All right, everyone! Get to work!
Yeah!
Your magic is so useful, Well.
You flattened everything in an instant.
Man, I can't believe the count's magic is actually being used for development.
I'll be heading back now, Roderich.
One moment, milord.
Can you take care of that area next?
I'm back.
Welcome home!
Welcome home.
Thanks, Elise.
Hup.
Here you go.
Thank you.
You seem tired.
Yeah. He ran me into the ground again today.
Your relationship with him is really topsy-turvy.
It's like Roderich's your boss.
Like you're his slave, Lord Well.
To be fair, no matter how far I go,
I'm a white-collar office worker at heart.
"White-collar"?
Anyway, I'm gonna go get changed.
It's not so easy to change, huh?
Even though it was ten years ago...
that I was an office worker.
I'm home.
No! Gotta wake up!
Quick Cooking Mode activated.
White Rice Brown Rice
Quick Cooking
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Rice will be ready in 24 minutes.
A midnight one-soup, three-dish dinner: miso-fried pork ribs version.
Now just add the radish sprouts...
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Huh? Where are the pork ribs?
Wait, am I overseas?
Now that I've finally seen my successor wed,
I can retire without worry.
But they're speaking Japanese.
Father, please stop joking.
Boy, this is one realistic dream.
Okay.
time to go back to my pork ribs.
What do you think you're doing?
Wake up!
Come, you must greet everyone.
But my pork ribs...
Sorry to have kept you waiting.
This is my youngest son.
Is this real life?
What are you saying?
Now, introduce yourself. You can do that, yes?
Intro... Introduce myself?!
U-Uh...
Er...
What's wrong?
It's good to finally see you all again.
Oh, Erich?
How you've grown.
We're very grateful that you took the time to come all the way
for my eldest brother Kurt's wedding.
Allow my younger brother, Wendelin von Benno Baumeister,
and I to express our most profound thanks.
Was that my name?
Wendelin?
Can I call you Well, then?
Well? Y-Yes, of course.
Here.
Thanks.
Did your mind go blank when you found yourself surrounded by adults?
Uh, what's happening today?
Ah, I suppose it's a little complicated for a five-year-old.
Today is Brother Kurt's wedding.
The bride is Amalie, the second daughter of Sir Mainbach.
Father was having trouble finding a partner for him.
He must be relieved that a noble's daughter has married into the family.
A noble?
Hey, if a noble's daughter is marrying into our family,
are we by any chance nobles, too?
"By any chance"? I suppose I can see why you'd be doubtful.
But we Baumeisters are genuine nobility, too.
Nobility...
One more time!
Who could ever see this coming?
From Duke Bleichröder
But I can understand the language, at least.
If we can throw such a lavish ceremony,
we must rank pretty high up.
And if I'm the third son of this family,
I don't have to worry about starving!
Noble food is so yummy!
This is so dry...
And this soup is basically just water.
What's wrong, Wendelin?
Nothing.
You can't have more soup, okay?
Um, where's Brother Erich?
He left earlier, saying he was going fishing.
"We must rank pretty high up"?
Was that some kind of joke?
But we threw such a glittering party last night.
Well, yeah.
We can't be cheapskates with invited guests, even as poor as we are.
Poor?
You could say it was a show of noble pride.
Th-Then what about the noble fo—I mean, dinner?
A special menu for the wedding, of course.
But we're back to brown bread and light soup starting today.
No way...
But even if we're poor, we're still nobility.
There's Brother Kurt, Brother Erich...
And I'm the third son, so I should get some benefits, at least.
Oh, how did the hunt go, Brother Helmut?
No good.
I couldn't catch a thing.
Brother Helmut?
Then I'm the...
Horohoro really are hard to shoot down.
Even for you, Brother Paul?
Brother Paul?
The horohoro served at the wedding was so good.
Yeah, I saw you eating one whole, Brother Hermann.
Brother Hermann?!
Speaking of the wedding, Walter and Karl didn't show up.
It's understandable. Even if they are our brothers...
Brothers?
Did you forget them?
They're your half-brothers.
Brother Walter and Brother Karl?
Which means... We're poor nobles, and I'm...
The 8th son? Are you kidding me?!
"The 8th Son? Are You Kidding Me?"
Episode 1
The 8th Son? Are You Kidding Me?
The Kingdom of Helmut
So this is the kingdom I live in.
Capital Stuttburg
Uh, this is the capital, Stuttburg,
and its population is one million, the highest in the kingdom.
South of it is the Dukedom of Bleichröder,
Dukedom of Bleichröder
Breichburg
Minor Lords Mixed Domain
where the biggest mercantile center in the south, Breichburg, is.
Its population is two hundred thousand.
And when you go even farther south
Rigdie Mountain Range
and cross this huge mountain range,
you find the back country I am in now, the Baumeister Knightdom.
Population... eight hundred.
I'm the eighth son of a poor noble family that lives out in the sticks.
My life...
is so screwed!
We'll be going, then.
Please take care of yourself.
I will. You take care too, Mother.
Hey, where are you all going?
Huh? Didn't we tell you?
We agreed to leave once Brother Kurt got married.
You can stay since you're just a kid,
but we've long since reached adulthood.
But you could inherit the lands here!
You think poor nobles like us could afford to divide up our land?
It's all going to Brother Kurt.
We're giving up our succession rights for a monetary settlement and leaving home.
That very moment, we cease to be nobles.
Cease to be nobles?
Then how are we supposed to live?
Well, Brother Hermann is the second son,
so he married into the branch family, in case anything happened to Brother Kurt.
But we'll have to find our own path in life at the capital.
We can learn to read and write, and take exams to be soldiers or lower management,
or look to be adventurers.
It all comes down to our skills.
If you keep goofing off, you'll regret it later, okay?
Goodbye.
Bye!
Take care!
Poems of Love Volume Eight
Volume Eight of Count Salmon's Poems of Love?
Don't we have any useful books?
"This crystal ball can measure your aptitude for magic."
Magical Aptitude Crystal Ball Instruction Manual
Magic? You can't be serious.
"Everyone possesses mana,
but it's said that only one in thousands has enough mana to cast magic spells.
Such people are extremely rare."
I knew it. I can see the "you can't use magic" punchline already.
"Magical aptitude isn't hereditary.
Everyone has an equal chance of possessing the talent to be a great magician.
Please see for yourself if you do."
Who would believe this nonsense?
"If you have a talent for magic,
you'll be able to shine in many fields."
Hey, worth a try.
Not like I'd fall for this crap, anyway.
Off we...
"If the crystal ball shines like a rainbow, you have a high aptitude for magic,
in which case we recommend learning magic through specialized guides.
Fin
Fin."
Huh?
That's it?!
I need a guidebook!
Magic, magic!
Magic, magic, magic...
Baron Montbell's Debauchery Chronicles
"Baron Montbell's Debauchery Chronicles."
Count Larwen's Relaxed Tourism Guide
"Count Larwen's Relaxed Tourism Guide."
Volume twenty-three of Count Salmon's Poems of Love.
Poems of Love Volume Twenty Three
There's nothing.
Oh, there you are, Wendelin.
Father, do we have any other books?
Nope. I can't read.
Anyway, could you go to the forest and pick up firewood?
Come forth, fire!
Roar, lightning!
Healing Clinic!
I have no idea how to activate magic.
That was you earlier, wasn't it?
I've finally found a person on the same wavelength as myself.
Say, what is your name? Tell me.
I'm sorry. I scared you, didn't I?
There's no need to be afraid of me.
I am a magician.
A magician...
It spotted us!
You must picture it...
Your own wind magic.
Magic?! Hey, don't just spring that on me!
First, accept the mana within you.
And then, make it circulate through your body.
What are you talking about?!
D-Did I just...
Congratulations. You just used your first magic spell.
I am a former court magician of the Dukedom of Bleichröder,
Alfred Rainford.
Rest assured...
You will become a magician far greater than I.