Chapter 81: The Dragon Who Drinks Uranium (3)
Lotte was slightly taken aback by her father’s words.
“A secret magic we’ve been working on?”
“It’s just as I said; there’s something we’ve been researching for ten years.”
It wasn’t uncommon for aristocrats to research magic unknown to other families. Rather, it was something that occurred frequently in Imperial society.
That wasn’t why Lotte was surprised.
“Since you’ve become an adult, I thought it was time to tell you.”
Usually, such magic wasn’t shared even with family members as there had been past cases where someone would make a blunder by talking carelessly.
Therefore, passing this magic on to one’s child carried a special meaning.
[I appoint you as the next head of the family.]
“I wish to entrust to you this research that has been like a piece of me.”
The specific standards were different for every family, but the foundation was the same. In academically passionate households like the Saliere family, they used a fancy method like this to speak in a roundabout way instead of openly naming their successor.