In the end, I greeted the morning without a wink of sleep that day.

The next day, they were still in the attic, and the day after that too.

I couldnt sleep a wink during that time. I had a feeling that someone was watching me, but I dont know the purpose of the person they serve, so I couldnt discard the possibility that they are here to assassinate me.

I was so scared and nervous that I couldnt sleep well.

So, naturally, I fell ill.

It happened on the third day after I noticed the presence in the ceiling.

I came back to my room after I had my meal and passed out.

When I woke up, there were a number of people around me who looked like doctors.

Apparently, they had concluded that I had been poisoned.

If this continues, then someone will have to take responsibility and be killed.

They asked me if I tasted anything different or smelled something unusual, but I said no to all their questions.

Finally, I told them that I hadnt been feeling well since the day before and they apparently concluded that I wasnt feeling well.

The tense aura of the adults around me relaxed and I was relieved.

After that, I couldnt resist the urge to sleep, so I fell asleep again.

In the end, the person in the attic didnt take any action.

Also, the person in the attic seems to be a different person every day. Their physiques seem to be different from what I can tell with my heat sensing magic, but its only a minor difference, so I dont really know.

The Chancellor and the Chief of the Ministry of Ceremonies still dont seem to know that I can use magic, and I dont think the maids are aware of this either.

I decided to give up. If I really thought about it, someone who could use magic better than me could easily kill me.

Ill worry about it when it happens. Ill give up for now.

By the way, now that Im aware that poison exists, people dont get suspicious of me even if I eat less.

This is how I succeeded in getting my body back into shape.