Book 2: Chapter 18
* Escort: Lelenore *
Halflings are excellent as herbalists, but the same cannot be said for their fighting prowess due to their small physique. A woman who stands out in that area is even more rare.
Lelenore was that “rare”. Born as a distant relative of House Duke Ebene in the Kruvan Holy Kingdom, she had a childhood unrelated to being a noble. There are many herbalists in her rural halfling village, and the children born there are also brought up as herbalists. It has been a long-standing tradition that about half of them stay in the village and the rest travel outside the village.
However, Lelenore was different. She had an extremely high level of magical ability. She could use 【Flower Magic】 and 【Earth Magic】 even without absorbing skill orbs.
Lelenore chose to be a mage rather than a herbalist. She caught the eye of Duke Ebene, and was called to the main house — and eventually started working as a knight of House Duke Ebene.
She was given the 3-star skill orbs, 【Flower Magic★★★】 and 【Earth Magic★★★】, to polish her natural magical talents. And she trained to increase her physical prowess so that she wouldn’t lose even if she were to fight with other races; to be able to fight even in places where skills cannot be used, such as the venue for “Sprouts and New Moon Banquet”.
(What was that just now…!?)
Lelenore was astonished.
At the start, she was wondering “Why is a child escort in such a place?”. Speaking of House Earl Sillys, it is fully recognized as a central authority, and the head of the family is also called by an unsettling name, “Cold-Blooded Lord”. She also heard that the head of the family has many enemies, and that there was an assassination attempt recently.