Creating Anime In A Fantasy World

Chapter 8: The Genius Young Mage in the World of Mages

"Report, the envoy of Grand Duke Viktor is outside, requesting an audience."

Upon hearing the unexpected visit, Edward, who never anticipated someone would come at this time, revealed a surprised expression. When he heard the name "Grand Duke Viktor," he raised an eyebrow with a hint of resignation.

The Viktor family was the largest aristocratic family in the southern border, and Grand Duke Viktor was one of the four grand dukes in the kingdom—a prominent noble.

Over the years, almost every few months, messengers from the Viktor family would persistently come to Durin Castle, inviting Edward to attend the grand duke's banquets.

The reason behind this was straightforward. Edward was once known as a once-in-a-millennium super genius at the Imperial Mage Tower. He achieved the rank of a level-five mage, a Grand Mage, the youngest in history, before being expelled due to forbidden experiments.

Although he was expelled, Edward's magical talent did not disappear. In fact, due to his dedicated studies in magic and magical alchemy during his reclusive life, his magical power became increasingly substantial. Gradually, he was on the verge of reaching the sixth level.

As for what the sixth level signified—simply put, the Imperial Mage Tower divided the mage ranks into six levels: Apprentice Mage, Novice Mage, Intermediate Mage, High Mage, Grand Mage, and Arch Mage.

Currently, there were no more than a handful of Arch Mages in the entire empire. One could imagine how terrifying Edward's magical talent was, achieving the rank of a Grand Mage at an age not even reaching twenty.

during his time at the Imperial Mage Tower, he became widely known as the youngest Grand Mage, and if it weren't for the later controversies he stirred up in elemental magic, challenging the authority of the elemental magic studies Lord, he probably would have graduated and inherited the title of the Elemental Master.

If that had happened, debts would not have been an issue from the beginning, and he wouldn't have to tighten his belt like he was doing now for film production.

However, when Edward left the Imperial Mage Tower and returned to the southern border, he paid little attention to the olive branches extended by various forces. At that time, Edward was not interested in dealing with those who wanted to recruit him; he locked himself in the family castle.

Moreover, the true ruler of the southern border, Grand Duke Viktor, rejected all attempts by forces outside the southern border to recruit Edward. As a result, no one dared to approach him.

While part of this was because Grand Duke Viktor didn't want to let go of such a rare talent within his territory, Edward was grateful to the grand duke for allowing him to live a leisurely life as a lord, even though he had no intention of supporting Grand Duke Viktor in the upcoming chaos.

After all, whether it was the past Edward or the current one, he had never interacted with Grand Duke Viktor. Ignoring the past Edward, who was immersed in inventing magical and alchemical items, the current Edward, obsessed with creating and filming, had no thoughts of socializing with the nobility.

To be honest, noble gatherings seemed to be a high-class form of entertainment in this world, but how could Edward, who came from a world with a highly developed entertainment culture, be attracted to such events?

However, compared to the past Edward, the current one at least wasn't as single-minded and isolated. If someone came, he would go and have a chat.

If the other party made requests that he couldn't fulfill, he would simply refuse. That was the reasonable approach for a mentally mature adult.