Light Novel Volume 2/Summary

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Prologue
He darted through the hallways; his pursuer was a "wild beast". The creature’s terrifying voice rang out as it chased him relentlessly. Its words booming throughout the manor made his legs tremble.

Rudeus was fear struck as he hid in the shadows, terrified. The whole scenario started an hour prior.

Chapter 1: The Young Mistress’s Violence
It was evening when Rudeus arrived in the Citadel of Roa. The carriage had reached their destination, the liege lord’s gigantic manor. Rudeus was startled by a voice that boomed from outside the reception room. A muscular man about fifty years old stormed in who, after a loud exchange, permitted Rudeus' stay at the manor, and then stormed out of the room the way he came in. The man was Sauros Boreas Greyrat, liege lord of the Fittoa region, and also Paul’s uncle – the butler explained to Rudeus. Next, a man appeared in the doorway. He introduced himself – Philip Boreas Greyrat, the liege lord’s son. Philip then went on to elaborate about the young mistress Rudeus was about to tutor. Rudeus believed he had a chance to make her listen to him and explained a trick of his to Philip. This "trick" was to pretend to have the Young Mistress kidnapped, with Rudeus helping him escape through his use of magic, reading, arithmetic, etc. to encourage her to want to learn these things on her own. Showing interest in Rudeus’ plan, Philip called the girl.

And so, Rudeus finally met the Young Mistress. Rudeus’ first impression – fierce. He was greeted with a strike to the face. Rudeus’ second impression – violent. Not waiting for a response, Rudeus slapped her back to make her aware of the pain. But to his surprise, she pinned him down. Rudeus managed to escape, however she came flying at him with the fiercest look Rudeus had ever known. Rudeus, fear struck, broke into a run. This was how she, like a wild beast, chased the terrified Rudeus around the manor.

Exhausted from the pursuit, the Young Mistress eventually gave up and returned to her room. Rudeus decided he won’t give up on this job and teach the violent girl a lesson. He went and asked for Philip’s cooperation on the plan he explained before. Philip, amused to see the result, immediately began preparation.

Chapter 2: All According to Plan?
When Rudeus opened his eyes, he found himself in the middle of a dirty storehouse with the Young Mistress. So far, the plan has been progressing smoothly. All that remained was for him to create a magnificent escape with her using his great intellect. But when one of the “kidnappers” came in to silence the Young Mistress, he was way too violent. There was something wrong, Rudeus came to realize, something went wrong with the plan and they ended up with real kidnappers. Rudeus now had to come up with a plan to escape without attracting trouble. He slipped out of a window he created with the Young Mistress to end up being greeted by an unfamiliar town that wasn’t Roa. Rudeus then made a proper promise with Eris, in order to get her home she must properly hire him, to which she agreed hurriedly.

The next morning, they reached Roa. At the sight of the liege lord’s manor in the distance, they let heir guard down. Suddenly, two men grabbed the Young Mistress and disappeared into the alleyway. Rudeus immediately blocked their escape. His opponents were the two men who previously kidnapped them. Rudeus created an explosion above the buildings to startle the kidnappers. He succeeded in snatching away the Young Mistress from the man holding her. With the Young Mistress in his arms, they were able to get away but, the other man threw his sword at tremendous speed straight at Rudeus. Rudeus froze and thought his life would end there, but right at that moment, someone flew in to deflect the sword – it was Ghislaine. She beheaded the men in an instant and the fight ended immediately.

They finally reached the manor and the Young Mistress had regained her spirits. She arrogantly announced she would hire Rudeus as per the promise and allowed him to call her by her name – Eris.

Side Story: The Aftermath and the Boreas Greeting Style
Rudeus learned the one pulling the strings behind the incident was the butler, Thomas. A perverted noble had caught his eyes on Eris and offered him money to kidnap her. The incident was, reportedly, resolved by Ghislaine’s involvement; Philip directed Rudeus to give all the credits to her instead to divert the problems Rudeus would face. As they were talking, Sauros turned towards Rudeus and, on behalf of Eris, asked if he would teach her magic. Rudeus told Sauros that she should learn to ask for the things she wants herself, and so he called her out.

Ordered by her grandfather, Eris stood in front of Rudeus to ask him to teach her magic. Eris, glaring coldly at Rudeus, made her request while imitating a cat-girl. To his shock, Rudeus could not process her behaviours and was scared of what might happen next. She was not cute at the least; not bashful, but she looked angry. Rudeus decided he would need to stop this weird custom before it causes trouble for him down the line. After an effort, the Boreas style of asking for favours was abandoned.

Chapter 3: Her Ferocity, Unabated
It had been a month since Rudeus took up the job of a tutor. Eris proved to be a very violent and a problematic pupil; though she would pay attention to magic classes, she always ran away when it came the time for the other subjects. Anyone who came after her would get punched; Rudeus wasn’t willing to get himself into such a situation.

Finally with the help of his other student, Ghislaine, Eris gave an effort to the other classes. Whenever Eris felt unmotivated Ghislaine recounted stories of her adventurer days, where she would highlight the importance of education in practical situations; Eris listened closely and it would always fire her up. To Rudeus, it seemed Eris very much so wanted to become an adventurer.

Rudeus was progressing well in swordsmanship under Ghislaine’s guidance, more so than he ever could under Paul. He felt a large part of his improvement was thanks to having a rival – Eris. Although she seemed far more gifted with a sword, an opponent of almost equal strength helped him propel up his techniques too.

At the end of each day, Rudeus spent time in his room preparing for the next day’s lessons and finally review his own magic textbook. In such manner, his days as a tutor passed rapidly.