An Old Country Bumpkin Goes to the Academy

The day after Lucy filled me in on the situation, I headed for the Mage Academy in the North District, just as she’d told me to, instead of going to the Knights’ headquarters.

Since I had plenty of time and Myui wasn’t with me today, I took a leisurely stroll from home to the Academy. Taking in the various sights along the way was surprisingly pleasant.

“Oh, maybe I’ll try that place sometime.”

As I strolled along, I spotted a small building that looked like a restaurant and made a mental note of it.

As expected of the capital, Bartlreen. There were still plenty of places I didn’t know. I had to keep updating my mental map, bit by bit.

The Central District was home to various organizations, including the Knights’ headquarters and the Adventurers’ Guild branch, which played central roles in the Kingdom of Rebellis.

The buildings weren’t as grand as the royal palace, but they were generally quite tall, making the city’s prosperity easy to see.

By contrast, the West District, the commercial area, was lined with all sorts of shops, including stalls, but the buildings weren’t as tall. It was certainly urban, but the district felt more like a crowded downtown area. Well, that was only compared to the Central District; the West District was prosperous in its own right.

My destination today, the North District, was home to the royal palace, its main attraction, as well as the Mage Academy and a church of the Sphen faith. I’d heard the area was also mostly made up of residences and second homes belonging to nobles and other important people.

There were residential areas in both the Central and North Districts, but apparently most ordinary citizens lived in the East District, the city’s largest residential area. Curni and Fissel lived in the East District too, if I remembered right. I forget who told me that land was expensive in the Central and North Districts, and that they weren’t places you could just move into on a whim...