Sixth Ring Wizard

Hellagur hadn't expected Shalltear to react so strongly. He had only meant to encourage Shalltear to train harder, but it seemed he had gone a bit too far.

He didn't actually say anything, but he underestimated Shalltear's dependence on and love for Hrag.

"Shalltear will definitely train hard and won't let Lord Hellagur be alone," Shalltear said earnestly, tears still glistening on her face.

Herag was taken aback. It turned out that Shalltear was worried that he would be lonely in the future.

It makes sense, considering that for people at their level of life, it's difficult for them to have people around them all the time, and they are likely to enter a long period of loneliness.

Shalltear was thinking a lot, and it was precisely because of these thoughts that she couldn't help but feel a little heartache.

A person stands alone on the river of time, with no familiar faces around, and not even the chance to say a few heartfelt words.

Shalltear felt a little scared just thinking about such a scene.

Hellagur hugged Shalltear and said, "Do your best. Oh, and let everyone know we're having dinner together tonight."

When he said "everyone," he was referring to his several women.

So far, Reese, Asuna, Shalltear, Erza, and Misu are living in the Northern Castle.

Although Helag has not yet married anyone, everyone knows that they are Helag's women.

Reese is now in charge of the household, taking on many responsibilities and keeping herself quite busy.

The Church family has now become a truly behemoth wizarding family, and has provided Reese with strong support, assisting her in many things.

Asuna, Shalltear, and Misu interact quite a lot, probably because they have many common topics and there's not much of a distance between them.

Asuna and Misu didn't come from very good backgrounds. Asuna came from a poor family in the Elf Realm, so it goes without saying that she was always somewhat shy, introverted, and even had low self-esteem.

Although Misu came from a wizarding family, she didn't have much say or status, otherwise she wouldn't have been sacrificed in a marriage alliance.

However, ever since she became Helag's woman, the attitude of the wizarding family behind her changed instantly. They fawned over Misu, hoping that she could whisper in their ear and help them.

But Misu completely ignored these requests from the family and never used her own channels to pull strings for them.

She knew all too well the true colors of those people in her family—they were insatiable.

If they are given even the slightest opening, they will surely seize wealth and cause Helag a lot of trouble.

Because of Misu's identity, many people, even if they suffer losses, dare not cause trouble for the wizarding family behind Misu.

Misu didn't want such a thing to happen; she didn't want to cause trouble for Herag, so she never paid attention to the family's unreasonable demands.

Shalltear comes from a very good family; she is an elven princess from the elven realm.

But she doesn't act like a princess. Although she's a bit playful and has a bit of a temper, she never uses her power to bully others, nor does she ever bully others because of her status.

Therefore, in the Northern Castle, Asuna, Shalltear, and Misu were the three who interacted the most and often played together.

Erza, on the other hand, didn't fit in with them, probably because she thought Shalltear and the others were a bit childish and they really didn't have much in common.

Of the women, Reese was the busiest because she had many responsibilities.

Herag planned to extricate Rhys from these matters so that she could focus on her wizarding training and enhance her own strength.

There are many things that Reese doesn't actually need to do; she can delegate them to her subordinates.

Reese's cultivation progress is the slowest among them. Even Erza has already become a level two wizard, while Reese is still at the level two wizard.

Helag plans to develop a series of plans tailored to each individual's specific circumstances.

The first thing to do is to improve their physical condition and enhance their cultivation aptitude so that they can achieve twice the result with half the effort in their cultivation.

Even with Shalltear's potential, there is room for improvement; she can continue to enhance her abilities.

Hrag is now on a different level, so the methods he can use are naturally different as well.

……

Nighttime, the northern castle.

Dinner at the Hrag family's house began. The family sat around a round table laden with a sumptuous spread, and the women took their seats in turn.

This table is different in style from tables in many other parts of the Wizarding World; it was created by Herag based on his memories from his previous life.

Besides tables, many other pieces of furniture are like this.

After switching to these, Herag felt more comfortable using them.

Despite having lived in this world for so long, some things etched into my bones remain unchanged.

"Risse, thank you for your hard work these past few days," Herag said.

Reese smiled and said, "It's not hard work."

"You'll gradually detach yourself from those things. I'll create a training plan for you and check on your progress regularly, striving to help you advance to the third-level wizard level and even higher as soon as possible," Herag said.

Reese said, "I... I guess I won't. I accept my fate; my talent is indeed lacking."

Herag shook his head and said, "I was negligent before, focusing too much on improving my own strength. I will pay more attention to you from now on. Cultivation is of paramount importance; it cannot be neglected. Aptitude is not important, nor is talent. No matter how poor your aptitude, you can rest assured with me here."

"Besides Reese, this is also something you will all have to do in the future. You all need to work hard in your cultivation."

Erza sat to Hrag's left, leaning against him, her breath sweet and tickling his neck. She whispered, "Shall we train tonight?"

Since only her own people were here, and there weren't even any servants, Erza didn't need to worry about anything, since she had already met everyone to some extent...

Herag's heart skipped a beat, and he chuckled, "Evening training is, of course, indispensable..."

The dinner party then began, and Hrag chatted with them, listening to them talk about their recent experiences.

Having been immersed in the Mother River for too long, listening to a group of women chatting, Helag had a strange, otherworldly feeling.

The warm, yellow light, the steaming dishes, and the laughter of his family filled the air. As Herag watched this scene, for the first time, he felt a greater sense of belonging and identification with the world.

Throughout his past experiences, Hrag has gone through a lot, but something has always been missing.

That is, he knew he didn't belong to this world, wasn't a person of this world, and always lacked a sense of belonging.

But now, as Herag watched Reis and Erza chatting and laughing, and as Asuna wiped the grease from Shalltear's lips, he suddenly felt a sense of happiness.

This feeling of happiness is called home. (End of Chapter)