The Road to the Summit (8)

Calga Andil.

She was a commoner.

She was not a member of a collateral branch of a noble family, nor a bastard child, let alone an illegitimate one. She was simply the daughter of a merchant family that was merely somewhat wealthy. Her father, Pather Andil, was just a wealthy man who owned a fairly substantial trading company; he was not noble by birth or anything of the sort.

Her mother was a dancer. A star performer at the Central Theater in the royal capital, she had apparently met and fallen in love with Andil back when he was still the owner of a small trading company.

The fact that she had been born with a talent for healing magic could only be explained as pure coincidence.

However, if that had been all there was to her, she would never have become a magic knight.

People capable of using healing magic were rare. Therefore, if someone possessed even the slightest talent for healing magic, it was common for them to become a healer, earn a tremendous amount of money, and live in comfort for the rest of their life.

Calga Andil had one more talent.

A talent for hand-to-hand combat.

Superb physical gifts inherited from her father. The cool-headedness to remain calm under any circumstances. The agility to analyze situations quickly and accurately, anticipate her opponent’s movements, and always move one step ahead of others...