Light Novel Volume 2/Summary

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Prologue
He ran. He ran through the hallways. His pursuer was a wild beast; all he could do was run with terror flooded in his heart. The creature’s terrifying voice rang out as it chased him relentlessly with its crimson hair fluttering. Its words booming throughout the manor made his legs tremble.

Rudeus was struck fear as he hid in the shadows, terrified by the personification of rage manifested in the form of a tiny female body.

It all started an hour ago…

Chapter 1: The Young Mistress’s Violence
It was evening when Rudeus arrived in the Citadel of Roa. Roa was a lively city; crowds of people – merchants, townspeople, and even armoured warriors bustled to and fro. As you went in deeper into the city, the more extravagant the houses and shops became. The carriage arrived at their destination in the middle of the city, the liege lord’s gigantic manor. They were received by a butler and led into a room lined up with sofas where Rudeus nervously sat down. Rudeus was startled by a voice that boomed from outside the room. A muscular man who appeared about fifty stormed in who, when Rudeus tried to greet, bellowed down for his lack of etiquette. Rudeus politely apologized, and the man, with a roar, acknowledged him for conceding his mistake and permitted his 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. Just when Rudeus was pondering about Paul’s impressive connections, a man appeared in the doorway. He was thin and light-weight, with sleek brown hair. He introduced himself – Philip Boreas Greyrat, the liege lord’s son. Philip then sat down and went on to elaborate about the young mistress Rudeus was about to tutor. She was indeed an awfully spoiled brat; Rudeus believed he had a chance to make her listen to him and explained his trick to Philip. Showing interest in Rudeus’ plan, Philip called the girl.

And so, Rudeus finally met the Young Mistress. She was two years older than him; she had sharp eyes and pure crimson wavy hair, she struck an intimidating pose similar to Sauros. Rudeus’ first impression – fierce. She mocked him first thing, and then when Rudeus tried to converse with smart words she struck him across 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, her leg caught his and a fist came down forcing him to the ground and pinned him. Rudeus took five painful punches before he managed to use magic to get away. However, she came flying at him with the fiercest look Rudeus had ever known. Rudeus, fear struck and not wanting to resort to violence any further, went into a run to escape. 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 returned with a tearful face to Philip, who was waiting with a bitter smile. Rudeus decided he won’t give up on this; while he hadn’t accomplished anything, he got punched and chased around for nothing. He went and asked for Philip’s cooperation on the plan he explained before. Philip, amused to see the result, immediately called on the butler to make preparations and so, they began working on the plan. After a while, Rudeus entered the room they gave him. It was exquisitely furnished and had a large bed. Sinking into the bed, he went over the plan he came up with – first, they would kidnap her and give her a taste of what it felt like to be powerless. That was when Rudeus would come in to help her. This way, she would learn to respect him and attend his lessons. However Rudeus was still anxious, she was far too unpredictable and things could go the opposite way. The more he thought, the more muddled his thoughts became.

Chapter 2: All According to Plan?
When Rudeus opened his eyes, he found himself in pain in the middle of a dingy 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 the instant she woke up, she started shouting. As a result one of the “kidnappers” came in to silence her, except that he was way too violent to shut her to be playing a kidnapper. 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. Rudeus managed to create an opening in a small window with magic. Then, to not let the Young Mistress do what she pleases when they got outside, Rudeus scared her a little. Finally, he slipped out of the window 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 to properly hire him, to which she agreed hurriedly. Now, he proceeded with the next stage of the plan – to let her know the importance of education to survive in an unknown world; he began explaining.

The next morning, they reached Roa. At the sight of the liege lord’s manor in the distance, a sense of security settled in. But in the two seconds he let his guard down, she was gone! As if waiting for that moment, two men grabbed the Young Mistress and disappeared into the alleyway. Rudeus immediately cast an earth wall to block their escape. His opponents were two men who previously kidnapped them; apparently, they were swordsmen. The violent man came forward while the other one pointed his blade at the Young Mistress’s neck. Rudeus cast a Combined Magic that created an explosion above the buildings; it emitted thunderous sound and blinding light. Just when the two were startled, Rudeus attacked the violent man and snatched away the Young Mistress from the other. With a spell that propelled the caster into the air, Rudeus with the Young Mistress in his arms flew up. He cast a spell to entrap the legs of the man rushing towards them, but to Rudeus’ surprise, he threw his sword at tremendous speed straight at him. He couldn’t dodge midair. When Rudeus thought he was definitely going to die there, right at that moment, someone flew in to deflect the sword – it was Ghislaine. The moment she put her hand to her sword at her waist, the two men’s head fell off; the fight was instantly over.

They finally reached the manor. Relief washed over Rudeus. And the Young Mistress had regained her spirits. She stood up in her usual pose and announced she would let Rudeus be her tutor and call her by her name – Eris. Rudeus was surprised she actually kept her promise from the day before.

Side Story: The Aftermath and the Boreas Greeting Style
Rudeus later 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 resolved because of Ghislaine’s involvement and Philip ordered Rudeus to give all the credits to her instead. As Philip and Rudeus were talking, Sauros stormed into the room to punch Philip in the face for not giving credit where it is due. But Philip explained calmly - Rudeus’ presence in the Boreas household could not be known and it is better to treat him with kindness as part of the family than outwardly praise and reward him. In agreement, Sauros then turned towards Rudeus and asked him to teach Eris magic. However, Rudeus, worrying about how she’s letting other people ask for things she herself wants and not wanting her to get further spoiled, replied that Eris should ask him herself and not Sauros.

Just like her grandfather, Eris stormed into the room, but the moment she laid her eyes on Rudeus she glared striking an intimidating pose. Sauros ordered her to sk Rudeus to teach magic herself. Eris still glaring coldly at Rudeus imitated cat ears with her hair and requested with imitating a cat-girl. To his shock, Rudeus blacked out for a minute. She then asked a few more times, but Rudeus could not process her behaviours. She was not cute at the least; not bashful, but she looked angry and humiliated and gave off the aura would snap at any minute. Rudeus, still bewildered by her behavior, was scared of what might happen next. However, Philip and Sauros reacted fondly to her actions. That was then Rudeus came to realize the Boreas family’s customs was beyond strange. Rudeus decided he would need to stop this weird custom. After spent hours of a great, long speech in front of them, the Boreas style of asking for favours was abandoned.