Two years have passed since that emergency family meeting.
Tomorrow is the long-awaited entrance ceremony for the magic academy.
With that in mind, Rafayel decided to reflect on the past few years.
After the emergency family meeting, his father had urgently searched for a light magic instructor, and within a week, a teacher had arrived.
The instructor is a man named Wiegraf, he is a 25-year-old bachelor from a viscount family.
It turned out that he was a former classmate of Rafayel's father from the magic academy and had received a great deal of support from him.
What surprised Rafayel the most was discovering that his father had attended a magic academy rather than the knight order.
Since childhood, Rafayel had watched his father occasionally practice swordsmanship, saying he didn't want his skills to dull.
With his sturdy body, Rafayel had always assumed his father had been part of the knight order.
When he asked Wiegraf about it, he learned that his father was an advanced fire magic user.
At the time, the knight order had tried to recruit him, but since there were no other advanced fire magic users, he chose to attend the magic academy where his abilities were most needed.
His father had accepted this decision wholeheartedly.
It was also during this time that he met Rafayel's mother, and theirs was a love marriage rather than an arranged one.
Wiegraf thoroughly taught Rafayel about the properties of light magic.
Since Rafayel had awakened his abilities at a young age, Wiegraf was particularly careful in explaining the dangers.
Light magic consumed significantly more mana than other forms of magic and was directly linked to the body.
Overuse it could be fatal.
In most cases, a person would lose consciousness before reaching that point, but there had been past incidents where overuse had led to death.
Wiegraf made sure to stress the importance of caution.
Additionally, Wiegraf mentioned that although he was single, he had a boyfriend.
The moment Rafayel heard that, his excitement skyrocketed, and he completely abandoned the lesson to interrogate Wiegraf for details.
Wiegraf tried to brush it off, saying, "Rafayel… it's still too early for you to hear about this." But Rafayel refused to back down. "If I let this go, I'd be a disgrace to all fujoshi and fudanshi in the world!"
Wiegraf's boyfriend was also 25 and had been his classmate at the magic academy.
But—surprisingly—he was a beastman!
He is a beastman from a Wolf tribe, standing close to two meters tall.
Apparently, the relationship began because of the boyfriend's persistent pursuit, and they had now been together for seven years.
Rafayel thought, "After dating for so long, why not just get married?" But then he learned the heartbreaking reason.
Wiegraf's mother (who was male) had been killed by a beastman in the past, causing his father to strongly oppose the marriage.
While he had reluctantly allowed them to date, he refused to approve a marriage.
But for Wiegraf and his boyfriend, being together was enough.